diff --git a/.changeset/rotten-squids-destroy.md b/.changeset/rotten-squids-destroy.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..553b83e469
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/rotten-squids-destroy.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"@hyperdx/common-utils": minor
+"@hyperdx/api": minor
+"@hyperdx/app": minor
+---
+
+feat: use optimization settings if available for use in CH
diff --git a/packages/common-utils/src/__tests__/clickhouse.test.ts b/packages/common-utils/src/__tests__/clickhouse.test.ts
index 6136ffaec5..d8beade8f1 100644
--- a/packages/common-utils/src/__tests__/clickhouse.test.ts
+++ b/packages/common-utils/src/__tests__/clickhouse.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import {
   convertCHDataTypeToJSType,
   JSDataType,
 } from '@/clickhouse';
+import { ClickhouseClient } from '@/clickhouse/node';
+import { Metadata, MetadataCache } from '@/core/metadata';
 
 describe('convertCHDataTypeToJSType - unit - type', () => {
   it('Date type', () => {
@@ -354,3 +356,248 @@ describe('computeResultSetRatio', () => {
     );
   });
 });
+
+describe('processClickhouseSettings - optimization settings', () => {
+  let client: ClickhouseClient;
+  let mockQueryMethod: jest.Mock;
+  let metadataCache: MetadataCache;
+
+  const createClient = () => {
+    const newClient = new ClickhouseClient({
+      host: 'http://localhost:8123',
+      username: 'default',
+      password: '',
+    });
+
+    // Mock the underlying ClickHouse client's query method
+    const newMockQueryMethod = jest.fn();
+    (newClient as any).client = {
+      query: newMockQueryMethod,
+    };
+
+    // Create a fresh metadata cache for each test
+    const newCache = new MetadataCache();
+
+    // Mock getMetadata to return a metadata instance with our fresh cache
+    jest
+      // eslint-disable-next-line
+      .spyOn(require('@/core/metadata'), 'getMetadata')
+      .mockImplementation(() => {
+        return new Metadata(newClient, newCache);
+      });
+
+    return {
+      client: newClient,
+      mockQueryMethod: newMockQueryMethod,
+      cache: newCache,
+    };
+  };
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    const setup = createClient();
+    client = setup.client;
+    mockQueryMethod = setup.mockQueryMethod;
+    metadataCache = setup.cache;
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    jest.restoreAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  const setupMockQuery = (
+    settingsData?: Array<{ name: string; value: string }>,
+  ) => {
+    mockQueryMethod.mockImplementation(
+      async ({ query, clickhouse_settings }: any) => {
+        // Return mocked settings for getSettings query
+        if (query === 'SELECT name, value FROM system.settings') {
+          return {
+            json: async () => ({
+              data: settingsData || [],
+            }),
+          };
+        }
+        // Return the settings so we can inspect them
+        return {
+          json: async () => ({ data: [], clickhouse_settings }),
+        };
+      },
+    );
+  };
+
+  it('should apply default settings without server settings', async () => {
+    setupMockQuery([]);
+
+    await client.query({
+      query: 'SELECT 1',
+      format: 'JSON',
+    });
+
+    // Find the actual query call (not the settings query)
+    const actualQueryCall = mockQueryMethod.mock.calls.find(
+      (call: any) => call[0].query === 'SELECT 1',
+    );
+
+    expect(actualQueryCall).toBeDefined();
+    expect(actualQueryCall[0].clickhouse_settings).toEqual({
+      allow_experimental_analyzer: 1,
+      date_time_output_format: 'iso',
+      wait_end_of_query: 0,
+      cancel_http_readonly_queries_on_client_close: 1,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should apply all optimization settings when available on server', async () => {
+    setupMockQuery([
+      { name: 'query_plan_optimize_lazy_materialization', value: '1' },
+      {
+        name: 'query_plan_max_limit_for_lazy_materialization',
+        value: '100000',
+      },
+      { name: 'use_skip_indexes_for_top_k', value: '1' },
+      { name: 'query_plan_max_limit_for_top_k_optimization', value: '100000' },
+      { name: 'use_top_k_dynamic_filtering', value: '1' },
+      { name: 'use_skip_indexes_on_data_read', value: '1' },
+      { name: 'use_skip_indexes_for_disjunctions', value: '1' },
+    ]);
+
+    await client.query({
+      query: 'SELECT 1',
+      format: 'JSON',
+    });
+
+    const actualQueryCall = mockQueryMethod.mock.calls.find(
+      (call: any) => call[0].query === 'SELECT 1',
+    );
+
+    expect(actualQueryCall).toBeDefined();
+    expect(actualQueryCall[0].clickhouse_settings).toEqual({
+      allow_experimental_analyzer: 1,
+      date_time_output_format: 'iso',
+      wait_end_of_query: 0,
+      cancel_http_readonly_queries_on_client_close: 1,
+      query_plan_optimize_lazy_materialization: '1',
+      query_plan_max_limit_for_lazy_materialization: '100000',
+      use_skip_indexes_for_top_k: '1',
