Search is limited to first 256 results

[maa-x]

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Bug description

When searching a conversation on iOS, only the first 256 results are returned. As these are chronological, it means Signal doesn't search past the 256th result (i.e., the most recent matching messages are not included). This is particularly problematic when searching for links for example (query: http)

Steps to reproduce

• search a conversation with a keyword which occurs more than 256 times in the searched conversation (eg: http)
• note that no recent matching items are included in the results

Actual result: Search does not return more than 256 results.

Expected result: Search returns more than 256 results (or if we're stuck with a single byte, consider flipping the sort to search from the most recent messages).

Device info

Device: iPhone 12 Pro Max

iOS version: 17.4.1 (EDIT: 17.5 as well)

Signal version: 7.4.0.9 (EDIT: 7.10 as well)

[DGrothe-PhD]

Could not reproduce it "au" - 375 hits, "und" - 356 hits iOS: 17.4.1 Signal version: 7.8 (55)

[maa-x]

That's helpful, and quite odd indeed.

Searching for "to" for example, I get 400+ results.

However, searching for "htt", I only get 256 results, the latest being in 2022 when hundreds of messages were exchanged since with "http" in them. However, this problem isn't limited to links with "http", "re" does the same.

[DGrothe-PhD]

Strange that for 'ie' I get 'No results' even if there are a lot.

[maa-x]

And I get 8..! But if I scroll up past the 8th, there are dozens and dozens highlighted. How peculiar!

[DGrothe-PhD]

So this is absolutely proving that it's a bug. I am searching for 'ie' in my longest signal thread. Scrolling some weeks back to find lots of hits yellowed but no hits is what it says 🤔