Google Play App keyword search for bVNC, aRDP, aSPICE, and Opaque not working

[i iordanov]

A couple of days ago, I noticed that keyword search (e.g. vnc, rdp, spice, rhev, etc) through the Google Play App does not show my applications anymore. If I search for the apps through the website play.google.com, they show up as before (for now). Searching for the applications by name still seems to mostly work through the Google Play App.

The applications by protocol/virtualization platform are:

VNC:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iiordanov.freebVNC
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iiordanov.bVNC

RDP:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iiordanov.freeaRDP
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iiordanov.aRDP

SPICE:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iiordanov.freeaSPICE
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iiordanov.aSPICE

oVirt/RHEV/Proxmox:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.undatech.opaque

On June 29, in the morning, I reported the issue to Google Play support over live chat, and they confirmed that this issue has been "cropping up", and took down my email to get back to me. I have not heard since, but I am still hopeful they can correct the issue!

Yesterday I updated Opaque to fix an SSL vulnerability and now the application is not even searchable by name through the Google Play App (not sure if the issue is connected).

It seems to me like this issue has affected only certain users, but it definitely seems to be related to my user profile since all my apps are affected and it happened almost at once (on June 28 I noticed aRDP and aSPICE disappear from on-device searches first). Another reason to think so is that if one visits one of the apps on their device, no apps show in the "More by Iordan Iordanov (Undatech)" section or the section isn't even there.

Given the situation with Opaque disappearing altogether, I will be ceasing updates to the applications until the issue is corrected completely.