diff --git a/sync-server/src/app_state/database/queries.rs b/sync-server/src/app_state/database/queries.rs
index 10b65d93..f345a2bc 100644
--- a/sync-server/src/app_state/database/queries.rs
+++ b/sync-server/src/app_state/database/queries.rs
@@ -61,6 +61,19 @@ impl Database {
         })
     }
 
+    pub async fn get_latest_document_metadata(
+        tx: &mut Transaction<'_>,
+        id: &DocumentId,
+    ) -> Result<Option<DocumentVersionWithoutContent>> {
+        Ok(sqlx::query_as::<_, DocumentVersionWithoutContent>(
+            "SELECT vault_update_id, document_id, updated_date, user_id, device_id, length(content) AS content_size
+             FROM documents WHERE document_id = ? ORDER BY vault_update_id DESC LIMIT 1",
+        )
+        .bind(id.hyphenated())
+        .fetch_optional(&mut **tx)
+        .await?)
+    }
+
     pub async fn get_document_version(
         &self,
         vault: &VaultId,
diff --git a/sync-server/src/server/endpoints/fetch_latest_document_metadata.rs b/sync-server/src/server/endpoints/fetch_latest_document_metadata.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..75b1a1e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sync-server/src/server/endpoints/fetch_latest_document_metadata.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+use anyhow::anyhow;
+use axum::{
+    Json,
+    extract::{Path, State},
+};
+use log::debug;
+
+use super::VaultPath;
+use crate::{
+    app_state::{
+        AppState,
+        database::{
+            Database,
+            models::{DocumentId, DocumentVersionWithoutContent},
+        },
+    },
+    errors::{SyncServerError, not_found_error, server_error},
+};
+
+#[axum::debug_handler]
+pub async fn fetch_latest_document_metadata(
+    Path((VaultPath(vault_id), document_id)): Path<(VaultPath, DocumentId)>,
+    State(state): State<AppState>,
+) -> Result<Json<DocumentVersionWithoutContent>, SyncServerError> {
+    debug!("Fetching latest document metadata for document `{document_id}` in vault `{vault_id}`");
+
+    let mut tx = state
+        .database
+        .create_readonly_transaction(&vault_id)
+        .await
+        .map_err(server_error)?;
+
+    let metadata = Database::get_latest_document_metadata(&mut tx, &document_id)
+        .await
+        .map_err(server_error)?
+        .ok_or_else(|| not_found_error(anyhow!("Document does not exist")))?;
+
+    Ok(Json(metadata))
+}