From 4236114b2a16b62d963e42c7b78f415871a680e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zack <zack@futo.org>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 00:17:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(web): don't cache empty search results for people search

when a search returns 0 results, subsequent longer queries starting with
the same prefix would skip the API call and filter locally over the empty
cache, showing no results until the user pressed enter to force a search
---
 web/src/lib/components/faces-page/people-search.svelte | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/faces-page/people-search.svelte b/web/src/lib/components/faces-page/people-search.svelte
index b9ceac52fee5a..39f27332065d2 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/faces-page/people-search.svelte
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/faces-page/people-search.svelte
@@ -70,7 +70,12 @@
       reset();
       return;
     }
-    if (!force && searchedPeople.length < maximumLengthSearchPeople && searchName.startsWith(searchWord)) {
+    if (
+      !force &&
+      searchedPeople.length > 0 &&
+      searchedPeople.length < maximumLengthSearchPeople &&
+      searchName.startsWith(searchWord)
+    ) {
       search();
       return;
     }