diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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 deploy.json
+
+# .NET build output (for examples/csharp)
+bin/
+obj/
diff --git a/examples/csharp/NatsExample.csproj b/examples/csharp/NatsExample.csproj
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+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+    <RootNamespace>NatsExample</RootNamespace>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="NATS.Net" Version="2.5.*" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+</Project>
diff --git a/examples/csharp/Program.cs b/examples/csharp/Program.cs
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+// Small NATS-over-WebSocket example for the deployed server.
+//
+//   dotnet run --project examples/csharp
+//
+// Env vars:
+//   NATS_URL       default: wss://nats.tes.gd
+//   NATS_USER      default: admin
+//   NATS_PASSWORD  required
+
+using System.Text;
+using NATS.Client.Core;
+using NATS.Client.JetStream;
+using NATS.Client.JetStream.Models;
+
+var url  = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("NATS_URL")      ?? "wss://nats.tes.gd";
+var user = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("NATS_USER")     ?? "admin";
+var pass = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("NATS_PASSWORD")
+           ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("NATS_PASSWORD is required");
+
+// 1. Connect. wss:// is understood natively; credentials go via AuthOpts.
+var opts = new NatsOpts
+{
+    Url      = url,
+    AuthOpts = new NatsAuthOpts { Username = user, Password = pass },
+};
+await using var nats = new NatsConnection(opts);
+await nats.ConnectAsync();
+Console.WriteLine($"connected  server={nats.ServerInfo?.Name}  version={nats.ServerInfo?.Version}  jetstream={nats.ServerInfo?.JetStreamAvailable}");
+
+// 2. Core pub/sub — fire-and-forget events, no persistence.
+var subject = $"demo.{Guid.NewGuid():N}";
+using var subCts = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
+var subTask = Task.Run(async () =>
+{
+    await foreach (var msg in nats.SubscribeAsync<string>(subject, cancellationToken: subCts.Token))
+    {
+        Console.WriteLine($"core recv  subject={msg.Subject}  data=\"{msg.Data}\"");
+        subCts.Cancel();
+    }
+});
+await Task.Delay(200); // give the subscription a tick to register
+await nats.PublishAsync(subject, "hello-core");
+try { await subTask; } catch (OperationCanceledException) { }
+
+// 3. JetStream — persistent events. Create a stream, publish a few, then read them back.
+var js = new NatsJSContext(nats);
+const string streamName = "DEMO_EVENTS";
+await js.CreateOrUpdateStreamAsync(new StreamConfig(streamName, new[] { "events.>" }));
+
+for (var i = 1; i <= 5; i++)
+{
+    var ack = await js.PublishAsync($"events.item.{i}", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes($"payload-{i}"));
+    Console.WriteLine($"js publish subject=events.item.{i}  seq={ack.Seq}");
+}
+
+// 4. Replay from the beginning with a fresh ephemeral consumer.
+//    DeliverPolicy.All ignores prior consumers — you get every message in the stream.
+var consumer = await js.CreateOrUpdateConsumerAsync(streamName, new ConsumerConfig
+{
+    Name          = $"replay-{Guid.NewGuid():N}",
+    DeliverPolicy = ConsumerConfigDeliverPolicy.All,
+    AckPolicy     = ConsumerConfigAckPolicy.Explicit,
+});
+
+var fetchOpts = new NatsJSFetchOpts { MaxMsgs = 10, Expires = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2) };
+await foreach (var msg in consumer.FetchAsync<byte[]>(opts: fetchOpts))
+{
+    Console.WriteLine($"js replay  seq={msg.Metadata?.Sequence.Stream}  data=\"{Encoding.UTF8.GetString(msg.Data!)}\"");
+    await msg.AckAsync();
+}
+
+// 5. Clean up the demo stream so re-runs stay idempotent.
+await js.DeleteStreamAsync(streamName);
+Console.WriteLine("done");