diff --git a/pkg/extensions/search/resolver.go b/pkg/extensions/search/resolver.go
index 3cd3f9ecb..c3366cda5 100644
--- a/pkg/extensions/search/resolver.go
+++ b/pkg/extensions/search/resolver.go
@@ -960,7 +960,9 @@ func globalSearch(ctx context.Context, query string, metaDB mTypes.MetaDB, filte
 		pageInput := getPageInput(requestedPage)
 
 		expectedTag := strings.TrimPrefix(query, `:`)
-		matchTagName := func(repoName, actualTag string) bool { return strings.Contains(actualTag, expectedTag) }
+		matchTagName := func(repoName, actualTag string) bool {
+			return strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(actualTag), expectedTag)
+		}
 
 		fullImageMetaList, err := metaDB.FilterTags(ctx, matchTagName, mTypes.AcceptAllImageMeta)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/extensions/search/search_test.go b/pkg/extensions/search/search_test.go
index 9f2b2f131..b7f835cf4 100644
--- a/pkg/extensions/search/search_test.go
+++ b/pkg/extensions/search/search_test.go
@@ -3005,7 +3005,7 @@ func TestGlobalSearchImageAuthor(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
-func TestGlobalSearch(t *testing.T) {
+func TestGlobalSearch(t *testing.T) { //nolint: gocyclo
 	Convey("Test searching for repos with vulnerabitity scanning disabled", t, func() {
 		subpath := "/a"
 
