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fix: find reference entries by title in autocomplete search (6.5.0 port) - #6019

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Port of #5998 from release/6.5.0. The commit cherry-picked cleanly; the code is the same as in that PR.

What was wrong

The reference autocomplete could not find some entries by name. Two problems caused it:

  • The API dropped the best match. searchContentEntries runs a full-text search across every searchable field and returns the newest-created matches, cut to limit (10 from the autocomplete). When more than 10 entries mentioned the query in other fields, an older entry whose title was the query never came back.
  • The dropdown filtered the results again. cmdk fuzzy-matched the typed text against each option's entry id and label. It dropped entries the API had matched on other fields, and kept unrelated ones when the letters happened to line up across the hex id and the name.

What changed

  • packages/api-headless-cms/src/graphql/schema/contentEntries.ts: with a query, searchContentEntries reads up to 100 matches per model (or limit, if larger), orders them by title match, then cuts to limit. The order is exact match, then prefix, then contains, then the rest by savedOn. Without a query, nothing changes.
  • packages/admin-ui: AutoComplete and MultiAutoComplete take a shouldFilter prop, passed to cmdk. Leaving it out keeps the current filtering.
  • shouldFilter={false} is set on the reference autocompletes in app-headless-cms (single, multiple, and the entry-list filter) and on both autocompletes in app-website-builder's ContentEntryInput.

Tests

On next:

  • The 33 tests in contentEntries.test.ts and contentModel.crud.test.ts pass, including the two new title-ranking tests.
  • The 22 admin-ui autocomplete tests and the 4 reference presenter tests pass.
  • tsc is clean for admin-ui, api-headless-cms, app-headless-cms and app-website-builder.

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  • New Features
    • Added an option to control built-in filtering in single- and multi-select autocomplete fields, allowing externally filtered results—including matches outside their labels—to remain visible.
  • Improvements
    • Content entry searches now prioritize exact title matches, followed by titles that start with or contain the query. Ties are sorted by most recently saved, with results limited to the requested count.

Port of #5998 from release/6.5.0.

searchContentEntries returned the newest-created full-text matches cut to
`limit`, so an older entry whose title was the query dropped out when
newer entries mentioned it in other fields. When there is a query, it now
reads up to 100 matches per model, ranks them by title match, and cuts the
response to `limit`.

The reference autocompletes also stop cmdk from filtering the server's
results again on the client: AutoComplete and MultiAutoComplete take a
`shouldFilter` prop, set to `false` where options come from the search.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Small, focused PR matching its stated intent (title ranking + shouldFilter plumbing), no integrity or style issues found.

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Content entry search now ranks results by title match before applying the requested limit. Autocomplete primitives expose a shouldFilter setting, and reference-field controls disable built-in filtering.

Changes: Content entry search

Layer / File(s) Summary
Autocomplete filtering setting
packages/admin-ui/src/AutoComplete/primitives/AutoCompletePrimitive.tsx, packages/admin-ui/src/MultiAutoComplete/primitives/MultiAutoCompletePrimitive.tsx
Both primitives add the optional shouldFilter prop and pass it to Command.
Ranked content search
packages/api-headless-cms/src/graphql/schema/contentEntries.ts, packages/api-headless-cms/__tests__/contentAPI/contentEntries.test.ts
Searches with a query fetch at least 100 candidates, rank title matches as exact, starts-with, then contains, and use saved date to order ties. Tests cover exact-title results appearing within a limit of two.
Reference autocomplete callers
packages/app-headless-cms/src/admin/components/ContentEntries/Filters/RefFieldRenderer.tsx, packages/app-headless-cms/src/presentation/fieldRenderers/ref/CmsRefInputRenderer.tsx, packages/app-headless-cms/src/presentation/fieldRenderers/ref/CmsRefInputsRenderer.tsx, packages/app-website-builder/src/inputRenderers/ContentEntryInput.tsx
Single- and multi-entry reference autocomplete controls set shouldFilter to false.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 2cdc1

Reference autocomplete now finds title matches much more reliably. In models with more than 100 newer matches for the same query, an older exact-title entry can still be missing from the results. This is a bounded edge case, so the change is mergeable with awareness of the limitation.

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- Line 490: Update the search flow that sets storageLimit so title matches
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  • packages/app-headless-cms/src/presentation/fieldRenderers/ref/CmsRefInputRenderer.tsx
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* in their content, an older entry whose title is the query falls outside the first `limit`.
* So when searching, read more candidates than requested, rank them by title, then cut.
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const storageLimit = query ? Math.max(limit, SEARCH_CANDIDATES_LIMIT) : limit;

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Include title matches beyond the candidate cutoff.

If a model has more than 100 newer full-text matches, an older exact-title match remains outside storageLimit. The resolver cannot rank that entry, so the reference autocomplete can still fail to find it by title. This is the same search failure the PR aims to fix. Rank in the search backend, or continue through result pages before selecting the final matches. Add a test with more than 100 newer matches. (github.com)

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Update the search flow that sets storageLimit so title matches beyond
SEARCH_CANDIDATES_LIMIT can still be considered, either by ranking in the search
backend or fetching additional result pages before choosing the final matches.
Add a test with more than 100 newer full-text matches and an older exact-title
match.

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