return Constants.SEARCH_PREFERENCE_LOCAL;
            }
            return user.getUserId();
        }).ifPresent(p -> searchRequestBuilder.setPreference(p)).orElse(() -> LaRequestUtil.getOptionalRequest().map(r -> {
            final HttpSession session = r.getSession(false);
            if (session != null) {
                return session.getId();
            }

    @Override
    public SearchRequestBuilder prepareSearch(final String... indices) {
        final SearchRequestBuilder builder = client.prepareSearch(indices);
        if (searchPreference != null) {
            builder.setPreference(searchPreference);
        }
        return builder;
    }

    /**
     * Prepares a stream search request builder with the given indices.
     *
     * @param indices The indices to search.

                    .size(maxSessionIdsInList)
                    .order(BucketOrder.key(false));
            queryRequestBuilder.addAggregation(termsBuilder);
            queryRequestBuilder.setPreference(Constants.SEARCH_PREFERENCE_LOCAL);
            return true;
        }, (queryRequestBuilder, execTime, searchResponse) -> {
            final List<Map<String, String>> sessionIdList = new ArrayList<>();

        SearchResponse response = option.apply(client.prepareSearch(index)
                .setScroll(scrollForUpdate)
                .setSize(sizeForUpdate)
                .setPreference(Constants.SEARCH_PREFERENCE_LOCAL)).execute().actionGet(fessConfig.getIndexScrollSearchTimeout());

        int count = 0;
        String scrollId = response.getScrollId();
        try {

## Other notable changes

### API Machinery

- Remove `GetReference()` and `GetPartialReference()` function from `pkg/api/ref`, as the same function exists also in `staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/ref` ([#80361](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/80361), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))