diff --git a/pyrightconfig.stricter.json b/pyrightconfig.stricter.json
index 9acd48158ca0..f08f827fff3a 100644
--- a/pyrightconfig.stricter.json
+++ b/pyrightconfig.stricter.json
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
         "stubs/boltons",
         "stubs/braintree",
         "stubs/cffi",
+        "stubs/channels",
         "stubs/dateparser",
         "stubs/defusedxml",
         "stubs/docker",
diff --git a/stubs/channels/@tests/django_settings.py b/stubs/channels/@tests/django_settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2be16834be19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/channels/@tests/django_settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+SECRET_KEY = "1"
+
+INSTALLED_APPS = (
+    "django.contrib.contenttypes",
+    "django.contrib.sites",
+    "django.contrib.sessions",
+    "django.contrib.messages",
+    "django.contrib.admin.apps.SimpleAdminConfig",
+    "django.contrib.staticfiles",
+    "django.contrib.auth",
+    "channels",
+)
diff --git a/stubs/channels/@tests/stubtest_allowlist.txt b/stubs/channels/@tests/stubtest_allowlist.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c5c5761b73fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/channels/@tests/stubtest_allowlist.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# channels.auth.UserLazyObject metaclass is mismatch
+channels.auth.UserLazyObject
+
+# these one need to be exclude due to mypy error: * is not present at runtime
+channels.auth.UserLazyObject.DoesNotExist
+channels.auth.UserLazyObject.MultipleObjectsReturned
+channels.auth.UserLazyObject@AnnotatedWith
+
+# database_sync_to_async is implemented as a class instance but stubbed as a function
+# for better type inference when used as decorator/function
+channels.db.database_sync_to_async
+
+# Set to None on class, but initialized to non-None value in __init__
+channels.generic.websocket.WebsocketConsumer.groups
+channels.generic.websocket.AsyncWebsocketConsumer.groups
diff --git a/stubs/channels/METADATA.toml b/stubs/channels/METADATA.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a5df088dbbeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/channels/METADATA.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+version = "4.2.*"
+upstream_repository = "https://github.com/django/channels"
+requires = ["django-stubs>=4.2,<5.3", "asgiref"]
+
+[tool.stubtest]
+mypy_plugins = ['mypy_django_plugin.main']
+mypy_plugins_config = {"django-stubs" = {"django_settings_module" = "@tests.django_settings"}}
+stubtest_requirements = ["daphne"]
diff --git a/stubs/channels/channels/__init__.pyi b/stubs/channels/channels/__init__.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..561199954632
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/channels/channels/__init__.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+from typing import Final
+
+__version__: Final[str]
+DEFAULT_CHANNEL_LAYER: Final[str]
diff --git a/stubs/channels/channels/apps.pyi b/stubs/channels/channels/apps.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ad15a21b6961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/channels/channels/apps.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from typing import Final
+
+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+class ChannelsConfig(AppConfig):
+    name: Final = "channels"
+    verbose_name: str = "Channels"
diff --git a/stubs/channels/channels/auth.pyi b/stubs/channels/channels/auth.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b8594667e059
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/channels/channels/auth.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+from asgiref.typing import ASGIReceiveCallable, ASGISendCallable
+from channels.middleware import BaseMiddleware
+from django.contrib.auth.backends import BaseBackend
+from django.contrib.auth.base_user import AbstractBaseUser
+from django.contrib.auth.models import AnonymousUser
+from django.utils.functional import LazyObject
+
+from .consumer import _ChannelScope
+from .utils import _ChannelApplication
+
+async def get_user(scope: _ChannelScope) -> AbstractBaseUser | AnonymousUser: ...
+async def login(scope: _ChannelScope, user: AbstractBaseUser, backend: BaseBackend | None = None) -> None: ...
+async def logout(scope: _ChannelScope) -> None: ...
+
+# Inherits AbstractBaseUser to improve autocomplete and show this is a lazy proxy for a user.
+# At runtime, it's just a LazyObject that wraps the actual user instance.
+class UserLazyObject(AbstractBaseUser, LazyObject): ...
+
+class AuthMiddleware(BaseMiddleware):
+    def populate_scope(self, scope: _ChannelScope) -> None: ...
+    async def resolve_scope(self, scope: _ChannelScope) -> None: ...
+    async def __call__(
+        self, scope: _ChannelScope, receive: ASGIReceiveCallable, send: ASGISendCallable
+    ) -> _ChannelApplication: ...
