diff --git a/planner/core/find_best_task.go b/planner/core/find_best_task.go
index c5f2fc3bf5119..334273f502d7c 100644
--- a/planner/core/find_best_task.go
+++ b/planner/core/find_best_task.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/planner/util"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/sessionctx"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/sessionctx/stmtctx"
+	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/sessionctx/variable"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/statistics"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/types"
 	tidbutil "github.com/pingcap/tidb/util"
@@ -841,6 +842,14 @@ func (ds *DataSource) isPointGetConvertableSchema() bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+// exploreEnforcedPlan determines whether to explore enforced plans for this DataSource if it has already found an unenforced plan.
+// See #46177 for more information.
+func (ds *DataSource) exploreEnforcedPlan() bool {
+	// default value is false to keep it compatible with previous versions.
+	fixValue, ok := ds.ctx.GetSessionVars().GetOptimizerFixControlValue(variable.TiDBOptFixControl46177)
+	return ok && variable.TiDBOptOn(fixValue)
+}
+
 // findBestTask implements the PhysicalPlan interface.
 // It will enumerate all the available indices and choose a plan with least cost.
 func (ds *DataSource) findBestTask(prop *property.PhysicalProperty, planCounter *PlanCounterTp, opt *physicalOptimizeOp) (t task, cntPlan int64, err error) {
@@ -881,23 +890,25 @@ func (ds *DataSource) findBestTask(prop *property.PhysicalProperty, planCounter
 		return
 	}
 	var cnt int64
+	var unenforcedTask task
 	// If prop.CanAddEnforcer is true, the prop.SortItems need to be set nil for ds.findBestTask.
 	// Before function return, reset it for enforcing task prop and storing map<prop,task>.
 	oldProp := prop.CloneEssentialFields()
 	if prop.CanAddEnforcer {
 		// First, get the bestTask without enforced prop
 		prop.CanAddEnforcer = false
-		t, cnt, err = ds.findBestTask(prop, planCounter, opt)
+		unenforcedTask, cnt, err = ds.findBestTask(prop, planCounter, opt)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, 0, err
 		}
-		prop.CanAddEnforcer = true
-		if t != invalidTask {
-			ds.storeTask(prop, t)
-			cntPlan = cnt
-			return
+		if !unenforcedTask.invalid() && !ds.exploreEnforcedPlan() {
+			ds.storeTask(prop, unenforcedTask)
+			return unenforcedTask, cnt, nil
 		}
-		// Next, get the bestTask with enforced prop
+
+		// Then, explore the bestTask with enforced prop
+		prop.CanAddEnforcer = true
+		cntPlan += cnt
 		prop.SortItems = []property.SortItem{}
 		prop.MPPPartitionTp = property.AnyType
 	} else if prop.MPPPartitionTp != property.AnyType {
@@ -912,6 +923,18 @@ func (ds *DataSource) findBestTask(prop *property.PhysicalProperty, planCounter
 			t = enforceProperty(prop, t, ds.basePlan.ctx)
 			prop.CanAddEnforcer = true
 		}
+
+		if unenforcedTask != nil && !unenforcedTask.invalid() {
+			curIsBest, cerr := compareTaskCost(ds.SCtx(), unenforcedTask, t, opt)
+			if cerr != nil {
+				err = cerr
+				return
+			}
+			if curIsBest {
+				t = unenforcedTask
+			}
+		}
+
 		ds.storeTask(prop, t)
 		err = validateTableSamplePlan(ds, t, err)
 	}()
diff --git a/planner/core/integration_test.go b/planner/core/integration_test.go
index 36d7ec6728be4..21a43594242fa 100644
--- a/planner/core/integration_test.go
+++ b/planner/core/integration_test.go
@@ -5278,6 +5278,53 @@ func TestVirtualExprPushDown(t *testing.T) {
 	tk.MustQuery("explain select * from t where c2 > 1;").CheckAt([]int{0, 2, 4}, rows)
 }
 
+func TestIssue46177(t *testing.T) {
+	store := testkit.CreateMockStore(t)
+	tk := testkit.NewTestKit(t, store)
+	tk.MustExec(`use test`)
+	tk.MustExec(` CREATE TABLE sbtest (
+  id int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+  k int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
+  c char(120) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+  pad char(60) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+  PRIMARY KEY (id) /*T![clustered_index] CLUSTERED */,
+  KEY k (k)
+)`)
+
+	// cannot choose the best plan with RangeScan.
