[SearchEngineRequestFailedException] on PATCH user data

[twilkinson]

I'm running FusionAuth version 1.27.2, basic installation using the docker container, and have encountered this problem.

If I send a request to PATCH /api/user/{userId} (existing {userid}) with request body

{ "user": { "data": { "foo": { "value": "bar" } } } }

it returns the error

{ "generalErrors": [ { "code": "[SearchEngineRequestFailedException]", "message": "A request to the search index has failed. This error is unexpected. Please review the troubleshooting guide found in the documentation for assistance and the available support channels." } ] }

However, if I simply change the property name in the request body to fee

{ "user": { "data": { "fee": { "value": "bar" } } } }

the PATCH operation succeeds.

The error only occurs if the name is foo and the value for foo is an object. If the value for foo is a string

{ "user": { "data": { "foo": "bar" } } }

it works fine.

Can anyone else duplicate this? Any explanation?

[joshua]

@twilkinson that is interesting behavior indeed!

I was able to make an update to a user id using these commands:

If I send a request to PATCH /api/user/{userId} (existing {userid}) with request body
{ "user": { "data": { "foo": { "value": "bar" } } } }

This leads me to think that something else might be going on with your FusionAuth installation.

There are a couple of things that it might be:

1. Consider Reindexing
   https://fusionauth.io/community/forum/topic/375/seeing-a-request-to-the-search-index-has-failed-this-error-is-unexpected-and-i-can-no-longer-login-with-google

2. Review how much disk space you have allocated
   https://fusionauth.io/community/forum/topic/151/a-request-to-the-search-index-has-failed-this-error-is-unexpected

If that still does not solve the issue, post back and we can do some additional troubleshooting.

Thanks,
Josh

[twilkinson]

@joshua

Doing a Reindex fixed it - I'm new to FusionAuth and didn't know that operation was there.

Thanks for the help.

[joshua]

@twilkinson -

Your welcome Super! Glad you got it working!

Josh