diff --git a/.github/workflows/github-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/github-ci.yml
index d2b1a2bd..b51e437f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github-ci.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ name: CI
 
 on:
   push:
+    branches:
+      - main
     tags:
       - v*
   pull_request:
@@ -34,8 +36,8 @@ jobs:
             ~/.cargo/registry/cache/
             ~/.cargo/git/db/
             target/
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-cargo-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}-test
-      - run: cargo test --all-features
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-cargo-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}
+      - run: cargo test --tests --all-features
 
   rust-clippy-analyze:
     name: Run rust-clippy analyzing
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ jobs:
     
   engine_io:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [test]
     strategy:
       matrix:
         engineio-version: [v3, v4]
@@ -112,8 +115,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install deps & run tests 
         run: |
           cd engine.io-protocol/test-suite && npm install && cd ../..
-          cargo build --bin engineioxide-e2e --release --features ${{ matrix.engineio-version }}
-          cargo run --bin engineioxide-e2e --release --features ${{ matrix.engineio-version }} > server.txt & npm --prefix engine.io-protocol/test-suite test > client.txt
+          cargo build --bin engineioxide-e2e --features ${{ matrix.engineio-version }} --release
+          cargo run --bin engineioxide-e2e --features ${{ matrix.engineio-version }} --release > server.txt & npm --prefix engine.io-protocol/test-suite test > client.txt
       - name: Server output
         if: always()
         run: cat server.txt
@@ -123,6 +126,7 @@ jobs:
 
   socket_io:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [test]
     strategy:
       matrix:
         socketio-version: [v4, v5]
@@ -151,11 +155,30 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install deps & run tests 
         run: |
           cd socket.io-protocol/test-suite && npm install && cd ../..
-          cargo build --bin socketioxide-e2e --release --features ${{ matrix.socketio-version }}
-          cargo run --bin socketioxide-e2e --release --features ${{ matrix.socketio-version }} > server.txt & npm --prefix socket.io-protocol/test-suite test > client.txt
+          cargo build --bin socketioxide-e2e --features ${{ matrix.socketio-version }} --release
+          cargo run --bin socketioxide-e2e --features ${{ matrix.socketio-version }} --release > server.txt & npm --prefix socket.io-protocol/test-suite test > client.txt
       - name: Server output
         if: always()
         run: cat server.txt
       - name: Client output
         if: always()
-        run:  cat client.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+        run:  cat client.txt
+
+  doctest:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [engine_io, socket_io, test]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          toolchain: stable
+      - uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.cargo/bin/
+            ~/.cargo/registry/index/
+            ~/.cargo/registry/cache/
+            ~/.cargo/git/db/
+            target/
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-cargo-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}
+      - run: cargo test --doc --all-features
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ebf362bb..9c07851e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -26,11 +26,23 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anes"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4b46cbb362ab8752921c97e041f5e366ee6297bd428a31275b9fcf1e380f7299"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle"
+version = "1.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7079075b41f533b8c61d2a4d073c4676e1f8b249ff94a393b0595db304e0dd87"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-trait"
-version = "0.1.73"
+version = "0.1.74"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bc00ceb34980c03614e35a3a4e218276a0a824e911d07651cd0d858a51e8c0f0"
+checksum = "a66537f1bb974b254c98ed142ff995236e81b9d0fe4db0575f46612cb15eb0f9"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -109,9 +121,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
-version = "0.21.4"
+version = "0.21.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9ba43ea6f343b788c8764558649e08df62f86c6ef251fdaeb1ffd010a9ae50a2"
+checksum = "35636a1494ede3b646cc98f74f8e62c773a38a659ebc777a2cf26b9b74171df9"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
@@ -121,9 +133,9 @@ checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
-version = "2.4.0"
+version = "2.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b4682ae6287fcf752ecaabbfcc7b6f9b72aa33933dc23a554d853aea8eea8635"
+checksum = "327762f6e5a765692301e5bb513e0d9fef63be86bbc14528052b1cd3e6f03e07"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "block-buffer"
@@ -134,6 +146,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bumpalo"
+version = "3.14.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7f30e7476521f6f8af1a1c4c0b8cc94f0bee37d91763d0ca2665f299b6cd8aec"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "byteorder"
 version = "1.5.0"
@@ -146,6 +164,12 @@ version = "1.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a2bd12c1caf447e69cd4528f47f94d203fd2582878ecb9e9465484c4148a8223"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cast"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "37b2a672a2cb129a2e41c10b1224bb368f9f37a2b16b612598138befd7b37eb5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
 version = "1.0.83"
@@ -161,15 +185,136 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ciborium"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "effd91f6c78e5a4ace8a5d3c0b6bfaec9e2baaef55f3efc00e45fb2e477ee926"
+dependencies = [
+ "ciborium-io",
+ "ciborium-ll",