+      query_plan_max_limit_for_top_k_optimization: '100000',
+      use_top_k_dynamic_filtering: '1',
+      use_skip_indexes_on_data_read: '1',
+      use_skip_indexes_for_disjunctions: '1',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should only apply available optimization settings', async () => {
+    setupMockQuery([
+      { name: 'use_skip_indexes_for_top_k', value: '1' },
+      { name: 'use_skip_indexes_on_data_read', value: '1' },
+    ]);
+
+    await client.query({
+      query: 'SELECT 1',
+      format: 'JSON',
+    });
+
+    const actualQueryCall = mockQueryMethod.mock.calls.find(
+      (call: any) => call[0].query === 'SELECT 1',
+    );
+
+    expect(actualQueryCall).toBeDefined();
+    const settings = actualQueryCall[0].clickhouse_settings;
+    expect(settings).toEqual({
+      allow_experimental_analyzer: 1,
+      date_time_output_format: 'iso',
+      wait_end_of_query: 0,
+      cancel_http_readonly_queries_on_client_close: 1,
+      use_skip_indexes_for_top_k: '1',
+      use_skip_indexes_on_data_read: '1',
+    });
+    expect(settings.query_plan_optimize_lazy_materialization).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(settings.use_top_k_dynamic_filtering).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('should merge external clickhouse settings with optimization settings', async () => {
+    setupMockQuery([{ name: 'use_skip_indexes_for_top_k', value: '1' }]);
+
+    await client.query({
+      query: 'SELECT 1',
+      format: 'JSON',
+      clickhouse_settings: {
+        max_rows_to_read: '1000000',
+      },
+    });
+
+    const actualQueryCall = mockQueryMethod.mock.calls.find(
+      (call: any) => call[0].query === 'SELECT 1',
+    );
+
+    expect(actualQueryCall).toBeDefined();
+    expect(actualQueryCall[0].clickhouse_settings).toEqual({
+      allow_experimental_analyzer: 1,
+      date_time_output_format: 'iso',
+      wait_end_of_query: 0,
+      cancel_http_readonly_queries_on_client_close: 1,
+      use_skip_indexes_for_top_k: '1',
+      max_rows_to_read: '1000000',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should not apply settings when shouldSkipApplySettings is true', async () => {
+    setupMockQuery([{ name: 'use_skip_indexes_for_top_k', value: '1' }]);
+
+    await client.query({
+      query: 'SELECT name, value FROM system.settings',
+      format: 'JSON',
+      shouldSkipApplySettings: true,
+    });
+
+    const settingsQueryCall = mockQueryMethod.mock.calls.find(
+      (call: any) =>
+        call[0].query === 'SELECT name, value FROM system.settings',
+    );
+
+    expect(settingsQueryCall).toBeDefined();
+    expect(settingsQueryCall[0].clickhouse_settings).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('should handle metadata getSettings returning undefined (permissions error)', async () => {
+    mockQueryMethod.mockImplementation(async ({ query }: any) => {
+      if (query === 'SELECT name, value FROM system.settings') {
+        throw new Error('Not enough privileges');
+      }
+      return { json: async () => ({ data: [] }) };
+    });
+
+    // Should not throw, but silently continue without optimization settings
+    await client.query({
+      query: 'SELECT 1',
+      format: 'JSON',
+    });
+
+    const actualQueryCall = mockQueryMethod.mock.calls.find(
+      (call: any) => call[0].query === 'SELECT 1',
+    );
+
+    expect(actualQueryCall).toBeDefined();
+    expect(actualQueryCall[0].clickhouse_settings).toEqual({
+      allow_experimental_analyzer: 1,
+      date_time_output_format: 'iso',
+      wait_end_of_query: 0,
+      cancel_http_readonly_queries_on_client_close: 1,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should cache settings result across multiple queries', async () => {
+    setupMockQuery([{ name: 'use_skip_indexes_for_top_k', value: '1' }]);
+
+    // Run two queries
+    await client.query({ query: 'SELECT 1', format: 'JSON' });
+    await client.query({ query: 'SELECT 2', format: 'JSON' });
+
+    // Should only fetch settings once
+    const settingsCalls = mockQueryMethod.mock.calls.filter(
+      (call: any) =>
+        call[0].query === 'SELECT name, value FROM system.settings',
+    );
+    expect(settingsCalls.length).toEqual(1);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/common-utils/src/clickhouse/browser.ts b/packages/common-utils/src/clickhouse/browser.ts
index 36d741e143..f36348eded 100644
--- a/packages/common-utils/src/clickhouse/browser.ts
+++ b/packages/common-utils/src/clickhouse/browser.ts
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ export class ClickhouseClient extends BaseClickhouseClient {
     clickhouse_settings: externalClickhouseSettings,
     connectionId,
     queryId,
+    shouldSkipApplySettings,
   }: QueryInputs<Format>): Promise<BaseResultSet<ReadableStream, Format>> {
     // FIXME: we couldn't initialize the client in the constructor
     // since the window is not avalible
@@ -121,9 +122,14 @@ export class ClickhouseClient extends BaseClickhouseClient {
 
