improved search some more

src/lib/components/EventSearch.svelte

@@ -488,6 +488,61 @@
       searchType,
       searchTerm,
     });
+
+    // AI-NOTE: 2025-01-24 - Check cache first for profile searches to provide immediate response
+    if (searchType === "n") {
+      try {
+        const { getUserMetadata } = await import("$lib/utils/nostrUtils");
+        const cachedProfile = await getUserMetadata(searchTerm, false);
+        if (cachedProfile && cachedProfile.name) {
+          console.log("EventSearch: Found cached profile, displaying immediately:", cachedProfile);
+          
+          // Create a mock NDKEvent for the cached profile
+          const { NDKEvent } = await import("@nostr-dev-kit/ndk");
+          const { nip19 } = await import("$lib/utils/nostrUtils");
+          
+          // Decode the npub to get the actual pubkey
+          let pubkey = searchTerm;
+          try {
+            const decoded = nip19.decode(searchTerm);
+            if (decoded && decoded.type === "npub") {
+              pubkey = decoded.data;
+            }
+          } catch (error) {
+            console.warn("EventSearch: Failed to decode npub for mock event:", error);
+          }
+          
+          const mockEvent = new NDKEvent(undefined, {
+            kind: 0,
+            pubkey: pubkey,
+            content: JSON.stringify(cachedProfile),
+            tags: [],
+            created_at: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),
+            id: "", // Will be computed by NDK
+            sig: "", // Will be computed by NDK
+          });
+          
+          // Display the cached profile immediately
+          handleFoundEvent(mockEvent);
+          updateSearchState(false, true, 1, "profile-cached");
+          
+          // AI-NOTE: 2025-01-24 - Still perform background search for second-order events
+          // but with better timeout handling to prevent hanging
+          setTimeout(async () => {
+            try {
+              await performBackgroundProfileSearch(searchType, searchTerm);
+            } catch (error) {
+              console.warn("EventSearch: Background profile search failed:", error);
+            }
+          }, 100);
+          
+          return;
+        }
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.warn("EventSearch: Cache check failed, proceeding with subscription search:", error);
+      }
+    }
+
     isResetting = false; // Allow effects to run for new searches
     localError = null;
     updateSearchState(true);
@@ -663,6 +718,83 @@
     }
   }
 
+  // AI-NOTE: 2025-01-24 - Function to perform background profile search without blocking UI
+  async function performBackgroundProfileSearch(
+    searchType: "d" | "t" | "n",
+    searchTerm: string,
+  ) {
+    console.log("EventSearch: Performing background profile search:", {
+      searchType,
+      searchTerm,
+    });
+    
+    try {
+      // Cancel existing search
+      if (currentAbortController) {
+        currentAbortController.abort();
+      }
+      currentAbortController = new AbortController();
+      
+      // AI-NOTE: 2025-01-24 - Add timeout to prevent hanging background searches
+      const timeoutPromise = new Promise((_, reject) => {
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          reject(new Error("Background search timeout"));
+        }, 10000); // 10 second timeout for background searches
+      });
+      
+      const searchPromise = searchBySubscription(
+        searchType,
+        searchTerm,
+        {
+          onSecondOrderUpdate: (updatedResult) => {
+            console.log("EventSearch: Background second order update:", updatedResult);
+            // Only update if we have new results
+            if (updatedResult.events.length > 0) {
+              onSearchResults(
+                updatedResult.events,
+                updatedResult.secondOrder,
+                updatedResult.tTagEvents,
+                updatedResult.eventIds,
+                updatedResult.addresses,
+                updatedResult.searchType,
+                updatedResult.searchTerm,
+              );
+            }
+          },
+          onSubscriptionCreated: (sub) => {
+            console.log("EventSearch: Background subscription created:", sub);
+            if (activeSub) {
+              activeSub.stop();
+            }
+            activeSub = sub;
+          },
+        },
+        currentAbortController.signal,
+      );
+      
+      // Race between search and timeout
+      const result = await Promise.race([searchPromise, timeoutPromise]) as any;
+      
+      console.log("EventSearch: Background search completed:", result);
+      
+      // Only update results if we have new data
+      if (result.events.length > 0) {
+        onSearchResults(
+          result.events,
+          result.secondOrder,
+          result.tTagEvents,
+          result.eventIds,
+          result.addresses,
+          result.searchType,
+          result.searchTerm,
+        );
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.warn("EventSearch: Background profile search failed:", error);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Search utility functions
   function handleClear() {
     isResetting = true;
     searchQuery = "";

src/lib/utils/search_constants.ts

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export const TIMEOUTS = {
   SUBSCRIPTION_SEARCH: 10000,
 
