diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge_group.yaml b/.github/workflows/merge_group.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0247d85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/merge_group.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+name: Merge Queue Build Check
+run-name: Merge Group check - ${{ github.event.merge_group.head_commit.message }}
+
+# this runs on merge queue, here we may build all targets
+
+permissions: read-all
+
+concurrency:
+  group: build-all-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+on:
+  # uncomment for testing
+  # pull_request:
+  #  branches: [main]
+  merge_group:
+
+env:
+  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+  GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+  WASM_TARGET: wasm32-unknown-unknown
+  BRANCH_NAME: ${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}
+
+jobs:
+
+  build:
+    name: Build all binaries for merge queue
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Source Code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+
+      - name: Dummy
+        timeout-minutes: 40
+        run: |
+          echo "Hello world, this is a dummy build"
+
+
+
+  # To satisfy the merge queue check
+  done:
+    name: Done
+    needs:
+      - build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: always()
+    steps:
+    - name: Dump needs context
+      env:
+        CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(needs) }}
+      run: |
+        echo -e "\033[33;1;4mDump context\033[0m"
+        echo -e "$CONTEXT\n"
+    - name: Report failure on cancellation
+      if: ${{ contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled') || cancelled() }}
+      run: exit 1
+    - name: Failing test and build
+      if: ${{ contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') }}
+      run: exit 1
+    - name: Successful test and build
+      if: ${{ !(contains(needs.*.result, 'failure')) }}
+      run: exit 0
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a3c4135..5c7d75a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e89da841a80418a9b391ebaea17f5c112ffaaa96f621d2c285b5174da76b9011"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
- "getrandom",
+ "getrandom 0.2.15",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
  "zerocopy",
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "miniz_oxide",
  "object",
  "rustc-demangle",
- "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+ "windows-targets",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -591,9 +591,9 @@ checksum = "c360505aed52b7ec96a3636c3f039d99103c37d1d9b4f7a8c743d3ea9ffcd03b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
-version = "3.16.0"
+version = "3.17.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "79296716171880943b8470b5f8d03aa55eb2e645a4874bdbb28adb49162e012c"
+checksum = "1628fb46dfa0b37568d12e5edd512553eccf6a22a78e8bde00bb4aed84d5bdbf"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "byteorder"
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "js-sys",
  "num-traits",
  "wasm-bindgen",
- "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+ "windows-targets",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -975,23 +975,23 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs"
-version = "5.0.1"
+version = "6.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "44c45a9d03d6676652bcb5e724c7e988de1acad23a711b5217ab9cbecbec2225"
+checksum = "c3e8aa94d75141228480295a7d0e7feb620b1a5ad9f12bc40be62411e38cce4e"
 dependencies = [
  "dirs-sys",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs-sys"
-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "520f05a5cbd335fae5a99ff7a6ab8627577660ee5cfd6a94a6a929b52ff0321c"
+checksum = "e01a3366d27ee9890022452ee61b2b63a67e6f13f58900b651ff5665f0bb1fab"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "option-ext",
  "redox_users",
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1129,9 +1129,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fluvio"
-version = "0.24.2"
+version = "0.24.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d325369b0fb41d003b70a329cffcff188fef38f613a210ff0cb7949bea97aebc"
+checksum = "cbce84db17ac70c190f41652f018a1703a7bc2f303160266bb77947b87c1c271"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-channel 1.9.0",
@@ -1157,10 +1157,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "semver",
  "serde",
  "siphasher",
- "thiserror 1.0.69",
+ "thiserror 2.0.11",
  "tokio",
  "toml",
  "tracing",
+ "web-time",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1632,10 +1633,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "js-sys",
  "libc",
- "wasi",
+ "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "getrandom"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "43a49c392881ce6d5c3b8cb70f98717b7c07aabbdff06687b9030dbfbe2725f8"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "wasi 0.13.3+wasi-0.2.2",
+ "windows-targets",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gimli"
 version = "0.31.1"
@@ -1749,9 +1762,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "httparse"
-version = "1.9.5"
+version = "1.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7d71d3574edd2771538b901e6549113b4006ece66150fb69c0fb6d9a2adae946"
+checksum = "f2d708df4e7140240a16cd6ab0ab65c972d7433ab77819ea693fde9c43811e2a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "httpdate"
@@ -2128,7 +2141,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "drain_filter_polyfill",
  "futures",
- "getrandom",
+ "getrandom 0.2.15",
  "html-escape",
  "indexmap",
  "itertools",
