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Incorrect pagination

Pages incorrectly ordered or divided, disrupting navigation.

[ FAQ1 ]

What is incorrect pagination?

Incorrect pagination happens when content that should be sequentially divided across pages doesn't display properly. Common symptoms include repeated or skipped items, incorrect item counts per page, or navigation buttons that behave unpredictably. This issue typically results from errors in pagination logic, such as miscalculating offsets, incorrect use of limits, or mishandling page indexing. Incorrect pagination affects both frontend experiences and backend data retrieval, potentially resulting in API responses that confuse clients or frontend displays that frustrate users.
[ FAQ2 ]

How to fix pagination issues

To fix pagination issues, carefully review and debug pagination logic, ensuring proper calculation of offsets and limits. In API-driven pagination, explicitly define clear and consistent rules for handling page numbers, item counts, and offsets. Use reliable formulas—for example, offset = (page - 1) * limit—to correctly calculate the starting point for data retrieval. In frontend pagination, synchronize state accurately with backend responses to ensure UI elements (like page counters and navigation buttons) correctly reflect available pages. Conduct thorough testing, particularly at edge cases (e.g., last page, empty pages, or page transitions), to validate correct behavior across your entire pagination implementation.
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objectMetadata.objectMetadataMapItem,
);
- return this.formatResult(
- 'update',
+ return this.formatResult({
+ operation: 'update',
+ objectNameSingular: objectMetadataNameSingular,
+ data: updatedRecord,
+ });
+ }
+
+ async get(request: Request) {
+ const { id: recordId } = parseCorePath(request);
+ const {
+ objectMetadataNameSingular,
+ objectMetadataNamePlural,
+ repository,
+ objectMetadata,
+ objectMetadataItemWithFieldsMaps,
+ } = await this.getRepositoryAndMetadataOrFail(request);
+
+ if (recordId) {
+ return await this.findOne(
+ repository,
+ recordId,
+ objectMetadataNameSingular,
+ );
+ } else {
+ return await this.findMany(
+ request,
+ repository,
+ objectMetadata,
+ objectMetadataNameSingular,
+ objectMetadataNamePlural,
+ objectMetadataItemWithFieldsMaps,
+ );
+ }
+ }
+
+ private async findOne(
+ repository: any,
+ recordId: string,
+ objectMetadataNameSingular: string,
+ ) {
+ const record = await repository.findOne({
+ where: { id: recordId },
+ });
+
+ return this.formatResult({
+ operation: 'findOne',
+ objectNameSingular: objectMetadataNameSingular,
+ data: record,
+ });
+ }
+
+ private async findMany(
+ request: Request,
+ repository: WorkspaceRepository<ObjectLiteral>,
+ objectMetadata: any,
+ objectMetadataNameSingular: string,
+ objectMetadataNamePlural: string,
+ objectMetadataItemWithFieldsMaps:
+ | ObjectMetadataItemWithFieldMaps
+ | undefined,
+ ) {
+ // Get input parameters
+ const inputs = this.getPaginationInputs(request, objectMetadata);
+
+ // Create query builder
+ const qb = repository.createQueryBuilder(objectMetadataNameSingular);
+
+ // Get total count
+ const totalCount = await this.getTotalCount(qb);
+
+ // Apply filters with cursor
+ const { finalQuery } = await this.applyFiltersWithCursor(
+ qb,
objectMetadataNameSingular,
- updatedRecord,
+ objectMetadataItemWithFieldsMaps,
+ inputs,
+ );
+
+ // Get records with pagination
+ const { finalRecords, hasMoreRecords } =
