diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a36c568b5..baeb7b4b9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -611,6 +611,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "wyz",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "blake2"
+version = "0.10.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "46502ad458c9a52b69d4d4d32775c788b7a1b85e8bc9d482d92250fc0e3f8efe"
+dependencies = [
+ "digest",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "block-buffer"
 version = "0.10.4"
@@ -3800,6 +3809,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "big_s",
  "bimap",
  "bincode",
+ "blake2",
  "bstr",
  "bumpalo",
  "bumparaw-collections",
diff --git a/crates/index-scheduler/src/scheduler/process_index_operation.rs b/crates/index-scheduler/src/scheduler/process_index_operation.rs
index 093c6209d..6be4f4d31 100644
--- a/crates/index-scheduler/src/scheduler/process_index_operation.rs
+++ b/crates/index-scheduler/src/scheduler/process_index_operation.rs
@@ -115,6 +115,19 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
 
                 let indexer_config = self.index_mapper.indexer_config();
                 let pool = &indexer_config.thread_pool;
+                let network = self.network();
+                let shards: Vec<&str> = network
+                    .local
+                    .as_deref()
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .chain(
+                        network
+                            .remotes
+                            .keys()
+                            .map(|s| s.as_str())
+                            .filter(|s| Some(s) != network.local.as_deref().as_ref()),
+                    )
+                    .collect();
 
                 progress.update_progress(DocumentOperationProgress::ComputingDocumentChanges);
                 let (document_changes, operation_stats, primary_key) = indexer
@@ -126,6 +139,7 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
                         &mut new_fields_ids_map,
                         &|| must_stop_processing.get(),
                         progress.clone(),
+                        &shards,
                     )
                     .map_err(|e| Error::from_milli(e, Some(index_uid.clone())))?;
 
diff --git a/crates/meilisearch/tests/network/mod.rs b/crates/meilisearch/tests/network/mod.rs
index 60f73ed40..da9536a2f 100644
--- a/crates/meilisearch/tests/network/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/meilisearch/tests/network/mod.rs
@@ -623,3 +623,88 @@ async fn get_and_set_network() {
     }
     "###);
 }
+
+
+#[actix_rt::test]
+async fn index_with_shards() {
+    let server = Server::new().await;
+
+    let (response, code) = server.set_features(json!({"network": true})).await;
+    meili_snap::snapshot!(code, @"200 OK");
+    meili_snap::snapshot!(meili_snap::json_string!(response["network"]), @r#"true"#);
+
+    // adding self
+    let (response, code) = server.set_network(json!({"self": "myself"})).await;
+    meili_snap::snapshot!(code, @"200 OK");
+    meili_snap::snapshot!(meili_snap::json_string!(response), @r###"
+    {
+      "self": "myself",
+      "remotes": {}
+    }
+    "###);
+
+    // adding remotes
+    let (response, code) = server
+        .set_network(json!({
+          "self": "myself",
+          "remotes": {
+            "myself": {
+                "url": "http://localhost:7700"
+            },
+            "thy": {
+                "url": "http://localhost:7701",
+                "searchApiKey": "foo"
+            }
+        }}))
+        .await;
+
+    meili_snap::snapshot!(code, @"200 OK");
+    meili_snap::snapshot!(meili_snap::json_string!(response), @r###"
+    {
+      "self": "myself",
+      "remotes": {
+        "myself": {
+          "url": "http://localhost:7700",
+          "searchApiKey": null
+        },
+        "thy": {
+          "url": "http://localhost:7701",
+          "searchApiKey": "foo"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    "###);
+
+    // adding one remote
+    let (response, code) = server
+        .set_network(json!({"remotes": {
+            "them": {
+                "url": "http://localhost:7702",
+                "searchApiKey": "baz"
+            }
+        }}))
+        .await;
+
+    meili_snap::snapshot!(code, @"200 OK");
+    meili_snap::snapshot!(meili_snap::json_string!(response), @r###"
+    {
+      "self": "myself",
+      "remotes": {
+        "myself": {
+          "url": "http://localhost:7700",
+          "searchApiKey": null
+        },
+        "them": {
+          "url": "http://localhost:7702",
+          "searchApiKey": "baz"
+        },
+        "thy": {
+          "url": "http://localhost:7701",
+          "searchApiKey": "bar"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    "###);
+
+
+}
diff --git a/crates/milli/Cargo.toml b/crates/milli/Cargo.toml
index 909a5f8f9..717c17183 100644
--- a/crates/milli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/milli/Cargo.toml
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ utoipa = { version = "5.3.1", features = [
     "openapi_extensions",
 ] }
 lru = "0.13.0"
+blake2 = "0.10.6"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 mimalloc = { version = "0.1.43", default-features = false }
diff --git a/crates/milli/src/search/new/tests/integration.rs b/crates/milli/src/search/new/tests/integration.rs
index 4a6cc9b90..9551ef290 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/search/new/tests/integration.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/search/new/tests/integration.rs
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ pub fn setup_search_index_with_criteria(criteria: &[Criterion]) -> Index {
             &mut new_fields_ids_map,
             &|| false,
             Progress::default(),
+            &[],
         )
         .unwrap();
 
