# Total-hits-in-elastic-search-preparesearch-behaves-in-an-inconsistent-manner/
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/total-hits-in-elastic-search-preparesearch-behaves-in-an-inconsistent-manner/156617
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [November 14, 2018, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/total-hits-in-elastic-search-preparesearch-behaves-in-an-inconsistent-manner/156617 "2018-11-14T09:39:14Z")
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### Author:  [@RAM\_NATHAN](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RAM_NATHAN)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2018, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/total-hits-in-elastic-search-preparesearch-behaves-in-an-inconsistent-manner/156617/1 "2018-11-14T09:39:15Z")
Please refer this thread last reply. Nothing really helps. This inconsistent behaviour cause lot of trouble
> [@Total Hits in elastic Search prepareSearch() behaves in an inconsistent manner](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/total-hits-in-elastic-search-preparesearch-behaves-in-an-inconsistent-manner/150963/15):
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> MatchPhrase too cant help. Again inconsistent results some times 28, sometimes 10. please find the response below. { "took": 0, "timed\_out": false, "\_shards": { "total": 1, "successful": 1, "skipped": 0, "failed": 0 }, "hits": { "total": 22, "max\_score": 0.021978907, "hits": [..........] } } I'm using reactive pattern. Does it make any difference? Observable.create(new OnSubscribe\\>() { @Override public void call(Subscriber\\>…
can you please provide a solution?? I have tried with scroll response.But same inconsistent behaviour is there
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### Author:  [@RAM\_NATHAN](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RAM_NATHAN)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2018, 5:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/total-hits-in-elastic-search-preparesearch-behaves-in-an-inconsistent-manner/156617/2 "2018-11-19T05:17:40Z")
Can someone help here please?
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### Author:  [@RAM\_NATHAN](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RAM_NATHAN)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2018, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/total-hits-in-elastic-search-preparesearch-behaves-in-an-inconsistent-manner/156617/3 "2018-11-19T10:11:26Z")
Does it have some thing to do with score?? Should I check anywhere about score?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2018, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/total-hits-in-elastic-search-preparesearch-behaves-in-an-inconsistent-manner/156617/4 "2018-12-17T10:11:39Z")
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