@@ -3904,6 +3904,328 @@ func TestGlobalSearch(t *testing.T) {
 		So(len(results.Images), ShouldEqual, 0)
 		So(len(results.Repos), ShouldEqual, 0)
 	})
+
+	Convey("test nested indexes", t, func() {
+		log := log.NewLogger("debug", "")
+		rootDir := t.TempDir()
+		port := GetFreePort()
+		baseURL := GetBaseURL(port)
+		conf := config.New()
+		conf.HTTP.Port = port
+		conf.Storage.RootDirectory = rootDir
+		defaultVal := true
+		conf.Extensions = &extconf.ExtensionConfig{
+			Search: &extconf.SearchConfig{BaseConfig: extconf.BaseConfig{Enable: &defaultVal}},
+		}
+		conf.Extensions.Search.CVE = nil
+
+		ctlr := api.NewController(conf)
+		ctlrManager := NewControllerManager(ctlr)
+
+		storeCtlr := ociutils.GetDefaultStoreController(rootDir, log)
+
+		// nested manifest/indexes:
+		// image111 -> multiArchBottom11 -> multiArchMiddle1 -> multiArchTop
+		// image112 -> multiArchBottom11 -> multiArchMiddle1 -> multiArchTop
+		// image121 -> multiArchBottom12 -> multiArchMiddle1 -> multiArchTop
+		// image122 -> multiArchBottom12 -> multiArchMiddle1 -> multiArchTop
+		// image211 -> multiArchBottom21 -> multiArchMiddle2 -> multiArchTop
+		// image212 -> multiArchBottom21 -> multiArchMiddle2 -> multiArchTop
+		// image31 -> multiArchMiddle3 -> multiArchTop
+		// image32 -> multiArchMiddle3 -> multiArchTop
+
+		repoName := "nested"
+
+		image111 := CreateRandomImage()
+		image112 := CreateRandomImage()
+		multiArchBottom11 := CreateMultiarchWith().Images([]Image{image111, image112}).Build()
+		err := WriteMultiArchImageToFileSystem(multiArchBottom11, repoName, multiArchBottom11.Digest().String(), storeCtlr)
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		image121 := CreateRandomImage()
+		image122 := CreateRandomImage()
+		multiArchBottom12 := CreateMultiarchWith().Images([]Image{image121, image122}).Build()
+		err = WriteMultiArchImageToFileSystem(multiArchBottom12, repoName, multiArchBottom12.Digest().String(), storeCtlr)
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		indexMultiArchMiddle1 := ispec.Index{
+			Versioned: specs.Versioned{SchemaVersion: 2},
+			MediaType: ispec.MediaTypeImageIndex,
+			Manifests: []ispec.Descriptor{
+				{
+					Digest:    multiArchBottom11.IndexDescriptor.Digest,
+					Size:      multiArchBottom11.IndexDescriptor.Size,
+					MediaType: ispec.MediaTypeImageIndex,
+				},
+				{
+					Digest:    multiArchBottom12.IndexDescriptor.Digest,
+					Size:      multiArchBottom12.IndexDescriptor.Size,
+					MediaType: ispec.MediaTypeImageIndex,
+				},
+			},
+		}
+
+		indexMultiArchMiddle1Blob, err := json.Marshal(indexMultiArchMiddle1)
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		indexMultiArchMiddle1Digest, _, err := storeCtlr.GetDefaultImageStore().PutImageManifest(repoName,
+			"multiArchMiddle1", ispec.MediaTypeImageIndex, indexMultiArchMiddle1Blob)
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		image211 := CreateRandomImage()
+		image212 := CreateRandomImage()
+		multiArchBottom21 := CreateMultiarchWith().Images([]Image{image211, image212}).Build()
+		err = WriteMultiArchImageToFileSystem(multiArchBottom21, repoName, multiArchBottom21.Digest().String(), storeCtlr)
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		indexMultiArchMiddle2 := ispec.Index{
+			Versioned: specs.Versioned{SchemaVersion: 2},
+			MediaType: ispec.MediaTypeImageIndex,
+			Manifests: []ispec.Descriptor{
+				{
+					Digest:    multiArchBottom21.IndexDescriptor.Digest,
+					Size:      multiArchBottom21.IndexDescriptor.Size,
+					MediaType: ispec.MediaTypeImageIndex,
+				},
+			},
+		}
+
+		indexMultiArchMiddle2Blob, err := json.Marshal(indexMultiArchMiddle2)
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		indexMultiArchMiddle2Digest, _, err := storeCtlr.GetDefaultImageStore().PutImageManifest(repoName,
+			"multiArchMiddle2", ispec.MediaTypeImageIndex, indexMultiArchMiddle2Blob)
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		image31 := CreateRandomImage()
+		image32 := CreateRandomImage()
