diff --git a/packages/gatsby/src/internal-plugins/internal-data-bridge/gatsby-node.js b/packages/gatsby/src/internal-plugins/internal-data-bridge/gatsby-node.js
index 73b0ed335adba..fb978b5dda412 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby/src/internal-plugins/internal-data-bridge/gatsby-node.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby/src/internal-plugins/internal-data-bridge/gatsby-node.js
@@ -209,5 +209,25 @@ exports.createResolvers = ({ createResolvers }) => {
 emitter.on(`DELETE_PAGE`, action => {
   const nodeId = createPageId(action.payload.path)
   const node = getNode(nodeId)
-  store.dispatch(actions.deleteNode(node))
+  let deleteNodeActions = actions.deleteNode(node)
+  if (action.transactionId) {
+    function swapToStagedDelete(action) {
+      return {
+        ...action,
+        type: `DELETE_NODE_STAGING`,
+        transactionId: action.transactionId,
+      }
+    }
+
+    deleteNodeActions = Array.isArray(deleteNodeActions)
+      ? deleteNodeActions.map(swapToStagedDelete)
+      : swapToStagedDelete(deleteNodeActions)
+  }
+
+  console.log(`deletePage stuff`, {
+    transactionId: action.transactionId,
+    deleteNodeActions,
+  })
+
+  store.dispatch(deleteNodeActions)
 })
diff --git a/packages/gatsby/src/redux/actions/internal.ts b/packages/gatsby/src/redux/actions/internal.ts
index d8ee3b3b2451c..f9d5f9cc46de3 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby/src/redux/actions/internal.ts
+++ b/packages/gatsby/src/redux/actions/internal.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import {
   ICreatePageDependencyActionPayloadType,
   IDeleteNodeManifests,
   IClearGatsbyImageSourceUrlAction,
+  ActionsUnion,
 } from "../types"
 
 import { gatsbyConfigSchema } from "../../joi-schemas/joi"
@@ -38,6 +39,9 @@ import {
   getInProcessJobPromise,
 } from "../../utils/jobs/manager"
 import { getEngineContext } from "../../utils/engine-context"
+import { store } from "../index"
+
+import { getNode } from "../../datastore"
 
 /**
  * Create a dependency between a page and data. Probably for
@@ -445,3 +449,63 @@ export const clearGatsbyImageSourceUrls =
       type: `CLEAR_GATSBY_IMAGE_SOURCE_URL`,
     }
   }
+
+let publicActions
+export const setPublicActions = (actions): void => {
+  publicActions = actions
+}
+
+export const commitStagingNodes = (
+  transactionId: string
+): Array<ActionsUnion> => {
+  const transaction = store
+    .getState()
+    .nodesStaging.transactions.get(transactionId)
+  if (!transaction) {
+    return []
+  }
+
+  const actions: Array<ActionsUnion> = [
+    {
+      type: `COMMIT_STAGING_NODES`,
+      payload: {
+        transactionId,
+      },
+    },
+  ]
+
+  const nodesState = new Map()
+  for (const action of transaction) {
+    if (action.type === `CREATE_NODE_STAGING`) {
+      nodesState.set(action.payload.id, action)
+    } else if (action.type === `DELETE_NODE_STAGING` && action.payload?.id) {
+      nodesState.set(action.payload.id, undefined)
+    }
+  }
+
+  function sanitizeNode(node: any): any {
+    return {
+      ...node,
+      internal: {
+        ...node.internal,
+        owner: undefined,
+      },
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (const [id, actionOrDelete] of nodesState.entries()) {
+    if (actionOrDelete) {
+      actions.push(
+        publicActions.createNode(
+          sanitizeNode(actionOrDelete.payload),
+          actionOrDelete.plugin
+        )
+      )
+    } else {
+      // delete case
+      actions.push(publicActions.deleteNode(getNode(id), actionOrDelete.plugin))
+    }
+  }
+
+  return actions
+}
diff --git a/packages/gatsby/src/redux/actions/public.js b/packages/gatsby/src/redux/actions/public.js
index da30fddc21b56..bad5ac5e538b7 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby/src/redux/actions/public.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby/src/redux/actions/public.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const apiRunnerNode = require(`../../utils/api-runner-node`)
 const { getNonGatsbyCodeFrame } = require(`../../utils/stack-trace-utils`)
 const { getPageMode } = require(`../../utils/page-mode`)
 const normalizePath = require(`../../utils/normalize-path`).default
-import { createJobV2FromInternalJob } from "./internal"
+import { createJobV2FromInternalJob, setPublicActions } from "./internal"
 import { maybeSendJobToMainProcess } from "../../utils/jobs/worker-messaging"
 import { reportOnce } from "../../utils/report-once"
 import { wrapNode } from "../../utils/detect-node-mutations"
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ const findChildren = initialChildren => {
 }
 
