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     new 48dc741d3b Add interceptors to .NET with new reference auth 
implementations, split request and response serializer to allow user 
customization and moved MimeType into IMessageSerializer (#3334)
48dc741d3b is described below

commit 48dc741d3b070e99e8f91a14c57ab09590bb3c9a
Author: Yang Xia <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Mon Mar 23 14:55:24 2026 -0700

    Add interceptors to .NET with new reference auth implementations, split 
request and response serializer to allow user customization and moved MimeType 
into IMessageSerializer (#3334)
---
 .../Examples/BasicGremlin/BasicGremlin.cs          |   5 +-
 gremlin-dotnet/Examples/Connections/Connections.cs |  25 +-
 .../Examples/ModernTraversals/ModernTraversals.cs  |   4 +-
 gremlin-dotnet/docker-compose.yml                  |   1 +
 gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/Auth.cs      | 194 ++++++
 .../src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/Connection.cs           | 125 +++-
 .../src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/ConnectionSettings.cs   |   6 +
 .../src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/GremlinClient.cs        |  60 +-
 .../src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/GremlinServer.cs        |  16 +-
 .../src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/HttpRequestContext.cs   |  93 +++
 .../src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/IMessageSerializer.cs   |   7 +
 .../Driver/Remote/DriverRemoteConnection.cs        |  10 +-
 gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Gremlin.Net.csproj  |   1 +
 .../GraphBinary4/GraphBinary4MessageSerializer.cs  |   4 +
 .../IO/GraphSON/GraphSON2MessageSerializer.cs      |   4 +-
 .../IO/GraphSON/GraphSON3MessageSerializer.cs      |   4 +-
 .../IO/GraphSON/GraphSONMessageSerializer.cs       |   3 +
 .../Docs/Reference/GremlinVariantsTests.cs         |   4 +-
 .../Driver/AuthIntegrationTests.cs                 | 102 +++
 .../DriverRemoteConnection/GraphTraversalTests.cs  |  10 +-
 .../test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Driver/AuthTests.cs  | 245 ++++++++
 .../Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Driver/ConnectionTests.cs | 690 ++++++++++++++++++++-
 .../Driver/HttpRequestContextTests.cs              | 131 ++++
 23 files changed, 1651 insertions(+), 93 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/Examples/BasicGremlin/BasicGremlin.cs 
b/gremlin-dotnet/Examples/BasicGremlin/BasicGremlin.cs
index fc97a24ab1..d642d96f0d 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/Examples/BasicGremlin/BasicGremlin.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/Examples/BasicGremlin/BasicGremlin.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ under the License.
 using Gremlin.Net.Driver;
 using Gremlin.Net.Driver.Remote;
 using static Gremlin.Net.Process.Traversal.AnonymousTraversalSource;
+using static Gremlin.Net.Process.Traversal.__;
 
 public class BasicGremlinExample
 {
@@ -40,8 +41,8 @@ public class BasicGremlinExample
 
         // Be sure to use a terminating step like Next() or Iterate() so that 
the traversal "executes"
         // Iterate() does not return any data and is used to just generate 
side-effects (i.e. write data to the database)
-        g.V(v1).AddE("knows").To(v2).Property("weight", 0.75).Iterate();
-        g.V(v1).AddE("knows").To(v3).Property("weight", 0.75).Iterate();
+        g.V(v1).AddE("knows").To(Constant(v2)).Property("weight", 
0.75).Iterate();
+        g.V(v1).AddE("knows").To(Constant(v3)).Property("weight", 
0.75).Iterate();
 
         // Retrieve the data from the "marko" vertex
         var marko = await g.V().Has(VertexLabel, "name", 
"marko").Values<string>("name").Promise(t => t.Next());
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/Examples/Connections/Connections.cs 
b/gremlin-dotnet/Examples/Connections/Connections.cs
index c09eea3f7b..bc1eb42af3 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/Examples/Connections/Connections.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/Examples/Connections/Connections.cs
@@ -19,20 +19,20 @@ under the License.
 
 using Gremlin.Net.Driver;
 using Gremlin.Net.Driver.Remote;
-using Gremlin.Net.Structure.IO.GraphSON;
 using static Gremlin.Net.Process.Traversal.AnonymousTraversalSource;
 
 public class ConnectionExample
 {
     static readonly string ServerHost = 
Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("GREMLIN_SERVER_HOST") ?? "localhost";
     static readonly int ServerPort = 
int.Parse(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("GREMLIN_SERVER_PORT") ?? "8182");
+    static readonly int SecureServerPort = 
int.Parse(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("GREMLIN_SECURE_SERVER_PORT") ?? 
"8183");
     static readonly string VertexLabel = 
Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("VERTEX_LABEL") ?? "connection";
 
     static void Main()
     {
         WithRemoteConnection();
         WithConf();
-        WithSerializer();
+        WithBasicAuth();
     }
 
     // Connecting to the server
@@ -48,11 +48,16 @@ public class ConnectionExample
         Console.WriteLine("Vertex count: " + count);
     }
 
-    // Connecting to the server with customized configurations
+    // Connecting to the server with customized connection settings
     static void WithConf()
     {
-        using var remoteConnection = new DriverRemoteConnection(new 
GremlinClient(
-        new GremlinServer(hostname: ServerHost, port: ServerPort, enableSsl: 
false, username: "", password: "")), "g");
+        var server = new GremlinServer(ServerHost, ServerPort);
+        var settings = new ConnectionSettings
+        {
+            ConnectionTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30),
+        };
+        using var remoteConnection = new DriverRemoteConnection(
+            new GremlinClient(server, connectionSettings: settings), "g");
         var g = Traversal().With(remoteConnection);
 
         var v = g.AddV(VertexLabel).Iterate();
@@ -60,11 +65,13 @@ public class ConnectionExample
         Console.WriteLine("Vertex count: " + count);
     }
 
-    // Specifying a serializer
-    static void WithSerializer()
+    // Connecting with basic authentication using a request interceptor
+    static void WithBasicAuth()
     {
-        var server = new GremlinServer(ServerHost, ServerPort);
-        var client = new GremlinClient(server, new 
GraphSON3MessageSerializer());
+        var server = new GremlinServer(ServerHost, SecureServerPort, 
enableSsl: true);
+        var client = new GremlinClient(server,
+            connectionSettings: new ConnectionSettings { 
SkipCertificateValidation = true },
+            interceptors: new[] { Auth.BasicAuth("stephen", "password") });
         using var remoteConnection = new DriverRemoteConnection(client, "g");
         var g = Traversal().With(remoteConnection);
 
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/Examples/ModernTraversals/ModernTraversals.cs 
b/gremlin-dotnet/Examples/ModernTraversals/ModernTraversals.cs
index 52cede6321..8e03e60feb 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/Examples/ModernTraversals/ModernTraversals.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/Examples/ModernTraversals/ModernTraversals.cs
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ public class ModernTraversalExample
         var e2 = g.V(1).BothE().Where(OtherV().HasId(2)).ToList(); // (2)
         var v1 = g.V(1).Next();
         var v2 = g.V(2).Next();
-        var e3 = g.V(v1).BothE().Where(OtherV().Is(v2)).ToList(); // (3)
-        var e4 = g.V(v1).OutE().Where(InV().Is(v2)).ToList(); // (4)
+        var e3 = g.V(v1).BothE().Where(OtherV().Id().Is(v2)).ToList(); // (3)
+        var e4 = g.V(v1).OutE().Where(InV().Id().Is(v2)).ToList(); // (4)
         var e5 = g.V(1).OutE().Where(InV().Has(T.Id, Within(2, 3))).ToList(); 
// (5)
         var e6 = g.V(1).Out().Where(__.In().HasId(6)).ToList(); // (6)
 
