Search is broken on branches such as stable

[davidak]

Issue description:

I don't get any results when using the search.

URL to the documentation page: e.g. https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/search.html?q=export&check_keywords=yes&area=default#

It works for the docs of version:

• latest
• 4.1
• 3.6
• 3.4
• 3.3
• 3.2
• 2.1

e.g. https://docs.godotengine.org/en/3.6/search.html?q=export&check_keywords=yes&area=default# works

I have tested the docs for every version in the default language (en). The german (de) docs all work.

Reproducible in all tested browsers:

• Google Chrome 128.0.6613.137
• epiphany-46.1 (aka GNOME Web, with elementary patches)

[Yarwin]

doesn't work on Firefox 130.0.1 (64-bit) either.

[Sundwell]

Doesn't work on macos/chrome either

[Supergeek]

Clear your cache/cookies for the site. Fixed it for me.

[rishitkhare]

Clear your cache/cookies for the site. Fixed it for me.

This did not fix the issue for me. I am on Safari. I think it's an issue with the site/API itself since the problem appears on a variety of browsers.

The issue does not appear when downloading the offline version (10/08/2024) of the documentation.

[TAGames]

Clear your cache/cookies for the site. Fixed it for me.

This did not fix the issue for me. I am on Safari. I think it's an issue with the site/API itself since the problem appears on a variety of browsers.

The issue does not appear when downloading the offline version (10/08/2024) of the documentation.

The offline version shows me the title where it was found, but didn't the search results show more infos?

[dannroda]

Doesn't work on zen-browser 1.0.1-a.7 (firefox 130.0) and chromium (129.0.6668.100) under linux
Clearing cache/cookies didn't solve the problem. Chromium is a fresh install.

[rishitkhare]

Clear your cache/cookies for the site. Fixed it for me.

This did not fix the issue for me. I am on Safari. I think it's an issue with the site/API itself since the problem appears on a variety of browsers.
The issue does not appear when downloading the offline version (10/08/2024) of the documentation.

The offline version shows me the title where it was found, but didn't the search results show more infos?

This also happened to me, I just forgot to mention it.

[botteu]

Yes. Seach doesn't yield any results in the stable version of the documentation at the moment. I'm using Chrome on MacOs and Windows 11.

Search seems to be working on latest (not stable) version of the docs though.

[mifuyne]

Clear your cache/cookies for the site. Fixed it for me.

This did not fix the issue for me. I am on Safari. I think it's an issue with the site/API itself since the problem appears on a variety of browsers.
The issue does not appear when downloading the offline version (10/08/2024) of the documentation.

The offline version shows me the title where it was found, but didn't the search results show more infos?

If you run a local webserver, then search will display more info than just the title. You should be able to use something like Python's http.server module. I'm using darkhttpd on Termux on Android. Hope that helps until the stable docs search function works again!

Yes. Seach doesn't yield any results in the stable version of the documentation at the moment. I'm using Chrome on MacOs and Windows 11.

Search seems to be working on latest (not stable) version of the docs though.

I'm seeing this as well. Search works on latest but not stable. Tested with Firefox Beta on Android and Firefox on Windows 10.

[mmailloux22]

The search is not working on the Brave
Browser either.
Version 1.70.126 Chromium: 129.0.6668.100 (Official Build) (64-bit)

And clearing my cache did not resolve the issue.

[TAGames]

Yes. Seach doesn't yield any results in the stable version of the documentation at the moment. I'm using Chrome on MacOs and Windows 11.

Search seems to be working on latest (not stable) version of the docs though.

Yes, latest works for me too. Thx, good to know!

[bloemer]

A good friend noticed, that the search triggered by the "other" input field works.

Here is an screenshot from the docs.

The regular search inside the side menu does not work, but the one on the "bottom"

[Calinou]

Can anyone affected by this issue reproduce this in a private browsing tab on a fresh browser profile (or at least with all add-ons disabled)? If you can still reproduce it this way, try reproducing this on a different device on the same network.

Also check the Network tab of DevTools (open it by pressing F12 or Ctrl + Shift + I before starting the search). See if you can find any requests that end with an error there (highlighted in red). If so, please post a screenshot of the request chain.

I'm asking since I can't reproduce this on /en/stable/ with Cromite 129 on Android 14.

[anniryynanen]

I had this issue on Saturday but I can't reproduce it anymore.

[syntaxerror247]

I can not reproduce this issue on my mobile with chrome Android 14, But search is broken on my windows pc for stable branch and i cannot find any errors in console either.

As @bloemer mentioned, it works when i search using floating ReadTheDocs Button

[TAGames]

I had this issue on Saturday but I can't reproduce it anymore.

Same. Today it works.

[mifuyne]

Search is still broken on Firefox Beta 132.0b6 (Build #2016049583) on Android, in both regular and private tab.

I'm not at my PC, but I'll update this comment when I get a chance to test it later today.