+
+def AuthMiddlewareStack(inner: _ChannelApplication) -> _ChannelApplication: ...
diff --git a/stubs/channels/channels/consumer.pyi b/stubs/channels/channels/consumer.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..66a1ba0df89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/channels/channels/consumer.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+from collections.abc import Awaitable
+from typing import Any, ClassVar, Protocol, TypedDict, type_check_only
+
+from asgiref.typing import ASGIReceiveCallable, ASGISendCallable, Scope, WebSocketScope
+from channels.auth import UserLazyObject
+from channels.db import database_sync_to_async
+from channels.layers import BaseChannelLayer
+from django.contrib.sessions.backends.base import SessionBase
+from django.utils.functional import LazyObject
+
+# _LazySession is a LazyObject that wraps a SessionBase instance.
+# We subclass both for type checking purposes to expose SessionBase attributes,
+# and suppress mypy's "misc" error with `# type: ignore[misc]`.
+@type_check_only
+class _LazySession(SessionBase, LazyObject):  # type: ignore[misc]
+    _wrapped: SessionBase
+
+@type_check_only
+class _URLRoute(TypedDict):
+    # Values extracted from Django's URLPattern matching,
+    # passed through ASGI scope routing.
+    # `args` and `kwargs` are the result of pattern matching against the URL path.
+    args: tuple[Any, ...]
+    kwargs: dict[str, Any]
+
+# Channel Scope definition
+@type_check_only
+class _ChannelScope(WebSocketScope, total=False):
+    # Channels specific
+    channel: str
+    url_route: _URLRoute
+    path_remaining: str
+
+    # Auth specific
+    cookies: dict[str, str]
+    session: _LazySession
+    user: UserLazyObject | None
+
+# Accepts any ASGI message dict with a required "type" key (str),
+# but allows additional arbitrary keys for flexibility.
+def get_handler_name(message: dict[str, Any]) -> str: ...
+@type_check_only
+class _ASGIApplicationProtocol(Protocol):
+    consumer_class: AsyncConsumer
+
+    # Accepts any initialization kwargs passed to the consumer class.
+    # Typed as `Any` to allow flexibility in subclass-specific arguments.
+    consumer_initkwargs: Any
+
+    def __call__(self, scope: Scope, receive: ASGIReceiveCallable, send: ASGISendCallable) -> Awaitable[None]: ...
+
+class AsyncConsumer:
+    channel_layer_alias: ClassVar[str]
+
+    scope: _ChannelScope
+    channel_layer: BaseChannelLayer
+    channel_name: str
+    channel_receive: ASGIReceiveCallable
+    base_send: ASGISendCallable
+
+    async def __call__(self, scope: _ChannelScope, receive: ASGIReceiveCallable, send: ASGISendCallable) -> None: ...
+    async def dispatch(self, message: dict[str, Any]) -> None: ...
+    async def send(self, message: dict[str, Any]) -> None: ...
+
+    # initkwargs will be used to instantiate the consumer instance.
+    @classmethod
+    def as_asgi(cls, **initkwargs: Any) -> _ASGIApplicationProtocol: ...
+
+class SyncConsumer(AsyncConsumer):
+
+    # Since we're overriding asynchronous methods with synchronous ones,
+    # we need to use `# type: ignore[override]` to suppress mypy errors.
+    @database_sync_to_async
+    def dispatch(self, message: dict[str, Any]) -> None: ...  # type: ignore[override]
+    def send(self, message: dict[str, Any]) -> None: ...  # type: ignore[override]
diff --git a/stubs/channels/channels/db.pyi b/stubs/channels/channels/db.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c0147a05b03d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/channels/channels/db.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import asyncio
+from _typeshed import OptExcInfo
+from asyncio import BaseEventLoop
+from collections.abc import Callable, Coroutine
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
+from typing import Any, TypeVar
+from typing_extensions import ParamSpec
+
+from asgiref.sync import SyncToAsync
+
+_P = ParamSpec("_P")
+_R = TypeVar("_R")
+
+class DatabaseSyncToAsync(SyncToAsync[_P, _R]):
+    def thread_handler(
+        self,
+        loop: BaseEventLoop,
+        exc_info: OptExcInfo,
+        task_context: list[asyncio.Task[Any]] | None,
+        func: Callable[_P, _R],
+        *args: _P.args,
+        **kwargs: _P.kwargs,
+    ) -> _R: ...
