diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/Diagram.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/Diagram.ts
index fb423b9b0d..62aa3bb833 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/Diagram.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/Diagram.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ export type ParseErrorFunction = (err: string | DetailedError | unknown, hash?:
  * @privateRemarks This is exported as part of the public mermaidAPI.
  */
 export class Diagram {
+
+  graphData: string | null = null;
+
   public static async fromText(text: string, metadata: Pick<DiagramMetadata, 'title'> = {}) {
     const config = configApi.getConfig();
     const type = detectType(text, config);
@@ -64,4 +67,12 @@ export class Diagram {
   getType() {
     return this.type;
   }
+
+  setGraphData(graphString: string) {
+    this.graphData = graphString;
+  }
+
+  getGraphData(): string | null {
+    return this.graphData;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classRenderer-v2.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classRenderer-v2.ts
index 0f02efa0d6..155924dfba 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classRenderer-v2.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classRenderer-v2.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // @ts-nocheck - don't check until handle it
 import { select, curveLinear } from 'd3';
 import * as graphlib from 'dagre-d3-es/src/graphlib/index.js';
+import * as graphlibJson from 'dagre-d3-es/src/graphlib/json.js';
 import { log } from '../../logger.js';
 import { getConfig } from '../../diagram-api/diagramAPI.js';
 import { render } from '../../dagre-wrapper/index.js';
@@ -357,6 +358,9 @@ export const draw = async function (text: string, id: string, _version: string,
     id
   );
 
+  const jsonData = graphlibJson.write(g);
+  diagObj.setGraphData(JSON.stringify(jsonData));
+
   utils.insertTitle(svg, 'classTitleText', conf?.titleTopMargin ?? 5, diagObj.db.getDiagramTitle());
 
   setupGraphViewbox(g, svg, conf?.diagramPadding, conf?.useMaxWidth);
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classRenderer-v3-unified.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classRenderer-v3-unified.ts
index 670f93f165..d44ac45155 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classRenderer-v3-unified.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classRenderer-v3-unified.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export const draw = async function (text: string, id: string, _version: string,
   data4Layout.rankSpacing = conf?.rankSpacing || 50;
   data4Layout.markers = ['aggregation', 'extension', 'composition', 'dependency', 'lollipop'];
   data4Layout.diagramId = id;
-  await render(data4Layout, svg);
+  await render(data4Layout, svg, (data) => diag.setGraphData(data));
   const padding = 8;
   utils.insertTitle(
     svg,
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/er/erRenderer.js b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/er/erRenderer.js
index 0327bfc9d5..4f0a39f354 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/er/erRenderer.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/er/erRenderer.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import * as graphlib from 'dagre-d3-es/src/graphlib/index.js';
+import * as graphlibJson from 'dagre-d3-es/src/graphlib/json.js';
 import { line, curveBasis, select } from 'd3';
 import { layout as dagreLayout } from 'dagre-d3-es/src/dagre/index.js';
 import { getConfig } from '../../diagram-api/diagramAPI.js';
@@ -656,6 +657,10 @@ export const draw = function (text, id, _version, diagObj) {
   configureSvgSize(svg, height, width, conf.useMaxWidth);
 
   svg.attr('viewBox', `${svgBounds.x - padding} ${svgBounds.y - padding} ${width} ${height}`);
+
+  const jsonData = graphlibJson.write(g);
+  diagObj.setGraphData(JSON.stringify(jsonData));
+
 }; // draw
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowRenderer-v3-unified.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowRenderer-v3-unified.ts
index 6cc15258d4..3086860175 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowRenderer-v3-unified.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowRenderer-v3-unified.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export const draw = async function (text: string, id: string, _version: string,
 
   data4Layout.diagramId = id;
   log.debug('REF1:', data4Layout);
-  await render(data4Layout, svg);
+  await render(data4Layout, svg, (data) => diag.setGraphData(data));
   const padding = data4Layout.config.flowchart?.diagramPadding ?? 8;
   utils.insertTitle(
     svg,
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sequence/sequenceRenderer.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sequence/sequenceRenderer.ts
index 951d84b862..5c7b44746b 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sequence/sequenceRenderer.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sequence/sequenceRenderer.ts
@@ -163,7 +163,13 @@ export const bounds = {
         return activation.actor;
       })
       .lastIndexOf(message.from);
-    return this.activations.splice(lastActorActivationIdx, 1)[0];
+    const activationData = this.activations.splice(lastActorActivationIdx, 1)[0];
+    bounds.models.addMessage({
+      activation: activationData,
+      type: message.type,
+      order: lastActorActivationIdx,
+    });
+    return activationData;
   },
   createLoop: function (title = { message: undefined, wrap: false, width: undefined }, fill) {
     return {
@@ -176,6 +182,7 @@ export const bounds = {
       width: title.width,
       height: 0,
       fill: fill,
+      type: title.type,
     };
   },
   newLoop: function (title = { message: undefined, wrap: false, width: undefined }, fill) {
@@ -1143,6 +1150,7 @@ export const draw = async function (_text: string, id: string, _version: string,
   );
 
