diff --git a/core/lib/server/pub-filters.ts b/core/lib/server/pub-filters.ts
index b11e7f517..8fe6da386 100644
--- a/core/lib/server/pub-filters.ts
+++ b/core/lib/server/pub-filters.ts
@@ -150,6 +150,14 @@ const filterMap = {
 export const isNonRecursiveFilter = (
 	filter: BaseFilter[string]
 ): filter is Exclude<BaseFilter[string], Filter> => {
+	// Check if this is a logical operator within a field filter
+	if (filter && typeof filter === "object" && !Array.isArray(filter)) {
+		const keys = Object.keys(filter);
+		if (keys.some((k) => logicalOperators.includes(k as LogicalOperator))) {
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (Object.keys(filter).every((k) => k.startsWith("$"))) {
 		return true;
 	}
@@ -194,6 +202,38 @@ export function applyFilters<K extends ExpressionBuilder<any, any>>(
 		}
 
 		if (!isNonRecursiveFilter(val)) {
+			// Handle logical operators within field filters
+			const logicalOps = Object.entries(val).filter(([key]) =>
+				logicalOperators.includes(key as LogicalOperator)
+			);
+
+			if (logicalOps.length > 0) {
+				const [op, subFilters] = logicalOps[0] as [LogicalOperator, Filter[]];
+
+				if (op === "$or") {
+					// Transform field-level $or into top-level $or with field constraints
+					return eb.or(
+						subFilters.map((subFilter) => {
+							// Create a new filter with the field and subfilter
+							const newFilter = { [field]: subFilter };
+							return applyFilters(eb, newFilter);
+						})
+					);
+				} else if (op === "$and") {
+					// Transform field-level $and into top-level $and with field constraints
+					return eb.and(
+						subFilters.map((subFilter) => {
+							const newFilter = { [field]: subFilter };
+							return applyFilters(eb, newFilter);
+						})
+					);
+				} else if (op === "$not") {
+					// Handle $not operator
+					const newFilter = { [field]: subFilters };
+					return eb.not(applyFilters(eb, newFilter));
+				}
+			}
+
 			throw new Error(`Unknown filter: ${JSON.stringify(filter)}`);
 		}
 
@@ -226,13 +266,6 @@ export function applyFilters<K extends ExpressionBuilder<any, any>>(
 				);
 			}),
 		]);
-
-		// const validOperators = getValidOperatorsForSchema(getJsonSchemaByCoreSchemaType(field));
-		// // naive check
-
-		// if (!validOperators.includes(operator)) {
-		//     throw new Error(`Operator ${operator} is not valid for schema type ${field}`);
-		// }
 	});
 
 	return eb.and(conditions) as ExpressionWrapped<K>;
diff --git a/core/log.txt b/core/log.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3a31b3af8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/log.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+Base
+
+      127.14 real       210.20 user        32.80 sys       
+
+Parallel traces      
+      93.87 real       157.80 user        28.09 sys
+        0.00 real         0.00 user         0.00 sys
+        0.00 real         0.00 user         0.00 sys
+        0.00 real         0.00 user         0.00 sys
+        0.57 real         0.47 user         0.07 sys
+
+Worker only
+      102.50 real       183.38 user        31.65 sys
+
+Main - preconstruct      
+      118.19 real       198.11 user        32.31 sys
+
+Parallel traces -preconstruct
+       85.63 real       152.23 user        26.83 sys
+       84.88 real       154.92 user        26.42 sys
+
+Parallel traces +preconstruct       
+      84.87 real       157.53 user        26.99 sys
+      85.96 real       151.66 user        26.79 sys
+
+Parallel traces +sentry update
+       84.15 real       148.79 user        26.30 sys
+       83.87 real       148.66 user        26.21 sys
+
+Parallel traces +sentry update +sentry plugin disable
+       82.49 real       145.19 user        26.07 sys
+
+Parallel traces +sentry update +sentry plugin disable +otel reuse
+       81.94 real       143.09 user        25.82 sys
+       88.20 real       152.83 user        26.53 sys
+
+Parallel traces +sentry update +webpack freeze
+       76.65 real       107.46 user        16.51 sys
+       75.88 real       107.77 user        16.19 sys
+
+
+Parallel traces +sentry update -webpack freeze  + custom webpack config     
+       90.16 real       153.39 user        26.37 sys
+
+
+Parallel traces +sentry update -webpack freeze -custom webpack config     
+       89.74 real       153.69 user        25.84 sys
+
+
+Parallel traces +webpack freeze  +swcTraceProfiling    
+       90.16 real       153.39 user        26.37 sys
+       77.43 real       113.78 user        17.20 sys
+       74.43 real       111.62 user        17.38 sys
+
+Parallel traces +webpack freeze +workerThreads           58.92 real       121.60 user        16.89 sys
+       74.22 real       166.89 user        27.58 sys