+
+# We define `database_sync_to_async` as a function instead of assigning
+# `DatabaseSyncToAsync(...)` directly, to preserve both decorator and
+# higher-order function behavior with correct type hints.
+# A direct assignment would result in incorrect type inference for the wrapped function.
+def database_sync_to_async(
+    func: Callable[_P, _R], thread_sensitive: bool = True, executor: ThreadPoolExecutor | None = None
+) -> Callable[_P, Coroutine[Any, Any, _R]]: ...
+async def aclose_old_connections() -> None: ...
diff --git a/stubs/channels/channels/exceptions.pyi b/stubs/channels/channels/exceptions.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eaba1dfaee14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/channels/channels/exceptions.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+class RequestAborted(Exception): ...
+class RequestTimeout(RequestAborted): ...
+class InvalidChannelLayerError(ValueError): ...
+class AcceptConnection(Exception): ...
+class DenyConnection(Exception): ...
+class ChannelFull(Exception): ...
+class MessageTooLarge(Exception): ...
+class StopConsumer(Exception): ...
diff --git a/stubs/channels/channels/generic/__init__.pyi b/stubs/channels/channels/generic/__init__.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/stubs/channels/channels/generic/http.pyi b/stubs/channels/channels/generic/http.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..84e3b1dbff84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/channels/channels/generic/http.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+from _typeshed import Unused
+from collections.abc import Iterable
+from typing import Any
+
+from asgiref.typing import HTTPDisconnectEvent, HTTPRequestEvent, HTTPScope
+from channels.consumer import AsyncConsumer
+
+class AsyncHttpConsumer(AsyncConsumer):
+    body: list[bytes]
+    scope: HTTPScope  # type: ignore[assignment]
+
+    def __init__(self, *args: Unused, **kwargs: Unused) -> None: ...
+    async def send_headers(self, *, status: int = 200, headers: Iterable[tuple[bytes, bytes]] | None = None) -> None: ...
+    async def send_body(self, body: bytes, *, more_body: bool = False) -> None: ...
+    async def send_response(self, status: int, body: bytes, **kwargs: Any) -> None: ...
+    async def handle(self, body: bytes) -> None: ...
+    async def disconnect(self) -> None: ...
+    async def http_request(self, message: HTTPRequestEvent) -> None: ...
+    async def http_disconnect(self, message: HTTPDisconnectEvent) -> None: ...
diff --git a/stubs/channels/channels/generic/websocket.pyi b/stubs/channels/channels/generic/websocket.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f19d406e1e5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/channels/channels/generic/websocket.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+from _typeshed import Unused
+from typing import Any
+
+from asgiref.typing import WebSocketConnectEvent, WebSocketDisconnectEvent, WebSocketReceiveEvent
+from channels.consumer import AsyncConsumer, SyncConsumer
+
+class WebsocketConsumer(SyncConsumer):
+    groups: list[str]
+
+    def __init__(self, *args: Unused, **kwargs: Unused) -> None: ...
+    def websocket_connect(self, message: WebSocketConnectEvent) -> None: ...
+    def connect(self) -> None: ...
+    def accept(self, subprotocol: str | None = None, headers: list[tuple[str, str]] | None = None) -> None: ...
+    def websocket_receive(self, message: WebSocketReceiveEvent) -> None: ...
+    def receive(self, text_data: str | None = None, bytes_data: bytes | None = None) -> None: ...
+    def send(  # type: ignore[override]
+        self, text_data: str | None = None, bytes_data: bytes | None = None, close: bool = False
+    ) -> None: ...
+    def close(self, code: int | bool | None = None, reason: str | None = None) -> None: ...
+    def websocket_disconnect(self, message: WebSocketDisconnectEvent) -> None: ...
+    def disconnect(self, code: int) -> None: ...
+
+class JsonWebsocketConsumer(WebsocketConsumer):
+    def receive(self, text_data: str | None = None, bytes_data: bytes | None = None, **kwargs: Any) -> None: ...
+    # content is typed as Any to match json.loads() return type - JSON can represent
+    # various Python types (dict, list, str, int, float, bool, None)
+    def receive_json(self, content: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None: ...
+    # content is typed as Any to match json.dumps() input type - accepts any JSON-serializable object
+    def send_json(self, content: Any, close: bool = False) -> None: ...
+    @classmethod
+    def decode_json(cls, text_data: str) -> Any: ...  # Returns Any like json.loads()
+    @classmethod
+    def encode_json(cls, content: Any) -> str: ...  # Accepts Any like json.dumps()
+
+class AsyncWebsocketConsumer(AsyncConsumer):
+    groups: list[str]
+
+    def __init__(self, *args: Unused, **kwargs: Unused) -> None: ...
