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Open Container by Name feature does not search all containers

Open marcelvb opened this issue 1 year ago • 1 comments

Preflight Checklist

Storage Explorer Version

1.35.0

Regression From

No response

Architecture

x64

Storage Explorer Build Number

20240810.1

Platform

All

OS Version

No response

Bug Description

When I search for a container using the Open Container by Name feature from the tree view, it seems like it will only search the containers loaded in the tree view. When I use the View All feature, I can search for all of my containers.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Launch explorer
  2. Go to Blob Containers node of a storage account
  3. Select Open Container by Name
  4. Search for container that exists

Actual Experience

  1. Message is displayed: "No results were found"
  2. Be scared shitless because you think your data is gone

Expected Experience

I expect Open Container by Name to search within all containers in your storage account, and not some subset.

Additional Context

We have hundreds of containers of which the names are basically GUIDs.

marcelvb avatar Sep 26 '24 12:09 marcelvb

@marcelvb Open Container by Name does indeed search all containers in your account, not a subset. What search terms were you using, and what were the names of the containers you were expecting to see? Please note that it searches containers by prefix. This is due to a limitation of the List Containers API only searching by prefix. Anything more than that would require client-side functionality and has a detrimental effect on performance. Also check your casing. I'm not sure if prefix search is case sensitive.

craxal avatar Sep 27 '24 17:09 craxal

Workaround that seems to do the job is to click on View All first. After that Open Container by Name seems to work fine.

ebudimlic avatar Oct 24 '24 19:10 ebudimlic

@ebudimlic Are you saying you also experience this issue? Can you share a GIF or video of you reproducing the issue? I am not able to reproduce on my end.

craxal avatar Oct 24 '24 20:10 craxal