+	tk.MustExec(`set @@tidb_opt_fix_control = '46177:off'`)
+	tk.MustQuery(`explain format='brief'  select row_number() over(order by a.k) from (select * from sbtest where id<10) a`).Check(testkit.Rows(
+		`Projection 10.00 root  Column#6`,
+		`└─Window 10.00 root  row_number()->Column#6 over(order by test.sbtest.k rows between current row and current row)`,
+		`  └─IndexReader 10.00 root  index:Selection`,
+		`    └─Selection 10.00 cop[tikv]  lt(test.sbtest.id, 10)`,
+		`      └─IndexFullScan 10000.00 cop[tikv] table:sbtest, index:k(k) keep order:true, stats:pseudo`))
+
+	tk.MustExec(`set @@tidb_opt_fix_control = '46177:on'`)
+	tk.MustQuery(`explain format='brief'  select row_number() over(order by a.k) from (select * from sbtest where id<10) a`).Check(testkit.Rows(
+		`Projection 10.00 root  Column#6`,
+		`└─Window 10.00 root  row_number()->Column#6 over(order by test.sbtest.k rows between current row and current row)`,
+		`  └─Sort 10.00 root  test.sbtest.k`,
+		`    └─TableReader 10.00 root  data:TableRangeScan`,
+		`      └─TableRangeScan 10.00 cop[tikv] table:sbtest range:[0,10), keep order:false, stats:pseudo`))
+
+	// cannot choose the range scan plan.
+	tk.MustExec(`set @@tidb_opt_fix_control = '46177:off'`)
+	tk.MustQuery(`explain format='brief' select /*+ stream_agg() */ count(1) from sbtest where id<1 group by k`).Check(testkit.Rows(
+		`StreamAgg 1.00 root  group by:test.sbtest.k, funcs:count(Column#6)->Column#5`,
+		`└─IndexReader 1.00 root  index:StreamAgg`,
+		`  └─StreamAgg 1.00 cop[tikv]  group by:test.sbtest.k, funcs:count(1)->Column#6`,
+		`    └─Selection 1.00 cop[tikv]  lt(test.sbtest.id, 1)`,
+		`      └─IndexFullScan 10000.00 cop[tikv] table:sbtest, index:k(k) keep order:true, stats:pseudo`))
+
+	tk.MustExec(`set @@tidb_opt_fix_control = '46177:on'`)
+	tk.MustQuery(`explain format='brief' select /*+ stream_agg() */ count(1) from sbtest where id<1 group by k`).Check(testkit.Rows(
+		`StreamAgg 1.00 root  group by:test.sbtest.k, funcs:count(1)->Column#5`,
+		`└─Sort 1.00 root  test.sbtest.k`,
+		`  └─TableReader 1.00 root  data:TableRangeScan`,
+		`    └─TableRangeScan 1.00 cop[tikv] table:sbtest range:[0,1), keep order:false, stats:pseudo`))
+}
+
 // https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/41458
 func TestIssue41458(t *testing.T) {
 	store := testkit.CreateMockStore(t)
diff --git a/sessionctx/variable/session.go b/sessionctx/variable/session.go
index a7ba75a0db030..72b884f94c2b7 100644
--- a/sessionctx/variable/session.go
+++ b/sessionctx/variable/session.go
@@ -1498,6 +1498,8 @@ var (
 	// TiDBOptFixControl44855 controls whether to use a more accurate upper bound when estimating row count of index
 	// range scan under inner side of index join.
 	TiDBOptFixControl44855 uint64 = 44855
+	// TiDBOptFixControl46177 controls whether to explore enforced plans for DataSource if it has already found an unenforced plan.
+	TiDBOptFixControl46177 uint64 = 46177
 )
 
 // GetOptimizerFixControlValue returns the specified value of the optimizer fix control.