Hi, 1. Yes, your analysis is correct
2. Yes, it can occurs too with very slow query. Regards Dominique Le mar. 15 sept. 2020 à 15:14, Mark Robinson <mark123lea...@gmail.com> a écrit : > Hi, > > When in a sample query I used "timeAllowed" as low as 10mS, I got value for > > "numFound" as say 2000, but no docs were returned. But when I increased the > > value for timeAllowed to be in seconds, never got this scenario. > > > > I have 2 qns:- > > 1. Why does numFound have a value like say 2000 or even 6000 but no > > documents actually returned. During document collection is calculation of > > numFound done first and doc collection later?. Is doc list empty because,by > > the time doc collection started the timeAllowed cut off took effect? > > > > 2. If I give timeAllowed a value say, 10s or above do you think the above > > scenario of valid count displayed in numFound, but doc list empty can ever > > occur still, as there is more time before cut-off to retrieve at least one > > doc ? > > > > Thanks! > > Mark > >