# Discourse merge of two instances causes Search Results inconsistencies

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-merge-of-two-instances-causes-search-results-inconsistencies/314826
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 3, 2024, 4:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-merge-of-two-instances-causes-search-results-inconsistencies/314826 "2024-07-03T16:58:56Z")
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### Author: ![Mr.X\_Mr.X](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mr.x_mr.x/32/126610_2.png) [@Mr.X\_Mr.X](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mr.X_Mr.X)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2024, 4:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-merge-of-two-instances-causes-search-results-inconsistencies/314826/1 "2024-07-03T16:58:56Z")

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I have migrated from Discourse to Discourse (merged) two instances.

Issue:

- when using search and sorting in order of “most recent” it’s listing the newly imported posts as if they were the most recent even though timestamps are way older (e.g. with sort search results set to show most recent first, I gave 2015 posts first before 2024 ones).

Somehow the instance is considering the newly imported topics/posts to be more recent.

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### Author: ![Firepup650](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/firepup650/32/465200_2.png) [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-merge-of-two-instances-causes-search-results-inconsistencies/314826/2 "2024-07-03T20:15:08Z")

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Does perhaps a healthy dose of resetting bump dates help?

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### Author: ![Mr.X\_Mr.X](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mr.x_mr.x/32/126610_2.png) [@Mr.X\_Mr.X](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mr.X_Mr.X)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-merge-of-two-instances-causes-search-results-inconsistencies/314826/3 "2024-07-03T22:15:07Z")

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How can i perform that in bulk? We’re taking 1.5 million publications

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### Author: ![Firepup650](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/firepup650/32/465200_2.png) [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2024, 10:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-merge-of-two-instances-causes-search-results-inconsistencies/314826/4 "2024-07-03T22:17:55Z")

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Looks like you could bulk-select for it:

> [@Add Reset bump date to bulk actions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-reset-bump-date-to-the-mass-action/137364/7):
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> @jayeff recently pushed this feature, thanks! rocket

Though a rake task or something would probably be much easier if one exists.