diff --git a/crates/milli/src/test_index.rs b/crates/milli/src/test_index.rs
index dfd570b96..d37e918e1 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/test_index.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/test_index.rs
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ impl TempIndex {
             &mut new_fields_ids_map,
             &|| false,
             Progress::default(),
+            &[],
         )?;
 
         if let Some(error) = operation_stats.into_iter().find_map(|stat| stat.error) {
@@ -166,6 +167,7 @@ impl TempIndex {
             &mut new_fields_ids_map,
             &|| false,
             Progress::default(),
+            &[],
         )?;
 
         if let Some(error) = operation_stats.into_iter().find_map(|stat| stat.error) {
@@ -240,6 +242,7 @@ fn aborting_indexation() {
             &mut new_fields_ids_map,
             &|| false,
             Progress::default(),
+            &[],
         )
         .unwrap();
 
diff --git a/crates/milli/src/update/index_documents/mod.rs b/crates/milli/src/update/index_documents/mod.rs
index 379b991e0..577ce9987 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/update/index_documents/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/update/index_documents/mod.rs
@@ -1955,6 +1955,7 @@ mod tests {
                 &mut new_fields_ids_map,
                 &|| false,
                 Progress::default(),
+                &[],
             )
             .unwrap();
 
@@ -2007,6 +2008,7 @@ mod tests {
                 &mut new_fields_ids_map,
                 &|| false,
                 Progress::default(),
+                &[],
             )
             .unwrap();
 
@@ -2094,6 +2096,7 @@ mod tests {
                 &mut new_fields_ids_map,
                 &|| false,
                 Progress::default(),
+                &[],
             )
             .unwrap();
 
@@ -2282,6 +2285,7 @@ mod tests {
                 &mut new_fields_ids_map,
                 &|| false,
                 Progress::default(),
+                &[],
             )
             .unwrap();
 
@@ -2344,6 +2348,7 @@ mod tests {
                 &mut new_fields_ids_map,
                 &|| false,
                 Progress::default(),
+                &[],
             )
             .unwrap();
 
@@ -2397,6 +2402,7 @@ mod tests {
                 &mut new_fields_ids_map,
                 &|| false,
                 Progress::default(),
+                &[],
             )
             .unwrap();
 
@@ -2449,6 +2455,7 @@ mod tests {
                 &mut new_fields_ids_map,
                 &|| false,
                 Progress::default(),
+                &[],
             )
             .unwrap();
 
@@ -2503,6 +2510,7 @@ mod tests {
                 &mut new_fields_ids_map,
                 &|| false,
                 Progress::default(),
+                &[],
             )
             .unwrap();
 
