diff --git a/packages/sanity/package.json b/packages/sanity/package.json
index cbc8d39d151..3e514785e8e 100644
--- a/packages/sanity/package.json
+++ b/packages/sanity/package.json
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@
     "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
     "rxjs": "^7.8.0",
     "rxjs-exhaustmap-with-trailing": "^2.1.1",
+    "rxjs-mergemap-array": "^0.1.0",
     "sanity-diff-patch": "^3.0.2",
     "scroll-into-view-if-needed": "^3.0.3",
     "semver": "^7.3.5",
diff --git a/packages/sanity/src/core/preview/createGlobalListener.ts b/packages/sanity/src/core/preview/createGlobalListener.ts
index ac76417b386..7be43f93e31 100644
--- a/packages/sanity/src/core/preview/createGlobalListener.ts
+++ b/packages/sanity/src/core/preview/createGlobalListener.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export function createGlobalListener(client: SanityClient) {
         includePreviousRevision: false,
         includeMutations: false,
         visibility: 'query',
+        effectFormat: 'mendoza',
         tag: 'preview.global',
       },
     )
diff --git a/packages/sanity/src/core/preview/createObserveDocument.ts b/packages/sanity/src/core/preview/createObserveDocument.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7cf8de5082e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sanity/src/core/preview/createObserveDocument.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import {type MutationEvent, type SanityClient, type WelcomeEvent} from '@sanity/client'
+import {type SanityDocument} from '@sanity/types'
+import {memoize, uniq} from 'lodash'
+import {type RawPatch} from 'mendoza'
+import {EMPTY, finalize, type Observable, of} from 'rxjs'
+import {concatMap, map, scan, shareReplay} from 'rxjs/operators'
+
+import {type ApiConfig} from './types'
+import {applyMutationEventEffects} from './utils/applyMendozaPatch'
+import {debounceCollect} from './utils/debounceCollect'
+
+export function createObserveDocument({
+  mutationChannel,
+  client,
+}: {
+  client: SanityClient
+  mutationChannel: Observable<WelcomeEvent | MutationEvent>
+}) {
+  const getBatchFetcher = memoize(
+    function getBatchFetcher(apiConfig: {dataset: string; projectId: string}) {
+      const _client = client.withConfig(apiConfig)
+
+      function batchFetchDocuments(ids: [string][]) {
+        return _client.observable
+          .fetch(`*[_id in $ids]`, {ids: uniq(ids.flat())}, {tag: 'preview.observe-document'})
+          .pipe(
+            // eslint-disable-next-line max-nested-callbacks
+            map((result) => ids.map(([id]) => result.find((r: {_id: string}) => r._id === id))),
+          )
+      }
+      return debounceCollect(batchFetchDocuments, 100)
+    },
+    (apiConfig) => apiConfig.dataset + apiConfig.projectId,
+  )
+
+  const MEMO: Record<string, Observable<SanityDocument | undefined>> = {}
+
+  function observeDocument(id: string, apiConfig?: ApiConfig) {
+    const _apiConfig = apiConfig || {
+      dataset: client.config().dataset!,
+      projectId: client.config().projectId!,
+    }
+    const fetchDocument = getBatchFetcher(_apiConfig)
+    return mutationChannel.pipe(
+      concatMap((event) => {
+        if (event.type === 'welcome') {
+          return fetchDocument(id).pipe(map((document) => ({type: 'sync' as const, document})))
+        }
+        return event.documentId === id ? of(event) : EMPTY
+      }),
