Why did my no-result rate jump in Meilisearch?
The Meilisearch help pages give 4 common reasons. The first to rule out: If the list of fields Meilisearch searches is narrowed, words that only appear in the fields left out stop matching, so those searches can come back empty.
What causes it?
If the list of fields Meilisearch searches is narrowed, words that only appear in the fields left out stop matching, so those searches can come back empty.
In the Meilisearch help:
Fields not in the list (such as `id` and `release_date`) are no longer searchable.
Configure searchable attributes, read 2026-11-12.When typo tolerance is turned off for an index, a word, or a field, misspelled searches stop matching and can return no results.
In the Meilisearch help:
For example, a query for `phnoe` will no longer return a document containing the word `phone`.
Typo tolerance, read 2026-11-12.If an indexing task fails, none of its documents are added, so searches for them can come back empty.
In the Meilisearch help:
`failed`: a failure occurred when processing the task. No changes were made to the database
Tasks and asynchronous operations, read 2026-11-12.Indexing work waits in a queue and runs one task at a time, so newly added documents can take a while to become searchable when the queue is long.
In the Meilisearch help:
Enqueued tasks are processed one at a time, following the order in which they were requested.
Tasks and asynchronous operations, read 2026-11-12.
How do I check it myself?
Look at the list of the most common searches with no results to see which words started coming back empty.
In the Meilisearch help:
Most common query terms that did not return any search results.
Analytics metrics reference, read 2026-11-12.Check recent indexing tasks to see whether they succeeded, failed or are still waiting.
In the Meilisearch help:
Use the summarized task's `taskUid` to track the progress of a task and retrieve the full task object.
Tasks and asynchronous operations, read 2026-11-12.Check which fields the index searches, to be sure the fields your visitors search on are still included.
In the Meilisearch help:
Retrieve the current `searchableAttributes` setting for an index:
Configure searchable attributes, read 2026-11-12.
How does Meilisearch work with Feder?
- Connect Meilisearch to Feder and it joins your Visits apps.
- When you connect Meilisearch, Feder checks the connection straight away and shows Connected only when that check passes. If a reading cannot be taken later, Feder shows it as not read, never as zero.
Some numbers are too quiet to judge daily, such as a form filled in a few times a week. Until there is enough of your own history to judge a change, Feder says it is still learning and scores nothing, rather than guessing.
See whether you can trust the numbers in Meilisearch, one of your Visits apps. Feder only reads. It never changes anything in Meilisearch.
What else goes wrong with these numbers?
- Why did failed calls jump in my Meilisearch monitoring?Meilisearch
- Why are search clicks missing from my Meilisearch analytics?Meilisearch
- Why did Google Analytics stop collecting data?Google Analytics
- Why aren't my key events showing in Google Analytics?Google Analytics
- Why does Google Analytics show (not set)?Google Analytics
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Where do these answers come from?
Every cause and check on this page comes from the Meilisearch help pages, quoted above with the date we read them. Last reviewed 2026-11-12. We read them again by 2027-11-12. If one changes, this page changes or comes down.