fix: handle localStorage errors and cap search history to 20 entries

[hrx01-dev]

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• **Closes [OPTIMIZATION] SearchBar.tsx stores search history in localStorage synchronously on every keystroke — throttle or debounce writes #1961 **
• Summary:
• localStorage.setItem in addToHistory is wrapped in try/catch
• Stored history is capped at a maximum of 20 entries
• localStorage.getItem on mount is also wrapped in try/catch ✅ — The corrected useEffect wraps both getItem and JSON.parse in a single try/catch.

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