diff --git a/monarch_hyperactor/src/actor_mesh.rs b/monarch_hyperactor/src/actor_mesh.rs
index acac417e..9c706e30 100644
--- a/monarch_hyperactor/src/actor_mesh.rs
+++ b/monarch_hyperactor/src/actor_mesh.rs
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ use crate::shape::PyShape;
     module = "monarch._rust_bindings.monarch_hyperactor.actor_mesh"
 )]
 pub struct PythonActorMesh {
-    pub(super) inner: SharedCell<RootActorMesh<'static, PythonActor>>,
-    pub(super) client: PyMailbox,
+    pub inner: SharedCell<RootActorMesh<'static, PythonActor>>,
+    pub client: PyMailbox,
     pub(super) _keepalive: Keepalive,
 }
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ impl PythonActorMesh {
     }
 
     #[getter]
-    fn client(&self) -> PyMailbox {
+    pub fn client(&self) -> PyMailbox {
         self.client.clone()
     }
 
diff --git a/monarch_hyperactor/src/mailbox.rs b/monarch_hyperactor/src/mailbox.rs
index 47f503b6..38bc5997 100644
--- a/monarch_hyperactor/src/mailbox.rs
+++ b/monarch_hyperactor/src/mailbox.rs
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ use crate::shape::PyShape;
     name = "Mailbox",
     module = "monarch._rust_bindings.monarch_hyperactor.mailbox"
 )]
-pub(super) struct PyMailbox {
-    pub(super) inner: Mailbox,
+pub struct PyMailbox {
+    pub inner: Mailbox,
 }
 
 #[pymethods]
diff --git a/monarch_rdma/extension/Cargo.toml b/monarch_rdma/extension/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cbb88be3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/monarch_rdma/extension/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# @generated by autocargo from //monarch/monarch_rdma/extension:monarch_rdma_extension
+
+[package]
+name = "monarch_rdma_extension"
+version = "0.0.0"
+authors = ["Meta"]
+edition = "2021"
+license = "BSD-3-Clause"
+
+[lib]
+path = "lib.rs"
+test = false
+doctest = false
+
+[dependencies]
+hyperactor = { version = "0.0.0", path = "../../hyperactor" }
+monarch_hyperactor = { version = "0.0.0", path = "../../monarch_hyperactor" }
+monarch_rdma = { version = "0.0.0", path = ".." }
+pyo3 = { version = "0.24", features = ["anyhow", "multiple-pymethods"] }
+pyo3-async-runtimes = { version = "0.24", features = ["attributes", "tokio-runtime"] }
+serde = { version = "1.0.185", features = ["derive", "rc"] }
+serde_json = { version = "1.0.140", features = ["alloc", "float_roundtrip", "unbounded_depth"] }
diff --git a/monarch_rdma/extension/lib.rs b/monarch_rdma/extension/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..70ffeeb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/monarch_rdma/extension/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,290 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+#![allow(unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn)]
+use hyperactor::ActorId;
+use hyperactor::ActorRef;
+use hyperactor::Named;
+use hyperactor::ProcId;
+use monarch_hyperactor::mailbox::PyMailbox;
+use monarch_hyperactor::runtime::signal_safe_block_on;
+use monarch_rdma::RdmaBuffer;
+use monarch_rdma::RdmaManagerActor;
+use monarch_rdma::RdmaManagerMessageClient;
+use monarch_rdma::ibverbs_supported;
+use pyo3::BoundObject;
+use pyo3::exceptions::PyException;
+use pyo3::exceptions::PyValueError;
+use pyo3::prelude::*;
+use pyo3::types::PyTuple;
+use pyo3::types::PyType;
+use serde::Deserialize;
+use serde::Serialize;
+
+macro_rules! setup_rdma_context {
+    ($self:ident, $local_proc_id:expr) => {{
+        let proc_id: ProcId = $local_proc_id.parse().unwrap();
+        let local_owner_id = ActorId(proc_id, "rdma_manager".to_string(), 0);
+        let local_owner_ref: ActorRef<RdmaManagerActor> = ActorRef::attest(local_owner_id);
+        let buffer = $self.buffer.clone();
+        (local_owner_ref, buffer)
+    }};
+}
+
+#[pyclass(name = "_RdmaBuffer", module = "monarch._rust_bindings.rdma")]
