diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java
index 2f60c731bc554..c3b5b35c721a4 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java
@@ -257,6 +257,10 @@ public void apply(Settings value, Settings current, Settings previous) {
     public static Set<Setting<?>> BUILT_IN_CLUSTER_SETTINGS = Collections.unmodifiableSet(
         new HashSet<>(
             Arrays.asList(
+                // changed: for performComputeIntensiveTask
+                SearchService.COMPUTE_INTENSIVE_DURATION_SECONDS,
+                SearchService.MEMORY_OVERHEAD_PER_ITERATION,
+
                 AwarenessAllocationDecider.CLUSTER_ROUTING_ALLOCATION_AWARENESS_ATTRIBUTE_SETTING,
                 AwarenessAllocationDecider.CLUSTER_ROUTING_ALLOCATION_AWARENESS_FORCE_GROUP_SETTING,
                 AwarenessReplicaBalance.CLUSTER_ROUTING_ALLOCATION_AWARENESS_BALANCE_SETTING,
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/IndicesRequestCache.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/IndicesRequestCache.java
index 93946fa11de13..b5322b0b42a64 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/IndicesRequestCache.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/IndicesRequestCache.java
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ public final class IndicesRequestCache implements RemovalListener<ICacheKey<Indi
         Property.NodeScope
     );
 
+
+
     private final static long BASE_RAM_BYTES_USED = RamUsageEstimator.shallowSizeOfInstance(Key.class);
 
     private final ConcurrentMap<CleanupKey, Boolean> registeredClosedListeners = ConcurrentCollections.newConcurrentMap();
@@ -162,6 +164,7 @@ public final class IndicesRequestCache implements RemovalListener<ICacheKey<Indi
     public static final String SHARD_ID_DIMENSION_NAME = "shards";
     public static final String INDEX_DIMENSION_NAME = "indices";
 
+
     IndicesRequestCache(
         Settings settings,
         Function<ShardId, Optional<CacheEntity>> cacheEntityFunction,
@@ -182,6 +185,7 @@ public final class IndicesRequestCache implements RemovalListener<ICacheKey<Indi
         this.clusterService = clusterService;
         this.clusterService.getClusterSettings()
             .addSettingsUpdateConsumer(INDICES_REQUEST_CACHE_STALENESS_THRESHOLD_SETTING, this::setStalenessThreshold);
+
         this.cache = cacheService.createCache(
             new CacheConfig.Builder<Key, BytesReference>().setSettings(settings)
                 .setWeigher(weigher)
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/SearchService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/SearchService.java
index a53a7198c366f..84573926e7359 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/SearchService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/SearchService.java
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.index.shard.IndexShard;
 import org.opensearch.index.shard.SearchOperationListener;
 import org.opensearch.indices.IndicesService;
+import org.opensearch.indices.IndicesRequestCache;
 import org.opensearch.indices.cluster.IndicesClusterStateService.AllocatedIndices.IndexRemovalReason;
 import org.opensearch.node.ResponseCollectorService;
 import org.opensearch.script.FieldScript;
@@ -171,6 +172,17 @@
 public class SearchService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent implements IndexEventListener {
     private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(SearchService.class);
 
+    // changed: for performComputeIntensiveTask
+    public static final Setting<Integer> COMPUTE_INTENSIVE_DURATION_SECONDS =
+        Setting.intSetting("search.service.experimental.compute_intensive.duration_seconds", 0, Setting.Property.Dynamic, Setting.Property.NodeScope);
+
+    public static final Setting<Integer> MEMORY_OVERHEAD_PER_ITERATION =
+        Setting.intSetting("search.service.experimental.memory_overhead.per_iteration", 0, Setting.Property.Dynamic, Setting.Property.NodeScope);
+
+    // changed: new setting
+    private volatile int computeIntensiveDurationSeconds;
+    private volatile int memoryOverheadPerIteration;
+
     // we can have 5 minutes here, since we make sure to clean with search requests and when shard/index closes
     public static final Setting<TimeValue> DEFAULT_KEEPALIVE_SETTING = Setting.positiveTimeSetting(
         "search.default_keep_alive",
@@ -374,6 +386,13 @@ public SearchService(
         TaskResourceTrackingService taskResourceTrackingService
     ) {
         Settings settings = clusterService.getSettings();
+        // changed: new setting
+        this.computeIntensiveDurationSeconds = SearchService.COMPUTE_INTENSIVE_DURATION_SECONDS.get(settings);
+        this.memoryOverheadPerIteration = SearchService.MEMORY_OVERHEAD_PER_ITERATION.get(settings);
+        clusterService.getClusterSettings().addSettingsUpdateConsumer(SearchService.COMPUTE_INTENSIVE_DURATION_SECONDS, this::setComputeIntensiveDurationSeconds);
+        clusterService.getClusterSettings().addSettingsUpdateConsumer(SearchService.MEMORY_OVERHEAD_PER_ITERATION, this::setMemoryOverheadPerIteration);
+
+
         this.threadPool = threadPool;
         this.clusterService = clusterService;
         this.indicesService = indicesService;
@@ -428,6 +447,35 @@ public SearchService(
         clusterService.getClusterSettings().addSettingsUpdateConsumer(CLUSTER_ALLOW_DERIVED_FIELD_SETTING, this::setAllowDerivedField);
     }
 
+    // changed: new setting to line 468
+    private void setComputeIntensiveDurationSeconds(int time) {
+        this.computeIntensiveDurationSeconds = time;
+    }
+
+    private void setMemoryOverheadPerIteration(int overhead) {
+        this.memoryOverheadPerIteration = overhead;
+    }
+
+    public void performComputeIntensiveTask() {
+        long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis() + computeIntensiveDurationSeconds * 1000;
+        logger.info("Starting compute-intensive task for {} seconds and {} bytes per iteration",
+            computeIntensiveDurationSeconds, memoryOverheadPerIteration);
+
+        int iterations = 0;
+        while (System.currentTimeMillis() < endTime) {
+            byte[] memoryHog = new byte[memoryOverheadPerIteration];
+            for (int j = 0; j < memoryOverheadPerIteration; j++) {
+                memoryHog[j] = (byte) (j % 256);
+            }
+            iterations++;
+            if (iterations % 1000 == 0) {
+                logger.info("Performed {} iterations", iterations);
+            }
+        }
+        logger.info("Completed compute-intensive task");
+    }
+
+
     private void validateKeepAlives(TimeValue defaultKeepAlive, TimeValue maxKeepAlive) {
         if (defaultKeepAlive.millis() > maxKeepAlive.millis()) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(
@@ -630,8 +678,12 @@ public void onResponse(ShardSearchRequest orig) {
                         return;
                     }
                 }
+                performComputeIntensiveTask();
                 // fork the execution in the search thread pool
-                runAsync(getExecutor(shard), () -> executeQueryPhase(orig, task, keepStatesInContext), listener);
+                runAsync(getExecutor(shard), () ->
+                    // changed: Compute- and memory-intensive logic
+//                    performComputeIntensiveTask();
+                    executeQueryPhase(orig, task, keepStatesInContext), listener);
             }
 
             @Override
@@ -641,6 +693,7 @@ public void onFailure(Exception exc) {
         });
     }
 
+
     private IndexShard getShard(ShardSearchRequest request) {
         if (request.readerId() != null) {
             return findReaderContext(request.readerId(), request).indexShard();