diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/single-node/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/single-node/build.gradle
index 6f913100e0fd7..d5fedad1a537b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/single-node/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/single-node/build.gradle
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.legacy-yaml-rest-test'
 
 dependencies {
   javaRestTestImplementation project(xpackModule('esql:qa:testFixtures'))
+  yamlRestTestImplementation project(xpackModule('esql:qa:server'))
 }
 
 restResources {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/single-node/src/yamlRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/single_node/EsqlClientYamlIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/single-node/src/yamlRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/single_node/EsqlClientYamlIT.java
index 64aaf547e5468..38d58644926fe 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/single-node/src/yamlRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/single_node/EsqlClientYamlIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/single-node/src/yamlRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/single_node/EsqlClientYamlIT.java
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 
 import org.elasticsearch.test.rest.yaml.ClientYamlTestCandidate;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.rest.yaml.ESClientYamlSuiteTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.qa.rest.EsqlSpecTestCase;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
 
 public class EsqlClientYamlIT extends ESClientYamlSuiteTestCase {
 
@@ -22,4 +25,10 @@ public EsqlClientYamlIT(final ClientYamlTestCandidate testCandidate) {
     public static Iterable<Object[]> parameters() throws Exception {
         return createParameters();
     }
+
+    @Before
+    @After
+    public void assertRequestBreakerEmpty() throws Exception {
+        EsqlSpecTestCase.assertRequestBreakerEmpty();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/rest/EsqlSpecTestCase.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/rest/EsqlSpecTestCase.java
index e9dc848024448..4fc89e11b7b6b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/rest/EsqlSpecTestCase.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/rest/EsqlSpecTestCase.java
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@
 
 import com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.annotations.ParametersFactory;
 
+import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.Request;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ResponseException;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentHelper;
 import org.elasticsearch.logging.LogManager;
 import org.elasticsearch.logging.Logger;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.rest.ESRestTestCase;
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.qa.rest.RestEsqlTestCase.RequestObjectBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ql.CsvSpecReader.CsvTestCase;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ql.SpecReader;
+import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Before;
 
@@ -25,6 +28,8 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import static org.elasticsearch.test.MapMatcher.assertMap;
+import static org.elasticsearch.test.MapMatcher.matchesMap;
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.CsvAssert.assertData;
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.CsvAssert.assertMetadata;
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.CsvTestUtils.isEnabled;
@@ -123,4 +128,24 @@ private Throwable reworkException(Throwable th) {
     protected boolean preserveClusterUponCompletion() {
         return true;
     }
+
+    @Before
+    @After
+    public void assertRequestBreakerEmptyAfterTests() throws Exception {
+        assertRequestBreakerEmpty();
+    }
+
+    public static void assertRequestBreakerEmpty() throws Exception {
+        assertBusy(() -> {
+            HttpEntity entity = adminClient().performRequest(new Request("GET", "/_nodes/stats")).getEntity();
+            Map<?, ?> stats = XContentHelper.convertToMap(XContentType.JSON.xContent(), entity.getContent(), false);
+            Map<?, ?> nodes = (Map<?, ?>) stats.get("nodes");
+            for (Object n : nodes.values()) {
+                Map<?, ?> node = (Map<?, ?>) n;
+                Map<?, ?> breakers = (Map<?, ?>) node.get("breakers");
+                Map<?, ?> request = (Map<?, ?>) breakers.get("request");
+                assertMap(request, matchesMap().extraOk().entry("estimated_size_in_bytes", 0).entry("estimated_size", "0b"));
+            }
+        });
+    }
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/rest/RestEsqlTestCase.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/rest/RestEsqlTestCase.java
index 2b8bead0f86bc..14e645f37a659 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/rest/RestEsqlTestCase.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/rest/RestEsqlTestCase.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.xcontent.XContentType;
 import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -556,4 +557,10 @@ protected static String fromIndex() {
     protected boolean preserveClusterUponCompletion() {
         return true;
     }
+
+    @Before
+    @After
+    public void assertRequestBreakerEmpty() throws Exception {
+        EsqlSpecTestCase.assertRequestBreakerEmpty();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/testFixtures/src/main/resources/keep.csv-spec b/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/testFixtures/src/main/resources/keep.csv-spec
index 3637081c3c4b6..fd87eedf57f2f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/testFixtures/src/main/resources/keep.csv-spec
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/testFixtures/src/main/resources/keep.csv-spec
@@ -205,7 +205,8 @@ emp_no:integer | languages:integer | gender:keyword | first_name:keyword | abc:i
 10100 | 4 | F | Hironobu | 3
 ;
 
-projectFromWithStatsAfterLimit
+# awaitsfix https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/99826
+projectFromWithStatsAfterLimit-Ignore
 from employees | sort emp_no | keep gender, avg_worked_seconds, first_name, last_name | limit 10 | stats m = max(avg_worked_seconds) by gender;
 
    m:long | gender:keyword
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/testFixtures/src/main/resources/metadata-ignoreCsvTests.csv-spec b/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/testFixtures/src/main/resources/metadata-ignoreCsvTests.csv-spec
index 82fd27416c526..ee2d3ab6db801 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/testFixtures/src/main/resources/metadata-ignoreCsvTests.csv-spec
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/testFixtures/src/main/resources/metadata-ignoreCsvTests.csv-spec
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ emp_no:integer |_version:long |_index:keyword
 10002          |1             |employees
 ;
 
-withMvFunction
+# awaitsfix https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/99826
+withMvFunction-Ignore
 from employees [metadata _version] | eval i = mv_avg(_version) + 2 | stats min = min(emp_no) by i;
 
 min:integer |i:double