diff --git a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RankEvalIT.java b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RankEvalIT.java
index 15272ad80a655..9a0a861cc132d 100644
--- a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RankEvalIT.java
+++ b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RankEvalIT.java
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public void testRankEvalRequest() throws IOException {
 
         // now try this when test2 is closed
         client().performRequest(new Request("POST", "index2/_close"));
-        rankEvalRequest.indicesOptions(IndicesOptions.fromParameters(null, "true", null, SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS));
+        rankEvalRequest.indicesOptions(IndicesOptions.fromParameters(null, "true", null, "false", SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS));
         response = execute(rankEvalRequest, highLevelClient()::rankEval, highLevelClient()::rankEvalAsync);
     }
 
diff --git a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RequestConvertersTests.java b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RequestConvertersTests.java
index 1e0f0f70b2fd4..066fb5d8cc903 100644
--- a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RequestConvertersTests.java
+++ b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RequestConvertersTests.java
@@ -1055,7 +1055,8 @@ public void testMultiSearch() throws IOException {
             IndicesOptions msearchDefault = new MultiSearchRequest().indicesOptions();
             searchRequest.indicesOptions(IndicesOptions.fromOptions(randomlyGenerated.ignoreUnavailable(),
                     randomlyGenerated.allowNoIndices(), randomlyGenerated.expandWildcardsOpen(), randomlyGenerated.expandWildcardsClosed(),
-                    msearchDefault.allowAliasesToMultipleIndices(), msearchDefault.forbidClosedIndices(), msearchDefault.ignoreAliases()));
+                    msearchDefault.allowAliasesToMultipleIndices(), msearchDefault.forbidClosedIndices(), msearchDefault.ignoreAliases(),
+                msearchDefault.ignoreThrottled()));
             multiSearchRequest.add(searchRequest);
         }
 
diff --git a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/indexlifecycle/ExplainLifecycleRequestTests.java b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/indexlifecycle/ExplainLifecycleRequestTests.java
index 1106394333967..933503e629b06 100644
--- a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/indexlifecycle/ExplainLifecycleRequestTests.java
+++ b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/indexlifecycle/ExplainLifecycleRequestTests.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ private ExplainLifecycleRequest createTestInstance() {
         }
         if (randomBoolean()) {
             IndicesOptions indicesOptions = IndicesOptions.fromOptions(randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(),
-                    randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean());
+                    randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean());
             request.indicesOptions(indicesOptions);
         }
         return request;
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ private ExplainLifecycleRequest mutateInstance(ExplainLifecycleRequest instance)
             break;
         case 1:
             indicesOptions = randomValueOtherThan(indicesOptions, () -> IndicesOptions.fromOptions(randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(),
-                    randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean()));
+                    randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean()));
             break;
         default:
             throw new AssertionError("Illegal randomisation branch");
diff --git a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/indexlifecycle/RemoveIndexLifecyclePolicyRequestTests.java b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/indexlifecycle/RemoveIndexLifecyclePolicyRequestTests.java
index 532688c475115..d5ccabc748df5 100644
--- a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/indexlifecycle/RemoveIndexLifecyclePolicyRequestTests.java
+++ b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/indexlifecycle/RemoveIndexLifecyclePolicyRequestTests.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ protected RemoveIndexLifecyclePolicyRequest createInstance() {
         if (randomBoolean()) {
             return new RemoveIndexLifecyclePolicyRequest(Arrays.asList(generateRandomStringArray(20, 20, false)),
                     IndicesOptions.fromOptions(randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(),
-                    randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean()));
+                    randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean()));
         } else {
             return new RemoveIndexLifecyclePolicyRequest(Arrays.asList(generateRandomStringArray(20, 20, false)));
         }
@@ -57,14 +57,14 @@ private RemoveIndexLifecyclePolicyRequest copyInstance(RemoveIndexLifecyclePolic
                 req.indicesOptions().ignoreUnavailable(), req.indicesOptions().allowNoIndices(),
                 req.indicesOptions().expandWildcardsOpen(), req.indicesOptions().expandWildcardsClosed(),
                 req.indicesOptions().allowAliasesToMultipleIndices(), req.indicesOptions().forbidClosedIndices(),
-                req.indicesOptions().ignoreAliases()));
+                req.indicesOptions().ignoreAliases(), req.indicesOptions().ignoreThrottled()));
     }
 
     private RemoveIndexLifecyclePolicyRequest mutateInstance(RemoveIndexLifecyclePolicyRequest req) {
         if (randomBoolean()) {
             return new RemoveIndexLifecyclePolicyRequest(req.indices(),
                     randomValueOtherThan(req.indicesOptions(), () -> IndicesOptions.fromOptions(randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(),
-                    randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean())));
+                    randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean())));
         } else {
             return new RemoveIndexLifecyclePolicyRequest(
                     randomValueOtherThan(req.indices(), () -> Arrays.asList(generateRandomStringArray(20, 20, false))),
diff --git a/modules/lang-mustache/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/mustache/MultiSearchTemplateRequest.java b/modules/lang-mustache/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/mustache/MultiSearchTemplateRequest.java
index eea9e31d4a79d..a685c3ba5ba7c 100644
--- a/modules/lang-mustache/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/mustache/MultiSearchTemplateRequest.java
+++ b/modules/lang-mustache/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/mustache/MultiSearchTemplateRequest.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class MultiSearchTemplateRequest extends ActionRequest implements Composi
     private int maxConcurrentSearchRequests = 0;
     private List<SearchTemplateRequest> requests = new ArrayList<>();
 
-    private IndicesOptions indicesOptions = IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosed();
+    private IndicesOptions indicesOptions = IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosedIgnoreThrottled();
 
     /**
      * Add a search template request to execute. Note, the order is important, the search response will be returned in the
diff --git a/modules/rank-eval/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/rankeval/RankEvalRequestIT.java b/modules/rank-eval/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/rankeval/RankEvalRequestIT.java
index cdad280fd9a29..cc5b554e39e93 100644
--- a/modules/rank-eval/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/rankeval/RankEvalRequestIT.java
+++ b/modules/rank-eval/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/rankeval/RankEvalRequestIT.java
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ public void testIndicesOptions() {
         // test that ignore_unavailable=true works but returns one result less
         assertTrue(client().admin().indices().prepareClose("test2").get().isAcknowledged());
 
-        request.indicesOptions(IndicesOptions.fromParameters(null, "true", null, SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS));
+        request.indicesOptions(IndicesOptions.fromParameters(null, "true", null, "false", SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS));
         response = client().execute(RankEvalAction.INSTANCE, request).actionGet();
         details = (PrecisionAtK.Detail) response.getPartialResults().get("amsterdam_query").getMetricDetails();
         assertEquals(6, details.getRetrieved());
@@ -294,37 +294,37 @@ public void testIndicesOptions() {
 
         // test that ignore_unavailable=false or default settings throw an IndexClosedException
         assertTrue(client().admin().indices().prepareClose("test2").get().isAcknowledged());
-        request.indicesOptions(IndicesOptions.fromParameters(null, "false", null, SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS));
+        request.indicesOptions(IndicesOptions.fromParameters(null, "false", null, "false", SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS));
         response = client().execute(RankEvalAction.INSTANCE, request).actionGet();
         assertEquals(1, response.getFailures().size());
         assertThat(response.getFailures().get("amsterdam_query"), instanceOf(IndexClosedException.class));
 
         // test expand_wildcards
         request = new RankEvalRequest(task, new String[] { "tes*" });
-        request.indicesOptions(IndicesOptions.fromParameters("none", null, null, SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS));
+        request.indicesOptions(IndicesOptions.fromParameters("none", null, null, "false", SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS));
         response = client().execute(RankEvalAction.INSTANCE, request).actionGet();
         details = (PrecisionAtK.Detail) response.getPartialResults().get("amsterdam_query").getMetricDetails();
         assertEquals(0, details.getRetrieved());
 