     this.logDebugQuery(query, query_params);
 
-    const clickhouseSettings = this.processClickhouseSettings(
-      externalClickhouseSettings,
-    );
+    let clickhouseSettings: ClickHouseSettings | undefined;
+    // If this is the settings query, we must not process the clickhouse settings, or else we will infinitely recurse
+    if (!shouldSkipApplySettings) {
+      clickhouseSettings = await this.processClickhouseSettings({
+        connectionId,
+        externalClickhouseSettings,
+      });
+    }
 
     const httpHeaders: { [header: string]: string } = {
       ...(connectionId && connectionId !== 'local'
diff --git a/packages/common-utils/src/clickhouse/index.ts b/packages/common-utils/src/clickhouse/index.ts
index 8e00e74fa4..bfb14463ca 100644
--- a/packages/common-utils/src/clickhouse/index.ts
+++ b/packages/common-utils/src/clickhouse/index.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import type { ClickHouseClient as WebClickHouseClient } from '@clickhouse/client
 import * as SQLParser from 'node-sql-parser';
 import objectHash from 'object-hash';
 
-import { Metadata } from '@/core/metadata';
+import { getMetadata, Metadata } from '@/core/metadata';
 import {
   renderChartConfig,
   setChartSelectsAlias,
@@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ export interface QueryInputs<Format extends DataFormat> {
   clickhouse_settings?: ClickHouseSettings;
   connectionId?: string;
   queryId?: string;
+  shouldSkipApplySettings?: boolean;
 }
 
 export type ClickhouseClientOptions = {
@@ -496,11 +497,15 @@ export abstract class BaseClickhouseClient {
     console.debug('--------------------------------------------------------');
   }
 
-  protected processClickhouseSettings(
-    external_clickhouse_settings?: ClickHouseSettings,
-  ): ClickHouseSettings {
+  protected async processClickhouseSettings({
+    connectionId,
+    externalClickhouseSettings,
+  }: {
+    connectionId?: string;
+    externalClickhouseSettings?: ClickHouseSettings;
+  }): Promise<ClickHouseSettings> {
     const clickhouse_settings = structuredClone(
-      external_clickhouse_settings || {},
+      externalClickhouseSettings || {},
     );
     if (clickhouse_settings?.max_rows_to_read && this.maxRowReadOnly) {
       delete clickhouse_settings['max_rows_to_read'];
@@ -512,11 +517,43 @@ export abstract class BaseClickhouseClient {
       clickhouse_settings.max_execution_time = this.queryTimeout;
     }
 
