Document that the change search API might return stale results Also mention that updates to the project config do not result in change re-indexing. Release-Notes: skip Google-Bug-Id: b/265653434 Change-Id: I35356db72c33102a006e9a8ec1e1f7ac29c5e7e2
diff --git a/Documentation/user-search.txt b/Documentation/user-search.txt index 565c491..e12c27c 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-search.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-search.txt
@@ -43,6 +43,17 @@ For more predictable results, use explicit search operators as described in the following section. +[IMPORTANT] +-- +The change search API is backed by a secondary index and might sometimes return +stale results if the re-indexing operation failed for a change update. + +Please also note that changes are not re-indexed if the project configuration +is updated with newly added or modified +link:config-submit-requirements.html[submit requirements]. +-- + + [[search-operators]] == Search Operators