diff --git a/v2/pkg/engine/resolve/resolve_federation_test.go b/v2/pkg/engine/resolve/resolve_federation_test.go
index a1096ce3b..dc8280802 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/engine/resolve/resolve_federation_test.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/engine/resolve/resolve_federation_test.go
@@ -1956,6 +1956,278 @@ func TestResolveGraphQLResponse_Federation(t *testing.T) {
 		}, Context{ctx: context.Background(), Variables: nil}, `{"data":{"topProducts":[{"name":"Table","stock":8,"reviews":[{"body":"Love Table!","author":{"name":"user-1"}},{"body":"Prefer other Table.","author":{"name":"user-2"}}]},{"name":"Couch","stock":2,"reviews":[{"body":"Couch Too expensive.","author":{"name":"user-1"}}]},{"name":"Chair","stock":5,"reviews":[{"body":"Chair Could be better.","author":{"name":"user-2"}}]}]}}`
 	}))
 
+	t.Run("nested batching single root result", testFn(true, func(t *testing.T, ctrl *gomock.Controller) (node *GraphQLResponse, ctx Context, expectedOutput string) {
+
+		productsService := mockedDS(t, ctrl,
+			`{"method":"POST","url":"http://products","body":{"query":"query{topProducts{name __typename upc}}"}}`,
+			`{"topProducts":[{"name":"Table","__typename":"Product","upc":"1"}]}`)
+
+		reviewsService := mockedDS(t, ctrl,
+			`{"method":"POST","url":"http://reviews","body":{"query":"query($representations: [_Any!]!){_entities(representations: $representations){__typename ... on Product {reviews {body author {__typename id}}}}}","variables":{"representations":[{"__typename":"Product","upc":"1"}]}}}`,
+			`{"_entities":[{"__typename":"Product","reviews":[{"body":"Love Table!","author":{"__typename":"User","id":"1"}}]}]}`)
+
+		stockService := mockedDS(t, ctrl,
+			`{"method":"POST","url":"http://stock","body":{"query":"query($representations: [_Any!]!){_entities(representations: $representations){__typename ... on Product {stock}}}","variables":{"representations":[{"__typename":"Product","upc":"1"}]}}}`,
+			`{"_entities":[{"stock":8}]}`)
+
+		usersService := mockedDS(t, ctrl,
+			`{"method":"POST","url":"http://users","body":{"query":"query($representations: [_Any!]!){_entities(representations: $representations){__typename ... on User {name}}}","variables":{"representations":[{"__typename":"User","id":"1"}]}}}`,
+			`{"_entities":[{"name":"user-1"}]}`)
+
+		return &GraphQLResponse{
+			Data: &Object{
+				Fetch: &SingleFetch{
+					InputTemplate: InputTemplate{
+						Segments: []TemplateSegment{
+							{
+								Data:        []byte(`{"method":"POST","url":"http://products","body":{"query":"query{topProducts{name __typename upc}}"}}`),
+								SegmentType: StaticSegmentType,
+							},
+						},
+					},
+					FetchConfiguration: FetchConfiguration{
+						DataSource: productsService,
+						PostProcessing: PostProcessingConfiguration{
+							SelectResponseDataPath: []string{"data"},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				Fields: []*Field{
+					{
+						Name: []byte("topProducts"),
+						Value: &Array{
+							Path: []string{"topProducts"},
+							Item: &Object{
+								Fetch: &ParallelFetch{
+									Fetches: []Fetch{
+										&BatchEntityFetch{
+											Input: BatchInput{
+												Header: InputTemplate{
+													Segments: []TemplateSegment{
+														{
+															Data:        []byte(`{"method":"POST","url":"http://reviews","body":{"query":"query($representations: [_Any!]!){_entities(representations: $representations){__typename ... on Product {reviews {body author {__typename id}}}}}","variables":{"representations":[`),
+															SegmentType: StaticSegmentType,
+														},
+													},
+												},
+												Items: []InputTemplate{
+													{
+														Segments: []TemplateSegment{
+															{
+																SegmentType:  VariableSegmentType,
+																VariableKind: ResolvableObjectVariableKind,
+																Renderer: NewGraphQLVariableResolveRenderer(&Object{
+																	Fields: []*Field{
+																		{
+																			Name: []byte("__typename"),
+																			Value: &String{
+																				Path: []string{"__typename"},
+																			},
+																		},
+																		{
+																			Name: []byte("upc"),
+																			Value: &String{
+																				Path: []string{"upc"},
+																			},
+																		},
+																	},
+																}),
+															},
+														},
+													},
+												},
+												Separator: InputTemplate{
+													Segments: []TemplateSegment{
+														{
+															Data:        []byte(`,`),
+															SegmentType: StaticSegmentType,
+														},
+													},
+												},
+												Footer: InputTemplate{
+													Segments: []TemplateSegment{
+														{
+															Data:        []byte(`]}}}`),
+															SegmentType: StaticSegmentType,
+														},
+													},
+												},
+											},
+											DataSource: reviewsService,
+											PostProcessing: PostProcessingConfiguration{
+												SelectResponseDataPath: []string{"data", "_entities"},
+											},
+										},
+										&BatchEntityFetch{
+											Input: BatchInput{
+												Header: InputTemplate{
+													Segments: []TemplateSegment{
+														{
+															Data:        []byte(`{"method":"POST","url":"http://stock","body":{"query":"query($representations: [_Any!]!){_entities(representations: $representations){__typename ... on Product {stock}}}","variables":{"representations":[`),