-        request.indicesOptions(IndicesOptions.fromParameters("open", null, null, SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS));
+        request.indicesOptions(IndicesOptions.fromParameters("open", null, null, "false", SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS));
         response = client().execute(RankEvalAction.INSTANCE, request).actionGet();
         details = (PrecisionAtK.Detail) response.getPartialResults().get("amsterdam_query").getMetricDetails();
         assertEquals(6, details.getRetrieved());
         assertEquals(5, details.getRelevantRetrieved());
 
-        request.indicesOptions(IndicesOptions.fromParameters("closed", null, null, SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS));
+        request.indicesOptions(IndicesOptions.fromParameters("closed", null, null, "false", SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS));
         response = client().execute(RankEvalAction.INSTANCE, request).actionGet();
         assertEquals(1, response.getFailures().size());
         assertThat(response.getFailures().get("amsterdam_query"), instanceOf(IndexClosedException.class));
 
         // test allow_no_indices
         request = new RankEvalRequest(task, new String[] { "bad*" });
-        request.indicesOptions(IndicesOptions.fromParameters(null, null, "true", SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS));
+        request.indicesOptions(IndicesOptions.fromParameters(null, null, "true", "false", SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS));
         response = client().execute(RankEvalAction.INSTANCE, request).actionGet();
         details = (PrecisionAtK.Detail) response.getPartialResults().get("amsterdam_query").getMetricDetails();
         assertEquals(0, details.getRetrieved());
 
-        request.indicesOptions(IndicesOptions.fromParameters(null, null, "false", SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS));
+        request.indicesOptions(IndicesOptions.fromParameters(null, null, "false", "false", SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS));
         response = client().execute(RankEvalAction.INSTANCE, request).actionGet();
         assertEquals(1, response.getFailures().size());
         assertThat(response.getFailures().get("amsterdam_query"), instanceOf(IndexNotFoundException.class));
diff --git a/modules/rank-eval/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/rankeval/RankEvalRequestTests.java b/modules/rank-eval/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/rankeval/RankEvalRequestTests.java
index 10e3611b30d31..1a16c311fcf3a 100644
--- a/modules/rank-eval/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/rankeval/RankEvalRequestTests.java
+++ b/modules/rank-eval/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/rankeval/RankEvalRequestTests.java
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ protected RankEvalRequest createTestInstance() {
         }
         RankEvalRequest rankEvalRequest = new RankEvalRequest(RankEvalSpecTests.createTestItem(), indices);
         IndicesOptions indicesOptions = IndicesOptions.fromOptions(
-                randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean());
+                randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(),
+            randomBoolean());
         rankEvalRequest.indicesOptions(indicesOptions);
         return rankEvalRequest;
     }
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/count.json b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/count.json
index 96fa4daf12b95..d14f4ab784a57 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/count.json
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/count.json
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
           "type" : "boolean",
           "description" : "Whether specified concrete indices should be ignored when unavailable (missing or closed)"
         },
+        "ignore_throttled": {
+          "type" : "boolean",
+          "description" : "Whether specified concrete, expanded or aliased indices should be ignored when throttled"
+        },
         "allow_no_indices": {
            "type" : "boolean",
            "description" : "Whether to ignore if a wildcard indices expression resolves into no concrete indices. (This includes `_all` string or when no indices have been specified)"
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/search.json b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/search.json
index 56d033ea646c6..a1fdf7dbd83c6 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/search.json
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/search.json
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@
             "type" : "boolean",
             "description" : "Whether specified concrete indices should be ignored when unavailable (missing or closed)"
         },
+        "ignore_throttled": {
+          "type" : "boolean",
+          "description" : "Whether specified concrete, expanded or aliased indices should be ignored when throttled"
+        },
         "allow_no_indices": {
             "type" : "boolean",
             "description" : "Whether to ignore if a wildcard indices expression resolves into no concrete indices. (This includes `_all` string or when no indices have been specified)"
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/search_template.json b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/search_template.json
index a78295dd4f5a3..df1fc1b079923 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/search_template.json
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/search_template.json
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
           "type" : "boolean",
           "description" : "Whether specified concrete indices should be ignored when unavailable (missing or closed)"
         },
+        "ignore_throttled": {
+          "type" : "boolean",
+          "description" : "Whether specified concrete, expanded or aliased indices should be ignored when throttled"
+        },
         "allow_no_indices": {
           "type" : "boolean",
           "description" : "Whether to ignore if a wildcard indices expression resolves into no concrete indices. (This includes `_all` string or when no indices have been specified)"
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/IndicesAliasesRequest.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/IndicesAliasesRequest.java
index dfe0a25c6110a..8d2ca9886d000 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/IndicesAliasesRequest.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/IndicesAliasesRequest.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class IndicesAliasesRequest extends AcknowledgedRequest<IndicesAliasesReq
     // indices options that require every specified index to exist, expand wildcards only to open
     // indices, don't allow that no indices are resolved from wildcard expressions and resolve the
     // expressions only against indices
-    private static final IndicesOptions INDICES_OPTIONS = IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, false, true, false, true, false, true);
+    private static final IndicesOptions INDICES_OPTIONS = IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, false, true, false, true, false, true, false);
 
     public IndicesAliasesRequest() {
     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/delete/DeleteIndexRequest.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/delete/DeleteIndexRequest.java
index 249d22e7c5bd7..59300cfcecb3a 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/delete/DeleteIndexRequest.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/delete/DeleteIndexRequest.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class DeleteIndexRequest extends AcknowledgedRequest<DeleteIndexRequest>
 
     private String[] indices;
     // Delete index should work by default on both open and closed indices.
-    private IndicesOptions indicesOptions = IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, true, true, true, false, false, true);
+    private IndicesOptions indicesOptions = IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, true, true, true, false, false, true, false);
 
     public DeleteIndexRequest() {
     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchRequest.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchRequest.java
index 056c4c29c7a3d..0cff8aadb5268 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchRequest.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchRequest.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class MultiSearchRequest extends ActionRequest implements CompositeIndice
     private int maxConcurrentSearchRequests = 0;
     private List<SearchRequest> requests = new ArrayList<>();
 
-    private IndicesOptions indicesOptions = IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosed();
+    private IndicesOptions indicesOptions = IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosedIgnoreThrottled();
 
     /**
      * Add a search request to execute. Note, the order is important, the search response will be returned in the
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ public static byte[] writeMultiLineFormat(MultiSearchRequest multiSearchRequest,
         }
         return output.toByteArray();
     }
-    
+
     public static void writeSearchRequestParams(SearchRequest request, XContentBuilder xContentBuilder) throws IOException {
         xContentBuilder.startObject();
         if (request.indices() != null) {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchRequestBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchRequestBuilder.java
index 64d512f4be05f..ce43f47a4979b 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchRequestBuilder.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
  */
 public class MultiSearchRequestBuilder extends ActionRequestBuilder<MultiSearchRequest, MultiSearchResponse> {
 
+
     public MultiSearchRequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, MultiSearchAction action) {
         super(client, action, new MultiSearchRequest());
     }
@@ -40,7 +41,8 @@ public MultiSearchRequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, MultiSearchAction a
      * will not be used (if set).
      */
     public MultiSearchRequestBuilder add(SearchRequest request) {
-        if (request.indicesOptions() == IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosed() && request().indicesOptions() != IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosed()) {
+        if (request.indicesOptions() == IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosed()
+            && request().indicesOptions() != IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosed()) {
             request.indicesOptions(request().indicesOptions());
         }
 
@@ -53,7 +55,8 @@ public MultiSearchRequestBuilder add(SearchRequest request) {
      * same order as the search requests.
      */
     public MultiSearchRequestBuilder add(SearchRequestBuilder request) {
-        if (request.request().indicesOptions() == IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosed() && request().indicesOptions() != IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosed()) {
+        if (request.request().indicesOptions() == SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS
+            && request().indicesOptions() != SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS) {
             request.request().indicesOptions(request().indicesOptions());
         }
 
