AppleScript: Setting "search results" doesn't work as expected

DEVONthink Automation
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Setting search results used to preserve the order of the record list passed to it, I think. However now it doesn’t do that anymore. After a macOS restart it seemed to be fixed but unfortunately this was only temporarily.

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-- Test - Set search results to selection

tell application id "DNtp"
	try
		if exists think window 1 then
			set theRoot to root of think window 1
			set theRecords to selected records
			if theRecords = {} then error "No selection"
		else
			error "No window"
		end if
		
		set theRecord_Names to {}
		repeat with thisRecord in theRecords
			set end of theRecord_Names to name of thisRecord
		end repeat
		
		set newWindow to open window for record theRoot with force
		set search results of newWindow to theRecords
		
		return theRecord_Names
		
	on error error_message number error_number
		if the error_number is not -128 then display alert "DEVONthink" message error_message as warning
		return
	end try
end tell
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I noticed on your screenshot that the results have a relevance but shouldn’t. This is probably the relict of former searches and affecting the script (and therefore restarting the app fixes this at least initially). I’ll fix this.

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