diff --git a/ase/queuemux.cc b/ase/queuemux.cc
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+// This Source Code Form is licensed MPL-2.0: http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0
+#include "queuemux.hh"
+#include "randomhash.hh"
+#include "internal.hh"
+#include "testing.hh"
+
+#define QDEBUG(...)     Ase::debug ("queuemux", __VA_ARGS__)
+
+namespace {
+using namespace Ase;
+
+struct SomeValue {
+  int i;
+};
+
+static __attribute__ ((always_inline)) inline long
+QueueMultiplexer_priority (const SomeValue &o)
+{
+  return o.i;
+}
+
+TEST_INTEGRITY (queuemux_test);
+static void
+queuemux_test()
+{
+  // generate ascending (sorted) sample values
+  int ascending_counter = -17;
+  auto ascending_values = [&ascending_counter] () {
+    if (random_int64() & 1)
+      ascending_counter++;
+    return ascending_counter;
+  };
+  std::vector<int> samples;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < 39; i++)
+    samples.push_back (ascending_values());
+
+  // setting: N queues contain ascending (sorted) values
+  constexpr size_t N = 4;
+  using Queue = std::vector<SomeValue>;
+  std::vector<Queue> queues;
+  queues.resize (N);
+  for (int v : samples)
+    queues[random_int64() % N].push_back (SomeValue { v });
+
+  // task: fetch values from all queues in sorted order
+  std::vector<Queue*> queue_ptrs;
+  for (Queue &queue : queues)
+    queue_ptrs.push_back (&queue);
+  QueueMultiplexer<N, Queue> mux (queue_ptrs.size(), &queue_ptrs[0]);
+  int last = -2147483648;
+  size_t sc = 0;
+  while (mux.more())
+    {
+      const SomeValue &current = mux.pop();
+      QDEBUG ("QueueMultiplexer: %d\n", current.i);
+      TASSERT (current.i >= last);
+      last = current.i;
+      TASSERT (sc < samples.size() && samples[sc++] == current.i);
+    }
+  TASSERT (sc == samples.size());
+}
+
+} // Anon
diff --git a/ase/queuemux.hh b/ase/queuemux.hh
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+// This Source Code Form is licensed MPL-2.0: http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0
+#ifndef __ASE_QUEUEMUX_HH__
+#define __ASE_QUEUEMUX_HH__
+
+#include <ase/cxxaux.hh>
+
+namespace Ase {
+
+/// Multiplexer to pop from multiple Queues, while preserving priorities.
+/// Order for values at the same priority is unstable.
+/// Relies on unqualified calls to `Priority QueueMultiplexer_priority (const ValueType&)`.
+template<size_t MAXQUEUES, class Queue, class ValueType = typename Queue::value_type>
+struct QueueMultiplexer {
+  using Priority = decltype (QueueMultiplexer_priority (std::declval<const ValueType&>()));
+  struct Ptr { typename Queue::const_iterator it, end; };
+  ssize_t  n_queues = 0, current = -1;
+  Priority first = {}, next = {};
+  std::array<Ptr, MAXQUEUES> ptrs;
+  QueueMultiplexer (size_t nqueues, Queue **queues)
+  {
+    assign (nqueues, queues);
+  }
+  bool
+  assign (size_t nqueues, Queue **queues)
+  {
+    n_queues = 0;
+    ASE_ASSERT_RETURN (nqueues <= MAXQUEUES, false);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < nqueues; i++)
+      if (queues[i]) [[likely]]
+        {
+          ptrs[n_queues].it = std::begin (*queues[i]);
+          ptrs[n_queues].end = std::end (*queues[i]);
+          if (ptrs[n_queues].it != ptrs[n_queues].end)
+            n_queues++;
+        }
+    seek();
+    return more();
+  }
+  bool
+  more() const
+  {
+    return n_queues > 0;
+  }
+  const ValueType&
+  pop ()
+  {
+    ASE_ASSERT_RETURN (more(), []() -> const ValueType& { static const ValueType empty {}; return empty; }());
+    const ValueType &result = *ptrs[current].it++;
+    if (ptrs[current].it == ptrs[current].end) [[unlikely]]
+      {                                         // remove emptied queue
+        if (current < n_queues - 1) [[unlikely]]
+          ptrs[current] = ptrs[n_queues - 1];    // shuffles queue order, preserves prios
+        n_queues--;
+        seek();
+      }
+    else if (QueueMultiplexer_priority (*ptrs[current].it)
+             > next) [[unlikely]]               // next is in other queue
+      seek();
+    return result;
+  }
+private:
+  void
+  seek()
+  {
+    if (n_queues == 0) [[likely]]
+      return;
+    current = 0;                                  // picks first queue if all contain max Priority
+    next = std::numeric_limits<Priority>::max();
+    first = next;                               // Priority to start with
+    for (ssize_t i = 0; i < n_queues; i++)
+      {
+        const Priority prio = QueueMultiplexer_priority (*ptrs[i].it);
+        if (prio < first)                       // prio comes before first
+          {
+            next = first;
+            first = prio;
+            current = i;                          // pick first matching Queue
+          }
+        else if (prio < next)                   // found next prio
+          next = prio;
+      }
+    // dprintf (2, "%s: n_queues=%zd current=%zd first=%ld next=%ld\n", __func__, n_queues, current, long (first), long (next));
+  }
+};
+
+} // Ase
+
+#endif /* __ASE_QUEUEMUX_HH__ */