Documents count returned on listDocument query is always 0

const response = await databases.listDocuments(
        process.env.APPWRITE_DATABASE_ID,
      process.env.APPWRITE_CHARACTER_COLLECTION_ID,
        [
        Query.equal('userId', userId),
        // Query.select(["characterId"])
        ]
    )
    if (response && response.documents) {
        log(response)
        return {
          success: true,
          response,
          total: response.total
        };
      } else {
        return {
          success: false,
          message: "Received response in unexpected format",
          data: response
        };
      }