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+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use v5.36;
+
+use Getopt::Long;
+use MetaCPAN::Logger qw< :log :dlog >;
+
+use MetaCPAN::ES;
+use MetaCPAN::Ingest qw< read_02packages_fh >;
+
+# args
+my ( $module, $max_errors, $errors_only );
+
+GetOptions(
+    "module=s"    => \$module,
+    "max_errors"  => \$max_errors,
+    "errors_only" => \$errors_only,
+);
+
+# setup
+my $error_count = 0;
+my $packages_fh = read_02packages_fh();
+my $es_file     = MetaCPAN::ES->new( type => "file" );
+my $es_release  = MetaCPAN::ES->new( type => "release" );
+
+my $modules_start = 0;
+while ( my $line = <$packages_fh> ) {
+    last if $max_errors && $error_count >= $max_errors;
+    chomp($line);
+
+    if ($modules_start) {
+        my ( $pkg, $ver, $dist ) = split( /\s+/, $line );
+        my @releases;
+
+        # we only care about packages if we aren't searching for a
+        # particular module or if it matches
+        if ( !$module || $pkg eq $module ) {
+
+            # look up this module in ElasticSearch and see what we have on it
+            my $results = $es_file->search(
+                size   => 100,    # shouldn't get more than this
+                fields => [
+                    qw< name release author distribution version authorized indexed maturity date >
+                ],
+                query  => { match_all => {} },
+                filter => {
+                    and => [
+                        { term => { 'module.name' => $pkg } },
+                        { term => { authorized    => 'true' } },
+                        { term => { maturity      => 'released' } },
+                    ],
+                },
+            );
+            my @files = @{ $results->{hits}{hits} };
+
+            # now find the first latest releases for these files
+            foreach my $file (@files) {
+                my $release_results = $es_release->search(
+                    size   => 1,
+                    fields => [qw< name status authorized version id date >],
+                    query  => { match_all => {} },
+                    filter => {
+                        and => [
+                            { term => { name => $file->{fields}{release} } },
+                            { term => { status => 'latest' } },
+                        ],
+                    },
+                );
+
+                push @releases, $release_results->{hits}{hits}[0]
+                    if $release_results->{hits}{hits}[0];
+            }
+
+            # if we didn't find the latest release, then look at all of the
+            # releases so we can find out what might be wrong
+            if ( !@releases ) {
+                foreach my $file (@files) {
+                    my $release_results = $es_release->search(
+                        size   => 1,
+                        fields =>
+                            [qw< name status authorized version id date >],
+                        query  => { match_all => {} },
+                        filter => {
+                            and => [
+                                {
+                                    term =>
+                                        { name => $file->{fields}{release} }
+                                }
+                            ]
+                        },
+                    );
+
+                    push @releases, @{ $release_results->{hits}{hits} };
+                }
+            }
+
+            # if we found the releases tell them about it
+            if (@releases) {
+                if (    @releases == 1
+                    and $releases[0]->{fields}{status} eq 'latest' )
+                {
+                    log_info {
+                        "Found latest release $releases[0]->{fields}{name} for $pkg"
+                    }
+                    unless $errors_only;
+                }
+                else {
+                    log_error {"Could not find latest release for $pkg"};
+                    foreach my $rel (@releases) {
+                        log_warn {"  Found release $rel->{fields}{name}"};
+                        log_warn {"    STATUS    : $rel->{fields}->{status}"};
+                        log_warn {
+                            "    AUTORIZED : $rel->{fields}->{authorized}"
+                        };
+                        log_warn {"    DATE      : $rel->{fields}->{date}"};
+                    }
+
+                    $error_count++;
+                }
+            }
+            elsif (@files) {
+                log_error {
+                    "Module $pkg doesn't have any releases in ElasticSearch!"
+                };
+                foreach my $file (@files) {
+                    log_warn {"  Found file $file->{fields}->{name}"};
+                    log_warn {"    RELEASE    : $file->{fields}->{release}"};
+                    log_warn {"    AUTHOR     : $file->{fields}->{author}"};
+                    log_warn {
+                        "    AUTHORIZED : $file->{fields}->{authorized}"
+                    };
+                    log_warn {"    DATE       : $file->{fields}->{date}"};
+                }
+                $error_count++;
+            }
+            else {
+                log_error {
+                    "Module $pkg [$dist] doesn't not appear in ElasticSearch!"
+                };
+                $error_count++;
+            }
+            last if $module;
+        }
+    }
+    elsif ( !length $line ) {
+        $modules_start = 1;
+    }
+}
+
+log_info {"done"};
+
+1;
+__END__
+
+=pod
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+Performs checks on the MetaCPAN data store to make sure an
+author/module/distribution has been indexed correctly and has the
+appropriate information.
+
+=head2 check_modules
+
+Checks all of the modules in CPAN against the information in ElasticSearch.
+If is C<module> attribute exists, it will just look at packages that match
+that module name.
+
+=head1 TODO
+
+=over
+
+=item * Add support for checking authors
+
+=item * Add support for checking releases
+
+=back
+
+=cut