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ciborium-io"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cdf919175532b369853f5d5e20b26b43112613fd6fe7aee757e35f7a44642656"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ciborium-ll"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "defaa24ecc093c77630e6c15e17c51f5e187bf35ee514f4e2d67baaa96dae22b"
+dependencies = [
+ "ciborium-io",
+ "half",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap"
+version = "4.4.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ac495e00dcec98c83465d5ad66c5c4fabd652fd6686e7c6269b117e729a6f17b"
+dependencies = [
+ "clap_builder",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_builder"
+version = "4.4.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c77ed9a32a62e6ca27175d00d29d05ca32e396ea1eb5fb01d8256b669cec7663"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "clap_lex",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_lex"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "702fc72eb24e5a1e48ce58027a675bc24edd52096d5397d4aea7c6dd9eca0bd1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cpufeatures"
-version = "0.2.9"
+version = "0.2.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a17b76ff3a4162b0b27f354a0c87015ddad39d35f9c0c36607a3bdd175dde1f1"
+checksum = "ce420fe07aecd3e67c5f910618fe65e94158f6dcc0adf44e00d69ce2bdfe0fd0"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "criterion"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f2b12d017a929603d80db1831cd3a24082f8137ce19c69e6447f54f5fc8d692f"
+dependencies = [
+ "anes",
+ "cast",
+ "ciborium",
+ "clap",
+ "criterion-plot",
+ "is-terminal",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
+ "num-traits",
+ "once_cell",
+ "oorandom",
+ "plotters",
+ "rayon",
+ "regex",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
+ "serde_json",
+ "tinytemplate",
+ "walkdir",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "criterion-plot"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6b50826342786a51a89e2da3a28f1c32b06e387201bc2d19791f622c673706b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "cast",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-deque"
+version = "0.8.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ce6fd6f855243022dcecf8702fef0c297d4338e226845fe067f6341ad9fa0cef"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "crossbeam-epoch",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-epoch"
+version = "0.9.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ae211234986c545741a7dc064309f67ee1e5ad243d0e48335adc0484d960bcc7"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+ "memoffset",
+ "scopeguard",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-utils"
+version = "0.8.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5a22b2d63d4d1dc0b7f1b6b2747dd0088008a9be28b6ddf0b1e7d335e3037294"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crypto-common"
 version = "0.1.6"
@@ -187,7 +332,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "978747c1d849a7d2ee5e8adc0159961c48fb7e5db2f06af6723b80123bb53856"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
- "hashbrown 0.14.1",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.2",
  "lock_api",
  "once_cell",
  "parking_lot_core",
@@ -280,6 +425,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-subscriber",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "errno"
+version = "0.3.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ac3e13f66a2f95e32a39eaa81f6b95d42878ca0e1db0c7543723dfe12557e860"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fnv"
 version = "1.0.7"
@@ -297,9 +452,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures"
-version = "0.3.28"
+version = "0.3.29"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "23342abe12aba583913b2e62f22225ff9c950774065e4bfb61a19cd9770fec40"
+checksum = "da0290714b38af9b4a7b094b8a37086d1b4e61f2df9122c3cad2577669145335"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-core",
@@ -312,9 +467,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-channel"
-version = "0.3.28"
+version = "0.3.29"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "955518d47e09b25bbebc7a18df10b81f0c766eaf4c4f1cccef2fca5f2a4fb5f2"
+checksum = "ff4dd66668b557604244583e3e1e1eada8c5c2e96a6d0d6653ede395b78bbacb"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-sink",
@@ -322,15 +477,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-core"
-version = "0.3.28"
+version = "0.3.29"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4bca583b7e26f571124fe5b7561d49cb2868d79116cfa0eefce955557c6fee8c"
+checksum = "eb1d22c66e66d9d72e1758f0bd7d4fd0bee04cad842ee34587d68c07e45d088c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-executor"
-version = "0.3.28"
+version = "0.3.29"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ccecee823288125bd88b4d7f565c9e58e41858e47ab72e8ea2d64e93624386e0"
+checksum = "0f4fb8693db0cf099eadcca0efe2a5a22e4550f98ed16aba6c48700da29597bc"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-task",
@@ -339,15 +494,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-io"
-version = "0.3.28"
+version = "0.3.29"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4fff74096e71ed47f8e023204cfd0aa1289cd54ae5430a9523be060cdb849964"
+checksum = "8bf34a163b5c4c52d0478a4d757da8fb65cabef42ba90515efee0f6f9fa45aaa"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-macro"
-version = "0.3.28"
+version = "0.3.29"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "89ca545a94061b6365f2c7355b4b32bd20df3ff95f02da9329b34ccc3bd6ee72"
+checksum = "53b153fd91e4b0147f4aced87be237c98248656bb01050b96bf3ee89220a8ddb"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -356,21 +511,21 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-sink"
-version = "0.3.28"
+version = "0.3.29"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f43be4fe21a13b9781a69afa4985b0f6ee0e1afab2c6f454a8cf30e2b2237b6e"
+checksum = "e36d3378ee38c2a36ad710c5d30c2911d752cb941c00c72dbabfb786a7970817"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-task"
-version = "0.3.28"
+version = "0.3.29"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "76d3d132be6c0e6aa1534069c705a74a5997a356c0dc2f86a47765e5617c5b65"
