diff --git a/src/NATS.Server/JetStream/MirrorSource/MirrorCoordinator.cs b/src/NATS.Server/JetStream/MirrorSource/MirrorCoordinator.cs
index 795a797..0a61004 100644
--- a/src/NATS.Server/JetStream/MirrorSource/MirrorCoordinator.cs
+++ b/src/NATS.Server/JetStream/MirrorSource/MirrorCoordinator.cs
@@ -58,12 +58,44 @@ public sealed class MirrorCoordinator : IAsyncDisposable
     /// </summary>
     public ulong Lag { get; private set; }
 
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Gap detection properties
+    // Go reference: server/stream.go:2863-3014 (processInboundMirrorMsg gap handling)
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    /// <summary>Whether a sequence gap has been detected in the origin stream.</summary>
+    public bool HasGap => _hasGap;
+
+    /// <summary>First missing sequence number when a gap is detected.</summary>
+    public ulong GapStart => _gapStart;
+
+    /// <summary>Last missing sequence number when a gap is detected.</summary>
+    public ulong GapEnd => _gapEnd;
+
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Error state properties
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    /// <summary>Whether the coordinator is in an error state.</summary>
+    public bool HasError => _errorMessage is not null;
+
+    /// <summary>Current error message, or null if no error.</summary>
+    public string? ErrorMessage => _errorMessage;
+
     // Go: mirror.sseq — stream sequence tracking for gap detection
     private ulong _expectedOriginSeq;
 
     // Go: mirror.dseq — delivery sequence tracking
     private ulong _deliverySeq;
 
+    // Gap detection state
+    private ulong _gapStart;
+    private ulong _gapEnd;
+    private bool _hasGap;
+
+    // Error state tracking
+    private string? _errorMessage;
+
     public MirrorCoordinator(IStreamStore targetStore)
     {
         _targetStore = targetStore;
@@ -175,6 +207,74 @@ public sealed class MirrorCoordinator : IAsyncDisposable
         }
     }
 
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Public retry / failure tracking API
+    // Go reference: server/stream.go:3478-3505 (calculateRetryBackoff),
+    //               server/stream.go:3125-3400 (setupMirrorConsumer retry logic)
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Increments the consecutive failure counter.
+    /// Call this when a sync attempt fails.
+    /// </summary>
+    public void RecordFailure()
+    {
+        lock (_gate) _consecutiveFailures++;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Resets the consecutive failure counter to zero.
+    /// Call this when a sync attempt succeeds.
+    /// </summary>
+    public void RecordSuccess()
+    {
+        lock (_gate) _consecutiveFailures = 0;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Returns the exponential backoff delay for the current failure count,
+    /// without jitter so that tests get deterministic results.
+    /// Go reference: server/stream.go:3478-3505 (calculateRetryBackoff)
+    /// </summary>
+    public TimeSpan GetRetryDelay()
+    {
+        var failures = ConsecutiveFailures;
+        if (failures == 0) return InitialRetryDelay;
+        var baseDelay = InitialRetryDelay.TotalMilliseconds * Math.Pow(2, Math.Min(failures - 1, 10));
+        var capped = Math.Min(baseDelay, MaxRetryDelay.TotalMilliseconds);
+        return TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(capped);
+    }
+
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Sequence gap detection
+    // Go reference: server/stream.go:2863-3014 (processInboundMirrorMsg)
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Records the next received sequence number from the origin stream.
+    /// Sets gap state when a gap (skipped sequences) is detected.
+    /// </summary>
+    public void RecordSourceSeq(ulong seq)
+    {
+        if (_expectedOriginSeq > 0 && seq > _expectedOriginSeq + 1)
+        {
+            _hasGap = true;
+            _gapStart = _expectedOriginSeq + 1;
+            _gapEnd = seq - 1;
+        }
+        _expectedOriginSeq = seq;
+    }
+
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Error state management
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    /// <summary>Sets the coordinator into an error state with the given message.</summary>
+    public void SetError(string message) => _errorMessage = message;
+
+    /// <summary>Clears the error state.</summary>
+    public void ClearError() => _errorMessage = null;
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Reports current health state for monitoring.
     /// Go reference: server/stream.go:2739-2743 (mirrorInfo), 2698-2736 (sourceInfo)
diff --git a/src/NATS.Server/JetStream/MirrorSource/SourceCoordinator.cs b/src/NATS.Server/JetStream/MirrorSource/SourceCoordinator.cs
index 669c72e..57d30b5 100644
--- a/src/NATS.Server/JetStream/MirrorSource/SourceCoordinator.cs
+++ b/src/NATS.Server/JetStream/MirrorSource/SourceCoordinator.cs
@@ -411,17 +411,41 @@ public sealed class SourceCoordinator : IAsyncDisposable
     // Deduplication helpers
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    private bool IsDuplicate(string msgId)
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Returns true if the given message ID is already present in the dedup window.
+    /// Go reference: server/stream.go duplicate window check
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool IsDuplicate(string msgId)
     {
         PruneDedupWindowIfNeeded();
         return _dedupWindow.ContainsKey(msgId);
     }
 