+		multiArchBottom3 := CreateMultiarchWith().Images([]Image{image31, image32}).Build()
+		err = WriteMultiArchImageToFileSystem(multiArchBottom3, repoName, multiArchBottom3.Digest().String(), storeCtlr)
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		indexMultiArchTop := ispec.Index{
+			Versioned: specs.Versioned{SchemaVersion: 2},
+			MediaType: ispec.MediaTypeImageIndex,
+			Manifests: []ispec.Descriptor{
+				{
+					Digest:    indexMultiArchMiddle1Digest,
+					Size:      int64(len(indexMultiArchMiddle1Blob)),
+					MediaType: ispec.MediaTypeImageIndex,
+				},
+				{
+					Digest:    indexMultiArchMiddle2Digest,
+					Size:      int64(len(indexMultiArchMiddle2Blob)),
+					MediaType: ispec.MediaTypeImageIndex,
+				},
+				{
+					Digest:    multiArchBottom3.IndexDescriptor.Digest,
+					Size:      multiArchBottom3.IndexDescriptor.Size,
+					MediaType: ispec.MediaTypeImageIndex,
+				},
+			},
+		}
+
+		indexMultiArchTopBlob, err := json.Marshal(indexMultiArchTop)
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		_, _, err = storeCtlr.GetDefaultImageStore().PutImageManifest(repoName, "multiArchTop", ispec.MediaTypeImageIndex,
+			indexMultiArchTopBlob)
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		ctlrManager.StartAndWait(port)
+		defer ctlrManager.StopServer()
+
+		// Search for a specific tag cross-repo and return single arch images
+		results := GlobalSearchGQL(":multiArch", baseURL).GlobalSearch
+		So(len(results.Images), ShouldEqual, 3)
+		So(len(results.Repos), ShouldEqual, 0)
+
+		for _, image := range results.Images {
+			So(image.RepoName, ShouldEqual, repoName)
+
+			switch image.Tag {
+			case "multiArchMiddle1":
+				So(len(image.Manifests), ShouldEqual, 4)
+			case "multiArchMiddle2":
+				So(len(image.Manifests), ShouldEqual, 2)
+			case "multiArchTop":
+				So(len(image.Manifests), ShouldEqual, 8)
+			}
+		}
+	})
+
+	Convey("test nested indexes", t, func() {
+		log := log.NewLogger("debug", "")
+		rootDir := t.TempDir()
+		port := GetFreePort()
+		baseURL := GetBaseURL(port)
+		conf := config.New()
+		conf.HTTP.Port = port
+		conf.Storage.RootDirectory = rootDir
+		defaultVal := true
+
+		updateDuration, _ := time.ParseDuration("1h")
+		trivyConfig := &extconf.TrivyConfig{
+			DBRepository: "ghcr.io/project-zot/trivy-db",
+		}
+		cveConfig := &extconf.CVEConfig{
+			UpdateInterval: updateDuration,
+			Trivy:          trivyConfig,
+		}
+		searchConfig := &extconf.SearchConfig{
+			BaseConfig: extconf.BaseConfig{Enable: &defaultVal},
+			CVE:        cveConfig,
+		}
+		conf.Extensions = &extconf.ExtensionConfig{
+			Search: searchConfig,
+		}
+
+		storeCtlr := ociutils.GetDefaultStoreController(rootDir, log)
+
+		// nested manifest/indexes:
+		// image111 -> multiArchBottom11 -> multiArchMiddle1 -> multiArchTop
+		// image112 -> multiArchBottom11 -> multiArchMiddle1 -> multiArchTop
+		// image121 -> multiArchBottom12 -> multiArchMiddle1 -> multiArchTop
+		// image122 -> multiArchBottom12 -> multiArchMiddle1 -> multiArchTop
+		// image211 -> multiArchBottom21 -> multiArchMiddle2 -> multiArchTop
+		// image212 -> multiArchBottom21 -> multiArchMiddle2 -> multiArchTop
+		// image31 -> multiArchMiddle3 -> multiArchTop
+		// image32 -> multiArchMiddle3 -> multiArchTop
+
+		repoName := "nested"
+
+		image111 := CreateRandomImage()
+		image112 := CreateRandomImage()
+		multiArchBottom11 := CreateMultiarchWith().Images([]Image{image111, image112}).Build()
+		err := WriteMultiArchImageToFileSystem(multiArchBottom11, repoName, multiArchBottom11.Digest().String(), storeCtlr)
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		image121 := CreateRandomImage()
+		image122 := CreateRandomImage()
+		multiArchBottom12 := CreateMultiarchWith().Images([]Image{image121, image122}).Build()
+		err = WriteMultiArchImageToFileSystem(multiArchBottom12, repoName, multiArchBottom12.Digest().String(), storeCtlr)
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		indexMultiArchMiddle1 := ispec.Index{
+			Versioned: specs.Versioned{SchemaVersion: 2},
+			MediaType: ispec.MediaTypeImageIndex,