+#[derive(Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, Named)]
+struct PyRdmaBuffer {
+    buffer: RdmaBuffer,
+    owner_ref: ActorRef<RdmaManagerActor>,
+}
+
+async fn create_rdma_buffer(
+    addr: usize,
+    size: usize,
+    proc_id: String,
+    client: PyMailbox,
+) -> PyResult<PyRdmaBuffer> {
+    // Get the owning RdmaManagerActor's ActorRef
+    let proc_id: ProcId = proc_id.parse().unwrap();
+    let owner_id = ActorId(proc_id, "rdma_manager".to_string(), 0);
+    let owner_ref: ActorRef<RdmaManagerActor> = ActorRef::attest(owner_id);
+
+    // Create the RdmaBuffer
+    let buffer = owner_ref.request_buffer(&client.inner, addr, size).await?;
+    Ok(PyRdmaBuffer { buffer, owner_ref })
+}
+
+#[pymethods]
+impl PyRdmaBuffer {
+    #[classmethod]
+    fn create_rdma_buffer_blocking<'py>(
+        _cls: &Bound<'_, PyType>,
+        py: Python<'py>,
+        addr: usize,
+        size: usize,
+        proc_id: String,
+        client: PyMailbox,
+    ) -> PyResult<PyRdmaBuffer> {
+        if !ibverbs_supported() {
+            return Err(PyException::new_err(
+                "ibverbs is not supported on this system",
+            ));
+        }
+        signal_safe_block_on(py, create_rdma_buffer(addr, size, proc_id, client))?
+    }
+
+    #[classmethod]
+    fn create_rdma_buffer_nonblocking<'py>(
+        _cls: &Bound<'_, PyType>,
+        py: Python<'py>,
+        addr: usize,
+        size: usize,
+        proc_id: String,
+        client: PyMailbox,
+    ) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
+        if !ibverbs_supported() {
+            return Err(PyException::new_err(
+                "ibverbs is not supported on this system",
+            ));
+        }
+        pyo3_async_runtimes::tokio::future_into_py(
+            py,
+            create_rdma_buffer(addr, size, proc_id, client),
+        )
+    }
+
+    #[classmethod]
+    fn rdma_supported<'py>(_cls: &Bound<'_, PyType>, _py: Python<'py>) -> bool {
+        ibverbs_supported()
+    }
+
+    #[pyo3(name = "__repr__")]
+    fn repr(&self) -> String {
+        format!("<RdmaBuffer'{:?}'>", self.buffer)
+    }
+
+    /// Reads data from the local buffer and places it into this remote RDMA buffer.
+    ///
+    /// This operation appears as "read_into" from the caller's perspective (reading from local memory
+    /// into the remote buffer), but internally it's implemented as a "write_from" operation on the
+    /// local buffer since the data flows from the local buffer to the remote one.
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    /// * `addr` - The address of the local buffer to read from
+    /// * `size` - The size of the data to transfer
+    /// * `local_proc_id` - The process ID where the local buffer resides
+    /// * `client` - The mailbox for communication
+    /// * `timeout` - Maximum time in milliseconds to wait for the operation
+    #[pyo3(signature = (addr, size, local_proc_id, client, timeout))]
+    fn read_into<'py>(
+        &self,
+        py: Python<'py>,
+        addr: usize,
+        size: usize,
+        local_proc_id: String,
+        client: PyMailbox,
+        timeout: u64,
+    ) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
+        let (local_owner_ref, buffer) = setup_rdma_context!(self, local_proc_id);
+        pyo3_async_runtimes::tokio::future_into_py(py, async move {
+            let local_buffer = local_owner_ref
+                .request_buffer(&client.inner, addr, size)
+                .await?;
+            let _result_ = local_buffer
+                .write_from(&client.inner, buffer, timeout)
+                .await
+                .map_err(|e| PyException::new_err(format!("failed to read into buffer: {}", e)))?;
+            Ok(())
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Reads data from the local buffer and places it into this remote RDMA buffer.
