Empty Search result from previously Indexed Product set

[edison1525]

Hi everyone,
I have a problem with vision product search. Will the index become invalid after being idle for a period of time, and will there be charges for searching under the invalid index? And how long will the index become invalid after being idle?

[ricconoel]

Hi,

The to answer your questions above:

1. ) Will the index become invalid after being idle for a period of time? And how long will the index become invalid after being idle?

• Unfortunately this information cannot be shared publicly hence there is no detailed information posted on the public documentation. But to confirm, your observation is correct. The index becomes invalid after being idle for a period of time. Just make sure to send requests to keep the index available for you to prevent this from happening.

2.) Will there be charges for searching under the invalid index?

• AFAIK you won't be billed if Google did not use any resources to process your request. But if your request pushed through and it returned data (status 200) you will be billed for this.

[Reevela]

Hi
Not to hijack the thread, but I have the same issue, so what can we do to get the products indexed again ?
Do we need to re-create the whole structure or can we somehow kickstart the indexing of the products again ?