diff --git a/bindings/cpp/include/svs/runtime/flat_index.h b/bindings/cpp/include/svs/runtime/flat_index.h
index 87410e61..efb59081 100644
--- a/bindings/cpp/include/svs/runtime/flat_index.h
+++ b/bindings/cpp/include/svs/runtime/flat_index.h
@@ -52,8 +52,13 @@ struct SVS_RUNTIME_API FlatIndex {
 
     // Load from a memory buffer.
     // The buffer is expected to be in the format produced by save().
-    static Status
-    map_to_memory(FlatIndex** index, void* data, size_t size, MetricType metric) noexcept;
+    static Status map_to_memory(
+        FlatIndex** index,
+        void* data,
+        size_t size,
+        MetricType metric,
+        size_t* read_bytes = nullptr
+    ) noexcept;
 };
 
 } // namespace v0
diff --git a/bindings/cpp/include/svs/runtime/vamana_index.h b/bindings/cpp/include/svs/runtime/vamana_index.h
index b70d4777..722b413b 100644
--- a/bindings/cpp/include/svs/runtime/vamana_index.h
+++ b/bindings/cpp/include/svs/runtime/vamana_index.h
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ struct SVS_RUNTIME_API VamanaIndex {
         void* data,
         size_t size,
         MetricType metric,
-        StorageKind storage_kind
+        StorageKind storage_kind,
+        size_t* read_bytes = nullptr
     ) noexcept;
 };
 
diff --git a/bindings/cpp/src/flat_index.cpp b/bindings/cpp/src/flat_index.cpp
index bce25b5e..2514bdec 100644
--- a/bindings/cpp/src/flat_index.cpp
+++ b/bindings/cpp/src/flat_index.cpp
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ FlatIndex::map_to_file(FlatIndex** index, const char* path, MetricType metric) n
 }
 
 Status FlatIndex::map_to_memory(
-    FlatIndex** index, void* data, size_t size, MetricType metric
+    FlatIndex** index, void* data, size_t size, MetricType metric, size_t* read_bytes
 ) noexcept {
     *index = nullptr;
     return runtime_error_wrapper([&] {
@@ -138,6 +138,10 @@ Status FlatIndex::map_to_memory(
         auto is = std::make_unique<svs::io::ispanstream>(sp);
         std::unique_ptr<FlatIndexImpl> impl{
             FlatIndexImpl::map_to_stream(std::move(is), metric)};
+        if (read_bytes) {
+            auto pos = impl->get_mapped_stream()->tellg();
+            *read_bytes = static_cast<size_t>(pos);
+        }
         *index = new FlatIndexManager{std::move(impl)};
         return Status_Ok;
     });
diff --git a/bindings/cpp/src/flat_index_impl.h b/bindings/cpp/src/flat_index_impl.h
index cdfa2200..921563fd 100644
--- a/bindings/cpp/src/flat_index_impl.h
+++ b/bindings/cpp/src/flat_index_impl.h
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ class FlatIndexImpl {
         });
     }
 
+    std::istream* get_mapped_stream() const { return mapped_stream_.get(); }
+
   protected:
     // Constructor used during loading
     FlatIndexImpl(
diff --git a/bindings/cpp/src/vamana_index.cpp b/bindings/cpp/src/vamana_index.cpp
index 3d4acccd..195164c5 100644
--- a/bindings/cpp/src/vamana_index.cpp
+++ b/bindings/cpp/src/vamana_index.cpp
@@ -179,7 +179,8 @@ Status VamanaIndex::map_to_memory(
     void* data,
     size_t size,
     MetricType metric,
-    StorageKind storage_kind
+    StorageKind storage_kind,
+    size_t* read_bytes
 ) noexcept {
     using Impl = VamanaIndexImpl;
     *index = nullptr;
@@ -188,6 +189,10 @@ Status VamanaIndex::map_to_memory(
         auto is = std::make_unique<svs::io::ispanstream>(sp);
         std::unique_ptr<Impl> impl{
             Impl::map_to_stream(std::move(is), metric, storage_kind)};
+        if (read_bytes) {
+            auto pos = impl->get_mapped_stream()->tellg();
+            *read_bytes = static_cast<size_t>(pos);
+        }
         *index = new VamanaIndexManagerBase<Impl>{std::move(impl)};
     });
 }
diff --git a/bindings/cpp/src/vamana_index_impl.h b/bindings/cpp/src/vamana_index_impl.h
index 3102400f..c3927a16 100644
--- a/bindings/cpp/src/vamana_index_impl.h
+++ b/bindings/cpp/src/vamana_index_impl.h
@@ -533,6 +533,8 @@ class VamanaIndexImpl {
         );
     }
 
