diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/infra/common/http_api/snapshot_api.ts b/x-pack/plugins/infra/common/http_api/snapshot_api.ts
index 9ddbcb17089f3..11cb57238f917 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/infra/common/http_api/snapshot_api.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/infra/common/http_api/snapshot_api.ts
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ export const SnapshotRequestRT = rt.intersection([
     region: rt.string,
     filterQuery: rt.union([rt.string, rt.null]),
     includeTimeseries: rt.boolean,
+    overrideCompositeSize: rt.number,
   }),
 ]);
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/metrics_overview_fetchers.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/metrics_overview_fetchers.test.ts
index 88bc426e9a0f7..135b4ea9a5335 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/metrics_overview_fetchers.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/metrics_overview_fetchers.test.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ describe('Metrics UI Observability Homepage Functions', () => {
           groupBy: [],
           nodeType: 'host',
           includeTimeseries: true,
+          overrideCompositeSize: 5,
           timerange: {
             from: startTime.valueOf(),
             to: endTime.valueOf(),
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/metrics_overview_fetchers.ts b/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/metrics_overview_fetchers.ts
index 4eaf903e17608..79e0850635138 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/metrics_overview_fetchers.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/metrics_overview_fetchers.ts
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ export const createMetricsFetchData = (
     groupBy: [],
     nodeType: 'host',
     includeTimeseries: true,
+    overrideCompositeSize: 5,
     timerange: {
       from: start,
       to: end,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/snapshot/snapshot.ts b/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/snapshot/snapshot.ts
index 9ca10d5e39da7..5f359b0523d9f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/snapshot/snapshot.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/snapshot/snapshot.ts
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ const requestGroupedNodes = async (
       aggregations: {
         nodes: {
           composite: {
-            size: SNAPSHOT_COMPOSITE_REQUEST_SIZE,
+            size: options.overrideCompositeSize || SNAPSHOT_COMPOSITE_REQUEST_SIZE,
             sources: getGroupedNodesSources(options),
           },
           aggs: {
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ const requestNodeMetrics = async (
       aggregations: {
         nodes: {
           composite: {
-            size: SNAPSHOT_COMPOSITE_REQUEST_SIZE,
+            size: options.overrideCompositeSize || SNAPSHOT_COMPOSITE_REQUEST_SIZE,
             sources: getMetricsSources(options),
           },
           aggregations: {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/routes/snapshot/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/routes/snapshot/index.ts
index 7c81c6eef675f..e99103080463e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/routes/snapshot/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/routes/snapshot/index.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ export const initSnapshotRoute = (libs: InfraBackendLibs) => {
           accountId,
           region,
           includeTimeseries,
+          overrideCompositeSize,
         } = pipe(
           SnapshotRequestRT.decode(request.body),
           fold(throwErrors(Boom.badRequest), identity)
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ export const initSnapshotRoute = (libs: InfraBackendLibs) => {
           metrics,
           timerange,
           includeTimeseries,
+          overrideCompositeSize,
         };
 
         const searchES = <Hit = {}, Aggregation = undefined>(
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/uptime/public/components/common/charts/__tests__/ping_histogram.test.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/uptime/public/components/common/charts/__tests__/ping_histogram.test.tsx
index 57a38f2a949e7..73c6ee43ccd07 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/uptime/public/components/common/charts/__tests__/ping_histogram.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/uptime/public/components/common/charts/__tests__/ping_histogram.test.tsx
@@ -7,8 +7,13 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { PingHistogramComponent, PingHistogramComponentProps } from '../ping_histogram';
 import { renderWithRouter, shallowWithRouter, MountWithReduxProvider } from '../../../../lib';
+import moment from 'moment';
 
 describe('PingHistogram component', () => {
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    moment.prototype.fromNow = jest.fn(() => 'a year ago');
+  });
+
   const props: PingHistogramComponentProps = {
     absoluteStartDate: 1548697920000,
     absoluteEndDate: 1548700920000,