[Bug]: Search: load more results does not work when searching in just one category
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feature: search
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Description
⚠️ This issue respects the following points: ⚠️
- This is a bug, not a question or a configuration/webserver/proxy issue.
- This issue is not already reported on Github OR Nextcloud Community Forum (I've searched it).
- Nextcloud Server is up to date. See Maintenance and Release Schedule for supported versions.
- I agree to follow Nextcloud's Code of Conduct.
Bug description
when searching in just one category, load more does not work
Steps to reproduce
- search for something
- click load more in one category, see more results appear
- go to ... menu, pick that category to just search there
- click load more
- see nothing happen
Expected behavior
it loads more results
Installation method
None
Nextcloud Server version
27
Operating system
None
PHP engine version
None
Web server
None
Database engine version
None
Is this bug present after an update or on a fresh install?
None
Are you using the Nextcloud Server Encryption module?
None
What user-backends are you using?
- Default user-backend (database)
- LDAP/ Active Directory
- SSO - SAML
- Other
Configuration report
No response
List of activated Apps
No response
Nextcloud Signing status
No response
Nextcloud Logs
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Additional info
this is on cloud.nextcloud.com, 27.2.2 as of this bug report.
Contributor guide
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the search flow described: search globally, load more in a category, then select that category and load more again. Trace the category-filtered search path and compare it with the working general path; done means loading more adds results when only one category is selected.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- search
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100