diff --git a/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/IStreamVideoClient.cs b/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/IStreamVideoClient.cs
index a1d5f182..af8f0b3a 100644
--- a/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/IStreamVideoClient.cs
+++ b/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/IStreamVideoClient.cs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ public interface IStreamVideoClient : IStreamVideoClientEventsListener, IDisposa
         /// <summary>
         /// Currently ongoing call session. This will be NULL if there's no call active.
         /// You can subscribe to <see cref="CallStarted"/> and <see cref="CallEnded"/> events to get notified when a call is started/ended.
+        /// The client can only be in a single call at a time.
         /// </summary>
         IStreamCall ActiveCall { get; }
         
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ Task<IStreamCall> JoinCallAsync(StreamCallType callType, string callId, bool cre
             bool notify);
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Will return null if the call doesn't exist
+        /// Gets call information without joining it. Will return null if the call doesn't exist
         /// </summary>
         Task<IStreamCall> GetCallAsync(StreamCallType callType, string callId);
 
diff --git a/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/Models/CallSession.cs b/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/Models/CallSession.cs
index d8c18439..8ed29a77 100644
--- a/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/Models/CallSession.cs
+++ b/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/Models/CallSession.cs
@@ -71,8 +71,14 @@ void IStateLoadableFrom<SfuCallState, CallSession>.LoadFromDto(SfuCallState dto,
             }
 
             // dto.CallState.Participants may not contain all participants
-            UpdateExtensions<StreamVideoCallParticipant, SfuParticipant>.TryAddUniqueTrackedObjects(_participants,
-                dto.Participants, cache.CallParticipants);
+            foreach (var dtoParticipant in dto.Participants)
+            {
+                var participant = cache.TryCreateOrUpdate(dtoParticipant);
+                if (!_participants.Contains(participant))
+                {
+                    _participants.Add(participant);
+                }
+            }
 
             ((IStateLoadableFrom<SfuParticipantCount, ParticipantCount>)ParticipantCount).LoadFromDto(
                 dto.ParticipantCount, cache);
diff --git a/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/StatefulModels/IStreamCall.cs b/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/StatefulModels/IStreamCall.cs
index b7c94a71..7d9adb24 100644
--- a/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/StatefulModels/IStreamCall.cs
+++ b/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/StatefulModels/IStreamCall.cs
@@ -337,5 +337,10 @@ Task<QueryMembersResult> QueryMembersAsync(IEnumerable<IFieldFilterRule> filters
         /// </summary>
         /// <returns>True if participant is pinned remotely</returns>
         bool IsPinned(IStreamVideoCallParticipant participant);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Helper function to get the local participant object for the current user in this call
+        /// </summary>
+        IStreamVideoCallParticipant GetLocalParticipant();
     }
 }
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diff --git a/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/StatefulModels/StreamCall.cs b/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/StatefulModels/StreamCall.cs
index e45a7903..5f3282b2 100644
--- a/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/StatefulModels/StreamCall.cs
+++ b/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/StatefulModels/StreamCall.cs
@@ -441,6 +441,49 @@ public Task UploadParticipantCustomDataAsync(IStreamVideoCallParticipant partici
             return UploadCustomDataAsync();
         }
 
+        public IStreamVideoCallParticipant GetLocalParticipant()
+        {
+            if (Participants.Count == 0)
+            {
+                using (new StringBuilderPoolScope(out var tempSb))
+                {
+                    tempSb.AppendLine($"{nameof(GetLocalParticipant)} - no participants in the call.");
+                    tempSb.AppendLine("Last operations leading to this state:");
+                    foreach (var log in _tempLogs.GetLogs())
+                    {
+                        tempSb.AppendLine(log);
+                    }
+                    
+                    Logs.Error(tempSb.ToString());
+                }
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("No participants in the call.");
+            }
+            
+            var localParticipant = Participants.FirstOrDefault(p => p.IsLocalParticipant);
+            if (localParticipant == null)
+            {
+                using (new StringBuilderPoolScope(out var sb))
+                {
+                    var currentSessionId = LowLevelClient.RtcSession.SessionId;
+                    sb.AppendLine($"Local participant not found. Local Session ID: {currentSessionId}. Participants in the call:");
+                    foreach (var p in Participants)
+                    {
+                        sb.AppendLine($" - UserId: {p.UserId}, SessionId: {p.SessionId}, IsLocalParticipant: {p.IsLocalParticipant}");
+                    }
+
+                    sb.AppendLine("Last operations leading to this state:");
+                    foreach (var log in _tempLogs.GetLogs())
+                    {
+                        sb.AppendLine(log);
+                    }
+                    
+                    Logs.Error(sb.ToString());
+                }
+            }
+
+            return localParticipant;
+        }
+
         void IUpdateableFrom<CallResponseInternalDTO, StreamCall>.UpdateFromDto(CallResponseInternalDTO dto,
             ICache cache)
         {
@@ -463,6 +506,29 @@ void IUpdateableFrom<CallResponseInternalDTO, StreamCall>.UpdateFromDto(CallResp
             Type = new StreamCallType(dto.Type);
             UpdatedAt = dto.UpdatedAt;
 
