diff --git a/imports/api/publication/useItem.ts b/imports/api/publication/useItem.ts
index db93f7326..6794de0d2 100644
--- a/imports/api/publication/useItem.ts
+++ b/imports/api/publication/useItem.ts
@@ -23,15 +23,6 @@ const useItem = <T extends Document, U = T>(
 		deps,
 	);
 
-	console.debug({
-		what: 'USE_ITEM',
-		collection: collection?._collection.name,
-		selector,
-		options,
-		deps,
-		items,
-	});
-
 	assert(items.length <= 1, `useItem got items.length === ${items.length}`);
 	const result = items[0];
 	const found = Boolean(result);
diff --git a/imports/api/query/watch.ts b/imports/api/query/watch.ts
index 3af2878d6..610242058 100644
--- a/imports/api/query/watch.ts
+++ b/imports/api/query/watch.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@ import {type Filter as MongoFilter} from 'mongodb';
 
 import {
 	type ClientSessionOptions,
+	type ChangeStream,
 	type ChangeStreamOptions,
 	type Timestamp,
 } from 'mongodb';
 
+import debounce from 'debounce';
+
 import {isObject} from '@functional-abstraction/type';
 
 import type Collection from '../Collection';
@@ -16,7 +19,7 @@ import type Document from '../Document';
 import {type Options} from '../transaction/TransactionDriver';
 import withSession from '../transaction/withSession';
 
-import {type EventEmitter, eventEmitter} from '../../lib/events';
+import {EventEmitter, eventEmitter} from '../../lib/events';
 
 import type Filter from './Filter';
 
@@ -54,12 +57,23 @@ const _filterToFullDocumentFilter = <T>(
 		]),
 	);
 
+type Match = {
+	$match: {}
+};
+
+
+type Pipeline = {
+	pipeline: Match[];
+	isSuperset: boolean;
+};
+
+
 const _fullDocumentMissingFilter = {fullDocument: undefined};
 const _fullDocumentBeforeChangeMissingFilter = {
 	fullDocumentBeforeChange: undefined,
 };
 
-const _filterToMatch = <T>(filter: Filter<T>) => ({
+const _filterToMatch = <T>(filter: Filter<T>): Match => ({
 	$match: {
 		$or: [
 			// TODO Correctly configure collections to define fullDocument*
@@ -75,7 +89,7 @@ const _filterToMatch = <T>(filter: Filter<T>) => ({
 	},
 });
 
-const _filterToPipeline = <T>({$text, ...rest}: Filter<T>) => {
+const _filterToPipeline = <T>({$text, ...rest}: Filter<T>): Pipeline => {
 	return {
 		pipeline: [_filterToMatch(rest as Filter<T>)],
 		// TODO Any occurrence of $text should yield this, not just top-level.
@@ -83,7 +97,7 @@ const _filterToPipeline = <T>({$text, ...rest}: Filter<T>) => {
 	};
 };
 
-const _noFullDocumentMatch = () => ({
+const _noFullDocumentMatch = (): Match => ({
 	$match: {
 		// NOTE This matches everything if pre- or post- images are not
 		// configured, which is very inefficient.
@@ -91,7 +105,7 @@ const _noFullDocumentMatch = () => ({
 	},
 });
 
-const _noFullDocumentPipeline = () => {
+const _noFullDocumentPipeline = (): Pipeline => {
 	return {
 		pipeline: [_noFullDocumentMatch()],
 		isSuperset: true,
@@ -101,9 +115,11 @@ const _noFullDocumentPipeline = () => {
 const _optionsToPipeline = (options: Options) =>
 	options.project === undefined ? [] : [{$project: options.project}];
 
+let watchCount = 0;
+
 const _watchStream = <T extends Document, U = T>(
 	collection: Collection<T, U>,
-	filterPipeline,
+	filterPipeline: Match[],
 	options: Options,
 	startAtOperationTime: Timestamp,
 	changeStreamOptions?: ChangeStreamOptions,
@@ -117,14 +133,66 @@ const _watchStream = <T extends Document, U = T>(
 		{$changeStreamSplitLargeEvent: {}},
 	];
 
