diff --git a/src/store/updates.rs b/src/store/updates.rs
index 521bb359e..22968738f 100644
--- a/src/store/updates.rs
+++ b/src/store/updates.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,16 @@ impl Updates {
         Ok(Some((number, last_data)))
     }
 
+    pub fn contains<T: rkv::Readable>(
+        &self,
+        reader: &T,
+        update_id: u64,
+    ) -> Result<bool, rkv::StoreError>
+    {
+        let update_id_bytes = update_id.to_be_bytes();
+        self.updates.get(reader, update_id_bytes).map(|v| v.is_some())
+    }
+
     pub fn push_back(
         &self,
         writer: &mut rkv::Writer,
diff --git a/src/store/updates_results.rs b/src/store/updates_results.rs
index 22bd35976..0a99c18df 100644
--- a/src/store/updates_results.rs
+++ b/src/store/updates_results.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use rkv::Value;
 use crate::update::UpdateResult;
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
@@ -13,19 +14,27 @@ impl UpdatesResults {
         update_result: &UpdateResult,
     ) -> Result<(), rkv::StoreError>
     {
-        // let update = rmp_serde::to_vec_named(&addition)?;
-
-        // WARN could not retrieve the last key/data entry of a tree...
-        // self.updates.get(writer, )?;
-
-        unimplemented!()
+        let update_id_bytes = update_id.to_be_bytes();
+        let update_result = bincode::serialize(&update_result).unwrap();
+        let blob = Value::Blob(&update_result);
+        self.updates_results.put(writer, update_id_bytes, &blob)
     }
 
     pub fn update_result<T: rkv::Readable>(
+        &self,
         reader: &T,
         update_id: u64,
     ) -> Result<Option<UpdateResult>, rkv::StoreError>
     {
-        unimplemented!()
+        let update_id_bytes = update_id.to_be_bytes();
+
+        match self.updates_results.get(reader, update_id_bytes)? {
+            Some(Value::Blob(bytes)) => {
+                let update_result = bincode::deserialize(&bytes).unwrap();
+                Ok(Some(update_result))
+            },
+            Some(value) => panic!("invalid type {:?}", value),
+            None => Ok(None),
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/update/mod.rs b/src/update/mod.rs
index da560c521..742c716fe 100644
--- a/src/update/mod.rs
+++ b/src/update/mod.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,32 @@ pub struct UpdateResult {
     pub detailed_duration: DetailedDuration,
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub enum UpdateStatus {
+    Enqueued,
+    Processed(UpdateResult),
+    Unknown,
+}
+
+pub fn update_status<T: rkv::Readable>(
+    reader: &T,
+    updates_store: store::Updates,
+    updates_results_store: store::UpdatesResults,
+    update_id: u64,
+) -> Result<UpdateStatus, rkv::StoreError>
+{
+    match updates_results_store.update_result(reader, update_id)? {
+        Some(result) => Ok(UpdateStatus::Processed(result)),
+        None => {
+            if updates_store.contains(reader, update_id)? {
+                Ok(UpdateStatus::Enqueued)
+            } else {
+                Ok(UpdateStatus::Unknown)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn push_documents_addition<D: serde::Serialize>(
     writer: &mut rkv::Writer,
     updates_store: store::Updates,