+            try
+            {
+                // Ignore the IDE warning, this can be null
+                if (dto.Session != null)
+                {
+                    using (new StringBuilderPoolScope(out var tempSb))
+                    {
+                        tempSb.Append($"`UpdateFromDto(CallResponseInternalDTO dto` - dto participants: {dto.Session.Participants?.Count}, call participants: {Session.Participants.Count}. Dto participants: ");
+                        foreach (var p in dto.Session.Participants)
+                        {
+                            tempSb.Append($"[UserSessionId: {p.UserSessionId}, SessionId: {p.User?.Id}");
+                        }
+                    
+                        _tempLogs.Add(tempSb.ToString());
+                    }
+                }
+
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                Logs.Exception(e);
+            }
+
             // Depends on Session.Participants so load as last
             LoadCustomData(dto.Custom);
         }
@@ -531,6 +597,26 @@ internal void UpdateFromSfu(JoinResponse joinResponse)
         {
             ((IStateLoadableFrom<CallState, CallSession>)Session).LoadFromDto(joinResponse.CallState, Cache);
             UpdateServerPins(joinResponse.CallState.Pins);
+
+            try
+            {
+                using (new StringBuilderPoolScope(out var tempSb))
+                {
+                    tempSb.Append("`UpdateFromSfu(JoinResponse joinResponse)` - joinResponse participants: ");
+                    if(joinResponse.CallState !=null && joinResponse.CallState.Participants != null)
+                    {
+                        foreach (var p in joinResponse.CallState.Participants)
+                        {
+                            tempSb.Append($"[UserId: {p.UserId}, SessionId: {p.SessionId}, ");
+                        }
+                    }
+                    _tempLogs.Add(tempSb.ToString());
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                Logs.Exception(e);
+            }
         }
 
         internal void UpdateFromSfu(ParticipantJoined participantJoined, ICache cache)
@@ -750,6 +836,8 @@ private readonly List<IStreamVideoCallParticipant>
 
         private readonly Dictionary<string, List<string>> _capabilitiesByRole = new Dictionary<string, List<string>>();
 
+        private readonly DebugLogBuffer _tempLogs = new DebugLogBuffer();
+
         #endregion
 
         private readonly StreamCallType _type;
diff --git a/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/StatefulModels/StreamVideoCallParticipant.cs b/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/StatefulModels/StreamVideoCallParticipant.cs
index 56098acd..10641560 100644
--- a/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/StatefulModels/StreamVideoCallParticipant.cs
+++ b/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/StatefulModels/StreamVideoCallParticipant.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ internal sealed class StreamVideoCallParticipant : StreamStatefulModelBase<Strea
         public event ParticipantTrackChangedHandler TrackAdded;
         public event ParticipantTrackChangedHandler TrackIsEnabledChanged;
 
-        public bool IsLocalParticipant => UserSessionId == Client.InternalLowLevelClient.RtcSession.SessionId;
+        public bool IsLocalParticipant => SessionId == Client.InternalLowLevelClient.RtcSession.SessionId;
 
         public bool IsPinned { get; private set; }
 
@@ -49,26 +49,6 @@ internal sealed class StreamVideoCallParticipant : StreamStatefulModelBase<Strea
 
         public IStreamVideoUser User { get; set; }
 
-        //StreamTODO: investigate why we have UserSessionID and SessionId. On a user that was joining the call I had null SessionId while UserSessionId had value
-        // They probably represent the same thing and one is set by coordinator and the other by SFU but let's verify
-        public string UserSessionId
-        {
-            get => _userSessionId;
-            private set
-            {
-                Logs.WarningIfDebug(
-                    $"UserSessionId set to: {value} for participant: {UserId} and Session ID: {SessionId}");
-                _userSessionId = value;
-
-                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(SessionId))
-                {
-                    SessionId = value;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        private string _userSessionId;
-
         #endregion
 