+    async def websocket_connect(self, message: WebSocketConnectEvent) -> None: ...
+    async def connect(self) -> None: ...
+    async def accept(self, subprotocol: str | None = None, headers: list[tuple[str, str]] | None = None) -> None: ...
+    async def websocket_receive(self, message: WebSocketReceiveEvent) -> None: ...
+    async def receive(self, text_data: str | None = None, bytes_data: bytes | None = None) -> None: ...
+    async def send(  # type: ignore[override]
+        self, text_data: str | None = None, bytes_data: bytes | None = None, close: bool = False
+    ) -> None: ...
+    async def close(self, code: int | bool | None = None, reason: str | None = None) -> None: ...
+    async def websocket_disconnect(self, message: WebSocketDisconnectEvent) -> None: ...
+    async def disconnect(self, code: int) -> None: ...
+
+class AsyncJsonWebsocketConsumer(AsyncWebsocketConsumer):
+    async def receive(self, text_data: str | None = None, bytes_data: bytes | None = None, **kwargs: Any) -> None: ...
+    # content is typed as Any to match json.loads() return type - JSON can represent
+    # various Python types (dict, list, str, int, float, bool, None)
+    async def receive_json(self, content: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None: ...
+    # content is typed as Any to match json.dumps() input type - accepts any JSON-serializable object
+    async def send_json(self, content: Any, close: bool = False) -> None: ...
+    @classmethod
+    async def decode_json(cls, text_data: str) -> Any: ...  # Returns Any like json.loads()
+    @classmethod
+    async def encode_json(cls, content: Any) -> str: ...  # Accepts Any like json.dumps()
diff --git a/stubs/channels/channels/layers.pyi b/stubs/channels/channels/layers.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..16cf0540bf62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/channels/channels/layers.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+import asyncio
+from re import Pattern
+from typing import Any, ClassVar, overload
+from typing_extensions import TypeAlias, deprecated
+
+class ChannelLayerManager:
+    backends: dict[str, BaseChannelLayer]
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None: ...
+    @property
+    def configs(self) -> dict[str, Any]: ...
+    def make_backend(self, name: str) -> BaseChannelLayer: ...
+    def make_test_backend(self, name: str) -> Any: ...
+    def __getitem__(self, key: str) -> BaseChannelLayer: ...
+    def __contains__(self, key: str) -> bool: ...
+    def set(self, key: str, layer: BaseChannelLayer) -> BaseChannelLayer | None: ...
+
+_ChannelCapacityPattern: TypeAlias = Pattern[str] | str
+_ChannelCapacityDict: TypeAlias = dict[_ChannelCapacityPattern, int]
+_CompiledChannelCapacity: TypeAlias = list[tuple[Pattern[str], int]]
+
+class BaseChannelLayer:
+    MAX_NAME_LENGTH: ClassVar[int] = 100
+    expiry: int
+    capacity: int
+    channel_capacity: _ChannelCapacityDict
+    channel_name_regex: Pattern[str]
+    group_name_regex: Pattern[str]
+    invalid_name_error: str
+
+    def __init__(self, expiry: int = 60, capacity: int = 100, channel_capacity: _ChannelCapacityDict | None = None) -> None: ...
+    def compile_capacities(self, channel_capacity: _ChannelCapacityDict) -> _CompiledChannelCapacity: ...
+    def get_capacity(self, channel: str) -> int: ...
+    @overload
+    def match_type_and_length(self, name: str) -> bool: ...
+    @overload
+    def match_type_and_length(self, name: object) -> bool: ...
+    @overload
+    def require_valid_channel_name(self, name: str, receive: bool = False) -> bool: ...
+    @overload
+    def require_valid_channel_name(self, name: object, receive: bool = False) -> bool: ...
+    @overload
+    def require_valid_group_name(self, name: str) -> bool: ...
+    @overload
+    def require_valid_group_name(self, name: object) -> bool: ...
+    @overload
+    def valid_channel_names(self, names: list[str], receive: bool = False) -> bool: ...
+    @overload
+    def valid_channel_names(self, names: list[Any], receive: bool = False) -> bool: ...
+    def non_local_name(self, name: str) -> str: ...
+    async def send(self, channel: str, message: dict[str, Any]) -> None: ...
+    async def receive(self, channel: str) -> dict[str, Any]: ...
