diff --git a/Classes/ContentRepository/Service/NodeService.php b/Classes/ContentRepository/Service/NeosUiNodeService.php
similarity index 53%
rename from Classes/ContentRepository/Service/NodeService.php
rename to Classes/ContentRepository/Service/NeosUiNodeService.php
index cad0b5c744..9ca28403bd 100644
--- a/Classes/ContentRepository/Service/NodeService.php
+++ b/Classes/ContentRepository/Service/NeosUiNodeService.php
@@ -21,54 +21,20 @@
 use Neos\Neos\Utility\NodeTypeWithFallbackProvider;
 
 /**
+ * @internal
  * @Flow\Scope("singleton")
  */
-class NodeService
+class NeosUiNodeService
 {
     use NodeTypeWithFallbackProvider;
 
     #[Flow\Inject]
     protected ContentRepositoryRegistry $contentRepositoryRegistry;
 
-    /**
-     * Helper method to retrieve the closest document for a node
-     */
-    public function getClosestDocument(Node $node): ?Node
-    {
-        if ($this->getNodeType($node)->isOfType('Neos.Neos:Document')) {
-            return $node;
-        }
-
-        $subgraph = $this->contentRepositoryRegistry->subgraphForNode($node);
-
-        while ($node instanceof Node) {
-            if ($this->getNodeType($node)->isOfType('Neos.Neos:Document')) {
-                return $node;
-            }
-            $node = $subgraph->findParentNode($node->nodeAggregateId);
-        }
-
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Helper method to check if a given node is a document node.
-     *
-     * @param  Node $node The node to check
-     * @return boolean             A boolean which indicates if the given node is a document node.
-     */
-    public function isDocument(Node $node): bool
-    {
-        return ($this->getClosestDocument($node) === $node);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Converts a given context path to a node object
-     */
-    public function getNodeFromContextPath(string $contextPath, ContentRepositoryId $contentRepositoryId): ?Node
+    public function findNodeBySerializedNodeAddress(string $serializedNodeAddress, ContentRepositoryId $contentRepositoryId): ?Node
     {
         $contentRepository = $this->contentRepositoryRegistry->get($contentRepositoryId);
-        $nodeAddress = NodeAddressFactory::create($contentRepository)->createFromUriString($contextPath);
+        $nodeAddress = NodeAddressFactory::create($contentRepository)->createFromUriString($serializedNodeAddress);
 
         $subgraph = $contentRepository->getContentGraph()->getSubgraph(
             $nodeAddress->contentStreamId,
diff --git a/Classes/ContentRepository/Service/WorkspaceService.php b/Classes/ContentRepository/Service/WorkspaceService.php
index 9ae80ff464..8e05538eae 100644
--- a/Classes/ContentRepository/Service/WorkspaceService.php
+++ b/Classes/ContentRepository/Service/WorkspaceService.php
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\ContentRepository;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\Factory\ContentRepositoryId;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\Feature\WorkspacePublication\Command\DiscardIndividualNodesFromWorkspace;
+use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\Projection\ContentGraph\Filter\FindClosestNodeFilter;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\Projection\ContentGraph\Node;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\Projection\Workspace\Workspace;
+use Neos\Neos\Domain\Service\NodeTypeNameFactory;
 use Neos\Neos\FrontendRouting\NodeAddress;
 use Neos\Neos\FrontendRouting\NodeAddressFactory;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\Projection\ContentGraph\VisibilityConstraints;
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ public function getPublishableNodeInfo(WorkspaceName $workspaceName, ContentRepo
                 $node = $subgraph->findNodeById($change->nodeAggregateId);
 
                 if ($node instanceof Node) {
-                    $documentNode = $this->getClosestDocumentNode($node);
+                    $documentNode = $subgraph->findClosestNode($node->nodeAggregateId, FindClosestNodeFilter::create(nodeTypeConstraints: NodeTypeNameFactory::NAME_DOCUMENT));
                     if ($documentNode instanceof Node) {
                         $contentRepository = $this->contentRepositoryRegistry->get($documentNode->subgraphIdentity->contentRepositoryId);
                         $nodeAddressFactory = NodeAddressFactory::create($contentRepository);
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ public function predictRemoveNodeFeedbackFromDiscardIndividualNodesFromWorkspace
     ): array {
         $workspace = $contentRepository->getWorkspaceFinder()->findOneByName($command->workspaceName);
         if (is_null($workspace)) {
-            return Nodes::createEmpty();
+            return [];
         }
 