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 dd7f687294383..f4b501b769796 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchRequest.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchRequest.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public final class SearchRequest extends ActionRequest implements IndicesRequest
 
     private String[] types = Strings.EMPTY_ARRAY;
 
-    public static final IndicesOptions DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS = IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosed();
+    public static final IndicesOptions DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS = IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosedIgnoreThrottled();
 
     private IndicesOptions indicesOptions = DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS;
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/IndicesOptions.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/IndicesOptions.java
index 2b6440d443d00..445ed643ca527 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/IndicesOptions.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/IndicesOptions.java
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ public enum Option {
         IGNORE_ALIASES,
         ALLOW_NO_INDICES,
         FORBID_ALIASES_TO_MULTIPLE_INDICES,
-        FORBID_CLOSED_INDICES;
+        FORBID_CLOSED_INDICES,
+        IGNORE_THROTTLED;
 
         public static final EnumSet<Option> NONE = EnumSet.noneOf(Option.class);
     }
@@ -94,6 +95,9 @@ public enum Option {
         new IndicesOptions(EnumSet.of(Option.ALLOW_NO_INDICES), EnumSet.of(WildcardStates.OPEN, WildcardStates.CLOSED));
     public static final IndicesOptions STRICT_EXPAND_OPEN_FORBID_CLOSED =
         new IndicesOptions(EnumSet.of(Option.ALLOW_NO_INDICES, Option.FORBID_CLOSED_INDICES), EnumSet.of(WildcardStates.OPEN));
+    public static final IndicesOptions STRICT_EXPAND_OPEN_FORBID_CLOSED_IGNORE_THROTTLED =
+        new IndicesOptions(EnumSet.of(Option.ALLOW_NO_INDICES, Option.FORBID_CLOSED_INDICES, Option.IGNORE_THROTTLED),
+            EnumSet.of(WildcardStates.OPEN));
     public static final IndicesOptions STRICT_SINGLE_INDEX_NO_EXPAND_FORBID_CLOSED =
         new IndicesOptions(EnumSet.of(Option.FORBID_ALIASES_TO_MULTIPLE_INDICES, Option.FORBID_CLOSED_INDICES),
             EnumSet.noneOf(WildcardStates.class));
@@ -242,7 +246,21 @@ public boolean ignoreAliases() {
         return options.contains(Option.IGNORE_ALIASES);
     }
 
+    /**
+     *
+     * @return whether indices that are marked as throttled should be ignored when resolving a wildcard or alias
+     */
+    public boolean ignoreThrottled() {
+        return options.contains(Option.IGNORE_THROTTLED);
+    }
+
     public void writeIndicesOptions(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+        EnumSet<Option> options = this.options;
+        // never write this out to a pre7.0 version
+        if (out.getVersion().before(Version.V_7_0_0_alpha1) && options.contains(Option.IGNORE_THROTTLED)) {
+            options = EnumSet.copyOf(options);
+            options.remove(Option.IGNORE_THROTTLED);
+        }
         if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_6_4_0)) {
             out.writeEnumSet(options);
             out.writeEnumSet(expandWildcards);
@@ -265,17 +283,19 @@ public static IndicesOptions readIndicesOptions(StreamInput in) throws IOExcepti
 
     public static IndicesOptions fromOptions(boolean ignoreUnavailable, boolean allowNoIndices, boolean expandToOpenIndices,
                                              boolean expandToClosedIndices) {
-        return fromOptions(ignoreUnavailable, allowNoIndices, expandToOpenIndices, expandToClosedIndices, true, false, false);
+        return fromOptions(ignoreUnavailable, allowNoIndices, expandToOpenIndices, expandToClosedIndices, true, false, false, false);
     }
 
     public static IndicesOptions fromOptions(boolean ignoreUnavailable, boolean allowNoIndices, boolean expandToOpenIndices,
                                              boolean expandToClosedIndices, IndicesOptions defaultOptions) {
         return fromOptions(ignoreUnavailable, allowNoIndices, expandToOpenIndices, expandToClosedIndices,
-            defaultOptions.allowAliasesToMultipleIndices(), defaultOptions.forbidClosedIndices(), defaultOptions.ignoreAliases());
+            defaultOptions.allowAliasesToMultipleIndices(), defaultOptions.forbidClosedIndices(), defaultOptions.ignoreAliases(),
+            defaultOptions.ignoreThrottled());
     }
 
     public static IndicesOptions fromOptions(boolean ignoreUnavailable, boolean allowNoIndices, boolean expandToOpenIndices,
-            boolean expandToClosedIndices, boolean allowAliasesToMultipleIndices, boolean forbidClosedIndices, boolean ignoreAliases) {
+            boolean expandToClosedIndices, boolean allowAliasesToMultipleIndices, boolean forbidClosedIndices, boolean ignoreAliases,
+                                             boolean ignoreThrottled) {
         final Set<Option> opts = new HashSet<>();
         final Set<WildcardStates> wildcards = new HashSet<>();
 
@@ -300,6 +320,9 @@ public static IndicesOptions fromOptions(boolean ignoreUnavailable, boolean allo
         if (ignoreAliases) {
             opts.add(Option.IGNORE_ALIASES);
         }
+        if (ignoreThrottled) {
+            opts.add(Option.IGNORE_THROTTLED);
+        }
 
         return new IndicesOptions(opts, wildcards);
     }
@@ -309,6 +332,7 @@ public static IndicesOptions fromRequest(RestRequest request, IndicesOptions def
                 request.param("expand_wildcards"),
                 request.param("ignore_unavailable"),
                 request.param("allow_no_indices"),
+                request.param("ignore_throttled"),
                 defaultSettings);
     }
 
@@ -317,6 +341,7 @@ public static IndicesOptions fromMap(Map<String, Object> map, IndicesOptions def
                 map.containsKey("expand_wildcards") ? map.get("expand_wildcards") : map.get("expandWildcards"),
                 map.containsKey("ignore_unavailable") ? map.get("ignore_unavailable") : map.get("ignoreUnavailable"),
                 map.containsKey("allow_no_indices") ? map.get("allow_no_indices") : map.get("allowNoIndices"),
+                map.containsKey("ignore_throttled") ? map.get("ignore_throttled") : map.get("ignoreThrottled"),
                 defaultSettings);
     }
 
@@ -327,12 +352,13 @@ public static IndicesOptions fromMap(Map<String, Object> map, IndicesOptions def
     public static boolean isIndicesOptions(String name) {
         return "expand_wildcards".equals(name) || "expandWildcards".equals(name) ||
                 "ignore_unavailable".equals(name) || "ignoreUnavailable".equals(name) ||
+                "ignore_throttled".equals(name) || "ignoreThrottled".equals(name) ||
                 "allow_no_indices".equals(name) || "allowNoIndices".equals(name);
     }
 
     public static IndicesOptions fromParameters(Object wildcardsString, Object ignoreUnavailableString, Object allowNoIndicesString,
-                                                IndicesOptions defaultSettings) {
-        if (wildcardsString == null && ignoreUnavailableString == null && allowNoIndicesString == null) {
+                                                Object ignoreThrottled, IndicesOptions defaultSettings) {
+        if (wildcardsString == null && ignoreUnavailableString == null && allowNoIndicesString == null && ignoreThrottled == null) {
             return defaultSettings;
         }
 
@@ -346,7 +372,8 @@ public static IndicesOptions fromParameters(Object wildcardsString, Object ignor
                 wildcards.contains(WildcardStates.CLOSED),
                 defaultSettings.allowAliasesToMultipleIndices(),
                 defaultSettings.forbidClosedIndices(),
-                defaultSettings.ignoreAliases()
+                defaultSettings.ignoreAliases(),
+                nodeBooleanValue(ignoreThrottled, "ignore_throttled", defaultSettings.ignoreThrottled())
         );
     }
 
