Adding products with rest doesn't work when indexes are set to update by schedule

[rklerck]

We're adding our products with Rest. There was already one bug with it: #1720

But now there is another one. We set our indexes to update by schedule (config is default). When we add a product with rest, and enable it in backend. It's not visible in the frontend. In the backend everything looks fine. Even when we manually rebuild index (magento indexer:reindex), the product isn't visible.

When we do the same routine with indexes set to on update, it works like expected, except for the bug mentioned earlier.

[choukalos]

Hi @rklerck when you're doing index update by schedule what happens when the scheduled indexing happens? Does the product then show up on the front end ( that would be expected behavior )?

[rklerck]

It indeed shows up on the front end now after running: "indexer:reindex". Not sure how the whole cron mechanism works though, but that's my problem.

It looks like #1720 isn't a problem anymore, after reindexing manually.

We should test the removing of 85000 products again when using this method, instead of update on save.

[choukalos]

@rklerck the cron effectively needs to run 2 times to actually update. first time it runs it grabs a # of tasks and converts those tasks to actions that it queues up for the next run. When it runs the 2nd time it processes those actions.

Since you've confirmed we're working correctly I'm going to close this item. I look forward to understanding how the change in indexing strategy impacts #1823 .

Thanks!