 import type { Plugin } from "./types"
+import { shouldRunOnCreateNode } from "../plugin-runner"
 
 type Job = {
   id: string,
@@ -137,10 +138,15 @@ type PageDataRemove = {
  * @example
  * deletePage(page)
  */
-actions.deletePage = (page: IPageInput) => {
+actions.deletePage = (
+  page: IPageInput,
+  plugin?: Plugin,
+  actionOptions?: ActionOptions
+) => {
   return {
     type: `DELETE_PAGE`,
     payload: page,
+    transactionId: actionOptions?.transactionId,
   }
 }
 
@@ -475,10 +481,44 @@ ${reservedFields.map(f => `  * "${f}"`).join(`\n`)}
     contentDigest: createContentDigest(node),
   }
   node.id = `SitePage ${internalPage.path}`
-  const oldNode = getNode(node.id)
 
   let deleteActions
   let updateNodeAction
+  // const shouldCommitImmediately =
+  //   // !shouldRunOnCreateNode() ||
+  //   !page.path.includes("hello-world")
+  const transactionId =
+    actionOptions?.transactionId ??
+    (shouldRunOnCreateNode() ? node.internal.contentDigest : undefined)
+
+  // Sanitize page object so we don't attempt to serialize user-provided objects that are not serializable later
+  const sanitizedPayload = sanitizeNode(internalPage)
+
+  const createPageAction = {
+    ...actionOptions,
+    type: `CREATE_PAGE`,
+    contextModified,
+    componentModified,
+    slicesModified,
+    plugin,
+    payload: sanitizedPayload,
+  }
+  const actions = [createPageAction]
+
+  if (transactionId) {
+    createPageAction.transactionId = transactionId
+    actions.push({
+      ...actionOptions,
+      type: `CREATE_NODE_STAGING`,
+      plugin: { name: `internal-data-bridge` },
+      payload: node,
+      transactionId,
+    })
+    return actions
+  }
+
+  const oldNode = getNode(node.id)
+
   // marking internal-data-bridge as owner of SitePage instead of plugin that calls createPage
   if (oldNode && !hasNodeChanged(node.id, node.internal.contentDigest)) {
     updateNodeAction = {
@@ -517,21 +557,6 @@ ${reservedFields.map(f => `  * "${f}"`).join(`\n`)}
     }
   }
 
-  // Sanitize page object so we don't attempt to serialize user-provided objects that are not serializable later
-  const sanitizedPayload = sanitizeNode(internalPage)
-
-  const actions = [
-    {
-      ...actionOptions,
-      type: `CREATE_PAGE`,
-      contextModified,
-      componentModified,
-      slicesModified,
-      plugin,
-      payload: sanitizedPayload,
-    },
-  ]
-
   if (deleteActions && deleteActions.length) {
     actions.push(...deleteActions)
   }
@@ -1526,3 +1551,5 @@ actions.setRequestHeaders = ({ domain, headers }, plugin: Plugin) => {
 }
 
 module.exports = { actions }
+
+setPublicActions(actions)
diff --git a/packages/gatsby/src/redux/plugin-runner.ts b/packages/gatsby/src/redux/plugin-runner.ts
index 8c5b32fa14a92..105c478da44d5 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby/src/redux/plugin-runner.ts
+++ b/packages/gatsby/src/redux/plugin-runner.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ import { Span } from "opentracing"
 import { emitter, store } from "./index"
 import apiRunnerNode from "../utils/api-runner-node"
 import { ActivityTracker } from "../../"
-import { ICreateNodeAction } from "./types"
+import { ICreateNodeStagingAction } from "./types"
+import { commitStagingNodes } from "./actions/internal"
 
 type Plugin = any // TODO
 
@@ -39,8 +40,12 @@ interface ICreatePageAction {
     pluginCreatorId: string
     componentPath: string
   }
+  transactionId?: string
 }
 