+    ///
+    /// This operation appears as "read_into" from the caller's perspective (reading from local memory
+    /// into the remote buffer), but internally it's implemented as a "write_from" operation on the
+    /// local buffer since the data flows from the local buffer to the remote one.
+    ///
+    /// This is the blocking version of `read_into`, compatible with non asyncio Python code.
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    /// * `addr` - The address of the local buffer to read from
+    /// * `size` - The size of the data to transfer
+    /// * `local_proc_id` - The process ID where the local buffer resides
+    /// * `client` - The mailbox for communication
+    /// * `timeout` - Maximum time in milliseconds to wait for the operation
+    #[pyo3(signature = (addr, size, local_proc_id, client, timeout))]
+    fn read_into_blocking<'py>(
+        &self,
+        py: Python<'py>,
+        addr: usize,
+        size: usize,
+        local_proc_id: String,
+        client: PyMailbox,
+        timeout: u64,
+    ) -> PyResult<bool> {
+        let (local_owner_ref, buffer) = setup_rdma_context!(self, local_proc_id);
+        signal_safe_block_on(py, async move {
+            let local_buffer = local_owner_ref
+                .request_buffer(&client.inner, addr, size)
+                .await?;
+            local_buffer
+                .write_from(&client.inner, buffer, timeout)
+                .await
+                .map_err(|e| PyException::new_err(format!("failed to read into buffer: {}", e)))
+        })?
+    }
+
+    /// Writes data from this remote RDMA buffer into a local buffer.
+    ///
+    /// This operation appears as "write_from" from the caller's perspective (writing from the remote
+    /// buffer into local memory), but internally it's implemented as a "read_into" operation on the
+    /// local buffer since the data flows from the remote buffer to the local one.
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    /// * `addr` - The address of the local buffer to write to
+    /// * `size` - The size of the data to transfer
+    /// * `local_proc_id` - The process ID where the local buffer resides
+    /// * `client` - The mailbox for communication
+    /// * `timeout` - Maximum time in milliseconds to wait for the operation
+    #[pyo3(signature = (addr, size, local_proc_id, client, timeout))]
+    fn write_from<'py>(
+        &self,
+        py: Python<'py>,
+        addr: usize,
+        size: usize,
+        local_proc_id: String,
+        client: PyMailbox,
+        timeout: u64,
+    ) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
+        let (local_owner_ref, buffer) = setup_rdma_context!(self, local_proc_id);
+        pyo3_async_runtimes::tokio::future_into_py(py, async move {
+            let local_buffer = local_owner_ref
+                .request_buffer(&client.inner, addr, size)
+                .await?;
+            let _result_ = local_buffer
+                .read_into(&client.inner, buffer, timeout)
+                .await
+                .map_err(|e| PyException::new_err(format!("failed to write from buffer: {}", e)))?;
+            Ok(())
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Writes data from this remote RDMA buffer into a local buffer.
+    ///
+    /// This operation appears as "write_from" from the caller's perspective (writing from the remote
+    /// buffer into local memory), but internally it's implemented as a "read_into" operation on the
+    /// local buffer since the data flows from the remote buffer to the local one.
+    ///
+    /// This is the blocking version of `write_from`, compatible with non asyncio Python code.