@@ -2562,6 +2570,7 @@ mod tests {
                 &mut new_fields_ids_map,
                 &|| false,
                 Progress::default(),
+                &[],
             )
             .unwrap();
 
@@ -2614,6 +2623,7 @@ mod tests {
                 &mut new_fields_ids_map,
                 &|| false,
                 Progress::default(),
+                &[],
             )
             .unwrap();
 
@@ -2666,6 +2676,7 @@ mod tests {
                 &mut new_fields_ids_map,
                 &|| false,
                 Progress::default(),
+                &[],
             )
             .unwrap();
 
@@ -2864,6 +2875,7 @@ mod tests {
                 &mut new_fields_ids_map,
                 &|| false,
                 Progress::default(),
+                &[],
             )
             .unwrap();
 
@@ -2923,6 +2935,7 @@ mod tests {
                 &mut new_fields_ids_map,
                 &|| false,
                 Progress::default(),
+                &[],
             )
             .unwrap();
 
@@ -2979,6 +2992,7 @@ mod tests {
                 &mut new_fields_ids_map,
                 &|| false,
                 Progress::default(),
+                &[],
             )
             .unwrap();
 
diff --git a/crates/milli/src/update/new/indexer/document_operation.rs b/crates/milli/src/update/new/indexer/document_operation.rs
index ca433c043..00d73895f 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/update/new/indexer/document_operation.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/update/new/indexer/document_operation.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
 
+use blake2::{Blake2b512, Digest};
 use bumpalo::collections::CollectIn;
 use bumpalo::Bump;
 use bumparaw_collections::RawMap;
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ impl<'pl> DocumentOperation<'pl> {
         new_fields_ids_map: &mut FieldsIdsMap,
         must_stop_processing: &MSP,
         progress: Progress,
+        shards: &[&str],
     ) -> Result<(DocumentOperationChanges<'pl>, Vec<PayloadStats>, Option<PrimaryKey<'pl>>)>
     where
         MSP: Fn() -> bool,
@@ -108,6 +110,7 @@ impl<'pl> DocumentOperation<'pl> {
                     &docids_version_offsets,
                     IndexDocumentsMethod::ReplaceDocuments,
                     payload,
+                    shards,
                 ),
                 Payload::Update(payload) => extract_addition_payload_changes(
                     indexer,
@@ -121,6 +124,7 @@ impl<'pl> DocumentOperation<'pl> {
                     &docids_version_offsets,
                     IndexDocumentsMethod::UpdateDocuments,
                     payload,
+                    shards,
                 ),
                 Payload::Deletion(to_delete) => extract_deletion_payload_changes(
                     index,
@@ -128,6 +132,7 @@ impl<'pl> DocumentOperation<'pl> {
                     &mut available_docids,
                     &docids_version_offsets,
                     to_delete,
+                    shards,
                 ),
             };
 
@@ -174,6 +179,7 @@ fn extract_addition_payload_changes<'r, 'pl: 'r>(
     main_docids_version_offsets: &hashbrown::HashMap<&'pl str, PayloadOperations<'pl>>,
     method: IndexDocumentsMethod,
     payload: &'pl [u8],
+    shards: &[&str],
 ) -> Result<hashbrown::HashMap<&'pl str, PayloadOperations<'pl>>> {
     use IndexDocumentsMethod::{ReplaceDocuments, UpdateDocuments};
 
@@ -184,7 +190,7 @@ fn extract_addition_payload_changes<'r, 'pl: 'r>(
     while let Some(doc) = iter.next().transpose().map_err(InternalError::SerdeJson)? {
         *bytes = previous_offset as u64;
 
-        // Only guess the primary key if it is the first document
+        // Only guess the primary key if it is the first document and whatever the shard is
         let retrieved_primary_key = if previous_offset == 0 {
             let doc = RawMap::from_raw_value_and_hasher(doc, FxBuildHasher, indexer)
                 .map(Some)
@@ -213,6 +219,11 @@ fn extract_addition_payload_changes<'r, 'pl: 'r>(
         let external_id =
             retrieved_primary_key.extract_fields_and_docid(doc, new_fields_ids_map, indexer)?;
 