+    async def new_channel(self) -> str: ...
+    async def flush(self) -> None: ...
+    async def group_add(self, group: str, channel: str) -> None: ...
+    async def group_discard(self, group: str, channel: str) -> None: ...
+    async def group_send(self, group: str, message: dict[str, Any]) -> None: ...
+    @deprecated("Use require_valid_channel_name instead.")
+    def valid_channel_name(self, channel_name: str, receive: bool = False) -> bool: ...
+    @deprecated("Use require_valid_group_name instead.")
+    def valid_group_name(self, group_name: str) -> bool: ...
+
+_InMemoryQueueData: TypeAlias = tuple[float, dict[str, Any]]
+
+class InMemoryChannelLayer(BaseChannelLayer):
+    channels: dict[str, asyncio.Queue[_InMemoryQueueData]]
+    groups: dict[str, dict[str, float]]
+    group_expiry: int
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        expiry: int = 60,
+        group_expiry: int = 86400,
+        capacity: int = 100,
+        channel_capacity: _ChannelCapacityDict | None = ...,
+    ) -> None: ...
+
+    extensions: list[str]
+
+    async def send(self, channel: str, message: dict[str, Any]) -> None: ...
+    async def receive(self, channel: str) -> dict[str, Any]: ...
+    async def new_channel(self, prefix: str = "specific.") -> str: ...
+    async def flush(self) -> None: ...
+    async def close(self) -> None: ...
+    async def group_add(self, group: str, channel: str) -> None: ...
+    async def group_discard(self, group: str, channel: str) -> None: ...
+    async def group_send(self, group: str, message: dict[str, Any]) -> None: ...
+
+def get_channel_layer(alias: str = ...) -> BaseChannelLayer | None: ...
+
+channel_layers: ChannelLayerManager
diff --git a/stubs/channels/channels/management/__init__.pyi b/stubs/channels/channels/management/__init__.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/stubs/channels/channels/management/commands/__init__.pyi b/stubs/channels/channels/management/commands/__init__.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/stubs/channels/channels/management/commands/runworker.pyi b/stubs/channels/channels/management/commands/runworker.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..533b94cea88d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/channels/channels/management/commands/runworker.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import logging
+from _typeshed import Unused
+from argparse import ArgumentParser
+from typing import TypedDict, type_check_only
+
+from channels.layers import BaseChannelLayer
+from channels.worker import Worker
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+
+logger: logging.Logger
+
+@type_check_only
+class _RunWorkerCommandOption(TypedDict):
+    verbosity: int | None
+    layer: str
+    channels: list[str]
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    leave_locale_alone: bool = True
+    worker_class: type[Worker] = ...
+    verbosity: int
+    channel_layer: BaseChannelLayer
+
+    def add_arguments(self, parser: ArgumentParser) -> None: ...
+    def handle(self, *args: Unused, **options: _RunWorkerCommandOption) -> None: ...
diff --git a/stubs/channels/channels/middleware.pyi b/stubs/channels/channels/middleware.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..339ae9218244
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/channels/channels/middleware.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+from asgiref.typing import ASGIReceiveCallable, ASGISendCallable
+
+from .consumer import _ChannelScope
+from .utils import _ChannelApplication
+
+class BaseMiddleware:
+    inner: _ChannelApplication
+
+    def __init__(self, inner: _ChannelApplication) -> None: ...
+    async def __call__(
+        self, scope: _ChannelScope, receive: ASGIReceiveCallable, send: ASGISendCallable
+    ) -> _ChannelApplication: ...
diff --git a/stubs/channels/channels/routing.pyi b/stubs/channels/channels/routing.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d2a0655d43ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/channels/channels/routing.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+from typing import Any, type_check_only
+
+from asgiref.typing import ASGIReceiveCallable, ASGISendCallable, Scope
+from django.urls.resolvers import URLPattern
+
+from .consumer import _ASGIApplicationProtocol, _ChannelScope
+from .utils import _ChannelApplication
+
+def get_default_application() -> ProtocolTypeRouter: ...
+
+class ProtocolTypeRouter:
+    application_mapping: dict[str, _ChannelApplication]
+
+    def __init__(self, application_mapping: dict[str, Any]) -> None: ...
+    async def __call__(self, scope: Scope, receive: ASGIReceiveCallable, send: ASGISendCallable) -> None: ...
