diff --git a/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/prelert/job/persistence/JobResultsPersister.java b/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/prelert/job/persistence/JobResultsPersister.java
index 74eb3c809ff..9e20331f0a4 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/prelert/job/persistence/JobResultsPersister.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/prelert/job/persistence/JobResultsPersister.java
@@ -192,7 +192,11 @@ public class JobResultsPersister extends AbstractComponent {
          * Execute the bulk action
          */
         public void executeRequest() {
+            if (bulkRequest.numberOfActions() == 0) {
+                return;
+            }
             logger.trace("[{}] ES API CALL: bulk request with {} actions", jobId, bulkRequest.numberOfActions());
+
             BulkResponse addRecordsResponse = bulkRequest.execute().actionGet();
             if (addRecordsResponse.hasFailures()) {
                 logger.error("[{}] Bulk index of results has errors: {}", jobId, addRecordsResponse.buildFailureMessage());
diff --git a/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/prelert/job/process/autodetect/output/AutoDetectResultProcessor.java b/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/prelert/job/process/autodetect/output/AutoDetectResultProcessor.java
index 9771c49dd1b..7cb648d58fd 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/prelert/job/process/autodetect/output/AutoDetectResultProcessor.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/prelert/job/process/autodetect/output/AutoDetectResultProcessor.java
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ public class AutoDetectResultProcessor {
             // Commit previous writes here, effectively continuing
             // the flush from the C++ autodetect process right
             // through to the data store
+            context.bulkResultsPersister.executeRequest();
             persister.commitResultWrites(context.jobId);
             flushListener.acknowledgeFlush(flushAcknowledgement.getId());
             // Interim results may have been produced by the flush,
diff --git a/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/prelert/integration/AutodetectResultProcessorIT.java b/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/prelert/integration/AutodetectResultProcessorIT.java
index f2702c3f190..9431c10564b 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/prelert/integration/AutodetectResultProcessorIT.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/prelert/integration/AutodetectResultProcessorIT.java
@@ -240,6 +240,47 @@ public class AutodetectResultProcessorIT extends ESSingleNodeTestCase {
         assertResultsAreSame(finalAnomalyRecords, persistedRecords);
     }
 
+    public void testEndOfStreamTriggersPersisting() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        createJob();
+
+        AutoDetectResultProcessor resultProcessor =
+                new AutoDetectResultProcessor(renormalizer, jobResultsPersister, autodetectResultsParser);
+
+        PipedOutputStream outputStream = new PipedOutputStream();
+        PipedInputStream inputStream = new PipedInputStream(outputStream);
+
+        Bucket bucket = createBucket(false);
+        List<AnomalyRecord> firstSetOfRecords = createRecords(false);
+        List<AnomalyRecord> secondSetOfRecords = createRecords(false);
+
+        ResultsBuilder resultBuilder = new ResultsBuilder()
+                .start()
+                .addRecords(firstSetOfRecords)
+                .addBucket(bucket)  // bucket triggers persistence
+                .addRecords(secondSetOfRecords)
+                .end();  // end of stream should persist the second bunch of records
+
+        new Thread(() -> {
+            try {
+                writeResults(resultBuilder.build(), outputStream);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+            }
+        }).start();
+
+        resultProcessor.process(JOB_ID, inputStream, false);
+        jobResultsPersister.commitResultWrites(JOB_ID);
+
+        QueryPage<Bucket> persistedBucket = jobProvider.buckets(JOB_ID, new BucketsQueryBuilder().includeInterim(true).build());
+        assertEquals(1, persistedBucket.count());
+
+        QueryPage<AnomalyRecord> persistedRecords = jobProvider.records(JOB_ID,
+                new RecordsQueryBuilder().size(200).includeInterim(true).build());
+
+        List<AnomalyRecord> allRecords = new ArrayList<>(firstSetOfRecords);
+        allRecords.addAll(secondSetOfRecords);
+        assertResultsAreSame(allRecords, persistedRecords);
+    }
+
     private void writeResults(XContentBuilder builder, OutputStream out) throws IOException {
         builder.bytes().writeTo(out);
     }
diff --git a/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/prelert/job/process/autodetect/output/AutoDetectResultProcessorTests.java b/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/prelert/job/process/autodetect/output/AutoDetectResultProcessorTests.java
index 1737cab98d3..b4a9ee51fb0 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/prelert/job/process/autodetect/output/AutoDetectResultProcessorTests.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/prelert/job/process/autodetect/output/AutoDetectResultProcessorTests.java
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ public class AutoDetectResultProcessorTests extends ESTestCase {
         Renormalizer renormalizer = mock(Renormalizer.class);
         JobResultsPersister persister = mock(JobResultsPersister.class);
         JobResultsPersister.Builder bulkBuilder = mock(JobResultsPersister.Builder.class);
+        when(persister.bulkPersisterBuilder(JOB_ID)).thenReturn(bulkBuilder);
         AutoDetectResultProcessor processor = new AutoDetectResultProcessor(renormalizer, persister, null);
 
         AutoDetectResultProcessor.Context context = new AutoDetectResultProcessor.Context(JOB_ID, false, bulkBuilder);
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@ public class AutoDetectResultProcessorTests extends ESTestCase {
         when(result.getCategoryDefinition()).thenReturn(categoryDefinition);
         processor.processResult(context, result);
 
+        verify(bulkBuilder, never()).executeRequest();
         verify(persister, times(1)).persistCategoryDefinition(categoryDefinition);
         verifyNoMoreInteractions(persister);
     }
@@ -192,6 +194,7 @@ public class AutoDetectResultProcessorTests extends ESTestCase {
         Renormalizer renormalizer = mock(Renormalizer.class);
         JobResultsPersister persister = mock(JobResultsPersister.class);
         JobResultsPersister.Builder bulkBuilder = mock(JobResultsPersister.Builder.class);
+        when(persister.bulkPersisterBuilder(JOB_ID)).thenReturn(bulkBuilder);
         FlushListener flushListener = mock(FlushListener.class);
         AutoDetectResultProcessor processor = new AutoDetectResultProcessor(renormalizer, persister, null, flushListener);
 
@@ -205,7 +208,7 @@ public class AutoDetectResultProcessorTests extends ESTestCase {
 
         verify(flushListener, times(1)).acknowledgeFlush(JOB_ID);
         verify(persister, times(1)).commitResultWrites(JOB_ID);
-        verify(bulkBuilder, never()).executeRequest();
+        verify(bulkBuilder, times(1)).executeRequest();
         verifyNoMoreInteractions(persister);
         assertTrue(context.deleteInterimRequired);
     }
@@ -226,13 +229,13 @@ public class AutoDetectResultProcessorTests extends ESTestCase {
         CategoryDefinition categoryDefinition = mock(CategoryDefinition.class);
         when(result.getCategoryDefinition()).thenReturn(categoryDefinition);
 
-        InOrder inOrder = inOrder(persister, flushListener);
+        InOrder inOrder = inOrder(persister, bulkBuilder, flushListener);
         processor.processResult(context, result);
 
         inOrder.verify(persister, times(1)).persistCategoryDefinition(categoryDefinition);
+        inOrder.verify(bulkBuilder, times(1)).executeRequest();
         inOrder.verify(persister, times(1)).commitResultWrites(JOB_ID);
         inOrder.verify(flushListener, times(1)).acknowledgeFlush(JOB_ID);
-        verify(bulkBuilder, never()).executeRequest();
         verifyNoMoreInteractions(persister);
         assertTrue(context.deleteInterimRequired);
     }