diff --git a/src/datasource/graphene/backend.ts b/src/datasource/graphene/backend.ts
index 527972bec6..61da5d7b2f 100644
--- a/src/datasource/graphene/backend.ts
+++ b/src/datasource/graphene/backend.ts
@@ -16,33 +16,34 @@
 
 import { debounce } from "lodash-es";
 import {
-  WithParameters,
-  withChunkManager,
   Chunk,
   ChunkSource,
+  WithParameters,
+  withChunkManager,
 } from "#src/chunk_manager/backend.js";
 import { ChunkPriorityTier, ChunkState } from "#src/chunk_manager/base.js";
+import type { CredentialsProvider } from "#src/credentials_provider/index.js";
 import { WithSharedCredentialsProviderCounterpart } from "#src/credentials_provider/shared_counterpart.js";
 import type { ChunkedGraphChunkSpecification } from "#src/datasource/graphene/base.js";
 import {
-  getGrapheneFragmentKey,
-  GRAPHENE_MESH_NEW_SEGMENT_RPC_ID,
-  responseIdentity,
-  ChunkedGraphSourceParameters,
-  MeshSourceParameters,
   CHUNKED_GRAPH_LAYER_RPC_ID,
   CHUNKED_GRAPH_RENDER_LAYER_UPDATE_SOURCES_RPC_ID,
+  ChunkedGraphSourceParameters,
+  GRAPHENE_MESH_NEW_SEGMENT_RPC_ID,
+  MeshSourceParameters,
   RENDER_RATIO_LIMIT,
+  getGrapheneFragmentKey,
   isBaseSegmentId,
+  responseIdentity,
 } from "#src/datasource/graphene/base.js";
 import { decodeManifestChunk } from "#src/datasource/precomputed/backend.js";
 import type { FragmentChunk, ManifestChunk } from "#src/mesh/backend.js";
-import { assignMeshFragmentData, MeshSource } from "#src/mesh/backend.js";
+import { MeshSource, assignMeshFragmentData } from "#src/mesh/backend.js";
 import { decodeDraco } from "#src/mesh/draco/index.js";
 import type { DisplayDimensionRenderInfo } from "#src/navigation_state.js";
 import type {
-  RenderedViewBackend,
   RenderLayerBackendAttachment,
+  RenderedViewBackend,
 } from "#src/render_layer_backend.js";
 import { RenderLayerBackend } from "#src/render_layer_backend.js";
 import { withSegmentationLayerBackendState } from "#src/segmentation_display_state/backend.js";
@@ -51,8 +52,8 @@ import type { SharedWatchableValue } from "#src/shared_watchable_value.js";
 import type { SliceViewChunkSourceBackend } from "#src/sliceview/backend.js";
 import { deserializeTransformedSources } from "#src/sliceview/backend.js";
 import type {
-  TransformedSource,
   SliceViewProjectionParameters,
+  TransformedSource,
 } from "#src/sliceview/base.js";
 import {
   forEachPlaneIntersectingVolumetricChunk,
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ import { fetchSpecialHttpByteRange } from "#src/util/byte_range_http_requests.js
 import type { CancellationToken } from "#src/util/cancellation.js";
 import { vec3, vec3Key } from "#src/util/geom.js";
 import { responseArrayBuffer, responseJson } from "#src/util/http_request.js";
+import { Signal } from "#src/util/signal.js";
 import type {
   SpecialProtocolCredentials,
   SpecialProtocolCredentialsProvider,
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ import {
   withSharedVisibility,
 } from "#src/visibility_priority/backend.js";
 import type { RPC } from "#src/worker_rpc.js";
-import { registerSharedObject, registerRPC } from "#src/worker_rpc.js";
+import { registerRPC, registerSharedObject } from "#src/worker_rpc.js";
 
 function getVerifiedFragmentPromise(
   credentialsProvider: SpecialProtocolCredentialsProvider,
@@ -260,6 +262,60 @@ function decodeChunkedGraphChunk(leaves: string[]) {
   return final;
 }
 
