diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/slo/server/services/management/clean_up_temp_summary.test.ts b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/slo/server/services/management/clean_up_temp_summary.test.ts
index bc7b08fa719c1..86bfc73fd1e00 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/slo/server/services/management/clean_up_temp_summary.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/slo/server/services/management/clean_up_temp_summary.test.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,23 @@ describe('CleanUpTempSummary', () => {
     jest.useRealTimers();
   });
 
+  it('returns early if there is no temporary documents', async () => {
+    esClientMock.count.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      count: 0,
+      _shards: {
+        total: 1,
+        successful: 1,
+        skipped: 0,
+        failed: 0,
+      },
+    });
+
+    await service.execute();
+
+    expect(esClientMock.search).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(esClientMock.deleteByQuery).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it("deletes nothing when there isn't a duplicate temporary documents", async () => {
     esClientMock.search.mockResolvedValueOnce({
       ...commonEsResponse,
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/slo/server/services/management/clean_up_temp_summary.ts b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/slo/server/services/management/clean_up_temp_summary.ts
index 221693944b8a5..7f120ee1db06e 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/slo/server/services/management/clean_up_temp_summary.ts
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/slo/server/services/management/clean_up_temp_summary.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
  */
 
 import { ElasticsearchClient, Logger } from '@kbn/core/server';
-import { SUMMARY_DESTINATION_INDEX_PATTERN } from '../../../common/constants';
+import {
+  SUMMARY_DESTINATION_INDEX_PATTERN,
+  SUMMARY_TEMP_INDEX_NAME,
+} from '../../../common/constants';
 
 interface AggBucketKey {
   spaceId: string;
@@ -29,6 +32,12 @@ export class CleanUpTempSummary {
   constructor(private readonly esClient: ElasticsearchClient, private readonly logger: Logger) {}
 
   public async execute(): Promise<void> {
+    const openCircuitBreaker = await this.shouldOpenCircuitBreaker();
+    if (openCircuitBreaker) {
+      this.logger.info('No temporary documents found, skipping.');
+      return;
+    }
+
     let searchAfterKey: AggBucketKey | undefined;
     do {
       const { buckets, nextSearchAfterKey } = await this.findDuplicateTemporaryDocuments(
@@ -42,6 +51,11 @@ export class CleanUpTempSummary {
     } while (searchAfterKey);
   }
 
+  private async shouldOpenCircuitBreaker() {
+    const results = await this.esClient.count({ index: SUMMARY_TEMP_INDEX_NAME });
+    return results.count === 0;
+  }
+
   private async findDuplicateTemporaryDocuments(searchAfterKey: AggBucketKey | undefined) {
     this.logger.info('Searching for duplicate temporary documents');
     const results = await this.esClient.search<unknown, AggResults>({