From 098ad120a8a34ec3836b8d5eebc4d594d7da2a6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yury Smolski <140245+ysmolski@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:09:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: display correct multiplier for non-list fields

---
 v2/pkg/engine/plan/cost.go | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/v2/pkg/engine/plan/cost.go b/v2/pkg/engine/plan/cost.go
index 90d46a78be..4044b22c20 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/engine/plan/cost.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/engine/plan/cost.go
@@ -644,6 +644,10 @@ func (node *CostTreeNode) debugPrint(sb *strings.Builder, configs map[DSHash]*Da
 
 	// Compute costs for this node to display in debug output
 	fieldCost, argsCost, dirsCost, multiplier := node.costsAndMultiplier(configs, variables, defaultListSize, actualListSizes)
+	// We enforce multiplier=1 for non-list fields.
+	if multiplier == 0 && !node.returnsListType {
+		multiplier = 1
+	}
 	if fieldCost != 0 || argsCost != 0 || dirsCost != 0 || multiplier != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(sb, "%s  fieldCost=%d", indent, fieldCost)