diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 68ac11118b..ea00552775 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3753,6 +3753,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "fnv",
  "futures",
  "hashbrown 0.14.5",
+ "http",
  "hyper-util",
  "insta",
  "itertools 0.13.0",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f582dbfb1f..fdcdf002ed 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ hex = "0.4.3"
 hmac = "0.12.1"
 hostname = "0.4.0"
 human-size = "0.4.1"
+http = "1.1.0"
 hyper-util = { version = "0.1.7", features = ["tokio"] }
 indexmap = "2.2.5"
 insta = { version = "1.31.0", features = ["json", "redactions", "ron"] }
diff --git a/relay-server/Cargo.toml b/relay-server/Cargo.toml
index f079baea06..2466d577f3 100644
--- a/relay-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/relay-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -127,12 +127,13 @@ semver = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = { workspace = true }
-tokio = { workspace = true, features = ['test-util'] }
+http = { workspace = true }
 insta = { workspace = true }
 relay-protocol = { workspace = true, features = ["test"] }
 relay-test = { workspace = true }
 similar-asserts = { workspace = true }
 tempfile = { workspace = true }
+tokio = { workspace = true, features = ['test-util'] }
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "benches"
diff --git a/relay-server/src/services/project_upstream.rs b/relay-server/src/services/project_upstream.rs
index 4d7d5338ed..0b54cc17e6 100644
--- a/relay-server/src/services/project_upstream.rs
+++ b/relay-server/src/services/project_upstream.rs
@@ -98,7 +98,10 @@ impl UpstreamQuery for GetProjectStates {
 /// The wrapper struct for the incoming external requests which also keeps addition information.
 #[derive(Debug)]
 struct ProjectStateChannel {
+    // Main broadcast channel.
     channel: BroadcastChannel<UpstreamProjectState>,
+    // Additional broadcast channels tracked from merge operations.
+    merged: Vec<BroadcastChannel<UpstreamProjectState>>,
     revision: Option<String>,
     deadline: Instant,
     no_cache: bool,
@@ -120,6 +123,7 @@ impl ProjectStateChannel {
         Self {
             no_cache,
             channel: sender.into_channel(),
+            merged: Vec::new(),
             revision,
             deadline: now + timeout,
             attempts: 0,
@@ -150,12 +154,39 @@ impl ProjectStateChannel {
     }
 
     pub fn send(self, state: UpstreamProjectState) {
+        for channel in self.merged {
+            channel.send(state.clone());
+        }
         self.channel.send(state)
     }
 
     pub fn expired(&self) -> bool {
         Instant::now() > self.deadline
     }
+
+    pub fn merge(&mut self, channel: ProjectStateChannel) {
+        let ProjectStateChannel {
+            channel,
+            merged,
+            revision,
+            deadline,
+            no_cache,
+            attempts,
+            errors,
+            pending,
+        } = channel;
+
+        self.merged.push(channel);
+        self.merged.extend(merged);
+        if self.revision != revision {
+            self.revision = None;
+        }
+        self.deadline = self.deadline.max(deadline);
+        self.no_cache |= no_cache;
+        self.attempts += attempts;
+        self.errors += errors;
+        self.pending += pending;
+    }
 }
 
 /// The map of project keys with their project state channels.
@@ -304,6 +335,23 @@ impl UpstreamProjectSourceService {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Merges a [`ProjectStateChannel`] into the existing list of tracked channels.
+    ///
+    /// A channel is removed when querying the upstream for the project,
+    /// when the upstream returns pending for this project it needs to be returned to
+    /// the list of channels. If there is already another request for the same project
+    /// outstanding those two requests must be merged.
+    fn merge_channel(&mut self, key: ProjectKey, channel: ProjectStateChannel) {
+        match self.state_channels.entry(key) {
+            Entry::Vacant(e) => {
+                e.insert(channel);
+            }
+            Entry::Occupied(mut e) => {
+                e.get_mut().merge(channel);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Executes an upstream request to fetch project configs.
     ///
     /// This assumes that currently no request is running. If the upstream request fails or new
@@ -412,7 +460,7 @@ impl UpstreamProjectSourceService {
                     for (key, mut channel) in channels_batch {
                         if response.pending.contains(&key) {
                             channel.pending += 1;
-                            self.state_channels.insert(key, channel);
+                            self.merge_channel(key, channel);
                             continue;
                         }
 
@@ -610,3 +658,84 @@ impl Service for UpstreamProjectSourceService {
         });
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use crate::http::Response;
+    use futures::future::poll_immediate;
+
+    use super::*;
+
+    fn to_response(body: &impl serde::Serialize) -> Response {
+        let body = serde_json::to_vec(body).unwrap();
+        let response = http::response::Response::builder()
+            .status(http::StatusCode::OK)
+            .header(http::header::CONTENT_LENGTH, body.len())
+            .body(body)
+            .unwrap();
+
+        Response(response.into())
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_schedule_merge_channels() {
+        let (upstream_addr, mut upstream_rx) = Addr::custom();
+        let config = Arc::new(Config::from_json_value(serde_json::json!({})).unwrap());
+        let project_key = ProjectKey::parse("abd0f232775f45feab79864e580d160b").unwrap();
+
+        macro_rules! next_send_request {
+            () => {{
+                let UpstreamRelay::SendRequest(mut req) = upstream_rx.recv().await.unwrap() else {
+                    panic!()
+                };
+                req.configure(&config);
+                req
+            }};
+        }
+
+        let service = UpstreamProjectSourceService::new(Arc::clone(&config), upstream_addr).start();
+
+        let mut response1 = service.send(FetchProjectState {
+            project_key,
+            current_revision: Some("123".to_owned()),
+            no_cache: false,
+        });
+
+        // Wait for the upstream request to make sure we're in the pending state.
+        let request1 = next_send_request!();
+
+        // Add another request for the same project, which should be combined into a single
+        // request, after responding to the first inflight request.
+        let mut response2 = service.send(FetchProjectState {
+            project_key,
+            current_revision: None,
+            no_cache: false,
+        });
+
+        // Return pending to the service.
+        // Now the two requests should be combined.
+        request1
+            .respond(Ok(to_response(&serde_json::json!({
+                "pending": [project_key],
+            }))))
+            .await;
+
+        // Make sure there is no response yet.
+        assert!(poll_immediate(&mut response1).await.is_none());
+        assert!(poll_immediate(&mut response2).await.is_none());
+
+        // Send a response to the second request which should successfully resolve both responses.
+        next_send_request!()
+            .respond(Ok(to_response(&serde_json::json!({
+                "unchanged": [project_key],
+            }))))
+            .await;
+
+        let (response1, response2) = futures::future::join(response1, response2).await;
+        assert!(matches!(response1, Ok(UpstreamProjectState::NotModified)));
+        assert!(matches!(response2, Ok(UpstreamProjectState::NotModified)));
+
+        // No more messages to upstream expected.
+        assert!(upstream_rx.try_recv().is_err());
+    }
+}