         $changeFinder = $contentRepository->projectionState(ChangeFinder::class);
@@ -201,18 +203,4 @@ public function predictRemoveNodeFeedbackFromDiscardIndividualNodesFromWorkspace
 
         return $result;
     }
-
-    private function getClosestDocumentNode(Node $node): ?Node
-    {
-        $subgraph = $this->contentRepositoryRegistry->subgraphForNode($node);
-
-        while ($node instanceof Node) {
-            if ($this->getNodeType($node)->isOfType('Neos.Neos:Document')) {
-                return $node;
-            }
-            $node = $subgraph->findParentNode($node->nodeAggregateId);
-        }
-
-        return null;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/Classes/Controller/BackendServiceController.php b/Classes/Controller/BackendServiceController.php
index 7c923fbcec..1f941184eb 100644
--- a/Classes/Controller/BackendServiceController.php
+++ b/Classes/Controller/BackendServiceController.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 use Neos\Neos\FrontendRouting\NodeAddressFactory;
 use Neos\Neos\FrontendRouting\SiteDetection\SiteDetectionResult;
 use Neos\Neos\Service\UserService;
-use Neos\Neos\Ui\ContentRepository\Service\NodeService;
+use Neos\Neos\Ui\ContentRepository\Service\NeosUiNodeService;
 use Neos\Neos\Ui\ContentRepository\Service\WorkspaceService;
 use Neos\Neos\Ui\Domain\Model\ChangeCollection;
 use Neos\Neos\Ui\Domain\Model\Feedback\Messages\Error;
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class BackendServiceController extends ActionController
 
     /**
      * @Flow\Inject
-     * @var NodeService
+     * @var NeosUiNodeService
      */
     protected $nodeService;
 
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ public function flowQueryAction(array $chain): string
         /** @var array<int,mixed> $payload */
         $payload = $createContext['payload'] ?? [];
         $flowQuery = new FlowQuery(array_map(
-            fn ($envelope) => $this->nodeService->getNodeFromContextPath($envelope['$node'], $contentRepositoryId),
+            fn ($envelope) => $this->nodeService->findNodeBySerializedNodeAddress($envelope['$node'], $contentRepositoryId),
             $payload
         ));
 
diff --git a/Classes/Domain/Model/AbstractChange.php b/Classes/Domain/Model/AbstractChange.php
index 9edfac63f3..62c877da2d 100644
--- a/Classes/Domain/Model/AbstractChange.php
+++ b/Classes/Domain/Model/AbstractChange.php
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@
  * source code.
  */
 
+use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\Projection\ContentGraph\Filter\FindClosestNodeFilter;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\Projection\ContentGraph\Node;
 use Neos\ContentRepositoryRegistry\ContentRepositoryRegistry;
 use Neos\Flow\Annotations as Flow;
 use Neos\Flow\Persistence\PersistenceManagerInterface;
+use Neos\Neos\Domain\Service\NodeTypeNameFactory;
 use Neos\Neos\Service\UserService;
 use Neos\Neos\Ui\Domain\Model\Feedback\Operations\NodeCreated;
 use Neos\Neos\Ui\Domain\Model\Feedback\Operations\ReloadDocument;
@@ -64,7 +66,8 @@ public function getSubject(): ?Node
     protected function updateWorkspaceInfo(): void
     {
         if (!is_null($this->subject)) {
-            $documentNode = $this->findClosestDocumentNode($this->subject);
+            $subgraph = $this->contentRepositoryRegistry->subgraphForNode($this->subject);
+            $documentNode = $subgraph->findClosestNode($this->subject->nodeAggregateId, FindClosestNodeFilter::create(nodeTypeConstraints: NodeTypeNameFactory::NAME_DOCUMENT));
             if (!is_null($documentNode)) {
                 $contentRepository = $this->contentRepositoryRegistry->get($this->subject->subgraphIdentity->contentRepositoryId);
                 $workspace = $contentRepository->getWorkspaceFinder()->findOneByCurrentContentStreamId(
@@ -78,18 +81,6 @@ protected function updateWorkspaceInfo(): void
         }
     }
 
-    final protected function findClosestDocumentNode(Node $node): ?Node
-    {
-        while ($node instanceof Node) {
-            if ($this->getNodeType($node)->isOfType('Neos.Neos:Document')) {
-                return $node;
-            }
-            $node = $this->findParentNode($node);
-        }
-
-        return null;
-    }
-
     protected function findParentNode(Node $node): ?Node
     {
         return $this->contentRepositoryRegistry->subgraphForNode($node)
diff --git a/Classes/Domain/Model/Changes/AbstractStructuralChange.php b/Classes/Domain/Model/Changes/AbstractStructuralChange.php
index f4eb59d5a1..de725b5fe4 100644
--- a/Classes/Domain/Model/Changes/AbstractStructuralChange.php
+++ b/Classes/Domain/Model/Changes/AbstractStructuralChange.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\Projection\ContentGraph\Nodes;
 use Neos\ContentRepositoryRegistry\ContentRepositoryRegistry;
 use Neos\Flow\Annotations as Flow;
-use Neos\Neos\Ui\ContentRepository\Service\NodeService;
+use Neos\Neos\Ui\ContentRepository\Service\NeosUiNodeService;
 use Neos\Neos\Ui\Domain\Model\AbstractChange;
 use Neos\Neos\Ui\Domain\Model\Feedback\Operations\ReloadDocument;
 use Neos\Neos\Ui\Domain\Model\Feedback\Operations\RenderContentOutOfBand;
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ abstract class AbstractStructuralChange extends AbstractChange
 