-    return {
+    const defaultSettings: ClickHouseSettings = {
       allow_experimental_analyzer: 1,
       date_time_output_format: 'iso',
       wait_end_of_query: 0,
       cancel_http_readonly_queries_on_client_close: 1,
+    };
+
+    const metadata = getMetadata(this);
+    const serverSettings = await metadata.getSettings({ connectionId });
+
+    const applySettingIfAvailable = (name: string, value: string) => {
+      if (!serverSettings || !serverSettings.has(name)) return;
+      // eslint-disable-next-line security/detect-object-injection
+      defaultSettings[name] = value;
+    };
+
+    // Enables lazy materialization up to the given LIMIT
+    applySettingIfAvailable('query_plan_optimize_lazy_materialization', '1');
+    applySettingIfAvailable(
+      'query_plan_max_limit_for_lazy_materialization',
+      '100000',
+    );
+    // Enables skip indexes to be used for top k style queries up to the given LIMIT
+    applySettingIfAvailable('use_skip_indexes_for_top_k', '1');
+    applySettingIfAvailable(
+      'query_plan_max_limit_for_top_k_optimization',
+      '100000',
+    );
+    applySettingIfAvailable('use_top_k_dynamic_filtering', '1');
+    // Enables skip indexes to be used on data read
+    applySettingIfAvailable('use_skip_indexes_on_data_read', '1');
+    // Evaluate WHERE filters with mixed AND and OR conditions using skip indexes.
+    // If value is 0, then skip indicies only used on AND queries
+    applySettingIfAvailable('use_skip_indexes_for_disjunctions', '1');
+
+    return {
+      ...defaultSettings,
       ...clickhouse_settings,
     };
   }
diff --git a/packages/common-utils/src/clickhouse/node.ts b/packages/common-utils/src/clickhouse/node.ts
index 116789e1e5..834496ac27 100644
--- a/packages/common-utils/src/clickhouse/node.ts
+++ b/packages/common-utils/src/clickhouse/node.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import { createClient } from '@clickhouse/client';
-import type { BaseResultSet, DataFormat } from '@clickhouse/client-common';
+import type {
+  BaseResultSet,
+  ClickHouseSettings,
+  DataFormat,
+} from '@clickhouse/client-common';
 
 import {
   BaseClickhouseClient,
@@ -31,12 +35,17 @@ export class ClickhouseClient extends BaseClickhouseClient {
     abort_signal,
     clickhouse_settings: externalClickhouseSettings,
     queryId,
+    shouldSkipApplySettings,
   }: QueryInputs<Format>): Promise<BaseResultSet<ReadableStream, Format>> {
     this.logDebugQuery(query, query_params);
 
-    const clickhouseSettings = this.processClickhouseSettings(
-      externalClickhouseSettings,
-    );
+    let clickhouseSettings: ClickHouseSettings | undefined;
+    // If this is the settings query, we must not process the clickhouse settings, or else we will infinitely recurse
+    if (!shouldSkipApplySettings) {
+      clickhouseSettings = await this.processClickhouseSettings({
+        externalClickhouseSettings,
+      });
+    }
 
     // TODO: Custom error handling
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-type-assertion -- client library type mismatch
diff --git a/packages/common-utils/src/core/metadata.ts b/packages/common-utils/src/core/metadata.ts
index fd61080593..6a23936142 100644
--- a/packages/common-utils/src/core/metadata.ts
+++ b/packages/common-utils/src/core/metadata.ts
@@ -13,12 +13,7 @@ import {
   tableExpr,
 } from '@/clickhouse';
 import { renderChartConfig } from '@/core/renderChartConfig';
-import type {
-  ChartConfig,
-  ChartConfigWithDateRange,
-  QuerySettings,
-  TSource,
-} from '@/types';
+import type { ChartConfig, ChartConfigWithDateRange, TSource } from '@/types';
 
 import { optimizeGetKeyValuesCalls } from './materializedViews';
 import { objectHash } from './utils';
@@ -660,6 +655,42 @@ export class Metadata {
     });
   }
 
+  async getSettings({ connectionId }: { connectionId?: string }) {
+    return this.cache.getOrFetch(
+      `${connectionId}.availableSettings`,
+      async () => {
+        const query = 'SELECT name, value FROM system.settings';
+        try {
+          const json = await this.clickhouseClient
+            .query<'JSON'>({
+              connectionId,
+              query,
+              query_params: undefined,
+              clickhouse_settings: this.getClickHouseSettings(),
+              shouldSkipApplySettings: true,
+            })
+            .then(res => res.json<{ name: string; value: string }>());
+
+          return new Map(json.data.map(row => [row.name, row.value]));
+        } catch (e) {
+          // Don't retry permissions errors, just silently return undefined
+          if (
+            e instanceof Error &&
+            e.message.includes('Not enough privileges')
+          ) {
+            console.warn(
+              'Not enough privileges to fetch settings, may result in unoptimized queries:',
+              e,
+            );
+            return new Map();
+          }
+
+          throw e;
+        }
+      },
+    );
+  }
+
   /**
    * Queries system.data_skipping_indices to retrieve skip index metadata for a table.
    * Results are cached using MetadataCache.