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Closes #8019. Root cause traced to the shared useDataList hook (src/utils/usedataList.js), used by 8 components: IntegrationsGrid, blog listing (pages/blog/index.js), blog-tag-list, blog-category-list, ResourcesList, News-grid, and Sistent's components/index.js. Every one of them eagerly built a full js-search TF-IDF index over its entire dataset on mount, in a useEffect, regardless of whether the consumer even exposes a search box or whether any visitor ever uses it.

On the homepage specifically, IntegrationsGrid indexes the entire integrations catalog just to render a static 13-item preview slider with no search interaction in the common case - this is the main-thread work Lighthouse is measuring (4,260ms desktop TBT, ~2.1s CPU per the issue).

Fix: the index is now built lazily on the first real keystroke (cached in a ref, invalidated only when the underlying dataset changes), instead of unconditionally on mount. The search algorithm itself - js-search config, PrefixIndexStrategy, TfIdfSearchIndex, indexed fields - is completely untouched, so search results are identical, just computed only when actually needed. This fixes the issue for all 8 consumers at once instead of special-casing IntegrationsGrid.

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  • npx eslint --no-ignore src/utils/usedataList.js - clean, no errors (see note on --no-verify below).
  • Verified live against npm run develop:lite: both the homepage and the full /cloud-native-management/meshery/integrations/ listing page render the real component (not a lite-build placeholder - confirmed via body text) with no new console errors.
  • Typing into the search box (debounced) safely builds the lazy index and returns results with no exceptions, exercising the exact code path this PR changes.
  • Limitation: LITE_BUILD_PROFILE=core excludes the integrations MDX collection from the data layer entirely (confirmed in the dev server's own startup log), so the catalog was empty during this run - 0 results there is expected, not a regression. Verifying search against real integration data would need a full BUILD_FULL_SITE=true build. The real TBT/CPU reduction should be re-measured against the deployed site the same way the original issue measured it (PageSpeed Insights against a public URL), since dev-mode Lighthouse numbers aren't representative.

Note on --no-verify: this commit skips the repo's pre-commit hook. .lintstagedrc.js runs eslint --max-warnings=0 against every staged *.js file, but eslint.config's own ignores list excludes src/utils/ entirely - so eslint's own "file ignored" notice on this path counts as a warning and trips --max-warnings=0. This is a pre-existing mismatch between the two configs (confirmed unrelated to this change - the same failure reproduces on master for any file under src/utils/) that would block any legitimate commit touching that directory. Ran eslint manually instead (--no-ignore, shown above) and confirmed it's clean.

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  • Performance
    • Search indexing now occurs only when a search is first performed, reducing unnecessary processing during initial loading and data updates.
    • Search indexes are reused until the underlying data changes, improving repeated search responsiveness.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Active searches now refresh automatically when the underlying data changes.
    • Search results are cleared when no search is active or when the search field contains only whitespace.
    • Searches now ignore leading and trailing whitespace in queries.

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useDataList now lazily creates and caches the JsSearch index with useRef. It invalidates the index when dataList changes, recomputes active searches, clears inactive results, and trims search queries before execution.

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Data-list search indexing

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Search index lifecycle and execution
src/utils/usedataList.js
The hook stores the JsSearch index in a ref and creates it on demand. It invalidates the index when dataList changes, recomputes active searches, clears inactive results, trims queries, and preserves the existing returned fields without internal search or loading state.

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Search indexing now waits for meaningful input while blank queries clear results; no concrete current change risk remains.

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Bryandero98 added a commit to Bryandero98/layer5 that referenced this pull request Sep 6, 2026
CodeRabbit caught this on PR layer5io#8023: the effect that invalidates the
cached TF-IDF index on a dataList change didn't also recompute
searchResults, so queryResults kept showing matches from the old
dataset until the next keystroke.

Note: pre-commit lint-staged is skipped here because it fails on any
change under src/utils/ regardless of content - eslint.config.js
explicitly ignores that directory, but lint-staged's glob still tries
to lint it with --max-warnings=0, and the resulting "file ignored"
notice itself counts as a warning. Pre-existing repo config mismatch,
unrelated to this change.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Bryandero98 <bryandero98@gmail.com>
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In `@src/utils/usedataList.js`:
- Line 49: Update the search input handler around getSearchIndex and
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Bryandero98 and others added 3 commits September 6, 2026 23:34
useDataList is shared by 8 components (IntegrationsGrid, blog listing,
resources grid, news grid, Sistent components), and every one of them
paid for a full TF-IDF index build over its entire dataset on mount,
even though the overwhelming majority of page visits never search at
all. On the homepage specifically, this meant indexing the full
integrations catalog just to render a static 13-item preview with no
search interaction (Lighthouse: 4,260ms desktop TBT, ~2.1s main-thread
CPU).

The index is now built on the first real keystroke, cached in a ref,
and invalidated only when the underlying dataset changes - the search
algorithm itself (js-search config, indexed fields, TF-IDF strategy)
is untouched, so results are identical, just computed lazily.

Verified live against `npm run develop:lite`: both the homepage and
the full integrations listing page render without new console errors,
and typing into the search box safely builds the lazy index and
returns results with no exceptions. The lite build profile excludes
the integrations MDX collection from its data layer entirely, so the
catalog was empty during this run (0 results is expected there, not a
regression) - a full BUILD_FULL_SITE=true build would be needed to
verify against real integration data, and the real TBT/CPU numbers
should be re-measured against the deployed site the same way the
original issue measured them (PageSpeed Insights against a public
URL, not a local dev server).

Note: this commit skips the repo's pre-commit hook (--no-verify). The
hook's lint-staged config runs eslint --max-warnings=0 against every
staged *.js file, but eslint.config's own `ignores` list excludes
src/utils/ entirely - so eslint's "file ignored" notice on this path
is itself counted as a warning and trips --max-warnings=0. That's a
pre-existing mismatch between .lintstagedrc.js and eslint.config
(confirmed unrelated to this change) that would block any legitimate
commit touching src/utils/*. Ran `npx eslint --no-ignore
src/utils/usedataList.js` manually instead - clean, no errors.

Closes layer5io#8019.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Bryandero98 <bryandero98@gmail.com>
CodeRabbit caught this on PR layer5io#8023: the effect that invalidates the
cached TF-IDF index on a dataList change didn't also recompute
searchResults, so queryResults kept showing matches from the old
dataset until the next keystroke.

Note: pre-commit lint-staged is skipped here because it fails on any
change under src/utils/ regardless of content - eslint.config.js
explicitly ignores that directory, but lint-staged's glob still tries
to lint it with --max-warnings=0, and the resulting "file ignored"
notice itself counts as a warning. Pre-existing repo config mismatch,
unrelated to this change.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Bryandero98 <bryandero98@gmail.com>
CodeRabbit flagged that a blank/whitespace-only keystroke still called
getSearchIndex(), forcing the lazy TF-IDF build for nothing - defeating
the point of building it lazily in the first place.

--no-verify: the pre-commit hook fails on ANY change under src/utils/
regardless of content (eslint.config.js ignores that path, but
lint-staged still targets it with --max-warnings=0, and ESLint's own
"file ignored" notice counts as a warning) - confirmed pre-existing and
approved by the user earlier this session for this same file.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Bryandero98 <bryandero98@gmail.com>
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Bryandero98 force-pushed the perf/lazy-search-index-usedatalist branch from dcece01 to 70b07b1 Compare September 7, 2026 04:35
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