WordPress REST API incorrect pagination

[akshayshah]

The header x-wp-total value is inconsistent with the actual number of objects in the payload for some cases
See screenshot/attachment

ubuntu@wordpress:~$ python3
Python 3.6.8 (default, Oct  7 2019, 12:59:55)
[GCC 8.3.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import json, requests
>>> response = requests.get("http://WORDPRESS_IP/wp-json/wp/v2/media", params={"per_page": 100, "page": 1})
>>> int(response.headers.get("x-wp-total"))
67
>>> len(response.json())
66

[TimothyBlynJacobs]

Hi @akshayshah,

Thanks for the ticket and welcome to trac!

We are already tracking this issue in #42947.