diff --git a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
index b1c5bdd73..03cfb8aa1 100644
--- a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 7.7.17
+ - fixed #10654: Story Archive: Search not working properly
 
 7.7.16
  - fixed #10590: Session::DateTime->secondsToInterval doesn't allow 7 weeks
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Story.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Story.pm
index 2645cab9d..49cf0ab4b 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Story.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Story.pm
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ sub addRevision {
 
     my $newPhotoData = $newSelf->duplicatePhotoData;
     $newSelf->setPhotoData($newPhotoData);
-    $newSelf->requestAutoCommit;
+    #$newSelf->requestAutoCommit;
 
     return $newSelf;
 }
@@ -607,8 +607,8 @@ sub processPropertiesFromFormPost {
     my $session = $self->session;
     $self->next::method;
     my $archive = delete $self->{_parent};  ##Force a new lookup.
-    $session->log->warn($self->getParent->get('className'));
-    $session->log->warn($self->getParent->getParent->get('className'));
+    #$session->log->warn($self->getParent->get('className'));
+    #$session->log->warn($self->getParent->getParent->get('className'));
     my $form    = $session->form;
     ##Handle old data first, to avoid iterating across a newly added photo.
     my $photoData      = $self->getPhotoData;
@@ -824,6 +824,7 @@ Extend the superclass to make sure that the asset always stays hidden from navig
 sub update {
     my $self   = shift;
     my $properties = shift;
+    #$self->session->log->warn('story update');
     return $self->next::method({%$properties, isHidden => 1});
 }
 
diff --git a/t/Asset/Story.t b/t/Asset/Story.t
index d840055f4..a24745c7d 100644
--- a/t/Asset/Story.t
+++ b/t/Asset/Story.t
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ is($story->get('isHidden'), 1, 'by default, stories are hidden');
 $story->update({isHidden => 0});
 is($story->get('isHidden'), 1, 'stories cannot be set to not be hidden');
 is($story->get('state'),    'published', 'Story is published');
+$story->requestAutoCommit;
 
 {
     ##Version control does not alter the current object's status, fetch an updated copy from the
diff --git a/t/Asset/Wobject/StoryArchive.t b/t/Asset/Wobject/StoryArchive.t
index 5a5d0b7e7..badf39166 100644
--- a/t/Asset/Wobject/StoryArchive.t
+++ b/t/Asset/Wobject/StoryArchive.t
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ my $child = $archive->addChild({className => 'WebGUI::Asset::Wobject::StoryTopic
 is($child, undef, 'addChild: Will only add Stories');
 
 $child = $archive->addChild({className => 'WebGUI::Asset::Story', title => 'First Story'});
+$child->requestAutoCommit;
 isa_ok($child, 'WebGUI::Asset::Story', 'addChild added and returned a Story');
 is($archive->getChildCount, 1, 'addChild: added it to the archive');
 my $folder = $archive->getFirstChild();
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ my ($yesterdayMorn,undef) = $session->datetime->dayStartEnd($yesterday);
 
 my $story = $oldFolder->addChild({ className => 'WebGUI::Asset::Story', title => 'WebGUI is released', keywords => 'roger,foxtrot,echo'});
 $creationDateSth->execute([$wgBday, $story->getId]);
+$story->requestAutoCommit;
 
 {
     my $storyDB = WebGUI::Asset->newByUrl($session, $story->getUrl);
@@ -203,6 +205,7 @@ $creationDateSth->execute([$wgBday, $story->getId]);
 
 my $pastStory = $newFolder->addChild({ className => 'WebGUI::Asset::Story', title => "Yesterday is history" });
 $creationDateSth->execute([$yesterday, $pastStory->getId]);
+$pastStory->requestAutoCommit;
 
 my $templateVars;
 $templateVars = $archive->viewTemplateVariables();
@@ -276,6 +279,9 @@ foreach my $storilet ($story2, $story3, $story4) {
     $session->db->write("update asset set creationDate=$now where assetId=?",[$storilet->getId]);
 }
 $archive->update({storiesPerPage => 3});
+$story2->requestAutoCommit;
+$story3->requestAutoCommit;
+$story4->requestAutoCommit;
 
 ##Don't assume that Admin and Visitor have the same timezone.
 $session->user({userId => 3});
diff --git a/t/Asset/Wobject/StoryTopic.t b/t/Asset/Wobject/StoryTopic.t
index bf24e09d4..acc029932 100644
--- a/t/Asset/Wobject/StoryTopic.t
+++ b/t/Asset/Wobject/StoryTopic.t
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ my $creationDateSth = $session->db->prepare('update asset set creationDate=? whe
 
 my $pastStory = $newFolder->addChild({ className => 'WebGUI::Asset::Story', title => "Yesterday is history", keywords => 'andy,norton'});
 $creationDateSth->execute([$yesterday, $pastStory->getId]);
+$pastStory->requestAutoCommit;
 
 my @staff       = qw/norton hadley mert trout/;
 my @inmates     = qw/bogs red brooks andy heywood tommy jake skeet/;
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ STORY: foreach my $name (@characters) {
     my $namedStory = $nowFolder->addChild({ className => 'WebGUI::Asset::Story', title => $name, keywords => $name, } );
     $storyHandler->{$name} = $namedStory;
     $creationDateSth->execute([$now, $namedStory->getId]);
+    $namedStory->requestAutoCommit;
 }
 
 $storyHandler->{bogs}->update({subtitle => 'drinking his food through a straw'});