Return number of all custom posts type by author in all statuses

I'm using the code below to try to get a proper post count of all posts by a user but it's returning 0 for each user.

function get_user_posts_count($user_id, $post_type) {

$args['author']     = $user_id;
$args['fields']     = 'ids';
$args['post_type']  = $post_type;
$args['fields']     = 'ids';
$args['blog_id']    = 4;
$args['post_status']    = 'any, trash, auto-draft';
$args['numberposts']    = -1;
$ps = get_posts($args);
return count($ps);

}

I'm using the code below to try to get a proper post count of all posts by a user but it's returning 0 for each user.

function get_user_posts_count($user_id, $post_type) {

$args['author']     = $user_id;
$args['fields']     = 'ids';
$args['post_type']  = $post_type;
$args['fields']     = 'ids';
$args['blog_id']    = 4;
$args['post_status']    = 'any, trash, auto-draft';
$args['numberposts']    = -1;
$ps = get_posts($args);
return count($ps);

}

• custom-post-types
• get-posts

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The code you shared worked fine for me, so either your value for $user_id or $post_type is incorrect - or the user actually has no posts of the post type you're searching for.

function get_user_posts_count($user_id, $post_type) {
    $args['author']     = $user_id;
    $args['fields']     = 'ids';
    $args['post_type']  = $post_type;
    $args['fields']     = 'ids';
    $args['blog_id']    = 4;
    $args['post_status']    = 'any, trash, auto-draft';
    $args['numberposts']    = -1;
    $ps = get_posts($args);
    return count($ps);
}

$user_id = get_current_user_id();
var_dump(get_user_posts_count( $user_id, 'post' ) );
// Output: 10
var_dump(get_user_posts_count( $user_id, 'page' ) );
// Output: 20
var_dump(get_user_posts_count( null, 'post' ) );
// Output: 0
var_dump(get_user_posts_count( $user_id, 'nonexistantposttype' ) );
// Output: 0