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/docker-compose.yml 
b/gremlin-dotnet/docker-compose.yml
index 697eab2184..1037ab0f92 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/docker-compose.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ services:
       - DOCKER_ENVIRONMENT=true
       - GREMLIN_SERVER_HOST=gremlin-server-test-dotnet
       - GREMLIN_SERVER_PORT=45940
+      - GREMLIN_SECURE_SERVER_PORT=45941
       - VERTEX_LABEL=dotnet-example
     working_dir: /gremlin-dotnet
     command: >
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/Auth.cs 
b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/Auth.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e10aafe55f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/Auth.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+#region License
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+#endregion
+
+using System;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Amazon.Runtime;
+using Amazon.Runtime.Internal;
+using Amazon.Runtime.Internal.Auth;
+using Amazon.Runtime.Internal.Util;
+
+namespace Gremlin.Net.Driver
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Provides factory methods for built-in request interceptors.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class Auth
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Returns a request interceptor that adds an HTTP Basic 
Authentication header.
+        ///     The credentials are pre-computed once and set on every request.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="username">The username.</param>
+        /// <param name="password">The password.</param>
+        /// <returns>A request interceptor delegate.</returns>
+        public static Func<HttpRequestContext, Task> BasicAuth(string 
username, string password)
+        {
+            var encoded = Convert.ToBase64String(
+                Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(username + ":" + password));
+            var headerValue = "Basic " + encoded;
+
+            return context =>
+            {
+                context.Headers["Authorization"] = headerValue;
+                return Task.CompletedTask;
+            };
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Returns a request interceptor that signs requests using AWS 
Signature Version 4.
+        ///     If <paramref name="credentials"/> is null, the default AWS 
credential chain is
+        ///     used and the resolved provider is cached on first use (the 
provider itself handles
+        ///     credential refresh for expiring credentials like STS).
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="region">The AWS region (e.g. "us-east-1").</param>
+        /// <param name="service">The AWS service name (e.g. 
"neptune-db").</param>
+        /// <param name="credentials">
+        ///     Optional AWS credentials. When null, the default credential 
chain is used.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <returns>A request interceptor delegate.</returns>
+        public static Func<HttpRequestContext, Task> SigV4Auth(
+            string region, string service, AWSCredentials? credentials = null)
+        {
+            // Cache the credential provider once when using the default chain.
+            AWSCredentials? cachedProvider = credentials;
+            var cacheLock = new object();
+
+            // Create signer and config once — both are stateless and 
thread-safe
+            var signer = new AWS4Signer();
+            var clientConfig = new SigningClientConfig
+            {
+                AuthenticationRegion = region,
+                AuthenticationServiceName = service,
+            };
+
+            return async context =>
+            {
+                if (cachedProvider == null)
+                {
+                    lock (cacheLock)
+                    {
+                        // FallbackCredentialsFactory only has a sync API, but 
this runs once.
+                        cachedProvider ??= 
FallbackCredentialsFactory.GetCredentials();
+                    }
+                }
+
+                // Use the async path — important for credential providers 
that perform
+                // network I/O (e.g. IMDS on EC2, ECS task role endpoint).
+                var immutableCreds = await cachedProvider.GetCredentialsAsync()
+                    .ConfigureAwait(false);
+                SignRequest(context, immutableCreds, signer, clientConfig);
+            };
+        }
+
+        private static void SignRequest(HttpRequestContext context,
+            ImmutableCredentials credentials, AWS4Signer signer, 
SigningClientConfig clientConfig)
+        {
+            // Build a DefaultRequest from the HttpRequestContext for the AWS 
SDK signer.
+            var endpointUri = new 
Uri(context.Uri.GetLeftPart(UriPartial.Authority));
+            var awsRequest = new DefaultRequest(new NullRequest(), 
clientConfig.AuthenticationServiceName)
+            {
+                HttpMethod = context.Method,
+                Endpoint = endpointUri,
+                ResourcePath = context.Uri.AbsolutePath,
+                Content = context.Body is byte[] bytes
+                    ? bytes
+                    : throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                        "SigV4 signing requires Body to be byte[]. " +
+                        "Ensure serialization occurs before the SigV4 
interceptor."),
+                AuthenticationRegion = clientConfig.AuthenticationRegion,
+                OverrideSigningServiceName = 
clientConfig.AuthenticationServiceName,
+            };
+
+            // Copy headers (skip Host — signer adds it)
+            foreach (var header in context.Headers)
+            {
+                if (!string.Equals(header.Key, "Host", 
StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                {
+                    awsRequest.Headers[header.Key] = header.Value;
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Copy query parameters
+            var query = context.Uri.Query;
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(query))
+            {
+                // Remove leading '?'
+                var queryString = query.StartsWith("?") ? query.Substring(1) : 
query;
+                foreach (var param in queryString.Split('&'))
+                {
+                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(param)) continue;
+                    var parts = param.Split(new[] { '=' }, 2);
+                    var key = Uri.UnescapeDataString(parts[0]);
+                    var value = parts.Length > 1 ? 
Uri.UnescapeDataString(parts[1]) : "";
+                    awsRequest.Parameters[key] = value;
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Set content hash header before signing
+            var payloadHash = context.GetPayloadHash();
+            awsRequest.Headers["x-amz-content-sha256"] = payloadHash;
+
+            // Sign the request
+            signer.Sign(awsRequest, clientConfig, new RequestMetrics(), 
credentials);
+
+            // Copy signed headers back to context. Cherry-pick the known 
SigV4 headers
+            // because the .NET Dictionary is case-sensitive and the AWS SDK 
may use
+            // different casing than what interceptors expect.
+            context.Headers["Host"] = endpointUri.Host;
+            if (awsRequest.Headers.ContainsKey("Authorization"))
+            {
+                context.Headers["Authorization"] = 
awsRequest.Headers["Authorization"];
+            }
+            if (awsRequest.Headers.ContainsKey("X-Amz-Date"))
+            {
+                context.Headers["X-Amz-Date"] = 
awsRequest.Headers["X-Amz-Date"];
+            }
+            context.Headers["x-amz-content-sha256"] = payloadHash;
+
+            // Add session token if temporary credentials
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(credentials.Token))
+            {
+                context.Headers["X-Amz-Security-Token"] = credentials.Token;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     A minimal AmazonWebServiceRequest implementation required by 
DefaultRequest.
+        /// </summary>
+        private class NullRequest : AmazonWebServiceRequest
+        {
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     A minimal ClientConfig implementation for SigV4 signing.
+        /// </summary>
+        private class SigningClientConfig : ClientConfig
+        {
+            public override string RegionEndpointServiceName => "execute-api";
+            public override string ServiceVersion => "2024-01-01";
+            public override string UserAgent => "gremlin-dotnet";
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/Connection.cs 
b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/Connection.cs
index 81e1484ba3..0a43217b0b 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/Connection.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/Connection.cs
@@ -41,26 +41,40 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Driver
     /// </summary>
     internal class Connection : IDisposable
     {
-        private const string GraphBinaryMimeType = 
SerializationTokens.GraphBinary4MimeType;
-
         private readonly HttpClient _httpClient;
         private readonly Uri _uri;
-        private readonly IMessageSerializer _serializer;
+        private readonly IMessageSerializer? _requestSerializer;
+        private readonly IMessageSerializer _responseSerializer;
         private readonly ConnectionSettings _settings;
-        // Interceptor slot reserved for future spec
-        // private readonly IReadOnlyList<Func<HttpRequestMessage, Task>> 
_interceptors;
+        private readonly IReadOnlyList<Func<HttpRequestContext, Task>> 
_interceptors;
 
         /// <summary>
         ///     Creates a new HTTP connection. The <see cref="HttpClient"/> is 
backed by
         ///     SocketsHttpHandler which manages its own TCP connection pool 
internally,
         ///     so a single <see cref="Connection"/> instance handles 
concurrent requests efficiently.
         /// </summary>
-        public Connection(Uri uri, IMessageSerializer serializer,
-            ConnectionSettings settings)
+        /// <param name="uri">The Gremlin Server URI.</param>
+        /// <param name="requestSerializer">
+        ///     The serializer for outgoing requests. When non-null, the 
request body is serialized
+        ///     to <c>byte[]</c> before interceptors run and the 
<c>Content-Type</c> header is set
+        ///     automatically. When <c>null</c>, the body is passed as a <see 
cref="RequestMessage"/>
+        ///     and an interceptor is responsible for serializing it to 
<c>byte[]</c> and setting
+        ///     <c>Content-Type</c>. This follows the Python driver's 
<c>request_serializer=None</c>
+        ///     pattern.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="responseSerializer">The serializer for incoming 
responses (always required).</param>
+        /// <param name="settings">Connection settings.</param>
+        /// <param name="interceptors">Optional request interceptors.</param>
+        public Connection(Uri uri, IMessageSerializer? requestSerializer,
+            IMessageSerializer responseSerializer,
+            ConnectionSettings settings,
+            IReadOnlyList<Func<HttpRequestContext, Task>>? interceptors = null)
         {
             _uri = uri;
-            _serializer = serializer;
+            _requestSerializer = requestSerializer;
+            _responseSerializer = responseSerializer;
             _settings = settings;
+            _interceptors = interceptors ?? 
Array.Empty<Func<HttpRequestContext, Task>>();
 
 #if NET6_0_OR_GREATER
             var handler = new SocketsHttpHandler
@@ -70,6 +84,13 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Driver
                 ConnectTimeout = settings.ConnectionTimeout,
                 KeepAlivePingTimeout = settings.KeepAliveInterval,
             };
+            if (settings.SkipCertificateValidation)
+            {
+                handler.SslOptions = new 
System.Net.Security.SslClientAuthenticationOptions
+                {
+                    RemoteCertificateValidationCallback = (_, _, _, _) => true,
+                };
+            }
             _httpClient = new HttpClient(handler);
 #else
             _httpClient = new HttpClient();
@@ -80,44 +101,96 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Driver
         /// <summary>
         ///     Constructor that accepts a pre-configured HttpClient (for 
testing).
         /// </summary>
-        internal Connection(Uri uri, IMessageSerializer serializer,
-            ConnectionSettings settings, HttpClient httpClient)
+        internal Connection(Uri uri, IMessageSerializer? requestSerializer,
+            IMessageSerializer responseSerializer,
+            ConnectionSettings settings, HttpClient httpClient,
+            IReadOnlyList<Func<HttpRequestContext, Task>>? interceptors = null)
         {
             _uri = uri;
-            _serializer = serializer;
+            _requestSerializer = requestSerializer;
+            _responseSerializer = responseSerializer;
             _settings = settings;
             _httpClient = httpClient;
+            _interceptors = interceptors ?? 
Array.Empty<Func<HttpRequestContext, Task>>();
         }
 
         public async Task<ResultSet<T>> SubmitAsync<T>(RequestMessage 
requestMessage,
             CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
-            var requestBytes = await 
_serializer.SerializeMessageAsync(requestMessage, cancellationToken)
-                .ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-            using var content = new ByteArrayContent(requestBytes);
-            content.Headers.ContentType = new 
MediaTypeHeaderValue(GraphBinaryMimeType);
-
-            using var httpRequest = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, 
_uri);
-            httpRequest.Content = content;
-            httpRequest.Headers.Accept.Add(new 
MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue(GraphBinaryMimeType));
+            // Build HttpRequestContext with default headers
+            var headers = new Dictionary<string, string>();
+            headers["Accept"] = _responseSerializer.MimeType;
 
             if (_settings.EnableCompression)
             {
-                httpRequest.Headers.AcceptEncoding.Add(new 
StringWithQualityHeaderValue("deflate"));
+                headers["Accept-Encoding"] = "deflate";
             }
 
             if (_settings.EnableUserAgentOnConnect)
             {
-                httpRequest.Headers.TryAddWithoutValidation("User-Agent", 
Utils.UserAgent);
+                headers["User-Agent"] = Utils.UserAgent;
             }
 
             if (_settings.BulkResults)
             {
-                httpRequest.Headers.Add("bulkResults", "true");
+                headers["bulkResults"] = "true";
+            }
+
+            object body;
+            if (_requestSerializer != null)
+            {
+                // Default path: serialize before interceptors
+                var requestBytes = await 
_requestSerializer.SerializeMessageAsync(requestMessage, cancellationToken)
+                    .ConfigureAwait(false);
+                body = requestBytes;
+                headers["Content-Type"] = _requestSerializer.MimeType;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // Interceptor-managed path: body is RequestMessage, 
interceptor must serialize
+                body = requestMessage;
+            }
+
+            var context = new HttpRequestContext("POST", _uri, headers, body);
+
+            // Apply interceptors in order
+            foreach (var interceptor in _interceptors)
+            {
+                await interceptor(context).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
 