   /** Timeout for second-order search operations */
-  SECOND_ORDER_SEARCH: 5000,
+  SECOND_ORDER_SEARCH: 3000, // AI-NOTE: 2025-01-24 - Reduced timeout since we limit scope
 
   /** Timeout for relay diagnostics */
   RELAY_DIAGNOSTICS: 5000,
@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ export const SEARCH_LIMITS = {
   SPECIFIC_PROFILE: 10,
 
   /** Limit for general profile searches */
-  GENERAL_PROFILE: 500,
+  GENERAL_PROFILE: 100, // AI-NOTE: 2025-01-24 - Reduced from 500 to prevent wild searches
+
+  /** Limit for general content searches (t-tag, d-tag, etc.) */
+  GENERAL_CONTENT: 100, // AI-NOTE: 2025-01-24 - Added limit for all content searches
 
   /** Limit for community relay checks */
   COMMUNITY_CHECK: 1,

src/lib/utils/subscription_search.ts

@@ -59,19 +59,11 @@ export async function searchBySubscription(
   const cachedResult = searchCache.get(searchType, normalizedSearchTerm);
   if (cachedResult) {
     console.log("subscription_search: Found cached result:", cachedResult);
-    // AI-NOTE: 2025-01-08 - For profile searches, clear cache if it's empty to force fresh search
+    // AI-NOTE: 2025-01-24 - For profile searches, return cached results immediately
-    if (searchType === "n" && cachedResult.events.length === 0) {
+    // The EventSearch component now handles cache checking before calling this function
-      console.log("subscription_search: Clearing empty cached profile result to force fresh search");
+    if (searchType === "n") {
-      searchCache.clear(); // Clear all cache to force fresh search
+      console.log("subscription_search: Returning cached profile result immediately");
-    } else if (searchType === "n" && cachedResult.events.length > 0 && cachedResult.secondOrder.length === 0) {
+      return cachedResult;
-      // AI-NOTE: 2025-01-08 - Clear cache if we have profile results but no second-order events
-      // This forces a fresh search that includes second-order searching
-      console.log("subscription_search: Clearing cached profile result with no second-order events to force fresh search");
-      searchCache.clear();
-    } else if (searchType === "n") {
-      // AI-NOTE: 2025-01-08 - For profile searches, always clear cache to ensure fresh second-order search
-      console.log("subscription_search: Clearing cache for profile search to ensure fresh second-order search");
-      searchCache.clear();
     } else {
       return cachedResult;
     }
@@ -91,7 +83,7 @@ export async function searchBySubscription(
   searchState.timeoutId = setTimeout(() => {
     console.log("subscription_search: Search timeout reached");
     cleanup();
-  }, searchType === "n" ? 5000 : TIMEOUTS.SUBSCRIPTION_SEARCH); // AI-NOTE: 2025-01-08 - Shorter timeout for profile searches
+  }, TIMEOUTS.SUBSCRIPTION_SEARCH); // AI-NOTE: 2025-01-24 - Use standard timeout since cache is checked first
 
   // Check for abort signal
   if (abortSignal?.aborted) {
@@ -332,7 +324,7 @@ async function createSearchFilter(
   switch (searchType) {
     case "d": {
       const dFilter = {
-        filter: { "#d": [normalizedSearchTerm] },
+        filter: { "#d": [normalizedSearchTerm], limit: SEARCH_LIMITS.GENERAL_CONTENT },
         subscriptionType: "d-tag",
       };
       console.log("subscription_search: Created d-tag filter:", dFilter);
@@ -340,7 +332,7 @@ async function createSearchFilter(
     }
     case "t": {
       const tFilter = {
-        filter: { "#t": [normalizedSearchTerm] },
+        filter: { "#t": [normalizedSearchTerm], limit: SEARCH_LIMITS.GENERAL_CONTENT },
         subscriptionType: "t-tag",
       };
       console.log("subscription_search: Created t-tag filter:", tFilter);
@@ -929,21 +921,33 @@ async function performSecondOrderSearchInBackground(
       if (searchType === "n" && targetPubkey) {
         console.log("subscription_search: Searching for events mentioning pubkey:", targetPubkey);
         
