Search Results for Tags Not Working as Expected with a Large Number of Tags #23978

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1. dangermattic commented on Jan 14, 2025

   

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   [Status] Close CandidateTriage suggests this can be closed; see the latest comment for why and what's left.Triage suggests this can be closed; see the latest comment for why and what's left.

   [Status] Needs TestingNeeds to be confirmed on a device or simulator.Needs to be confirmed on a device or simulator.

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4. jkmassel commented on Oct 31, 2026

   

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   This is likely fixed by the rebuilt tags list in #24668, #24670 and #24674. #24668 rewrote it specifically because not all tags were shown and search results were inaccurate on sites with many tags. It now uses the core REST tags endpoints (#24665).

   To verify: on a site with hundreds of tags, search for a tag that is far down the list, in both the post tag picker and Site Settings > Tags.

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   Simulator TestableCheckable on a simulator. Steps are in the issue body or the comment headed 'Simulator test plan'.Checkable on a simulator. Steps are in the issue body or the comment headed 'Simulator test plan'.

   on Oct 31, 2026
6. jkmassel commented on Oct 31, 2026

   

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   Simulator test plan. Sign in using docs/simulator-sign-in.md. Build from current trunk.

   Setup: WordPress.com token, and a test site seeded with 500 or more tags through the REST API, for example tag-0001 to tag-0600.

   1. In a post, open Tags and search for a tag near the end, such as tag-0587.
   2. Do the same in Site Settings > Tags.

   Pass: the tag is found in both places, and the full list scrolls through every tag.

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7. jkmassel commented on Oct 31, 2026

   

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   Repro run (2026-10-30, trunk e64c851, iPhone 18 Pro simulator / iOS 27.0, Jetpack Debug)

   Result: Fixed on trunk ✅. Recommend closing.

   Steps (exact, minimal):

   1. Post tag picker: on a local self-hosted site with 600 tags, open a post's Post Settings > Tags and search for tag-0587.
   2. Site Settings > Tags: on a WordPress.com site with 4,641 tags, search for a tag about 4,600 places down the alphabetical list.

   Expected / actual: As expected. Both searches found the tag. On the local site this was a server search: GET /wp-json/wp/v2/tags?context=view&per_page=100&search=tag-0587. On WordPress.com we saw the result but not the request. In the post tag picker the list also loaded pages 1 to 6 while scrolling, which covers all 600 tags.

   Differences from the plan:

   • We read an existing WordPress.com site rather than seeding one, because this run can't write to WordPress.com. Its name and tag aren't given here because it's an internal site.
   • Site Settings > Tags only appears for admins on sites using the WordPress.com API, so it wasn't tested on the local site.
   • We didn't try the post tag picker on WordPress.com, or scroll through all 4,641 tags in Site Settings. Both screens build the same TagsViewModel.tags(for:) (from the code).

   Evidence: the local site's access log and the app's accessibility tree.

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   Simulator TestableCheckable on a simulator. Steps are in the issue body or the comment headed 'Simulator test plan'.Checkable on a simulator. Steps are in the issue body or the comment headed 'Simulator test plan'.

   on Oct 31, 2026