From 5cefb88bb2e4cb940b9c1868baafd01f7c253a89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Philip <jphilip@spotify.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 16:30:33 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] perform search on first navigate

Signed-off-by: John Philip <jphilip@spotify.com>
---
 plugins/search-react/src/context/SearchContext.tsx      | 3 +--
 plugins/search/src/components/SearchPage/SearchPage.tsx | 4 +---
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/search-react/src/context/SearchContext.tsx b/plugins/search-react/src/context/SearchContext.tsx
index dc129c6327..0d18b888e5 100644
--- a/plugins/search-react/src/context/SearchContext.tsx
+++ b/plugins/search-react/src/context/SearchContext.tsx
@@ -138,14 +138,13 @@ const useSearchContextValue = (
 
   const result = useAsync(async (): Promise<SearchResultSet> => {
     if (isFirstEmptyMount.current) {
+      isFirstEmptyMount.current = false;
       if (!term && !types.length && !Object.keys(filters).length) {
         return {
           results: [],
           numberOfResults: 0,
         };
       }
-
-      isFirstEmptyMount.current = false;
     }
 
     // Here we cancel the previous request before making a new one
diff --git a/plugins/search/src/components/SearchPage/SearchPage.tsx b/plugins/search/src/components/SearchPage/SearchPage.tsx
index 8428fb6bb5..92b327207f 100644
--- a/plugins/search/src/components/SearchPage/SearchPage.tsx
+++ b/plugins/search/src/components/SearchPage/SearchPage.tsx
@@ -59,9 +59,7 @@ export const UrlUpdater = () => {
       setPageCursor(query.pageCursor as string);
     }
 
-    if (query.types) {
-      setTypes(query.types as string[]);
-    }
+    setTypes(query.types ? (query.types as string[]) : []);
   }, [prevQueryParams, location, setTerm, setTypes, setPageCursor, setFilters]);
 
   useEffect(() => {