Search portlet shows different values for hits.getLength() when paging

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 6.1.20 EE GA2, 6.1.X EE
• Fix Version/s: 6.1.X EE
• Component/s: WCM, Web Search, Web Search > Search Widgets
• Labels:
  • ee-ts
  • liferay-fixpack-search-3-6130
• Branch Version/s:
  6.1.x
• Backported to Branch:
  Committed
• Story Points: 5
• Fix Priority: 4
• Git Pull Request: https://github.com/hhuijser/liferay-portal-ee/pull/1025

Reproduction steps:
1. Add 31 web contents with the same keyword
2. Modify main_search.jspf with a hook to log
the number of hits (hits.getLength()) and
the query used to search (hits.getQuery().toString())
3. Search for the keyword
RESULT1: "hits: 41" was logged
4. Switch to the second page of the results
RESULT2: "hits: 31" was logged