diff --git a/jetstream/consumer.ts b/jetstream/consumer.ts
index e0974f55..6ed6a863 100644
--- a/jetstream/consumer.ts
+++ b/jetstream/consumer.ts
@@ -239,6 +239,11 @@ export enum ConsumerDebugEvents {
    * have the format of `{msgsLeft: number, bytesLeft: number}`.
    */
   Discard = "discard",
+
+  /**
+   * Notifies that the current consumer will be reset
+   */
+  Reset = "reset",
   /**
    * Notifies whenever there's a request for additional messages from the server.
    * This notification telegraphs the request options, which should be treated as
@@ -1110,7 +1115,7 @@ export class OrderedPullConsumerImpl implements Consumer {
       }
       const dseq = m.info.deliverySequence;
       if (dseq !== this.cursor.deliver_seq + 1) {
-        this.reset(this.opts);
+        this.notifyOrderedResetAndReset();
         return;
       }
       this.cursor.deliver_seq = dseq;
@@ -1124,14 +1129,37 @@ export class OrderedPullConsumerImpl implements Consumer {
     };
   }
 
-  async reset(opts: ConsumeOptions | FetchOptions = {
-    max_messages: 100,
-    expires: 30_000,
-  } as ConsumeMessages, fromFetch = false): Promise<ConsumerMessages> {
-    this.currentConsumer = await this.resetConsumer(
-      this.cursor.stream_seq + 1,
-    );
-    if (this.iter === null) {
+  async reset(
+    opts: ConsumeOptions | FetchOptions = {
+      max_messages: 100,
+      expires: 30_000,
+    } as ConsumeMessages,
+    info?: Partial<{ fromFetch: boolean; orderedReset: boolean }>,
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    info = info || {};
+    // this is known to be directly related to a pull
+    const fromFetch = info.fromFetch || false;
+    // a sequence order caused the reset
+    const orderedReset = info.orderedReset || false;
+
+    if (this.type === PullConsumerType.Fetch && orderedReset) {
+      // the fetch pull simply needs to end the iterator
+      this.iter?.src.stop();
+      await this.iter?.closed();
+      this.currentConsumer = null;
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (this.currentConsumer === null || orderedReset) {
+      this.currentConsumer = await this.resetConsumer(
+        this.cursor.stream_seq + 1,
+      );
+    }
+
+    // if we don't have an iterator, or it is a fetch request
+    // we create the iterator - otherwise this is a reset that is happening
+    // while the OC is active, so simply bind the new OC to current iterator.
+    if (this.iter === null || fromFetch) {
       this.iter = new OrderedConsumerMessages();
     }
     this.consumer = new PullConsumerImpl(this.api, this.currentConsumer);
@@ -1144,19 +1172,21 @@ export class OrderedPullConsumerImpl implements Consumer {
       msgs = await this.consumer.fetch(opts);
     } else if (this.type === PullConsumerType.Consume) {
       msgs = await this.consumer.consume(opts);
-    } else {
-      return Promise.reject("reset called with unset consumer type");
     }
     const msgsImpl = msgs as PullConsumerMessagesImpl;
     msgsImpl.forOrderedConsumer = true;
     msgsImpl.resetHandler = () => {
-      this.reset(this.opts);
+      this.notifyOrderedResetAndReset();
     };
     this.iter.setSource(msgsImpl);
-    return this.iter;
   }
 
-  consume(opts: ConsumeOptions = {
+  notifyOrderedResetAndReset() {
+    this.iter?.notify(ConsumerDebugEvents.Reset, "");
+    this.reset(this.opts, { orderedReset: true });
+  }
+
+  async consume(opts: ConsumeOptions = {
     max_messages: 100,
     expires: 30_000,
   } as ConsumeMessages): Promise<ConsumerMessages> {
@@ -1178,10 +1208,11 @@ export class OrderedPullConsumerImpl implements Consumer {
     }
     this.type = PullConsumerType.Consume;
     this.opts = opts;
-    return this.reset(opts);
+    await this.reset(opts);
+    return this.iter!;
   }
 
