diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust/Cargo.toml
index 938100cf..9989b96c 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ members = [
     "automerge-test",
     "automerge-wasm",
     "edit-trace",
+    "badmessage",
 ]
 resolver = "2"
 
diff --git a/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/.eslintignore b/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/.eslintignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4d6880d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/.eslintignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+dist
+examples
diff --git a/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/.eslintrc.cjs b/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/.eslintrc.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..80e08d55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/.eslintrc.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+module.exports = {
+  root: true,
+  parser: '@typescript-eslint/parser',
+  plugins: [
+    '@typescript-eslint',
+  ],
+  extends: [
+    'eslint:recommended',
+    'plugin:@typescript-eslint/recommended',
+  ],
+};
diff --git a/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/.gitignore b/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..793cb004
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/dist
+node_modules
diff --git a/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/README.md b/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d89cc00e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+
+## Quick Example of Syncing Automerge Docs via Redis 
+
+The good:
+  1. store the document in redis as both a compacted document save and as individual changes
+  2. able to load the the saved document, and then calculate which changes are missing in a single pass
+  3. uses redis (RPUSH) to get global change ordering 
+  4. wake all clients on new changes with redis (PUBLISH, SUBSCRIBE)
+  5. elect (via SETNX) a single leader to saveIncremental() every 10 seconds
+  6. said node also does a full doc save when incremental bytes are 10x the base save
+  7. detects disconnection of the leader (via EXPIRE) and elects a new leader
+  8. detects when a document has not been created and elects a single node to create it
+
+The bad:
+  1. redis can do binary data - i couldnt figure it out - i hex encode/decode everything
+  2. there's probably a few race conditions i need to find
+  3. my typescript is ass
+  4. not much in the way of error handling
+  5. should really be using applyPatches() but im not
+  6. the api is a little funny 
+
+How to use:
+
+```
+$ yarn
+$ yarn build
+```
+
+Then run 
+
+```
+$ node client.js $DOCID
+```
+
+In two or three different windows and watch each client editing the same document.
+
diff --git a/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/client.js b/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/client.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33f4219b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/client.js
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+let { RedisSync } = require('.')
+let clientId = `C${ rand(1000) }`
+let docId = process.argv[2]
+
+if (typeof docId !== 'string' || docId.length < 2 || docId.length > 20) {
+  console.log("usage: node client.js DOCID")
+  process.exit(1)
+}
+
+console.log("clientID is", clientId)
+console.log("docID is", docId)
+
+let init = (doc) => {
+    doc.put("/","title", "token tracker")
+    doc.putObject("/","tokens", [])
+}
+
+let sync = new RedisSync({ redis: "redis://", docId, clientId, init, update });
+sync.connect()
+
+function rand(max) {
+  return Math.floor(Math.random() * max)
+}
+
+function update() {
+    console.log("DOC STATE", sync.toJS())
+}
+
+function tweak() {
+    if (rand(3) == 0) {
+      sync.change((doc) => {
+          let len = doc.length("/tokens")
+          if (len + rand(10) > 20) {
+            doc.delete("/tokens", rand(len))
+          } else {
+            doc.insert("/tokens", rand(len), rand(255))
+          }
+          doc.put("/", "winner", clientId)
+      })
+    }
+}
+
+setInterval(tweak, 3000)
diff --git a/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/config/cjs.json b/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/config/cjs.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d7f8c63f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/config/cjs.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "extends": "../tsconfig.json",
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "outDir": "../dist/cjs"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/config/mjs.json b/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/config/mjs.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d734434e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/config/mjs.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "extends": "../tsconfig.json",
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "target": "es2017",
+        "module": "esnext",
