From f81f9518149a83dc9fc27522f2dfdfa3b69d3343 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Fran=C3=A7ois-Xavier=20Talbot?=
 <108630700+fetchfern@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 09:09:00 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Don't persist read search client across reqs (#5277)

---
 apps/labrinth/src/lib.rs                | 8 --------
 apps/labrinth/src/routes/v2/projects.rs | 7 ++-----
 apps/labrinth/src/routes/v3/projects.rs | 7 ++-----
 apps/labrinth/src/search/mod.rs         | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/labrinth/src/lib.rs b/apps/labrinth/src/lib.rs
index 851798756..5a687c574 100644
--- a/apps/labrinth/src/lib.rs
+++ b/apps/labrinth/src/lib.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ use crate::background_task::update_versions;
 use crate::database::{PgPool, ReadOnlyPgPool};
 use crate::queue::billing::{index_billing, index_subscriptions};
 use crate::queue::moderation::AutomatedModerationQueue;
-use crate::search::MeilisearchReadClient;
 use crate::util::anrok;
 use crate::util::archon::ArchonClient;
 use crate::util::env::{parse_strings_from_var, parse_var};
@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@ pub struct LabrinthConfig {
     pub email_queue: web::Data<EmailQueue>,
     pub archon_client: web::Data<ArchonClient>,
     pub gotenberg_client: GotenbergClient,
-    pub search_read_client: web::Data<MeilisearchReadClient>,
 }
 
 #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
@@ -275,11 +273,6 @@ pub fn app_setup(
         file_host,
         scheduler: Arc::new(scheduler),
         ip_salt,
-        search_read_client: web::Data::new(
-            search_config.make_loadbalanced_read_client().expect(
-                "Failed to make Meilisearch client for read operations",
-            ),
-        ),
         search_config,
         session_queue,
         payouts_queue: web::Data::new(PayoutsQueue::new()),
@@ -331,7 +324,6 @@ pub fn app_config(
     .app_data(labrinth_config.archon_client.clone())
     .app_data(web::Data::new(labrinth_config.stripe_client.clone()))
     .app_data(web::Data::new(labrinth_config.anrok_client.clone()))
-    .app_data(labrinth_config.search_read_client.clone())
     .app_data(labrinth_config.rate_limiter.clone())
     .configure({
         #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
diff --git a/apps/labrinth/src/routes/v2/projects.rs b/apps/labrinth/src/routes/v2/projects.rs
index 91c3f0b21..5750cd6fd 100644
--- a/apps/labrinth/src/routes/v2/projects.rs
+++ b/apps/labrinth/src/routes/v2/projects.rs
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@ use crate::queue::moderation::AutomatedModerationQueue;
 use crate::queue::session::AuthQueue;
 use crate::routes::v3::projects::ProjectIds;
 use crate::routes::{ApiError, v2_reroute, v3};
-use crate::search::{
-    MeilisearchReadClient, SearchConfig, SearchError, search_for_project,
-};
+use crate::search::{SearchConfig, SearchError, search_for_project};
 use actix_web::{HttpRequest, HttpResponse, delete, get, patch, post, web};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
@@ -56,7 +54,6 @@ pub fn config(cfg: &mut web::ServiceConfig) {
 pub async fn project_search(
     web::Query(info): web::Query<SearchRequest>,
     config: web::Data<SearchConfig>,
-    read_client: web::Data<MeilisearchReadClient>,
 ) -> Result<HttpResponse, SearchError> {
     // Search now uses loader_fields instead of explicit 'client_side' and 'server_side' fields
     // While the backend for this has changed, it doesnt affect much
@@ -102,7 +99,7 @@ pub async fn project_search(
         ..info
     };
 
-    let results = search_for_project(&info, &config, &read_client).await?;
+    let results = search_for_project(&info, &config).await?;
 
     let results = LegacySearchResults::from(results);
 
diff --git a/apps/labrinth/src/routes/v3/projects.rs b/apps/labrinth/src/routes/v3/projects.rs
index ac6e362a0..60590e8f3 100644
--- a/apps/labrinth/src/routes/v3/projects.rs
+++ b/apps/labrinth/src/routes/v3/projects.rs
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@ use crate::queue::moderation::AutomatedModerationQueue;
 use crate::queue::session::AuthQueue;
 use crate::routes::ApiError;
 use crate::search::indexing::remove_documents;
-use crate::search::{
-    MeilisearchReadClient, SearchConfig, SearchError, search_for_project,
-};
+use crate::search::{SearchConfig, SearchError, search_for_project};
 use crate::util::img;
 use crate::util::img::{delete_old_images, upload_image_optimized};
 use crate::util::routes::read_limited_from_payload;
@@ -1039,9 +1037,8 @@ pub async fn edit_project_categories(
 pub async fn project_search(
     web::Query(info): web::Query<SearchRequest>,
     config: web::Data<SearchConfig>,
-    read_client: web::Data<MeilisearchReadClient>,
 ) -> Result<HttpResponse, SearchError> {
-    let results = search_for_project(&info, &config, &read_client).await?;
+    let results = search_for_project(&info, &config).await?;
 
     // TODO: add this back
     // let results = ReturnSearchResults {
diff --git a/apps/labrinth/src/search/mod.rs b/apps/labrinth/src/search/mod.rs
index b8f349650..e64aa0707 100644
--- a/apps/labrinth/src/search/mod.rs
+++ b/apps/labrinth/src/search/mod.rs
@@ -283,7 +283,6 @@ pub fn get_sort_index(
 pub async fn search_for_project(
     info: &SearchRequest,
     config: &SearchConfig,
-    client: &MeilisearchReadClient,
 ) -> Result<SearchResults, SearchError> {
     let offset: usize = info.offset.as_deref().unwrap_or("0").parse()?;
     let index = info.index.as_deref().unwrap_or("relevance");
@@ -295,6 +294,7 @@ pub async fn search_for_project(
         .min(100);
 
     let sort = get_sort_index(config, index)?;
+    let client = config.make_loadbalanced_read_client()?;
     let meilisearch_index = client.get_index(sort.0).await?;
 
     let mut filter_string = String::new();