@@ -359,6 +386,7 @@ public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, ToXContent.Params par
         builder.endArray();
         builder.field("ignore_unavailable", ignoreUnavailable());
         builder.field("allow_no_indices", allowNoIndices());
+        builder.field("ignore_throttled", ignoreThrottled());
         return builder;
     }
 
@@ -379,6 +407,15 @@ public static IndicesOptions strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosed() {
         return STRICT_EXPAND_OPEN_FORBID_CLOSED;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return indices options that requires every specified index to exist, expands wildcards only to open indices,
+     *         allows that no indices are resolved from wildcard expressions (not returning an error) and forbids the
+     *         use of closed indices by throwing an error and ignores indices that are throttled.
+     */
+    public static IndicesOptions strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosedIgnoreThrottled() {
+        return STRICT_EXPAND_OPEN_FORBID_CLOSED_IGNORE_THROTTLED;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return indices option that requires every specified index to exist, expands wildcards to both open and closed
      * indices and allows that no indices are resolved from wildcard expressions (not returning an error).
@@ -433,6 +470,7 @@ public String toString() {
                 ", allow_aliases_to_multiple_indices=" + allowAliasesToMultipleIndices() +
                 ", forbid_closed_indices=" + forbidClosedIndices() +
                 ", ignore_aliases=" + ignoreAliases() +
+                ", ignore_throttled=" + ignoreThrottled() +
                 ']';
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/IndexNameExpressionResolver.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/IndexNameExpressionResolver.java
index 300ea3fc88309..1e7658b1054be 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/IndexNameExpressionResolver.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/IndexNameExpressionResolver.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.set.Sets;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.Index;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexNotFoundException;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 import org.elasticsearch.indices.IndexClosedException;
 import org.elasticsearch.indices.InvalidIndexNameException;
 
@@ -146,6 +147,7 @@ Index[] concreteIndices(Context context, String... indexExpressions) {
         if (indexExpressions == null || indexExpressions.length == 0) {
             indexExpressions = new String[]{MetaData.ALL};
         }
+        Set<String> originalIndexExpression = Sets.newHashSet(indexExpressions);
         MetaData metaData = context.getState().metaData();
         IndicesOptions options = context.getOptions();
         final boolean failClosed = options.forbidClosedIndices() && options.ignoreUnavailable() == false;
@@ -195,7 +197,9 @@ Index[] concreteIndices(Context context, String... indexExpressions) {
                         " The write index may be explicitly disabled using is_write_index=false or the alias points to multiple" +
                         " indices without one being designated as a write index");
                 }
-                concreteIndices.add(writeIndex.getIndex());
+                if (addIndex(writeIndex, context, originalIndexExpression)) {
+                    concreteIndices.add(writeIndex.getIndex());
+                }
             } else {
                 if (aliasOrIndex.getIndices().size() > 1 && !options.allowAliasesToMultipleIndices()) {
                     String[] indexNames = new String[aliasOrIndex.getIndices().size()];
@@ -212,12 +216,14 @@ Index[] concreteIndices(Context context, String... indexExpressions) {
                         if (failClosed) {
                             throw new IndexClosedException(index.getIndex());
                         } else {
-                            if (options.forbidClosedIndices() == false) {
+                            if (options.forbidClosedIndices() == false && addIndex(index, context, originalIndexExpression)) {
                                 concreteIndices.add(index.getIndex());
                             }
                         }
                     } else if (index.getState() == IndexMetaData.State.OPEN) {
-                        concreteIndices.add(index.getIndex());
+                        if (addIndex(index, context, originalIndexExpression)) {
+                            concreteIndices.add(index.getIndex());
+                        }
                     } else {
                         throw new IllegalStateException("index state [" + index.getState() + "] not supported");
                     }
@@ -233,6 +239,15 @@ Index[] concreteIndices(Context context, String... indexExpressions) {
         return concreteIndices.toArray(new Index[concreteIndices.size()]);
     }
 
+    private static boolean addIndex(IndexMetaData metaData, Context context, Set<String> originalIndices) {
+        if (context.options.ignoreThrottled()) {
+            if (originalIndices.contains(metaData.getIndex().getName()) == false) {
+                return IndexSettings.INDEX_SEARCH_THROTTLED.get(metaData.getSettings()) == false;
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
     private static IllegalArgumentException aliasesNotSupportedException(String expression) {
         return new IllegalArgumentException("The provided expression [" + expression + "] matches an " +
                 "alias, specify the corresponding concrete indices instead.");
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/CanMatchPreFilterSearchPhaseTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/CanMatchPreFilterSearchPhaseTests.java
index b4a90c174f002..44fe3f92c615a 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/CanMatchPreFilterSearchPhaseTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/CanMatchPreFilterSearchPhaseTests.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.Version;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.OriginalIndices;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.support.IndicesOptions;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.GroupShardsIterator;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRouting;
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ public void sendCanMatch(Transport.Connection connection, ShardSearchTransportRe
         AtomicReference<GroupShardsIterator<SearchShardIterator>> result = new AtomicReference<>();
         CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
         GroupShardsIterator<SearchShardIterator> shardsIter = SearchAsyncActionTests.getShardsIter("idx",
-            new OriginalIndices(new String[]{"idx"}, IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosed()),
+            new OriginalIndices(new String[]{"idx"}, SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS),
             2, randomBoolean(), primaryNode, replicaNode);
         final SearchRequest searchRequest = new SearchRequest();
         searchRequest.allowPartialSearchResults(true);
@@ -138,7 +137,7 @@ public void sendCanMatch(Transport.Connection connection, ShardSearchTransportRe
         AtomicReference<GroupShardsIterator<SearchShardIterator>> result = new AtomicReference<>();
         CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
         GroupShardsIterator<SearchShardIterator> shardsIter = SearchAsyncActionTests.getShardsIter("idx",
-            new OriginalIndices(new String[]{"idx"}, IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosed()),
+            new OriginalIndices(new String[]{"idx"}, SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS),
             2, randomBoolean(), primaryNode, replicaNode);
 
         final SearchRequest searchRequest = new SearchRequest();
@@ -194,7 +193,7 @@ public void sendCanMatch(
                 };
 
         final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
-        final OriginalIndices originalIndices = new OriginalIndices(new String[]{"idx"}, IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosed());
+        final OriginalIndices originalIndices = new OriginalIndices(new String[]{"idx"}, SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS);
         final GroupShardsIterator<SearchShardIterator> shardsIter =
                 SearchAsyncActionTests.getShardsIter("idx", originalIndices, 4096, randomBoolean(), primaryNode, replicaNode);
         final ExecutorService executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(randomIntBetween(1, Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors()));
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchRequestTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchRequestTests.java
index 39c61880c3dcf..5eebc2cbc93d4 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchRequestTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchRequestTests.java
@@ -58,27 +58,27 @@ public void testSimpleAdd() throws Exception {
         assertThat(request.requests().get(0).indices()[0],
                 equalTo("test"));
         assertThat(request.requests().get(0).indicesOptions(),
-                equalTo(IndicesOptions.fromOptions(true, true, true, true, IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosed())));
+                equalTo(IndicesOptions.fromOptions(true, true, true, true, SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS)));
         assertThat(request.requests().get(0).types().length,
                 equalTo(0));
         assertThat(request.requests().get(1).indices()[0],
                 equalTo("test"));
         assertThat(request.requests().get(1).indicesOptions(),
-                equalTo(IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, true, true, true, IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosed())));
+                equalTo(IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, true, true, true, SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS)));
         assertThat(request.requests().get(1).types()[0],
                 equalTo("type1"));
         assertThat(request.requests().get(2).indices()[0],
                 equalTo("test"));
         assertThat(request.requests().get(2).indicesOptions(),
-                equalTo(IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, true, true, false, IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosed())));
+                equalTo(IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, true, true, false, SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS)));
         assertThat(request.requests().get(3).indices()[0],
                 equalTo("test"));
         assertThat(request.requests().get(3).indicesOptions(),
-                equalTo(IndicesOptions.fromOptions(true, true, true, true, IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosed())));
+                equalTo(IndicesOptions.fromOptions(true, true, true, true, SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS)));
         assertThat(request.requests().get(4).indices()[0],
                 equalTo("test"));
         assertThat(request.requests().get(4).indicesOptions(),
-                equalTo(IndicesOptions.fromOptions(true, false, false, true, IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosed())));
+                equalTo(IndicesOptions.fromOptions(true, false, false, true, SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS)));
 
