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**SEARCH FAULT** - Now Solved
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One-Eye
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The same fault as
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5915064/search-fault-now-solved-after-fifteen-days-everything-is-now-ok from November 2018
and https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5968785/search-fault-now-solved from February 2019
is happening again.
New posts created from approx 4am 05/07 to 4am 06/07 are not being returned in Search Results.
On Competitions Time, searching for "win" should return almost every thread. Taking only threads with no replies, there is a gap from 4am 05/07 to just after 4am 06/07. There should be hundreds of threads with "win" between these two that search does not find.
Example threads to search for
Search term vaudeville should find https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6021712/e-18-07-win-tickets-to-the-worst-witch-in-the-west-end
Search term xceed should find https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6021925/e-30-08-md-win-a-superb-swimming-bundle-from-mp-michael-phelps
As before:
Advanced Search on a username is not working
Clicking on username then "Find more posts by..." is working
but:
Advanced Search "Titles Only" is NOT working (it worked previous times when the fault occurred)
Search is currently finding today's threads posted after 4am. Previously these threads became lost on the next overnight run. I will report on this tomorrow.
In November2018, it took 5 days before MSE even believed the fault was real and affected everyone, a further 5 days before the first attempted remedy and a further 5 days before the fault was finally solved.
In February 2019 the fault was solved next day.
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5915064/search-fault-now-solved-after-fifteen-days-everything-is-now-ok from November 2018
and https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5968785/search-fault-now-solved from February 2019
is happening again.
New posts created from approx 4am 05/07 to 4am 06/07 are not being returned in Search Results.
On Competitions Time, searching for "win" should return almost every thread. Taking only threads with no replies, there is a gap from 4am 05/07 to just after 4am 06/07. There should be hundreds of threads with "win" between these two that search does not find.
Example threads to search for
Search term vaudeville should find https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6021712/e-18-07-win-tickets-to-the-worst-witch-in-the-west-end
Search term xceed should find https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6021925/e-30-08-md-win-a-superb-swimming-bundle-from-mp-michael-phelps
As before:
Advanced Search on a username is not working
Clicking on username then "Find more posts by..." is working
but:
Advanced Search "Titles Only" is NOT working (it worked previous times when the fault occurred)
Search is currently finding today's threads posted after 4am. Previously these threads became lost on the next overnight run. I will report on this tomorrow.
In November2018, it took 5 days before MSE even believed the fault was real and affected everyone, a further 5 days before the first attempted remedy and a further 5 days before the fault was finally solved.
In February 2019 the fault was solved next day.
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All threads are now showing - fault is cured.
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