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ES|QL: Add note of future removal of FORK implicit LIMIT #143457

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Together with the [`FUSE`](/reference/query-languages/esql/commands/fuse.md) command, `FORK` enables hybrid search to combine and score results from multiple queries. To learn more about using {{esql}} for search, refer to [ES|QL for search](docs-content://solutions/search/esql-for-search.md).


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::::{note}

`FORK` branches default to `LIMIT 1000` if no `LIMIT` is provided.
In a future release, no implicit `LIMIT` will be added to `FORK` branches.
To maintain the current behavior of the queries using `FORK`, it is recommended
to include a `LIMIT` in each `FORK` branch.

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