Incomplete retrieving just after loading documents in CouchDB - node.js

I access CouchDB (3.3.2 on Windows) from a Node application (written in typescript) through the application API.
It works perfectly when I load the db in batch and then, after some time, I search and retrieve the documents.
But for testing I create two documents in db through the application API, then try to retrieve them. Sometimes they are returned, sometimes only the first or second one are retrieved.
I tried to put a delay between creation and retrieval, but seems it does not help (or maybe I have waited too little). Or maybe the indices are not updated yet for the search and retrieval, or I don't know.
Is there any way to wait till or to known when the creation finished? It is needed only for testing.
Thanks in advance!
mario

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