         assertThat(request.requests().get(5).indices(), is(Strings.EMPTY_ARRAY));
         assertThat(request.requests().get(5).types().length, equalTo(0));
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public void testSimpleAddWithCarriageReturn() throws Exception {
         assertThat(request.requests().size(), equalTo(1));
         assertThat(request.requests().get(0).indices()[0], equalTo("test"));
         assertThat(request.requests().get(0).indicesOptions(),
-            equalTo(IndicesOptions.fromOptions(true, true, true, true, IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosed())));
+            equalTo(IndicesOptions.fromOptions(true, true, true, true, SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS)));
         assertThat(request.requests().get(0).types().length, equalTo(0));
     }
 
@@ -276,11 +276,11 @@ private static MultiSearchRequest createMultiSearchRequest() throws IOException
 
             // only expand_wildcards, ignore_unavailable and allow_no_indices can be specified from msearch api, so unset other options:
             IndicesOptions randomlyGenerated = searchRequest.indicesOptions();
-            IndicesOptions msearchDefault = IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosed();
+            IndicesOptions msearchDefault = SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS;
             searchRequest.indicesOptions(IndicesOptions.fromOptions(
                     randomlyGenerated.ignoreUnavailable(), randomlyGenerated.allowNoIndices(), randomlyGenerated.expandWildcardsOpen(),
                     randomlyGenerated.expandWildcardsClosed(), msearchDefault.allowAliasesToMultipleIndices(),
-                    msearchDefault.forbidClosedIndices(), msearchDefault.ignoreAliases()
+                    msearchDefault.forbidClosedIndices(), msearchDefault.ignoreAliases(), msearchDefault.ignoreThrottled()
             ));
 
             request.add(searchRequest);
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchAsyncActionTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchAsyncActionTests.java
index 6b5a6ad24de49..a3618ffa16f9d 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchAsyncActionTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchAsyncActionTests.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.Version;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.OriginalIndices;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.support.IndicesOptions;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.GroupShardsIterator;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.RecoverySource;
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ public void onFailure(Exception e) {
 
         AtomicInteger contextIdGenerator = new AtomicInteger(0);
         GroupShardsIterator<SearchShardIterator> shardsIter = getShardsIter("idx",
-            new OriginalIndices(new String[]{"idx"}, IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosed()),
+            new OriginalIndices(new String[]{"idx"}, SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS),
             10, randomBoolean(), primaryNode, replicaNode);
         int numSkipped = 0;
         for (SearchShardIterator iter : shardsIter) {
@@ -182,7 +181,7 @@ public void onFailure(Exception e) {
 
         AtomicInteger contextIdGenerator = new AtomicInteger(0);
         GroupShardsIterator<SearchShardIterator> shardsIter = getShardsIter("idx",
-            new OriginalIndices(new String[]{"idx"}, IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosed()),
+            new OriginalIndices(new String[]{"idx"}, SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS),
             10, randomBoolean(), primaryNode, replicaNode);
         SearchTransportService transportService = new SearchTransportService(null, null);
         Map<String, Transport.Connection> lookup = new HashMap<>();
@@ -282,7 +281,7 @@ public void onFailure(Exception e) {
         Map<DiscoveryNode, Set<Long>> nodeToContextMap = newConcurrentMap();
         AtomicInteger contextIdGenerator = new AtomicInteger(0);
         GroupShardsIterator<SearchShardIterator> shardsIter = getShardsIter("idx",
-                new OriginalIndices(new String[]{"idx"}, IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosed()),
+                new OriginalIndices(new String[]{"idx"}, SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS),
                 randomIntBetween(1, 10), randomBoolean(), primaryNode, replicaNode);
         AtomicInteger numFreedContext = new AtomicInteger();
         SearchTransportService transportService = new SearchTransportService(null, null) {
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/TransportSearchActionTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/TransportSearchActionTests.java
index e529af97c800d..3e4747a4db757 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/TransportSearchActionTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/TransportSearchActionTests.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public void testMergeShardsIterators() {
         GroupShardsIterator<ShardIterator> localShardsIterator = new GroupShardsIterator<>(localShardIterators);
 
         OriginalIndices localIndices = new OriginalIndices(new String[]{"local_alias", "local_index_2"},
-                IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosed());
+                SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS);
 
         OriginalIndices remoteIndices = new OriginalIndices(new String[]{"remote_alias", "remote_index_2"},
                 IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpen());
@@ -185,9 +185,9 @@ public void testProcessRemoteShards() {
 
             Map<String, OriginalIndices> remoteIndicesByCluster = new HashMap<>();
             remoteIndicesByCluster.put("test_cluster_1",
-                new OriginalIndices(new String[]{"fo*", "ba*"}, IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosed()));
+                new OriginalIndices(new String[]{"fo*", "ba*"}, SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS));
             remoteIndicesByCluster.put("test_cluster_2",
-                new OriginalIndices(new String[]{"x*"}, IndicesOptions.strictExpandOpenAndForbidClosed()));
+                new OriginalIndices(new String[]{"x*"}, SearchRequest.DEFAULT_INDICES_OPTIONS));
             Map<String, AliasFilter> remoteAliases = new HashMap<>();
             TransportSearchAction.processRemoteShards(searchShardsResponseMap, remoteIndicesByCluster, iteratorList,
                 remoteAliases);
@@ -274,6 +274,6 @@ private static OriginalIndices randomOriginalIndices() {
             localIndices[i] = randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(3, 10);
         }
         return new OriginalIndices(localIndices, IndicesOptions.fromOptions(randomBoolean(),
-                randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean()));
+                randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean()));
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/IndicesOptionsTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/IndicesOptionsTests.java
index f564066b4e3df..6b27799ab2498 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/IndicesOptionsTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/IndicesOptionsTests.java
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ public void testSerialization() throws Exception {
         for (int i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
             Version version = randomVersionBetween(random(), Version.V_7_0_0_alpha1, null);
             IndicesOptions indicesOptions = IndicesOptions.fromOptions(
-                randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean());
+                randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(),
+                randomBoolean());
 
             BytesStreamOutput output = new BytesStreamOutput();
             output.setVersion(version);
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ public void testSerializationPre70() throws Exception {
         for (int i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
             Version version = randomVersionBetween(random(), null, Version.V_6_4_0);
             IndicesOptions indicesOptions = IndicesOptions.fromOptions(randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(),
-                    randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean());
+                    randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean());
 
             BytesStreamOutput output = new BytesStreamOutput();
             output.setVersion(version);
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ public void testSerializationPre70() throws Exception {
             assertThat(indicesOptions2.allowAliasesToMultipleIndices(), equalTo(indicesOptions.allowAliasesToMultipleIndices()));
 
             assertEquals(indicesOptions2.ignoreAliases(), indicesOptions.ignoreAliases());
+            assertFalse(indicesOptions2.ignoreThrottled()); // make sure we never write this option to pre 7.0
         }
     }
 
@@ -110,9 +112,10 @@ public void testFromOptions() {
         boolean allowAliasesToMultipleIndices = randomBoolean();
         boolean forbidClosedIndices = randomBoolean();
         boolean ignoreAliases = randomBoolean();
+        boolean ingoreThrottled = randomBoolean();
 