+ await this.getRecordsWithPagination(
+ finalQuery,
+ objectMetadataNameSingular,
+ objectMetadataItemWithFieldsMaps,
+ inputs,
+ );
+
+ // Format and return result
+ return this.formatPaginatedResult(
+ finalRecords,
+ objectMetadataNamePlural,
+ objectMetadataItemWithFieldsMaps,
+ objectMetadata,
+ inputs.isForwardPagination,
+ hasMoreRecords,
+ totalCount,
);
}
- private formatResult<T>(
- operation: 'delete' | 'create' | 'update' | 'find',
- objectNameSingular: string,
- data: T,
+ private getPaginationInputs(request: Request, objectMetadata: any) {
+ const limit = this.limitInputFactory.create(request);
+ const filter = this.filterInputFactory.create(request, objectMetadata);
+ const orderBy = this.orderByInputFactory.create(request, objectMetadata);
+ const endingBefore = this.endingBeforeInputFactory.create(request);
+ const startingAfter = this.startingAfterInputFactory.create(request);
+ const isForwardPagination = !endingBefore;
+
+ return {
+ limit,
+ filter,
+ orderBy,
+ endingBefore,
+ startingAfter,
+ isForwardPagination,
+ };
+ }
+
+ private async applyFiltersWithCursor(
+ qb: SelectQueryBuilder<ObjectLiteral>,
+ objectMetadataNameSingular: string,
+ objectMetadataItemWithFieldsMaps:
+ | ObjectMetadataItemWithFieldMaps
+ | undefined,
+ inputs: {
+ filter: Record<string, FieldValue>;
+ orderBy: any;
+ startingAfter: string | undefined;
+ endingBefore: string | undefined;
+ isForwardPagination: boolean;
+ },
+ ) {
+ const fieldMetadataMapByName =
+ objectMetadataItemWithFieldsMaps?.fieldsByName || {};
+
+ let appliedFilters = inputs.filter;
+
+ // Handle cursor-based filtering
+ if (inputs.startingAfter || inputs.endingBefore) {
+ const cursor = inputs.startingAfter || inputs.endingBefore;
+
+ try {
+ const cursorData = JSON.parse(
+ Buffer.from(cursor ?? '', 'base64').toString(),
+ );
+
+ // We always include ID in the ordering to ensure consistent pagination results
+ // Even if two records have identical values for the user-specified sort fields, their IDs ensures a deterministic order
+ const orderByWithIdCondition = [
+ ...(inputs.orderBy || []),
+ { id: 'ASC' },
+ ];
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greptile
logic: orderByWithIdCondition is constructed but not used in cursor filtering - only ID is used. This could lead to incorrect pagination when sorting by multiple fields
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)
+def yield_snapshot_from_chat_session(
+ chat_session: ChatSession,
+ db_session: Session,
+):
+ yield snapshot_from_chat_session(chat_session=chat_session, db_session=db_session)
+
+
def fetch_and_process_chat_session_history(
db_session: Session,
start: datetime,
end: datetime,
- feedback_type: QAFeedbackType | None,
limit: int | None = 500,
-) -> list[ChatSessionSnapshot]:
- # observed to be slow a scale of 8192 sessions and 4 messages per session
+) -> Generator[ChatSessionSnapshot]:
+ PAGE_SIZE = 100
+
+ page = 0
+ while True:
+ paged_chat_sessions = get_page_of_chat_sessions(
+ start_time=start,
+ end_time=end,
+ db_session=db_session,
+ page_num=page,
+ page_size=PAGE_SIZE,
+ )
- # this is a little slow (5 seconds)
- chat_sessions = fetch_chat_sessions_eagerly_by_time(
- start=start, end=end, db_session=db_session, limit=limit
- )
+ paged_snapshots = parallel_yield(
+ [
+ yield_snapshot_from_chat_session(
+ db_session=db_session,
+ chat_session=chat_session,
+ )
+ for chat_session in paged_chat_sessions
+ ]
+ )
- # this is VERY slow (80 seconds) due to create_chat_chain being called