         #region Sfu State
@@ -155,18 +135,13 @@ void IUpdateableFrom<CallParticipantResponseInternalDTO, StreamVideoCallParticip
             JoinedAt = dto.JoinedAt;
             Role = dto.Role;
             User = cache.TryCreateOrUpdate(dto.User);
-            UserSessionId = dto.UserSessionId;
+            SessionId = dto.UserSessionId;
 
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(UserId) && User != null)
             {
                 UserId = User.Id;
             }
 
-            //StreamTodo: investigate why we either update UserId or User object
-            //Depending on the update source we'll end up with one being empty
-            //We can take UserId from user obj, but we can't easily get User obj give UserId in dto
-            //Ideally, we'd only expose the User object -> check if this is possible
-
             //StreamTodo: verify if we're using every piece of data received from API/SFU responses to update this object
         }
 
@@ -275,8 +250,8 @@ internal void NotifyTrackEnabled(TrackType type, bool enabled)
 
         protected override string InternalUniqueId
         {
-            get => UserSessionId;
-            set => UserSessionId = value;
+            get => SessionId;
+            set => SessionId = value;
         }
 
         protected override StreamVideoCallParticipant Self => this;
diff --git a/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/Utils/DebugLogBuffer.cs b/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/Utils/DebugLogBuffer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..49f07dc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/Utils/DebugLogBuffer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace StreamVideo.Core.Utils
+{
+    internal class DebugLogBuffer
+    {
+        private const int MaxSize = 10;
+        private readonly string[] _buffer = new string[MaxSize];
+        private int _index;
+        private int _count;
+
+        public void Add(string msg)
+        {
+            _buffer[_index] = msg;
+            _index = (_index + 1) % MaxSize;
+            if (_count < MaxSize) _count++;
+        }
+
+        public IEnumerable<string> GetLogs()
+        {
+            for (var i = 0; i < _count; i++)
+            {
+                var idx = (_index - _count + i + MaxSize) % MaxSize;
+                yield return _buffer[idx];
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/Utils/DebugLogBuffer.cs.meta b/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/Utils/DebugLogBuffer.cs.meta
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6e737b95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/Utils/DebugLogBuffer.cs.meta
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fileFormatVersion: 2
+guid: 739bff57312b4ac886f7e44d137822cc
+timeCreated: 1763907152
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/Utils/StringBuilderPool.cs b/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/Utils/StringBuilderPool.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd6472ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/Utils/StringBuilderPool.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace StreamVideo.Core.Utils
+{
+    internal static class StringBuilderPool
+    {
+        public static StringBuilder Rent()
+        {
+            if (Pool.Count > 0)
+            {
+                var sb = Pool.Pop();
+                sb.Clear();
+                return sb;
+            }
+
+            return new StringBuilder();
+        }
+
+        public static void Release(StringBuilder sb)
+        {
+            if (sb == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(sb));
+            }
+
+            sb.Clear();
+
+            if (Pool.Count < MaxPoolSize)
+            {
+                Pool.Push(sb);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private const int MaxPoolSize = 128;
+        private static readonly Stack<StringBuilder> Pool = new Stack<StringBuilder>();
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/Utils/StringBuilderPool.cs.meta b/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/Utils/StringBuilderPool.cs.meta
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e45a3199
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/Utils/StringBuilderPool.cs.meta
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fileFormatVersion: 2
+guid: 1232b18c26cb4f8aa805b41dec9e5009
+timeCreated: 1763909310
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/Utils/StringBuilderPoolScope.cs b/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/Utils/StringBuilderPoolScope.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..381d5f39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/Utils/StringBuilderPoolScope.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+using System;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace StreamVideo.Core.Utils
+{
+    internal readonly struct StringBuilderPoolScope : IDisposable
+    {
+        public StringBuilderPoolScope(out StringBuilder sb)
+        {
+            _sb = StringBuilderPool.Rent();
+            sb = _sb;
+        }
+
+        public void Dispose()
+        {
+            if (_sb != null)
+            {
+                StringBuilderPool.Release(_sb);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private readonly StringBuilder _sb;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/Utils/StringBuilderPoolScope.cs.meta b/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/Utils/StringBuilderPoolScope.cs.meta
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..80e4e0ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Packages/StreamVideo/Runtime/Core/Utils/StringBuilderPoolScope.cs.meta
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fileFormatVersion: 2
+guid: 3aa3051826ba46978d388f6796567cf3
+timeCreated: 1763909332
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