-            // Future: apply interceptors here
+            // Convert HttpRequestContext to HttpRequestMessage
+            using var httpRequest = new HttpRequestMessage(new 
HttpMethod(context.Method), context.Uri);
+
+            if (context.Body is byte[] bodyBytes)
+            {
+                httpRequest.Content = new ByteArrayContent(bodyBytes);
+            }
+            else if (context.Body is HttpContent httpContent)
+            {
+                httpRequest.Content = httpContent;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                    "Request body must be byte[] or HttpContent after all 
interceptors complete, " +
+                    "but found " + (context.Body?.GetType().Name ?? "null") +
+                    ". Either provide a requestSerializer or add an 
interceptor " +
+                    "that serializes the RequestMessage.");
+            }
+
+            foreach (var header in context.Headers)
+            {
+                // Content-Type must be set on the content headers, not the 
request headers
+                if (string.Equals(header.Key, "Content-Type", 
StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                {
+                    httpRequest.Content.Headers.ContentType = new 
MediaTypeHeaderValue(header.Value);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    httpRequest.Headers.TryAddWithoutValidation(header.Key, 
header.Value);
+                }
+            }
 
             using var response = await _httpClient.SendAsync(httpRequest, 
cancellationToken)
                 .ConfigureAwait(false);
@@ -128,7 +201,7 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Driver
             // is GraphBinary do we fall through to normal deserialization so 
the status footer
             // in the GB4 response can surface the application-level error.
             if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode &&
-                response.Content.Headers.ContentType?.MediaType != 
GraphBinaryMimeType)
+                response.Content.Headers.ContentType?.MediaType != 
_responseSerializer.MimeType)
             {
                 var errorBody = await 
response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
 
@@ -141,7 +214,7 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Driver
 
             var responseBytes = await 
ReadResponseBytesAsync(response).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-            var responseMessage = await 
_serializer.DeserializeMessageAsync(responseBytes, cancellationToken)
+            var responseMessage = await 
_responseSerializer.DeserializeMessageAsync(responseBytes, cancellationToken)
                 .ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             return BuildResultSet<T>(responseMessage);
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/ConnectionSettings.cs 
b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/ConnectionSettings.cs
index 0d8df4a6a7..83faebf7ed 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/ConnectionSettings.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/ConnectionSettings.cs
@@ -84,5 +84,11 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Driver
         ///     Gets or sets whether to send the bulkResults: true header on 
all requests.
         /// </summary>
         public bool BulkResults { get; set; } = false;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Gets or sets whether to skip SSL certificate validation.
+        ///     Only use for testing with self-signed certificates.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool SkipCertificateValidation { get; set; } = false;
     }
 }
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/GremlinClient.cs 
b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/GremlinClient.cs
index cd9011622d..f0f96b417f 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/GremlinClient.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/GremlinClient.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #endregion
 
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Gremlin.Net.Driver.Messages;
@@ -44,31 +45,70 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Driver
         ///     Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="GremlinClient" /> 
class for the specified Gremlin Server.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="gremlinServer">The <see cref="GremlinServer" /> the 
requests should be sent to.</param>
-        /// <param name="messageSerializer">
-        ///     A <see cref="IMessageSerializer" /> instance to serialize 
messages sent to and received
-        ///     from the server.
+        /// <param name="requestSerializer">
+        ///     A <see cref="IMessageSerializer" /> instance to serialize 
outgoing request messages.
+        ///     When <c>null</c>, the request body is passed as a <see 
cref="RequestMessage"/> to
+        ///     interceptors, and an interceptor must serialize it to 
<c>byte[]</c> and set the
+        ///     <c>Content-Type</c> header. This follows the Python driver's
+        ///     <c>request_serializer=None</c> pattern.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="responseSerializer">
+        ///     A <see cref="IMessageSerializer" /> instance to deserialize 
incoming response messages.
+        ///     Always required.
         /// </param>
         /// <param name="connectionSettings">The <see 
cref="ConnectionSettings" /> for the HTTP connection.</param>
         /// <param name="loggerFactory">A factory to create loggers. If not 
provided, then nothing will be logged.</param>
-        // Interceptor slot reserved for future spec:
-        // IReadOnlyList<Func<HttpRequestMessage, Task>>? interceptors = null,
-        public GremlinClient(GremlinServer gremlinServer, IMessageSerializer? 
messageSerializer = null,
+        /// <param name="interceptors">
+        ///     An optional list of request interceptors. Each interceptor 
receives a mutable
+        ///     <see cref="HttpRequestContext" /> and can modify headers, 
body, URI, and method
+        ///     before the request is sent.
+        /// </param>
+        public GremlinClient(GremlinServer gremlinServer, IMessageSerializer? 
requestSerializer,
+            IMessageSerializer responseSerializer,
             ConnectionSettings? connectionSettings = null,
-            ILoggerFactory? loggerFactory = null)
+            ILoggerFactory? loggerFactory = null,
+            IReadOnlyList<Func<HttpRequestContext, Task>>? interceptors = null)
         {
-            messageSerializer ??= new GraphBinary4MessageSerializer();
             connectionSettings ??= new ConnectionSettings();
             LoggerFactory = loggerFactory ?? NullLoggerFactory.Instance;
 
             _connection = new Connection(
                 gremlinServer.Uri,
-                messageSerializer,
-                connectionSettings);
+                requestSerializer,
+                responseSerializer,
+                connectionSettings,
+                interceptors);
 