+      scan((current: SanityDocument | undefined, event) => {
+        if (event.type === 'sync') {
+          return event.document
+        }
+        if (event.type === 'mutation') {
+          return applyMutationEvent(current, event)
+        }
+        //@ts-expect-error - this should never happen
+        throw new Error(`Unexpected event type: "${event.type}"`)
+      }, undefined),
+    )
+  }
+  return function memoizedObserveDocument(id: string, apiConfig?: ApiConfig) {
+    const key = apiConfig ? `${id}-${JSON.stringify(apiConfig)}` : id
+    if (!(key in MEMO)) {
+      MEMO[key] = observeDocument(id, apiConfig).pipe(
+        finalize(() => delete MEMO[key]),
+        shareReplay({bufferSize: 1, refCount: true}),
+      )
+    }
+    return MEMO[key]
+  }
+}
+
+function applyMutationEvent(current: SanityDocument | undefined, event: MutationEvent) {
+  if (event.previousRev !== current?._rev) {
+    console.warn('Document out of sync, skipping mutation')
+    return current
+  }
+  if (!event.effects) {
+    throw new Error(
+      'Mutation event is missing effects. Is the listener set up with effectFormat=mendoza?',
+    )
+  }
+  return applyMutationEventEffects(
+    current,
+    event as {effects: {apply: RawPatch}; previousRev: string; resultRev: string},
+  )
+}
diff --git a/packages/sanity/src/core/preview/documentPreviewStore.ts b/packages/sanity/src/core/preview/documentPreviewStore.ts
index 154c7e56c26..9a3a6d862f0 100644
--- a/packages/sanity/src/core/preview/documentPreviewStore.ts
+++ b/packages/sanity/src/core/preview/documentPreviewStore.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,21 @@
-import {type MutationEvent, type SanityClient, type WelcomeEvent} from '@sanity/client'
+import {
+  type MutationEvent,
+  type QueryParams,
+  type SanityClient,
+  type WelcomeEvent,
+} from '@sanity/client'
 import {type PrepareViewOptions, type SanityDocument} from '@sanity/types'
-import {type Observable} from 'rxjs'
+import {combineLatest, type Observable} from 'rxjs'
 import {distinctUntilChanged, filter, map} from 'rxjs/operators'
 
 import {isRecord} from '../util'
 import {createPreviewAvailabilityObserver} from './availability'
 import {createGlobalListener} from './createGlobalListener'
+import {createObserveDocument} from './createObserveDocument'
 import {createPathObserver} from './createPathObserver'
 import {createPreviewObserver} from './createPreviewObserver'
 import {createObservePathsDocumentPair} from './documentPair'
+import {createDocumentIdSetObserver, type DocumentIdSetObserverState} from './liveDocumentIdSet'
 import {createObserveFields} from './observeFields'
 import {
   type ApiConfig,
@@ -56,6 +63,43 @@ export interface DocumentPreviewStore {
     id: string,
     paths: PreviewPath[],
   ) => Observable<DraftsModelDocument<T>>
+
+  /**
+   * Observes a set of document IDs that matches the given groq-filter. The document ids are returned in ascending order and will update in real-time
+   * Whenever a document appears or disappears from the set, a new array with the updated set of IDs will be pushed to subscribers.
+   * The query is performed once, initially, and thereafter the set of ids are patched based on the `appear` and `disappear`
+   * transitions on the received listener events.
+   * This provides a lightweight way of subscribing to a list of ids for simple cases where you just want to subscribe to a set of documents ids
+   * that matches a particular filter.