+checksum = "efd193069b0ddadc69c46389b740bbccdd97203899b48d09c5f7969591d6bae2"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-util"
-version = "0.3.28"
+version = "0.3.29"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "26b01e40b772d54cf6c6d721c1d1abd0647a0106a12ecaa1c186273392a69533"
+checksum = "a19526d624e703a3179b3d322efec918b6246ea0fa51d41124525f00f1cc8104"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-core",
@@ -430,6 +585,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "half"
+version = "1.8.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "eabb4a44450da02c90444cf74558da904edde8fb4e9035a9a6a4e15445af0bd7"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.12.3"
@@ -438,9 +599,9 @@ checksum = "8a9ee70c43aaf417c914396645a0fa852624801b24ebb7ae78fe8272889ac888"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
-version = "0.14.1"
+version = "0.14.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7dfda62a12f55daeae5015f81b0baea145391cb4520f86c248fc615d72640d12"
+checksum = "f93e7192158dbcda357bdec5fb5788eebf8bbac027f3f33e719d29135ae84156"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "headers"
@@ -529,7 +690,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "httpdate",
  "itoa",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "socket2 0.4.9",
+ "socket2 0.4.10",
  "tokio",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
@@ -556,6 +717,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown 0.12.3",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "is-terminal"
+version = "0.4.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cb0889898416213fab133e1d33a0e5858a48177452750691bde3666d0fdbaf8b"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi",
+ "rustix",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "itertools"
+version = "0.10.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b0fd2260e829bddf4cb6ea802289de2f86d6a7a690192fbe91b3f46e0f2c8473"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itertools"
 version = "0.11.0"
@@ -571,6 +752,15 @@ version = "1.0.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "af150ab688ff2122fcef229be89cb50dd66af9e01a4ff320cc137eecc9bacc38"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "js-sys"
+version = "0.3.64"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c5f195fe497f702db0f318b07fdd68edb16955aed830df8363d837542f8f935a"
+dependencies = [
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lazy_static"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -584,10 +774,16 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a08173bc88b7955d1b3145aa561539096c421ac8debde8cbc3612ec635fee29b"
 
 [[package]]
-name = "lock_api"
+name = "linux-raw-sys"
 version = "0.4.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c1cc9717a20b1bb222f333e6a92fd32f7d8a18ddc5a3191a11af45dcbf4dcd16"
+checksum = "da2479e8c062e40bf0066ffa0bc823de0a9368974af99c9f6df941d2c231e03f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "lock_api"
+version = "0.4.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3c168f8615b12bc01f9c17e2eb0cc07dcae1940121185446edc3744920e8ef45"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
  "scopeguard",
@@ -620,6 +816,15 @@ version = "2.6.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f665ee40bc4a3c5590afb1e9677db74a508659dfd71e126420da8274909a0167"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "memoffset"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5a634b1c61a95585bd15607c6ab0c4e5b226e695ff2800ba0cdccddf208c406c"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mime"
 version = "0.3.17"
@@ -647,9 +852,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mio"
-version = "0.8.8"
+version = "0.8.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "927a765cd3fc26206e66b296465fa9d3e5ab003e651c1b3c060e7956d96b19d2"
+checksum = "3dce281c5e46beae905d4de1870d8b1509a9142b62eedf18b443b011ca8343d0"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "wasi",
@@ -684,6 +889,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num-traits"
+version = "0.2.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "39e3200413f237f41ab11ad6d161bc7239c84dcb631773ccd7de3dfe4b5c267c"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num_cpus"
 version = "1.16.0"
@@ -709,6 +923,12 @@ version = "1.18.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "oorandom"
+version = "11.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0ab1bc2a289d34bd04a330323ac98a1b4bc82c9d9fcb1e66b63caa84da26b575"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "overload"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -727,9 +947,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot_core"
-version = "0.9.8"
+version = "0.9.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "93f00c865fe7cabf650081affecd3871070f26767e7b2070a3ffae14c654b447"
+checksum = "4c42a9226546d68acdd9c0a280d17ce19bfe27a46bf68784e4066115788d008e"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
@@ -776,6 +996,34 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8b870d8c151b6f2fb93e84a13146138f05d02ed11c7e7c54f8826aaaf7c9f184"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "plotters"
+version = "0.3.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d2c224ba00d7cadd4d5c660deaf2098e5e80e07846537c51f9cfa4be50c1fd45"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+ "plotters-backend",
+ "plotters-svg",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "web-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "plotters-backend"
+version = "0.3.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9e76628b4d3a7581389a35d5b6e2139607ad7c75b17aed325f210aa91f4a9609"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "plotters-svg"
+version = "0.3.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "38f6d39893cca0701371e3c27294f09797214b86f1fb951b89ade8ec04e2abab"
+dependencies = [
+ "plotters-backend",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ppv-lite86"
 version = "0.2.17"
@@ -830,25 +1078,45 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rayon"
