diff --git a/src/NATS.Server/WebSocket/WsConstants.cs b/src/NATS.Server/WebSocket/WsConstants.cs
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+namespace NATS.Server.WebSocket;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// WebSocket protocol constants (RFC 6455).
+/// Ported from golang/nats-server/server/websocket.go lines 41-106.
+/// </summary>
+public static class WsConstants
+{
+    // Opcodes (RFC 6455 Section 5.2)
+    public const int TextMessage = 1;
+    public const int BinaryMessage = 2;
+    public const int CloseMessage = 8;
+    public const int PingMessage = 9;
+    public const int PongMessage = 10;
+    public const int ContinuationFrame = 0;
+
+    // Frame header bits
+    public const byte FinalBit = 0x80;  // 1 << 7
+    public const byte Rsv1Bit = 0x40;   // 1 << 6 (compression, RFC 7692)
+    public const byte Rsv2Bit = 0x20;   // 1 << 5
+    public const byte Rsv3Bit = 0x10;   // 1 << 4
+    public const byte MaskBit = 0x80;   // 1 << 7 (in second byte)
+
+    // Frame size limits
+    public const int MaxFrameHeaderSize = 14;
+    public const int MaxControlPayloadSize = 125;
+    public const int FrameSizeForBrowsers = 4096;
+    public const int CompressThreshold = 64;
+    public const int CloseStatusSize = 2;
+
+    // Close status codes (RFC 6455 Section 11.7)
+    public const int CloseStatusNormalClosure = 1000;
+    public const int CloseStatusGoingAway = 1001;
+    public const int CloseStatusProtocolError = 1002;
+    public const int CloseStatusUnsupportedData = 1003;
+    public const int CloseStatusNoStatusReceived = 1005;
+    public const int CloseStatusInvalidPayloadData = 1007;
+    public const int CloseStatusPolicyViolation = 1008;
+    public const int CloseStatusMessageTooBig = 1009;
+    public const int CloseStatusInternalSrvError = 1011;
+    public const int CloseStatusTlsHandshake = 1015;
+
+    // Compression constants (RFC 7692)
+    public const string PmcExtension = "permessage-deflate";
+    public const string PmcSrvNoCtx = "server_no_context_takeover";
+    public const string PmcCliNoCtx = "client_no_context_takeover";
+    public static readonly string PmcReqHeaderValue = $"{PmcExtension}; {PmcSrvNoCtx}; {PmcCliNoCtx}";
+    public static readonly string PmcFullResponse = $"Sec-WebSocket-Extensions: {PmcExtension}; {PmcSrvNoCtx}; {PmcCliNoCtx}\r\n";
+
+    // Header names
+    public const string NoMaskingHeader = "Nats-No-Masking";
+    public const string NoMaskingValue = "true";
+    public static readonly string NoMaskingFullResponse = $"{NoMaskingHeader}: {NoMaskingValue}\r\n";
+    public const string XForwardedForHeader = "X-Forwarded-For";
+
+    // Path routing
+    public const string ClientPath = "/";
+    public const string LeafNodePath = "/leafnode";
+    public const string MqttPath = "/mqtt";
+
+    // WebSocket GUID (RFC 6455 Section 1.3)
+    public static readonly byte[] WsGuid = "258EAFA5-E914-47DA-95CA-C5AB0DC85B11"u8.ToArray();
+
+    // Compression trailer (RFC 7692 Section 7.2.2)
+    public static readonly byte[] CompressLastBlock = [0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff];
+
+    // Decompression trailer appended before decompressing
+    public static readonly byte[] DecompressTrailer = [0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff];
+
+    public static bool IsControlFrame(int opcode) => opcode >= CloseMessage;
+}
+
+public enum WsClientKind
+{
+    Client,
+    Leaf,
+    Mqtt,
+}
diff --git a/tests/NATS.Server.Tests/WebSocket/WsConstantsTests.cs b/tests/NATS.Server.Tests/WebSocket/WsConstantsTests.cs
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+using NATS.Server.WebSocket;
+using Shouldly;
+
+namespace NATS.Server.Tests.WebSocket;
+
+public class WsConstantsTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void OpCodes_MatchRfc6455()
+    {
+        WsConstants.TextMessage.ShouldBe(1);
+        WsConstants.BinaryMessage.ShouldBe(2);
+        WsConstants.CloseMessage.ShouldBe(8);
+        WsConstants.PingMessage.ShouldBe(9);
+        WsConstants.PongMessage.ShouldBe(10);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void FrameBits_MatchRfc6455()
+    {
+        WsConstants.FinalBit.ShouldBe((byte)0x80);
+        WsConstants.Rsv1Bit.ShouldBe((byte)0x40);
+        WsConstants.MaskBit.ShouldBe((byte)0x80);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void CloseStatusCodes_MatchRfc6455()
+    {
+        WsConstants.CloseStatusNormalClosure.ShouldBe(1000);
+        WsConstants.CloseStatusGoingAway.ShouldBe(1001);
+        WsConstants.CloseStatusProtocolError.ShouldBe(1002);
+        WsConstants.CloseStatusPolicyViolation.ShouldBe(1008);
+        WsConstants.CloseStatusMessageTooBig.ShouldBe(1009);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(WsConstants.CloseMessage)]
+    [InlineData(WsConstants.PingMessage)]
+    [InlineData(WsConstants.PongMessage)]
+    public void IsControlFrame_True(int opcode)
+    {
+        WsConstants.IsControlFrame(opcode).ShouldBeTrue();
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(WsConstants.TextMessage)]
+    [InlineData(WsConstants.BinaryMessage)]
+    [InlineData(0)]
+    public void IsControlFrame_False(int opcode)
+    {
+        WsConstants.IsControlFrame(opcode).ShouldBeFalse();
+    }
+}