-  fetch(
+  async fetch(
     opts: FetchOptions = { max_messages: 100, expires: 30_000 },
   ): Promise<ConsumerMessages> {
     const copts = opts as ConsumeOptions;
@@ -1208,8 +1239,8 @@ export class OrderedPullConsumerImpl implements Consumer {
     }
     this.type = PullConsumerType.Fetch;
     this.opts = opts;
-    this.iter = new OrderedConsumerMessages();
-    return this.reset(opts, true);
+    await this.reset(opts, { fromFetch: true });
+    return this.iter!;
   }
 
   async next(
diff --git a/jetstream/tests/consumers_ordered_test.ts b/jetstream/tests/consumers_ordered_test.ts
index 1d44a3f6..27bca953 100644
--- a/jetstream/tests/consumers_ordered_test.ts
+++ b/jetstream/tests/consumers_ordered_test.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@ import {
   assertRejects,
   assertStringIncludes,
 } from "https://deno.land/std@0.221.0/assert/mod.ts";
-import { DeliverPolicy, JsMsg } from "../mod.ts";
+import {
+  ConsumerDebugEvents,
+  ConsumerMessages,
+  DeliverPolicy,
+  JsMsg,
+} from "../mod.ts";
 import {
   OrderedConsumerMessages,
   OrderedPullConsumerImpl,
@@ -89,87 +94,6 @@ Deno.test("ordered consumers - fetch", async () => {
   await cleanup(ns, nc);
 });
 
-Deno.test("ordered consumers - fetch reset", async () => {
-  const { ns, nc } = await setup(jetstreamServerConf());
-  const js = nc.jetstream();
-
-  const jsm = await nc.jetstreamManager();
-  await jsm.streams.add({ name: "test", subjects: ["test.*"] });
-  await js.publish("test.a");
-  await js.publish("test.b");
-  await js.publish("test.c");
-
-  const oc = await js.consumers.get("test") as OrderedPullConsumerImpl;
-  assertExists(oc);
-
-  const seen: number[] = new Array(3).fill(0);
-  let done = deferred();
-
-  const callback = (m: JsMsg) => {
-    const idx = m.seq - 1;
-    seen[idx]++;
-    // mess with the internals so we see these again
-    if (seen[idx] === 1) {
-      oc.cursor.deliver_seq--;
-      oc.cursor.stream_seq--;
-    }
-    iter.stop();
-    done.resolve();
-  };
-
-  let iter = await oc.fetch({
-    max_messages: 1,
-    //@ts-ignore: callback not exposed
-    callback,
-  });
-  await done;
-  done = deferred();
-
-  iter = await oc.fetch({
-    max_messages: 1,
-    //@ts-ignore: callback not exposed
-    callback,
-  });
-  await done;
-  done = deferred();
-
-  iter = await oc.fetch({
-    max_messages: 1,
-    //@ts-ignore: callback not exposed
-    callback,
-  });
-  await done;
-  done = deferred();
-
-  iter = await oc.fetch({
-    max_messages: 1,
-    //@ts-ignore: callback not exposed
-    callback,
-  });
-  await done;
-  done = deferred();
-
-  iter = await oc.fetch({
-    max_messages: 1,
-    //@ts-ignore: callback not exposed
-    callback,
-  });
-  await done;
-  done = deferred();
-
-  iter = await oc.fetch({
-    max_messages: 1,
-    //@ts-ignore: callback not exposed
-    callback,
-  });
-  await done;
-
-  assertEquals(seen, [2, 2, 2]);
-  assertEquals(oc.serial, 6);
-
-  await cleanup(ns, nc);
-});
-
 Deno.test("ordered consumers - consume reset", async () => {
   const { ns, nc } = await setup(jetstreamServerConf());
   const js = nc.jetstream();
@@ -978,3 +902,153 @@ Deno.test("ordered consumers - name prefix", async () => {
 
