diff --git a/modules/data-streams/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/datastreams/action/TransportDataStreamsStatsAction.java b/modules/data-streams/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/datastreams/action/TransportDataStreamsStatsAction.java
index 7428a8e758f5d..35803e37850c8 100644
--- a/modules/data-streams/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/datastreams/action/TransportDataStreamsStatsAction.java
+++ b/modules/data-streams/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/datastreams/action/TransportDataStreamsStatsAction.java
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@
 public class TransportDataStreamsStatsAction extends TransportBroadcastByNodeAction<
     DataStreamsStatsAction.Request,
     DataStreamsStatsAction.Response,
-    DataStreamsStatsAction.DataStreamShardStats> {
+    DataStreamsStatsAction.DataStreamShardStats,
+    Void> {
 
     private final IndicesService indicesService;
 
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ protected void shardOperation(
         DataStreamsStatsAction.Request request,
         ShardRouting shardRouting,
         Task task,
+        Void nodeContext,
         ActionListener<DataStreamsStatsAction.DataStreamShardStats> listener
     ) {
         ActionListener.completeWith(listener, () -> {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/analyze/TransportReloadAnalyzersAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/analyze/TransportReloadAnalyzersAction.java
index 2d511f493aba7..ea1299f594e6e 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/analyze/TransportReloadAnalyzersAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/analyze/TransportReloadAnalyzersAction.java
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@
 public class TransportReloadAnalyzersAction extends TransportBroadcastByNodeAction<
     ReloadAnalyzersRequest,
     ReloadAnalyzersResponse,
-    TransportReloadAnalyzersAction.ReloadResult> {
+    TransportReloadAnalyzersAction.ReloadResult,
+    Void> {
 
     public static final ActionType<ReloadAnalyzersResponse> TYPE = new ActionType<>("indices:admin/reload_analyzers");
     private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(TransportReloadAnalyzersAction.class);
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ protected void shardOperation(
         ReloadAnalyzersRequest request,
         ShardRouting shardRouting,
         Task task,
+        Void nodeContext,
         ActionListener<ReloadResult> listener
     ) {
         ActionListener.completeWith(listener, () -> {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/TransportClearIndicesCacheAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/TransportClearIndicesCacheAction.java
index fe81dce5eaa83..f79d757dee80c 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/TransportClearIndicesCacheAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/cache/clear/TransportClearIndicesCacheAction.java
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@
 public class TransportClearIndicesCacheAction extends TransportBroadcastByNodeAction<
     ClearIndicesCacheRequest,
     BroadcastResponse,
-    TransportBroadcastByNodeAction.EmptyResult> {
+    TransportBroadcastByNodeAction.EmptyResult,
+    Void> {
 
     public static final ActionType<BroadcastResponse> TYPE = new ActionType<>("indices:admin/cache/clear");
     private final IndicesService indicesService;
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ protected void shardOperation(
         ClearIndicesCacheRequest request,
         ShardRouting shardRouting,
         Task task,
+        Void nodeContext,
         ActionListener<EmptyResult> listener
     ) {
         ActionListener.completeWith(listener, () -> {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/forcemerge/TransportForceMergeAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/forcemerge/TransportForceMergeAction.java
index da08b78d711cf..686e2ce283e7d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/forcemerge/TransportForceMergeAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/forcemerge/TransportForceMergeAction.java
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
 public class TransportForceMergeAction extends TransportBroadcastByNodeAction<
     ForceMergeRequest,
     BroadcastResponse,
-    TransportBroadcastByNodeAction.EmptyResult> {
+    TransportBroadcastByNodeAction.EmptyResult,
+    Void> {
 
     private final IndicesService indicesService;
     private final ThreadPool threadPool;
@@ -89,7 +90,8 @@ protected void shardOperation(
         ForceMergeRequest request,
         ShardRouting shardRouting,
         Task task,
-        ActionListener<TransportBroadcastByNodeAction.EmptyResult> listener
+        Void nodeContext,
+        ActionListener<EmptyResult> listener
     ) {
         assert (task instanceof CancellableTask) == false; // TODO: add cancellation handling here once the task supports it
         threadPool.executor(ThreadPool.Names.FORCE_MERGE).execute(ActionRunnable.supply(listener, () -> {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/recovery/TransportRecoveryAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/recovery/TransportRecoveryAction.java
index 4dbbb317cd1f8..ff775a91cdac2 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/recovery/TransportRecoveryAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/recovery/TransportRecoveryAction.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
  * Transport action for shard recovery operation. This transport action does not actually
  * perform shard recovery, it only reports on recoveries (both active and complete).
  */
-public class TransportRecoveryAction extends TransportBroadcastByNodeAction<RecoveryRequest, RecoveryResponse, RecoveryState> {
+public class TransportRecoveryAction extends TransportBroadcastByNodeAction<RecoveryRequest, RecoveryResponse, RecoveryState, Void> {
 
     private final IndicesService indicesService;
 
