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Search doesn't work for the docs page

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python

Research direction

Open the linked search page and reproduce searches for “pkg,” “debian,” and “apt.” Trace how the documentation search page is generated and configured, then verify that the completed change returns relevant results for those queries.

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Description

The search page shows no results for any random keywords, such as: pkg, debian, apt and more.

Dominant language
C++
Stars
67
Forks
42
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

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