+			Manifests: []ispec.Descriptor{
+				{
+					Digest:    multiArchBottom11.IndexDescriptor.Digest,
+					Size:      multiArchBottom11.IndexDescriptor.Size,
+					MediaType: ispec.MediaTypeImageIndex,
+				},
+				{
+					Digest:    multiArchBottom12.IndexDescriptor.Digest,
+					Size:      multiArchBottom12.IndexDescriptor.Size,
+					MediaType: ispec.MediaTypeImageIndex,
+				},
+			},
+		}
+
+		indexMultiArchMiddle1Blob, err := json.Marshal(indexMultiArchMiddle1)
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		indexMultiArchMiddle1Digest, _, err := storeCtlr.GetDefaultImageStore().PutImageManifest(repoName,
+			"multiArchMiddle1", ispec.MediaTypeImageIndex, indexMultiArchMiddle1Blob)
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		image211 := CreateRandomImage()
+		image212 := CreateRandomImage()
+		multiArchBottom21 := CreateMultiarchWith().Images([]Image{image211, image212}).Build()
+		err = WriteMultiArchImageToFileSystem(multiArchBottom21, repoName, multiArchBottom21.Digest().String(), storeCtlr)
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		indexMultiArchMiddle2 := ispec.Index{
+			Versioned: specs.Versioned{SchemaVersion: 2},
+			MediaType: ispec.MediaTypeImageIndex,
+			Manifests: []ispec.Descriptor{
+				{
+					Digest:    multiArchBottom21.IndexDescriptor.Digest,
+					Size:      multiArchBottom21.IndexDescriptor.Size,
+					MediaType: ispec.MediaTypeImageIndex,
+				},
+			},
+		}
+
+		indexMultiArchMiddle2Blob, err := json.Marshal(indexMultiArchMiddle2)
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		indexMultiArchMiddle2Digest, _, err := storeCtlr.GetDefaultImageStore().PutImageManifest(repoName,
+			"multiArchMiddle2", ispec.MediaTypeImageIndex, indexMultiArchMiddle2Blob)
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		image31 := CreateRandomImage()
+		image32 := CreateRandomImage()
+		multiArchBottom3 := CreateMultiarchWith().Images([]Image{image31, image32}).Build()
+		err = WriteMultiArchImageToFileSystem(multiArchBottom3, repoName, multiArchBottom3.Digest().String(), storeCtlr)
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		indexMultiArchTop := ispec.Index{
+			Versioned: specs.Versioned{SchemaVersion: 2},
+			MediaType: ispec.MediaTypeImageIndex,
+			Manifests: []ispec.Descriptor{
+				{
+					Digest:    indexMultiArchMiddle1Digest,
+					Size:      int64(len(indexMultiArchMiddle1Blob)),
+					MediaType: ispec.MediaTypeImageIndex,
+				},
+				{
+					Digest:    indexMultiArchMiddle2Digest,
+					Size:      int64(len(indexMultiArchMiddle2Blob)),
+					MediaType: ispec.MediaTypeImageIndex,
+				},
+				{
+					Digest:    multiArchBottom3.IndexDescriptor.Digest,
+					Size:      multiArchBottom3.IndexDescriptor.Size,
+					MediaType: ispec.MediaTypeImageIndex,
+				},
+			},
+		}
+
+		indexMultiArchTopBlob, err := json.Marshal(indexMultiArchTop)
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		_, _, err = storeCtlr.GetDefaultImageStore().PutImageManifest(repoName, "multiArchTop", ispec.MediaTypeImageIndex,
+			indexMultiArchTopBlob)
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		ctlr := api.NewController(conf)
+
+		if err := ctlr.Init(); err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+
+		ctlr.CveScanner = getMockCveScanner(ctlr.MetaDB)
+
+		go func() {
+			if err := ctlr.Run(); !errors.Is(err, http.ErrServerClosed) {
+				panic(err)
+			}
+		}()
+
+		defer ctlr.Shutdown()
+
+		WaitTillServerReady(baseURL)
+
+		// Search for a specific tag cross-repo and return single arch images
+		results := GlobalSearchGQL(":multiArch", baseURL).GlobalSearch
+		So(len(results.Images), ShouldEqual, 3)
+		So(len(results.Repos), ShouldEqual, 0)
+
+		for _, image := range results.Images {
+			So(image.RepoName, ShouldEqual, repoName)
+
+			switch image.Tag {
+			case "multiArchMiddle1":
+				So(len(image.Manifests), ShouldEqual, 4)
+			case "multiArchMiddle2":
+				So(len(image.Manifests), ShouldEqual, 2)
+			case "multiArchTop":
+				So(len(image.Manifests), ShouldEqual, 8)
+			}
+		}
+	})
 }
 