@@ -99,7 +99,13 @@ protected RecoveryRequest readRequestFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void shardOperation(RecoveryRequest request, ShardRouting shardRouting, Task task, ActionListener<RecoveryState> listener) {
+    protected void shardOperation(
+        RecoveryRequest request,
+        ShardRouting shardRouting,
+        Task task,
+        Void nodeContext,
+        ActionListener<RecoveryState> listener
+    ) {
         ActionListener.completeWith(listener, () -> {
             assert task instanceof CancellableTask;
             IndexService indexService = indicesService.indexServiceSafe(shardRouting.shardId().getIndex());
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/segments/TransportIndicesSegmentsAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/segments/TransportIndicesSegmentsAction.java
index be0bf76673f2f..f515851f109cf 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/segments/TransportIndicesSegmentsAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/segments/TransportIndicesSegmentsAction.java
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
 public class TransportIndicesSegmentsAction extends TransportBroadcastByNodeAction<
     IndicesSegmentsRequest,
     IndicesSegmentResponse,
-    ShardSegments> {
+    ShardSegments,
+    Void> {
 
     private final IndicesService indicesService;
 
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ protected void shardOperation(
         IndicesSegmentsRequest request,
         ShardRouting shardRouting,
         Task task,
+        Void nodeContext,
         ActionListener<ShardSegments> listener
     ) {
         ActionListener.completeWith(listener, () -> {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/TransportFieldUsageAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/TransportFieldUsageAction.java
index d660f94d2c829..aa2c697b6cbcc 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/TransportFieldUsageAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/TransportFieldUsageAction.java
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
 public class TransportFieldUsageAction extends TransportBroadcastByNodeAction<
     FieldUsageStatsRequest,
     FieldUsageStatsResponse,
-    FieldUsageShardResponse> {
+    FieldUsageShardResponse,
+    Void> {
 
     private final IndicesService indicesService;
 
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ protected void shardOperation(
         FieldUsageStatsRequest request,
         ShardRouting shardRouting,
         Task task,
+        Void nodeContext,
         ActionListener<FieldUsageShardResponse> listener
     ) {
         ActionListener.completeWith(listener, () -> {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/TransportIndicesStatsAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/TransportIndicesStatsAction.java
index d3274dab8a386..e7a7a37dbc82b 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/TransportIndicesStatsAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/TransportIndicesStatsAction.java
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-public class TransportIndicesStatsAction extends TransportBroadcastByNodeAction<IndicesStatsRequest, IndicesStatsResponse, ShardStats> {
+public class TransportIndicesStatsAction extends TransportBroadcastByNodeAction<
+    IndicesStatsRequest,
+    IndicesStatsResponse,
+    ShardStats,
+    Void> {
 
     private final IndicesService indicesService;
 
@@ -105,7 +109,13 @@ protected IndicesStatsRequest readRequestFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void shardOperation(IndicesStatsRequest request, ShardRouting shardRouting, Task task, ActionListener<ShardStats> listener) {
+    protected void shardOperation(
+        IndicesStatsRequest request,
+        ShardRouting shardRouting,
+        Task task,
+        Void nodeContext,
+        ActionListener<ShardStats> listener
+    ) {
         ActionListener.completeWith(listener, () -> {
             assert task instanceof CancellableTask;
             IndexService indexService = indicesService.indexServiceSafe(shardRouting.shardId().getIndex());
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/node/TransportBroadcastByNodeAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/node/TransportBroadcastByNodeAction.java
index 5c6171dc22536..e6670c6238b1b 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/node/TransportBroadcastByNodeAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/node/TransportBroadcastByNodeAction.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.EsExecutors;
+import org.elasticsearch.core.Nullable;
 import org.elasticsearch.tasks.Task;
 import org.elasticsearch.tasks.TaskId;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportChannel;
@@ -69,11 +70,14 @@
  * @param <Request>              the underlying client request
  * @param <Response>             the response to the client request
  * @param <ShardOperationResult> per-shard operation results
+ * @param <NodeContext>          an (optional) node context created by {@link #createNodeContext} on each node and passed to each call
+ *                               to {@link #shardOperation}
  */
 public abstract class TransportBroadcastByNodeAction<
     Request extends BroadcastRequest<Request>,
     Response extends BaseBroadcastResponse,
-    ShardOperationResult extends Writeable> extends HandledTransportAction<Request, Response> {
+    ShardOperationResult extends Writeable,
+    NodeContext> extends HandledTransportAction<Request, Response> {
 
     private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(TransportBroadcastByNodeAction.class);
 