+        // AI-NOTE: 2025-01-24 - Use only active relays for second-order profile search to prevent hanging
+        const activeRelays = [...get(activeInboxRelays), ...get(activeOutboxRelays)];
+        const availableRelays = activeRelays
+          .map(url => ndk.pool.relays.get(url))
+          .filter((relay): relay is any => relay !== undefined);
+        const relaySet = new NDKRelaySet(
+          new Set(availableRelays),
+          ndk
+        );
+        
+        console.log("subscription_search: Using", activeRelays.length, "active relays for second-order search");
+        
         // Search for events that mention this pubkey via p-tags
-        const pTagFilter = { "#p": [targetPubkey] };
+        const pTagFilter = { "#p": [targetPubkey], limit: 50 }; // AI-NOTE: 2025-01-24 - Limit results to prevent hanging
         const pTagEvents = await ndk.fetchEvents(
           pTagFilter,
           { closeOnEose: true },
-          new NDKRelaySet(new Set(Array.from(ndk.pool.relays.values())), ndk),
+          relaySet,
         );
         console.log("subscription_search: Found", pTagEvents.size, "events with p-tag for", targetPubkey);
         
-        // AI-NOTE: 2025-01-08 - Also search for events written by this pubkey
+        // AI-NOTE: 2025-01-24 - Also search for events written by this pubkey with limit
-        const authorFilter = { authors: [targetPubkey] };
+        const authorFilter = { authors: [targetPubkey], limit: 50 }; // AI-NOTE: 2025-01-24 - Limit results to prevent hanging
         const authorEvents = await ndk.fetchEvents(
           authorFilter,
           { closeOnEose: true },
-          new NDKRelaySet(new Set(Array.from(ndk.pool.relays.values())), ndk),
+          relaySet,
         );
         console.log("subscription_search: Found", authorEvents.size, "events written by", targetPubkey);
         
@@ -964,14 +968,14 @@ async function performSecondOrderSearchInBackground(
         const [eTagEvents, aTagEvents] = await Promise.all([
           eventIds.size > 0
             ? ndk.fetchEvents(
-                { "#e": Array.from(eventIds) },
+                { "#e": Array.from(eventIds), limit: SEARCH_LIMITS.SECOND_ORDER_RESULTS },
                 { closeOnEose: true },
                 relaySet,
               )
             : Promise.resolve([]),
           addresses.size > 0
             ? ndk.fetchEvents(
-                { "#a": Array.from(addresses) },
+                { "#a": Array.from(addresses), limit: SEARCH_LIMITS.SECOND_ORDER_RESULTS },
                 { closeOnEose: true },
                 relaySet,
               )

src/routes/events/+page.svelte

@@ -453,15 +453,17 @@ import CommentViewer from "$lib/components/CommentViewer.svelte";
 
         {#if searchResults.length > 0}
           <div class="mt-8">
-            <Heading tag="h2" class="h-leather mb-4">
+            <Heading tag="h2" class="h-leather mb-4 break-words">
               {#if searchType === "n"}
-                Search Results for name: "{searchTerm}" ({searchResults.length} profiles)
+                Search Results for name: "{searchTerm && searchTerm.length > 50 ? searchTerm.slice(0, 50) + '...' : searchTerm || ''}" ({searchResults.length} profiles)
               {:else if searchType === "t"}
-                Search Results for t-tag: "{searchTerm}" ({searchResults.length}
+                Search Results for t-tag: "{searchTerm && searchTerm.length > 50 ? searchTerm.slice(0, 50) + '...' : searchTerm || ''}" ({searchResults.length}
                 events)
               {:else}
-                Search Results for d-tag: "{searchTerm ||
+                Search Results for d-tag: "{(() => {
-                  dTagValue?.toLowerCase()}" ({searchResults.length} events)
+                  const term = searchTerm || dTagValue?.toLowerCase() || '';
+                  return term.length > 50 ? term.slice(0, 50) + '...' : term;
+                })()}" ({searchResults.length} events)
               {/if}
             </Heading>
             <div class="space-y-4">