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Early path traversal pruning

Session Track: App Dev

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Cypher runtime can prune a path traversal depending on a value of a currently evaluated node or relationship. Recently, it has became possible to prune a path traversal depending on a stepwise evaluation of a value accumulated over a path. The new feature is available since Neo4j 2025.8.0.

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Jan Zak

Software Engineer @ IBM Manta Data Lineage

Jan is a Software Engineer, specializing in high-performance graph and geospatial applications. He is an author of popular open-source libraries and a frequent contributor. Currently he is in charge of Neo4j adoption in IBM Manta Data Lineage.