+    std::istream* get_mapped_stream() const { return mapped_stream_.get(); }
+
     // Data members
   protected:
     size_t dim_;
diff --git a/bindings/cpp/tests/runtime_test.cpp b/bindings/cpp/tests/runtime_test.cpp
index db68a519..f0972b7f 100644
--- a/bindings/cpp/tests/runtime_test.cpp
+++ b/bindings/cpp/tests/runtime_test.cpp
@@ -230,6 +230,119 @@ void write_and_map_index(
     Index::destroy(loaded);
 }
 
+// Template function to write and map an index from an in-memory buffer
+template <typename Index, typename BuildFunc>
+void write_and_map_index_from_memory(
+    BuildFunc build_func,
+    const std::vector<float>& xb,
+    size_t n,
+    size_t d,
+    std::optional<svs::runtime::v0::StorageKind> storage_kind = std::nullopt,
+    svs::runtime::v0::MetricType metric = svs::runtime::v0::MetricType::L2
+) {
+    // Build index
+    Index* index = nullptr;
+    svs::runtime::v0::Status status = build_func(&index);
+
+    // Stop here if storage kind is not supported on this platform
+    if constexpr (std::is_base_of_v<svs::runtime::v0::VamanaIndex, Index>) {
+        if (storage_kind.has_value()) {
+            if (!Index::check_storage_kind(*storage_kind).ok()) {
+                CATCH_REQUIRE(!status.ok());
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    CATCH_REQUIRE(status.ok());
+    CATCH_REQUIRE(index != nullptr);
+
+    // Add data to index
+    if constexpr (std::is_same_v<Index, svs::runtime::v0::FlatIndex> || std::is_same_v<Index, svs::runtime::v0::VamanaIndex>) {
+        status = index->add(n, xb.data());
+    } else {
+        std::vector<size_t> labels(n);
+        std::iota(labels.begin(), labels.end(), 0);
+        status = index->add(n, labels.data(), xb.data());
+    }
+    CATCH_REQUIRE(status.ok());
+
+    std::stringstream ss{};
+    status = index->save(ss);
+    CATCH_REQUIRE(status.ok());
+
+    auto payload = ss.str();
+    CATCH_REQUIRE(!payload.empty());
+    const size_t serialized_size = payload.size();
+
+    std::vector<char> serialized(payload.size() + 1); // +1 for sentinel
+    std::copy(payload.begin(), payload.end(), serialized.begin());
+    // Keep a trailing sentinel to validate read_bytes for map_to_memory.
+    serialized[payload.size()] = static_cast<char>(0x5A);
+
+    Index* loaded = nullptr;
+    size_t read_bytes = 0;
+    if constexpr (std::is_same_v<Index, svs::runtime::v0::FlatIndex>) {
+        status = Index::map_to_memory(
+            &loaded, serialized.data(), serialized.size(), metric, &read_bytes
+        );
+    } else {
+        CATCH_REQUIRE(storage_kind.has_value());
+        status = Index::map_to_memory(
+            &loaded,
+            serialized.data(),
+            serialized.size(),
+            metric,
+            *storage_kind,
+            &read_bytes
+        );
+    }
+    CATCH_REQUIRE(status.ok());
+    CATCH_REQUIRE(loaded != nullptr);
+
+    CATCH_REQUIRE(read_bytes < serialized.size());
+    CATCH_REQUIRE(read_bytes == serialized_size);
+    CATCH_REQUIRE(serialized[read_bytes] == static_cast<char>(0x5A));
+
+    // Basic query against mapped index
+    const int nq = 5;
+    const float* xq = xb.data();
+    const int k = 10;
+    std::vector<float> distances(nq * k);
+    std::vector<size_t> result_labels(nq * k);
+    status = loaded->search(nq, xq, k, distances.data(), result_labels.data());
+    CATCH_REQUIRE(status.ok());
+
+    // Verify nullptr read_bytes path for map_to_memory.
+    Index* loaded_without_read_bytes = nullptr;
+    if constexpr (std::is_same_v<Index, svs::runtime::v0::FlatIndex>) {
+        status = Index::map_to_memory(
+            &loaded_without_read_bytes,
+            serialized.data(),
+            serialized.size(),
+            metric,
+            nullptr
+        );
+        CATCH_REQUIRE(status.ok());
+        CATCH_REQUIRE(loaded_without_read_bytes != nullptr);
+    } else {
+        status = Index::map_to_memory(
+            &loaded_without_read_bytes,
+            serialized.data(),
+            serialized.size(),
+            metric,
+            *storage_kind,
+            nullptr
+        );
+        CATCH_REQUIRE(status.ok());
+        CATCH_REQUIRE(loaded_without_read_bytes != nullptr);
+    }
+
+    // Clean up
+    Index::destroy(index);
+    Index::destroy(loaded);
+    Index::destroy(loaded_without_read_bytes);
+}
+
 // Helper that writes and reads and index of requested size
 // Reports memory usage
 UsageInfo run_save_and_load_test(
@@ -540,6 +653,18 @@ CATCH_TEST_CASE("FlatIndexWriteAndMap", "[runtime]") {
     write_and_map_index<svs::runtime::v0::FlatIndex>(build_func, test_data, test_n, test_d);
 }
 
