diff --git a/pkg/sql/conn_executor.go b/pkg/sql/conn_executor.go
index 9facd8a25f35..aa74c5e49c58 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/conn_executor.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/conn_executor.go
@@ -2763,6 +2763,7 @@ func (ex *connExecutor) execCopyIn(
 			ctx, cmd.Conn, cmd.Stmt, &p, txnOpt, ex.state.mon, ex.implicitTxn(),
 			// execInsertPlan
 			func(ctx context.Context, p *planner, res RestrictedCommandResult) error {
+				defer p.curPlan.close(ctx)
 				_, err := ex.execWithDistSQLEngine(ctx, p, tree.RowsAffected, res, DistributionTypeNone, nil /* progressAtomic */)
 				return err
 			},
diff --git a/pkg/sql/conn_executor_exec.go b/pkg/sql/conn_executor_exec.go
index 77974bd8bc2e..4f349ece15b7 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/conn_executor_exec.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/conn_executor_exec.go
@@ -701,19 +701,6 @@ func (ex *connExecutor) execStmtInOpenState(
 	// placed. There are also sequencing point after every stage of
 	// constraint checks and cascading actions at the _end_ of a
 	// statement's execution.
-	//
-	// TODO(knz): At the time of this writing CockroachDB performs
-	// cascading actions and the corresponding FK existence checks
-	// interleaved with mutations. This is incorrect; the correct
-	// behavior, as described in issue
-	// https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/issues/33475, is to
-	// execute cascading actions no earlier than after all the "main
-	// effects" of the current statement (including all its CTEs) have
-	// completed. There should be a sequence point between the end of
-	// the main execution and the start of the cascading actions, as
-	// well as in-between very stage of cascading actions.
-	// This TODO can be removed when the cascading code is reorganized
-	// accordingly and the missing call to Step() is introduced.
 	if err := ex.state.mu.txn.Step(ctx); err != nil {
 		return makeErrEvent(err)
 	}
@@ -1259,8 +1246,6 @@ func (ex *connExecutor) dispatchToExecutionEngine(
 	// Prepare the plan. Note, the error is processed below. Everything
 	// between here and there needs to happen even if there's an error.
 	err := ex.makeExecPlan(ctx, planner)
-	// We'll be closing the plan manually below after execution; this
-	// defer is a catch-all in case some other return path is taken.
 	defer planner.curPlan.close(ctx)
 