     /**
      * @Flow\Inject
-     * @var NodeService
+     * @var NeosUiNodeService
      */
     protected $nodeService;
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public function getSiblingNode(): ?Node
         }
 
         if ($this->cachedSiblingNode === null) {
-            $this->cachedSiblingNode = $this->nodeService->getNodeFromContextPath(
+            $this->cachedSiblingNode = $this->nodeService->findNodeBySerializedNodeAddress(
                 $this->siblingDomAddress->getContextPath(),
                 $this->getSubject()->subgraphIdentity->contentRepositoryId
             );
diff --git a/Classes/Domain/Model/Changes/CopyInto.php b/Classes/Domain/Model/Changes/CopyInto.php
index 5b2c3463f6..56c4e55d5d 100644
--- a/Classes/Domain/Model/Changes/CopyInto.php
+++ b/Classes/Domain/Model/Changes/CopyInto.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public function getParentNode(): ?Node
     {
         if (!isset($this->cachedParentNode)) {
             $this->cachedParentNode = $this->parentContextPath
-                ? $this->nodeService->getNodeFromContextPath($this->parentContextPath, $this->getSubject()->subgraphIdentity->contentRepositoryId)
+                ? $this->nodeService->findNodeBySerializedNodeAddress($this->parentContextPath, $this->getSubject()->subgraphIdentity->contentRepositoryId)
                 : null;
         }
 
diff --git a/Classes/Domain/Model/Changes/MoveInto.php b/Classes/Domain/Model/Changes/MoveInto.php
index ebccb70c9e..2018a8f1c1 100644
--- a/Classes/Domain/Model/Changes/MoveInto.php
+++ b/Classes/Domain/Model/Changes/MoveInto.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public function getParentNode(): ?Node
             return null;
         }
 
-        return $this->nodeService->getNodeFromContextPath(
+        return $this->nodeService->findNodeBySerializedNodeAddress(
             $this->parentContextPath,
             $this->getSubject()->subgraphIdentity->contentRepositoryId
         );
diff --git a/Classes/Domain/Model/Changes/Remove.php b/Classes/Domain/Model/Changes/Remove.php
index f204d69af3..ccf87a5c04 100644
--- a/Classes/Domain/Model/Changes/Remove.php
+++ b/Classes/Domain/Model/Changes/Remove.php
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@
  */
 
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\DimensionSpace\Exception\DimensionSpacePointNotFound;
+use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\Projection\ContentGraph\Filter\FindClosestNodeFilter;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\SharedModel\Exception\ContentStreamDoesNotExistYet;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\SharedModel\Node\NodeVariantSelectionStrategy;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\Feature\NodeRemoval\Command\RemoveNodeAggregate;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\SharedModel\Exception\NodeAggregatesTypeIsAmbiguous;
 use Neos\Flow\Annotations as Flow;
+use Neos\Neos\Domain\Service\NodeTypeNameFactory;
 use Neos\Neos\Fusion\Cache\ContentCacheFlusher;
 use Neos\Neos\Ui\Domain\Model\AbstractChange;
 use Neos\Neos\Ui\Domain\Model\Feedback\Operations\RemoveNode;
@@ -68,7 +70,8 @@ public function apply(): void
             // otherwise we cannot find the parent nodes anymore.
             $this->updateWorkspaceInfo();
 
-            $closestDocumentParentNode = $this->findClosestDocumentNode($subject);
+            $subgraph = $this->contentRepositoryRegistry->subgraphForNode($this->subject);
+            $closestDocumentParentNode = $subgraph->findClosestNode($this->subject->nodeAggregateId, FindClosestNodeFilter::create(nodeTypeConstraints: NodeTypeNameFactory::NAME_DOCUMENT));
             $command = RemoveNodeAggregate::create(
                 $subject->subgraphIdentity->contentStreamId,
                 $subject->nodeAggregateId,
diff --git a/Classes/Domain/Model/Feedback/Operations/ReloadDocument.php b/Classes/Domain/Model/Feedback/Operations/ReloadDocument.php
index 3b0d24cced..039881587c 100644
--- a/Classes/Domain/Model/Feedback/Operations/ReloadDocument.php
+++ b/Classes/Domain/Model/Feedback/Operations/ReloadDocument.php
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@
  * source code.
  */
 
