wb_search() does not find existing indicators

[morrisseyj]

wb_search() yields no results for existing indicators ids.

"SH.DTH.COMM.FE.ZS" is a valid id with a working endpoint. See here: https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/SH.DTH.COMM.FE.ZS?source=14

Yet:

wb_search("SH.DTH.COMM.FE.ZS")
# A tibble: 0 × 3
# ℹ 3 variables: indicator_id <chr>, indicator <chr>, indicator_desc <chr>
Warning message:
In wb_search("SH.DTH.COMM.FE.ZS") :
  no matches were found for the search term SH.DTH.COMM.FE.ZS. Returning an empty data frame.

Notably this works in wb_data():

wb_data("SH.DTH.COMM.FE.ZS") %>% 
  filter(!is.na(SH.DTH.COMM.FE.ZS))
# A tibble: 732 × 9
   iso2c iso3c country      date SH.DTH.COMM.FE.ZS unit  obs_status footnote last_updated
   <chr> <chr> <chr>       <dbl>             <dbl> <chr> <chr>      <chr>    <date>      
 1 AF    AFG   Afghanistan  2000             62.4  NA    NA         NA       2025-03-05  
 2 AF    AFG   Afghanistan  2010             50.3  NA    NA         NA       2025-03-05  
 3 AF    AFG   Afghanistan  2015             42.0  NA    NA         NA       2025-03-05  
 4 AF    AFG   Afghanistan  2019             34.1  NA    NA         NA       2025-03-05  
 5 AO    AGO   Angola       2000             75.4  NA    NA         NA       2025-03-05  
 6 AO    AGO   Angola       2010             68.5  NA    NA         NA       2025-03-05  
 7 AO    AGO   Angola       2015             63.5  NA    NA         NA       2025-03-05  
 8 AO    AGO   Angola       2019             61.6  NA    NA         NA       2025-03-05  
 9 AL    ALB   Albania      2000              8.25 NA    NA         NA       2025-03-05  
10 AL    ALB   Albania      2010              3.14 NA    NA         NA       2025-03-05  
# ℹ 722 more rows
# ℹ Use `print(n = ...)` to see more rows

There also appears to be a problem with the description search as this also yields an empty dataframe:

wb_search("Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions, female")

Expected behavior is that wb_search() searches through all the existing indicators.