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    /// * `addr` - The address of the local buffer to write to
+    /// * `size` - The size of the data to transfer
+    /// * `local_proc_id` - The process ID where the local buffer resides
+    /// * `client` - The mailbox for communication
+    /// * `timeout` - Maximum time in milliseconds to wait for the operation
+    #[pyo3(signature = (addr, size, local_proc_id, client, timeout))]
+    fn write_from_blocking<'py>(
+        &self,
+        py: Python<'py>,
+        addr: usize,
+        size: usize,
+        local_proc_id: String,
+        client: PyMailbox,
+        timeout: u64,
+    ) -> PyResult<bool> {
+        let (local_owner_ref, buffer) = setup_rdma_context!(self, local_proc_id);
+        signal_safe_block_on(py, async move {
+            let local_buffer = local_owner_ref
+                .request_buffer(&client.inner, addr, size)
+                .await?;
+            local_buffer
+                .read_into(&client.inner, buffer, timeout)
+                .await
+                .map_err(|e| PyException::new_err(format!("failed to write from buffer: {}", e)))
+        })?
+    }
+
+    fn __reduce__(&self) -> PyResult<(PyObject, PyObject)> {
+        Python::with_gil(|py| {
+            let ctor = py.get_type::<PyRdmaBuffer>().to_object(py);
+            let json = serde_json::to_string(self).map_err(|e| {
+                PyErr::new::<PyValueError, _>(format!("Serialization failed: {}", e))
+            })?;
+
+            let args = PyTuple::new_bound(py, [json]).into_py(py);
+            Ok((ctor, args))
+        })
+    }
+
+    #[new]
+    fn new_from_json(json: &str) -> PyResult<Self> {
+        let deserialized: PyRdmaBuffer = serde_json::from_str(json)
+            .map_err(|e| PyErr::new::<PyValueError, _>(format!("Deserialization failed: {}", e)))?;
+        Ok(deserialized)
+    }
+
+    fn drop<'py>(&self, py: Python<'py>) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyAny>> {
+        // no op with CPUs, currently a stub.
+        // TODO - replace with correct GPU behavior.
+        pyo3_async_runtimes::tokio::future_into_py(py, async move { Ok(()) })
+    }
+
+    fn drop_blocking<'py>(&self, py: Python<'py>) -> PyResult<()> {
+        signal_safe_block_on(py, async move {
+            // no op with CPUs, currently a stub.
+            // TODO - replace with correct GPU behavior.
+            Ok(())
+        })?
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn register_python_bindings(module: &Bound<'_, PyModule>) -> PyResult<()> {
+    module.add_class::<PyRdmaBuffer>()?;
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/monarch_rdma/src/ibverbs_primitives.rs b/monarch_rdma/src/ibverbs_primitives.rs
index fc4df446..90ef5c3e 100644
--- a/monarch_rdma/src/ibverbs_primitives.rs
+++ b/monarch_rdma/src/ibverbs_primitives.rs
@@ -595,9 +595,8 @@ pub fn ibverbs_supported() -> bool {
         let device_list = rdmacore_sys::ibv_get_device_list(&mut num_devices);
         if !device_list.is_null() {
             rdmacore_sys::ibv_free_device_list(device_list);
-            return true;
         }
-        false
+        num_devices > 0
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/monarch_rdma/src/rdma_components.rs b/monarch_rdma/src/rdma_components.rs
index b5d34c55..d4153f2c 100644
--- a/monarch_rdma/src/rdma_components.rs
+++ b/monarch_rdma/src/rdma_components.rs
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ impl RdmaBuffer {
     /// # Returns
     /// `Ok(bool)` indicating if the operation completed successfully.
     pub async fn read_into(
-        &mut self,
+        &self,
         client: &Mailbox,
         remote: RdmaBuffer,
         timeout: u64,
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ impl RdmaBuffer {
     /// # Returns
     /// `Ok(bool)` indicating if the operation completed successfully.