 func TestCleaningFilteringParamsGlobalSearch(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/meta/boltdb/boltdb.go b/pkg/meta/boltdb/boltdb.go
index 22edebd96..9f82e0b0a 100644
--- a/pkg/meta/boltdb/boltdb.go
+++ b/pkg/meta/boltdb/boltdb.go
@@ -400,15 +400,9 @@ func (bdw *BoltDB) FilterImageMeta(ctx context.Context, digests []string,
 			}
 
 			if protoImageMeta.MediaType == ispec.MediaTypeImageIndex {
-				manifestDataList := make([]*proto_go.ManifestMeta, 0, len(protoImageMeta.Index.Index.Manifests))
-
-				for _, manifest := range protoImageMeta.Index.Index.Manifests {
-					imageManifestData, err := getProtoImageMeta(imageBuck, manifest.Digest)
-					if err != nil {
-						return err
-					}
-
-					manifestDataList = append(manifestDataList, imageManifestData.Manifests[0])
+				_, manifestDataList, err := getAllContainedMeta(imageBuck, protoImageMeta)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
 				}
 
 				protoImageMeta.Manifests = manifestDataList
@@ -487,6 +481,35 @@ func getProtoImageMeta(imageBuck *bbolt.Bucket, digest string) (*proto_go.ImageM
 	return &imageMeta, nil
 }
 
+func getAllContainedMeta(imageBuck *bbolt.Bucket, imageIndexData *proto_go.ImageMeta,
+) ([]*proto_go.ImageMeta, []*proto_go.ManifestMeta, error) {
+	manifestDataList := make([]*proto_go.ManifestMeta, 0, len(imageIndexData.Index.Index.Manifests))
+	imageMetaList := make([]*proto_go.ImageMeta, 0, len(imageIndexData.Index.Index.Manifests))
+
+	for _, manifest := range imageIndexData.Index.Index.Manifests {
+		imageManifestData, err := getProtoImageMeta(imageBuck, manifest.Digest)
+		if err != nil {
+			return imageMetaList, manifestDataList, err
+		}
+
+		switch imageManifestData.MediaType {
+		case ispec.MediaTypeImageManifest:
+			imageMetaList = append(imageMetaList, imageManifestData)
+			manifestDataList = append(manifestDataList, imageManifestData.Manifests[0])
+		case ispec.MediaTypeImageIndex:
+			partialImageDataList, partialManifestDataList, err := getAllContainedMeta(imageBuck, imageManifestData)
+			if err != nil {
+				return imageMetaList, manifestDataList, err
+			}
+
+			imageMetaList = append(imageMetaList, partialImageDataList...)
+			manifestDataList = append(manifestDataList, partialManifestDataList...)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return imageMetaList, manifestDataList, nil
+}
+
 func (bdw *BoltDB) SearchTags(ctx context.Context, searchText string,
 ) ([]mTypes.FullImageMeta, error) {
 	images := []mTypes.FullImageMeta{}
@@ -552,15 +575,9 @@ func (bdw *BoltDB) SearchTags(ctx context.Context, searchText string,
 						indexDigest, err)
 				}
 
-				manifestDataList := make([]*proto_go.ManifestMeta, 0, len(imageIndexData.Index.Index.Manifests))
-
-				for _, manifest := range imageIndexData.Index.Index.Manifests {
-					imageManifestData, err := getProtoImageMeta(imageBuck, manifest.Digest)
-					if err != nil {
-						return err
-					}
-
-					manifestDataList = append(manifestDataList, imageManifestData.Manifests[0])
+				_, manifestDataList, err := getAllContainedMeta(imageBuck, imageIndexData)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
 				}
 
 				imageIndexData.Manifests = manifestDataList
@@ -649,16 +666,14 @@ func (bdw *BoltDB) FilterTags(ctx context.Context, filterRepoTag mTypes.FilterRe
 					imageIndexMeta := mConvert.GetImageMeta(protoImageIndexMeta)
 					matchedManifests := []*proto_go.ManifestMeta{}
 