+
+@type_check_only
+class _ExtendedURLPattern(URLPattern):
+    callback: _ASGIApplicationProtocol | URLRouter
+
+class URLRouter:
+    routes: list[_ExtendedURLPattern | URLRouter]
+
+    def __init__(self, routes: list[_ExtendedURLPattern | URLRouter]) -> None: ...
+    async def __call__(self, scope: Scope, receive: ASGIReceiveCallable, send: ASGISendCallable) -> None: ...
+
+class ChannelNameRouter:
+    application_mapping: dict[str, _ChannelApplication]
+
+    def __init__(self, application_mapping: dict[str, _ChannelApplication]) -> None: ...
+    async def __call__(self, scope: _ChannelScope, receive: ASGIReceiveCallable, send: ASGISendCallable) -> None: ...
diff --git a/stubs/channels/channels/security/__init__.pyi b/stubs/channels/channels/security/__init__.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/stubs/channels/channels/security/websocket.pyi b/stubs/channels/channels/security/websocket.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aa76a1b4012e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/channels/channels/security/websocket.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+from collections.abc import Iterable
+from re import Pattern
+from typing import Any
+from urllib.parse import ParseResult
+
+from asgiref.typing import ASGIReceiveCallable, ASGISendCallable
+from channels.consumer import _ChannelScope
+from channels.generic.websocket import AsyncWebsocketConsumer
+from channels.utils import _ChannelApplication
+
+class OriginValidator:
+    application: _ChannelApplication
+    allowed_origins: Iterable[str | Pattern[str]]
+
+    def __init__(self, application: _ChannelApplication, allowed_origins: Iterable[str | Pattern[str]]) -> None: ...
+    async def __call__(self, scope: _ChannelScope, receive: ASGIReceiveCallable, send: ASGISendCallable) -> Any: ...
+    def valid_origin(self, parsed_origin: ParseResult | None) -> bool: ...
+    def validate_origin(self, parsed_origin: ParseResult | None) -> bool: ...
+    def match_allowed_origin(self, parsed_origin: ParseResult | None, pattern: str | Pattern[str]) -> bool: ...
+    def get_origin_port(self, origin: ParseResult | None) -> int | None: ...
+
+def AllowedHostsOriginValidator(application: _ChannelApplication) -> OriginValidator: ...
+
+class WebsocketDenier(AsyncWebsocketConsumer):
+    async def connect(self) -> None: ...
diff --git a/stubs/channels/channels/sessions.pyi b/stubs/channels/channels/sessions.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..04a4eb729535
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/channels/channels/sessions.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import datetime
+from collections.abc import Awaitable
+from typing import Any
+
+from asgiref.typing import ASGIReceiveCallable, ASGISendCallable
+from channels.consumer import _ChannelScope
+from channels.utils import _ChannelApplication
+from django.contrib.sessions.backends.base import SessionBase
+
+class CookieMiddleware:
+    inner: _ChannelApplication
+
+    def __init__(self, inner: _ChannelApplication) -> None: ...
+
+    # Returns the same type as the provided _ChannelApplication.
+    async def __call__(self, scope: _ChannelScope, receive: ASGIReceiveCallable, send: ASGISendCallable) -> Any: ...
+    @classmethod
+    def set_cookie(
+        cls,
+        message: dict[str, Any],
+        key: str,
+        value: str = "",
+        max_age: int | None = None,
+        expires: str | datetime.datetime | None = None,
+        path: str = "/",
+        domain: str | None = None,
+        secure: bool = False,
+        httponly: bool = False,
+        samesite: str = "lax",
+    ) -> None: ...
+    @classmethod
+    def delete_cookie(cls, message: dict[str, Any], key: str, path: str = "/", domain: str | None = None) -> None: ...
+
+class InstanceSessionWrapper:
+    save_message_types: list[str]
+    cookie_response_message_types: list[str]
+    cookie_name: str
+    session_store: SessionBase
+    scope: _ChannelScope
+    activated: bool
+    real_send: ASGISendCallable
+
+    def __init__(self, scope: _ChannelScope, send: ASGISendCallable) -> None: ...
+    async def resolve_session(self) -> None: ...
+    async def send(self, message: dict[str, Any]) -> Awaitable[None]: ...
+    async def save_session(self) -> None: ...
+
+class SessionMiddleware:
+    inner: _ChannelApplication
+
+    def __init__(self, inner: _ChannelApplication) -> None: ...
+    async def __call__(
+        self, scope: _ChannelScope, receive: ASGIReceiveCallable, send: ASGISendCallable
+    ) -> _ChannelApplication: ...
