From 681a08e4fd5abb4276fd3dec077ca4da2ef38919 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: vineyardbovines <spencerfpope@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 19:19:53 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] dedupe search fallback against recent terms

---
 src/components/Autocomplete/useAutocomplete/index.ts | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/components/Autocomplete/useAutocomplete/index.ts b/src/components/Autocomplete/useAutocomplete/index.ts
index c8241511da..ce594b5bba 100644
--- a/src/components/Autocomplete/useAutocomplete/index.ts
+++ b/src/components/Autocomplete/useAutocomplete/index.ts
@@ -105,13 +105,23 @@ export function useAutocomplete({
       }),
     }))
 
-    const results = mergeAutocompleteResults({
+    let results = mergeAutocompleteResults({
       query: q,
       sources: moderatedSources,
       remoteItems: query.data ?? [],
     })
 
     if (showSearchFallback && q) {
+      /*
+       * A recent search term matching the query would duplicate the fallback
+       * row (their keys differ, so key dedupe can't catch it). Drop the
+       * matching term and let the fallback row stand in for it.
+       */
+      const nq = q.trim().toLowerCase()
+      results = results.filter(
+        item =>
+          !(item.type === 'search' && item.value.trim().toLowerCase() === nq),
+      )
       results.unshift({
         key: `search-${q}`,
         type: 'search' as const,