-					for _, manifest := range protoImageIndexMeta.Index.Index.Manifests {
-						manifestDigest := manifest.Digest
-
-						imageManifestData, err := getProtoImageMeta(imageMetaBuck, manifestDigest)
-						if err != nil {
-							viewError = errors.Join(viewError, err)
+					imageManifestDataList, _, err := getAllContainedMeta(imageMetaBuck, protoImageIndexMeta)
+					if err != nil {
+						viewError = errors.Join(viewError, err)
 
-							continue
-						}
+						continue
+					}
 
+					for _, imageManifestData := range imageManifestDataList {
 						imageMeta := mConvert.GetImageMeta(imageManifestData)
 						partialImageMeta := common.GetPartialImageMeta(imageIndexMeta, imageMeta)
 
@@ -798,15 +813,9 @@ func (bdw *BoltDB) GetFullImageMeta(ctx context.Context, repo string, tag string
 		}
 
 		if protoImageMeta.MediaType == ispec.MediaTypeImageIndex {
-			manifestDataList := make([]*proto_go.ManifestMeta, 0, len(protoImageMeta.Index.Index.Manifests))
-
-			for _, manifest := range protoImageMeta.Index.Index.Manifests {
-				imageManifestData, err := getProtoImageMeta(imageBuck, manifest.Digest)
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-
-				manifestDataList = append(manifestDataList, imageManifestData.Manifests[0])
+			_, manifestDataList, err := getAllContainedMeta(imageBuck, protoImageMeta)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
 			}
 
 			protoImageMeta.Manifests = manifestDataList
@@ -830,15 +839,9 @@ func (bdw *BoltDB) GetImageMeta(digest godigest.Digest) (mTypes.ImageMeta, error
 		}
 
 		if protoImageMeta.MediaType == ispec.MediaTypeImageIndex {
-			manifestDataList := make([]*proto_go.ManifestMeta, 0, len(protoImageMeta.Index.Index.Manifests))
-
-			for _, manifest := range protoImageMeta.Index.Index.Manifests {
-				imageManifestData, err := getProtoImageMeta(imageBuck, manifest.Digest)
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-
-				manifestDataList = append(manifestDataList, imageManifestData.Manifests[0])
+			_, manifestDataList, err := getAllContainedMeta(imageBuck, protoImageMeta)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
 			}
 
 			protoImageMeta.Manifests = manifestDataList
diff --git a/pkg/meta/dynamodb/dynamodb.go b/pkg/meta/dynamodb/dynamodb.go
index c0f802740..0a8b70de8 100644
--- a/pkg/meta/dynamodb/dynamodb.go
+++ b/pkg/meta/dynamodb/dynamodb.go
@@ -224,6 +224,45 @@ func (dwr *DynamoDB) GetProtoImageMeta(ctx context.Context, digest godigest.Dige
 	return imageMeta, nil
 }
 
