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3030.. versionchanged:: 3.6
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3232When aggregation operations run on multiple shards, the results are 
33- routed to the :binary:`~bin.mongos` to be merged. However, :pipeline:`$out`
34- and :pipeline:`$lookup` must run on the :ref:`primary shard <primary-shard>` 
35- and are aggregated there.  
33+ routed to the :binary:`~bin.mongos` to be merged, except in the
34+ following cases:
35+ 
36+ - If the pipeline includes the :pipeline:`$out` or
37+   :pipeline:`$lookup` stages, the merge runs on the
38+   :ref:`primary shard <primary-shard>`.
39+ 
40+ - If the pipeline includes a sorting or grouping stage, and the
41+   :ref:`allowDiskUse <cmd-aggregate-allowDiskUse>` setting is enabled,
42+   the merge runs on a randomly-selected shard.
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