         IndicesOptions indicesOptions = IndicesOptions.fromOptions(ignoreUnavailable, allowNoIndices,expandToOpenIndices,
-                expandToClosedIndices, allowAliasesToMultipleIndices, forbidClosedIndices, ignoreAliases);
+                expandToClosedIndices, allowAliasesToMultipleIndices, forbidClosedIndices, ignoreAliases, ingoreThrottled);
 
         assertThat(indicesOptions.ignoreUnavailable(), equalTo(ignoreUnavailable));
         assertThat(indicesOptions.allowNoIndices(), equalTo(allowNoIndices));
@@ -122,6 +125,7 @@ public void testFromOptions() {
         assertThat(indicesOptions.allowAliasesToMultipleIndices(), equalTo(allowAliasesToMultipleIndices));
         assertThat(indicesOptions.forbidClosedIndices(), equalTo(forbidClosedIndices));
         assertEquals(ignoreAliases, indicesOptions.ignoreAliases());
+        assertEquals(ingoreThrottled, indicesOptions.ignoreThrottled());
     }
 
     public void testFromOptionsWithDefaultOptions() {
@@ -131,7 +135,7 @@ public void testFromOptionsWithDefaultOptions() {
         boolean expandToClosedIndices = randomBoolean();
 
         IndicesOptions defaultOptions = IndicesOptions.fromOptions(randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(),
-                randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean());
+                randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean());
 
         IndicesOptions indicesOptions = IndicesOptions.fromOptions(ignoreUnavailable, allowNoIndices,expandToOpenIndices,
                 expandToClosedIndices, defaultOptions);
@@ -164,14 +168,16 @@ public void testFromParameters() {
         }
         boolean ignoreUnavailable = randomBoolean();
         String ignoreUnavailableString = Boolean.toString(ignoreUnavailable);
+        boolean ignoreThrottled = randomBoolean();
+        String ignoreThrottledString = Boolean.toString(ignoreThrottled);
         boolean allowNoIndices = randomBoolean();
         String allowNoIndicesString = Boolean.toString(allowNoIndices);
 
         IndicesOptions defaultOptions = IndicesOptions.fromOptions(randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(),
-                randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean());
+                randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean());
 
         IndicesOptions updatedOptions = IndicesOptions.fromParameters(expandWildcardsString, ignoreUnavailableString,
-                allowNoIndicesString, defaultOptions);
+                allowNoIndicesString, ignoreThrottled, defaultOptions);
 
         assertEquals(expandWildcardsOpen, updatedOptions.expandWildcardsOpen());
         assertEquals(expandWildcardsClosed, updatedOptions.expandWildcardsClosed());
@@ -185,19 +191,19 @@ public void testFromParameters() {
     public void testSimpleByteBWC() {
         Map<Byte, IndicesOptions> old = new HashMap<>();
         // These correspond to each individual option (bit) in the old byte-based IndicesOptions
-        old.put((byte) 0, IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, false, false, false, true, false, false));
-        old.put((byte) 1, IndicesOptions.fromOptions(true, false, false, false, true, false, false));
-        old.put((byte) 2, IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, true, false, false, true, false, false));
-        old.put((byte) 4, IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, false, true, false, true, false, false));
-        old.put((byte) 8, IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, false, false, true, true, false, false));
-        old.put((byte) 16, IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, false, false, false, false, false, false));
-        old.put((byte) 32, IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, false, false, false, true, true, false));
-        old.put((byte) 64, IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, false, false, false, true, false, true));
+        old.put((byte) 0, IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, false, false, false, true, false, false, false));
+        old.put((byte) 1, IndicesOptions.fromOptions(true, false, false, false, true, false, false, false));
+        old.put((byte) 2, IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, true, false, false, true, false, false, false));
+        old.put((byte) 4, IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, false, true, false, true, false, false, false));
+        old.put((byte) 8, IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, false, false, true, true, false, false, false));
+        old.put((byte) 16, IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false));
+        old.put((byte) 32, IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, false, false, false, true, true, false, false));
+        old.put((byte) 64, IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, false, false, false, true, false, true, false));
         // Test a few multi-selected options
-        old.put((byte) 13, IndicesOptions.fromOptions(true, false, true, true, true, false, false));
-        old.put((byte) 19, IndicesOptions.fromOptions(true, true, false, false, false, false, false));
-        old.put((byte) 24, IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, false, false, true, false, false, false));
-        old.put((byte) 123, IndicesOptions.fromOptions(true, true, false, true, false, true, true));
+        old.put((byte) 13, IndicesOptions.fromOptions(true, false, true, true, true, false, false, false));
+        old.put((byte) 19, IndicesOptions.fromOptions(true, true, false, false, false, false, false, false));
+        old.put((byte) 24, IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, false, false, true, false, false, false, false));
+        old.put((byte) 123, IndicesOptions.fromOptions(true, true, false, true, false, true, true, false));
 
         for (Map.Entry<Byte, IndicesOptions> entry : old.entrySet()) {
             IndicesOptions indicesOptions2 = IndicesOptions.fromByte(entry.getKey());
@@ -209,11 +215,13 @@ public void testSimpleByteBWC() {
 
     public void testEqualityAndHashCode() {
         IndicesOptions indicesOptions = IndicesOptions.fromOptions(
-            randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean());
+            randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(),
+            randomBoolean());
 
         EqualsHashCodeTestUtils.checkEqualsAndHashCode(indicesOptions, opts -> {
             return IndicesOptions.fromOptions(opts.ignoreUnavailable(), opts.allowNoIndices(), opts.expandWildcardsOpen(),
-                opts.expandWildcardsClosed(), opts.allowAliasesToMultipleIndices(), opts.forbidClosedIndices(), opts.ignoreAliases());
+                opts.expandWildcardsClosed(), opts.allowAliasesToMultipleIndices(), opts.forbidClosedIndices(), opts.ignoreAliases(),
+                opts.ignoreThrottled());
         }, opts -> {
             boolean mutated = false;
             boolean ignoreUnavailable = opts.ignoreUnavailable();
@@ -223,6 +231,7 @@ public void testEqualityAndHashCode() {
             boolean allowAliasesToMulti = opts.allowAliasesToMultipleIndices();
             boolean forbidClosed = opts.forbidClosedIndices();
             boolean ignoreAliases = opts.ignoreAliases();
+            boolean ignoreThrottled = opts.ignoreThrottled();
             while (mutated == false) {
                 if (randomBoolean()) {
                     ignoreUnavailable = !ignoreUnavailable;
@@ -252,9 +261,13 @@ public void testEqualityAndHashCode() {
                     ignoreAliases = !ignoreAliases;
                     mutated = true;
                 }
+                if (randomBoolean()) {
+                    ignoreThrottled = !ignoreThrottled;
+                    mutated = true;
+                }
             }
             return IndicesOptions.fromOptions(ignoreUnavailable, allowNoIndices, expandOpen, expandClosed,
-                allowAliasesToMulti, forbidClosed, ignoreAliases);
+                allowAliasesToMulti, forbidClosed, ignoreAliases, ignoreThrottled);
         });
     }
 
@@ -264,6 +277,7 @@ public void testFromMap() {
                 null : randomSubsetOf(Arrays.asList("open", "closed"));
         Boolean ignoreUnavailable = randomBoolean() ? null : randomBoolean();
         Boolean allowNoIndices = randomBoolean() ? null : randomBoolean();
+        Boolean ignoreThrottled = randomBoolean() ? null : randomBoolean();
 
         Map<String, Object> settings = new HashMap<>();
 
@@ -279,6 +293,10 @@ public void testFromMap() {
             settings.put("allow_no_indices", allowNoIndices);
         }
 