+version = "1.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9c27db03db7734835b3f53954b534c91069375ce6ccaa2e065441e07d9b6cdb1"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+ "rayon-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rayon-core"
+version = "1.12.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5ce3fb6ad83f861aac485e76e1985cd109d9a3713802152be56c3b1f0e0658ed"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-deque",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
-version = "0.3.5"
+version = "0.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "567664f262709473930a4bf9e51bf2ebf3348f2e748ccc50dea20646858f8f29"
+checksum = "4722d768eff46b75989dd134e5c353f0d6296e5aaa3132e776cbdb56be7731aa"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
-version = "1.10.0"
+version = "1.10.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d119d7c7ca818f8a53c300863d4f87566aac09943aef5b355bb83969dae75d87"
+checksum = "380b951a9c5e80ddfd6136919eef32310721aa4aacd4889a8d39124b026ab343"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
- "regex-automata 0.4.1",
- "regex-syntax 0.8.0",
+ "regex-automata 0.4.3",
+ "regex-syntax 0.8.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -862,13 +1130,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-automata"
-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.4.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "465c6fc0621e4abc4187a2bda0937bfd4f722c2730b29562e19689ea796c9a4b"
+checksum = "5f804c7828047e88b2d32e2d7fe5a105da8ee3264f01902f796c8e067dc2483f"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
- "regex-syntax 0.8.0",
+ "regex-syntax 0.8.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -879,9 +1147,9 @@ checksum = "f162c6dd7b008981e4d40210aca20b4bd0f9b60ca9271061b07f78537722f2e1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-syntax"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c3cbb081b9784b07cceb8824c8583f86db4814d172ab043f3c23f7dc600bf83d"
+checksum = "c08c74e62047bb2de4ff487b251e4a92e24f48745648451635cec7d591162d9f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-demangle"
@@ -889,6 +1157,19 @@ version = "0.1.23"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d626bb9dae77e28219937af045c257c28bfd3f69333c512553507f5f9798cb76"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustix"
+version = "0.38.21"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2b426b0506e5d50a7d8dafcf2e81471400deb602392c7dd110815afb4eaf02a3"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.4.1",
+ "errno",
+ "libc",
+ "linux-raw-sys",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls-pemfile"
 version = "1.0.3"
@@ -910,6 +1191,15 @@ version = "1.0.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1ad4cc8da4ef723ed60bced201181d83791ad433213d8c24efffda1eec85d741"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "same-file"
+version = "1.0.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "93fc1dc3aaa9bfed95e02e6eadabb4baf7e3078b0bd1b4d7b6b0b68378900502"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "scoped-tls"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -924,18 +1214,18 @@ checksum = "94143f37725109f92c262ed2cf5e59bce7498c01bcc1502d7b9afe439a4e9f49"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.188"
+version = "1.0.190"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cf9e0fcba69a370eed61bcf2b728575f726b50b55cba78064753d708ddc7549e"
+checksum = "91d3c334ca1ee894a2c6f6ad698fe8c435b76d504b13d436f0685d648d6d96f7"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.188"
+version = "1.0.190"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4eca7ac642d82aa35b60049a6eccb4be6be75e599bd2e9adb5f875a737654af2"
+checksum = "67c5609f394e5c2bd7fc51efda478004ea80ef42fee983d5c67a65e34f32c0e3"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1021,9 +1311,9 @@ checksum = "942b4a808e05215192e39f4ab80813e599068285906cc91aa64f923db842bd5a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "socket2"
-version = "0.4.9"
+version = "0.4.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "64a4a911eed85daf18834cfaa86a79b7d266ff93ff5ba14005426219480ed662"
+checksum = "9f7916fc008ca5542385b89a3d3ce689953c143e9304a9bf8beec1de48994c0d"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "winapi",
@@ -1031,9 +1321,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "socket2"
-version = "0.5.4"
+version = "0.5.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4031e820eb552adee9295814c0ced9e5cf38ddf1e8b7d566d6de8e2538ea989e"
+checksum = "7b5fac59a5cb5dd637972e5fca70daf0523c9067fcdc4842f053dae04a18f8e9"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "windows-sys",
@@ -1078,13 +1368,14 @@ name = "socketioxide"
 version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
  "axum",
+ "criterion",
  "dashmap",
  "engineioxide",
  "futures",
  "http",
  "http-body",
  "hyper",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.11.0",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "thiserror",
@@ -1133,18 +1424,18 @@ checksum = "2047c6ded9c721764247e62cd3b03c09ffc529b2ba5b10ec482ae507a4a70160"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
-version = "1.0.49"
+version = "1.0.50"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1177e8c6d7ede7afde3585fd2513e611227efd6481bd78d2e82ba1ce16557ed4"
+checksum = "f9a7210f5c9a7156bb50aa36aed4c95afb51df0df00713949448cf9e97d382d2"
 dependencies = [
  "thiserror-impl",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror-impl"
-version = "1.0.49"
+version = "1.0.50"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "10712f02019e9288794769fba95cd6847df9874d49d871d062172f9dd41bc4cc"
+checksum = "266b2e40bc00e5a6c09c3584011e08b06f123c00362c92b975ba9843aaaa14b8"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1161,6 +1452,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tinytemplate"
+version = "1.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "be4d6b5f19ff7664e8c98d03e2139cb510db9b0a60b55f8e8709b689d939b6bc"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tinyvec"
 version = "1.6.0"
