We have multiple search attachment fields in our index and I've noticed that if certain fields have files while others do not, the empty fields get filled with the previous file content. This causes our index to contain duplicate data on fields that should not contain that information and negatively effects the relevance scoring.
Duplicate fields:
Expected result
If looks like $files will persist during different field iterations. So if the value is set, and on another iteration an empty field causes the statement to break out of the checks, it falls back to if (!empty($files) where it uses the previous file.
A simple solution is just to add a check for $all_fids such as: if (!empty($files) && !empty($all_fids)) {
A better fix may be to pull the loading of files outside the conditional check so that it's always updated.
$files = $this->entityTypeManager
->getStorage('file')
->loadMultiple($fids);
Active
9.0
Code
Issue #3483434: Added check for all_fids to prevent duplication.
Automatically closed - issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.