+        "outDir": "../dist/mjs"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/package.json b/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ee01e64a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{
+  "name": "redis-sync",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "description": "",
+  "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
+  "module": "./dist/mjs/index.js",
+  "main": "./dist/cjs/index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "lint": "eslint src",
+    "build": "tsc -p config/mjs.json && tsc -p config/cjs.json && tsc --emitDeclarationOnly",
+    "test": "ts-mocha test/*.ts",
+    "watch-docs": "typedoc src/index.ts --watch --readme typedoc-readme.md"
+  },
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@automerge/automerge-wasm": "^0.1.19",
+    "redis": "^4.5.1"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/expect": "^24.3.0",
+    "@types/mocha": "^9.1.1",
+    "@types/uuid": "^8.3.4",
+    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.25.0",
+    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.25.0",
+    "eslint": "^8.15.0",
+    "mocha": "^10.0.0",
+    "ts-mocha": "^10.0.0",
+    "ts-node": "^10.9.1",
+    "typedoc": "^0.23.16",
+    "typescript": "^4.6.4"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/src/index.ts b/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5f302f4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+import { createClient } from 'redis';
+import type { RedisClientType, RedisClientOptions } from 'redis'
+import { Automerge, create, load } from "@automerge/automerge-wasm"
+
+export type RedisSyncOptions<T> = {
+    redis: string,
+    docId: string,
+    clientId: string,
+    init: (doc: Automerge) => void,
+    update?: (doc: any) => void,
+}
+
+export class RedisSync<T> {
+  client: RedisClientType
+  subscriber: RedisClientType
+  doc: null | Automerge
+  docId: string
+  clientId: string
+  cursor: number
+  leader: string | null
+  init: (doc: Automerge) => void
+  update?: (doc: any) => void
+  interval: ReturnType<typeof setInterval>
+  save_bytes: number
+  incremental_save_bytes: number
+
+  constructor(options: RedisSyncOptions<T>) {
+    this.doc = null
+    this.docId = options.docId
+    this.client = createClient({ url: options.redis })
+    this.clientId = options.clientId
+    this.cursor = 0
+    this.init = options.init
+    this.update = options.update
+    this.interval = setInterval(() => this.tick(), 10 * 1000)  // force a save every 10 seconds
+    this.leader = null
+    this.save_bytes = 0
+    this.incremental_save_bytes = 0
+
+    this.client.on('error', (err) => console.log('Redis Client Error', err));
+    this.subscriber = this.client.duplicate()
+  }
+
+  iAmLeader() : boolean {
+    return this.leader == this.clientId
+  }
+
+  get _saved_() : string { return `${this.docId}:saved` }
+  get _saved_cursor_() : string { return `${this.docId}:saved:cursor` }
+  get _changes_() : string { return `${this.docId}:changes` }
+  get _leader_() : string { return `${this.docId}:leader` }
+  get _notify_() : string { return `${this.docId}:notify` }
+
+  async change(f: (doc: Automerge) => void) {
+    if (this.doc === null) {
+      throw new RangeError("cannot call change - doc not initalized")
+    }
+    let heads = this.doc.getHeads()
+    f(this.doc)
+    let changes = this.doc.getChanges(heads)
+    if (changes.length > 0) {
+      for (let i in changes) {
+          let change_str = Buffer.from(changes[i].buffer).toString("hex");
+          await this.client.rPush(this._changes_, change_str)
+      }
+      await this.notify_peers()
+      this.notify_local()
+    }
+  }
+
+  async tick() {
+    let itsMe = await this.determineLeader()
+    if (this.doc && itsMe) {
+      if (this.incremental_save_bytes > this.save_bytes * 10) {
+        console.log("  ::as leader - doing a full save")
+        let save_all = this.doc.save() 
+        this.incremental_save_bytes += save_all.length
+        let save_all_str = Buffer.from(save_all.buffer).toString("hex");
+        await this.client.multi()
+          .rPush(this._saved_, save_all_str)
+          .set(this._saved_cursor_,this.cursor)
+          .exec()
+      } else {
+        let next_chunk = this.doc.saveIncremental() 
+        if (next_chunk && next_chunk.length > 0) {
+          console.log("  ::as leader - doing an incremental save")
+          this.incremental_save_bytes += next_chunk.length
+          let next_chunk_str = Buffer.from(next_chunk.buffer).toString("hex");
+          await this.client.multi()
+            .rPush(this._saved_, next_chunk_str)
+            .set(this._saved_cursor_,this.cursor)
+            .exec()
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  toJS() : T | null {
+    if (this.doc) {
+      return this.doc.materialize("/") as T
+    } else {
+      return null
+    }
+  }
+
+  async loadDocumentFromRedis() {
+    console.log("  ::Loading document...");
+    let saved = await this.client.lRange(this._saved_,0,-1)
+    let cursor = await this.client.get(this._saved_cursor_)
+    if (Array.isArray(saved) && typeof cursor === 'string') {
+      let first_chunk_str = saved.shift();
+      if (first_chunk_str) {