- # for each session. Needs optimizing.
- chat_session_snapshots = [
- snapshot_from_chat_session(chat_session=chat_session, db_session=db_session)
- for chat_session in chat_sessions
- ]
-
- valid_snapshots = [
- snapshot for snapshot in chat_session_snapshots if snapshot is not None
- ]
-
- if feedback_type:
- valid_snapshots = [
- snapshot
- for snapshot in valid_snapshots
- if any(
- message.feedback_type == feedback_type for message in snapshot.messages
- )
- ]
+ for snapshot in paged_snapshots:
+ if snapshot:
+ yield snapshot
+
+ # If we've fetched *less* than a `PAGE_SIZE` worth
+ # of data, we have reached the end of the
+ # pagination sequence; break.
+ if len(paged_chat_sessions) == PAGE_SIZE:
+ break
Greptile
greptile
logic: Incorrect pagination logic - should break if length is LESS than PAGE_SIZE, not equal to it
suggested fix
+ if len(paged_chat_sessions) < PAGE_SIZE:
break
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: '';
}
+ computeEndCursor({
+ sortedRecords,
+ limit,
+ }: {
+ sortedRecords: SearchEdgeDTO[];
+ limit: number;
+ }) {
+ const lastRecord = sortedRecords[sortedRecords.length - 1];
+
+ if (!lastRecord) {
+ return { endCursor: null, hasNextPage: false };
+ }
+
+ const lastRecordIdsPerObject: Record<string, string | null> = {};
+
+ const objectSeen: Set<string> = new Set();
+
+ let lastRanks: { tsRankCD: number; tsRank: number } | null = null;
+
+ let hasNextPage = false;
+
+ sortedRecords.forEach((record, index) => {
+ const { objectNameSingular, tsRankCD, tsRank, recordId } = record.node;
+
+ if (index < limit) {
+ lastRanks = { tsRankCD, tsRank };
+ lastRecordIdsPerObject[objectNameSingular] = recordId;
+ objectSeen.add(objectNameSingular);
+ } else if (!objectSeen.has(objectNameSingular)) {
+ lastRecordIdsPerObject[objectNameSingular] = null;
+ hasNextPage = true;
+ } else {
+ hasNextPage = true;
+ }
+ });
+
+ return {
+ endCursor: hasNextPage
+ ? encodeCursorData({
+ lastRanks,
+ lastRecordIdsPerObject: lastRecordIdsPerObject,
+ })
+ : null,
+ hasNextPage,
+ };
+ }
+
computeSearchObjectResults(
recordsWithObjectMetadataItems: RecordsWithObjectMetadataItem[],
- limit: number,
workspaceId: string,
- ) {
+ limit: number,
+ ): {
+ records: SearchEdgeDTO[];
+ endCursor: string | null;
+ hasNextPage: boolean;
+ } {
const searchRecords = recordsWithObjectMetadataItems.flatMap(
({ objectMetadataItem, records }) => {
return records.map((record) => {
return {
- recordId: record.id,
- objectNameSingular: objectMetadataItem.nameSingular,
- label: this.getLabelIdentifierValue(record, objectMetadataItem),
- imageUrl: this.getImageIdentifierValue(
- record,
- objectMetadataItem,
- workspaceId,
- ),
- tsRankCD: record.tsRankCD,
- tsRank: record.tsRank,
+ node: {
+ recordId: record.id,
+ objectNameSingular: objectMetadataItem.nameSingular,
+ label: this.getLabelIdentifierValue(record, objectMetadataItem),
+ imageUrl: this.getImageIdentifierValue(
+ record,
+ objectMetadataItem,
+ workspaceId,
+ ),
+ tsRankCD: record.tsRankCD,
+ tsRank: record.tsRank,
+ },
+ cursor: null,
};
});
},
);
- return this.sortSearchObjectResults(searchRecords).slice(0, limit);
+ const sortedRecords = this.sortSearchObjectResults(searchRecords);
+
+ const { endCursor, hasNextPage } = this.computeEndCursor({
+ sortedRecords: searchRecords,
+ limit,
Greptile
greptile
logic: Using unsorted searchRecords instead of sortedRecords for cursor computation could lead to incorrect pagination
suggested fix
+ sortedRecords: sortedRecords,
limit,