+class BulkRequestProxy {
+  pendingRequests = new Map<
+    string,
+    [Signal<(request: any) => void>, Uint64Set]
+  >();
+
+  constructor(
+    private parameters: ChunkedGraphSourceParameters,
+    private credentialsProvider?: CredentialsProvider<any>,
+  ) {}
+
+  async request(segment: Uint64, bounds: string): Promise<any> {
+    responseIdentity;
+    const { pendingRequests } = this;
+    let pendingRequest = pendingRequests.get(bounds);
+    if (!pendingRequest) {
+      const { parameters, credentialsProvider } = this;
+      const signal = new Signal<(request: any) => void>();
+      pendingRequest = [signal, new Uint64Set()];
+      pendingRequests.set(bounds, pendingRequest);
+      setTimeout(async () => {
+        const pendingRequest = pendingRequests.get(bounds);
+        pendingRequests.delete(bounds);
+        if (!pendingRequest) {
+          console.error("how could this happen?");
+          return;
+        }
+        const [_, segments] = pendingRequest;
+        _;
+        const response = await cancellableFetchSpecialOk(
+          credentialsProvider,
+          `${parameters.url}/leaves_many?int64_as_str=1&bounds=${bounds}`,
+          {
+            method: "POST",
+            body: JSON.stringify({
+              node_ids: [...segments],
+            }),
+          },
+          responseJson,
+        );
+        signal.dispatch(response);
+      }, 0);
+    }
+    const [request, segments] = pendingRequest;
+    segments.add(segment);
+    return new Promise((f) => {
+      const unregister = request.add((response) => {
+        f(response[segment.toJSON()]);
+        unregister();
+      });
+    });
+  }
+}
+
 @registerSharedObject()
 export class GrapheneChunkedGraphChunkSource extends WithParameters(
   WithSharedCredentialsProviderCounterpart<SpecialProtocolCredentials>()(
@@ -271,6 +327,7 @@ export class GrapheneChunkedGraphChunkSource extends WithParameters(
   chunks: Map<string, ChunkedGraphChunk>;
   tempChunkDataSize: Uint32Array;
   tempChunkPosition: Float32Array;
+  requestProxy: BulkRequestProxy;
 
   constructor(rpc: RPC, options: any) {
     super(rpc, options);
@@ -278,13 +335,16 @@ export class GrapheneChunkedGraphChunkSource extends WithParameters(
     const rank = this.spec.rank;
     this.tempChunkDataSize = new Uint32Array(rank);
     this.tempChunkPosition = new Float32Array(rank);
+    this.requestProxy = new BulkRequestProxy(
+      this.parameters,
+      this.credentialsProvider,
+    );
   }
 
   async download(
     chunk: ChunkedGraphChunk,
     cancellationToken: CancellationToken,
   ): Promise<void> {
-    const { parameters } = this;
     const chunkPosition = this.computeChunkBounds(chunk);
     const chunkDataSize = chunk.chunkDataSize!;
     const bounds =
@@ -292,22 +352,12 @@ export class GrapheneChunkedGraphChunkSource extends WithParameters(
       `${chunkPosition[1]}-${chunkPosition[1] + chunkDataSize[1]}_` +
       `${chunkPosition[2]}-${chunkPosition[2] + chunkDataSize[2]}`;
 
-    const request = cancellableFetchSpecialOk(
-      this.credentialsProvider,
-      `${parameters.url}/${chunk.segment}/leaves?int64_as_str=1&bounds=${bounds}`,
-      {},
-      responseIdentity,
-      cancellationToken,
-    );
-    await this.withErrorMessage(
-      request,
-      `Fetching leaves of segment ${chunk.segment} in region ${bounds}: `,
-    )
-      .then((res) => res.json())
-      .then((res) => {
-        chunk.leaves = decodeChunkedGraphChunk(res.leaf_ids);
-      })
-      .catch((err) => console.error(err));
+    // not using cancellationToken due to complexity with bulk request (would only want to cancel if member agreed)
+    cancellationToken;
+
+    const request = await this.requestProxy.request(chunk.segment, bounds);
+    chunk.leaves = decodeChunkedGraphChunk(request);
+    // .catch((err) => console.error(err));
   }
 
   getChunk(chunkGridPosition: Float32Array, segment: Uint64) {
@@ -466,7 +516,6 @@ export class ChunkedGraphLayer extends withSegmentationLayerBackendState(
 
           forEachVisibleSegment(this, (segment, _) => {
             if (isBaseSegmentId(segment, this.nBitsForLayerId.value)) return; // TODO maybe support highBitRepresentation?
-            // TODO
             const chunk = source.getChunk(curPositionInChunks, segment.clone());
             chunkManager.requestChunk(
               chunk,