diff --git a/meilidb-data/src/database/index/mod.rs b/meilidb-data/src/database/index/mod.rs
index 0194b5d51..071b60bab 100644
--- a/meilidb-data/src/database/index/mod.rs
+++ b/meilidb-data/src/database/index/mod.rs
@@ -359,6 +359,24 @@ impl Index {
         SynonymsDeletion::new(self)
     }
 
+    pub fn current_update_id(&self) -> Result<Option<u64>, Error> {
+        if let Some((key, _)) = self.updates_index.iter()?.next() {
+            return Ok(Some(key.as_ref().try_into().map(u64::from_be_bytes).unwrap()))
+        }
+        Ok(None)
+    }
+
+    pub fn enqueued_updates_ids(&self) -> Result<Vec<u64>, Error> {
+        let mut updates = Vec::new();
+
+        for (key, _) in self.updates_index.iter()? {
+            let update_id = key.as_ref().try_into().map(u64::from_be_bytes).unwrap();
+            updates.push(update_id);
+        }
+
+        Ok(updates)
+    }
+
     pub fn update_status(
         &self,
         update_id: u64,
diff --git a/meilidb-data/tests/index.rs b/meilidb-data/tests/index.rs
index 4d7a7658b..a8aee6c5b 100644
--- a/meilidb-data/tests/index.rs
+++ b/meilidb-data/tests/index.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 mod common;
 
-use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering::Relaxed};
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicU64, Ordering::Relaxed};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use serde_json::json;
@@ -97,3 +97,52 @@ fn documents_ids() {
     let documents_ids_count = index.documents_ids().unwrap().count();
     assert_eq!(documents_ids_count, 3);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn current_update_id() {
+    let index = common::simple_index();
+    let update_id = Arc::new(AtomicU64::new(0));
+
+    let update_id_cloned = update_id.clone();
+    let index_cloned = index.clone();
+    index.set_update_callback(move |_| {
+        let current_update_id = index_cloned.current_update_id().unwrap().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(current_update_id, update_id_cloned.load(Relaxed));
+    });
+
+    let doc1 = json!({ "objectId": 123, "title": "hello" });
+    let mut addition = index.documents_addition();
+    addition.update_document(&doc1);
+    update_id.store(addition.finalize().unwrap(), Relaxed);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn nest_updates_in_queue() {
+    let index = common::simple_index();
+
+    index.set_update_callback(move |_| {
+        std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(15));
+    });
+
+    let doc1 = json!({ "objectId": 123, "title": "hello" });
+    let doc2 = json!({ "objectId": 456, "title": "world" });
+    let doc3 = json!({ "objectId": 789 });
+
+    let mut addition = index.documents_addition();
+    addition.update_document(&doc1);
+    let _ = addition.finalize().unwrap();
+
+    let mut addition = index.documents_addition();
+    addition.update_document(&doc2);
+    let _ = addition.finalize().unwrap();
+
+    let mut addition = index.documents_addition();
+    addition.update_document(&doc3);
+    let _ = addition.finalize().unwrap();
+
+    let should_have_in_queue_updates = vec![1, 2, 3];
+
+    let in_queue_updates = index.enqueued_updates_ids().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(in_queue_updates, should_have_in_queue_updates);
+
+}