@@ -1190,7 +1491,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "parking_lot",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "signal-hook-registry",
- "socket2 0.5.4",
+ "socket2 0.5.5",
  "tokio-macros",
  "windows-sys",
 ]
@@ -1231,9 +1532,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-util"
-version = "0.7.9"
+version = "0.7.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1d68074620f57a0b21594d9735eb2e98ab38b17f80d3fcb189fca266771ca60d"
+checksum = "5419f34732d9eb6ee4c3578b7989078579b7f039cbbb9ca2c4da015749371e15"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "futures-core",
@@ -1265,7 +1566,7 @@ version = "0.4.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "61c5bb1d698276a2443e5ecfabc1008bf15a36c12e6a7176e7bf089ea9131140"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.4.0",
+ "bitflags 2.4.1",
  "bytes",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
@@ -1291,11 +1592,10 @@ checksum = "b6bc1c9ce2b5135ac7f93c72918fc37feb872bdc6a5533a8b85eb4b86bfdae52"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing"
-version = "0.1.37"
+version = "0.1.40"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8ce8c33a8d48bd45d624a6e523445fd21ec13d3653cd51f681abf67418f54eb8"
+checksum = "c3523ab5a71916ccf420eebdf5521fcef02141234bbc0b8a49f2fdc4544364ef"
 dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
  "log",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "tracing-attributes",
@@ -1304,9 +1604,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-attributes"
-version = "0.1.26"
+version = "0.1.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5f4f31f56159e98206da9efd823404b79b6ef3143b4a7ab76e67b1751b25a4ab"
+checksum = "34704c8d6ebcbc939824180af020566b01a7c01f80641264eba0999f6c2b6be7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1315,9 +1615,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-core"
-version = "0.1.31"
+version = "0.1.32"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0955b8137a1df6f1a2e9a37d8a6656291ff0297c1a97c24e0d8425fe2312f79a"
+checksum = "c06d3da6113f116aaee68e4d601191614c9053067f9ab7f6edbcb161237daa54"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "valuable",
@@ -1325,12 +1625,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-log"
-version = "0.1.3"
+version = "0.1.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "78ddad33d2d10b1ed7eb9d1f518a5674713876e97e5bb9b7345a7984fbb4f922"
+checksum = "f751112709b4e791d8ce53e32c4ed2d353565a795ce84da2285393f41557bdf2"
 dependencies = [
- "lazy_static",
  "log",
+ "once_cell",
  "tracing-core",
 ]
 
@@ -1448,6 +1748,16 @@ version = "0.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "walkdir"
+version = "2.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d71d857dc86794ca4c280d616f7da00d2dbfd8cd788846559a6813e6aa4b54ee"
+dependencies = [
+ "same-file",
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "want"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -1494,6 +1804,70 @@ version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9c8d87e72b64a3b4db28d11ce29237c246188f4f51057d65a7eab63b7987e423"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen"
+version = "0.2.87"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7706a72ab36d8cb1f80ffbf0e071533974a60d0a308d01a5d0375bf60499a342"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "wasm-bindgen-macro",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen-backend"
+version = "0.2.87"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5ef2b6d3c510e9625e5fe6f509ab07d66a760f0885d858736483c32ed7809abd"
+dependencies = [
+ "bumpalo",
+ "log",
+ "once_cell",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+ "wasm-bindgen-shared",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen-macro"
+version = "0.2.87"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dee495e55982a3bd48105a7b947fd2a9b4a8ae3010041b9e0faab3f9cd028f1d"
+dependencies = [
+ "quote",
+ "wasm-bindgen-macro-support",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen-macro-support"
+version = "0.2.87"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "54681b18a46765f095758388f2d0cf16eb8d4169b639ab575a8f5693af210c7b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+ "wasm-bindgen-backend",
+ "wasm-bindgen-shared",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen-shared"
+version = "0.2.87"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ca6ad05a4870b2bf5fe995117d3728437bd27d7cd5f06f13c17443ef369775a1"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "web-sys"
+version = "0.3.64"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9b85cbef8c220a6abc02aefd892dfc0fc23afb1c6a426316ec33253a3877249b"
+dependencies = [
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -1510,6 +1884,15 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-util"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f29e6f9198ba0d26b4c9f07dbe6f9ed633e1f3d5b8b414090084349e46a52596"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
 version = "0.4.0"
diff --git a/engineioxide/src/sid.rs b/engineioxide/src/sid.rs
index 24406fc5..0cd4e99f 100644
--- a/engineioxide/src/sid.rs
+++ b/engineioxide/src/sid.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use rand::Rng;
 pub struct Sid([u8; 16]);
 
 impl Sid {
+    pub const ZERO: Self = Self([0u8; 16]);
     /// Generate a new random session id (base64 10 chars)
     pub fn new() -> Self {
         Self::default()
diff --git a/examples/chat/Cargo.toml b/examples/chat/Cargo.toml
index 5dc1ffdb..2b5f4204 100644
--- a/examples/chat/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/chat/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ serde = "1.0.188"
 serde_json = "1.0.107"
 futures = "0.3.28"
 
-[[example]]
+[[bin]]
 name = "chat"
 path = "src/main.rs"
diff --git a/socketioxide/Cargo.toml b/socketioxide/Cargo.toml
index 892897b5..02df44b5 100644
--- a/socketioxide/Cargo.toml
+++ b/socketioxide/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ version = "0.6.0"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.63.0"
 
+
 authors = ["Théodore Prévot <"]
 description = "Socket IO server implementation in rust as a Tower Service."
