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Edit window freezes if the search query is 1 or 2 letters
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Description

Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):

  • Edit a page in the Android app.
  • Put a single letter or two as search query.

What happens?: The edit window will freeze for a few seconds with respect to the length of the document. Sometimes it will exit from edit mode.

What should have happened instead?: Performing a quick search should not cause any problem. I think the recursive search function is overloading the mobile device because if the search term is more than two letters, the problem does not occur.

Software version (on Special:Version page; skip for WMF-hosted wikis like Wikipedia): Android app 2.75 stable release.

Other information (browser name/version, screenshots, etc.): Android 14, samsung 4gb ram.

Event Timeline

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The problem is completely solved in alpha builds but still it occurs with single letters in stable release 2.7.50498-r-2024-08-19