+use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\Projection\ContentGraph\Filter\FindClosestNodeFilter;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\Projection\ContentGraph\Node;
+use Neos\ContentRepositoryRegistry\ContentRepositoryRegistry;
 use Neos\Flow\Annotations as Flow;
 use Neos\Flow\Mvc\Controller\ControllerContext;
-use Neos\Neos\Ui\ContentRepository\Service\NodeService;
+use Neos\Neos\Domain\Service\NodeTypeNameFactory;
 use Neos\Neos\Ui\Domain\Model\AbstractFeedback;
 use Neos\Neos\Ui\Domain\Model\FeedbackInterface;
 use Neos\Neos\Ui\Fusion\Helper\NodeInfoHelper;
@@ -23,11 +25,8 @@ class ReloadDocument extends AbstractFeedback
 {
     protected ?Node $node;
 
-    /**
-     * @Flow\Inject
-     * @var NodeService
-     */
-    protected $nodeService;
+    #[Flow\Inject]
+    protected ContentRepositoryRegistry $contentRepositoryRegistry;
 
     public function getType(): string
     {
@@ -73,7 +72,10 @@ public function serializePayload(ControllerContext $controllerContext): array
         }
         $nodeInfoHelper = new NodeInfoHelper();
 
-        if ($documentNode = $this->nodeService->getClosestDocument($this->node)) {
+        $documentNode = $this->contentRepositoryRegistry->subgraphForNode($this->node)
+            ->findClosestNode($this->node->nodeAggregateId, FindClosestNodeFilter::create(nodeTypeConstraints: NodeTypeNameFactory::NAME_DOCUMENT));
+
+        if ($documentNode) {
             return [
                 'uri' => $nodeInfoHelper->previewUri($documentNode, $controllerContext)
             ];
diff --git a/Classes/Domain/Service/NodeTreeBuilder.php b/Classes/Domain/Service/NodeTreeBuilder.php
index acab3f73e5..3fb6cc5dc5 100644
--- a/Classes/Domain/Service/NodeTreeBuilder.php
+++ b/Classes/Domain/Service/NodeTreeBuilder.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 use Neos\Flow\Annotations as Flow;
 use Neos\Flow\Mvc\Controller\ControllerContext;
 use Neos\Neos\Service\LinkingService;
-use Neos\Neos\Ui\ContentRepository\Service\NodeService;
+use Neos\Neos\Ui\ContentRepository\Service\NeosUiNodeService;
 
 class NodeTreeBuilder
 {
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class NodeTreeBuilder
 
     /**
      * @Flow\Inject
-     * @var NodeService
+     * @var NeosUiNodeService
      */
     protected $nodeService;
 
diff --git a/Classes/TypeConverter/ChangeCollectionConverter.php b/Classes/TypeConverter/ChangeCollectionConverter.php
index 51e5fd43af..f6ac74214b 100644
--- a/Classes/TypeConverter/ChangeCollectionConverter.php
+++ b/Classes/TypeConverter/ChangeCollectionConverter.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 use Neos\Flow\Property\PropertyMappingConfigurationInterface;
 use Neos\Flow\Property\TypeConverter\AbstractTypeConverter;
 use Neos\Flow\Reflection\ReflectionService;
-use Neos\Neos\Ui\ContentRepository\Service\NodeService;
+use Neos\Neos\Ui\ContentRepository\Service\NeosUiNodeService;
 use Neos\Neos\Ui\Domain\Model\ChangeCollection;
 use Neos\Neos\Ui\Domain\Model\ChangeInterface;
 use Neos\Neos\Ui\Domain\Model\Changes\Property;
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class ChangeCollectionConverter
 
     /**
      * @Flow\Inject
-     * @var NodeService
+     * @var NeosUiNodeService
      */
     protected $nodeService;
 
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ protected function convertChangeData(array $changeData, ContentRepositoryId $con
 
 
         $subjectContextPath = $changeData['subject'];
-        $subject = $this->nodeService->getNodeFromContextPath($subjectContextPath, $contentRepositoryId);
+        $subject = $this->nodeService->findNodeBySerializedNodeAddress($subjectContextPath, $contentRepositoryId);
         if (is_null($subject)) {
             throw new \RuntimeException('Could not find node for subject "' . $subjectContextPath . '"', 1645657340);
         }
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ protected function convertChangeData(array $changeData, ContentRepositoryId $con
 
         if (isset($changeData['reference']) && method_exists($changeClassInstance, 'setReference')) {
             $referenceContextPath = $changeData['reference'];
-            $reference = $this->nodeService->getNodeFromContextPath($referenceContextPath, $contentRepositoryId);
+            $reference = $this->nodeService->findNodeBySerializedNodeAddress($referenceContextPath, $contentRepositoryId);
             $changeClassInstance->setReference($reference);
         }