+        let first_chunk = Buffer.from(first_chunk_str,'hex')
+        let doc = load(first_chunk)
+        this.save_bytes = first_chunk.length;
+        for (let i in saved) {
+          let chunk = Buffer.from(saved[i],'hex')
+          doc.loadIncremental(chunk)
+          this.incremental_save_bytes += chunk.length
+        }
+        this.cursor = parseInt(cursor);
+        await this.fastForward(doc)
+        this.doc = doc
+        this.notify_local()
+        console.log(`  ::done! cursor=${cursor}`);
+        return
+      }
+    }
+    console.log("  ::no document found in redis");
+  }
+
+  async fastForward(doc: Automerge) {
+      if (doc !== null) {
+          const changes = await this.client.lRange(this._changes_,this.cursor,-1)
+          if (Array.isArray(changes)) {
+            for (let i in changes) {
+                const change = Buffer.from(changes[i],'hex')
+                doc.loadIncremental(change)
+                this.cursor += 1
+                this.notify_local()
+            }
+          }
+      }
+  }
+
+  async handleMessage(message:string, channel: string) {
+      if (message !== this.clientId && this.doc) {
+        await this.fastForward(this.doc)
+      }
+  }
+
+  async connect() {
+    await this.client.connect()
+    await this.subscriber.connect()
+    await this.subscriber.pSubscribe(this._notify_, (m,c) => this.handleMessage(m,c))
+    await this.loadDocumentFromRedis()
+
+    const itsMe = await this.determineLeader()
+
+    if (itsMe && this.doc === null) {
+      await this.resetDocumentState()
+    }
+  }
+
+  async resetDocumentState() {
+    console.log("  ::resetting document state")
+    let doc = create()
+    this.init(doc)
+    let saved = doc.save()
+    if (!saved || saved.length === 0) {
+      throw new RangeError("initalized document is blank");
+    }
+    this.doc = doc;
+    this.save_bytes = saved.length;
+    this.incremental_save_bytes = 0;
+    let saved_str = Buffer.from(saved.buffer).toString("hex");
+    await this.client.del(this._changes_)
+    await this.client.del(this._saved_)
+    await this.client.rPush(this._saved_, saved_str)
+    await this.client.set(this._saved_cursor_,0)
+    this.notify_local()
+  }
+
+  async determineLeader() : Promise<boolean> {
+    await this.client.setNX(this._leader_, this.clientId)
+    this.leader = await this.client.get(this._leader_)
+    const itsMe = this.leader == this.clientId
+    if (itsMe) {
+      this.client.expire(this._leader_, 60)
+    }
+    return itsMe
+  }
+  
+  async notify_peers() {
+    await this.client.publish(this._notify_, this.clientId)
+  }
+
+  notify_local() {
+    if (this.doc && this.update) {
+        this.update(this.toJS())
+    }
+  }
+
+  async disconnect() {
+    await this.tick() // save any data
+    clearInterval(this.interval)
+    await this.client.disconnect();
+    await this.subscriber.disconnect();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/test/test.ts b/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/test/test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f1162dbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/test/test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import * as assert from 'assert'
+import { RedisSync } from "../src"
+import { Automerge, create } from "@automerge/automerge-wasm"
+
+describe('redis-sync', () => {
+    describe('basics', () => {
+        it('should be able to connect and disconnect', async () => {
+            let doc = create();
+            let sync = new RedisSync({
+                redis: "redis://",
+                docId: "DOC124",
+                clientId: "client01",
+                init: (doc) => { 
+                  console.log("DOC",doc);
+                  doc.put("/","hello","world")
+                }
+            });
+            await sync.connect();
+            await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 1000))
+            //await sync.disconnect();
+        })
+    })
+})
diff --git a/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/tsconfig.json b/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..35520e22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "target": "es2016",
+        "sourceMap": false,
+        "declaration": true,
+        "resolveJsonModule": true,
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "moduleResolution": "node",
+        "noImplicitAny": false,
+        "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+        "strict": true,
+        "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
+        "skipLibCheck": false,
+        "outDir": "./dist"
+    },
+    "include": [ "src/**/*" ],
+    "exclude": [
+        "./dist/**/*",
+        "./node_modules"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/tslint.json b/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/tslint.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f7bb7a71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/automerge-wasm/examples/redis-sync/tslint.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "extends": "tslint:recommended"
+}
