# 'citations': \[\], 'search\_results': \[\] not working when using search\_domain\_filter

**URL:** <https://community.perplexity.ai/t/citations-search-results-not-working-when-using-search-domain-filter/3724>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Tags:** sonar-api\
**Created:** [January 28, 2026, 9:26am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/citations-search-results-not-working-when-using-search-domain-filter/3724 "2026-01-28T09:26:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ayman\_Az](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.perplexity.ai/ayman_az/32/287_2.png) [@Ayman\_Az](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Ayman_Az)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 9:26am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/citations-search-results-not-working-when-using-search-domain-filter/3724/1 "2026-01-28T09:26:27Z")

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## 🐛 Describe the Bug

when using search\_domain\_filter with sonar-pro, citations and searhc results returning empty fields,

example price of tesla action today, even if the response is good, there is no source returned.

## ✅ Expected Behavior

i excpect to have the sources of the web search

## ❌ Actual Behavior

empty fields for websearch even if the response is good.

## 🔄 Steps to Reproduce

1. Call the API with the following request: price of tesla action today
2. Observe the unexpected behavior.

## 📌 API Request & Response (if applicable)

## 🌍 Environment

- **API Version:** [e.g., sonar-pro]
- **SDK (if applicable):** [e.g., Python SDK v0.5]
- **Operating System:** [e.g., MacOS, Linux, Windows]

## 📎 Logs or Screenshots (if applicable)

response: {‘id’: ‘8dc9b1a4-3572-4207-8292-2cc0261783a2’, ‘model’: ‘sonar-pro’, ‘created’: 1769591645, ‘usage’: {‘prompt\_tokens’: 79, ‘completion\_tokens’: 230, ‘total\_tokens’: 309, ‘search\_context\_size’: ‘high’, ‘cost’: {‘input\_t  
okens\_cost’: 0.0, ‘output\_tokens\_cost’: 0.003, ‘request\_cost’: 0.014, ‘total\_cost’: 0.018}}, ‘citations’: , ‘search\_results’: , ‘object’: ‘chat.completion’, ‘choices’: [{‘index’: 0, ‘message’: {‘role’: ‘assistant’, ‘content’  
: “**Prix actuel de l’action Tesla (TSLA) : 428.52 USD** (clôture du 27 janvier 2026, marché US fermé à 9h UTC).\n\n- **Ouverture** : 425.10 USD \n- **Plus haut** : 431.20 USD \n- **Plus bas** : 423.45 USD \n- **Variation** :  
+2.15% (par rapport à la clôture précédente de 419.50 USD) \n\n_Note : Les marchés US ouvrent à 14h30 UTC. Ce prix est le dernier disponible en temps réel pré-marché._ \n\n **Sources :** \n- Yahoo Finance ([finance.yahoo.com/q](http://finance.yahoo.com/q)  
uote/TSLA) – Données en temps réel au 28/01/2026 09:00 UTC. \n- Nasdaq ( [Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) Stock Price, Quote, News & History | Nasdaq](http://nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/tsla) ) – Cotation officielle. \n- Google Finance ([google.com/finance/quote/TSLA:NASDAQ](http://google.com/finance/quote/TSLA:NASDAQ)) – Confirmation croisée.”}, ‘delta’: {‘role’: ‘assistant’, ‘content’: ‘’}, ‘finish\_reason’: ‘stop’}]}

## 📝 Additional Context