@@ -2386,7 +2399,7 @@ checksum = "2886843bf800fba2e3377cff24abf6379b4c4d5c6681eaf9ea5b0d15090450bd"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "log",
- "wasi",
+ "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
@@ -2579,7 +2592,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "redox_syscall 0.5.8",
  "smallvec",
- "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+ "windows-targets",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2845,7 +2858,7 @@ version = "0.6.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom",
+ "getrandom 0.2.15",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2868,13 +2881,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_users"
-version = "0.4.6"
+version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ba009ff324d1fc1b900bd1fdb31564febe58a8ccc8a6fdbb93b543d33b13ca43"
+checksum = "dd6f9d3d47bdd2ad6945c5015a226ec6155d0bcdfd8f7cd29f86b71f8de99d2b"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom",
+ "getrandom 0.2.15",
  "libredox",
- "thiserror 1.0.69",
+ "thiserror 2.0.11",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2983,9 +2996,9 @@ checksum = "f7c45b9784283f1b2e7fb61b42047c2fd678ef0960d4f6f1eba131594cc369d4"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ryu"
-version = "1.0.18"
+version = "1.0.19"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f3cb5ba0dc43242ce17de99c180e96db90b235b8a9fdc9543c96d2209116bd9f"
+checksum = "6ea1a2d0a644769cc99faa24c3ad26b379b786fe7c36fd3c546254801650e6dd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "same-file"
@@ -3059,9 +3072,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.137"
+version = "1.0.138"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "930cfb6e6abf99298aaad7d29abbef7a9999a9a8806a40088f55f0dcec03146b"
+checksum = "d434192e7da787e94a6ea7e9670b26a036d0ca41e0b7efb2676dd32bae872949"
 dependencies = [
  "itoa",
  "memchr",
@@ -3325,13 +3338,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tempfile"
-version = "3.15.0"
+version = "3.16.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9a8a559c81686f576e8cd0290cd2a24a2a9ad80c98b3478856500fcbd7acd704"
+checksum = "38c246215d7d24f48ae091a2902398798e05d978b24315d6efbc00ede9a8bb91"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "fastrand",
- "getrandom",
+ "getrandom 0.3.1",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix",
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
@@ -3606,9 +3619,9 @@ checksum = "42ff0bf0c66b8238c6f3b578df37d0b7848e55df8577b3f74f92a69acceeb825"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
-version = "1.0.15"
+version = "1.0.16"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "11cd88e12b17c6494200a9c1b683a04fcac9573ed74cd1b62aeb2727c5592243"
+checksum = "a210d160f08b701c8721ba1c726c11662f877ea6b7094007e1ca9a1041945034"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-segmentation"
@@ -3663,7 +3676,7 @@ version = "1.12.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b3758f5e68192bb96cc8f9b7e2c2cfdabb435499a28499a42f8f984092adad4b"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom",
+ "getrandom 0.2.15",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3706,6 +3719,15 @@ version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9c8d87e72b64a3b4db28d11ce29237c246188f4f51057d65a7eab63b7987e423"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasi"
+version = "0.13.3+wasi-0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "26816d2e1a4a36a2940b96c5296ce403917633dff8f3440e9b236ed6f6bacad2"
+dependencies = [
+ "wit-bindgen-rt",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen"
 version = "0.2.93"
@@ -3796,6 +3818,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "web-time"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5a6580f308b1fad9207618087a65c04e7a10bc77e02c8e84e9b00dd4b12fa0bb"
+dependencies = [
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -3833,16 +3865,7 @@ version = "0.52.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "33ab640c8d7e35bf8ba19b884ba838ceb4fba93a4e8c65a9059d08afcfc683d9"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-targets 0.52.6",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "windows-sys"
-version = "0.48.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "677d2418bec65e3338edb076e806bc1ec15693c5d0104683f2efe857f61056a9"
-dependencies = [
- "windows-targets 0.48.5",
+ "windows-targets",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3851,7 +3874,7 @@ version = "0.52.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "282be5f36a8ce781fad8c8ae18fa3f9beff57ec1b52cb3de0789201425d9a33d"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+ "windows-targets",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3860,22 +3883,7 @@ version = "0.59.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1e38bc4d79ed67fd075bcc251a1c39b32a1776bbe92e5bef1f0bf1f8c531853b"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-targets 0.52.6",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "windows-targets"
-version = "0.48.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9a2fa6e2155d7247be68c096456083145c183cbbbc2764150dda45a87197940c"
-dependencies = [
- "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.48.5",
- "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.48.5",
- "windows_i686_gnu 0.48.5",
- "windows_i686_msvc 0.48.5",
- "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.48.5",
- "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.48.5",
- "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.48.5",