 	// include gist in error reports
@@ -1342,17 +1327,6 @@ func (ex *connExecutor) dispatchToExecutionEngine(
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	// We need to set the "exec done" flag early because
-	// curPlan.close(), which will need to observe it, may be closed
-	// during execution (PlanAndRun).
-	//
-	// TODO(knz): This is a mis-design. Andrei says "it's OK if
-	// execution closes the plan" but it transfers responsibility to
-	// run any "finalizers" on the plan (including plan sampling for
-	// stats) to the execution engine. That's a lot of responsibility
-	// to transfer! It would be better if this responsibility remained
-	// around here.
-	planner.curPlan.flags.Set(planFlagExecDone)
 	if !planner.ExecCfg().Codec.ForSystemTenant() {
 		planner.curPlan.flags.Set(planFlagTenant)
 	}
@@ -1736,6 +1710,8 @@ func (s *topLevelQueryStats) add(other *topLevelQueryStats) {
 // runs it.
 // If an error is returned, the connection needs to stop processing queries.
 // Query execution errors are written to res; they are not returned.
+// NB: the plan (in planner.curPlan) is not closed, so it is the caller's
+// responsibility to do so.
 func (ex *connExecutor) execWithDistSQLEngine(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	planner *planner,
@@ -1744,6 +1720,7 @@ func (ex *connExecutor) execWithDistSQLEngine(
 	distribute DistributionType,
 	progressAtomic *uint64,
 ) (topLevelQueryStats, error) {
+	defer planner.curPlan.savePlanInfo()
 	recv := MakeDistSQLReceiver(
 		ctx, res, stmtType,
 		ex.server.cfg.RangeDescriptorCache,
diff --git a/pkg/sql/distsql_running.go b/pkg/sql/distsql_running.go
index c6e7022b733a..ab976073da5f 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/distsql_running.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/distsql_running.go
@@ -1541,6 +1541,8 @@ func getFinishedSetupFn(planner *planner) (finishedSetupFn func(flowinfra.Flow),
 // PlanAndRunAll combines running the main query, subqueries and cascades/checks.
 // If an error is returned, the connection needs to stop processing queries.
 // Query execution errors stored in recv; they are not returned.
+// NB: the plan (in planner.curPlan) is not closed, so it is the caller's
+// responsibility to do so.
 func (dsp *DistSQLPlanner) PlanAndRunAll(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	evalCtx *extendedEvalContext,
@@ -1549,7 +1551,6 @@ func (dsp *DistSQLPlanner) PlanAndRunAll(
 	recv *DistSQLReceiver,
 	evalCtxFactory func(usedConcurrently bool) *extendedEvalContext,
 ) error {
-	defer planner.curPlan.close(ctx)
 	if len(planner.curPlan.subqueryPlans) != 0 {
 		// Create a separate memory account for the results of the subqueries.
 		// Note that we intentionally defer the closure of the account until we
diff --git a/pkg/sql/explain_tree_test.go b/pkg/sql/explain_tree_test.go
index 60d80e0c5a44..4d10445ea0a4 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/explain_tree_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/explain_tree_test.go
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ func TestPlanToTreeAndPlanToString(t *testing.T) {
 			if err := p.makeOptimizerPlan(ctx); err != nil {
 				t.Fatal(err)
 			}
-			p.curPlan.flags.Set(planFlagExecDone)
-			p.curPlan.close(ctx)
+			defer p.curPlan.close(ctx)
+			p.curPlan.savePlanInfo()
 			if d.Cmd == "plan-string" {
 				ob := ih.emitExplainAnalyzePlanToOutputBuilder(
 					explain.Flags{Verbose: true, ShowTypes: true},
diff --git a/pkg/sql/plan.go b/pkg/sql/plan.go
index c13915718b8c..e338d8d2613b 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/plan.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/plan.go
@@ -472,16 +472,10 @@ func (p *planTop) init(stmt *Statement, instrumentation *instrumentationHelper)
 	}
 }
 
-// close ensures that the plan's resources have been deallocated.
-func (p *planTop) close(ctx context.Context) {
-	if p.flags.IsSet(planFlagExecDone) {
-		p.savePlanInfo(ctx)
-	}
-	p.planComponents.close(ctx)
-}
-
-// savePlanInfo uses p.explainPlan to populate the plan string and/or tree.
-func (p *planTop) savePlanInfo(ctx context.Context) {
+// savePlanInfo updates the instrumentationHelper with information about how the
+// plan was executed.
+// NB: should only be called _after_ the execution of the plan has completed.
+func (p *planTop) savePlanInfo() {
 	vectorized := p.flags.IsSet(planFlagVectorized)
 	distribution := physicalplan.LocalPlan
 	if p.flags.IsSet(planFlagFullyDistributed) {
@@ -589,9 +583,6 @@ const (
 	// planFlagNotDistributed is set if the query execution is not distributed.
 	planFlagNotDistributed
 
-	// planFlagExecDone marks that execution has been completed.
-	planFlagExecDone
-
 	// planFlagImplicitTxn marks that the plan was run inside of an implicit
 	// transaction.
 	planFlagImplicitTxn
diff --git a/pkg/sql/testutils.go b/pkg/sql/testutils.go
index 7b31b64cde49..0ebed09797cb 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/testutils.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/testutils.go
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ func (dsp *DistSQLPlanner) Exec(
 func (dsp *DistSQLPlanner) ExecLocalAll(
 	ctx context.Context, execCfg ExecutorConfig, p *planner, res RestrictedCommandResult,
 ) error {
+	defer p.curPlan.close(ctx)
 	recv := MakeDistSQLReceiver(
 		ctx,
 		res,