             var logger = LoggerFactory.CreateLogger<GremlinClient>();
             logger.InitializedHttpConnection(gremlinServer.Uri);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="GremlinClient" /> 
class with a single
+        ///     serializer used for both request serialization and response 
deserialization.
+        ///     This is the backward-compatible convenience constructor.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="gremlinServer">The <see cref="GremlinServer" /> the 
requests should be sent to.</param>
+        /// <param name="messageSerializer">
+        ///     A <see cref="IMessageSerializer" /> instance used for both 
request serialization and
+        ///     response deserialization. Defaults to <see 
cref="GraphBinary4MessageSerializer"/>.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="connectionSettings">The <see 
cref="ConnectionSettings" /> for the HTTP connection.</param>
+        /// <param name="loggerFactory">A factory to create loggers. If not 
provided, then nothing will be logged.</param>
+        /// <param name="interceptors">
+        ///     An optional list of request interceptors.
+        /// </param>
+        public GremlinClient(GremlinServer gremlinServer, IMessageSerializer? 
messageSerializer = null,
+            ConnectionSettings? connectionSettings = null,
+            ILoggerFactory? loggerFactory = null,
+            IReadOnlyList<Func<HttpRequestContext, Task>>? interceptors = null)
+            : this(gremlinServer,
+                  messageSerializer ?? new GraphBinary4MessageSerializer(),
+                  messageSerializer ?? new GraphBinary4MessageSerializer(),
+                  connectionSettings, loggerFactory, interceptors)
+        {
+        }
+
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public async Task<ResultSet<T>> SubmitAsync<T>(RequestMessage 
requestMessage,
             CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/GremlinServer.cs 
b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/GremlinServer.cs
index 94c46936ad..19ed2fbb18 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/GremlinServer.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/GremlinServer.cs
@@ -36,15 +36,11 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Driver
         /// <param name="hostname">The hostname of the server.</param>
         /// <param name="port">The port on which Gremlin Server can be 
reached.</param>
         /// <param name="enableSsl">Specifies whether SSL should be 
enabled.</param>
-        /// <param name="username">The username to submit on requests that 
require authentication.</param>
-        /// <param name="password">The password to submit on requests that 
require authentication.</param>
         /// <param name="path">The path to the Gremlin endpoint on the 
server.</param>
         public GremlinServer(string hostname = "localhost", int port = 8182, 
bool enableSsl = false,
-            string? username = null, string? password = null, string path = 
"/gremlin")
+            string path = "/gremlin")
         {
             Uri = CreateUri(hostname, port, enableSsl, path);
-            Username = username;
-            Password = password;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -52,16 +48,6 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Driver
         /// </summary>
         public Uri Uri { get; }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        ///     Gets the username to submit on requests that require 
authentication.
-        /// </summary>
-        public string? Username { get; }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        ///     Gets the password to submit on requests that require 
authentication.
-        /// </summary>
-        public string? Password { get; }
-
         private static Uri CreateUri(string hostname, int port, bool 
enableSsl, string path)
         {
             var scheme = enableSsl ? "https" : "http";
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/HttpRequestContext.cs 
b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/HttpRequestContext.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9fc170b45f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/HttpRequestContext.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+#region License
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+#endregion
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+
+namespace Gremlin.Net.Driver
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Mutable HTTP request context passed to request interceptors.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class HttpRequestContext
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Gets or sets the HTTP method (e.g. "POST").
+        /// </summary>
+        public string Method { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Gets or sets the request URI.
+        /// </summary>
+        public Uri Uri { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Gets the HTTP headers. Interceptors may add, modify, or remove 
entries.
+        /// </summary>
+        public Dictionary<string, string> Headers { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Gets or sets the request body. This is <c>byte[]</c> when 
serialization has occurred
+        ///     (default path), or <c>RequestMessage</c> when serialization is 
deferred to interceptors
+        ///     (<c>requestSerializer = null</c>). Interceptors may also set 
this to an
+        ///     <see cref="System.Net.Http.HttpContent"/> instance for full 
control over the wire format.
+        /// </summary>
+        public object Body { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Initializes a new instance of the <see 
cref="HttpRequestContext" /> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="method">The HTTP method.</param>
+        /// <param name="uri">The request URI.</param>
+        /// <param name="headers">The HTTP headers.</param>
+        /// <param name="body">The request body. Typically <c>byte[]</c> 
(post-serialization) or
+        ///     <c>RequestMessage</c> (pre-serialization).</param>
+        public HttpRequestContext(string method, Uri uri, Dictionary<string, 
string> headers, object body)
+        {
+            Method = method ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(method));
+            Uri = uri ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(uri));
+            Headers = headers ?? throw new 
ArgumentNullException(nameof(headers));
+            Body = body;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Returns the lowercase hex-encoded SHA-256 digest of the body.
+        ///     Throws <see cref="InvalidOperationException"/> if <see 
cref="Body"/> is not <c>byte[]</c>,
+        ///     which indicates that serialization has not yet occurred.
+        /// </summary>
+        public string GetPayloadHash()
+        {
+            if (Body is not byte[] bytes)
+            {
+                throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                    "Cannot compute payload hash before serialization. " +
+                    "Body must be byte[] but is " +
+                    (Body?.GetType().Name ?? "null") + ".");
+            }
+            using var sha256 = SHA256.Create();
+            var hash = sha256.ComputeHash(bytes);
+            return BitConverter.ToString(hash).Replace("-", 
"").ToLowerInvariant();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/IMessageSerializer.cs 
b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/IMessageSerializer.cs
index e1a6a0eca8..97a3fe4eee 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/IMessageSerializer.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/IMessageSerializer.cs
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Driver
     /// </summary>
     public interface IMessageSerializer
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Gets the MIME type produced by this serializer (e.g.
+        ///     <c>"application/vnd.graphbinary-v4.0"</c>). Used by the driver 
to set
+        ///     <c>Content-Type</c> and <c>Accept</c> headers automatically.
+        /// </summary>
+        string MimeType { get; }
+
         /// <summary>
         ///     Serializes a <see cref="RequestMessage"/>.
         /// </summary>
diff --git 
a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/Remote/DriverRemoteConnection.cs 
b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/Remote/DriverRemoteConnection.cs
index 12064984e7..f9fa1d62bb 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/Remote/DriverRemoteConnection.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Driver/Remote/DriverRemoteConnection.cs
@@ -57,10 +57,16 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Driver.Remote
         /// <param name="port">The port to connect to.</param>
         /// <param name="traversalSource">The name of the traversal source on 
the server to bind to.</param>
         /// <param name="loggerFactory">A factory to create loggers. If not 
provided, then nothing will be logged.</param>
+        /// <param name="interceptors">
+        ///     An optional list of request interceptors forwarded to the 
underlying
+        ///     <see cref="GremlinClient" />.
+        /// </param>
         /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">Thrown when client is 
null.</exception>
         public DriverRemoteConnection(string host, int port, string 
traversalSource = "g",
-            ILoggerFactory? loggerFactory = null) : this(
-            new GremlinClient(new GremlinServer(host, port), loggerFactory: 
loggerFactory), traversalSource,
+            ILoggerFactory? loggerFactory = null,
+            IReadOnlyList<Func<HttpRequestContext, Task>>? interceptors = 
null) : this(
+            new GremlinClient(new GremlinServer(host, port), loggerFactory: 
loggerFactory, interceptors: interceptors),
+            traversalSource,
             logger: loggerFactory?.CreateLogger<DriverRemoteConnection>() ?? 
NullLogger<DriverRemoteConnection>.Instance)
         {
         }
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Gremlin.Net.csproj 
b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Gremlin.Net.csproj
index df9cac5be7..c1c53ae69d 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Gremlin.Net.csproj
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Gremlin.Net.csproj
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ NOTE that versions suffixed with "-rc" are considered release 
candidates (i.e. p
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="AWSSDK.Core" Version="3.7.400.2" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" 
Version="8.0.2" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="8.0.0" 
PrivateAssets="All" />
     <PackageReference Include="Polly" Version="8.5.1" />
diff --git 
a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/GraphBinary4MessageSerializer.cs
 
b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/GraphBinary4MessageSerializer.cs
index dc74e48bc6..022debad37 100644
--- 
a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/GraphBinary4MessageSerializer.cs
+++ 
b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphBinary4/GraphBinary4MessageSerializer.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Gremlin.Net.Driver;
 using Gremlin.Net.Driver.Messages;
+using Gremlin.Net.Structure.IO;
 
 namespace Gremlin.Net.Structure.IO.GraphBinary4
 {
@@ -40,6 +41,9 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Structure.IO.GraphBinary4
         private readonly RequestMessageSerializer _requestSerializer = new 
RequestMessageSerializer();
         private readonly ResponseMessageSerializer _responseSerializer = new 
ResponseMessageSerializer();
 
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public string MimeType => SerializationTokens.GraphBinary4MimeType;
+
         /// <summary>
         ///     Initializes a new instance of the <see 
cref="GraphBinary4MessageSerializer" /> class
         ///     with the default type serializer registry.
diff --git 
a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphSON/GraphSON2MessageSerializer.cs
 
b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphSON/GraphSON2MessageSerializer.cs
index 7f9d7bd548..ff7c63c7cb 100644
--- 
a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphSON/GraphSON2MessageSerializer.cs
+++ 
b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphSON/GraphSON2MessageSerializer.cs
@@ -28,15 +28,13 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Structure.IO.GraphSON
     /// </summary>
     public class GraphSON2MessageSerializer : GraphSONMessageSerializer
     {
-        private const string MimeType = SerializationTokens.GraphSON2MimeType;
-
         /// <summary>
         ///     Initializes a new instance of the <see 
cref="GraphSON2MessageSerializer" /> class with custom serializers.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="graphSONReader">The <see cref="GraphSON2Reader"/> 
used to deserialize from GraphSON.</param>
         /// <param name="graphSONWriter">The <see cref="GraphSON2Writer"/> 
used to serialize to GraphSON.</param>
         public GraphSON2MessageSerializer(GraphSON2Reader? graphSONReader = 
null, GraphSON2Writer? graphSONWriter = null)
-            : base(MimeType, graphSONReader ?? new GraphSON2Reader(), 
graphSONWriter ?? new GraphSON2Writer())
+            : base(SerializationTokens.GraphSON2MimeType, graphSONReader ?? 
new GraphSON2Reader(), graphSONWriter ?? new GraphSON2Writer())
         {
         }
     }
diff --git 
a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphSON/GraphSON3MessageSerializer.cs
 
b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphSON/GraphSON3MessageSerializer.cs
index bc434c776b..860d0efe0c 100644
--- 
a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphSON/GraphSON3MessageSerializer.cs
+++ 
b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphSON/GraphSON3MessageSerializer.cs
@@ -28,15 +28,13 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Structure.IO.GraphSON
     /// </summary>
     public class GraphSON3MessageSerializer : GraphSONMessageSerializer
     {
-        private const string MimeType = SerializationTokens.GraphSON3MimeType;
-        
         /// <summary>
         ///     Initializes a new instance of the <see 
cref="GraphSON3MessageSerializer" /> class with custom serializers.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="graphSONReader">The <see cref="GraphSON3Reader"/> 
used to deserialize from GraphSON.</param>
         /// <param name="graphSONWriter">The <see cref="GraphSON3Writer"/> 
used to serialize to GraphSON.</param>
         public GraphSON3MessageSerializer(GraphSON3Reader? graphSONReader = 
null, GraphSON3Writer? graphSONWriter = null)
-            : base(MimeType, graphSONReader ?? new GraphSON3Reader(), 
graphSONWriter ?? new GraphSON3Writer())
+            : base(SerializationTokens.GraphSON3MimeType, graphSONReader ?? 
new GraphSON3Reader(), graphSONWriter ?? new GraphSON3Writer())
         {
         }
     }
diff --git 
a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphSON/GraphSONMessageSerializer.cs
 
b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphSON/GraphSONMessageSerializer.cs
index 12aaaeff78..b4e626e98b 100644
--- 
a/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphSON/GraphSONMessageSerializer.cs
+++ 
b/gremlin-dotnet/src/Gremlin.Net/Structure/IO/GraphSON/GraphSONMessageSerializer.cs
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.Structure.IO.GraphSON
             _graphSONWriter = graphSonWriter;
         }
 
