diff --git a/packages/server/src/ApolloServer.ts b/packages/server/src/ApolloServer.ts
index 4a9c8d97c9f..ef9d72c9f6c 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/ApolloServer.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/ApolloServer.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ import { UnreachableCaseError } from './utils/UnreachableCaseError.js';
 import { computeCoreSchemaHash } from './utils/computeCoreSchemaHash.js';
 import { isDefined } from './utils/isDefined.js';
 import { SchemaManager } from './utils/schemaManager.js';
+import { GraphQLExecutor } from './externalTypes/requestPipeline.js';
 
 const NoIntrospection: ValidationRule = (context: ValidationContext) => ({
   Field(node) {
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@ export interface ApolloServerInternals<TContext extends BaseContext> {
   stringifyResult: (
     value: FormattedExecutionResult,
   ) => string | Promise<string>;
+  customExecutor?: GraphQLExecutor;
 }
 
 function defaultLogger(): Logger {
@@ -330,6 +332,7 @@ export class ApolloServer<in out TContext extends BaseContext = BaseContext> {
       stopOnTerminationSignals: config.stopOnTerminationSignals,
 
       gatewayExecutor: null, // set by _start
+      customExecutor: config.customExecutor,
 
       csrfPreventionRequestHeaders:
         config.csrfPrevention === true || config.csrfPrevention === undefined
diff --git a/packages/server/src/externalTypes/constructor.ts b/packages/server/src/externalTypes/constructor.ts
index 6d6f354f655..d6cd6ff8777 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/externalTypes/constructor.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/externalTypes/constructor.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import type { GatewayInterface } from '@apollo/server-gateway-interface';
 import type { ApolloServerPlugin } from './plugins.js';
 import type { BaseContext } from './index.js';
 import type { GraphQLExperimentalIncrementalExecutionResults } from '../incrementalDeliveryPolyfill.js';
+import { GraphQLExecutor } from './requestPipeline.js';
 
 export type DocumentStore = KeyValueCache<DocumentNode>;
 
@@ -118,6 +119,8 @@ interface ApolloServerOptionsBase<TContext extends BaseContext> {
 
   // For testing only.
   __testing_incrementalExecutionResults?: GraphQLExperimentalIncrementalExecutionResults;
+
+  customExecutor?: GraphQLExecutor;
 }
 
 export interface ApolloServerOptionsWithGateway<TContext extends BaseContext>
diff --git a/packages/server/src/externalTypes/requestPipeline.ts b/packages/server/src/externalTypes/requestPipeline.ts
index 75445cc7de2..7af284add00 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/externalTypes/requestPipeline.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/externalTypes/requestPipeline.ts
@@ -121,3 +121,15 @@ export type GraphQLRequestContextDidEncounterSubsequentErrors<
 export type GraphQLRequestContextWillSendSubsequentPayload<
   TContext extends BaseContext,
 > = GraphQLRequestContextWillSendResponse<TContext>;
+
+export type GraphQLExecutionResult = {
+  data?: Record<string, any> | null;
+  errors?: ReadonlyArray<GraphQLError>;
+  extensions?: Record<string, any>;
+};
+
+export type GraphQLExecutor<
+  TContext extends BaseContext = Record<string, any>,
+> = (
+  requestContext: GraphQLRequestContextExecutionDidStart<TContext>,
+) => Promise<GraphQLExecutionResult>;
diff --git a/packages/server/src/plugin/cacheControl/index.ts b/packages/server/src/plugin/cacheControl/index.ts
index 1972f42be35..4ec9615099f 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/plugin/cacheControl/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/plugin/cacheControl/index.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ export interface ApolloServerPluginCacheControlOptions {
    * delivery response, and the body contains no errors.
    */
   calculateHttpHeaders?: boolean | 'if-cacheable';
+
+  /**
+   * Disables instrumenting all fields for dynamic cache control hints. This is
+   * a pretty big significant performant boost, especially the larger a response
+   * is.
+   */
+  staticOnly?: boolean;
+
   // For testing only.
   __testing__cacheHints?: Map<string, CacheHint>;
 }
@@ -125,10 +133,15 @@ export function ApolloServerPluginCacheControl(
 
       const defaultMaxAge: number = options.defaultMaxAge ?? 0;
       const calculateHttpHeaders = options.calculateHttpHeaders ?? true;
+      const staticOnly = options.staticOnly ?? false;
       const { __testing__cacheHints } = options;
 
       return {
         async executionDidStart() {
+          if (staticOnly) {
+            return {};
+          }
+
           // Did something set the overall cache policy before we've even
           // started? If so, consider that as an override and don't touch it.
           // Just put set up fake `info.cacheControl` objects and otherwise
diff --git a/packages/server/src/plugin/subscriptionCallback/index.ts b/packages/server/src/plugin/subscriptionCallback/index.ts
index a501ab07cef..04e316c31fa 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/plugin/subscriptionCallback/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/plugin/subscriptionCallback/index.ts
@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ function isAsyncIterable<T>(value: any): value is AsyncIterable<T> {
   return value && typeof value[Symbol.asyncIterator] === 'function';
 }
 
+type RetryResponse = Response | Error;
+
 interface SubscriptionObject {
   cancelled: boolean;
   asyncIter: AsyncGenerator<ExecutionResult, void, void>;
@@ -265,7 +267,7 @@ class SubscriptionManager {
         `Sending \`${action}\` request to router` + maybeWithErrors,
         id,
       );
-      return retry<Response, Error>(
+      return retry<RetryResponse>(
         async (bail) => {
           response = fetch(url, {
             method: 'POST',
diff --git a/packages/server/src/requestPipeline.ts b/packages/server/src/requestPipeline.ts
index b9b4b5542dc..9eb55cff84a 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/requestPipeline.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/requestPipeline.ts
@@ -539,6 +539,9 @@ export async function processGraphQLRequest<TContext extends BaseContext>(
         makeGatewayGraphQLRequestContext(requestContext, server, internals),
       );
       return { singleResult: result };
+    } else if (internals.customExecutor) {
+      const result = await internals.customExecutor(requestContext);
+      return { singleResult: result };
     } else {
       const resultOrResults = await executeIncrementally({
         schema: schemaDerivedData.schema,