diff --git a/crates/radicle-protocol/src/fetcher.rs b/crates/radicle-protocol/src/fetcher.rs
index 31ba9257..00cbe20b 100644
--- a/crates/radicle-protocol/src/fetcher.rs
+++ b/crates/radicle-protocol/src/fetcher.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
+pub mod service;
+pub use service::FetcherService;
+
 pub mod state;
 pub use state::{ActiveFetch, Config, FetcherState, MaxQueueSize, Queue, QueueIter, QueuedFetch};
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test;
+
+// TODO(finto): `Service::fetch_refs_at` and the use of `refs_status_of` is a
+// layer above the `Fetcher` where it would perform I/O, mocked out by a trait,
+// to check if there are wants and add a fetch to the Fetcher.
diff --git a/crates/radicle-protocol/src/fetcher/service.rs b/crates/radicle-protocol/src/fetcher/service.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6d211ad9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/radicle-protocol/src/fetcher/service.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+use radicle_core::{NodeId, RepoId};
+
+use crate::fetcher::state::{command, event, Config, FetcherState, QueuedFetch};
+
+/// Service layer that wraps [`FetcherState`] and manages subscriber coalescing.
+///
+/// When multiple callers request the same fetch, their subscribers are collected
+/// and all notified when the fetch completes.
+///
+/// # Type Parameter
+/// - `S`: The subscriber type (e.g., `chan::Sender<FetchResult>`).
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct FetcherService<S> {
+    state: FetcherState,
+    subscribers: HashMap<FetchKey, Vec<S>>,
+}
+
+impl<S> FetcherService<S> {
+    /// Initialize the [`FetcherService`] with the give [`Config`].
+    pub fn new(config: Config) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            state: FetcherState::new(config),
+            subscribers: HashMap::new(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Provide a reference handle to the [`FetcherState`].
+    pub fn state(&self) -> &FetcherState {
+        &self.state
+    }
+}
+
+/// Key for pending subscribers.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
+struct FetchKey {
+    rid: RepoId,
+    node: NodeId,
+}
+
+impl FetchKey {
+    fn new(rid: RepoId, node: NodeId) -> Self {
+        Self { rid, node }
+    }
+}
+
+/// The result of calling [`FetcherService::fetch`].
+#[must_use]
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct FetchInitiated<S> {
+    /// The underlying result from calling [`FetcherState::fetch`].
+    pub event: event::Fetch,
+    /// Subscriber returned if fetch was rejected (queue at capacity).
+    pub rejected: Option<S>,
+}
+
+/// The result of calling [`FetcherService::fetched`].
+#[must_use]
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct FetchCompleted<S> {
+    /// The underlying result from calling [`FetcherState::fetched`].
+    pub event: event::Fetched,
+    /// All the subscribers that were interested in this given fetch.
+    pub subscribers: Vec<S>,
+}
+
+/// The result of calling [`FetcherService::cancel`].
+#[must_use]
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct FetchesCancelled<S> {
+    /// The underlying result from calling [`FetcherState::cancel`].
+    pub event: event::Cancel,
+    /// Orphaned subscribers paired with their [`RepoId`].
+    pub orphaned: Vec<(RepoId, S)>,
+}
+
+impl<S> FetcherService<S> {
+    /// Initiate a fetch, optionally registering a subscriber.
+    ///
+    /// Subscribers are coalesced: if the same `(rid, node)` is already being
+    /// fetched or queued, the subscriber joins the existing waiters.
+    ///
+    /// If the fetch could not be initiated, and also could not be queued, then
+    /// subscriber is returned to notify of the rejection.
+    ///
+    /// See [`FetcherState::fetch`].
+    pub fn fetch(&mut self, cmd: command::Fetch, subscriber: Option<S>) -> FetchInitiated<S> {
+        let key = FetchKey::new(cmd.rid, cmd.from);
+        let event = self.state.fetch(cmd);
+
+        let rejected = match &event {
+            event::Fetch::QueueAtCapacity { .. } => subscriber,
+            _ => {
+                if let Some(r) = subscriber {
+                    self.subscribers.entry(key).or_default().push(r);
+                }
+                None
+            }
+        };
+
+        FetchInitiated { event, rejected }
+    }
+
+    /// Mark a fetch as completed and retrieve waiting subscribers.
+    ///
+    /// See [`FetcherState::fetched`].
+    pub fn fetched(&mut self, cmd: command::Fetched) -> FetchCompleted<S> {
+        let key = FetchKey::new(cmd.rid, cmd.from);
+        let event = self.state.fetched(cmd);
+        let subscribers = self.subscribers.remove(&key).unwrap_or_default();
+        FetchCompleted { event, subscribers }
+    }
+
+    /// Cancel all fetches for a disconnected peer, returning any orphaned
+    /// subscribers.
+    ///
+    /// See [`FetcherState::cancel`].
+    pub fn cancel(&mut self, cmd: command::Cancel) -> FetchesCancelled<S> {
+        let from = cmd.from;
+        let event = self.state.cancel(cmd);
+
+        let mut orphaned = Vec::new();
+        self.subscribers.retain(|key, subscribers| {
+            if key.node == from {
+                orphaned.extend(subscribers.drain(..).map(|r| (key.rid, r)));
+                false
+            } else {
+                true
+            }
+        });
+
+        FetchesCancelled { event, orphaned }
+    }
+
+    /// Dequeue the next fetch for a node.
+    ///
+    /// See [`FetcherState::dequeue`].
+    pub fn dequeue(&mut self, from: &NodeId) -> Option<QueuedFetch> {
+        self.state.dequeue(from)
+    }
+}