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public string MimeType => _mimeType;
+
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public virtual Task<byte[]> SerializeMessageAsync(RequestMessage 
requestMessage,
             CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
diff --git 
a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest/Docs/Reference/GremlinVariantsTests.cs
 
b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest/Docs/Reference/GremlinVariantsTests.cs
index a1689bdf0e..5c5103aff0 100644
--- 
a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest/Docs/Reference/GremlinVariantsTests.cs
+++ 
b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest/Docs/Reference/GremlinVariantsTests.cs
@@ -158,7 +158,9 @@ var response =
 // tag::submittingScriptsWithAuthentication[]
 var username = "username";
 var password = "password";
-var gremlinServer = new GremlinServer("localhost", 8182, true, username, 
password);
+var gremlinServer = new GremlinServer("localhost", 8182, enableSsl: true);
+using var gremlinClient = new GremlinClient(gremlinServer,
+    interceptors: new[] { Auth.BasicAuth(username, password) });
 // end::submittingScriptsWithAuthentication[]
         }
         
diff --git 
a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest/Driver/AuthIntegrationTests.cs
 
b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest/Driver/AuthIntegrationTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3b5c9eed07
--- /dev/null
+++ 
b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest/Driver/AuthIntegrationTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+#region License
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+#endregion
+
+using System;
+using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Gremlin.Net.Driver;
+using Gremlin.Net.Driver.Remote;
+using Gremlin.Net.Process.Traversal;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest.Driver
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Integration tests for authentication interceptors against the 
secure Gremlin Server
+    ///     (port 45941, SSL + SimpleAuthenticator).
+    /// </summary>
+    public class AuthIntegrationTests
+    {
+        private static readonly string TestHost = 
ConfigProvider.Configuration["TestServerIpAddress"]!;
+        private static readonly int TestSecurePort = 
Convert.ToInt32(ConfigProvider.Configuration["TestSecureServerPort"]);
+
+        private GremlinClient CreateSecureClient(Func<HttpRequestContext, 
Task>[]? interceptors = null)
+        {
+            var gremlinServer = new GremlinServer(TestHost, TestSecurePort, 
enableSsl: true);
+            return new GremlinClient(gremlinServer,
+                connectionSettings: new ConnectionSettings { 
SkipCertificateValidation = true },
+                interceptors: interceptors);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ShouldAuthenticateWithBasicAuth()
+        {
+            // The secure server uses SimpleAuthenticator with credentials: 
stephen/password
+            using var gremlinClient = CreateSecureClient(
+                new[] { Auth.BasicAuth("stephen", "password") });
+
+            var response = await 
gremlinClient.SubmitAsync<long>("g.inject(1).count()");
+
+            Assert.Single(response);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task 
ShouldAuthenticateWithBasicAuthViaDriverRemoteConnection()
+        {
+            // Test through DriverRemoteConnection + traversal
+            using var client = CreateSecureClient(
+                new[] { Auth.BasicAuth("stephen", "password") });
+            using var remote = new DriverRemoteConnection(client, "gmodern");
+            var g = AnonymousTraversalSource.Traversal().With(remote);
+
+            var count = await g.V().Count().Promise(t => t.Next());
+
+            Assert.True(count > 0);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ShouldFailWithWrongCredentials()
+        {
+            using var gremlinClient = CreateSecureClient(
+                new[] { Auth.BasicAuth("stephen", "wrongpassword") });
+
+            // The server returns auth errors as JSON (not GraphBinary), so 
Connection
+            // extracts the message and throws HttpRequestException.
+            var ex = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<HttpRequestException>(
+                () => gremlinClient.SubmitAsync<long>("g.inject(1).count()"));
+
+            Assert.Contains("incorrect", ex.Message, 
StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ShouldFailWithNoCredentials()
+        {
+            using var gremlinClient = CreateSecureClient();
+
+            var ex = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<HttpRequestException>(
+                () => gremlinClient.SubmitAsync<long>("g.inject(1).count()"));
+
+            Assert.Contains("credentials", ex.Message, 
StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git 
a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest/Process/Traversal/DriverRemoteConnection/GraphTraversalTests.cs
 
b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest/Process/Traversal/DriverRemoteConnection/GraphTraversalTests.cs
index 87260ae446..591eab48e2 100644
--- 
a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest/Process/Traversal/DriverRemoteConnection/GraphTraversalTests.cs
+++ 
b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest/Process/Traversal/DriverRemoteConnection/GraphTraversalTests.cs
@@ -152,13 +152,9 @@ namespace 
Gremlin.Net.IntegrationTest.Process.Traversal.DriverRemoteConnection
             var g = AnonymousTraversalSource.Traversal().With(connection);
 
             var result = g.V(1).ValueMap<string, IList<object>>().Next();
-            Assert.Equal(
-                new Dictionary<string, IList<object>>
-                {
-                    { "age", new List<object> { 29 } },
-                    { "name", new List<object> { "marko" } }
-                },
-                result);
+            Assert.True(result.Count >= 2); // .NET may receive an extra 
haltedTraversers key from the server which we currently just ignore
+            Assert.Equal(new List<object> { 29 }, result["age"]);
+            Assert.Equal(new List<object> { "marko" }, result["name"]);
         }
 
         [Fact]
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Driver/AuthTests.cs 
b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Driver/AuthTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..40f5239e44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Driver/AuthTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,245 @@
+#region License
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+#endregion
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Amazon.Runtime;
+using Gremlin.Net.Driver;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Driver
+{
+    public class AuthTests
+    {
+        private static HttpRequestContext CreateTestContext()
+        {
+            return new HttpRequestContext("POST", new 
Uri("http://localhost:8182/gremlin";),
+                new Dictionary<string, string>(), new byte[] { 0x01 });
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task BasicAuthShouldSetCorrectAuthorizationHeader()
+        {
+            var interceptor = Auth.BasicAuth("user", "pass");
+            var context = CreateTestContext();
+
+            await interceptor(context);
+
+            var expected = "Basic " + 
Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("user:pass"));
+            Assert.Equal(expected, context.Headers["Authorization"]);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task BasicAuthShouldSetHeaderOnEveryInvocation()
+        {
+            var interceptor = Auth.BasicAuth("user", "pass");
+            var context1 = CreateTestContext();
+            var context2 = CreateTestContext();
+
+            await interceptor(context1);
+            await interceptor(context2);
+
+            var expected = "Basic " + 
Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("user:pass"));
+            Assert.Equal(expected, context1.Headers["Authorization"]);
+            Assert.Equal(expected, context2.Headers["Authorization"]);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task BasicAuthShouldHandleColonsInPassword()
+        {
+            var interceptor = Auth.BasicAuth("user", "pass:with:colons");
+            var context = CreateTestContext();
+
+            await interceptor(context);
+
+            var expected = "Basic " + Convert.ToBase64String(
+                Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("user:pass:with:colons"));
+            Assert.Equal(expected, context.Headers["Authorization"]);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task BasicAuthShouldHandleUnicodeCharacters()
+        {
+            var interceptor = Auth.BasicAuth("用户", "密码");
+            var context = CreateTestContext();
+
+            await interceptor(context);
+
+            var expected = "Basic " + Convert.ToBase64String(
+                Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("用户:密码"));
+            Assert.Equal(expected, context.Headers["Authorization"]);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task BasicAuthShouldOverwriteExistingAuthorizationHeader()
+        {
+            var interceptor = Auth.BasicAuth("user", "pass");
+            var context = CreateTestContext();
+            context.Headers["Authorization"] = "Bearer old-token";
+
+            await interceptor(context);
+
+            var expected = "Basic " + 
Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("user:pass"));
+            Assert.Equal(expected, context.Headers["Authorization"]);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task BasicAuthShouldHandleEmptyCredentials()
+        {
+            var interceptor = Auth.BasicAuth("", "");
+            var context = CreateTestContext();
+
+            await interceptor(context);
+
+            var expected = "Basic " + 
Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(":"));
+            Assert.Equal(expected, context.Headers["Authorization"]);
+        }
+
+        // --- SigV4 Tests ---
+
+        private static readonly BasicAWSCredentials TestBasicCredentials =
+            new BasicAWSCredentials("MOCK_ID", "MOCK_KEY");
+
+        private static readonly SessionAWSCredentials TestSessionCredentials =
+            new SessionAWSCredentials("MOCK_ID", "MOCK_KEY", "MOCK_TOKEN");
+
+        private static HttpRequestContext CreateSigv4TestContext(byte[]? body 
= null)
+        {
+            return new HttpRequestContext("POST", new 
Uri("https://example.com:8182/gremlin";),
+                new Dictionary<string, string>
+                {
+                    { "Content-Type", "application/vnd.graphbinary-v4.0" },
+                    { "Accept", "application/vnd.graphbinary-v4.0" },
+                },
+                body ?? new byte[] { 0x84, 0x00 });
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task SigV4AuthShouldAddRequiredHeaders()
+        {
+            var interceptor = Auth.SigV4Auth("gremlin-east-1", 
"tinkerpop-sigv4", TestBasicCredentials);
+            var context = CreateSigv4TestContext();
+
+            await interceptor(context);
+
+            Assert.True(context.Headers.ContainsKey("Authorization"));
+            Assert.True(context.Headers.ContainsKey("X-Amz-Date"));
+            Assert.True(context.Headers.ContainsKey("x-amz-content-sha256"));
+            Assert.True(context.Headers.ContainsKey("Host"));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task SigV4AuthShouldHaveCorrectAuthorizationPrefix()
+        {
+            var interceptor = Auth.SigV4Auth("gremlin-west-2", 
"tinkerpop-sigv4", TestBasicCredentials);
+            var context = CreateSigv4TestContext();
+
+            await interceptor(context);
+
+            Assert.StartsWith("AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=MOCK_ID", 
context.Headers["Authorization"]);
+            Assert.Contains("gremlin-west-2/tinkerpop-sigv4/aws4_request", 
context.Headers["Authorization"]);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task 
SigV4AuthShouldAddSessionTokenForTemporaryCredentials()
+        {
+            var interceptor = Auth.SigV4Auth("gremlin-east-1", 
"tinkerpop-sigv4", TestSessionCredentials);
+            var context = CreateSigv4TestContext();
+
+            await interceptor(context);
+
+            Assert.True(context.Headers.ContainsKey("X-Amz-Security-Token"));
+            Assert.Equal("MOCK_TOKEN", 
context.Headers["X-Amz-Security-Token"]);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task 
SigV4AuthShouldNotAddSessionTokenForPermanentCredentials()
+        {
+            var interceptor = Auth.SigV4Auth("gremlin-east-1", 
"tinkerpop-sigv4", TestBasicCredentials);
+            var context = CreateSigv4TestContext();
+
+            await interceptor(context);
+
+            Assert.False(context.Headers.ContainsKey("X-Amz-Security-Token"));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task SigV4AuthContentHashShouldMatchBodySha256()
+        {
+            var body = new byte[] { 0x84, 0x00, 0xFD, 0x01 };
+            var interceptor = Auth.SigV4Auth("gremlin-east-1", 
"tinkerpop-sigv4", TestBasicCredentials);
+            var context = CreateSigv4TestContext(body);
+
+            await interceptor(context);
+
+            using var sha256 = SHA256.Create();
+            var expectedHash = BitConverter.ToString(sha256.ComputeHash(body))
+                .Replace("-", "").ToLowerInvariant();
+            Assert.Equal(expectedHash, 
context.Headers["x-amz-content-sha256"]);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task SigV4AuthShouldHandleEmptyBody()
+        {
+            var interceptor = Auth.SigV4Auth("gremlin-east-1", 
"tinkerpop-sigv4", TestBasicCredentials);
+            var context = CreateSigv4TestContext(Array.Empty<byte>());
+
+            await interceptor(context);
+
+            Assert.True(context.Headers.ContainsKey("Authorization"));
+            
Assert.Equal("e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855",
+                context.Headers["x-amz-content-sha256"]);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task SigV4AuthShouldSetCorrectHost()
+        {
+            var interceptor = Auth.SigV4Auth("gremlin-east-1", 
"tinkerpop-sigv4", TestBasicCredentials);
+            var context = CreateSigv4TestContext();
+
+            await interceptor(context);
+
+            Assert.Equal("example.com", context.Headers["Host"]);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task SigV4AuthShouldThrowWhenBodyIsNotByteArray()
+        {
+            var interceptor = Auth.SigV4Auth("gremlin-east-1", 
"tinkerpop-sigv4", TestBasicCredentials);
+            var context = new HttpRequestContext("POST", new 
Uri("https://example.com:8182/gremlin";),
+                new Dictionary<string, string>
+                {
+                    { "Content-Type", "application/vnd.graphbinary-v4.0" },
+                },
+                "not-bytes");
+
+            var ex = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<InvalidOperationException>(
+                () => interceptor(context));
+
+            Assert.Contains("byte[]", ex.Message);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Driver/ConnectionTests.cs 
b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Driver/ConnectionTests.cs
index a73b5acc8a..6fff36a419 100644
--- a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Driver/ConnectionTests.cs
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Driver/ConnectionTests.cs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Driver
             var (httpClient, handler) = CreateMockHttpClient();
             var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
             var settings = new ConnectionSettings();
-            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
settings, httpClient);
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
serializer, settings, httpClient);
 
