Search functionality on documentation site is not working

[OzoyahOyakhire]

Problem

The search functionality on the Webpack documentation site appears to be non-functional.

When interacting with the search input on the site:

• typing into the search input does not return results

This makes it difficult to navigate and find relevant documentation content efficiently.

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Steps to Reproduce

1. Go to: https://webpack.js.org/
2. Click on the search icon in the navigation bar
3. Attempt to type a query

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Expected Behavior

• A search input should open (if hidden initially)
• Typing a query should return relevant documentation results

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Actual Behavior

• No visible response/search

results are shown

• Search appears to be non-functional

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Environment

• Browser: [e.g. Chrome 146]
• OS: [e.g. Windows 10]

Suggestion

Investigate:

• whether the search script is correctly initialized
• if search data/index is being loaded
• any console errors related to search functionality

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I’d be happy to help investigate or work on a fix if guidance is provided on where the search implementation lives.

[alexander-akait]

No need to create issues if you found a bug, just send a PR with fixes and stop using AI to generate issues, you will be banned in future for this, we HAVE issue templates, respect time of other developers

[OzoyahOyakhire]

No need to create issues if you found a bug, just send a PR with fixes and stop using AI to generate issues, you will be banned in future for this, we HAVE issue templates, respect time of other developers

ok will do that now

[sujalgoel]

Hey, I'd like to take a look at this. I see no active PR, so I'll dig into the search script initialization and put up a fix.