I think I may have solved my problem. Not 100% certain what the solution was because I've been trying so many things, but in the end what I did was revisit this article and re-step my configuration.
http://www.lucidimagination.com/blog/2011/04/08/solr-powered-isfdb-part-9/ I believe what the problem was, was the fact that I didn't create a "firstSearcher" to ensure that the dictionary was built on start/restart. Hopefully that helps anyone else who may run across this issue too. -- View this message in context: http://lucene.472066.n3.nabble.com/Suggest-component-tp2725438p3583831.html Sent from the Solr - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.