@@ -177,15 +181,25 @@ Response newResponse(
      * @param request      the node-level request
      * @param shardRouting the shard on which to execute the operation
      * @param task         the task for this node-level request
+     * @param nodeContext  the context created by {{@link #createNodeContext()}}
      * @param listener     the listener to notify with the result of the shard-level operation
      */
     protected abstract void shardOperation(
         Request request,
         ShardRouting shardRouting,
         Task task,
+        @Nullable NodeContext nodeContext,
         ActionListener<ShardOperationResult> listener
     );
 
+    /**
+     * @return an (optional) node-level context for this operation, passed to each call to {@link #shardOperation}.
+     */
+    @Nullable
+    protected NodeContext createNodeContext() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Determines the shards on which this operation will be executed on. The operation is executed once per shard.
      *
@@ -412,7 +426,7 @@ private void executeAsDataNode(
     ) {
         assert Transports.assertNotTransportThread("O(#shards) work must always fork to an appropriate executor");
         logger.trace("[{}] executing operation on [{}] shards", actionName, shards.size());
-
+        final NodeContext nodeContext = createNodeContext();
         new CancellableFanOut<ShardRouting, ShardOperationResult, NodeResponse>() {
 
             final ArrayList<ShardOperationResult> results = new ArrayList<>(shards.size());
@@ -421,7 +435,7 @@ private void executeAsDataNode(
             @Override
             protected void sendItemRequest(ShardRouting shardRouting, ActionListener<ShardOperationResult> listener) {
                 logger.trace(() -> format("[%s] executing operation for shard [%s]", actionName, shardRouting.shortSummary()));
-                ActionRunnable.wrap(listener, l -> shardOperation(request, shardRouting, task, l)).run();
+                ActionRunnable.wrap(listener, l -> shardOperation(request, shardRouting, task, nodeContext, l)).run();
             }
 
             @Override
@@ -608,8 +622,7 @@ public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Can be used for implementations of {@link #shardOperation(BroadcastRequest, ShardRouting, Task, ActionListener) shardOperation} for
-     * which there is no shard-level return value.
+     * Can be used for implementations of {@link #shardOperation} for which there is no shard-level return value.
      */
     public static final class EmptyResult implements Writeable {
         public static EmptyResult INSTANCE = new EmptyResult();
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/node/TransportBroadcastByNodeActionTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/node/TransportBroadcastByNodeActionTests.java
index e0cd8d8390c74..ba7508230968c 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/node/TransportBroadcastByNodeActionTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/node/TransportBroadcastByNodeActionTests.java
@@ -93,7 +93,10 @@
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.allOf;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.anEmptyMap;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThan;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 import static org.hamcrest.object.HasToString.hasToString;
 
 public class TransportBroadcastByNodeActionTests extends ESTestCase {
@@ -163,8 +166,9 @@ public ShardResult() {}
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {}
     }
 
-    class TestTransportBroadcastByNodeAction extends TransportBroadcastByNodeAction<Request, Response, ShardResult> {
+    class TestTransportBroadcastByNodeAction extends TransportBroadcastByNodeAction<Request, Response, ShardResult, Integer> {
         private final Map<ShardRouting, Object> shards = new HashMap<>();
+        private Integer expectedNodeContext = null;
 
         TestTransportBroadcastByNodeAction(String actionName) {
             super(
@@ -199,7 +203,22 @@ protected Request readRequestFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         }
 
         @Override
-        protected void shardOperation(Request request, ShardRouting shardRouting, Task task, ActionListener<ShardResult> listener) {
+        public Integer createNodeContext() {
+            assertThat(expectedNodeContext, nullValue());
+            expectedNodeContext = randomInt();
+            return expectedNodeContext;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void shardOperation(
+            Request request,
+            ShardRouting shardRouting,
+            Task task,
+            Integer nodeContext,
+            ActionListener<ShardResult> listener
+        ) {
+            assertThat(expectedNodeContext, not(nullValue()));
+            assertThat(nodeContext, equalTo(expectedNodeContext));
             ActionListener.completeWith(listener, () -> {
                 if (rarely()) {
                     shards.put(shardRouting, Boolean.TRUE);
@@ -411,7 +430,7 @@ public void testNoShardOperationsExecutedIfTaskCancelled() throws Exception {
                 shards.add(shard);
             }
         }
-        final TransportBroadcastByNodeAction<Request, Response, ShardResult>.BroadcastByNodeTransportRequestHandler handler =
+        final TransportBroadcastByNodeAction<Request, Response, ShardResult, Integer>.BroadcastByNodeTransportRequestHandler handler =
             action.new BroadcastByNodeTransportRequestHandler();
 