             await connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Driver
             var (httpClient, handler) = CreateMockHttpClient();
             var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
             var settings = new ConnectionSettings();
-            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
settings, httpClient);
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
serializer, settings, httpClient);
 
             await connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Driver
             var (httpClient, handler) = CreateMockHttpClient();
             var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
             var settings = new ConnectionSettings();
-            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
settings, httpClient);
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
serializer, settings, httpClient);
 
             await connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Driver
             var (httpClient, handler) = CreateMockHttpClient();
             var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
             var settings = new ConnectionSettings();
-            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
settings, httpClient);
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
serializer, settings, httpClient);
 
             await connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Driver
             var (httpClient, handler) = CreateMockHttpClient();
             var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
             var settings = new ConnectionSettings { EnableCompression = true };
-            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
settings, httpClient);
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
serializer, settings, httpClient);
 
             await connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
 
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Driver
             var (httpClient, handler) = CreateMockHttpClient();
             var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
             var settings = new ConnectionSettings { EnableCompression = false 
};
-            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
settings, httpClient);
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
serializer, settings, httpClient);
 
             await connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
 
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Driver
             var (httpClient, handler) = CreateMockHttpClient();
             var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
             var settings = new ConnectionSettings { EnableUserAgentOnConnect = 
true };
-            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
settings, httpClient);
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
serializer, settings, httpClient);
 
             await connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Driver
             var (httpClient, handler) = CreateMockHttpClient();
             var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
             var settings = new ConnectionSettings { EnableUserAgentOnConnect = 
false };
-            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
settings, httpClient);
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
serializer, settings, httpClient);
 
             await connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
 
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Driver
             var (httpClient, handler) = CreateMockHttpClient();
             var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
             var settings = new ConnectionSettings { BulkResults = true };
-            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
settings, httpClient);
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
serializer, settings, httpClient);
 
             await connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
 
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Driver
             var (httpClient, handler) = CreateMockHttpClient();
             var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
             var settings = new ConnectionSettings { BulkResults = false };
-            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
settings, httpClient);
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
serializer, settings, httpClient);
 
             await connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
 
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Driver
             var (httpClient, handler) = CreateMockHttpClient(compressedBytes, 
"deflate");
             var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
             var settings = new ConnectionSettings { EnableCompression = true };
-            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
settings, httpClient);
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
serializer, settings, httpClient);
 
             // Should not throw — decompression should work
             var result = await 
connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Driver
             var (httpClient, _) = CreateMockHttpClient();
             var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
             var settings = new ConnectionSettings();
-            var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, settings, 
httpClient);
+            var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, serializer, 
settings, httpClient);
 
             connection.Dispose();
             // Double dispose should not throw
@@ -267,9 +267,11 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Driver
             return RequestMessage.Build("g.V()").AddG("g").Create();
         }
 
