diff --git a/quickwit/Cargo.lock b/quickwit/Cargo.lock
index 6a91de1b6f8..95647618dc7 100644
--- a/quickwit/Cargo.lock
+++ b/quickwit/Cargo.lock
@@ -5389,24 +5389,6 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-<<<<<<< HEAD
-=======
-name = "quickwit-metastore-utils"
-version = "0.1.0"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "async-trait",
- "futures",
- "quickwit-common",
- "quickwit-proto",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
- "structopt",
- "tokio",
-]
-
-[[package]]
->>>>>>> 476dce104 (POC)
 name = "quickwit-opentelemetry"
 version = "0.6.2"
 dependencies = [
diff --git a/quickwit/Cargo.toml b/quickwit/Cargo.toml
index b570ec774ee..c3a62d02c10 100644
--- a/quickwit/Cargo.toml
+++ b/quickwit/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ arc-swap = "1.6"
 assert-json-diff = "2"
 async-speed-limit = "0.4"
 async-trait = "0.1"
+async-compression = { version = "0.4.1", features = ["gzip", "futures-io"] }
+atty = "0.2"
 backoff = { version = "0.4", features = ["tokio"] }
 base64 = "0.21"
 byte-unit = { version = "4", default-features = false, features = ["serde", "std"] }
@@ -138,6 +140,7 @@ regex = "1.9.1"
 reqwest = { version = "0.11", default-features = false, features = [
   "json",
   "rustls-tls",
+  "stream",
 ] }
 rust-embed = "6.8.1"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive", "rc"] }
diff --git a/quickwit/quickwit-common/src/stream_utils.rs b/quickwit/quickwit-common/src/stream_utils.rs
index 3a95b02930e..1cff9734d07 100644
--- a/quickwit/quickwit-common/src/stream_utils.rs
+++ b/quickwit/quickwit-common/src/stream_utils.rs
@@ -33,20 +33,16 @@ pub struct ServiceStream<T> {
     inner: BoxStream<T>,
 }
 
-impl<T> fmt::Debug for ServiceStream<T>
-where T: 'static
-impl<T, E> ServiceStream<T, E> {
-    pub fn new(inner: BoxStream<Result<T, E>>) -> Self {
+impl<T> ServiceStream<T>
+where T: Send + 'static
+{
+    pub fn new(inner: BoxStream<T>) -> Self {
         Self { inner }
     }
 }
 
-impl<T, E> Unpin for ServiceStream<T, E> {}
-
-impl<T, E> ServiceStream<T, E>
-where
-    T: Send + 'static,
-    E: Send + 'static,
+impl<T> fmt::Debug for ServiceStream<T>
+where T: Send + 'static
 {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         write!(f, "ServiceStream<{:?}>", TypeId::of::<T>())
diff --git a/quickwit/quickwit-metastore-utils/Cargo.toml b/quickwit/quickwit-metastore-utils/Cargo.toml
index 1595cc83306..2661752d907 100644
--- a/quickwit/quickwit-metastore-utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/quickwit/quickwit-metastore-utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ quickwit-common = { workspace = true }
 quickwit-proto = { workspace = true }
 serde = "1"
 structopt = "0.3"
-tokio = {workspace = true}
+tokio = { workspace = true}
diff --git a/quickwit/quickwit-metastore/src/metastore/file_backed_metastore/mod.rs b/quickwit/quickwit-metastore/src/metastore/file_backed_metastore/mod.rs
index f5bca5f778e..86632828753 100644
--- a/quickwit/quickwit-metastore/src/metastore/file_backed_metastore/mod.rs
+++ b/quickwit/quickwit-metastore/src/metastore/file_backed_metastore/mod.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ use self::store_operations::{
     check_indexes_states_exist, delete_index, fetch_index, fetch_or_init_indexes_states,
     index_exists, put_index, put_indexes_states,
 };
+use super::STREAM_SPLITS_CHUNK_SIZE;
 use crate::checkpoint::IndexCheckpointDelta;
 use crate::{
     IndexMetadata, ListSplitsQuery, Metastore, MetastoreError, MetastoreResult, Split,
@@ -553,14 +554,13 @@ impl Metastore for FileBackedMetastore {
             .await
     }
 
-    /// Stream splits
     async fn stream_splits(
         &self,
         query: ListSplitsQuery,
     ) -> MetastoreResult<ServiceStream<Vec<Split>, MetastoreError>> {
         let splits = self.list_splits(query).await?;
         let chunks = splits
-            .chunks(100)
+            .chunks(STREAM_SPLITS_CHUNK_SIZE)
             .map(|chunk| Ok(chunk.to_vec()))
             .collect_vec();
         let stream_ok = futures::stream::iter(chunks.into_iter());
diff --git a/quickwit/quickwit-metastore/src/metastore/mod.rs b/quickwit/quickwit-metastore/src/metastore/mod.rs
index 92030bbedcb..ae272fc5ee6 100644
--- a/quickwit/quickwit-metastore/src/metastore/mod.rs
+++ b/quickwit/quickwit-metastore/src/metastore/mod.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ use time::OffsetDateTime;
 use crate::checkpoint::IndexCheckpointDelta;
 use crate::{MetastoreError, MetastoreResult, Split, SplitMetadata, SplitState};
 
