diff --git a/hydroflow_plus/src/stream.rs b/hydroflow_plus/src/stream.rs
index e5585a7709e0..969c26ed6a19 100644
--- a/hydroflow_plus/src/stream.rs
+++ b/hydroflow_plus/src/stream.rs
@@ -154,7 +154,11 @@ impl<'a, T, W, N: Location + Clone> Stream<'a, T, W, N> {
     }
 
     // TODO(shadaj): should allow for differing windows, using strongest one
-    pub fn cross_product<O>(self, other: Stream<'a, O, W, N>) -> Stream<'a, (T, O), W, N> {
+    pub fn cross_product<O>(self, other: Stream<'a, O, W, N>) -> Stream<'a, (T, O), W, N>
+    where
+        T: Clone,
+        O: Clone,
+    {
         if self.node.id() != other.node.id() {
             panic!("cross_product must be called on streams on the same node");
         }
@@ -292,7 +296,10 @@ impl<'a, T, N: Location + Clone> Stream<'a, T, Windowed, N> {
     pub fn sample_every(
         self,
         duration: impl Quoted<'a, std::time::Duration> + Copy + 'a,
-    ) -> Stream<'a, T, Windowed, N> {
+    ) -> Stream<'a, T, Windowed, N>
+    where
+        T: Clone,
+    {
         let interval = duration.splice();
 
         let samples = Stream::<'a, hydroflow::tokio::time::Instant, Windowed, N>::new(
@@ -532,25 +539,16 @@ impl<'a, T, W, N: Location + Clone> Stream<'a, T, W, N> {
     ) -> Stream<'a, N::Out<T>, Async, N2>
     where
         N: HfSend<N2, V, In<T> = (N2::Id, T)>,
-        T: Serialize + DeserializeOwned,
+        T: Clone + Serialize + DeserializeOwned,
         N2::Id: Clone,
     {
-        let ids_spliced = other.ids().splice();
+        let ids = other.ids();
 
-        let other_ids = Stream::<'a, &N2::Id, Windowed, N>::new(
-            self.node.clone(),
-            self.ir_leaves.clone(),
-            HfPlusNode::Source {
-                source: HfPlusSource::Iter(ids_spliced.into()),
-                location_id: self.node.id(),
-            },
-        )
-        .cloned()
-        .all_ticks();
-
-        other_ids
-            .cross_product(self.assume_windowed())
-            .send_bincode(other)
+        self.flat_map(q!(|b| ids.iter().map(move |id| (
+            ::std::clone::Clone::clone(id),
+            ::std::clone::Clone::clone(&b)
+        ))))
+        .send_bincode(other)
     }
 
     pub fn broadcast_bincode_interleaved<N2: Location + Cluster<'a> + Clone, Tag, V>(
@@ -559,7 +557,7 @@ impl<'a, T, W, N: Location + Clone> Stream<'a, T, W, N> {
     ) -> Stream<'a, T, Async, N2>
     where
         N: HfSend<N2, V, In<T> = (N2::Id, T), Out<T> = (Tag, T)>,
-        T: Serialize + DeserializeOwned,
+        T: Clone + Serialize + DeserializeOwned,
         N2::Id: Clone,
     {
         self.broadcast_bincode(other).map(q!(|(_, b)| b))
@@ -572,23 +570,15 @@ impl<'a, T, W, N: Location + Clone> Stream<'a, T, W, N> {
     where
         N: HfSend<N2, V, In<Bytes> = (N2::Id, T)>,
         N2::Id: Clone,
+        T: Clone,
     {
-        let ids_spliced = other.ids().splice();
-
-        let other_ids = Stream::<'a, &N2::Id, Windowed, N>::new(
-            self.node.clone(),
-            self.ir_leaves.clone(),
-            HfPlusNode::Source {
-                source: HfPlusSource::Iter(ids_spliced.into()),
-                location_id: self.node.id(),
-            },
-        )
-        .cloned()
-        .all_ticks();
+        let ids = other.ids();
 
-        other_ids
-            .cross_product(self.assume_windowed())
-            .send_bytes(other)
+        self.flat_map(q!(|b| ids.iter().map(move |id| (
+            ::std::clone::Clone::clone(id),
+            ::std::clone::Clone::clone(&b)
+        ))))
+        .send_bytes(other)
     }
 
     pub fn broadcast_bytes_interleaved<N2: Location + Cluster<'a> + Clone, Tag, V>(
@@ -598,6 +588,7 @@ impl<'a, T, W, N: Location + Clone> Stream<'a, T, W, N> {
     where
         N: HfSend<N2, V, In<Bytes> = (N2::Id, T), Out<Bytes> = (Tag, Bytes)>,
         N2::Id: Clone,
+        T: Clone,
     {
         self.broadcast_bytes(other).map(q!(|(_, b)| b))
     }
diff --git a/hydroflow_plus_test/src/cluster/snapshots/hydroflow_plus_test__cluster__many_to_many__tests__many_to_many.snap b/hydroflow_plus_test/src/cluster/snapshots/hydroflow_plus_test__cluster__many_to_many__tests__many_to_many.snap
index 708bb1dbbe74..565142fe6968 100644
--- a/hydroflow_plus_test/src/cluster/snapshots/hydroflow_plus_test__cluster__many_to_many__tests__many_to_many.snap
+++ b/hydroflow_plus_test/src/cluster/snapshots/hydroflow_plus_test__cluster__many_to_many__tests__many_to_many.snap
@@ -29,25 +29,15 @@ expression: builder.extract().ir()
                     },
                 ),
             ),
-            input: CrossProduct(
-                Persist(
-                    Map {
-                        f: { use hydroflow_plus :: __staged :: stream :: * ; | d | d . clone () },
-                        input: Source {
-                            source: Iter(
-                                { use hydroflow_plus_cli_integration :: __staged :: deploy :: * ; panic ! () },
-                            ),
-                            location_id: 0,
-                        },
-                    },
-                ),
-                Source {
+            input: FlatMap {
+                f: { use hydroflow_plus :: __staged :: stream :: * ; let ids = { use hydroflow_plus_cli_integration :: __staged :: deploy :: * ; panic ! () } ; | b | ids . iter () . map (move | id | (:: std :: clone :: Clone :: clone (id) , :: std :: clone :: Clone :: clone (& b))) },
+                input: Source {
                     source: Iter(
                         { use crate :: __staged :: cluster :: many_to_many :: * ; 0 .. 2 },
                     ),
                     location_id: 0,
                 },
-            ),
+            },
         },
     },
 ]