 repository = "https://github.com/totodore/socketioxide"
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ categories = [
 license = "MIT"
 readme = "../README.md"
 
+
 [dependencies]
 engineioxide = { path = "../engineioxide", version = "0.6.0", default-features = false }
 futures = "0.3.27"
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ tracing = { version = "0.1.37", optional = true }
 default = ["v5"]
 v5 = ["engineioxide/v4"]
 v4 = ["engineioxide/v3"]
+test-utils = []
 tracing = ["dep:tracing", "engineioxide/tracing"]
 extensions = ["dep:dashmap"]
 
@@ -64,3 +67,13 @@ hyper = { version = "0.14.25", features = [
     "runtime",
     "client",
 ] }
+criterion = { version = "0.5.1", features = ["html_reports"] }
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "packet_encode"
+path = "benches/packet_encode.rs"
+harness = false
+[[bench]]
+name = "packet_decode"
+path = "benches/packet_decode.rs"
+harness = false
diff --git a/socketioxide/benches/packet_decode.rs b/socketioxide/benches/packet_decode.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f0fd378
--- /dev/null
+++ b/socketioxide/benches/packet_decode.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+use criterion::{black_box, criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
+use engineioxide::sid::Sid;
+use socketioxide::{Packet, PacketData, ProtocolVersion};
+fn criterion_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    c.bench_function("Decode packet connect on /", |b| {
+        let packet: String = Packet::connect(
+            black_box("/").to_string(),
+            black_box(Sid::ZERO),
+            ProtocolVersion::V5,
+        )
+        .try_into()
+        .unwrap();
+        b.iter(|| Packet::try_from(packet.clone()).unwrap())
+    });
+    c.bench_function("Decode packet connect on /custom_nsp", |b| {
+        let packet: String = Packet::connect(
+            black_box("/custom_nsp").to_string(),
+            black_box(Sid::ZERO),
+            ProtocolVersion::V5,
+        )
+        .try_into()
+        .unwrap();
+        b.iter(|| Packet::try_from(packet.clone()).unwrap())
+    });
+
+    const DATA: &str = r#"{"_placeholder":true,"num":0}"#;
+    const BINARY: [u8; 10] = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9];
+    c.bench_function("Decode packet event on /", |b| {
+        let data = serde_json::to_value(DATA).unwrap();
+        let packet: String = Packet::event(
+            black_box("/").to_string(),
+            black_box("event").to_string(),
+            black_box(data.clone()),
+        )
+        .try_into()
+        .unwrap();
+        b.iter(|| Packet::try_from(packet.clone()).unwrap())
+    });
+
+    c.bench_function("Decode packet event on /custom_nsp", |b| {
+        let data = serde_json::to_value(DATA).unwrap();
+        let packet: String = Packet::event(
+            black_box("custom_nsp").to_string(),
+            black_box("event").to_string(),
+            black_box(data.clone()),
+        )
+        .try_into()
+        .unwrap();
+        b.iter(|| Packet::try_from(packet.clone()).unwrap())
+    });
+
+    c.bench_function("Decode packet event with ack on /", |b| {
+        let data = serde_json::to_value(DATA).unwrap();
+        let packet: Packet = Packet::event(
+            black_box("/").to_string(),
+            black_box("event").to_string(),
+            black_box(data.clone()),
+        );
+        match packet.inner {
+            PacketData::Event(_, _, mut ack) => ack.insert(black_box(0)),
+            _ => panic!("Wrong packet type"),
+        };
+        let packet: String = packet.try_into().unwrap();
+        b.iter(|| Packet::try_from(packet.clone()).unwrap())
+    });
+
+    c.bench_function("Decode packet event with ack on /custom_nsp", |b| {
+        let data = serde_json::to_value(DATA).unwrap();
+        let packet = Packet::event(
+            black_box("/custom_nsp").to_string(),
+            black_box("event").to_string(),
+            black_box(data.clone()),
+        );
+        match packet.inner {
+            PacketData::Event(_, _, mut ack) => ack.insert(black_box(0)),
+            _ => panic!("Wrong packet type"),
+        };
+        let packet: String = packet.try_into().unwrap();
+
+        b.iter(|| Packet::try_from(packet.clone()).unwrap())
+    });
+
+    c.bench_function("Decode packet ack on /", |b| {
+        let data = serde_json::to_value(DATA).unwrap();
+        let packet: String = Packet::ack(
+            black_box("/").to_string(),
+            black_box(data.clone()),