+        if must_be_skipped(external_id.to_de(), shards) {
+            previous_offset = iter.byte_offset();
+            continue;
+        }
+
         let external_id = external_id.to_de();
         let current_offset = iter.byte_offset();
         let document_offset = DocumentOffset { content: &payload[previous_offset..current_offset] };
@@ -330,10 +341,15 @@ fn extract_deletion_payload_changes<'s, 'pl: 's>(
     available_docids: &mut AvailableIds,
     main_docids_version_offsets: &hashbrown::HashMap<&'s str, PayloadOperations<'pl>>,
     to_delete: &'pl [&'pl str],
+    shards: &[&str],
 ) -> Result<hashbrown::HashMap<&'s str, PayloadOperations<'pl>>> {
     let mut new_docids_version_offsets = hashbrown::HashMap::<&str, PayloadOperations<'pl>>::new();
 
     for external_id in to_delete {
+        if must_be_skipped(external_id, shards) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
         match main_docids_version_offsets.get(external_id) {
             None => {
                 match index.external_documents_ids().get(rtxn, external_id) {
@@ -612,3 +628,25 @@ pub fn first_update_pointer(docops: &[InnerDocOp]) -> Option<usize> {
         InnerDocOp::Deletion => None,
     })
 }
+
+fn must_be_skipped(pk: &str, shards: &[&str]) -> bool {
+    // Special case for no shard, it means we must index the document
+    if shards.is_empty() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // If there is multiple shards, the fisrt shard is ourselves
+    let mut hasher = Blake2b512::new();
+    hasher.update(shards[0].as_bytes());
+    hasher.update(pk.as_bytes());
+    let me = hasher.finalize();
+
+    shards.iter().skip(1).any(|shard| {
+        let mut hasher = Blake2b512::new();
+        hasher.update(shard.as_bytes());
+        hasher.update(pk.as_bytes());
+        let them = hasher.finalize();
+
+        me < them
+    })
+}
diff --git a/crates/milli/tests/search/facet_distribution.rs b/crates/milli/tests/search/facet_distribution.rs
index 8934cbea4..b3592b20a 100644
--- a/crates/milli/tests/search/facet_distribution.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/tests/search/facet_distribution.rs
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ fn test_facet_distribution_with_no_facet_values() {
             &mut new_fields_ids_map,
             &|| false,
             Progress::default(),
+            &[],
         )
         .unwrap();
 
diff --git a/crates/milli/tests/search/mod.rs b/crates/milli/tests/search/mod.rs
index 906956716..64245e9f1 100644
--- a/crates/milli/tests/search/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/tests/search/mod.rs
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ pub fn setup_search_index_with_criteria(criteria: &[Criterion]) -> Index {
             &mut new_fields_ids_map,
             &|| false,
             Progress::default(),
+            &[],
         )
         .unwrap();
 
diff --git a/crates/milli/tests/search/query_criteria.rs b/crates/milli/tests/search/query_criteria.rs
index 1acc89484..3dc9cb89f 100644
--- a/crates/milli/tests/search/query_criteria.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/tests/search/query_criteria.rs
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ fn criteria_ascdesc() {
             &mut new_fields_ids_map,
             &|| false,
             Progress::default(),
+            &[],
         )
         .unwrap();
 
diff --git a/crates/milli/tests/search/typo_tolerance.rs b/crates/milli/tests/search/typo_tolerance.rs
index 3c0717063..57877ae69 100644
--- a/crates/milli/tests/search/typo_tolerance.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/tests/search/typo_tolerance.rs
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ fn test_typo_disabled_on_word() {
             &mut new_fields_ids_map,
             &|| false,
             Progress::default(),
+            &[],
         )
         .unwrap();