diff --git a/crates/polars-core/src/frame/column/mod.rs b/crates/polars-core/src/frame/column/mod.rs
index fbc735e71497..125fc62bb99e 100644
--- a/crates/polars-core/src/frame/column/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-core/src/frame/column/mod.rs
@@ -1026,6 +1026,18 @@ impl Column {
             }
         }
 
+        // @NOTE: This can theoretically be pushed into the previous operation but it is really
+        // worth it... probably not...
+        if let Some((limit, limit_dsc)) = options.limit {
+            let limit = limit.min(length);
+
+            if limit_dsc {
+                values = values.drain((length - limit) as usize..).collect();
+            } else {
+                values.truncate(limit as usize);
+            }
+        }
+
         IdxCa::from_vec(self.name().clone(), values)
     }
 
diff --git a/py-polars/tests/unit/dataframe/test_df.py b/py-polars/tests/unit/dataframe/test_df.py
index 46e4779cdef8..9cac26d1e7df 100644
--- a/py-polars/tests/unit/dataframe/test_df.py
+++ b/py-polars/tests/unit/dataframe/test_df.py
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ def test_multiple_column_sort() -> None:
         pl.DataFrame({"a": [3, 2, 1], "b": ["b", "a", "a"]}),
     )
     assert_frame_equal(
-        df.sort("b", descending=True),
+        df.sort("b", descending=True, maintain_order=True),
         pl.DataFrame({"a": [3, 1, 2], "b": ["b", "a", "a"]}),
     )
     assert_frame_equal(
diff --git a/py-polars/tests/unit/datatypes/test_categorical.py b/py-polars/tests/unit/datatypes/test_categorical.py
index b44255aba244..b28dd269c19c 100644
--- a/py-polars/tests/unit/datatypes/test_categorical.py
+++ b/py-polars/tests/unit/datatypes/test_categorical.py
@@ -825,6 +825,8 @@ def test_cat_preserve_lexical_ordering_on_concat() -> None:
     assert df2["x"].dtype == dtype
 
 
+# TODO: Bug see: https://github.com/pola-rs/polars/issues/20440
+@pytest.mark.may_fail_auto_streaming
 def test_cat_append_lexical_sorted_flag() -> None:
     df = pl.DataFrame({"x": [0, 1, 1], "y": ["B", "B", "A"]}).with_columns(
         pl.col("y").cast(pl.Categorical(ordering="lexical"))
diff --git a/py-polars/tests/unit/operations/namespaces/test_categorical.py b/py-polars/tests/unit/operations/namespaces/test_categorical.py
index 7bd457871b86..9f60ff4f7be9 100644
--- a/py-polars/tests/unit/operations/namespaces/test_categorical.py
+++ b/py-polars/tests/unit/operations/namespaces/test_categorical.py
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ def test_global_and_local(
         yield
 
 
+# @TODO: Bug, see https://github.com/pola-rs/polars/issues/20440
+@pytest.mark.may_fail_auto_streaming
 def test_categorical_lexical_sort() -> None:
     df = pl.DataFrame(
         {"cats": ["z", "z", "k", "a", "b"], "vals": [3, 1, 2, 2, 3]}
diff --git a/py-polars/tests/unit/operations/test_interpolate_by.py b/py-polars/tests/unit/operations/test_interpolate_by.py
index bcfaf562426c..07bee621c505 100644
--- a/py-polars/tests/unit/operations/test_interpolate_by.py
+++ b/py-polars/tests/unit/operations/test_interpolate_by.py
@@ -105,17 +105,15 @@ def test_interpolate_by_leading_nulls() -> None:
         }
     )
     result = df.select(pl.col("values").interpolate_by("times"))
-    expected = pl.DataFrame(
-        {"values": [None, None, None, 1.0, 1.7999999999999998, 4.6, 5.0]}
-    )
+    expected = pl.DataFrame({"values": [None, None, None, 1.0, 1.8, 4.6, 5.0]})
     assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
     result = (
-        df.sort("times", descending=True)
+        df.sort("times", maintain_order=True, descending=True)
         .with_columns(pl.col("values").interpolate_by("times"))
         .sort("times", maintain_order=True)
         .drop("times")
     )
-    assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
+    assert_frame_equal(result, expected, check_exact=False)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("dataset", ["floats", "dates"])
diff --git a/py-polars/tests/unit/operations/test_join.py b/py-polars/tests/unit/operations/test_join.py
index 3bc0649a72ea..fd384408e247 100644
--- a/py-polars/tests/unit/operations/test_join.py
+++ b/py-polars/tests/unit/operations/test_join.py
@@ -285,11 +285,18 @@ def test_join_on_cast() -> None:
 
     df_b = pl.DataFrame({"a": [-2, -3, 3, 10]})
 
-    assert df_a.join(df_b, on=pl.col("a").cast(pl.Int64)).to_dict(as_series=False) == {
-        "index": [1, 2, 3, 5],
-        "a": [-2, 3, 3, 10],
-        "a_right": [-2, 3, 3, 10],
-    }
+    assert_frame_equal(
+        df_a.join(df_b, on=pl.col("a").cast(pl.Int64)),
+        pl.DataFrame(
+            {
+                "index": [1, 2, 3, 5],
+                "a": [-2, 3, 3, 10],
+                "a_right": [-2, 3, 3, 10],
+            }
+        ),
+        check_row_order=False,
+        check_dtypes=False,
+    )
     assert df_a.lazy().join(
         df_b.lazy(), on=pl.col("a").cast(pl.Int64)
     ).collect().to_dict(as_series=False) == {