Displayed items do not update reliably when client filters changed

[Shelagh-Lewins]

Since upgrading Meteor from 1.2 to 1.6, my client filters are not working reliably.

When I change the filters, often the displayed list of items does not change.

If I run the following in the browser console then it updates correctly:

MyPaginationObject.reload()

However if I run reload() in the code, it only works if I leave about 1 second delay:

MyPaginationObject.set({
    filters: Meteor.my_functions.set_filter({"number_of_things":{"$lt":9,"$gt":0}})
  });
setTimeout(function(){ 
    MyPaginationObject.reload();
  }, 1000);

Running the reload() immediately doesn't work.

I have four different pagination objects that draw from the same collection, so I am already using requestPage(1) to work around a known issue with more than about 2 paginations (#208);

Template.my_page.onRendered(function() {
MyPaginationObject.requestPage(1);
});

I don't know if this is a related issue or not.

Has anybody had a similar problem and know of a solution? I'm assuming that my setup must be OK otherwise the filters wouldn't work at all.

Here's how the objects are defined:

this.MyPaginationObject = new Meteor.Pagination(Patterns, {
  itemTemplate: "pattern_thumbnail",
  templateName: "new_patterns",
  perPage: 12,
  availableSettings: {
    filters: true,
    sort: true
  },
  auth: function(skip, sub){
    var userSettings = this.userSettings[sub._session.id] || {};
    var userFilters = userSettings.filters || {};
    var _filters = _.extend({
      $or: [
        { private: {$ne: true} },
        { created_by: sub.userId }
      ]
    }, userFilters);

    var _options = {
      limit: 12,
      sort: { created_at: -1},
      skip: skip
    }
    
    return [_filters, _options];
  },
  filters: {}
});

Thanks!