+ "windows-targets",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3884,46 +3892,28 @@ version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9b724f72796e036ab90c1021d4780d4d3d648aca59e491e6b98e725b84e99973"
 dependencies = [
- "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.52.6",
- "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.52.6",
- "windows_i686_gnu 0.52.6",
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc",
+ "windows_i686_gnu",
  "windows_i686_gnullvm",
- "windows_i686_msvc 0.52.6",
- "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.52.6",
- "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.52.6",
- "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.52.6",
+ "windows_i686_msvc",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
-version = "0.48.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2b38e32f0abccf9987a4e3079dfb67dcd799fb61361e53e2882c3cbaf0d905d8"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "32a4622180e7a0ec044bb555404c800bc9fd9ec262ec147edd5989ccd0c02cd3"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
-version = "0.48.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dc35310971f3b2dbbf3f0690a219f40e2d9afcf64f9ab7cc1be722937c26b4bc"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "09ec2a7bb152e2252b53fa7803150007879548bc709c039df7627cabbd05d469"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows_i686_gnu"
-version = "0.48.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a75915e7def60c94dcef72200b9a8e58e5091744960da64ec734a6c6e9b3743e"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_gnu"
 version = "0.52.6"
@@ -3936,48 +3926,24 @@ version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0eee52d38c090b3caa76c563b86c3a4bd71ef1a819287c19d586d7334ae8ed66"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows_i686_msvc"
-version = "0.48.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8f55c233f70c4b27f66c523580f78f1004e8b5a8b659e05a4eb49d4166cca406"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_msvc"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "240948bc05c5e7c6dabba28bf89d89ffce3e303022809e73deaefe4f6ec56c66"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
-version = "0.48.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "53d40abd2583d23e4718fddf1ebec84dbff8381c07cae67ff7768bbf19c6718e"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "147a5c80aabfbf0c7d901cb5895d1de30ef2907eb21fbbab29ca94c5b08b1a78"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
-version = "0.48.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0b7b52767868a23d5bab768e390dc5f5c55825b6d30b86c844ff2dc7414044cc"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "24d5b23dc417412679681396f2b49f3de8c1473deb516bd34410872eff51ed0d"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
-version = "0.48.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ed94fce61571a4006852b7389a063ab983c02eb1bb37b47f8272ce92d06d9538"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
 version = "0.52.6"
@@ -3986,13 +3952,22 @@ checksum = "589f6da84c646204747d1270a2a5661ea66ed1cced2631d546fdfb155959f9ec"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "winnow"
-version = "0.6.24"
+version = "0.6.25"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c8d71a593cc5c42ad7876e2c1fda56f314f3754c084128833e64f1345ff8a03a"
+checksum = "ad699df48212c6cc6eb4435f35500ac6fd3b9913324f938aea302022ce19d310"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wit-bindgen-rt"
+version = "0.33.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3268f3d866458b787f390cf61f4bbb563b922d091359f9608842999eaee3943c"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "write16"
 version = "1.0.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 274b300..c0be24f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,16 +34,15 @@ serde_qs = "0.13.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.41.1", default-features = false }
 tracing = "0.1.19"
 url = "2.5.0"
-wasm-bindgen = "=0.2.93"
+wasm-bindgen = "0.2.93"
 wasm-bindgen-futures = "=0.4.42"
 wasm-bindgen-test = "0.3"
-wit-bindgen = { version = "0.35.0", default-features = false }
 web-sys = "0.3.70"
 ws_stream_wasm = "0.7.4"
 
 # fluvio
-fluvio-future = { version = "0.7.0", default-features = false }
-fluvio = { version = "=0.24.2", default-features = false }
+fluvio-future = { version = "0.7.1", default-features = false }
+fluvio = { version = "0.24.4", default-features = false }
 fluvio-protocol = { version = "0.12.0", default-features = false }
 fluvio-types = { version = "0.5.2", default-features = false }
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 431f551..c338f28 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 WASM_TARGET = wasm32-unknown-unknown
+RELEASE = v0.2.0
 
 fmt:
 	cargo fmt -- --check
@@ -10,4 +11,8 @@ COUNTER = fluvio-counter
 clippy:
 	cargo clippy --all-features --tests -p $(WS_PROXY) -- -D warnings
 	cargo clippy --all-features --tests --target $(WASM_TARGET) -p $(WEB) -- -D warnings
-	cargo clippy --all-features --tests --target $(WASM_TARGET) -p $(COUNTER) -- -D warnings
\ No newline at end of file
+	cargo clippy --all-features --tests --target $(WASM_TARGET) -p $(COUNTER) -- -D warnings
+
+
+release:
+	gh release create  $(RELEASE)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/widgets/counter/dev/Trunk.toml b/widgets/counter/dev/Trunk.toml
index dbde405..00e84be 100644
--- a/widgets/counter/dev/Trunk.toml
+++ b/widgets/counter/dev/Trunk.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ filehash = false
 addresses = ["127.0.0.1"]
 port = 7000
 ws_protocol = "ws"
+no_autoreload = true
 
 [watch]
 watch = ["../"]