         final PlainActionFuture<TransportResponse> future = new PlainActionFuture<>();
@@ -472,7 +491,7 @@ public void testOperationExecution() throws Exception {
                 shards.add(shard);
             }
         }
-        final TransportBroadcastByNodeAction<Request, Response, ShardResult>.BroadcastByNodeTransportRequestHandler handler =
+        final TransportBroadcastByNodeAction<Request, Response, ShardResult, Integer>.BroadcastByNodeTransportRequestHandler handler =
             action.new BroadcastByNodeTransportRequestHandler();
 
         final PlainActionFuture<TransportResponse> future = new PlainActionFuture<>();
@@ -566,7 +585,7 @@ public void testResultAggregation() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedExcept
                     }
                 }
                 totalSuccessfulShards += shardResults.size();
-                TransportBroadcastByNodeAction<Request, Response, ShardResult>.NodeResponse nodeResponse = action.new NodeResponse(
+                TransportBroadcastByNodeAction<Request, Response, ShardResult, Integer>.NodeResponse nodeResponse = action.new NodeResponse(
                     entry.getKey(), shards.size(), shardResults, exceptions
                 );
                 transport.handleResponse(requestId, nodeResponse);
@@ -641,7 +660,13 @@ public void testShardLevelOperationsStopOnCancellation() throws Exception {
             int expectedShardId;
 
             @Override
-            protected void shardOperation(Request request, ShardRouting shardRouting, Task task, ActionListener<ShardResult> listener) {
+            protected void shardOperation(
+                Request request,
+                ShardRouting shardRouting,
+                Task task,
+                Integer nodeContext,
+                ActionListener<ShardResult> listener
+            ) {
                 // this test runs a node-level operation on three shards, cancelling the task some time during the execution on the second
                 if (task instanceof CancellableTask cancellableTask) {
                     assertEquals(expectedShardId++, shardRouting.shardId().id());
@@ -695,7 +720,13 @@ public void testShardResultsReleasedOnCancellation() throws Exception {
 
         action = new TestTransportBroadcastByNodeAction("indices:admin/shard_level_gc_test") {
             @Override
-            protected void shardOperation(Request request, ShardRouting shardRouting, Task task, ActionListener<ShardResult> listener) {
+            protected void shardOperation(
+                Request request,
+                ShardRouting shardRouting,
+                Task task,
+                Integer nodeContext,
+                ActionListener<ShardResult> listener
+            ) {
                 listeners.add(listener);
             }
         };
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/TransportForgetFollowerAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/TransportForgetFollowerAction.java
index f126a546ae850..4395c854eca87 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/TransportForgetFollowerAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/TransportForgetFollowerAction.java
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
 public class TransportForgetFollowerAction extends TransportBroadcastByNodeAction<
     ForgetFollowerAction.Request,
     BroadcastResponse,
-    TransportBroadcastByNodeAction.EmptyResult> {
+    TransportBroadcastByNodeAction.EmptyResult,
+    Void> {
 
     private final IndicesService indicesService;
 
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ protected void shardOperation(
         final ForgetFollowerAction.Request request,
         final ShardRouting shardRouting,
         Task task,
+        Void nodeContext,
         ActionListener<EmptyResult> listener
     ) {
         final Index followerIndex = new Index(request.followerIndex(), request.followerIndexUUID());
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/action/AbstractTransportSearchableSnapshotsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/action/AbstractTransportSearchableSnapshotsAction.java
index fd77a9f36a3df..4aeab5ea2566d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/action/AbstractTransportSearchableSnapshotsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/action/AbstractTransportSearchableSnapshotsAction.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 public abstract class AbstractTransportSearchableSnapshotsAction<
     Request extends BroadcastRequest<Request>,
     Response extends BaseBroadcastResponse,
-    ShardOperationResult extends Writeable> extends TransportBroadcastByNodeAction<Request, Response, ShardOperationResult> {
+    ShardOperationResult extends Writeable> extends TransportBroadcastByNodeAction<Request, Response, ShardOperationResult, Void> {
 
     private final IndicesService indicesService;
     private final XPackLicenseState licenseState;
@@ -106,7 +106,13 @@ protected ShardsIterator shards(ClusterState state, Request request, String[] co
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void shardOperation(Request request, ShardRouting shardRouting, Task task, ActionListener<ShardOperationResult> listener) {
+    protected void shardOperation(
+        Request request,
+        ShardRouting shardRouting,
+        Task task,
+        Void nodeContext,
+        ActionListener<ShardOperationResult> listener
+    ) {
         ActionListener.completeWith(listener, () -> {
             SearchableSnapshots.ensureValidLicense(licenseState);
             final IndexShard indexShard = indicesService.indexServiceSafe(shardRouting.index()).getShard(shardRouting.id());