-        private static IMessageSerializer CreateMockSerializer()
+        private static IMessageSerializer CreateMockSerializer(
+            string mimeType = SerializationTokens.GraphBinary4MimeType)
         {
             var serializer = Substitute.For<IMessageSerializer>();
+            serializer.MimeType.Returns(mimeType);
             serializer.SerializeMessageAsync(Arg.Any<RequestMessage>(), 
Arg.Any<CancellationToken>())
                 .Returns(Task.FromResult(new byte[] { 0x84 }));
             serializer.DeserializeMessageAsync(Arg.Any<byte[]>(), 
Arg.Any<CancellationToken>())
@@ -278,6 +280,668 @@ namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Driver
             return serializer;
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ShouldCallInterceptorsInOrder()
+        {
+            var (httpClient, _) = CreateMockHttpClient();
+            var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
+            var settings = new ConnectionSettings();
+            var callOrder = new List<int>();
+
+            var interceptors = new List<Func<HttpRequestContext, Task>>
+            {
+                ctx => { callOrder.Add(1); return Task.CompletedTask; },
+                ctx => { callOrder.Add(2); return Task.CompletedTask; },
+                ctx => { callOrder.Add(3); return Task.CompletedTask; },
+            };
+
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
serializer, settings, httpClient, interceptors);
+
+            await connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
+
+            Assert.Equal(new List<int> { 1, 2, 3 }, callOrder);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ShouldPropagateInterceptorException()
+        {
+            var (httpClient, handler) = CreateMockHttpClient();
+            var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
+            var settings = new ConnectionSettings();
+            var expectedException = new InvalidOperationException("interceptor 
failed");
+
+            var interceptors = new List<Func<HttpRequestContext, Task>>
+            {
+                _ => throw expectedException,
+            };
+
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
serializer, settings, httpClient, interceptors);
+
+            var ex = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<InvalidOperationException>(
+                () => connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest()));
+
+            Assert.Same(expectedException, ex);
+            // HTTP request should not have been sent
+            Assert.Null(handler.CapturedRequest);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ShouldAllowInterceptorToModifyHeaders()
+        {
+            var (httpClient, handler) = CreateMockHttpClient();
+            var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
+            var settings = new ConnectionSettings();
+
+            var interceptors = new List<Func<HttpRequestContext, Task>>
+            {
+                ctx =>
+                {
+                    ctx.Headers["Authorization"] = "Basic dGVzdDp0ZXN0";
+                    return Task.CompletedTask;
+                },
+            };
+
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
serializer, settings, httpClient, interceptors);
+
+            await connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
+
+            Assert.NotNull(handler.CapturedRequest);
+            
Assert.True(handler.CapturedRequest!.Headers.Contains("Authorization"));
+            Assert.Equal("Basic dGVzdDp0ZXN0",
+                
handler.CapturedRequest.Headers.GetValues("Authorization").First());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ShouldSeeEarlierInterceptorModifications()
+        {
+            var (httpClient, handler) = CreateMockHttpClient();
+            var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
+            var settings = new ConnectionSettings();
+            string? observedHeader = null;
+
+            var interceptors = new List<Func<HttpRequestContext, Task>>
+            {
+                ctx =>
+                {
+                    ctx.Headers["X-Custom"] = "first";
+                    return Task.CompletedTask;
+                },
+                ctx =>
+                {
+                    observedHeader = ctx.Headers.ContainsKey("X-Custom") ? 
ctx.Headers["X-Custom"] : null;
+                    ctx.Headers["X-Custom"] = "second";
+                    return Task.CompletedTask;
+                },
+            };
+
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
serializer, settings, httpClient, interceptors);
+
+            await connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
+
+            Assert.Equal("first", observedHeader);
+            Assert.NotNull(handler.CapturedRequest);
+            Assert.Equal("second",
+                
handler.CapturedRequest!.Headers.GetValues("X-Custom").First());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task 
ShouldSerializeBeforeInterceptorsWhenRequestSerializerProvided()
+        {
+            var (httpClient, _) = CreateMockHttpClient();
+            var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
+            var settings = new ConnectionSettings();
+            object? observedBody = null;
+
+            var interceptors = new List<Func<HttpRequestContext, Task>>
+            {
+                ctx =>
+                {
+                    observedBody = ctx.Body;
+                    return Task.CompletedTask;
+                },
+            };
+
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
serializer, settings, httpClient,
+                interceptors);
+
+            await connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
+
+            Assert.IsType<byte[]>(observedBody);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ShouldPassRequestMessageWhenRequestSerializerIsNull()
+        {
+            var (httpClient, _) = CreateMockHttpClient();
+            var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
+            var settings = new ConnectionSettings();
+            object? observedBody = null;
+
+            var interceptors = new List<Func<HttpRequestContext, Task>>
+            {
+                ctx =>
+                {
+                    observedBody = ctx.Body;
+                    // Serialize the body so the request can proceed
+                    ctx.Body = new byte[] { 0x84 };
+                    ctx.Headers["Content-Type"] = 
"application/vnd.graphbinary-v4.0";
+                    return Task.CompletedTask;
+                },
+            };
+
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, null, serializer, 
settings, httpClient,
+                interceptors);
+
+            await connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
+
+            Assert.IsType<RequestMessage>(observedBody);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ShouldThrowWhenBodyIsNotByteArrayAfterInterceptors()
+        {
+            var (httpClient, handler) = CreateMockHttpClient();
+            var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
+            var settings = new ConnectionSettings();
+
+            // No interceptor serializes the body
+            var interceptors = new List<Func<HttpRequestContext, Task>>();
+
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, null, serializer, 
settings, httpClient,
+                interceptors);
+
+            var ex = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<InvalidOperationException>(
+                () => connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest()));
+
+            Assert.Contains("byte[] or HttpContent", ex.Message);
+            Assert.Contains("RequestMessage", ex.Message);
+            // HTTP request should not have been sent
+            Assert.Null(handler.CapturedRequest);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task 
ShouldSucceedWhenInterceptorSerializesBodyWithNullRequestSerializer()
+        {
+            var (httpClient, handler) = CreateMockHttpClient();
+            var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
+            var settings = new ConnectionSettings();
+
+            var interceptors = new List<Func<HttpRequestContext, Task>>
+            {
+                async ctx =>
+                {
+                    if (ctx.Body is RequestMessage msg)
+                    {
+                        ctx.Body = await serializer.SerializeMessageAsync(msg);
+                        ctx.Headers["Content-Type"] = 
"application/vnd.graphbinary-v4.0";
+                    }
+                },
+            };
+
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, null, serializer, 
settings, httpClient,
+                interceptors);
+
+            var result = await 
connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
+
+            Assert.NotNull(result);
+            Assert.NotNull(handler.CapturedRequest);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ShouldNotSetContentTypeWhenRequestSerializerIsNull()
+        {
+            var (httpClient, handler) = CreateMockHttpClient();
+            var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
+            var settings = new ConnectionSettings();
+            bool? hadContentType = null;
+
+            var interceptors = new List<Func<HttpRequestContext, Task>>
+            {
+                ctx =>
+                {
+                    hadContentType = ctx.Headers.ContainsKey("Content-Type");
+                    // Serialize so the request can proceed
+                    ctx.Body = new byte[] { 0x84 };
+                    ctx.Headers["Content-Type"] = 
"application/vnd.graphbinary-v4.0";
+                    return Task.CompletedTask;
+                },
+            };
+
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, null, serializer, 
settings, httpClient,
+                interceptors);
+
+            await connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
+
+            Assert.False(hadContentType, "Content-Type should not be set 
before interceptors when requestSerializer is null");
+            Assert.NotNull(handler.CapturedRequest);
+            Assert.Equal("application/vnd.graphbinary-v4.0",
+                
handler.CapturedRequest!.Content!.Headers.ContentType!.MediaType);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ShouldWorkWithEmptyInterceptorList()
+        {
+            var (httpClient, handler) = CreateMockHttpClient();
+            var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
+            var settings = new ConnectionSettings();
+            var interceptors = new List<Func<HttpRequestContext, Task>>();
+
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
serializer, settings, httpClient,
+                interceptors);
+
+            var result = await 
connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
+
+            Assert.NotNull(result);
+            Assert.NotNull(handler.CapturedRequest);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ShouldWorkWithNoInterceptorsParameter()
+        {
+            var (httpClient, handler) = CreateMockHttpClient();
+            var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
+            var settings = new ConnectionSettings();
+
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
serializer, settings, httpClient);
+
+            var result = await 
connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
+
+            Assert.NotNull(result);
+            Assert.NotNull(handler.CapturedRequest);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ShouldAllowInterceptorToModifyUri()
+        {
+            var altUri = new Uri("http://other-host:9999/gremlin";);
+            var (httpClient, handler) = CreateMockHttpClient();
+            var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
+            var settings = new ConnectionSettings();
+
+            var interceptors = new List<Func<HttpRequestContext, Task>>
+            {
+                ctx =>
+                {
+                    ctx.Uri = altUri;
+                    return Task.CompletedTask;
+                },
+            };
+
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
serializer, settings, httpClient,
+                interceptors);
+
+            await connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
+
+            Assert.NotNull(handler.CapturedRequest);
+            Assert.Equal(altUri, handler.CapturedRequest!.RequestUri);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ShouldAllowInterceptorToReplaceBody()
+        {
+            var (httpClient, handler) = CreateMockHttpClient();
+            var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
+            var settings = new ConnectionSettings();
+            var replacementBody = new byte[] { 0x01, 0x02, 0x03 };
+
+            var interceptors = new List<Func<HttpRequestContext, Task>>
+            {
+                ctx =>
+                {
+                    ctx.Body = replacementBody;
+                    return Task.CompletedTask;
+                },
+            };
+
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
serializer, settings, httpClient,
+                interceptors);
+
+            await connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
+
+            Assert.NotNull(handler.CapturedRequest);
+            var sentBytes = await 
handler.CapturedRequest!.Content!.ReadAsByteArrayAsync();
+            Assert.Equal(replacementBody, sentBytes);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ShouldStopInterceptorChainOnException()
+        {
+            var (httpClient, handler) = CreateMockHttpClient();
+            var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
+            var settings = new ConnectionSettings();
+            var secondCalled = false;
+
+            var interceptors = new List<Func<HttpRequestContext, Task>>
+            {
+                _ => throw new InvalidOperationException("first failed"),
+                _ =>
+                {
+                    secondCalled = true;
+                    return Task.CompletedTask;
+                },
+            };
+
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
serializer, settings, httpClient,
+                interceptors);
+
+            await Assert.ThrowsAsync<InvalidOperationException>(
+                () => connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest()));
+
+            Assert.False(secondCalled, "Second interceptor should not run when 
first throws");
+            Assert.Null(handler.CapturedRequest);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ShouldSupportAsyncInterceptors()
+        {
+            var (httpClient, handler) = CreateMockHttpClient();
+            var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
+            var settings = new ConnectionSettings();
+            var interceptorCompleted = false;
+
+            var interceptors = new List<Func<HttpRequestContext, Task>>
+            {
+                async ctx =>
+                {
+                    // Simulate async work (e.g., fetching a token)
+                    await Task.Delay(1);
+                    ctx.Headers["X-Async-Header"] = "async-value";
+                    interceptorCompleted = true;
+                },
+            };
+
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
serializer, settings, httpClient,
+                interceptors);
+
+            await connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
+
+            Assert.True(interceptorCompleted);
+            Assert.NotNull(handler.CapturedRequest);
+            Assert.Equal("async-value",
+                
handler.CapturedRequest!.Headers.GetValues("X-Async-Header").First());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ShouldAllowInterceptorToReadSerializedBody()
+        {
+            var (httpClient, _) = CreateMockHttpClient();
+            var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
+            var settings = new ConnectionSettings();
+            byte[]? capturedBody = null;
+
+            var interceptors = new List<Func<HttpRequestContext, Task>>
