From a447641f1d3c4901f6972c10beeb48197901429e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Magahern <james@magahern.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 23:56:35 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Search: loading state

---
 web/src/App.tsx | 23 +++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/web/src/App.tsx b/web/src/App.tsx
index 44755b5..d534d1b 100644
--- a/web/src/App.tsx
+++ b/web/src/App.tsx
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ export default function App() {
   }, [selectedChat, selectedChatSummary, selectedItem, selectedSearch, selectedSearchSummary]);
 
   const isSearchMode = selectedItem?.kind === "search";
+  const isSearchRunning = isSending && selectedItem?.kind === "search";
 
   const handleCreateChat = async () => {
     setError(null);
@@ -444,13 +445,27 @@ export default function App() {
       throw new Error("Unable to initialize search");
     }
 
+    const nowIso = new Date().toISOString();
     setSelectedSearch((current) => {
-      if (!current || current.id !== searchId) return current;
+      if (!current || current.id !== searchId) {
+        return {
+          id: searchId,
+          title: query.slice(0, 80),
+          query,
+          createdAt: nowIso,
+          updatedAt: nowIso,
+          requestId: null,
+          latencyMs: null,
+          error: null,
+          results: [],
+        };
+      }
       return {
         ...current,
         title: query.slice(0, 80),
         query,
         error: null,
+        latencyMs: null,
         results: [],
       };
     });
@@ -725,8 +740,8 @@ export default function App() {
                   </div>
                 ) : null}
 
-                {isLoadingSelection && !selectedSearch?.results.length ? (
-                  <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">Loading search...</p>
+                {(isLoadingSelection || isSearchRunning) && !selectedSearch?.results.length ? (
+                  <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">{isSearchRunning ? "Searching Exa..." : "Loading search..."}</p>
                 ) : null}
 
                 {!isLoadingSelection && !selectedSearch?.query ? (
@@ -737,7 +752,7 @@ export default function App() {
                   </div>
                 ) : null}
 
-                {!isLoadingSelection && !!selectedSearch?.query && selectedSearch.results.length === 0 ? (
+                {!isLoadingSelection && !isSearchRunning && !!selectedSearch?.query && selectedSearch.results.length === 0 ? (
                   <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">No results found.</p>
                 ) : null}