Edit:
stable branch search does not work on the following:

• Firefox Beta 132.0b6 (Build #2016049583) on Android (regular and private tabs)
• Firefox 131.0.3 - Windows (regular and private tabs)
• ungoogled-chromium 129.0.6668.100 - Windows (regular and incognito tabs)

Currently, 4.3 branch search does work in all the aforementioned browsers (thanks for pointing that out, @dannroda!)

[dannroda]

For me now works in any version BUT stable.
Its odd that it works by using 4.3 and not stable.

[mhilbrunner]

Thanks everyone for reporting and providing details (please keep doing so if you are affected, and also if the issue disappears for you!). We're still investigating and this continues to be hard to pin down (i.e., for me search works on all branches, in various browsers, both desktop and mobile).

[syntaxerror247]

I just checked and it is now working for me 🎉.
It seems like ReadTheDocs is updated because its floating button looks different now.

[SweatyTryhardx10]

The search bar (in the top left) has not worked in the past few days for me. As noted by @bloemer, the search bar within the 'Read the Docs' floating menu does work.

I've tried Firefox v131.0.3 and Chrome v129.0.6668.101 - both don't work for me.

I looked in the Networking tab of the dev tools after a hard reload and there are no errors shown i.e. no content is missed or blocked.

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I tried the docs for branch 4.1 and that has a working search function.

[daveTheOldCoder]

I'm experiencing the same problems posted in this issue.

Is the search page driven completely by the code in this repository, or does it use a third-party service?

If it only uses the code in this repository, were any relevant changes made shortly before this issue was opened?

[Jack-023]

This issue seemed to be resolved for the last couple of weeks but it seems to have returned in the last ~1 hour. ^[1] I tried searching for "Node" on the stable version of the docs and got no results in a completely fresh Firefox profile.
Browser version: 131.0.3 (64-bit)

edit: just checked my browser history and I misremembered, my last successful search was at 11:30am AEDT / 0030UTC
That was about 30 minutes before the last RTD build, but that appears to be only for the latest version of the docs (which works) so I have no idea if it is related.

[mhilbrunner]

Is the search page driven completely by the code in this repository, or does it use a third-party service?

The search is provided by ReadTheDocs, not us.

[bloemer]

The search is provided by ReadTheDocs, not us.

Interestingly, on their page –
Read the docs – when I'm "using" the search bar inside the menu on the left hand side, it opens up the same pop up, as if I would click on the search input field inside the floating search button.

Looks like a workaround, or new standard. Maybe an outdated version of the CMS?

[Ruruie-FGSC]

I discover this amidst gamejams so please understand when I say I don't have time to do the testing I wish I did. >_<

Search worked normally on /stable/ on both an auto-updated and presumably up to date Firefox running just ublock origin as well as mildly out of date Librewolf running ublock origin and various other things during LD56.

Search stopped working normally on /stable/ on all permutations I've tried on fully updated versions of Firefox and Librewolf regardless of things being turned on or off, cookies and data being cleared, etc. I never fully cleared all data or cookies, but I couldn't find anything obvious left (ie things from godot or read the docs).

Currently, search works perfectly on /4.3/ as well as offline docs.

A friend using Firefox has 0 issues with any kind of searching.

[mhilbrunner]

Hello everyone 👋 Thanks again for all of your feedback.

1. Can anyone still reproduce this on the stable version of the docs?
2. Can anyone still reproduce this on the latest version of the docs?

We just did some updates on latest, and RTD may also have improved things on their side, so knowing whether any of that helped would be useful.

[daveTheOldCoder]

stable version - Search works normally.

latest version - When I type in the search box in the left pane, a popup appears for typing in the search string and displaying the search results. That works, except that the text I type is invisible, which makes it difficult to use. Maybe the dark system theme I'm using is causing the text to be invisible?

[mhilbrunner]

That works, except that the text I type is invisible

Yeah, it is white text on a white background, I can reproduce that. Seems there is some CSS issue with the RTD search.css, not sure if thats on their end. Will investigate.

[dannroda]

latestand stable now works perfectly for me

[mifuyne]

Both latest and stable are working on my end. I also checked 4.3 and 3.6 and they're working fine too!

[paskausks]

Checked both latest and stable, both work now.

[Jack-023]

I just tried stable. Not working.

[bloemer]

Now that it's working for some people and some doesn't, maybe it's not an issue with the environment, but with services in the background? Me for example, I use a piHole. I need to check if one of the necessary connections are listed there.

[Jack-023]

I just tried searching with blocking disabled on my pihole and a clean firefox profile. Still no results on stable.

[mhilbrunner]

@Jack-023 But latest works for you? We may take a chance and backport the updates we did to latest then and see if that fixes it. Seems no one has any issues with latest anymore, so far.

[Jack-023]

@Jack-023 But latest works for you?

Yes, latest has worked this entire time for me.

[AThousandShips]

@daveTheOldCoder That's unrelated, please open a new issue for that and keep this on topic

[Jack-023]

Search appears to be working again.

[daveTheOldCoder]

For me, it's working for 3.6, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, latest and stable.
It's not working for 3.5.

[bloemer]

Can approve. Works for me too.