+   * @hidden
+   * @beta
+   * @param filter - A groq filter to use for the document set
+   * @param params - Parameters to use with the groq filter
+   * @param options - Options for the observer
+   */
+  unstable_observeDocumentIdSet: (
+    filter: string,
+    params?: QueryParams,
+    options?: {
+      /**
+       * Where to insert new items into the set. Defaults to 'sorted' which is based on the lexicographic order of the id
+       */
+      insert?: 'sorted' | 'prepend' | 'append'
+    },
+  ) => Observable<DocumentIdSetObserverState>
+
+  /**
+   * Observe a complete document with the given ID
+   * @hidden
+   * @beta
+   */
+  unstable_observeDocument: (id: string) => Observable<SanityDocument | undefined>
+  /**
+   * Observe a list of complete documents with the given IDs
+   * @hidden
+   * @beta
+   */
+  unstable_observeDocuments: (ids: string[]) => Observable<(SanityDocument | undefined)[]>
 }
 
 /** @internal */
@@ -79,6 +123,7 @@ export function createDocumentPreviewStore({
     map((event) => (event.type === 'welcome' ? {type: 'connected' as const} : event)),
   )
 
+  const observeDocument = createObserveDocument({client, mutationChannel: globalListener})
   const observeFields = createObserveFields({client: versionedClient, invalidationChannel})
   const observePaths = createPathObserver({observeFields})
 
@@ -92,6 +137,10 @@ export function createDocumentPreviewStore({
     )
   }
 
+  const observeDocumentIdSet = createDocumentIdSetObserver(
+    versionedClient.withConfig({apiVersion: '2024-07-22'}),
+  )
+
   const observeForPreview = createPreviewObserver({observeDocumentTypeFromId, observePaths})
   const observeDocumentPairAvailability = createPreviewAvailabilityObserver(
     versionedClient,
@@ -110,6 +159,10 @@ export function createDocumentPreviewStore({
     observeForPreview,
     observeDocumentTypeFromId,
 
+    unstable_observeDocumentIdSet: observeDocumentIdSet,
+    unstable_observeDocument: observeDocument,
+    unstable_observeDocuments: (ids: string[]) =>
+      combineLatest(ids.map((id) => observeDocument(id))),
     unstable_observeDocumentPairAvailability: observeDocumentPairAvailability,
     unstable_observePathsDocumentPair: observePathsDocumentPair,
   }
diff --git a/packages/sanity/src/core/preview/liveDocumentIdSet.ts b/packages/sanity/src/core/preview/liveDocumentIdSet.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..49d8401cde1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sanity/src/core/preview/liveDocumentIdSet.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+import {type QueryParams, type SanityClient} from '@sanity/client'
+import {sortedIndex} from 'lodash'
+import {of} from 'rxjs'
+import {distinctUntilChanged, filter, map, mergeMap, scan, tap} from 'rxjs/operators'
+
+export type DocumentIdSetObserverState = {
+  status: 'reconnecting' | 'connected'
+  documentIds: string[]
+}
+
+interface LiveDocumentIdSetOptions {
+  insert?: 'sorted' | 'prepend' | 'append'
+}
+
+export function createDocumentIdSetObserver(client: SanityClient) {
+  return function observe(
+    queryFilter: string,
+    params?: QueryParams,
+    options: LiveDocumentIdSetOptions = {},
+  ) {
+    const {insert: insertOption = 'sorted'} = options
+
+    const query = `*[${queryFilter}]._id`
+    function fetchFilter() {
+      return client.observable
+        .fetch(query, params, {
+          tag: 'preview.observe-document-set.fetch',
+        })
+        .pipe(
+          tap((result) => {
+            if (!Array.isArray(result)) {
+              throw new Error(
+                `Expected query to return array of documents, but got ${typeof result}`,
+              )
+            }
+          }),
+        )
+    }
+    return client.observable
+      .listen(query, params, {
+        visibility: 'transaction',
+        events: ['welcome', 'mutation', 'reconnect'],
+        includeResult: false,
+        includeMutations: false,
+        tag: 'preview.observe-document-set.listen',
+      })
+      .pipe(
+        mergeMap((event) => {
+          return event.type === 'welcome'
+            ? fetchFilter().pipe(map((result) => ({type: 'fetch' as const, result})))
+            : of(event)
+        }),
+        scan(
+          (
+            state: DocumentIdSetObserverState | undefined,
+            event,
