diff --git a/internal/db/read_writer.go b/internal/db/read_writer.go
index f368bd3767..42ea20f0ac 100644
--- a/internal/db/read_writer.go
+++ b/internal/db/read_writer.go
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ type Writer interface {
 	// the transaction, which almost always should be to rollback.
 	Create(ctx context.Context, i interface{}, opt ...Option) error
 
+	// CreateItems will create multiple items of the same type.
+	// Supported options: WithOplog.  WithLookup is not a supported option.
+	// The caller is responsible for the transaction life cycle of the writer
+	// and if an error is returned the caller must decide what to do with
+	// the transaction, which almost always should be to rollback.
+	CreateItems(ctx context.Context, createItems []interface{}, opt ...Option) error
+
 	// Delete an object in the db with options: WithOplog
 	// the caller is responsible for the transaction life cycle of the writer
 	// and if an error is returned the caller must decide what to do with
@@ -83,6 +90,13 @@ type Writer interface {
 	// returns the number of rows deleted or an error.
 	Delete(ctx context.Context, i interface{}, opt ...Option) (int, error)
 
+	// DeleteItems will delete multiple items of the same type.
+	// Supported options: WithOplog. The caller is responsible for the
+	// transaction life cycle of the writer and if an error is returned the
+	// caller must decide what to do with the transaction, which almost always
+	// should be to rollback. Delete returns the number of rows deleted or an error.
+	DeleteItems(ctx context.Context, deleteItems []interface{}, opt ...Option) (int, error)
+
 	// DB returns the sql.DB
 	DB() (*sql.DB, error)
 
@@ -294,7 +308,10 @@ func (rw *Db) CreateItems(ctx context.Context, createItems []interface{}, opt ..
 		}
 	}
 	for _, item := range createItems {
-		rw.Create(ctx, item)
+		if err := rw.Create(ctx, item); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("create items: %w", err)
+		}
+
 	}
 	if opts.withOplog {
 		if err := rw.addOplogForItems(ctx, CreateOp, opts, ticket, createItems); err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/db/read_writer_test.go b/internal/db/read_writer_test.go
index 3ec5d26073..896771bb7a 100644
--- a/internal/db/read_writer_test.go
+++ b/internal/db/read_writer_test.go
@@ -1618,6 +1618,9 @@ func TestDb_CreateItems(t *testing.T) {
 				u.PublicId = item.(*db_test.TestUser).PublicId
 				err := rw.LookupByPublicId(context.Background(), &u)
 				assert.NoError(err)
+				if _, ok := item.(*db_test.TestUser); ok {
+					assert.Truef(proto.Equal(item.(*db_test.TestUser).StoreTestUser, u.StoreTestUser), "%s and %s should be equal", item, u)
+				}
 			}
 			if tt.wantOplogId != "" {
 				err = TestVerifyOplog(t, rw, tt.wantOplogId, WithOperation(oplog.OpType_OP_TYPE_CREATE), WithCreateNotBefore(10*time.Second))