diff --git a/source/libs/executor/inc/executorimpl.h b/source/libs/executor/inc/executorimpl.h
index 85424fd7de24021b4506966413d87f9abde6f159..43ee54f65d8ab29cea92c453624b0b64fa449350 100644
--- a/source/libs/executor/inc/executorimpl.h
+++ b/source/libs/executor/inc/executorimpl.h
@@ -366,6 +366,7 @@ typedef struct STagScanInfo {
   int32_t         curPos;
   SReadHandle     readHandle;
   STableListInfo* pTableListInfo;
+  SLimitNode*     pSlimit;
 } STagScanInfo;
 
 typedef enum EStreamScanMode {
diff --git a/source/libs/executor/src/scanoperator.c b/source/libs/executor/src/scanoperator.c
index 2389c7252ef56265f0e695a97fd025b4a4a09675..6d62d55024d090bb42d19baa9dd5fc7e580a441d 100644
--- a/source/libs/executor/src/scanoperator.c
+++ b/source/libs/executor/src/scanoperator.c
@@ -2512,6 +2512,51 @@ _error:
   return NULL;
 }
 
+static void doTagScanOneTable(SOperatorInfo* pOperator, const SSDataBlock* pRes, int32_t count, SMetaReader* mr) {
+  SExecTaskInfo* pTaskInfo = pOperator->pTaskInfo;
+  STagScanInfo* pInfo = pOperator->info;
+  SExprInfo*    pExprInfo = &pOperator->exprSupp.pExprInfo[0];
+
+  STableKeyInfo* item = tableListGetInfo(pInfo->pTableListInfo, pInfo->curPos);
+  int32_t        code = metaGetTableEntryByUid(mr, item->uid);
+  tDecoderClear(&(*mr).coder);
+  if (code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
+    qError("failed to get table meta, uid:0x%" PRIx64 ", code:%s, %s", item->uid, tstrerror(terrno),
+           GET_TASKID(pTaskInfo));
+    metaReaderClear(mr);
+    T_LONG_JMP(pTaskInfo->env, terrno);
+  }
+
+  char str[512];
+  for (int32_t j = 0; j < pOperator->exprSupp.numOfExprs; ++j) {
+    SColumnInfoData* pDst = taosArrayGet(pRes->pDataBlock, pExprInfo[j].base.resSchema.slotId);
+
+    // refactor later
+    if (fmIsScanPseudoColumnFunc(pExprInfo[j].pExpr->_function.functionId)) {
+      STR_TO_VARSTR(str, (*mr).me.name);
+      colDataSetVal(pDst, (count), str, false);
+    } else {  // it is a tag value
+      STagVal val = {0};
+      val.cid = pExprInfo[j].base.pParam[0].pCol->colId;
+      const char* p = metaGetTableTagVal((*mr).me.ctbEntry.pTags, pDst->info.type, &val);
+
+      char* data = NULL;
+      if (pDst->info.type != TSDB_DATA_TYPE_JSON && p != NULL) {
+        data = tTagValToData((const STagVal*)p, false);
+      } else {
+        data = (char*)p;
+      }
+      colDataSetVal(pDst, (count), data,
+                    (data == NULL) || (pDst->info.type == TSDB_DATA_TYPE_JSON && tTagIsJsonNull(data)));
+
+      if (pDst->info.type != TSDB_DATA_TYPE_JSON && p != NULL && IS_VAR_DATA_TYPE(((const STagVal*)p)->type) &&
+          data != NULL) {
+        taosMemoryFree(data);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 static SSDataBlock* doTagScan(SOperatorInfo* pOperator) {
   if (pOperator->status == OP_EXEC_DONE) {
     return NULL;
@@ -2536,48 +2581,22 @@ static SSDataBlock* doTagScan(SOperatorInfo* pOperator) {
   metaReaderInit(&mr, pInfo->readHandle.meta, 0);
 
