Issue: Despite having over 20000 products in Magento, the frontend sometimes shows no products until re-indexing is performed. What might be causing this recurring problem?
hey finn, i think it might be a timing issue with background updates on the db. sometimes index calls run before updates flush completly, causing display glitches. you might wanna take a closer look at those async processes.
hey finn, i’ve seen similar intermitant issues. could be a cron or caching glitch. have u noticed any specific pattrns when the product display fails? curious to hear more about your fix.
Based on my experience with large-scale Magento installations, the issue might be related to the synchronization of asynchronous indexing processes and caching mechanisms. Occasionally, when system resources are strained, the database might not complete the entire indexing process before the product queries are executed, causing intermittent empty product displays. I encountered a similar problem where optimizing the cron schedule and ensuring that indexing tasks had completed before cache refreshes significantly improved consistency. It might prove beneficial to review both the scheduling of background tasks and the caching layers to isolate and rectify the issue.