+          ): DocumentIdSetObserverState | undefined => {
+            if (event.type === 'reconnect') {
+              return {
+                documentIds: state?.documentIds || [],
+                ...state,
+                status: 'reconnecting' as const,
+              }
+            }
+            if (event.type === 'fetch') {
+              return {...state, status: 'connected' as const, documentIds: event.result}
+            }
+            if (event.type === 'mutation') {
+              if (event.transition === 'update') {
+                // ignore updates, as we're only interested in documents appearing and disappearing from the set
+                return state
+              }
+              if (event.transition === 'appear') {
+                return {
+                  status: 'connected',
+                  documentIds: insert(state?.documentIds || [], event.documentId, insertOption),
+                }
+              }
+              if (event.transition === 'disappear') {
+                return {
+                  status: 'connected',
+                  documentIds: state?.documentIds
+                    ? state.documentIds.filter((id) => id !== event.documentId)
+                    : [],
+                }
+              }
+            }
+            return state
+          },
+          undefined,
+        ),
+        distinctUntilChanged(),
+        filter(
+          (state: DocumentIdSetObserverState | undefined): state is DocumentIdSetObserverState =>
+            state !== undefined,
+        ),
+      )
+  }
+}
+
+function insert<T>(array: T[], element: T, strategy: 'sorted' | 'prepend' | 'append') {
+  let index
+  if (strategy === 'prepend') {
+    index = 0
+  } else if (strategy === 'append') {
+    index = array.length
+  } else {
+    index = sortedIndex(array, element)
+  }
+
+  return array.toSpliced(index, 0, element)
+}
diff --git a/packages/sanity/src/core/preview/useLiveDocumentIdSet.ts b/packages/sanity/src/core/preview/useLiveDocumentIdSet.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2fa3eff626d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sanity/src/core/preview/useLiveDocumentIdSet.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import {type QueryParams} from '@sanity/client'
+import {useMemo} from 'react'
+import {useObservable} from 'react-rx'
+import {scan} from 'rxjs/operators'
+
+import {useDocumentPreviewStore} from '../store/_legacy/datastores'
+import {type DocumentIdSetObserverState} from './liveDocumentIdSet'
+
+const INITIAL_STATE = {status: 'loading' as const, documentIds: []}
+
+export type LiveDocumentSetState =
+  | {status: 'loading'; documentIds: string[]}
+  | DocumentIdSetObserverState
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ * @beta
+ * Returns document ids that matches the provided GROQ-filter, and loading state
+ * The document ids are returned in ascending order and will update in real-time
+ * Whenever a document appears or disappears from the set, a new array with the updated set of IDs will be returned.
+ * This provides a lightweight way of subscribing to a list of ids for simple cases where you just want the documents ids
+ * that matches a particular filter.
+ */
+export function useLiveDocumentIdSet(
+  filter: string,
+  params?: QueryParams,
+  options: {
+    // how to insert new document ids. Defaults to `sorted`
+    insert?: 'sorted' | 'prepend' | 'append'
+  } = {},
+) {
+  const documentPreviewStore = useDocumentPreviewStore()
+  const observable = useMemo(
+    () =>
+      documentPreviewStore.unstable_observeDocumentIdSet(filter, params, options).pipe(
+        scan(
+          (currentState: LiveDocumentSetState, nextState) => ({
+            ...currentState,
+            ...nextState,
+          }),
+          INITIAL_STATE,
+        ),
+      ),
+    [documentPreviewStore, filter, params, options],
+  )
+  return useObservable(observable, INITIAL_STATE)
+}
diff --git a/packages/sanity/src/core/preview/useLiveDocumentSet.ts b/packages/sanity/src/core/preview/useLiveDocumentSet.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..16c5c27be24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sanity/src/core/preview/useLiveDocumentSet.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import {type QueryParams} from '@sanity/client'
+import {type SanityDocument} from '@sanity/types'
