From c8209fcbe357d4995c9a5209d68ca279df6b1a1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jade Geels <jade@justbetter.nl>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 12:08:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Fix backend error when search query is longer than 255
 characters

---
 src/Http/Controllers/SearchController.php | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Http/Controllers/SearchController.php b/src/Http/Controllers/SearchController.php
index 5184a01b1..98e1577e8 100644
--- a/src/Http/Controllers/SearchController.php
+++ b/src/Http/Controllers/SearchController.php
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ class SearchController
 {
     public function __invoke(Request $request)
     {
+        $request->validate(['q' => 'required|string|max:255']);
+        
         $searchQuery = config('rapidez.models.search_query')::firstOrNew([
             'query_text' => Str::lower($request->q),
             'store_id'   => config('rapidez.store'),

From 581622dc4b1e7ecdfdc5d7d53b8eec72ae89c66f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jade-GG <Jade-GG@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 11:08:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Apply fixes from Duster

---
 src/Http/Controllers/SearchController.php | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Http/Controllers/SearchController.php b/src/Http/Controllers/SearchController.php
index 98e1577e8..b584f7d53 100644
--- a/src/Http/Controllers/SearchController.php
+++ b/src/Http/Controllers/SearchController.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class SearchController
     public function __invoke(Request $request)
     {
         $request->validate(['q' => 'required|string|max:255']);
-        
+
         $searchQuery = config('rapidez.models.search_query')::firstOrNew([
             'query_text' => Str::lower($request->q),
             'store_id'   => config('rapidez.store'),

From 59681c9cb9873308563bf220aa10188a44310d95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jade <jade@justbetter.nl>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:39:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Don't error out on search page

---
 src/Http/Controllers/SearchController.php | 29 +++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Http/Controllers/SearchController.php b/src/Http/Controllers/SearchController.php
index b584f7d53..6014f1637 100644
--- a/src/Http/Controllers/SearchController.php
+++ b/src/Http/Controllers/SearchController.php
@@ -4,28 +4,33 @@
 
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
+use Illuminate\Validation\ValidationException;
 
 class SearchController
 {
     public function __invoke(Request $request)
     {
-        $request->validate(['q' => 'required|string|max:255']);
+        try {
+            $request->validate(['q' => 'required|string|max:255']);
 
-        $searchQuery = config('rapidez.models.search_query')::firstOrNew([
-            'query_text' => Str::lower($request->q),
-            'store_id'   => config('rapidez.store'),
-        ], ['popularity' => 1]);
+            $searchQuery = config('rapidez.models.search_query')::firstOrNew([
+                'query_text' => Str::lower($request->q),
+                'store_id'   => config('rapidez.store'),
+            ], ['popularity' => 1]);
 
-        if (! $searchQuery->exists) {
-            $searchQuery->save();
+            if (! $searchQuery->exists) {
+                $searchQuery->save();
 
-            return view('rapidez::search.overview');
-        }
+                return view('rapidez::search.overview');
+            }
 
-        $searchQuery->increment('popularity');
+            $searchQuery->increment('popularity');
 
-        if ($searchQuery->is_active === 1 && $searchQuery->redirect) {
-            return redirect($searchQuery->redirect, 301);
+            if ($searchQuery->is_active === 1 && $searchQuery->redirect) {
+                return redirect($searchQuery->redirect, 301);
+            }
+        } catch (ValidationException $e) {
+            //
         }
 
         return view('rapidez::search.overview');