diff --git a/rust/badmessage/.gitignore b/rust/badmessage/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..55778aca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/badmessage/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/target
+Cargo.lock
+node_modules
+yarn.lock
+flamegraph.svg
+/prof
diff --git a/rust/badmessage/Cargo.toml b/rust/badmessage/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e6b93447
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/badmessage/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+[package]
+name = "badmessage"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+license = "MIT"
+
+[dependencies]
+automerge = { path = "../automerge" }
+criterion = "0.3.5"
+json = "0.12.4"
+rand = "^0.8"
+
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "badmessage"
+doc = false
+bench = false
+
diff --git a/rust/badmessage/automerge-js.js b/rust/badmessage/automerge-js.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..80d19051
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/badmessage/automerge-js.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Apply the paper editing trace to an Automerge.Text object, one char at a time
+const Automerge = require('../../javascript')
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+const start = new Date()
+
+let contents = fs.readFileSync("badmessage");
+let doc = Automerge.init();
+let state = Automerge.initSyncState();
+[doc,state] = Automerge.receiveSyncMessage(doc, state, contents);
+
+console.log(`doc.receiveSyncMessage in ${new Date() - start} ms`)
+
+let t_time = new Date()
+let saved = Automerge.save(doc);
+console.log(`doc.save in               ${new Date() - t_time} ms`)
+
+t_time = new Date()
+Automerge.load(saved)
+console.log(`doc.load in               ${new Date() - t_time} ms`)
+
+t_time = new Date()
+let doc2 = Automerge.init()
+doc2 = Automerge.loadIncremental(doc2,saved)
+console.log(`doc.loadIncremental in    ${new Date() - t_time} ms`)
diff --git a/rust/badmessage/automerge-wasm.js b/rust/badmessage/automerge-wasm.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33ac46bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/badmessage/automerge-wasm.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+const Automerge = require('../automerge-wasm')
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+
+let contents = fs.readFileSync("badmessage");
+let doc = Automerge.create();
+let state = Automerge.initSyncState();
+
+let t_time = new Date()
+
+doc.receiveSyncMessage(state,contents);
+
+console.log(`doc.receiveSyncMessage in ${new Date() - t_time} ms`)
+
+t_time = new Date()
+let saved = doc.save()
+console.log(`doc.save in               ${new Date() - t_time} ms`)
+
+t_time = new Date()
+Automerge.load(saved)
+console.log(`doc.load in               ${new Date() - t_time} ms`)
+
+t_time = new Date()
+let doc2 = Automerge.create()
+doc2.loadIncremental(saved)
+console.log(`doc.loadIncremental in    ${new Date() - t_time} ms`)
diff --git a/rust/badmessage/badmessage b/rust/badmessage/badmessage
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..f2d5ff29
Binary files /dev/null and b/rust/badmessage/badmessage differ
diff --git a/rust/badmessage/package.json b/rust/badmessage/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e8d2ad3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/badmessage/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "name": "badmessage",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "main": "wasm-text.js",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "scripts": {
+    "wasm": "0x -D prof automerge-wasm.js",
+    "js": "0x -D prof automerge-js.js"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "0x": "^5.4.1"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/rust/badmessage/src/main.rs b/rust/badmessage/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a67005c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/badmessage/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+use automerge::sync;
+use automerge::{Automerge, AutomergeError};
+use std::fs;
+use std::time::Instant;
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), AutomergeError> {
+    let contents = fs::read("badmessage").expect("cant read badmessage file");
+    let mut doc = Automerge::new();
+    let mut state = sync::State::new();
+    let now = Instant::now();
+    // decode and receive happen at the same time in wasm so lets keep it apples to apples
+    let message = sync::Message::decode(contents.as_slice()).expect("cant decode message");
+    doc.receive_sync_message(&mut state, message).unwrap();
+    println!("decode/receive   in {} ms", now.elapsed().as_millis());
+    let now = Instant::now();
+    let saved = doc.save();
+    println!("save in             {} ms", now.elapsed().as_millis());
+    let now = Instant::now();
+    let _ = Automerge::load(&saved).unwrap();
+    println!("load in             {} ms", now.elapsed().as_millis());
+    let mut doc2 = Automerge::new();
+    doc2.load_incremental(saved.as_slice()).unwrap();
+    println!("load_incremental in {} ms", now.elapsed().as_millis());
+    Ok(())
+}