diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/ChangeNotes.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/ChangeNotes.java
index 97d65be..a7da7ad 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/ChangeNotes.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/ChangeNotes.java
@@ -214,6 +214,25 @@
       return changes.get(0).notes();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Create change notes based on a list of {@link com.google.gerrit.entities.Change.Id}s. This
+     * requires using the Change index and should only be used when {@link
+     * com.google.gerrit.entities.Project.NameKey} and the numeric change ID are not available.
+     */
+    @UsedAt(UsedAt.Project.PLUGINS_ALL)
+    @Deprecated(since = "3.10", forRemoval = true)
+    public List<ChangeNotes> createUsingIndexLookup(Collection<Change.Id> changeIds) {
+      List<ChangeNotes> notes = new ArrayList<>();
+      for (Change.Id changeId : changeIds) {
+        try {
+          notes.add(createCheckedUsingIndexLookup(changeId));
+        } catch (NoSuchChangeException e) {
+          // Ignore missing changes to match Access#get(Iterable) behavior.
+        }
+      }
+      return notes;
+    }
+
     public List<ChangeNotes> create(
         Repository repo,
         Project.NameKey project,