+        if (ignoreThrottled != null) {
+            settings.put("ignore_throttled", ignoreThrottled);
+        }
+
         IndicesOptions fromMap = IndicesOptions.fromMap(settings, defaults);
 
         boolean open = wildcardStates != null ? wildcardStates.contains("open") : defaults.expandWildcardsOpen();
@@ -288,6 +306,7 @@ public void testFromMap() {
 
         assertEquals(fromMap.ignoreUnavailable(), ignoreUnavailable == null ? defaults.ignoreUnavailable() : ignoreUnavailable);
         assertEquals(fromMap.allowNoIndices(), allowNoIndices == null ? defaults.allowNoIndices() : allowNoIndices);
+        assertEquals(fromMap.ignoreThrottled(), ignoreThrottled == null ? defaults.ignoreThrottled() : ignoreThrottled);
     }
 
     public void testToXContent() throws IOException {
@@ -320,5 +339,6 @@ public void testToXContent() throws IOException {
         }
         assertEquals(map.get("ignore_unavailable"), options.contains(Option.IGNORE_UNAVAILABLE));
         assertEquals(map.get("allow_no_indices"), options.contains(Option.ALLOW_NO_INDICES));
+        assertEquals(map.get("ignore_throttled"), options.contains(Option.IGNORE_THROTTLED));
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/IndexNameExpressionResolverTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/IndexNameExpressionResolverTests.java
index e19e2bd299300..ab5756fccfc30 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/IndexNameExpressionResolverTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/IndexNameExpressionResolverTests.java
@@ -32,14 +32,18 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterState;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetaData.State;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.Index;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexNotFoundException;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 import org.elasticsearch.indices.IndexClosedException;
 import org.elasticsearch.indices.InvalidIndexNameException;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.function.Function;
@@ -525,8 +529,12 @@ public void testIndexOptionsEmptyCluster() {
     }
 
     private static IndexMetaData.Builder indexBuilder(String index) {
-        return IndexMetaData.builder(index).settings(settings(Version.CURRENT).put(IndexMetaData.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_SHARDS, 1)
-            .put(IndexMetaData.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_REPLICAS, 0));
+        return IndexMetaData.builder(index).settings(settings());
+    }
+
+    private static Settings.Builder settings() {
+        return settings(Version.CURRENT).put(IndexMetaData.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_SHARDS, 1)
+            .put(IndexMetaData.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_REPLICAS, 0);
     }
 
     public void testConcreteIndicesIgnoreIndicesOneMissingIndex() {
@@ -664,7 +672,7 @@ public void testConcreteIndicesWildcardAndAliases() {
 
         // when ignoreAliases option is set, concreteIndexNames resolves the provided expressions
         // only against the defined indices
-        IndicesOptions ignoreAliasesOptions = IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, false, true, false, true, false, true);
+        IndicesOptions ignoreAliasesOptions = IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, false, true, false, true, false, true, false);
 
         String[] indexNamesIndexWildcard = indexNameExpressionResolver.concreteIndexNames(state, ignoreAliasesOptions, "foo*");
 
@@ -688,7 +696,7 @@ public void testConcreteIndicesWildcardAndAliases() {
 
         // when ignoreAliases option is not set, concreteIndexNames resolves the provided
         // expressions against the defined indices and aliases
-        IndicesOptions indicesAndAliasesOptions = IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, false, true, false, true, false, false);
+        IndicesOptions indicesAndAliasesOptions = IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, false, true, false, true, false, false, false);
 
         List<String> indexNames = Arrays.asList(indexNameExpressionResolver.concreteIndexNames(state, indicesAndAliasesOptions, "foo*"));
         assertEquals(2, indexNames.size());
@@ -1191,13 +1199,13 @@ public void testDeleteIndexIgnoresAliases() {
         }
         {
             DeleteIndexRequest deleteIndexRequest = new DeleteIndexRequest("test-alias");
-            deleteIndexRequest.indicesOptions(IndicesOptions.fromOptions(true, true, true, true, false, false, true));
+            deleteIndexRequest.indicesOptions(IndicesOptions.fromOptions(true, true, true, true, false, false, true, false));
             String[] indices = indexNameExpressionResolver.concreteIndexNames(state, deleteIndexRequest);
             assertEquals(0, indices.length);
         }
         {
             DeleteIndexRequest deleteIndexRequest = new DeleteIndexRequest("test-a*");
-            deleteIndexRequest.indicesOptions(IndicesOptions.fromOptions(randomBoolean(), false, true, true, false, false, true));
+            deleteIndexRequest.indicesOptions(IndicesOptions.fromOptions(randomBoolean(), false, true, true, false, false, true, false));
             IndexNotFoundException infe = expectThrows(IndexNotFoundException.class,
                     () -> indexNameExpressionResolver.concreteIndexNames(state, deleteIndexRequest));
             assertEquals(infe.getIndex().getName(), "test-a*");
@@ -1311,4 +1319,69 @@ public void testInvalidIndex() {
             () -> indexNameExpressionResolver.concreteIndexNames(context, "_foo"));
         assertEquals("Invalid index name [_foo], must not start with '_'.", iine.getMessage());
     }
+
+    public void testIgnoreThrottled() {
+        MetaData.Builder mdBuilder = MetaData.builder()
+            .put(indexBuilder("test-index").state(State.OPEN)
+                .settings(settings().put(IndexSettings.INDEX_SEARCH_THROTTLED.getKey(), true))
+                .putAlias(AliasMetaData.builder("test-alias")))
+            .put(indexBuilder("index").state(State.OPEN)
+                .putAlias(AliasMetaData.builder("test-alias2")))
+            .put(indexBuilder("index-closed").state(State.CLOSE)
+                .settings(settings().put(IndexSettings.INDEX_SEARCH_THROTTLED.getKey(), true))
+                .putAlias(AliasMetaData.builder("test-alias-closed")));
+        ClusterState state = ClusterState.builder(new ClusterName("_name")).metaData(mdBuilder).build();
+        {
+            Index[] indices = indexNameExpressionResolver.concreteIndices(state,
+                IndicesOptions.STRICT_EXPAND_OPEN_FORBID_CLOSED_IGNORE_THROTTLED, "*");
+            assertEquals(1, indices.length);
+            assertEquals("index", indices[0].getName());
+        }
+        {
+            Index[] indices = indexNameExpressionResolver.concreteIndices(state,
+                IndicesOptions.STRICT_EXPAND_OPEN_FORBID_CLOSED, "test-alias");
+            assertEquals(1, indices.length);
+            assertEquals("test-index", indices[0].getName());
+        }
+        {
+            Index[] indices = indexNameExpressionResolver.concreteIndices(state,
+                IndicesOptions.STRICT_EXPAND_OPEN_FORBID_CLOSED_IGNORE_THROTTLED, "test-alias");
+            assertEquals(0, indices.length);
+        }
+        {
+            Index[] indices = indexNameExpressionResolver.concreteIndices(state,
+                IndicesOptions.STRICT_EXPAND_OPEN_FORBID_CLOSED_IGNORE_THROTTLED, "test-*");
+            assertEquals(1, indices.length);
+            assertEquals("index", indices[0].getName());
+        }
+        {
+            Index[] indices = indexNameExpressionResolver.concreteIndices(state,
+                IndicesOptions.STRICT_EXPAND_OPEN_FORBID_CLOSED_IGNORE_THROTTLED, "ind*", "test-index");
+            assertEquals(2, indices.length);
+            Arrays.sort(indices, Comparator.comparing(Index::getName));
+            assertEquals("index", indices[0].getName());
+            assertEquals("test-index", indices[1].getName());
+        }
+
+        {
+            Index[] indices = indexNameExpressionResolver.concreteIndices(state,
+                new IndicesOptions(EnumSet.of(IndicesOptions.Option.ALLOW_NO_INDICES,
+                    IndicesOptions.Option.IGNORE_THROTTLED),
+                    EnumSet.of(IndicesOptions.WildcardStates.OPEN)), "ind*", "test-index");
+            assertEquals(2, indices.length);
+            Arrays.sort(indices, Comparator.comparing(Index::getName));
+            assertEquals("index", indices[0].getName());
+            assertEquals("test-index", indices[1].getName());
+        }
+        {
+            Index[] indices = indexNameExpressionResolver.concreteIndices(state,
+                new IndicesOptions(EnumSet.of(IndicesOptions.Option.ALLOW_NO_INDICES),
+                    EnumSet.of(IndicesOptions.WildcardStates.OPEN, IndicesOptions.WildcardStates.CLOSED)), "ind*", "test-index");
+            assertEquals(3, indices.length);
+            Arrays.sort(indices, Comparator.comparing(Index::getName));
+            assertEquals("index", indices[0].getName());
+            assertEquals("index-closed", indices[1].getName());
+            assertEquals("test-index", indices[2].getName());
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/WildcardExpressionResolverTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/WildcardExpressionResolverTests.java
index 19e14605389b6..734712eb5f279 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/WildcardExpressionResolverTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/WildcardExpressionResolverTests.java
@@ -153,16 +153,16 @@ public void testResolveAliases() {
         IndexNameExpressionResolver.WildcardExpressionResolver resolver = new IndexNameExpressionResolver.WildcardExpressionResolver();
         // when ignoreAliases option is not set, WildcardExpressionResolver resolves the provided
         // expressions against the defined indices and aliases
-        IndicesOptions indicesAndAliasesOptions = IndicesOptions.fromOptions(randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(),
-            true, false, true, false, false);
+        IndicesOptions indicesAndAliasesOptions = IndicesOptions.fromOptions(randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), true, false, true, false,
+            false, false);
         IndexNameExpressionResolver.Context indicesAndAliasesContext =
             new IndexNameExpressionResolver.Context(state, indicesAndAliasesOptions);
         // ignoreAliases option is set, WildcardExpressionResolver throws error when
-        IndicesOptions skipAliasesIndicesOptions = IndicesOptions.fromOptions(true, true, true, false, true, false, true);
+        IndicesOptions skipAliasesIndicesOptions = IndicesOptions.fromOptions(true, true, true, false, true, false, true, false);
         IndexNameExpressionResolver.Context skipAliasesLenientContext =
             new IndexNameExpressionResolver.Context(state, skipAliasesIndicesOptions);
         // ignoreAliases option is set, WildcardExpressionResolver resolves the provided expressions only against the defined indices
-        IndicesOptions errorOnAliasIndicesOptions = IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, false, true, false, true, false, true);
+        IndicesOptions errorOnAliasIndicesOptions = IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, false, true, false, true, false, true, false);
         IndexNameExpressionResolver.Context skipAliasesStrictContext =
             new IndexNameExpressionResolver.Context(state, errorOnAliasIndicesOptions);
 