+func (dwr *DynamoDB) getAllContainedMeta(ctx context.Context, imageIndexData *proto_go.ImageMeta,
+) ([]*proto_go.ImageMeta, []*proto_go.ManifestMeta, error) {
+	manifestDataList := make([]*proto_go.ManifestMeta, 0, len(imageIndexData.Index.Index.Manifests))
+	imageMetaList := make([]*proto_go.ImageMeta, 0, len(imageIndexData.Index.Index.Manifests))
+
+	manifestDigests := make([]string, 0, len(imageIndexData.Index.Index.Manifests))
+	for i := range imageIndexData.Index.Index.Manifests {
+		manifestDigests = append(manifestDigests, imageIndexData.Index.Index.Manifests[i].Digest)
+	}
+
+	manifestsAttributes, err := dwr.fetchImageMetaAttributesByDigest(ctx, manifestDigests)
+	if err != nil {
+		return imageMetaList, manifestDataList, err
+	}
+
+	for _, manifestAttribute := range manifestsAttributes {
+		imageManifestData, err := getProtoImageMetaFromAttribute(manifestAttribute["ImageMeta"])
+		if err != nil {
+			return imageMetaList, manifestDataList, err
+		}
+
+		switch imageManifestData.MediaType {
+		case ispec.MediaTypeImageManifest:
+			imageMetaList = append(imageMetaList, imageManifestData)
+			manifestDataList = append(manifestDataList, imageManifestData.Manifests[0])
+		case ispec.MediaTypeImageIndex:
+			partialImageDataList, partialManifestDataList, err := dwr.getAllContainedMeta(ctx, imageManifestData)
+			if err != nil {
+				return imageMetaList, manifestDataList, err
+			}
+
+			imageMetaList = append(imageMetaList, partialImageDataList...)
+			manifestDataList = append(manifestDataList, partialManifestDataList...)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return imageMetaList, manifestDataList, nil
+}
+
 func (dwr *DynamoDB) setProtoRepoMeta(repo string, repoMeta *proto_go.RepoMeta) error {
 	repoMeta.Name = repo
 
@@ -640,17 +679,9 @@ func (dwr *DynamoDB) SearchTags(ctx context.Context, searchText string) ([]mType
 					fmt.Errorf("error fetching manifest meta for manifest with digest %s %w", indexDigest, err)
 			}
 
-			manifestDataList := make([]*proto_go.ManifestMeta, 0, len(imageIndexData.Index.Index.Manifests))
-
-			for _, manifest := range imageIndexData.Index.Index.Manifests {
-				manifestDigest := godigest.Digest(manifest.Digest)
-
-				imageManifestData, err := dwr.GetProtoImageMeta(ctx, manifestDigest)
-				if err != nil {
-					return []mTypes.FullImageMeta{}, err
-				}
-
-				manifestDataList = append(manifestDataList, imageManifestData.Manifests[0])
+			_, manifestDataList, err := dwr.getAllContainedMeta(ctx, imageIndexData)
+			if err != nil {
+				return []mTypes.FullImageMeta{}, err
 			}
 
 			imageIndexData.Manifests = manifestDataList
@@ -739,16 +770,14 @@ func (dwr *DynamoDB) FilterTags(ctx context.Context, filterRepoTag mTypes.Filter
 				imageIndexMeta := mConvert.GetImageMeta(protoImageIndexMeta)
 				matchedManifests := []*proto_go.ManifestMeta{}
 
-				for _, manifest := range protoImageIndexMeta.Index.Index.Manifests {
-					manifestDigest := manifest.Digest
-
-					imageManifestData, err := dwr.GetProtoImageMeta(ctx, godigest.Digest(manifestDigest))
-					if err != nil {
-						viewError = errors.Join(viewError, err)
+				imageManifestDataList, _, err := dwr.getAllContainedMeta(context.Background(), protoImageIndexMeta)
+				if err != nil {
+					viewError = errors.Join(viewError, err)
 
-						continue
-					}
+					continue
+				}
 
+				for _, imageManifestData := range imageManifestDataList {
 					imageMeta := mConvert.GetImageMeta(imageManifestData)
 					partialImageMeta := common.GetPartialImageMeta(imageIndexMeta, imageMeta)
 