+															SegmentType: StaticSegmentType,
+														},
+													},
+												},
+												Items: []InputTemplate{
+													{
+														Segments: []TemplateSegment{
+															{
+																SegmentType:  VariableSegmentType,
+																VariableKind: ResolvableObjectVariableKind,
+																Renderer: NewGraphQLVariableResolveRenderer(&Object{
+																	Fields: []*Field{
+																		{
+																			Name: []byte("__typename"),
+																			Value: &String{
+																				Path: []string{"__typename"},
+																			},
+																		},
+																		{
+																			Name: []byte("upc"),
+																			Value: &String{
+																				Path: []string{"upc"},
+																			},
+																		},
+																	},
+																}),
+															},
+														},
+													},
+												},
+												Separator: InputTemplate{
+													Segments: []TemplateSegment{
+														{
+															Data:        []byte(`,`),
+															SegmentType: StaticSegmentType,
+														},
+													},
+												},
+												Footer: InputTemplate{
+													Segments: []TemplateSegment{
+														{
+															Data:        []byte(`]}}}`),
+															SegmentType: StaticSegmentType,
+														},
+													},
+												},
+											},
+											DataSource: stockService,
+											PostProcessing: PostProcessingConfiguration{
+												SelectResponseDataPath: []string{"data", "_entities"},
+											},
+										},
+									},
+								},
+								Fields: []*Field{
+									{
+										Name: []byte("name"),
+										Value: &String{
+											Path: []string{"name"},
+										},
+									},
+									{
+										Name: []byte("stock"),
+										Value: &Integer{
+											Path: []string{"stock"},
+										},
+									},
+									{
+										Name: []byte("reviews"),
+										Value: &Array{
+											Path: []string{"reviews"},
+											Item: &Object{
+												Fields: []*Field{
+													{
+														Name: []byte("body"),
+														Value: &String{
+															Path: []string{"body"},
+														},
+													},
+													{
+														Name: []byte("author"),
+														Value: &Object{
+															Path: []string{"author"},
+															Fetch: &BatchEntityFetch{
+																Input: BatchInput{
+																	Header: InputTemplate{
+																		Segments: []TemplateSegment{
+																			{
+																				Data:        []byte(`{"method":"POST","url":"http://users","body":{"query":"query($representations: [_Any!]!){_entities(representations: $representations){__typename ... on User {name}}}","variables":{"representations":[`),
+																				SegmentType: StaticSegmentType,
+																			},
+																		},
+																	},
+																	Items: []InputTemplate{
+																		{
+																			Segments: []TemplateSegment{
+																				{
+																					SegmentType:  VariableSegmentType,
+																					VariableKind: ResolvableObjectVariableKind,
+																					Renderer: NewGraphQLVariableResolveRenderer(&Object{
+																						Fields: []*Field{
+																							{
+																								Name: []byte("__typename"),
+																								Value: &String{
+																									Path: []string{"__typename"},
+																								},
+																							},
+																							{
+																								Name: []byte("id"),
+																								Value: &String{
+																									Path: []string{"id"},
+																								},
+																							},
+																						},
+																					}),
+																				},
+																			},
+																		},
+																	},
+																	Separator: InputTemplate{
+																		Segments: []TemplateSegment{
+																			{
+																				Data:        []byte(`,`),
+																				SegmentType: StaticSegmentType,
+																			},
+																		},
+																	},
+																	Footer: InputTemplate{
+																		Segments: []TemplateSegment{
+																			{
+																				Data:        []byte(`]}}}`),
+																				SegmentType: StaticSegmentType,
+																			},
+																		},
+																	},
+																},
+																DataSource: usersService,
+																PostProcessing: PostProcessingConfiguration{
+																	SelectResponseDataPath: []string{"data", "_entities"},
+																},
+															},
+															Fields: []*Field{
+																{
+																	Name: []byte("name"),
+																	Value: &String{
+																		Path: []string{"name"},
+																	},
+																},
+															},
+														},
+													},
+												},
+											},
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}, Context{ctx: context.Background(), Variables: nil}, `{"data":{"topProducts":[{"name":"Table","stock":8,"reviews":[{"body":"Love Table!","author":{"name":"user-1"}}]}]}}`
+	}))
+
 	t.Run("nested batching of direct array children", testFn(true, func(t *testing.T, ctrl *gomock.Controller) (node *GraphQLResponse, ctx Context, expectedOutput string) {
 
 		accountsService := mockedDS(t, ctrl,