@searchable throws Elasticsearch:User IllegalArgumentException

Describe the bug

I’m using AWS AppSync with @searchable and I did search* query. All of which will throw Elasticsearch:User IllegalArgumentException when the resource was only instantiated for the first time, i.e., I just created and I haven’t done any other mutations to it (create), so the tables are currently empty.

sample query

query {
  searchUsers {
    items {
      id
    }
    nexToken
  }
}

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Create a resource with AWS AppSync using GraphQL.
2. Use @searchable with it.
3. On AppSync GraphQL UI, try to use search* query.

Expected behavior

Instead of throwing that error, it should return items: [] which is what it normally does. (After applying the workaround specified at the bottom of this document).

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The error is not specific to any platform. You can use the AWS AppSync GraphQL UI and still be able to replicate the error.

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The error is not specific to any device. You can use the AWS AppSync GraphQL UI and still be able to replicate the error.

Additional context

As a workaround. You can insert data to the tables first, then you can remove those data. The next time you query that table with search you’ll get the desirable response:

data: {
  searchTable: {
    items: [],
    nextToken: null
  }
}

[attilah]

@aprilmintacpineda I was able to reproduce this issue thanks for reporting.

[aprilmintacpineda]

Hi @attilah,

Sorry for the delay on feedback. I just had the chance to get back to the project assigned to me that was using this. So here’s the scenario:

The project I have that’s experiencing this already have an existing UAT environment setup, I just checked it out and it’s still experiencing the error. It was previously using @aws-amplify/cli@3.17.0 but I have just upgraded it to 4.13.1 and the error still occurs. Is there any prerequisites for me to get the fix? or will it just be applied the next time I create a new environment?

I still have to touch the dynamo db to allow the searchable to create the indices. And I have to do that for each of the model with @searchable flag on it.