#159354·elasticsearch

ESQL: LIMIT BY, Explore whether LIMIT BY can be pushed to the FORK branches

Author: ncordonCreated Sep 15, 2026Updated Sep 17, 2026
Labels>enhancementTeam:Analytics:Analytics/ES|QL

Explore whether LIMIT BY could be pushed to every individual branch of FORK:

i.e. turning:

sql
FROM index
| FORK (fork1) (fork2)
| LIMIT N BY a

into:

sql
FROM index
| FORK (fork1 | LIMIT N BY a) (fork2 | LIMIT N BY a) 
| LIMIT N BY a