+            black_box(0),
+        )
+        .try_into()
+        .unwrap();
+        b.iter(|| Packet::try_from(packet.clone()).unwrap())
+    });
+
+    c.bench_function("Decode packet ack on /custom_nsp", |b| {
+        let data = serde_json::to_value(DATA).unwrap();
+        let packet: String = Packet::ack(
+            black_box("/custom_nsp").to_string(),
+            black_box(data.clone()),
+            black_box(0),
+        )
+        .try_into()
+        .unwrap();
+        b.iter(|| Packet::try_from(packet.clone()).unwrap())
+    });
+
+    c.bench_function("Decode packet binary event (b64) on /", |b| {
+        let data = serde_json::to_value(DATA).unwrap();
+        let packet: String = Packet::bin_event(
+            black_box("/").to_string(),
+            black_box("event").to_string(),
+            black_box(data.clone()),
+            black_box(vec![BINARY.to_vec().clone()]),
+        )
+        .try_into()
+        .unwrap();
+        b.iter(|| Packet::try_from(packet.clone()).unwrap())
+    });
+
+    c.bench_function("Decode packet binary event (b64) on /custom_nsp", |b| {
+        let data = serde_json::to_value(DATA).unwrap();
+        let packet: String = Packet::bin_event(
+            black_box("/custom_nsp").to_string(),
+            black_box("event").to_string(),
+            black_box(data.clone()),
+            black_box(vec![BINARY.to_vec().clone()]),
+        )
+        .try_into()
+        .unwrap();
+        b.iter(|| Packet::try_from(packet.clone()).unwrap())
+    });
+
+    c.bench_function("Decode packet binary ack (b64) on /", |b| {
+        let data = serde_json::to_value(DATA).unwrap();
+        let packet: String = Packet::bin_ack(
+            black_box("/").to_string(),
+            black_box(data.clone()),
+            black_box(vec![BINARY.to_vec().clone()]),
+            black_box(0),
+        )
+        .try_into()
+        .unwrap();
+        b.iter(|| Packet::try_from(packet.clone()).unwrap())
+    });
+
+    c.bench_function("Decode packet binary ack (b64) on /custom_nsp", |b| {
+        let data = serde_json::to_value(DATA).unwrap();
+        let packet: String = Packet::bin_ack(
+            black_box("/custom_nsp").to_string(),
+            black_box(data.clone()),
+            black_box(vec![BINARY.to_vec().clone()]),
+            black_box(0),
+        )
+        .try_into()
+        .unwrap();
+        b.iter(|| Packet::try_from(packet.clone()).unwrap())
+    });
+}
+
+criterion_group!(benches, criterion_benchmark);
+criterion_main!(benches);
diff --git a/socketioxide/benches/packet_encode.rs b/socketioxide/benches/packet_encode.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..271633f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/socketioxide/benches/packet_encode.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+use criterion::{black_box, criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
+use engineioxide::sid::Sid;
+use socketioxide::{Packet, PacketData, ProtocolVersion};
+fn criterion_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    c.bench_function("Encode packet connect on /", |b| {
+        let packet = Packet::connect(
+            black_box("/").to_string(),
+            black_box(Sid::ZERO),
+            ProtocolVersion::V5,
+        );
+        b.iter(|| {
+            let _: String = packet.clone().try_into().unwrap();
+        })
+    });
+    c.bench_function("Encode packet connect on /custom_nsp", |b| {
+        let packet = Packet::connect(
+            black_box("/custom_nsp").to_string(),
+            black_box(Sid::ZERO),
+            ProtocolVersion::V5,
+        );
+        b.iter(|| {
+            let _: String = packet.clone().try_into().unwrap();
+        })
+    });
+
+    const DATA: &str = r#"{"_placeholder":true,"num":0}"#;
+    const BINARY: [u8; 10] = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9];
+    c.bench_function("Encode packet event on /", |b| {
+        let data = serde_json::to_value(DATA).unwrap();
+        let packet = Packet::event(
+            black_box("/").to_string(),
+            black_box("event").to_string(),
+            black_box(data.clone()),
+        );
+        b.iter(|| {
+            let _: String = packet.clone().try_into().unwrap();
+        })
+    });
+
+    c.bench_function("Encode packet event on /custom_nsp", |b| {
+        let data = serde_json::to_value(DATA).unwrap();
+        let packet = Packet::event(
+            black_box("custom_nsp").to_string(),
+            black_box("event").to_string(),