@@ -868,15 +897,9 @@ func (dwr *DynamoDB) GetFullImageMeta(ctx context.Context, repo string, tag stri
 	}
 
 	if protoImageMeta.MediaType == ispec.MediaTypeImageIndex {
-		manifestDataList := make([]*proto_go.ManifestMeta, 0, len(protoImageMeta.Index.Index.Manifests))
-
-		for _, manifest := range protoImageMeta.Index.Index.Manifests {
-			imageManifestData, err := dwr.GetProtoImageMeta(ctx, godigest.Digest(manifest.Digest))
-			if err != nil {
-				return mTypes.FullImageMeta{}, err
-			}
-
-			manifestDataList = append(manifestDataList, imageManifestData.Manifests[0])
+		_, manifestDataList, err := dwr.getAllContainedMeta(ctx, protoImageMeta)
+		if err != nil {
+			return mTypes.FullImageMeta{}, err
 		}
 
 		protoImageMeta.Manifests = manifestDataList
@@ -901,17 +924,9 @@ func (dwr *DynamoDB) GetImageMeta(digest godigest.Digest) (mTypes.ImageMeta, err
 	}
 
 	if protoImageMeta.MediaType == ispec.MediaTypeImageIndex {
-		manifestDataList := make([]*proto_go.ManifestMeta, 0, len(protoImageMeta.Index.Index.Manifests))
-
-		for _, manifest := range protoImageMeta.Index.Index.Manifests {
-			manifestDigest := godigest.Digest(manifest.Digest)
-
-			imageManifestData, err := dwr.GetProtoImageMeta(context.Background(), manifestDigest)
-			if err != nil {
-				return mTypes.ImageMeta{}, err
-			}
-
-			manifestDataList = append(manifestDataList, imageManifestData.Manifests[0])
+		_, manifestDataList, err := dwr.getAllContainedMeta(context.Background(), protoImageMeta)
+		if err != nil {
+			return mTypes.ImageMeta{}, err
 		}
 
 		protoImageMeta.Manifests = manifestDataList
@@ -1330,27 +1345,11 @@ func (dwr *DynamoDB) FilterImageMeta(ctx context.Context, digests []string,
 		}
 
 		if protoImageMeta.MediaType == ispec.MediaTypeImageIndex {
-			manifestDataList := make([]*proto_go.ManifestMeta, 0, len(protoImageMeta.Index.Index.Manifests))
-
-			indexDigests := make([]string, 0, len(protoImageMeta.Index.Index.Manifests))
-			for i := range protoImageMeta.Index.Index.Manifests {
-				indexDigests = append(indexDigests, protoImageMeta.Index.Index.Manifests[i].Digest)
-			}
-
-			manifestsAttributes, err := dwr.fetchImageMetaAttributesByDigest(ctx, indexDigests)
+			_, manifestDataList, err := dwr.getAllContainedMeta(context.Background(), protoImageMeta)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
 
-			for _, manifestAttribute := range manifestsAttributes {
-				imageManifestData, err := getProtoImageMetaFromAttribute(manifestAttribute["ImageMeta"])
-				if err != nil {
-					return nil, err
-				}
-
-				manifestDataList = append(manifestDataList, imageManifestData.Manifests[0])
-			}
-
 			protoImageMeta.Manifests = manifestDataList
 		}
 
@@ -2001,7 +2000,32 @@ func (dwr *DynamoDB) fetchImageMetaAttributesByDigest(ctx context.Context, diges
 		start = end
 	}
 
-	return batchedResp, nil
+	// Order the responses based on initial digest order
+	// as BatchGetItem does not guarantee the key order is respected
+	orderedResp := []map[string]types.AttributeValue{}
+	respMap := map[string]map[string]types.AttributeValue{}
+
+	for _, item := range batchedResp {
+		var digest string
+
+		err := attributevalue.Unmarshal(item["TableKey"], &digest)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		respMap[digest] = item
+	}
+
+	for _, digest := range digests {
+		imageMeta, ok := respMap[digest]
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("No ImageMeta found for digest %d in the database", digest)
+		}
+
+		orderedResp = append(orderedResp, imageMeta)
+	}
+
+	return orderedResp, nil
 }
 
 func getBatchImageKeys(digests []string) []map[string]types.AttributeValue {