   await cleanup(ns, nc);
 });
+
+Deno.test("ordered consumers - fetch reset", async () => {
+  const { ns, nc } = await setup(jetstreamServerConf());
+  const jsm = await nc.jetstreamManager();
+
+  await jsm.streams.add({ name: "A", subjects: ["a"] });
+  const js = nc.jetstream();
+  await js.publish("a", JSON.stringify(1));
+
+  const c = await js.consumers.get("A") as OrderedPullConsumerImpl;
+
+  let resets = 0;
+  function countResets(iter: ConsumerMessages): Promise<void> {
+    return (async () => {
+      for await (const s of await iter.status()) {
+        if (s.type === ConsumerDebugEvents.Reset) {
+          resets++;
+        }
+      }
+    })();
+  }
+
+  // after the first message others will get published
+  let iter = await c.fetch({ max_messages: 10, expires: 3_000 });
+  const first = countResets(iter);
+  const sequences = [];
+  for await (const m of iter) {
+    sequences.push(m.json());
+    // mess with the internal state to cause a reset
+    if (m.seq === 1) {
+      c.cursor.deliver_seq = 3;
+      const buf = [];
+      for (let i = 2; i < 20; i++) {
+        buf.push(js.publish("a", JSON.stringify(i)));
+      }
+      await Promise.all(buf);
+    }
+  }
+
+  iter = await c.fetch({ max_messages: 10, expires: 2_000 });
+  const second = countResets(iter);
+
+  const done = (async () => {
+    for await (const m of iter) {
+      sequences.push(m.json());
+    }
+  })().catch();
+
+  await Promise.all([first, second, done]);
+  assertEquals(c.serial, 2);
+  assertEquals(resets, 1);
+  assertEquals(sequences, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]);
+  await cleanup(ns, nc);
+});
+
+Deno.test("ordered consumers - consume reset", async () => {
+  const { ns, nc } = await setup(jetstreamServerConf());
+  const jsm = await nc.jetstreamManager();
+
+  await jsm.streams.add({ name: "A", subjects: ["a"] });
+  const js = nc.jetstream();
+  await js.publish("a", JSON.stringify(1));
+
+  let resets = 0;
+  function countResets(iter: ConsumerMessages): Promise<void> {
+    return (async () => {
+      for await (const s of await iter.status()) {
+        if (s.type === ConsumerDebugEvents.Reset) {
+          resets++;
+        }
+      }
+    })();
+  }
+
+  const c = await js.consumers.get("A") as OrderedPullConsumerImpl;
+
+  // after the first message others will get published
+  let iter = await c.consume({ max_messages: 11, expires: 5000 });
+  countResets(iter).catch();
+  const sequences = [];
+  for await (const m of iter) {
+    sequences.push(m.json());
+    // mess with the internal state to cause a reset
+    if (m.seq === 1) {
+      c.cursor.deliver_seq = 3;
+      const buf = [];
+      for (let i = 2; i < 20; i++) {
+        buf.push(js.publish("a", JSON.stringify(i)));
+      }
+      await Promise.all(buf);
+    }
+    if (m.seq === 11) {
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  assertEquals(c.serial, 2);
+  assertEquals(resets, 1);
+  assertEquals(sequences, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]);
+
+  await cleanup(ns, nc);
+});
+
+Deno.test("ordered consumers - next reset", async () => {
+  const { ns, nc } = await setup(jetstreamServerConf());
+  const jsm = await nc.jetstreamManager();
+
+  await jsm.streams.add({ name: "A", subjects: ["a"] });
+  const js = nc.jetstream();
+  await js.publish("a", JSON.stringify(1));
+  await js.publish("a", JSON.stringify(2));
+
+  const c = await js.consumers.get("A") as OrderedPullConsumerImpl;
+
+  // get the first
+  let m = await c.next({ expires: 1000 });
+  assertExists(m);
+  assertEquals(m.json(), 1);
+
+  // force a reset
+  c.cursor.deliver_seq = 3;
+  await js.publish("a", JSON.stringify(2));
+
+  m = await c.next({ expires: 1000 });
+  assertEquals(m, null);
+  assertEquals(c.serial, 1);
+
+  await cleanup(ns, nc);
+});
+
+Deno.test("ordered consumers - next reset", async () => {
+  const { ns, nc } = await setup(jetstreamServerConf());
+  const jsm = await nc.jetstreamManager();
+
+  await jsm.streams.add({ name: "A", subjects: ["a"] });
+  const js = nc.jetstream();
+
+  await js.publish("a", JSON.stringify(1));
+  await js.publish("a", JSON.stringify(2));
+
+  const c = await js.consumers.get("A") as OrderedPullConsumerImpl;
+  await c.next();
+  await c.next();
+
+  assertEquals(c.serial, 1);
+  await c.info();
+  assertEquals(c.serial, 1);
+
+  await cleanup(ns, nc);
+});