   while (pInfo->curPos < size && count < pOperator->resultInfo.capacity) {
-    STableKeyInfo* item = tableListGetInfo(pInfo->pTableListInfo, pInfo->curPos);
-    int32_t        code = metaGetTableEntryByUid(&mr, item->uid);
-    tDecoderClear(&mr.coder);
-    if (code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
-      qError("failed to get table meta, uid:0x%" PRIx64 ", code:%s, %s", item->uid, tstrerror(terrno),
-             GET_TASKID(pTaskInfo));
-      metaReaderClear(&mr);
-      T_LONG_JMP(pTaskInfo->env, terrno);
-    }
-
-    for (int32_t j = 0; j < pOperator->exprSupp.numOfExprs; ++j) {
-      SColumnInfoData* pDst = taosArrayGet(pRes->pDataBlock, pExprInfo[j].base.resSchema.slotId);
-
-      // refactor later
-      if (fmIsScanPseudoColumnFunc(pExprInfo[j].pExpr->_function.functionId)) {
-        STR_TO_VARSTR(str, mr.me.name);
-        colDataSetVal(pDst, count, str, false);
-      } else {  // it is a tag value
-        STagVal val = {0};
-        val.cid = pExprInfo[j].base.pParam[0].pCol->colId;
-        const char* p = metaGetTableTagVal(mr.me.ctbEntry.pTags, pDst->info.type, &val);
-
-        char* data = NULL;
-        if (pDst->info.type != TSDB_DATA_TYPE_JSON && p != NULL) {
-          data = tTagValToData((const STagVal*)p, false);
-        } else {
-          data = (char*)p;
-        }
-        colDataSetVal(pDst, count, data,
-                      (data == NULL) || (pDst->info.type == TSDB_DATA_TYPE_JSON && tTagIsJsonNull(data)));
-
-        if (pDst->info.type != TSDB_DATA_TYPE_JSON && p != NULL && IS_VAR_DATA_TYPE(((const STagVal*)p)->type) &&
-            data != NULL) {
-          taosMemoryFree(data);
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-    count += 1;
+    doTagScanOneTable(pOperator, pRes, count, &mr);
+    ++count;
     if (++pInfo->curPos >= size) {
       setOperatorCompleted(pOperator);
     }
+    // each table with tbname is a group, hence its own block, but only group when slimit exists for performance reason.
+    if (pInfo->pSlimit != NULL) {
+      if (pInfo->curPos < pInfo->pSlimit->offset) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      pInfo->pRes->info.id.groupId = calcGroupId(mr.me.name, strlen(mr.me.name));
+      if (pInfo->curPos >= (pInfo->pSlimit->offset + pInfo->pSlimit->limit) - 1) {
+        setOperatorCompleted(pOperator);
+      }
+      break;
+    }
   }
 
   metaReaderClear(&mr);
@@ -2628,6 +2647,7 @@ SOperatorInfo* createTagScanOperatorInfo(SReadHandle* pReadHandle, STagScanPhysi
   pInfo->pRes = createDataBlockFromDescNode(pDescNode);
   pInfo->readHandle = *pReadHandle;
   pInfo->curPos = 0;
+  pInfo->pSlimit = (SLimitNode*)pPhyNode->node.pSlimit; //TODO: slimit now only indicate group
 
   setOperatorInfo(pOperator, "TagScanOperator", QUERY_NODE_PHYSICAL_PLAN_TAG_SCAN, false, OP_NOT_OPENED, pInfo,
                   pTaskInfo);
diff --git a/source/libs/planner/src/planOptimizer.c b/source/libs/planner/src/planOptimizer.c
index 07ea110d7e68382a4872e4560a21eca90ac10332..4f8b57de5fd1d75d0faae8df5a5a2a2e08108b4b 100644
--- a/source/libs/planner/src/planOptimizer.c
+++ b/source/libs/planner/src/planOptimizer.c
@@ -2418,6 +2418,36 @@ static bool tagScanOptShouldBeOptimized(SLogicNode* pNode) {
   return true;
 }
 