+
+def SessionMiddlewareStack(inner: _ChannelApplication) -> _ChannelApplication: ...
diff --git a/stubs/channels/channels/testing/__init__.pyi b/stubs/channels/channels/testing/__init__.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1cb75a0bf6dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/channels/channels/testing/__init__.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from .application import ApplicationCommunicator
+from .http import HttpCommunicator
+from .live import ChannelsLiveServerTestCase
+from .websocket import WebsocketCommunicator
+
+__all__ = ["ApplicationCommunicator", "HttpCommunicator", "ChannelsLiveServerTestCase", "WebsocketCommunicator"]
diff --git a/stubs/channels/channels/testing/application.pyi b/stubs/channels/channels/testing/application.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..db3f567c1d61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/channels/channels/testing/application.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from typing import Any
+
+from asgiref.testing import ApplicationCommunicator as BaseApplicationCommunicator
+
+def no_op() -> None: ...
+
+class ApplicationCommunicator(BaseApplicationCommunicator):
+    # ASGI messages are dictionaries with a "type" key and protocol-specific fields.
+    # Dictionary values can be strings, bytes, lists, or other types depending on the protocol:
+    # - HTTP: {"type": "http.request", "body": b"request data", "headers": [...], ...}
+    # - WebSocket: {"type": "websocket.receive", "bytes": b"binary data"} or {"text": "string"}
+    # - Custom protocols: Application-specific message dictionaries
+    async def send_input(self, message: dict[str, Any]) -> None: ...
+    async def receive_output(self, timeout: float = 1) -> dict[str, Any]: ...
+
+    # The following methods are not present in the original source code,
+    # but are commonly used in practice. Since the base package doesn't
+    # provide type hints for them, they are added here to improve type correctness.
+    async def receive_nothing(self, timeout: float = 0.1, interval: float = 0.01) -> bool: ...
+    async def wait(self, timeout: float = 1) -> None: ...
+    def stop(self, exceptions: bool = True) -> None: ...
diff --git a/stubs/channels/channels/testing/http.pyi b/stubs/channels/channels/testing/http.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6eb6650036c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/channels/channels/testing/http.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+from collections.abc import Iterable
+from typing import Literal, TypedDict, type_check_only
+
+from channels.testing.application import ApplicationCommunicator
+from channels.utils import _ChannelApplication
+
+# HTTP test-specific response type
+@type_check_only
+class _HTTPTestResponse(TypedDict, total=False):
+    status: int
+    headers: Iterable[tuple[bytes, bytes]]
+    body: bytes
+
+@type_check_only
+class _HTTPTestScope(TypedDict, total=False):
+    type: Literal["http"]
+    http_version: str
+    method: str
+    scheme: str
+    path: str
+    raw_path: bytes
+    query_string: bytes
+    root_path: str
+    headers: Iterable[tuple[bytes, bytes]] | None
+    client: tuple[str, int] | None
+    server: tuple[str, int | None] | None
+
+class HttpCommunicator(ApplicationCommunicator):
+    scope: _HTTPTestScope
+    body: bytes
+    sent_request: bool
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        application: _ChannelApplication,
+        method: str,
+        path: str,
+        body: bytes = b"",
+        headers: Iterable[tuple[bytes, bytes]] | None = None,
+    ) -> None: ...
+    async def get_response(self, timeout: float = 1) -> _HTTPTestResponse: ...
diff --git a/stubs/channels/channels/testing/live.pyi b/stubs/channels/channels/testing/live.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..769604458d54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/channels/channels/testing/live.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+from collections.abc import Callable
+from typing import Any, ClassVar
+from typing_extensions import TypeAlias
+
+from channels.routing import ProtocolTypeRouter
+from channels.utils import _ChannelApplication
+from django.contrib.staticfiles.handlers import ASGIStaticFilesHandler
+from django.test.testcases import TransactionTestCase
+
+DaphneProcess: TypeAlias = Any  # TODO: temporary hack for daphne.testing.DaphneProcess; remove once daphne provides types
+
+_StaticWrapper: TypeAlias = Callable[[ProtocolTypeRouter], _ChannelApplication]
+
+def make_application(*, static_wrapper: _StaticWrapper | None) -> Any: ...
+
+class ChannelsLiveServerTestCase(TransactionTestCase):
+    host: ClassVar[str] = "localhost"
+    ProtocolServerProcess: ClassVar[type[DaphneProcess]] = ...
+    static_wrapper: ClassVar[type[ASGIStaticFilesHandler]] = ...
