diff --git a/e2e/tests/functional/plugins/displayLayout/displayLayout.e2e.spec.js b/e2e/tests/functional/plugins/displayLayout/displayLayout.e2e.spec.js
index 37c413755b..5c41f2d418 100644
--- a/e2e/tests/functional/plugins/displayLayout/displayLayout.e2e.spec.js
+++ b/e2e/tests/functional/plugins/displayLayout/displayLayout.e2e.spec.js
@@ -205,6 +205,71 @@ test.describe('Display Layout', () => {
 
     expect(await page.locator('.l-layout .l-layout__frame').count()).toEqual(0);
   });
+
+  test('When multiple plots are contained in a layout, we only ask for annotations once @couchdb', async ({
+    page
+  }) => {
+    // Create another Sine Wave Generator
+    const anotherSineWaveObject = await createDomainObjectWithDefaults(page, {
+      type: 'Sine Wave Generator'
+    });
+    // Create a Display Layout
+    await createDomainObjectWithDefaults(page, {
+      type: 'Display Layout',
+      name: 'Test Display Layout'
+    });
+    // Edit Display Layout
+    await page.locator('[title="Edit"]').click();
+
+    // Expand the 'My Items' folder in the left tree
+    await page.locator('.c-tree__item__view-control.c-disclosure-triangle').click();
+    // Add the Sine Wave Generator to the Display Layout and save changes
+    const treePane = page.getByRole('tree', {
+      name: 'Main Tree'
+    });
+    const sineWaveGeneratorTreeItem = treePane.getByRole('treeitem', {
+      name: new RegExp(sineWaveObject.name)
+    });
+
+    let layoutGridHolder = page.locator('.l-layout__grid-holder');
+    // eslint-disable-next-line playwright/no-force-option
+    await sineWaveGeneratorTreeItem.dragTo(layoutGridHolder, { force: true });
+
+    await page.getByText('View type').click();
+    await page.getByText('Overlay Plot').click();
+
+    const anotherSineWaveGeneratorTreeItem = treePane.getByRole('treeitem', {
+      name: new RegExp(anotherSineWaveObject.name)
+    });
+    layoutGridHolder = page.locator('.l-layout__grid-holder');
+    // eslint-disable-next-line playwright/no-force-option
+    await anotherSineWaveGeneratorTreeItem.dragTo(layoutGridHolder, { force: true });
+
+    await page.getByText('View type').click();
+    await page.getByText('Overlay Plot').click();
+
+    await page.locator('button[title="Save"]').click();
+    await page.locator('text=Save and Finish Editing').click();
+
+    // Time to inspect some network traffic
+    let networkRequests = [];
+    page.on('request', (request) => {
+      const searchRequest = request.url().endsWith('_find');
+      const fetchRequest = request.resourceType() === 'fetch';
+      if (searchRequest && fetchRequest) {
+        networkRequests.push(request);
+      }
+    });
+
+    await page.reload();
+
+    // wait for annotations requests to be batched and requested
+    await page.waitForLoadState('networkidle');
+
+    // Network requests for the composite telemetry with multiple items should be:
+    // 1.  a single batched request for annotations
+    expect(networkRequests.length).toBe(1);
+  });
 });
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/plugins/persistence/couch/CouchSearchProvider.js b/src/plugins/persistence/couch/CouchSearchProvider.js
index aa7efa74d8..53cb8b9d68 100644
--- a/src/plugins/persistence/couch/CouchSearchProvider.js
+++ b/src/plugins/persistence/couch/CouchSearchProvider.js
@@ -27,7 +27,13 @@
 // If the above namespace is ever resolved, we can fold this search provider
 // back into the object provider.
 
+const BATCH_ANNOTATION_DEBOUNCE_MS = 100;
+
 class CouchSearchProvider {
+  #bulkPromise;
+  #batchIds;
+  #lastAbortSignal;
+
   constructor(couchObjectProvider) {
     this.couchObjectProvider = couchObjectProvider;
     this.searchTypes = couchObjectProvider.openmct.objects.SEARCH_TYPES;
@@ -36,6 +42,8 @@ class CouchSearchProvider {
       this.searchTypes.ANNOTATIONS,
       this.searchTypes.TAGS
     ];
+    this.#batchIds = [];
+    this.#bulkPromise = null;
   }
 
   supportsSearchType(searchType) {
@@ -68,28 +76,77 @@ class CouchSearchProvider {
     return this.couchObjectProvider.getObjectsByFilter(filter, abortSignal);
   }
 
-  searchForAnnotations(keyString, abortSignal) {
+  async #deferBatchAnnotationSearch() {
+    // We until the next event loop cycle to "collect" all of the get
+    // requests triggered in this iteration of the event loop
+    await this.#waitForDebounce();
+    const batchIdsToSearch = [...this.#batchIds];
+    this.#clearBatch();
+    return this.#bulkAnnotationSearch(batchIdsToSearch);
+  }
+
+  #clearBatch() {
+    this.#batchIds = [];
+    this.#bulkPromise = undefined;
+  }
+
+  #waitForDebounce() {
+    let timeoutID;
+    clearTimeout(timeoutID);
+
+    return new Promise((resolve) => {
+      timeoutID = setTimeout(() => {
+        resolve();
+      }, BATCH_ANNOTATION_DEBOUNCE_MS);
+    });
+  }
+
+  #bulkAnnotationSearch(batchIdsToSearch) {
     const filter = {
       selector: {
         $and: [
-          {
-            model: {
-              targets: {}
-            }
-          },
           {
             'model.type': {
               $eq: 'annotation'
             }
+          },
+          {
+            $or: []
           }
         ]
       }
     };
-    filter.selector.$and[0].model.targets[keyString] = {
-      $exists: true
-    };
+    let lastAbortSignal = null;
+    // TODO: should remove duplicates from batchIds
+    batchIdsToSearch.forEach(({ keyString, abortSignal }) => {
+      const modelFilter = {
+        model: {
+          targets: {}
+        }
+      };
+      modelFilter.model.targets[keyString] = {
+        $exists: true
+      };
 
-    return this.couchObjectProvider.getObjectsByFilter(filter, abortSignal);
+      filter.selector.$and[1].$or.push(modelFilter);
+      lastAbortSignal = abortSignal;
+    });
+
+    return this.couchObjectProvider.getObjectsByFilter(filter, lastAbortSignal);
+  }
+
+  async searchForAnnotations(keyString, abortSignal) {
+    this.#batchIds.push({ keyString, abortSignal });
+    if (!this.#bulkPromise) {
+      this.#bulkPromise = this.#deferBatchAnnotationSearch();
+    }
+
+    const returnedData = await this.#bulkPromise;
+    // only return data that matches the keystring
+    const filteredByKeyString = returnedData.filter((foundAnnotation) => {
+      return foundAnnotation.targets[keyString];
+    });
+    return filteredByKeyString;
   }
 
   searchForTags(tagsArray, abortSignal) {