+import {useMemo} from 'react'
+import {useObservable} from 'react-rx'
+import {map} from 'rxjs/operators'
+import {mergeMapArray} from 'rxjs-mergemap-array'
+
+import {useDocumentPreviewStore} from '../store'
+
+const INITIAL_VALUE = {loading: true, documents: []}
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ * @beta
+ *
+ * Observes a set of documents matching the filter and returns an array of complete documents
+ * A new array will be pushed whenever a document in the set changes
+ * Document ids are returned in ascending order
+ * Any sorting beyond that must happen client side
+ */
+export function useLiveDocumentSet(
+  groqFilter: string,
+  params?: QueryParams,
+): {loading: boolean; documents: SanityDocument[]} {
+  const documentPreviewStore = useDocumentPreviewStore()
+  const observable = useMemo(() => {
+    return documentPreviewStore.unstable_observeDocumentIdSet(groqFilter, params).pipe(
+      map((state) => (state.documentIds || []) as string[]),
+      mergeMapArray((id) => documentPreviewStore.unstable_observeDocument(id)),
+      map((docs) => ({loading: false, documents: docs as SanityDocument[]})),
+    )
+  }, [documentPreviewStore, groqFilter, params])
+  return useObservable(observable, INITIAL_VALUE)
+}
diff --git a/packages/sanity/src/core/preview/utils/applyMendozaPatch.ts b/packages/sanity/src/core/preview/utils/applyMendozaPatch.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9644eb60c33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sanity/src/core/preview/utils/applyMendozaPatch.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import {type SanityDocument} from '@sanity/types'
+import {applyPatch, type RawPatch} from 'mendoza'
+
+function omitRev(document: SanityDocument | undefined) {
+  if (document === undefined) {
+    return undefined
+  }
+  const {_rev, ...doc} = document
+  return doc
+}
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @param document - The document to apply the patch to
+ * @param patch - The mendoza patch to apply
+ * @param baseRev - The revision of the document that the patch is calculated from. This is used to ensure that the patch is applied to the correct revision of the document
+ */
+export function applyMendozaPatch(
+  document: SanityDocument | undefined,
+  patch: RawPatch,
+  baseRev: string,
+): SanityDocument | undefined {
+  if (baseRev !== document?._rev) {
+    throw new Error(
+      'Invalid document revision. The provided patch is calculated from a different revision than the current document',
+    )
+  }
+  const next = applyPatch(omitRev(document), patch)
+  return next === null ? undefined : next
+}
+
+export function applyMutationEventEffects(
+  document: SanityDocument | undefined,
+  event: {effects: {apply: RawPatch}; previousRev: string; resultRev: string},
+) {
+  if (!event.effects) {
+    throw new Error(
+      'Mutation event is missing effects. Is the listener set up with effectFormat=mendoza?',
+    )
+  }
+  const next = applyMendozaPatch(document, event.effects.apply, event.previousRev)
+  // next will be undefined in case of deletion
+  return next ? {...next, _rev: event.resultRev} : undefined
+}
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index bfe3d0c8b7f..1d931ce341a 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -1659,6 +1659,9 @@ importers:
       rxjs-exhaustmap-with-trailing:
         specifier: ^2.1.1
         version: 2.1.1(rxjs@7.8.1)
+      rxjs-mergemap-array:
+        specifier: ^0.1.0
+        version: 0.1.0(rxjs@7.8.1)
       sanity-diff-patch:
         specifier: ^3.0.2
         version: 3.0.2
@@ -10019,6 +10022,12 @@ packages:
     peerDependencies:
       rxjs: 7.x
 
+  rxjs-mergemap-array@0.1.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-19fXxPXN4X8LPWu7fg/nyX+nr0G97qSNXhEvF32cdgWuoyUVQ4MrFr+UL4HGip6iO5kbZOL4puAjPeQ/D5qSlA==}
+    engines: {node: '>=18.0.0'}
+    peerDependencies:
+      rxjs: 7.x
+
   rxjs@6.6.7:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-hTdwr+7yYNIT5n4AMYp85KA6yw2Va0FLa3Rguvbpa4W3I5xynaBZo41cM3XM+4Q6fRMj3sBYIR1VAmZMXYJvRQ==}
     engines: {npm: '>=2.0.0'}
@@ -21463,6 +21472,10 @@ snapshots:
     dependencies:
       rxjs: 7.8.1
 
+  rxjs-mergemap-array@0.1.0(rxjs@7.8.1):
+    dependencies:
+      rxjs: 7.8.1
+
   rxjs@6.6.7:
     dependencies:
       tslib: 1.14.1