+let hasOnCreatePage = false
+let hasOnCreateNode = false
+
 export const startPluginRunner = (): void => {
   const plugins = store.getState().flattenedPlugins
   const pluginsImplementingOnCreatePage = plugins.filter(plugin =>
@@ -50,11 +55,17 @@ export const startPluginRunner = (): void => {
     plugin.nodeAPIs.includes(`onCreateNode`)
   )
   if (pluginsImplementingOnCreatePage.length > 0) {
+    hasOnCreatePage = true
     emitter.on(`CREATE_PAGE`, (action: ICreatePageAction) => {
       const page = action.payload
       apiRunnerNode(
         `onCreatePage`,
-        { page, traceId: action.traceId, parentSpan: action.parentSpan },
+        {
+          page,
+          traceId: action.traceId,
+          parentSpan: action.parentSpan,
+          transactionId: action.transactionId,
+        },
         { pluginSource: action.plugin.name, activity: action.activity }
       )
     })
@@ -63,15 +74,25 @@ export const startPluginRunner = (): void => {
   // We make page nodes outside of the normal action for speed so we manually
   // call onCreateNode here for SitePage nodes.
   if (pluginsImplementingOnCreateNode.length > 0) {
-    emitter.on(`CREATE_NODE`, (action: ICreateNodeAction) => {
+    hasOnCreateNode = true
+    emitter.on(`CREATE_NODE_STAGING`, (action: ICreateNodeStagingAction) => {
       const node = action.payload
       if (node.internal.type === `SitePage`) {
         apiRunnerNode(`onCreateNode`, {
           node,
           parentSpan: action.parentSpan,
           traceTags: { nodeId: node.id, nodeType: node.internal.type },
+          traceId: action.transactionId,
+          transactionId: action.transactionId,
+          waitForCascadingActions: true,
+        }).then(() => {
+          store.dispatch(commitStagingNodes(action.transactionId))
         })
       }
     })
   }
 }
+
+export const shouldRunOnCreateNode = (): boolean => hasOnCreateNode
+
+export const shouldRunOnCreatePage = (): boolean => hasOnCreatePage
diff --git a/packages/gatsby/src/redux/reducers/index.ts b/packages/gatsby/src/redux/reducers/index.ts
index e2b394a5de986..a64c9ffcccba5 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby/src/redux/reducers/index.ts
+++ b/packages/gatsby/src/redux/reducers/index.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import { componentsUsingSlicesReducer } from "./components-using-slices"
 import { slicesByTemplateReducer } from "./slices-by-template"
 import { adapterReducer } from "./adapter"
 import { remoteFileAllowedUrlsReducer } from "./remote-file-allowed-urls"
+import { nodesStagingReducer } from "./nodes-staging"
 