   log.debug(`models:`, bounds.models);
+  diagObj.setGraphData(JSON.stringify(bounds.models));
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/state/stateRenderer-v3-unified.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/state/stateRenderer-v3-unified.ts
index 109417c035..369a31e674 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/state/stateRenderer-v3-unified.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/state/stateRenderer-v3-unified.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export const draw = async function (text: string, id: string, _version: string,
   data4Layout.markers = ['barb'];
   data4Layout.diagramId = id;
   // console.log('REF1:', data4Layout);
-  await render(data4Layout, svg);
+  await render(data4Layout, svg, (data) => diag.setGraphData(data));
   const padding = 8;
   utils.insertTitle(
     svg,
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts
index 910ecb5e88..3e22089ead 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts
@@ -466,9 +466,11 @@ const render = async function (
   }
 
   removeTempElements();
+  const graph = diag.getGraphData();
 
   return {
     diagramType,
+    graph,
     svg: svgCode,
     bindFunctions: diag.db.bindFunctions,
   };
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/layout-algorithms/dagre/index.js b/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/layout-algorithms/dagre/index.js
index 6f1fa7d3bf..f4aca4c895 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/layout-algorithms/dagre/index.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/layout-algorithms/dagre/index.js
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ const recursiveRender = async (_elem, graph, diagramType, id, parentCluster, sit
   return { elem, diff };
 };
 
-export const render = async (data4Layout, svg) => {
+export const render = async (data4Layout, svg, _svghelpers, _options, setGraphData) => {
   const graph = new graphlib.Graph({
     multigraph: true,
     compound: true,
@@ -374,4 +374,10 @@ export const render = async (data4Layout, svg) => {
     undefined,
     siteConfig
   );
+
+  if (setGraphData) {
+    const jsonData = graphlibJson.write(graph);
+    const graphData = JSON.stringify(jsonData)
+    setGraphData(graphData);
+  }
 };
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/render.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/render.ts
index b975e7bf97..387e84396f 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/render.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/render.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ export interface LayoutAlgorithm {
     layoutData: LayoutData,
     svg: SVG,
     helpers: InternalHelpers,
-    options?: RenderOptions
+    options?: RenderOptions,
+    setGraphData?: (data: string) => void
   ): Promise<void>;
 }
 
@@ -44,16 +45,19 @@ const registerDefaultLayoutLoaders = () => {
 
 registerDefaultLayoutLoaders();
 
-export const render = async (data4Layout: LayoutData, svg: SVG) => {
+export const render = async (data4Layout: LayoutData, svg: SVG, setGraphData?: (data: string) => void) => {
   if (!(data4Layout.layoutAlgorithm in layoutAlgorithms)) {
     throw new Error(`Unknown layout algorithm: ${data4Layout.layoutAlgorithm}`);
   }
 
   const layoutDefinition = layoutAlgorithms[data4Layout.layoutAlgorithm];
   const layoutRenderer = await layoutDefinition.loader();
-  return layoutRenderer.render(data4Layout, svg, internalHelpers, {
-    algorithm: layoutDefinition.algorithm,
-  });
+  return layoutRenderer.render(data4Layout,
+    svg,
+    internalHelpers,
+    { algorithm: layoutDefinition.algorithm },
+    setGraphData
+  );
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/types.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/types.ts
index 5587ca3f4d..b65281c226 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/types.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ export type D3Element = any;
 export type D3Selection<T extends SVGElement> = d3.Selection<T, unknown, Element | null, unknown>;
 
 export interface RenderResult {
+
+  /**
+   *  Graphical stringified JSON representation of the diagram
+   */
+  graph: string | null;
+
   /**
    * The svg code for the rendered graph.
    */