-    private void RecordMsgId(string msgId)
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Records a message ID in the dedup window with the current timestamp.
+    /// Go reference: server/stream.go duplicate window tracking
+    /// </summary>
+    public void RecordMsgId(string msgId)
     {
         _dedupWindow[msgId] = DateTime.UtcNow;
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Removes all dedup window entries whose timestamps are earlier than the given cutoff.
+    /// This is the explicit-cutoff variant intended for testing, as opposed to the internal
+    /// time-based pruning done by <see cref="PruneDedupWindowIfNeeded"/>.
+    /// Go reference: server/stream.go duplicate window pruning
+    /// </summary>
+    public void PruneDedupWindow(DateTimeOffset cutoff)
+    {
+        var cutoffDt = cutoff.UtcDateTime;
+        foreach (var kvp in _dedupWindow)
+        {
+            if (kvp.Value < cutoffDt)
+                _dedupWindow.TryRemove(kvp.Key, out _);
+        }
+    }
+
     private void PruneDedupWindowIfNeeded()
     {
         if (_sourceConfig.DuplicateWindowMs <= 0)
diff --git a/tests/NATS.Server.Tests/MirrorSourceRetryTests.cs b/tests/NATS.Server.Tests/MirrorSourceRetryTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54efd06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/NATS.Server.Tests/MirrorSourceRetryTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+using NSubstitute;
+using NATS.Server.JetStream.MirrorSource;
+using NATS.Server.JetStream.Models;
+using NATS.Server.JetStream.Storage;
+
+namespace NATS.Server.Tests;
+
+// Go reference: server/stream.go:3478-3505 (calculateRetryBackoff),
+// server/stream.go:3125-3400 (setupMirrorConsumer retry logic)
+
+public class MirrorSourceRetryTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void Mirror_retry_uses_exponential_backoff()
+    {
+        // Go reference: server/stream.go:3478-3505 calculateRetryBackoff
+        var mirror = MirrorCoordinatorTestHelper.Create();
+
+        mirror.RecordFailure();
+        var delay1 = mirror.GetRetryDelay();
+        delay1.ShouldBeGreaterThanOrEqualTo(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(250));
+
+        mirror.RecordFailure();
+        var delay2 = mirror.GetRetryDelay();
+        delay2.ShouldBeGreaterThan(delay1);
+
+        // Cap at max
+        for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++) mirror.RecordFailure();
+        var delayMax = mirror.GetRetryDelay();
+        delayMax.ShouldBeLessThanOrEqualTo(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Mirror_success_resets_backoff()
+    {
+        // Go reference: server/stream.go setupMirrorConsumer — success resets retry
+        var mirror = MirrorCoordinatorTestHelper.Create();
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) mirror.RecordFailure();
+        mirror.RecordSuccess();
+
+        var delay = mirror.GetRetryDelay();
+        delay.ShouldBe(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(250));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Mirror_tracks_sequence_gap()
+    {
+        // Go reference: server/stream.go:2863-3014 processInboundMirrorMsg — gap detection
+        var mirror = MirrorCoordinatorTestHelper.Create();
+
+        mirror.RecordSourceSeq(1);
+        mirror.RecordSourceSeq(2);
+        mirror.RecordSourceSeq(5); // gap: 3, 4 missing
+
+        mirror.HasGap.ShouldBeTrue();
+        mirror.GapStart.ShouldBe(3UL);
+        mirror.GapEnd.ShouldBe(4UL);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Mirror_tracks_error_state()
+    {
+        // Go reference: server/stream.go mirror error state tracking
+        var mirror = MirrorCoordinatorTestHelper.Create();
+
+        mirror.SetError("connection refused");
+        mirror.HasError.ShouldBeTrue();
+        mirror.ErrorMessage.ShouldBe("connection refused");
+
+        mirror.ClearError();
+        mirror.HasError.ShouldBeFalse();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Source_dedup_window_prunes_expired()
+    {
+        // Go reference: server/stream.go duplicate window pruning
+        var source = SourceCoordinatorTestHelper.Create();
+
+        source.RecordMsgId("msg-1");
+        source.RecordMsgId("msg-2");
+
+        source.IsDuplicate("msg-1").ShouldBeTrue();
+        source.IsDuplicate("msg-3").ShouldBeFalse();
+
+        // Simulate time passing beyond dedup window
+        source.PruneDedupWindow(DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.AddMinutes(5));
+        source.IsDuplicate("msg-1").ShouldBeFalse();
+    }
+}
+
+public static class MirrorCoordinatorTestHelper
+{
+    public static MirrorCoordinator Create()
+    {
+        var store = Substitute.For<IStreamStore>();
+        return new MirrorCoordinator(store);
+    }
+}
+
+public static class SourceCoordinatorTestHelper
+{
+    public static SourceCoordinator Create()
+    {
+        var store = Substitute.For<IStreamStore>();
+        var config = new StreamSourceConfig { Name = "test-source", DuplicateWindowMs = 60_000 };
+        return new SourceCoordinator(store, config);
+    }
+}