diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 91c0bb3..b730c40 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ $ kubectl apply -f k8s/agent.yaml
 Egress filter feature
 ---
 
-alvd has an egress filter feature (filtering, sorting, translating, etc...) that is extensible by using Lua scripts.
+alvd has an egress filter (= post filter) feature (filtering, sorting, translating, etc...) that is extensible by using Lua scripts.
 
 To enable it, run alvd server by passing a path to the Lua scripts.
 
diff --git a/examples/egress-filter/retryable.lua b/examples/egress-filter/retryable.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1aed919
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/egress-filter/retryable.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+-- if `retry.Enabled` is true, retry ANN search when the number of `results` is lower than the required number.
+retry.Enabled = true
+-- `retry.MaxRetries` represents maximum number of retries.
+retry.MaxRetries = 3
+-- `retry.NextNumMultiplier` represents how to increase number of internal search results.
+retry.NextNumMultiplier = 2
+
+local remains = {}
+for i, r in results() do
+  -- remove elements if ID lengths is lower than 3
+  if string.len(r.Id) >= 3 then
+    remains[#remains+1] = r
+  end
+
+  results[i] = nil
+end
+
+for i, r in pairs(remains) do
+  results[i] = r
+end
diff --git a/pkg/alvd/extension/lua/filter/filter.go b/pkg/alvd/extension/lua/filter/filter.go
index c4357d1..a1b4395 100644
--- a/pkg/alvd/extension/lua/filter/filter.go
+++ b/pkg/alvd/extension/lua/filter/filter.go
@@ -23,8 +23,14 @@ type filter struct {
 	proto *lua.FunctionProto
 }
 
+type RetryConfig struct {
+	Enabled           bool
+	MaxRetries        int
+	NextNumMultiplier int
+}
+
 type EgressFilter interface {
-	Do([]*payload.Object_Distance) ([]*payload.Object_Distance, error)
+	Do(origin []*payload.Object_Distance) (results []*payload.Object_Distance, retry *RetryConfig, err error)
 }
 
 func NewEgressFilter(filePath string) (EgressFilter, error) {
@@ -60,22 +66,28 @@ func CompileLua(filePath string) (*lua.FunctionProto, error) {
 	return proto, nil
 }
 
-func (f *filter) Do(origin []*payload.Object_Distance) (results []*payload.Object_Distance, err error) {
+func (f *filter) Do(origin []*payload.Object_Distance) (results []*payload.Object_Distance, retry *RetryConfig, err error) {
 	state := lua.NewState()
 	defer state.Close()
 
 	libs.Preload(state)
 
 	results = origin
+	retry = &RetryConfig{
+		Enabled:           false,
+		MaxRetries:        3,
+		NextNumMultiplier: 2,
+	}
 
 	state.SetGlobal("results", luar.New(state, results))
+	state.SetGlobal("retry", luar.New(state, retry))
 
 	fn := state.NewFunctionFromProto(f.proto)
 	state.Push(fn)
 	err = state.PCall(0, lua.MultRet, nil)
 	if err != nil {
-		return origin, err
+		return origin, retry, err
 	}
 
-	return results, nil
+	return results, retry, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/alvd/server/service/gateway/handler/handler.go b/pkg/alvd/server/service/gateway/handler/handler.go
index 6b56632..469b652 100644
--- a/pkg/alvd/server/service/gateway/handler/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/alvd/server/service/gateway/handler/handler.go
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/rinx/alvd/internal/errors"
+	"github.com/rinx/alvd/internal/log"
 	"github.com/rinx/alvd/internal/net/grpc/codes"
 	"github.com/rinx/alvd/internal/net/grpc/status"
+	"github.com/rinx/alvd/pkg/alvd/extension/lua/filter"
 	"github.com/rinx/alvd/pkg/alvd/server/service/manager"
 	"github.com/vdaas/vald/apis/grpc/v1/payload"
 	"github.com/vdaas/vald/apis/grpc/v1/vald"
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ const (
 	defaultTimeout = 3 * time.Second
 )
 
-type EgressFilter = func([]*payload.Object_Distance) ([]*payload.Object_Distance, error)
+type EgressFilter = func([]*payload.Object_Distance) ([]*payload.Object_Distance, *filter.RetryConfig, error)
 
 type server struct {
 	manager    manager.Manager
@@ -83,6 +85,59 @@ func (s *server) Search(
 	req *payload.Search_Request,
 ) (res *payload.Search_Response, err error) {
 	cfg := req.GetConfig()
+	num := int(cfg.GetNum())
+
+	for i := 0; i < 50; i++ {
+		res, err = s.search(ctx, req)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		if s.egressFilter == nil {
+			break
+		}
+
+		filtered, retry, err := s.egressFilter(res.Results)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Warnf("an error occurred while egress filtering: %s", err)
+			break
+		}
+
+		res.Results = make([]*payload.Object_Distance, 0, len(filtered))
+		for _, r := range filtered {
+			if r != nil {
+				res.Results = append(res.Results, r)
+			}
+		}
+
+		if !retry.Enabled || i >= retry.MaxRetries || len(res.Results) >= num {
+			break
+		}
+
+		req = &payload.Search_Request{
+			Vector: req.GetVector(),
+			Config: &payload.Search_Config{
+				RequestId: req.GetConfig().GetRequestId(),
+				Num:       req.GetConfig().GetNum() * uint32(retry.NextNumMultiplier),
+				Radius:    req.GetConfig().GetRadius(),
+				Epsilon:   req.GetConfig().GetEpsilon(),
+				Timeout:   req.GetConfig().GetTimeout(),
+			},
+		}
+	}
+
+	if num != 0 && len(res.GetResults()) > num {
+		res.Results = res.Results[:num]
+	}
+
+	return res, err
+}
+
+func (s *server) search(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	req *payload.Search_Request,
+) (res *payload.Search_Response, err error) {
+	cfg := req.GetConfig()
 
 	timeout := getTimeout(cfg)
 	num := int(cfg.GetNum())
@@ -145,18 +200,6 @@ func (s *server) Search(
 				res.Results = res.Results[:num]
 			}
 
-			if s.egressFilter != nil {
-				filtered, err := s.egressFilter(res.Results)
-				if err == nil {
-					res.Results = make([]*payload.Object_Distance, 0, len(filtered))
-					for _, r := range filtered {
-						if r != nil {
-							res.Results = append(res.Results, r)
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			}
-
 			return res, nil
 		case dist := <-dch:
 			nres := len(res.GetResults())