diff --git a/docs/changelog/139596.yaml b/docs/changelog/139596.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ffb62d3bfa805
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/139596.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+pr: 139596
+summary: "CPS: Copy existing resolved index expressions when constructing a new `SearchRequest`\
+  \ from an existing one"
+area: CCS
+type: bug
+issues: []
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchRequest.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchRequest.java
index c889d344a06c8..a7c80af0bc92f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchRequest.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchRequest.java
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ private SearchRequest(
         this.waitForCheckpointsTimeout = searchRequest.waitForCheckpointsTimeout;
         this.forceSyntheticSource = searchRequest.forceSyntheticSource;
         this.projectRouting = searchRequest.projectRouting;
+        this.resolvedIndexExpressions = searchRequest.resolvedIndexExpressions;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/crossproject/CrossProjectIndexResolutionValidatorTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/crossproject/CrossProjectIndexResolutionValidatorTests.java
index 706e07177a85d..0a78dd924dbd6 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/crossproject/CrossProjectIndexResolutionValidatorTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/crossproject/CrossProjectIndexResolutionValidatorTests.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchSecurityException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ResolvedIndexExpression;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ResolvedIndexExpressions;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.IndicesOptions;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexNotFoundException;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
@@ -1408,6 +1409,35 @@ public void testShouldReportFirstRemote404WhenNo403AndLocalProjectIsExcluded() {
         assertThat(e.getSuppressed(), emptyArray());
     }
 
+    public void testResolvedIndexExpressionsAreCopiedOntoNewSearchRequest() {
+        ResolvedIndexExpressions expr = new ResolvedIndexExpressions(
+            List.of(
+                new ResolvedIndexExpression(
+                    "logs",
+                    new ResolvedIndexExpression.LocalExpressions(
+                        Set.of("logs"),
+                        ResolvedIndexExpression.LocalIndexResolutionResult.SUCCESS,
+                        null
+                    ),
+                    Set.of("P1:logs")
+                )
+            )
+        );
+
+        String projectRouting = "_alias:_origin";
+        SearchRequest original = new SearchRequest("logs");
+        original.setResolvedIndexExpressions(expr);
+        original.setProjectRouting(projectRouting);
+
+        /*
+         * When a new SearchRequest object is created from an existing one, we should copy over the previously
+         * resolved expressions since the new object will not go through the Security Action Filter.
+         */
+        SearchRequest rewritten = new SearchRequest(original);
+        assertThat(rewritten.getResolvedIndexExpressions(), equalTo(expr));
+        assertThat(rewritten.getProjectRouting(), equalTo(projectRouting));
+    }
+
     private IndicesOptions getStrictAllowNoIndices() {
         return getIndicesOptions(true, false);
     }