-	return collection.rawCollection().watch(pipeline, {
+	const rawCollection = collection.rawCollection();
+	const {collectionName} = rawCollection;
+
+	console.debug({collection: collectionName, watchCount: ++watchCount});
+	const stream = rawCollection.watch(pipeline, {
 		startAtOperationTime,
 		fullDocument: 'whenAvailable',
 		fullDocumentBeforeChange: 'whenAvailable',
 		...changeStreamOptions,
 	});
+
+	return _groupFragments(stream);
 };
 
+const _groupFragments = <T extends Document>( stream: ChangeStream<T>,) => {
+	const emitter = eventEmitter<{ entry: ChangeStreamEvent; close: undefined }>();
+
+	let event: Fragment = {
+		_id: {
+			_data: '',
+		},
+		splitEvent: {
+			fragment: 1,
+			of: 1,
+		},
+	};
+
+	stream.on('change', (fragment: ChangeStreamEvent | Fragment) => {
+		if (fragment.splitEvent === undefined) {
+			assert(fragment._id._data !== event._id._data);
+			assert(event.splitEvent.fragment === event.splitEvent.of);
+			event = {...fragment, splitEvent: {fragment: 1, of: 1}};
+		} else if (fragment.splitEvent.fragment === 1) {
+			assert(fragment._id._data !== event._id._data);
+			assert(event.splitEvent.fragment === event.splitEvent.of);
+			assert(fragment.splitEvent.fragment === 1);
+			event = fragment;
+		} else {
+			assert(fragment._id._data === event._id._data);
+			assert(fragment.splitEvent.fragment === event.splitEvent.fragment + 1);
+			assert(fragment.splitEvent.of === event.splitEvent.of);
+			assert(fragment.splitEvent.fragment <= fragment.splitEvent.of);
+			event = {...event, ...fragment};
+		}
+
+		if (event.splitEvent.fragment !== event.splitEvent.of) return;
+
+		const {splitEvent, ...rest} = event;
+
+		void emitter.emitSerial('entry', rest);
+	});
+
+	emitter.once('close').then(
+		async () => stream.close()
+	);
+
+	return emitter;
+};
+
+
 const _watchSetup = async <T extends Document, U = T>(
 	collection: Collection<T, U>,
 	filter: Filter<T>,
@@ -169,7 +237,6 @@ const _makeQueue = async () => {
 	await queue;
 
 	const enqueue = (task: () => Promise<void> | void) => {
-		// TODO Throttle.
 		if (queued !== 0) return;
 		++queued;
 		queue = queue
@@ -185,12 +252,6 @@ const _makeQueue = async () => {
 	return enqueue;
 };
 
-export type WatchHandle<T> = EventEmitter<{
-	change: T[];
-	start: undefined;
-	stop: undefined;
-}>;
-
 type Fragment = {
 	_id: {
 		_data: string;
@@ -205,7 +266,76 @@ type ChangeStreamEvent = {
 	_id: {
 		_data: string;
 	};
-	splitEvent: undefined;
+	splitEvent?: undefined;
+}
+
+
+export type FilteredOplogHandle = EventEmitter<{
+	entry: ChangeStreamEvent;
+	close: undefined;
+}>;
+
+export type WatchHandle<T> = EventEmitter<{
+	change: T[];
+	start: undefined;
+	stop: undefined;
+}>;
+
+class Watch<T extends Document, U = T> extends EventEmitter<T>{
+	collection: Collection<T, U>;
+	filter: Filter<T>;
+	options: Options;
+	changeStreamOptions?: ChangeStreamOptions;
+	sessionOptions?: ClientSessionOptions;
+
+	constructor(collection, filter, options, sessionOptions) {
+		super();
+		this.collection = collection;
+		this.filter = filter;
+		this.options = options;
+		this.sessionOptions = sessionOptions;
+	}
+
+	get init() {
+		return [];
+	}
+
+	stop() {
+
+	}
+}
+
+const PIPE_DEBOUNCE = 50;
+let changeCount = 0;
+
+const _pipe = async <T extends Document, U = T>(
+	handle: WatchHandle<T>,
+	emitter: FilteredOplogHandle,
+	w: Watch<T, U>
+) => {
+
+	const enqueue = await _makeQueue();
+
+	const onEntry = debounce(
+		() => {
+			enqueue(async () => {
+				const {init} = await _watchInit(
+					w.collection,
+					w.filter,
+					w.options,
+					w.sessionOptions,
+				);
+
+				console.debug({changeCount: ++changeCount});
+				await handle.emitSerial('change', init);
+			});
+		},
+		PIPE_DEBOUNCE
+	);
+
+	emitter.on('entry', onEntry);
+
+	// TODO stream.on('stop', ???)
 };
 