+static SLogicNode* tagScanOptFindAncestorWithSlimit(SLogicNode* pTableScanNode) {
+  SLogicNode* pNode = pTableScanNode->pParent;
+  while (NULL != pNode) {
+    if (QUERY_NODE_LOGIC_PLAN_PARTITION == nodeType(pNode) || QUERY_NODE_LOGIC_PLAN_AGG == nodeType(pNode) ||
+        QUERY_NODE_LOGIC_PLAN_WINDOW == nodeType(pNode) || QUERY_NODE_LOGIC_PLAN_SORT == nodeType(pNode)) {
+      return NULL;
+    }
+    if (NULL != pNode->pSlimit) {
+      return pNode;
+    }
+    pNode = pNode->pParent;
+  }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+static void tagScanOptCloneAncestorSlimit(SLogicNode* pTableScanNode) {
+  if (NULL != pTableScanNode->pSlimit) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  SLogicNode* pNode = tagScanOptFindAncestorWithSlimit(pTableScanNode);
+  if (NULL != pNode) {
+    //TODO: only set the slimit now. push down slimit later
+    pTableScanNode->pSlimit = nodesCloneNode(pNode->pSlimit);
+    ((SLimitNode*)pTableScanNode->pSlimit)->limit += ((SLimitNode*)pTableScanNode->pSlimit)->offset;
+    ((SLimitNode*)pTableScanNode->pSlimit)->offset = 0;
+  }
+  return;
+}
+
 static int32_t tagScanOptimize(SOptimizeContext* pCxt, SLogicSubplan* pLogicSubplan) {
   SScanLogicNode* pScanNode = (SScanLogicNode*)optFindPossibleNode(pLogicSubplan->pNode, tagScanOptShouldBeOptimized);
   if (NULL == pScanNode) {
@@ -2458,6 +2488,7 @@ static int32_t tagScanOptimize(SOptimizeContext* pCxt, SLogicSubplan* pLogicSubp
     NODES_CLEAR_LIST(pAgg->pChildren);
   }
   nodesDestroyNode((SNode*)pAgg);
+  tagScanOptCloneAncestorSlimit((SLogicNode*)pScanNode);
   pCxt->optimized = true;
   return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
 }
diff --git a/tests/parallel_test/cases.task b/tests/parallel_test/cases.task
index dda4ec3e84c585af785447f5b2c154cf67199c48..9f9679ae353e471d38831057ed764bcc2cea6c1d 100644
--- a/tests/parallel_test/cases.task
+++ b/tests/parallel_test/cases.task
@@ -887,6 +887,7 @@
 ,,y,script,./test.sh -f tsim/query/emptyTsRange.sim
 ,,y,script,./test.sh -f tsim/query/partitionby.sim
 ,,y,script,./test.sh -f tsim/query/tableCount.sim 
+,,y,script,./test.sh -f tsim/query/tag_scan.sim 
 ,,y,script,./test.sh -f tsim/query/nullColSma.sim
 ,,y,script,./test.sh -f tsim/qnode/basic1.sim
 ,,y,script,./test.sh -f tsim/snode/basic1.sim
diff --git a/tests/script/tsim/query/tag_scan.sim b/tests/script/tsim/query/tag_scan.sim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..03e3a2063218ad83520507b418f92eb3969f0f84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/script/tsim/query/tag_scan.sim
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+system sh/stop_dnodes.sh
+system sh/deploy.sh -n dnode1 -i 1
+system sh/exec.sh -n dnode1 -s start
+sql connect
+sql drop database if exists test
+sql create database test;
+sql use test;
+
+sql create table st(ts timestamp, f int) tags (t int);
+sql insert into ct1 using st tags(1) values(now, 1);
+sql insert into ct2 using st tags(2) values(now, 2);
+sql insert into ct3 using st tags(3) values(now, 3);
+sql insert into ct4 using st tags(4) values(now, 4);
+
+sql create table st2(ts timestamp, f int) tags (t int);
+sql insert into ct21 using st2 tags(1) values(now, 1);
+sql insert into ct22 using st2 tags(2) values(now, 2);
+sql insert into ct23 using st2 tags(3) values(now, 3);
+sql insert into ct24 using st2 tags(4) values(now, 4);
+
+sql select tbname, 1 from st group by tbname order by tbname;
+print $rows  $data00 $data10 $data20
+if $rows != 4 then
+  return -1
+endi
+if $data00 != @ct1@ then
+  return -1
+endi
+if $data10 != @ct2@ then
+  return -1
+endi
+sql select tbname, 1 from st group by tbname slimit 0, 1;
+print $rows
+if $rows != 1 then
+  return -1
+endi
+sql select tbname, 1 from st group by tbname slimit 2, 2;
+print $rows $data00 $data10
+if $rows != 2 then
+  return -1
+endi
+sql select tbname, 1 from st group by tbname order by tbname slimit 0, 1;
+print $rows  $data00 $data10 $data20
+if $rows != 4 then
+  return -1
+endi
+
+system sh/exec.sh -n dnode1 -s stop -x SIGINT