 /**
  * @property exports.nodesTouched Set<string>
@@ -85,4 +86,5 @@ export {
   telemetryReducer as telemetry,
   adapterReducer as adapter,
   remoteFileAllowedUrlsReducer as remoteFileAllowedUrls,
+  nodesStagingReducer as nodesStaging,
 }
diff --git a/packages/gatsby/src/redux/reducers/nodes-staging.ts b/packages/gatsby/src/redux/reducers/nodes-staging.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..56a302bcaddef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/gatsby/src/redux/reducers/nodes-staging.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import { ActionsUnion, IGatsbyState, TransactionActionsUnion } from "../types"
+
+function getInitialState(): IGatsbyState["nodesStaging"] {
+  return { nodes: new Map(), transactions: new Map() }
+}
+
+function addActionToTransaction(
+  state: IGatsbyState["nodesStaging"],
+  action: TransactionActionsUnion
+): void {
+  if (!action.transactionId) {
+    return
+  }
+
+  const transaction = state.transactions.get(action.transactionId)
+  if (!transaction) {
+    state.transactions.set(action.transactionId, [action])
+  } else {
+    transaction.push(action)
+  }
+}
+
+export const nodesStagingReducer = (
+  state: IGatsbyState["nodesStaging"] = getInitialState(),
+  action: ActionsUnion
+): IGatsbyState["nodesStaging"] => {
+  switch (action.type) {
+    case `DELETE_CACHE`:
+      return getInitialState()
+
+    case `CREATE_NODE_STAGING`: {
+      if (action.transactionId) {
+        // state.nodes.set(action.payload.id, action.payload)
+        addActionToTransaction(state, action)
+      }
+
+      return state
+    }
+
+    case `DELETE_NODE_STAGING`: {
+      if (action.payload && action.transactionId) {
+        // state.nodes.delete(action.payload.id)
+        addActionToTransaction(state, action)
+      }
+      return state
+    }
+    case `COMMIT_STAGING_NODES`: {
+      state.transactions.delete(action.payload.transactionId)
+      return state
+    }
+
+    default:
+      return state
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/gatsby/src/redux/types.ts b/packages/gatsby/src/redux/types.ts
index 44e8abaafcfa2..735f34f859b42 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby/src/redux/types.ts
+++ b/packages/gatsby/src/redux/types.ts
@@ -426,6 +426,10 @@ export interface IGatsbyState {
     config: IAdapterFinalConfig
   }
   remoteFileAllowedUrls: Set<string>
+  nodesStaging: {
+    nodes: Map<string, IGatsbyNode>
+    transactions: Map<string, Array<TransactionActionsUnion>>
+  }
 }
 
 export type GatsbyStateKeys = keyof IGatsbyState
@@ -457,11 +461,13 @@ export type ActionsUnion =
   | IApiFinishedAction
   | ICreateFieldExtension
   | ICreateNodeAction
+  | ICreateNodeStagingAction
   | ICreatePageAction
   | ICreatePageDependencyAction
   | ICreateTypes
   | IDeleteCacheAction
   | IDeleteNodeAction
+  | IDeleteNodeStagingAction
   | IDeletePageAction
   | IPageQueryRunAction
   | IPrintTypeDefinitions
@@ -541,7 +547,11 @@ export type ActionsUnion =
   | ISetAdapterAction
   | IDisablePluginsByNameAction
   | IAddImageCdnAllowedUrl
+  | ICommitStagingNodes
 
+export type TransactionActionsUnion =
+  | ICreateNodeStagingAction
+  | IDeleteNodeStagingAction
 export interface IInitAction {
   type: `INIT`
 }
@@ -823,6 +833,7 @@ export interface ICreatePageAction {
   contextModified?: boolean
   componentModified?: boolean
   slicesModified?: boolean
+  transactionId?: string
 }
 
 export interface ICreateSliceAction {
@@ -1040,6 +1051,11 @@ export interface ICreateNodeAction {
   plugin: IGatsbyPlugin
 }
 
+export type ICreateNodeStagingAction = Omit<ICreateNodeAction, "type"> & {
+  type: `CREATE_NODE_STAGING`
+  transactionId: string
+}
+
 export interface IAddFieldToNodeAction {
   type: `ADD_FIELD_TO_NODE`
   payload: IGatsbyNode
@@ -1059,6 +1075,11 @@ export interface IDeleteNodeAction {
   isRecursiveChildrenDelete?: boolean
 }
 
+export type IDeleteNodeStagingAction = Omit<IDeleteNodeAction, "type"> & {
+  type: `DELETE_NODE_STAGING`
+  transactionId: string
+}
+
 export interface ISetSiteFlattenedPluginsAction {
   type: `SET_SITE_FLATTENED_PLUGINS`
   payload: IGatsbyState["flattenedPlugins"]
@@ -1265,6 +1286,13 @@ export interface IClearJobV2Context {
   }
 }
 
+export interface ICommitStagingNodes {
+  type: `COMMIT_STAGING_NODES`
+  payload: {
+    transactionId: string
+  }
+}
+
 export const HTTP_STATUS_CODE = {
   /**
    * The server has received the request headers and the client should proceed to send the request body