From fb718e7e5b074e964ee7a64541590f41b6cacd1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hampus <hampus@fluxer.app>
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2026 22:41:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(search): filter message dates on createdAt instead of the
 id string (#1656)

---
 .../api/search/meilisearch/MeilisearchDomainAdapters.ts  | 9 +++++++--
 .../search/meilisearch/MeilisearchIndexDefinitions.ts    | 1 +
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fluxer_api/src/api/search/meilisearch/MeilisearchDomainAdapters.ts b/fluxer_api/src/api/search/meilisearch/MeilisearchDomainAdapters.ts
index 52e0508f1..9d53a9a57 100644
--- a/fluxer_api/src/api/search/meilisearch/MeilisearchDomainAdapters.ts
+++ b/fluxer_api/src/api/search/meilisearch/MeilisearchDomainAdapters.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import type {
 	SearchableUser,
 	UserSearchFilters,
 } from '@fluxer/schema/src/contracts/search/SearchDocumentTypes';
+import {snowflakeToDate} from '@fluxer/snowflake/src/Snowflake';
 import type {MeilisearchClient} from './MeilisearchClient';
 import {
 	compactMeiliFilters,
@@ -45,6 +46,10 @@ interface MeilisearchAdapterOptions {
 	client: MeilisearchClient;
 }
 
+function snowflakeSeconds(snowflake: string): number {
+	return Math.floor(snowflakeToDate(BigInt(snowflake)).getTime() / 1000);
+}
+
 function buildMessageFilters(filters: MessageSearchFilters): Array<MeilisearchFilter | undefined> {
 	const clauses: Array<MeilisearchFilter | undefined> = [];
 	if (filters.guildId) clauses.push(meiliTermFilter('guildId', filters.guildId));
@@ -109,8 +114,8 @@ function buildMessageFilters(filters: MessageSearchFilters): Array<MeilisearchFi
 	if (filters.excludeAttachmentExtensions && filters.excludeAttachmentExtensions.length > 0) {
 		clauses.push(...meiliExcludeAny('attachmentExtensions', filters.excludeAttachmentExtensions));
 	}
-	if (filters.maxId != null) clauses.push(meiliRangeFilter('id', {lt: filters.maxId}));
-	if (filters.minId != null) clauses.push(meiliRangeFilter('id', {gt: filters.minId}));
+	if (filters.maxId != null) clauses.push(meiliRangeFilter('createdAt', {lt: snowflakeSeconds(filters.maxId)}));
+	if (filters.minId != null) clauses.push(meiliRangeFilter('createdAt', {gt: snowflakeSeconds(filters.minId)}));
 	return compactMeiliFilters(clauses);
 }
 
diff --git a/fluxer_api/src/api/search/meilisearch/MeilisearchIndexDefinitions.ts b/fluxer_api/src/api/search/meilisearch/MeilisearchIndexDefinitions.ts
index 3caaa917c..3b4a3f94a 100644
--- a/fluxer_api/src/api/search/meilisearch/MeilisearchIndexDefinitions.ts
+++ b/fluxer_api/src/api/search/meilisearch/MeilisearchIndexDefinitions.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export const MEILISEARCH_INDEX_DEFINITIONS: Record<FluxerSearchIndexName, Meilis
 		searchableAttributes: ['content', 'embedContent'],
 		filterableAttributes: [
 			'id',
+			'createdAt',
 			'channelId',
 			'guildId',
 			'authorId',