@@ -217,13 +217,13 @@ public void testMatchesConcreteIndicesWildcardAndAliases() {
 
         // when ignoreAliases option is not set, WildcardExpressionResolver resolves the provided
         // expressions against the defined indices and aliases
-        IndicesOptions indicesAndAliasesOptions = IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, false, true, false, true, false, false);
+        IndicesOptions indicesAndAliasesOptions = IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, false, true, false, true, false, false, false);
         IndexNameExpressionResolver.Context indicesAndAliasesContext =
             new IndexNameExpressionResolver.Context(state, indicesAndAliasesOptions);
 
         // ignoreAliases option is set, WildcardExpressionResolver resolves the provided expressions
         // only against the defined indices
-        IndicesOptions onlyIndicesOptions = IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, false, true, false, true, false, true);
+        IndicesOptions onlyIndicesOptions = IndicesOptions.fromOptions(false, false, true, false, true, false, true, false);
         IndexNameExpressionResolver.Context onlyIndicesContext = new IndexNameExpressionResolver.Context(state, onlyIndicesOptions);
 
         {
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchServiceTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchServiceTests.java
index ed9b8992577d8..37fc9cac029fe 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchServiceTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchServiceTests.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchTask;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchType;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.IndicesOptions;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.PlainActionFuture;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.WriteRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@
 import static org.elasticsearch.action.support.WriteRequest.RefreshPolicy.IMMEDIATE;
 import static org.elasticsearch.indices.cluster.IndicesClusterStateService.AllocatedIndices.IndexRemovalReason.DELETED;
 import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertAcked;
+import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertHitCount;
 import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertSearchHits;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.instanceOf;
@@ -552,4 +554,17 @@ public void testSetSearchThrottled() {
         // we still make sure can match is executed on the network thread
         service.canMatch(req, ActionListener.wrap(r -> assertSame(Thread.currentThread(), currentThread), e -> fail("unexpected")));
     }
+
+    public void testExpandSearchThrottled() {
+        createIndex("throttled_threadpool_index");
+        client().execute(
+            InternalOrPrivateSettingsPlugin.UpdateInternalOrPrivateAction.INSTANCE,
+            new InternalOrPrivateSettingsPlugin.UpdateInternalOrPrivateAction.Request("throttled_threadpool_index",
+                IndexSettings.INDEX_SEARCH_THROTTLED.getKey(), "true"))
+            .actionGet();
+
+        client().prepareIndex("throttled_threadpool_index", "_doc", "1").setSource("field", "value").setRefreshPolicy(IMMEDIATE).get();
+        assertHitCount(client().prepareSearch().get(), 0L);
+        assertHitCount(client().prepareSearch().setIndicesOptions(IndicesOptions.STRICT_EXPAND_OPEN_FORBID_CLOSED).get(), 1L);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/ExplainLifecycleRequestTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/ExplainLifecycleRequestTests.java
index 13ada1d6d39a5..e520e0d1f19fb 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/ExplainLifecycleRequestTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/ExplainLifecycleRequestTests.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ protected ExplainLifecycleRequest createTestInstance() {
         }
         if (randomBoolean()) {
             IndicesOptions indicesOptions = IndicesOptions.fromOptions(randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(),
-                    randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean());
+                    randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean());
             request.indicesOptions(indicesOptions);
         }
         return request;
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ protected ExplainLifecycleRequest mutateInstance(ExplainLifecycleRequest instanc
             break;
         case 1:
             indicesOptions = randomValueOtherThan(indicesOptions, () -> IndicesOptions.fromOptions(randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(),
-                    randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean()));
+                    randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean()));
             break;
         default:
             throw new AssertionError("Illegal randomisation branch");
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/RemoveIndexLifecyclePolicyRequestTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/RemoveIndexLifecyclePolicyRequestTests.java
index 3f36820422614..e82f84564cae7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/RemoveIndexLifecyclePolicyRequestTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/RemoveIndexLifecyclePolicyRequestTests.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ protected Request createTestInstance() {
         Request request = new Request(generateRandomStringArray(20, 20, false));
         if (randomBoolean()) {
             IndicesOptions indicesOptions = IndicesOptions.fromOptions(randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(),
-                    randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean());
+                    randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean());
             request.indicesOptions(indicesOptions);
         }
         if (randomBoolean()) {
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ protected Request mutateInstance(Request instance) throws IOException {
             break;
         case 1:
             indicesOptions = randomValueOtherThan(indicesOptions, () -> IndicesOptions.fromOptions(randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(),
-                    randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean()));
+                    randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean()));
             break;
         default:
             throw new AssertionError("Illegal randomisation branch");
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/RetryRequestTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/RetryRequestTests.java
index 12ae3dede8a95..734bcf0b7df36 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/RetryRequestTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/RetryRequestTests.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ protected Request createTestInstance() {
         }
         if (randomBoolean()) {
             IndicesOptions indicesOptions = IndicesOptions.fromOptions(randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(),
-                randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean());
+                randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean());
             request.indicesOptions(indicesOptions);
         }
         return request;
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ protected Request mutateInstance(Request instance) throws IOException {
                 break;
             case 1:
                 indicesOptions = randomValueOtherThan(indicesOptions, () -> IndicesOptions.fromOptions(randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(),
-                    randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean()));
+                    randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean(), randomBoolean()));
                 break;
             default:
                 throw new AssertionError("Illegal randomisation branch");