diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-python-connector-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-python-connector-tests.yml
index 88c54b848..c3947b233 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-python-connector-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-python-connector-tests.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ env:
   GOOGLE_GMAIL_OAUTH_CREDENTIALS_JSON_STR: ${{ secrets.GOOGLE_GMAIL_OAUTH_CREDENTIALS_JSON_STR }}
   # Slab
   SLAB_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SLAB_BOT_TOKEN }}
+  # Zendesk
+  ZENDESK_SUBDOMAIN: ${{ secrets.ZENDESK_SUBDOMAIN }}
+  ZENDESK_EMAIL: ${{ secrets.ZENDESK_EMAIL }}
+  ZENDESK_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ZENDESK_TOKEN }}
   # Salesforce
   SF_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SF_USERNAME }}
   SF_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SF_PASSWORD }}
diff --git a/backend/onyx/connectors/zendesk/connector.py b/backend/onyx/connectors/zendesk/connector.py
index 17df88e76..d5ecb6498 100644
--- a/backend/onyx/connectors/zendesk/connector.py
+++ b/backend/onyx/connectors/zendesk/connector.py
@@ -10,17 +10,21 @@ from onyx.connectors.cross_connector_utils.miscellaneous_utils import (
     time_str_to_utc,
 )
 from onyx.connectors.interfaces import GenerateDocumentsOutput
+from onyx.connectors.interfaces import GenerateSlimDocumentOutput
 from onyx.connectors.interfaces import LoadConnector
 from onyx.connectors.interfaces import PollConnector
 from onyx.connectors.interfaces import SecondsSinceUnixEpoch
+from onyx.connectors.interfaces import SlimConnector
 from onyx.connectors.models import BasicExpertInfo
 from onyx.connectors.models import Document
 from onyx.connectors.models import Section
+from onyx.connectors.models import SlimDocument
 from onyx.file_processing.html_utils import parse_html_page_basic
 from onyx.utils.retry_wrapper import retry_builder
 
 
 MAX_PAGE_SIZE = 30  # Zendesk API maximum
+_SLIM_BATCH_SIZE = 1000
 
 
 class ZendeskCredentialsNotSetUpError(PermissionError):
@@ -272,7 +276,7 @@ def _ticket_to_document(
     )
 
 
-class ZendeskConnector(LoadConnector, PollConnector):
+class ZendeskConnector(LoadConnector, PollConnector, SlimConnector):
     def __init__(
         self,
         batch_size: int = INDEX_BATCH_SIZE,
@@ -397,6 +401,43 @@ class ZendeskConnector(LoadConnector, PollConnector):
             if doc_batch:
                 yield doc_batch
 
