diff --git a/batch/batch.go b/batch/batch.go
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+++ b/batch/batch.go
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+package batch
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/channeldb/kvdb"
+)
+
+// errSolo is a sentinel error indicating that the requester should re-run the
+// operation in isolation.
+var errSolo = errors.New(
+	"batch function returned an error and should be re-run solo",
+)
+
+type request struct {
+	*Request
+	errChan chan error
+}
+
+type batch struct {
+	db     kvdb.Backend
+	start  sync.Once
+	reqs   []*request
+	clear  func(b *batch)
+	locker sync.Locker
+}
+
+// trigger is the entry point for the batch and ensures that run is started at
+// most once.
+func (b *batch) trigger() {
+	b.start.Do(b.run)
+}
+
+// run executes the current batch of requests. If any individual requests fail
+// alongside others they will be retried by the caller.
+func (b *batch) run() {
+	// Clear the batch from its scheduler, ensuring that no new requests are
+	// added to this batch.
+	b.clear(b)
+
+	// If a cache lock was provided, hold it until the this method returns.
+	// This is critical for ensuring external consistency of the operation,
+	// so that caches don't get out of sync with the on disk state.
+	if b.locker != nil {
+		b.locker.Lock()
+		defer b.locker.Unlock()
+	}
+
+	// Apply the batch until a subset succeeds or all of them fail. Requests
+	// that fail will be retried individually.
+	for len(b.reqs) > 0 {
+		var failIdx = -1
+		err := kvdb.Update(b.db, func(tx kvdb.RwTx) error {
+			for i, req := range b.reqs {
+				err := req.Update(tx)
+				if err != nil {
+					failIdx = i
+					return err
+				}
+			}
+			return nil
+		}, func() {
+			for _, req := range b.reqs {
+				if req.Reset != nil {
+					req.Reset()
+				}
+			}
+		})
+
+		// If a request's Update failed, extract it and re-run the
+		// batch. The removed request will be retried individually by
+		// the caller.
+		if failIdx >= 0 {
+			req := b.reqs[failIdx]
+
+			// It's safe to shorten b.reqs here because the
+			// scheduler's batch no longer points to us.
+			b.reqs[failIdx] = b.reqs[len(b.reqs)-1]
+			b.reqs = b.reqs[:len(b.reqs)-1]
+
+			// Tell the submitter re-run it solo, continue with the
+			// rest of the batch.
+			req.errChan <- errSolo
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// None of the remaining requests failed, process the errors
+		// using each request's OnCommit closure and return the error
+		// to the requester. If no OnCommit closure is provided, simply
+		// return the error directly.
+		for _, req := range b.reqs {
+			if req.OnCommit != nil {
+				req.errChan <- req.OnCommit(err)
+			} else {
+				req.errChan <- err
+			}
+		}
+
+		return
+	}
+}
diff --git a/batch/interface.go b/batch/interface.go
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+++ b/batch/interface.go
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+package batch
+
+import "github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/channeldb/kvdb"
+
+// Request defines an operation that can be batched into a single bbolt
+// transaction.
+type Request struct {
+	// Reset is called before each invocation of Update and is used to clear
+	// any possible modifications to local state as a result of previous
+	// calls to Update that were not committed due to a concurrent batch
+	// failure.
+	//
+	// NOTE: This field is optional.
+	Reset func()
+
+	// Update is applied alongside other operations in the batch.
+	//
+	// NOTE: This method MUST NOT acquire any mutexes.
+	Update func(tx kvdb.RwTx) error
+
+	// OnCommit is called if the batch or a subset of the batch including
+	// this request all succeeded without failure. The passed error should
+	// contain the result of the transaction commit, as that can still fail
+	// even if none of the closures returned an error.
+	//
+	// NOTE: This field is optional.
+	OnCommit func(commitErr error) error
+}
+
+// Scheduler abstracts a generic batching engine that accumulates an incoming
+// set of Requests, executes them, and returns the error from the operation.
+type Scheduler interface {
+	// Execute schedules a Request for execution with the next available
+	// batch. This method blocks until the the underlying closure has been
+	// run against the databse. The resulting error is returned to the
+	// caller.
+	Execute(req *Request) error
+}
diff --git a/batch/scheduler.go b/batch/scheduler.go
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index 00000000..7d681376
--- /dev/null
+++ b/batch/scheduler.go
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+package batch
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/channeldb/kvdb"
+)
+
+// TimeScheduler is a batching engine that executes requests within a fixed
+// horizon. When the first request is received, a TimeScheduler waits a
+// configurable duration for other concurrent requests to join the batch. Once
+// this time has elapsed, the batch is closed and executed. Subsequent requests
+// are then added to a new batch which undergoes the same process.
+type TimeScheduler struct {
+	db       kvdb.Backend
+	locker   sync.Locker
+	duration time.Duration
+
+	mu sync.Mutex
+	b  *batch
+}
+
+// NewTimeScheduler initializes a new TimeScheduler with a fixed duration at
+// which to schedule batches. If the operation needs to modify a higher-level
+// cache, the cache's lock should be provided to so that external consistency
+// can be maintained, as successful db operations will cause a request's
+// OnCommit method to be executed while holding this lock.
+func NewTimeScheduler(db kvdb.Backend, locker sync.Locker,
+	duration time.Duration) *TimeScheduler {
+
+	return &TimeScheduler{
+		db:       db,
+		locker:   locker,
+		duration: duration,
+	}
+}
+
+// Execute schedules the provided request for batch execution along with other
+// concurrent requests. The request will be executed within a fixed horizon,
+// parameterizeed by the duration of the scheduler. The error from the
+// underlying operation is returned to the caller.
+//
+// NOTE: Part of the Scheduler interface.
+func (s *TimeScheduler) Execute(r *Request) error {
+	req := request{
+		Request: r,
+		errChan: make(chan error, 1),
+	}
+
+	// Add the request to the current batch. If the batch has been cleared
+	// or no batch exists, create a new one.
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	if s.b == nil {
+		s.b = &batch{
+			db:     s.db,
+			clear:  s.clear,
+			locker: s.locker,
+		}
+		time.AfterFunc(s.duration, s.b.trigger)
+	}
+	s.b.reqs = append(s.b.reqs, &req)
+	s.mu.Unlock()
+
+	// Wait for the batch to process the request. If the batch didn't
+	// ask us to execute the request individually, simply return the error.
+	err := <-req.errChan
+	if err != errSolo {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Obtain exclusive access to the cache if this scheduler needs to
+	// modify the cache in OnCommit.
+	if s.locker != nil {
+		s.locker.Lock()
+		defer s.locker.Unlock()
+	}
+
+	// Otherwise, run the request on its own.
+	commitErr := kvdb.Update(s.db, req.Update, func() {
+		if req.Reset != nil {
+			req.Reset()
+		}
+	})
+
+	// Finally, return the commit error directly or execute the OnCommit
+	// closure with the commit error if present.
+	if req.OnCommit != nil {
+		return req.OnCommit(commitErr)
+	}
+
+	return commitErr
+}
+
+// clear resets the scheduler's batch to nil so that no more requests can be
+// added.
+func (s *TimeScheduler) clear(b *batch) {
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	if s.b == b {
+		s.b = nil
+	}
+	s.mu.Unlock()
+}