+            black_box(data.clone()),
+        );
+        b.iter(|| {
+            let _: String = packet.clone().try_into().unwrap();
+        })
+    });
+
+    c.bench_function("Encode packet event with ack on /", |b| {
+        let data = serde_json::to_value(DATA).unwrap();
+        let packet = Packet::event(
+            black_box("/").to_string(),
+            black_box("event").to_string(),
+            black_box(data.clone()),
+        );
+        match packet.inner {
+            PacketData::Event(_, _, mut ack) => ack.insert(black_box(0)),
+            _ => panic!("Wrong packet type"),
+        };
+        b.iter(|| {
+            let _: String = packet.clone().try_into().unwrap();
+        })
+    });
+
+    c.bench_function("Encode packet event with ack on /custom_nsp", |b| {
+        let data = serde_json::to_value(DATA).unwrap();
+        let packet = Packet::event(
+            black_box("/custom_nsp").to_string(),
+            black_box("event").to_string(),
+            black_box(data.clone()),
+        );
+        match packet.inner {
+            PacketData::Event(_, _, mut ack) => ack.insert(black_box(0)),
+            _ => panic!("Wrong packet type"),
+        };
+        b.iter(|| {
+            let _: String = packet.clone().try_into().unwrap();
+        })
+    });
+
+    c.bench_function("Encode packet ack on /", |b| {
+        let data = serde_json::to_value(DATA).unwrap();
+        let packet = Packet::ack(
+            black_box("/").to_string(),
+            black_box(data.clone()),
+            black_box(0),
+        );
+        b.iter(|| {
+            let _: String = packet.clone().try_into().unwrap();
+        })
+    });
+
+    c.bench_function("Encode packet ack on /custom_nsp", |b| {
+        let data = serde_json::to_value(DATA).unwrap();
+        let packet = Packet::ack(
+            black_box("/custom_nsp").to_string(),
+            black_box(data.clone()),
+            black_box(0),
+        );
+        b.iter(|| {
+            let _: String = packet.clone().try_into().unwrap();
+        })
+    });
+
+    c.bench_function("Encode packet binary event (b64) on /", |b| {
+        let data = serde_json::to_value(DATA).unwrap();
+        let packet = Packet::bin_event(
+            black_box("/").to_string(),
+            black_box("event").to_string(),
+            black_box(data.clone()),
+            black_box(vec![BINARY.to_vec().clone()]),
+        );
+        b.iter(|| {
+            let _: String = packet.clone().try_into().unwrap();
+        })
+    });
+
+    c.bench_function("Encode packet binary event (b64) on /custom_nsp", |b| {
+        let data = serde_json::to_value(DATA).unwrap();
+        let packet = Packet::bin_event(
+            black_box("/custom_nsp").to_string(),
+            black_box("event").to_string(),
+            black_box(data.clone()),
+            black_box(vec![BINARY.to_vec().clone()]),
+        );
+        b.iter(|| {
+            let _: String = packet.clone().try_into().unwrap();
+        })
+    });
+
+    c.bench_function("Encode packet binary ack (b64) on /", |b| {
+        let data = serde_json::to_value(DATA).unwrap();
+        let packet = Packet::bin_ack(
+            black_box("/").to_string(),
+            black_box(data.clone()),
+            black_box(vec![BINARY.to_vec().clone()]),
+            black_box(0),
+        );
+        b.iter(|| {
+            let _: String = packet.clone().try_into().unwrap();
+        })
+    });
+
+    c.bench_function("Encode packet binary ack (b64) on /custom_nsp", |b| {
+        let data = serde_json::to_value(DATA).unwrap();
+        let packet = Packet::bin_ack(
+            black_box("/custom_nsp").to_string(),
+            black_box(data.clone()),
+            black_box(vec![BINARY.to_vec().clone()]),
+            black_box(0),
+        );
+        b.iter(|| {
+            let _: String = packet.clone().try_into().unwrap();
+        })
+    });
+}
+
+criterion_group!(benches, criterion_benchmark);
+criterion_main!(benches);
diff --git a/socketioxide/src/lib.rs b/socketioxide/src/lib.rs
index ff2459df..eab877c2 100644
--- a/socketioxide/src/lib.rs
+++ b/socketioxide/src/lib.rs
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ pub mod extensions;
 pub mod layer;
 pub mod service;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "test-utils")]
+pub use packet::*;
+
 pub use engineioxide::config::TransportType;
 pub use errors::{AckError, AckSenderError, BroadcastError, Error as SocketError, SendError};
 pub use io::{SocketIo, SocketIoBuilder, SocketIoConfig};