+    def retrieve_all_slim_documents(
+        self,
+        start: SecondsSinceUnixEpoch | None = None,
+        end: SecondsSinceUnixEpoch | None = None,
+    ) -> GenerateSlimDocumentOutput:
+        slim_doc_batch: list[SlimDocument] = []
+        if self.content_type == "articles":
+            articles = _get_articles(
+                self.client, start_time=int(start) if start else None
+            )
+            for article in articles:
+                slim_doc_batch.append(
+                    SlimDocument(
+                        id=f"article:{article['id']}",
+                    )
+                )
+                if len(slim_doc_batch) >= _SLIM_BATCH_SIZE:
+                    yield slim_doc_batch
+                    slim_doc_batch = []
+        elif self.content_type == "tickets":
+            tickets = _get_tickets(
+                self.client, start_time=int(start) if start else None
+            )
+            for ticket in tickets:
+                slim_doc_batch.append(
+                    SlimDocument(
+                        id=f"zendesk_ticket_{ticket['id']}",
+                    )
+                )
+                if len(slim_doc_batch) >= _SLIM_BATCH_SIZE:
+                    yield slim_doc_batch
+                    slim_doc_batch = []
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(f"Unsupported content_type: {self.content_type}")
+        if slim_doc_batch:
+            yield slim_doc_batch
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     import os
diff --git a/backend/tests/daily/connectors/zendesk/test_zendesk_connector.py b/backend/tests/daily/connectors/zendesk/test_zendesk_connector.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..321ca298b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/tests/daily/connectors/zendesk/test_zendesk_connector.py
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+import json
+import os
+import time
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+from danswer.configs.constants import DocumentSource
+from danswer.connectors.models import Document
+from danswer.connectors.zendesk.connector import ZendeskConnector
+
+
+def load_test_data(file_name: str = "test_zendesk_data.json") -> dict[str, dict]:
+    current_dir = Path(__file__).parent
+    with open(current_dir / file_name, "r") as f:
+        return json.load(f)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def zendesk_article_connector() -> ZendeskConnector:
+    connector = ZendeskConnector(content_type="articles")
+    connector.load_credentials(get_credentials())
+    return connector
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def zendesk_ticket_connector() -> ZendeskConnector:
+    connector = ZendeskConnector(content_type="tickets")
+    connector.load_credentials(get_credentials())
+    return connector
+
+
+def get_credentials() -> dict[str, str]:
+    return {
+        "zendesk_subdomain": os.environ["ZENDESK_SUBDOMAIN"],
+        "zendesk_email": os.environ["ZENDESK_EMAIL"],
+        "zendesk_token": os.environ["ZENDESK_TOKEN"],
+    }
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "connector_fixture", ["zendesk_article_connector", "zendesk_ticket_connector"]
+)
+def test_zendesk_connector_basic(
+    request: pytest.FixtureRequest, connector_fixture: str
+) -> None:
+    connector = request.getfixturevalue(connector_fixture)
+    test_data = load_test_data()
+    all_docs: list[Document] = []
+    target_test_doc_id: str
+    if connector.content_type == "articles":
+        target_test_doc_id = f"article:{test_data['article']['id']}"
+    else:
+        target_test_doc_id = f"zendesk_ticket_{test_data['ticket']['id']}"
+
+    target_doc: Document | None = None
+
+    for doc_batch in connector.poll_source(0, time.time()):
+        for doc in doc_batch:
+            all_docs.append(doc)
+            if doc.id == target_test_doc_id:
+                target_doc = doc
+
+    assert len(all_docs) > 0, "No documents were retrieved from the connector"
+    assert (
+        target_doc is not None
+    ), "Target document was not found in the retrieved documents"
+    assert target_doc.source == DocumentSource.ZENDESK, "Document source is not ZENDESK"
+
+    if connector.content_type == "articles":
+        print(f"target_doc.semantic_identifier {target_doc.semantic_identifier}")
+        assert (
+            target_doc.semantic_identifier
+            == test_data["article"]["semantic_identifier"]
+        ), "Article title does not match"
+    else:
+        assert target_doc.semantic_identifier.startswith(
+            f"Ticket #{test_data['ticket']['id']}"
+        ), "Ticket ID does not match"
+
+
+def test_zendesk_connector_slim(zendesk_article_connector: ZendeskConnector) -> None:
+    # Get full doc IDs
+    all_full_doc_ids = set()
+    for doc_batch in zendesk_article_connector.load_from_state():
+        all_full_doc_ids.update([doc.id for doc in doc_batch])
+
+    # Get slim doc IDs
+    all_slim_doc_ids = set()
+    for slim_doc_batch in zendesk_article_connector.retrieve_all_slim_documents():
+        all_slim_doc_ids.update([doc.id for doc in slim_doc_batch])
+
+    # Full docs should be subset of slim docs
+    assert all_full_doc_ids.issubset(
+        all_slim_doc_ids
+    ), f"Full doc IDs {all_full_doc_ids} not subset of slim doc IDs {all_slim_doc_ids}"
diff --git a/backend/tests/daily/connectors/zendesk/test_zendesk_data.json b/backend/tests/daily/connectors/zendesk/test_zendesk_data.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b5087155
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/tests/daily/connectors/zendesk/test_zendesk_data.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+    "article": {
+        "id": "17275801227804",
+        "semantic_identifier": "How can agents leverage knowledge to help customers?"
+
+    },
+    "ticket": {
+        "id": "1"
+
+    }
+}
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