Using graphql search does not return all repositories. Paging does not allow me to page through all repos

[jenol]

GraphQL API Search vs Org Repos

Bug

Body

search seems to return fewer repositories:

query { 
  organization(login: "Betssongroup") {
    repositories {
      totalCount
    }
  }
  search(query: "org:Betssongroup", type: REPOSITORY) {
      repositoryCount
  }
}

returns

{
  "data": {
    "organization": {
      "repositories": {
        "totalCount": 2056
      }
    },
    "search": {
      "repositoryCount": 2042
    }
  }
}

Does search skip archived repos? I had no chance to compare the results because I have issues with search paging as well.

The paging problem is related to getting a false hasNextPage half way paging through the results. Ignoring the hasNextPage and go by result count doesn't seem to work either because I get zero results.

{ total: 2042, completed: 100 }
{ hasNextPage: true, endCursor: 'Y3Vyc29yOjEwMA==' }
{ total: 2042, completed: 200 }
{ hasNextPage: true, endCursor: 'Y3Vyc29yOjIwMA==' }
{ total: 2042, completed: 300 }
{ hasNextPage: true, endCursor: 'Y3Vyc29yOjMwMA==' }
{ total: 2042, completed: 400 }
{ hasNextPage: true, endCursor: 'Y3Vyc29yOjQwMA==' }
{ total: 2042, completed: 500 }
{ hasNextPage: true, endCursor: 'Y3Vyc29yOjUwMA==' }
{ total: 2042, completed: 600 }
{ hasNextPage: true, endCursor: 'Y3Vyc29yOjYwMA==' }
{ total: 2042, completed: 700 }
{ hasNextPage: true, endCursor: 'Y3Vyc29yOjcwMA==' }
{ total: 2042, completed: 800 }
{ hasNextPage: true, endCursor: 'Y3Vyc29yOjgwMA==' }
{ total: 2042, completed: 900 }
{ hasNextPage: true, endCursor: 'Y3Vyc29yOjkwMA==' }
{ total: 2042, completed: 1000 }
{ hasNextPage: false, endCursor: 'Y3Vyc29yOjEwMDA=' }

For search I am using this query:

  query getRepos($queryString: String!, $first: Int = 10, $after: String) {
    search(query: $queryString, type: REPOSITORY, first: $first, after: $after) {
      repositoryCount
      pageInfo {
        hasNextPage
        endCursor
      }
      repositories: edges {
        node {
          ... on Repository {
            id
            isArchived
            name
            url
            description
            createdAt
            pushedAt
            defaultBranchRef {
              name
            }
            languages(first: 100) {
              nodes {
                name
              }
            }
            repositoryTopics(first: 100) {
              nodes {
                topic {
                  name
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
    rateLimit {
      limit
      cost
      remaining
      resetAt
    }
  } 

Doing the same thing with getting an organization's repos seems to work okay:

query getRepos($owner: String!, $first: Int = 10, $after: String) {
    organization(login: $owner) {
      repositories(first: $first, after: $after) {
        totalCount
        pageInfo {
          hasNextPage
          endCursor
        }
        nodes {
          id
          isArchived
          name
          url
          description
          createdAt
          pushedAt
          defaultBranchRef {
            name
          }
          languages(first: 100) {
            nodes {
              name
            }
          }
          repositoryTopics(first: 100) {
            nodes {
              topic {
                name
              }
            }
          }
        }
        totalCount
      }
    }
    rateLimit {
      limit
      cost
      remaining
      resetAt
    }
  }  

My paging logic seems solid. Am I doing something wrong?

[atsu85]

i suspect using GQL search doesn't work reliably for the same reason why using GH Advanced Search doesn't always work reliably (probably issues with indexing or indexes). If i remember correctly i even saw issues with search without paging (less results than page size)