LastResult.Status says Success and item count is 1 but when you search the record cannot be found

Question

Hi,

I am trying to set up an automation test where I add a record to our DB and then force a run of the indexer via the Search SDK. The code I have to run the indexer and wait for a success status is below however after this code runs a call to the search index returns 0 items when performing a search via the API. If I put in a few seconds sleep between running the indexer and performing the actual search call then it works as expected but this doesn't seem ideal.

Does anyone know if this is a known issue or should I be using different code?

Appreciate any help.
Cheers,
Mark.

 public static void RunIndexer()
            {
                SearchServiceClient searchService = new SearchServiceClient(_searchServiceName, new SearchCredentials(_searchApiKey));
                IIndexersOperations searchServiceIndexers = searchService.Indexers;
                Task indexOperation = searchServiceIndexers.RunAsync("digitalregister-person");
                indexOperation.Wait();

                bool rebuiltIndex = false;

                while(!rebuiltIndex)
                {
                    Task<IndexerExecutionInfo> status = searchServiceIndexers.GetStatusAsync("digitalregister-person");
                    status.Wait();

                    if (status.Result.LastResult.Status.Equals(IndexerExecutionStatus.Success) && status.Result.LastResult.ItemCount > 0)
                    {
                        rebuiltIndex = true;
                    }
                }
            }

Answer 1

I'm looking into your issue and will update my response with any updates I receive.

Please have a look at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40108369/how-to-wait-for-azure-search-to-finish-indexing-document-for-integration-testin. As stated in the stackoverflow question, there isn't a reliable way to determine a document is ready due to how Azure Search indexes are implemented in order to improve query performance. The OP of the question was able to achieve their goal by invoking Thread.Sleep() just as you have.

It is also encouraged to ask Search related questions on Stackoverflow.

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Thanks in advance, Ryan