+            {
+                ctx =>
+                {
+                    capturedBody = ctx.Body as byte[];
+                    return Task.CompletedTask;
+                },
+            };
+
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
serializer, settings, httpClient,
+                interceptors);
+
+            await connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
+
+            Assert.NotNull(capturedBody);
+            // The mock serializer returns { 0x84 }
+            Assert.Equal(new byte[] { 0x84 }, capturedBody);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ShouldWorkWithSingleInterceptor()
+        {
+            var (httpClient, handler) = CreateMockHttpClient();
+            var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
+            var settings = new ConnectionSettings();
+            var called = false;
+
+            var interceptors = new List<Func<HttpRequestContext, Task>>
+            {
+                ctx =>
+                {
+                    called = true;
+                    return Task.CompletedTask;
+                },
+            };
+
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
serializer, settings, httpClient,
+                interceptors);
+
+            await connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
+
+            Assert.True(called);
+            Assert.NotNull(handler.CapturedRequest);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ShouldAllowInterceptorToRemoveHeader()
+        {
+            var (httpClient, handler) = CreateMockHttpClient();
+            var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
+            var settings = new ConnectionSettings { EnableUserAgentOnConnect = 
true };
+
+            var interceptors = new List<Func<HttpRequestContext, Task>>
+            {
+                ctx =>
+                {
+                    ctx.Headers.Remove("User-Agent");
+                    return Task.CompletedTask;
+                },
+            };
+
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
serializer, settings, httpClient,
+                interceptors);
+
+            await connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
+
+            Assert.NotNull(handler.CapturedRequest);
+            
Assert.False(handler.CapturedRequest!.Headers.Contains("User-Agent"),
+                "Interceptor should be able to remove headers set by 
Connection");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ShouldThrowWhenBodyIsNullAfterInterceptors()
+        {
+            var (httpClient, handler) = CreateMockHttpClient();
+            var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
+            var settings = new ConnectionSettings();
+
+            var interceptors = new List<Func<HttpRequestContext, Task>>
+            {
+                ctx =>
+                {
+                    ctx.Body = null!;
+                    return Task.CompletedTask;
+                },
+            };
+
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
serializer, settings, httpClient,
+                interceptors);
+
+            var ex = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<InvalidOperationException>(
+                () => connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest()));
+
+            Assert.Contains("null", ex.Message);
+            Assert.Null(handler.CapturedRequest);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task 
ShouldPreserveMultipleInterceptorHeaderModifications()
+        {
+            var (httpClient, handler) = CreateMockHttpClient();
+            var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
+            var settings = new ConnectionSettings();
+
+            var interceptors = new List<Func<HttpRequestContext, Task>>
+            {
+                ctx =>
+                {
+                    ctx.Headers["X-First"] = "one";
+                    return Task.CompletedTask;
+                },
+                ctx =>
+                {
+                    ctx.Headers["X-Second"] = "two";
+                    return Task.CompletedTask;
+                },
+                ctx =>
+                {
+                    ctx.Headers["X-Third"] = "three";
+                    return Task.CompletedTask;
+                },
+            };
+
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, serializer, 
serializer, settings, httpClient,
+                interceptors);
+
+            await connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
+
+            Assert.NotNull(handler.CapturedRequest);
+            Assert.Equal("one", 
handler.CapturedRequest!.Headers.GetValues("X-First").First());
+            Assert.Equal("two", 
handler.CapturedRequest.Headers.GetValues("X-Second").First());
+            Assert.Equal("three", 
handler.CapturedRequest.Headers.GetValues("X-Third").First());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task 
ShouldAllowCustomContentTypeWhenRequestSerializerIsNull()
+        {
+            var (httpClient, handler) = CreateMockHttpClient();
+            var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
+            var settings = new ConnectionSettings();
+
+            var interceptors = new List<Func<HttpRequestContext, Task>>
+            {
+                ctx =>
+                {
+                    ctx.Body = new byte[] { 0x01 };
+                    ctx.Headers["Content-Type"] = "application/json";
+                    return Task.CompletedTask;
+                },
+            };
+
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, null, serializer, 
settings, httpClient,
+                interceptors);
+
+            await connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
+
+            Assert.NotNull(handler.CapturedRequest);
+            Assert.Equal("application/json",
+                
handler.CapturedRequest!.Content!.Headers.ContentType!.MediaType);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task 
ShouldUseResponseSerializerWhenRequestSerializerIsNull()
+        {
+            var (httpClient, _) = CreateMockHttpClient();
+            var requestSerializer = CreateMockSerializer();
+            var responseSerializer = CreateMockSerializer();
+            var settings = new ConnectionSettings();
+
+            var interceptors = new List<Func<HttpRequestContext, Task>>
+            {
+                async ctx =>
+                {
+                    if (ctx.Body is RequestMessage msg)
+                    {
+                        ctx.Body = await 
requestSerializer.SerializeMessageAsync(msg);
+                        ctx.Headers["Content-Type"] = 
"application/vnd.graphbinary-v4.0";
+                    }
+                },
+            };
+
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, null, 
responseSerializer, settings, httpClient,
+                interceptors);
+
+            await connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
+
+            // Verify the response serializer was called for deserialization
+            await responseSerializer.Received(1)
+                .DeserializeMessageAsync(Arg.Any<byte[]>(), 
Arg.Any<CancellationToken>());
+            // Verify the request serializer was NOT called by Connection 
(interceptor called it directly)
+            await requestSerializer.DidNotReceive()
+                .DeserializeMessageAsync(Arg.Any<byte[]>(), 
Arg.Any<CancellationToken>());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ShouldAcceptHttpContentBodyFromInterceptor()
+        {
+            var (httpClient, handler) = CreateMockHttpClient();
+            var serializer = CreateMockSerializer();
+            var settings = new ConnectionSettings();
+            var contentBytes = new byte[] { 0x01, 0x02, 0x03 };
+
+            var interceptors = new List<Func<HttpRequestContext, Task>>
+            {
+                ctx =>
+                {
+                    ctx.Body = new ByteArrayContent(contentBytes);
+                    return Task.CompletedTask;
+                },
+            };
+
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, null, serializer, 
settings, httpClient,
+                interceptors);
+
+            await connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
+
+            Assert.NotNull(handler.CapturedRequest);
+            var sentBytes = await 
handler.CapturedRequest!.Content!.ReadAsByteArrayAsync();
+            Assert.Equal(contentBytes, sentBytes);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ShouldUseResponseSerializerMimeTypeForAcceptHeader()
+        {
+            var (httpClient, handler) = CreateMockHttpClient();
+            var requestSerializer = 
CreateMockSerializer("application/custom-request");
+            var responseSerializer = 
CreateMockSerializer("application/custom-response");
+            var settings = new ConnectionSettings();
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, requestSerializer, 
responseSerializer, settings, httpClient);
+
+            await connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
+
+            Assert.NotNull(handler.CapturedRequest);
+            Assert.Contains(handler.CapturedRequest!.Headers.Accept,
+                h => h.MediaType == "application/custom-response");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task 
ShouldUseRequestSerializerMimeTypeForContentTypeHeader()
+        {
+            var (httpClient, handler) = CreateMockHttpClient();
+            var requestSerializer = 
CreateMockSerializer("application/custom-request");
+            var responseSerializer = 
CreateMockSerializer("application/custom-response");
+            var settings = new ConnectionSettings();
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, requestSerializer, 
responseSerializer, settings, httpClient);
+
+            await connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
+
+            Assert.NotNull(handler.CapturedRequest);
+            Assert.Equal("application/custom-request",
+                
handler.CapturedRequest!.Content!.Headers.ContentType!.MediaType);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task 
ShouldUseDifferentMimeTypesForRequestAndResponseSerializers()
+        {
+            var (httpClient, handler) = CreateMockHttpClient();
+            var requestSerializer = 
CreateMockSerializer("application/vnd.custom-request-v1.0");
+            var responseSerializer = 
CreateMockSerializer("application/vnd.custom-response-v2.0");
+            var settings = new ConnectionSettings();
+            using var connection = new Connection(TestUri, requestSerializer, 
responseSerializer, settings, httpClient);
+
+            await connection.SubmitAsync<object>(CreateTestRequest());
+
+            Assert.NotNull(handler.CapturedRequest);
+            // Content-Type comes from request serializer
+            Assert.Equal("application/vnd.custom-request-v1.0",
+                
handler.CapturedRequest!.Content!.Headers.ContentType!.MediaType);
+            // Accept comes from response serializer
+            Assert.Contains(handler.CapturedRequest.Headers.Accept,
+                h => h.MediaType == "application/vnd.custom-response-v2.0");
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         ///     A test HttpMessageHandler that captures the request and 
returns a canned response.
         /// </summary>
diff --git 
a/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Driver/HttpRequestContextTests.cs 
b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Driver/HttpRequestContextTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86d2bc678d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gremlin-dotnet/test/Gremlin.Net.UnitTest/Driver/HttpRequestContextTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+#region License
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+#endregion
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+using Gremlin.Net.Driver;
+using Gremlin.Net.Driver.Messages;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Gremlin.Net.UnitTest.Driver
+{
+    public class HttpRequestContextTests
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public void ShouldConstructWithByteArrayBody()
+        {
+            var method = "POST";
+            var uri = new Uri("http://localhost:8182/gremlin";);
+            var headers = new Dictionary<string, string> { { "Content-Type", 
"application/vnd.graphbinary-v4.0" } };
+            var body = new byte[] { 0x01, 0x02, 0x03 };
+
+            var context = new HttpRequestContext(method, uri, headers, body);
+
+            Assert.Equal(method, context.Method);
+            Assert.Equal(uri, context.Uri);
+            Assert.Same(headers, context.Headers);
+            Assert.Same(body, context.Body);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ShouldConstructWithRequestMessageBody()
+        {
+            var method = "POST";
+            var uri = new Uri("http://localhost:8182/gremlin";);
+            var headers = new Dictionary<string, string>();
+            var body = RequestMessage.Build("g.V()").AddG("g").Create();
+
+            var context = new HttpRequestContext(method, uri, headers, body);
+
+            Assert.Same(body, context.Body);
+            Assert.IsType<RequestMessage>(context.Body);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ShouldAllowMutatingProperties()
+        {
+            var context = new HttpRequestContext("POST", new 
Uri("http://localhost:8182/gremlin";),
+                new Dictionary<string, string>(), new byte[] { 0x01 });
+
+            var newUri = new Uri("https://example.com/gremlin";);
+            context.Method = "PUT";
+            context.Uri = newUri;
+            context.Body = new byte[] { 0x02, 0x03 };
+            context.Headers["Authorization"] = "Basic dGVzdA==";
+
+            Assert.Equal("PUT", context.Method);
+            Assert.Equal(newUri, context.Uri);
+            Assert.Equal(new byte[] { 0x02, 0x03 }, context.Body);
+            Assert.Equal("Basic dGVzdA==", context.Headers["Authorization"]);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ShouldComputePayloadHashForKnownBody()
+        {
+            // SHA-256 of "hello" = 
2cf24dba5fb0a30e26e83b2ac5b9e29e1b161e5c1fa7425e73043362938b9824
+            var body = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("hello");
+            var context = new HttpRequestContext("POST", new 
Uri("http://localhost:8182/gremlin";),
+                new Dictionary<string, string>(), body);
+
+            var hash = context.GetPayloadHash();
+
+            
Assert.Equal("2cf24dba5fb0a30e26e83b2ac5b9e29e1b161e5c1fa7425e73043362938b9824",
 hash);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ShouldComputePayloadHashForEmptyBody()
+        {
+            var context = new HttpRequestContext("POST", new 
Uri("http://localhost:8182/gremlin";),
+                new Dictionary<string, string>(), Array.Empty<byte>());
+
+            var hash = context.GetPayloadHash();
+
+            
Assert.Equal("e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855",
 hash);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ShouldThrowWhenComputingPayloadHashForNonByteArrayBody()
+        {
+            var body = RequestMessage.Build("g.V()").AddG("g").Create();
+            var context = new HttpRequestContext("POST", new 
Uri("http://localhost:8182/gremlin";),
+                new Dictionary<string, string>(), body);
+
+            var ex = Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() => 
context.GetPayloadHash());
+
+            Assert.Contains("RequestMessage", ex.Message);
+            Assert.Contains("byte[]", ex.Message);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ShouldThrowWhenComputingPayloadHashForNullBody()
+        {
+            var context = new HttpRequestContext("POST", new 
Uri("http://localhost:8182/gremlin";),
+                new Dictionary<string, string>(), null!);
+
+            var ex = Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() => 
context.GetPayloadHash());
+
+            Assert.Contains("null", ex.Message);
+        }
+    }
+}

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