 const _watch = async <T extends Document, U = T>(
@@ -224,54 +354,12 @@ const _watch = async <T extends Document, U = T>(
 		sessionOptions,
 	);
 
-	const enqueue = await _makeQueue();
-
 	await handle.emitSerial('change', init);
 
-	let event: Fragment = {
-		_id: {
-			_data: '',
-		},
-		splitEvent: {
-			fragment: 1,
-			of: 1,
-		},
-	};
-
-	stream.on('change', (fragment: ChangeStreamEvent | Fragment) => {
-		if (fragment.splitEvent === undefined) {
-			assert(fragment._id._data !== event._id._data);
-			assert(event.splitEvent.fragment === event.splitEvent.of);
-			event = {...fragment, splitEvent: {fragment: 1, of: 1}};
-		} else if (fragment.splitEvent.fragment === 1) {
-			assert(fragment._id._data !== event._id._data);
-			assert(event.splitEvent.fragment === event.splitEvent.of);
-			assert(fragment.splitEvent.fragment === 1);
-			event = fragment;
-		} else {
-			assert(fragment._id._data === event._id._data);
-			assert(fragment.splitEvent.fragment === event.splitEvent.fragment + 1);
-			assert(fragment.splitEvent.of === event.splitEvent.of);
-			assert(fragment.splitEvent.fragment <= fragment.splitEvent.of);
-			event = {...event, ...fragment};
-		}
-
-		if (event.splitEvent.fragment !== event.splitEvent.of) return;
-
-		enqueue(async () => {
-			const {init} = await _watchInit(
-				collection,
-				filter,
-				options,
-				sessionOptions,
-			);
+	const w = new Watch<T>(collection, filter, options, sessionOptions);
+	await _pipe<T>(handle, stream, w);
 
-			await handle.emitSerial('change', init);
-		});
-	});
-
-	// TODO stream.on('stop', ???)
-	const stop = async () => stream.close();
+	const stop = async () => stream.emitSerial('close');
 
 	return stop;
 };
diff --git a/imports/lib/events.ts b/imports/lib/events.ts
index bcb2603cd..427fbcaf7 100644
--- a/imports/lib/events.ts
+++ b/imports/lib/events.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import Emittery from 'emittery';
 
 export type EventEmitter<T> = Emittery<T>;
+export const EventEmitter = Emittery;
 export const eventEmitter = <T>() => new Emittery<T>();
diff --git a/types/meteor/mongo.d.ts b/types/meteor/mongo.d.ts
index f335db054..3a6f6f698 100644
--- a/types/meteor/mongo.d.ts
+++ b/types/meteor/mongo.d.ts
@@ -17,13 +17,6 @@ declare module 'meteor/mongo' {
 			observeAsync(options: ObserveCallbacks<U>): Promise<ObserveHandle>;
 		}
 
-		// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/consistent-type-definitions
-		interface Collection<T, U = T> {
-			_collection: {
-				name: string;
-			};
-		}
-
 		type ObserveHandle = {
 			stop(): void;
 		};