+/// Splits batch size returned by the stream splits API
+const STREAM_SPLITS_CHUNK_SIZE: usize = 100;
+
 /// Metastore meant to manage Quickwit's indexes, their splits and delete tasks.
 ///
 /// I. Index and splits management.
diff --git a/quickwit/quickwit-metastore/src/metastore/postgresql_metastore.rs b/quickwit/quickwit-metastore/src/metastore/postgresql_metastore.rs
index 156f4b725b2..e1c01b477dc 100644
--- a/quickwit/quickwit-metastore/src/metastore/postgresql_metastore.rs
+++ b/quickwit/quickwit-metastore/src/metastore/postgresql_metastore.rs
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fmt::{Display, Write};
 use std::ops::Bound;
-use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::pin::Pin;
+use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::task::{Context, Poll};
 use std::time::Duration;
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ use tokio_stream::Stream;
 use tracing::log::LevelFilter;
 use tracing::{debug, error, info, instrument, warn};
 
+use super::STREAM_SPLITS_CHUNK_SIZE;
 use crate::checkpoint::IndexCheckpointDelta;
 use crate::metastore::instrumented_metastore::InstrumentedMetastore;
 use crate::metastore::postgresql_model::{
@@ -786,7 +787,7 @@ impl Metastore for PostgresqlMetastore {
                 }
                 Err(error) => Err(MetastoreError::from(error)),
             })
-            .chunks(100)
+            .chunks(STREAM_SPLITS_CHUNK_SIZE)
             .map(|chunk| {
                 chunk
                     .into_iter()
diff --git a/quickwit/quickwit-proto/protos/quickwit/metastore.proto b/quickwit/quickwit-proto/protos/quickwit/metastore.proto
index 2aa1a34d6bf..030a2111be5 100644
--- a/quickwit/quickwit-proto/protos/quickwit/metastore.proto
+++ b/quickwit/quickwit-proto/protos/quickwit/metastore.proto
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ service MetastoreService {
   rpc list_splits(ListSplitsRequest) returns (ListSplitsResponse);
 
   /// Stream splits from index.
-  rpc StreamSplits(ListSplitsRequest) returns (stream ListSplitsResponse);
+  rpc stream_splits(ListSplitsRequest) returns (stream ListSplitsResponse);
 
   // Stages several splits.
   rpc stage_splits(StageSplitsRequest) returns (SplitResponse);
diff --git a/quickwit/quickwit-proto/src/quickwit/quickwit.metastore.rs b/quickwit/quickwit-proto/src/quickwit/quickwit.metastore.rs
index e8ba3f7f31c..9775fc6e4f0 100644
--- a/quickwit/quickwit-proto/src/quickwit/quickwit.metastore.rs
+++ b/quickwit/quickwit-proto/src/quickwit/quickwit.metastore.rs
@@ -543,14 +543,14 @@ pub mod metastore_service_client {
                 })?;
             let codec = tonic::codec::ProstCodec::default();
             let path = http::uri::PathAndQuery::from_static(
-                "/quickwit_metastore_api.MetastoreApiService/StreamSplits",
+                "/quickwit.metastore.MetastoreService/stream_splits",
             );
             let mut req = request.into_request();
             req.extensions_mut()
                 .insert(
                     GrpcMethod::new(
-                        "quickwit_metastore_api.MetastoreApiService",
-                        "StreamSplits",
+                        "quickwit.metastore.MetastoreService",
+                        "stream_splits",
                     ),
                 );
             self.inner.server_streaming(req, path, codec).await
@@ -985,8 +985,8 @@ pub mod metastore_service_server {
             tonic::Response<super::ListSplitsResponse>,
             tonic::Status,
         >;
-        /// Server streaming response type for the StreamSplits method.
-        type StreamSplitsStream: futures_core::Stream<
+        /// Server streaming response type for the stream_splits method.
+        type stream_splitsStream: futures_core::Stream<
                 Item = std::result::Result<super::ListSplitsResponse, tonic::Status>,
             >
             + Send
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ pub mod metastore_service_server {
             &self,
             request: tonic::Request<super::ListSplitsRequest>,
         ) -> std::result::Result<
-            tonic::Response<Self::StreamSplitsStream>,
+            tonic::Response<Self::stream_splitsStream>,
             tonic::Status,
         >;
         /// Stages several splits.
@@ -1430,15 +1430,15 @@ pub mod metastore_service_server {
                     };
                     Box::pin(fut)
                 }
-                "/quickwit.metastore.MetastoreService/StreamSplits" => {
+                "/quickwit.metastore.MetastoreService/stream_splits" => {
                     #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
-                    struct StreamSplitsSvc<T: MetastoreApiService>(pub Arc<T>);
+                    struct stream_splitsSvc<T: MetastoreService>(pub Arc<T>);
                     impl<
-                        T: MetastoreApiService,
+                        T: MetastoreService,
                     > tonic::server::ServerStreamingService<super::ListSplitsRequest>
-                    for StreamSplitsSvc<T> {
+                    for stream_splitsSvc<T> {
                         type Response = super::ListSplitsResponse;
-                        type ResponseStream = T::StreamSplitsStream;
+                        type ResponseStream = T::stream_splitsStream;
                         type Future = BoxFuture<
                             tonic::Response<Self::ResponseStream>,
                             tonic::Status,
@@ -1461,7 +1461,7 @@ pub mod metastore_service_server {
                     let inner = self.inner.clone();
                     let fut = async move {
                         let inner = inner.0;
-                        let method = StreamSplitsSvc(inner);
+                        let method = stream_splitsSvc(inner);
                         let codec = tonic::codec::ProstCodec::default();
                         let mut grpc = tonic::server::Grpc::new(codec)
                             .apply_compression_config(