+CATCH_TEST_CASE("FlatIndexWriteAndMapToMemory", "[runtime]") {
+    const auto& test_data = get_test_data();
+    auto build_func = [](svs::runtime::v0::FlatIndex** index) {
+        return svs::runtime::v0::FlatIndex::build(
+            index, test_d, svs::runtime::v0::MetricType::L2
+        );
+    };
+    write_and_map_index_from_memory<svs::runtime::v0::FlatIndex>(
+        build_func, test_data, test_n, test_d
+    );
+}
+
 CATCH_TEST_CASE("SearchWithIDFilter", "[runtime]") {
     const auto& test_data = get_test_data();
     // Build index
@@ -910,6 +1035,23 @@ CATCH_TEST_CASE("WriteAndMapStaticIndexSVS", "[runtime][static_vamana]") {
     );
 }
 
+CATCH_TEST_CASE("WriteAndMapToMemoryStaticIndexSVS", "[runtime][static_vamana]") {
+    const auto& test_data = get_test_data();
+    auto build_func = [](svs::runtime::v0::VamanaIndex** index) {
+        svs::runtime::v0::VamanaIndex::BuildParams build_params{64};
+        return svs::runtime::v0::VamanaIndex::build(
+            index,
+            test_d,
+            svs::runtime::v0::MetricType::L2,
+            svs::runtime::v0::StorageKind::FP32,
+            build_params
+        );
+    };
+    write_and_map_index_from_memory<svs::runtime::v0::VamanaIndex>(
+        build_func, test_data, test_n, test_d, svs::runtime::v0::StorageKind::FP32
+    );
+}
+
 CATCH_TEST_CASE("WriteAndReadStaticIndexSVSFP16", "[runtime][static_vamana]") {
     const auto& test_data = get_test_data();
     auto build_func = [](svs::runtime::v0::VamanaIndex** index) {
@@ -1012,6 +1154,23 @@ CATCH_TEST_CASE("WriteAndMapStaticIndexSVSLVQ4x4", "[runtime][static_vamana]") {
     );
 }
 
+CATCH_TEST_CASE("WriteAndMapToMemoryStaticIndexSVSLVQ4x4", "[runtime][static_vamana]") {
+    const auto& test_data = get_test_data();
+    auto build_func = [](svs::runtime::v0::VamanaIndex** index) {
+        svs::runtime::v0::VamanaIndex::BuildParams build_params{64};
+        return svs::runtime::v0::VamanaIndex::build(
+            index,
+            test_d,
+            svs::runtime::v0::MetricType::L2,
+            svs::runtime::v0::StorageKind::LVQ4x4,
+            build_params
+        );
+    };
+    write_and_map_index_from_memory<svs::runtime::v0::VamanaIndex>(
+        build_func, test_data, test_n, test_d, svs::runtime::v0::StorageKind::LVQ4x4
+    );
+}
+
 CATCH_TEST_CASE("WriteAndReadStaticIndexSVSVamanaLeanVec4x4", "[runtime][static_vamana]") {
     const auto& test_data = get_test_data();
     auto build_func = [](svs::runtime::v0::VamanaIndex** index) {
@@ -1048,6 +1207,24 @@ CATCH_TEST_CASE("WriteAndMapStaticIndexSVSVamanaLeanVec4x4", "[runtime][static_v
     );
 }
 
+CATCH_TEST_CASE("WriteAndMapToMemoryStaticIndexSVSLeanVec4x4", "[runtime][static_vamana]") {
+    const auto& test_data = get_test_data();
+    auto build_func = [](svs::runtime::v0::VamanaIndex** index) {
+        svs::runtime::v0::VamanaIndex::BuildParams build_params{64};
+        return svs::runtime::v0::VamanaIndexLeanVec::build(
+            index,
+            test_d,
+            svs::runtime::v0::MetricType::L2,
+            svs::runtime::v0::StorageKind::LeanVec4x4,
+            32,
+            build_params
+        );
+    };
+    write_and_map_index_from_memory<svs::runtime::v0::VamanaIndex>(
+        build_func, test_data, test_n, test_d, svs::runtime::v0::StorageKind::LeanVec4x4
+    );
+}
+
 CATCH_TEST_CASE("StaticIndexLeanVecWithTrainingData", "[runtime][static_vamana]") {
     const auto& test_data = get_test_data();
     const size_t leanvec_dims = 32;