+    serve_static: ClassVar[bool] = True
+
+    @property
+    def live_server_url(self) -> str: ...
+    @property
+    def live_server_ws_url(self) -> str: ...
diff --git a/stubs/channels/channels/testing/websocket.pyi b/stubs/channels/channels/testing/websocket.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f303e90e5c39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/channels/channels/testing/websocket.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+from collections.abc import Iterable
+from typing import Any, Literal, TypedDict, overload, type_check_only
+from typing_extensions import NotRequired, TypeAlias
+
+from asgiref.typing import ASGIVersions
+from channels.testing.application import ApplicationCommunicator
+from channels.utils import _ChannelApplication
+
+@type_check_only
+class _WebsocketTestScope(TypedDict, total=False):
+    spec_version: int
+    type: Literal["websocket"]
+    asgi: ASGIVersions
+    http_version: str
+    scheme: str
+    path: str
+    raw_path: bytes
+    query_string: bytes
+    root_path: str
+    headers: Iterable[tuple[bytes, bytes]] | None
+    client: tuple[str, int] | None
+    server: tuple[str, int | None] | None
+    subprotocols: Iterable[str] | None
+    state: NotRequired[dict[str, Any]]
+    extensions: dict[str, dict[object, object]] | None
+
+_Connected: TypeAlias = bool
+_CloseCodeOrAcceptSubProtocol: TypeAlias = int | str | None
+_WebsocketConnectResponse: TypeAlias = tuple[_Connected, _CloseCodeOrAcceptSubProtocol]
+
+class WebsocketCommunicator(ApplicationCommunicator):
+    scope: _WebsocketTestScope
+    response_headers: list[tuple[bytes, bytes]] | None
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        application: _ChannelApplication,
+        path: str,
+        headers: Iterable[tuple[bytes, bytes]] | None = None,
+        subprotocols: Iterable[str] | None = None,
+        spec_version: int | None = None,
+    ) -> None: ...
+    async def connect(self, timeout: float = 1) -> _WebsocketConnectResponse: ...
+    async def send_to(self, text_data: str | None = None, bytes_data: bytes | None = None) -> None: ...
+    async def receive_from(self, timeout: float = 1) -> str | bytes: ...
+
+    # These overloads reflect common usage, where users typically send and receive `dict[str, Any]`.
+    # The base case allows `Any` to support broader `json.dumps` / `json.loads` compatibility.
+    @overload
+    async def send_json_to(self, data: dict[str, Any]) -> None: ...
+    @overload
+    async def send_json_to(self, data: Any) -> None: ...
+    async def receive_json_from(self, timeout: float = 1) -> Any: ...
+    async def disconnect(self, code: int = 1000, timeout: float = 1) -> None: ...
diff --git a/stubs/channels/channels/utils.pyi b/stubs/channels/channels/utils.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0e0818abbbb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/channels/channels/utils.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable
+from typing import Any, Protocol, type_check_only
+from typing_extensions import TypeAlias
+
+from asgiref.typing import ASGIApplication, ASGIReceiveCallable
+
+def name_that_thing(thing: object) -> str: ...
+async def await_many_dispatch(
+    consumer_callables: list[Callable[[], Awaitable[ASGIReceiveCallable]]], dispatch: Callable[[dict[str, Any]], Awaitable[None]]
+) -> None: ...
+
+# Defines a generic ASGI middleware protocol.
+# All arguments are typed as `Any` to maximize compatibility with third-party ASGI middleware
+# that may not strictly follow type conventions or use more specific signatures.
+@type_check_only
+class _MiddlewareProtocol(Protocol):
+    def __init__(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None: ...
+    async def __call__(self, scope: Any, receive: Any, send: Any) -> Any: ...
+
+_ChannelApplication: TypeAlias = _MiddlewareProtocol | ASGIApplication  # noqa: Y047
diff --git a/stubs/channels/channels/worker.pyi b/stubs/channels/channels/worker.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a20b5feec275
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/channels/channels/worker.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from asgiref.server import StatelessServer
+from channels.layers import BaseChannelLayer
+from channels.utils import _ChannelApplication
+
+class Worker(StatelessServer):
+    channels: list[str]
+    channel_layer: BaseChannelLayer
+
+    def __init__(
+        self, application: _ChannelApplication, channels: list[str], channel_layer: BaseChannelLayer, max_applications: int = 1000
+    ) -> None: ...
+    async def handle(self) -> None: ...
+    async def listener(self, channel: str) -> None: ...