diff --git a/examples/benchmark/normalizr.js b/examples/benchmark/normalizr.js
index 7e1f80e5b8f6..a8ac0c991ca0 100644
--- a/examples/benchmark/normalizr.js
+++ b/examples/benchmark/normalizr.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const queryInfer = queryMemo.buildQueryKey(
 
 let githubState = normalize(User, userData);
 
-const date = Date.now()
+const date = Date.now();
 const actionMeta = {
   fetchedAt: date,
   date,
@@ -55,8 +55,10 @@ export default function addNormlizrSuite(suite) {
   let curState = initialState;
   return suite
     .add('normalizeLong', () => {
-      normalize(ProjectSchema, data, [], curState, actionMeta);
-      curState = { ...initialState, entities: {}, endpoints: {} };
+      normalize(ProjectSchema, data, [], initialState, actionMeta);
+    })
+    .add('normalizeLong with merge', () => {
+      curState = normalize(ProjectSchema, data, [], curState, actionMeta);
     })
     .add('infer All', () => {
       return new MemoCache().buildQueryKey(
diff --git a/packages/endpoint/src/SnapshotInterface.ts b/packages/endpoint/src/SnapshotInterface.ts
index f297a8aef95f..0c34bc13b6da 100644
--- a/packages/endpoint/src/SnapshotInterface.ts
+++ b/packages/endpoint/src/SnapshotInterface.ts
@@ -3,36 +3,30 @@ import type { EndpointInterface, Queryable } from './interface.js';
 import type { DenormalizeNullable, SchemaArgs } from './normal.js';
 
 export interface SnapshotInterface {
-  readonly fetchedAt: number;
-  readonly abort: Error;
-
   /**
    * Gets the (globally referentially stable) response for a given endpoint/args pair from state given.
    * @see https://dataclient.io/docs/api/Snapshot#getResponse
    */
-  getResponse<E extends EndpointInterface>(
-    endpoint: E,
-    ...args: readonly [null]
-  ): {
-    data: DenormalizeNullable<E['schema']>;
-    expiryStatus: ExpiryStatusInterface;
-    expiresAt: number;
-  };
-
-  getResponse<E extends EndpointInterface>(
+  getResponse<
+    E extends Pick<EndpointInterface, 'key' | 'schema' | 'invalidIfStale'>,
+  >(
     endpoint: E,
-    ...args: readonly [...Parameters<E>]
+    ...args: readonly any[]
   ): {
     data: DenormalizeNullable<E['schema']>;
     expiryStatus: ExpiryStatusInterface;
     expiresAt: number;
   };
 
-  getResponse<
+  /**
+   * Gets the (globally referentially stable) response for a given endpoint/args pair from state given.
+   * @see https://dataclient.io/docs/api/Snapshot#getResponseMeta
+   */
+  getResponseMeta<
     E extends Pick<EndpointInterface, 'key' | 'schema' | 'invalidIfStale'>,
   >(
     endpoint: E,
-    ...args: readonly [...Parameters<E['key']>] | readonly [null]
+    ...args: readonly any[]
   ): {
     data: DenormalizeNullable<E['schema']>;
     expiryStatus: ExpiryStatusInterface;
@@ -40,24 +34,34 @@ export interface SnapshotInterface {
   };
 
   /** @see https://dataclient.io/docs/api/Snapshot#getError */
-  getError<E extends EndpointInterface>(
-    endpoint: E,
-    ...args: readonly [...Parameters<E>] | readonly [null]
-  ): ErrorTypes | undefined;
-
-  getError<E extends Pick<EndpointInterface, 'key'>>(
+  getError: <
+    E extends Pick<EndpointInterface, 'key'>,
+    Args extends readonly [...Parameters<E['key']>],
+  >(
     endpoint: E,
-    ...args: readonly [...Parameters<E['key']>] | readonly [null]
-  ): ErrorTypes | undefined;
+    ...args: Args
+  ) => ErrorTypes | undefined;
 
   /**
    * Retrieved memoized value for any Querable schema
    * @see https://dataclient.io/docs/api/Snapshot#get
    */
-  get<S extends Queryable>(
+  get<S extends Queryable>(schema: S, ...args: readonly any[]): any;
+
+  /**
+   * Queries the store for a Querable schema; providing related metadata
+   * @see https://dataclient.io/docs/api/Snapshot#getQueryMeta
+   */
+  getQueryMeta<S extends Queryable>(
     schema: S,
-    ...args: SchemaArgs<S>
-  ): DenormalizeNullable<S> | undefined;
+    ...args: readonly any[]
+  ): {
+    data: any;
+    countRef: () => () => void;
+  };
+
+  readonly fetchedAt: number;
+  readonly abort: Error;
 }
 
 // looser version to allow for cross-package version compatibility