     pub async fn write_from(
-        &mut self,
+        &self,
         client: &Mailbox,
         remote: RdmaBuffer,
         timeout: u64,
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ impl RdmaQueuePair {
         pd: *mut rdmacore_sys::ibv_pd,
         config: IbverbsConfig,
     ) -> Result<Self, anyhow::Error> {
-        tracing::info!("creating an RdmaQueuePair from config {}", config);
+        tracing::debug!("creating an RdmaQueuePair from config {}", config);
         // SAFETY:
         // This code uses unsafe rdmacore_sys calls to interact with the RDMA device, but is safe because:
         // - All pointers are properly initialized and checked for null before use
diff --git a/monarch_rdma/src/rdma_manager_actor.rs b/monarch_rdma/src/rdma_manager_actor.rs
index 84c51e4e..620feb99 100644
--- a/monarch_rdma/src/rdma_manager_actor.rs
+++ b/monarch_rdma/src/rdma_manager_actor.rs
@@ -230,17 +230,25 @@ impl RdmaManagerMessageHandler for RdmaManagerActor {
         remote: ActorRef<RdmaManagerActor>,
     ) -> Result<RdmaQueuePair, anyhow::Error> {
         if !self.is_connected(cx, remote.clone()).await? {
-            self.initialize_qp(cx, remote.clone()).await?;
-            remote.initialize_qp(cx, cx.bind().clone()).await?;
-
-            let remote_endpoint = remote.connection_info(cx, cx.bind().clone()).await?;
-            self.connect(cx, remote.clone(), remote_endpoint).await?;
-
-            let local_endpoint = self.connection_info(cx, remote.clone()).await?;
-            remote
-                .connect(cx, cx.bind().clone(), local_endpoint)
-                .await?;
+            let is_loopback =
+                remote.actor_id().clone() == cx.bind::<RdmaManagerActor>().actor_id().clone();
+
+            if is_loopback {
+                self.initialize_qp(cx, remote.clone()).await?;
+                let endpoint = self.connection_info(cx, remote.clone()).await?;
+                self.connect(cx, remote.clone(), endpoint).await?;
+            } else {
+                self.initialize_qp(cx, remote.clone()).await?;
+                remote.initialize_qp(cx, cx.bind().clone()).await?;
+                let remote_endpoint = remote.connection_info(cx, cx.bind().clone()).await?;
+                self.connect(cx, remote.clone(), remote_endpoint).await?;
+                let local_endpoint = self.connection_info(cx, remote.clone()).await?;
+                remote
+                    .connect(cx, cx.bind().clone(), local_endpoint)
+                    .await?;
+            }
         }
+
         let qp = self
             .qp_map
             .get_mut(&remote.actor_id().clone())
diff --git a/python/monarch/_rust_bindings/rdma/__init__.pyi b/python/monarch/_rust_bindings/rdma/__init__.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e5d0f92b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/monarch/_rust_bindings/rdma/__init__.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+# Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+# LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+
+from typing import Any, final, Optional
+
+@final
+class _RdmaMemoryRegionView:
+    def __init__(self, addr: int, size_in_bytes: int) -> None: ...
+
+@final
+class _RdmaBuffer:
+    name: str
+
+    @classmethod
+    def create_rdma_buffer_blocking(
+        cls, addr: int, size: int, proc_id: str, client: Any
+    ) -> _RdmaBuffer: ...
+    @classmethod
+    async def create_rdma_buffer_nonblocking(
+        cls, addr: int, size: int, proc_id: str, client: Any
+    ) -> Any: ...
+    async def drop(self, client: Any): ...
+    def drop_blocking(self, client: Any): ...
+    async def read_into(
+        self,
+        addr: int,
+        size: int,
+        local_proc_id: str,
+        client: Any,
+        timeout: int,
+    ) -> Any: ...
+    def read_into_blocking(
+        self,
+        addr: int,
+        size: int,
+        local_proc_id: str,
+        client: Any,
+        timeout: int,
+    ) -> Any: ...
+    async def write_from(
+        self,
+        addr: int,
+        size: int,
+        local_proc_id: str,
+        client: Any,
+        timeout: int,
+    ) -> Any: ...
+    def write_from_blocking(
+        self,
+        addr: int,
+        size: int,
+        local_proc_id: str,
+        client: Any,
+        timeout: int,
+    ) -> Any: ...
+    def __reduce__(self) -> tuple: ...
+    def __repr__(self) -> str: ...
+    @staticmethod
+    def new_from_json(json: str) -> _RdmaBuffer: ...
+    @classmethod
+    def rdma_supported(cls) -> bool: ...