Special-case 'me' values in search queries (#11043)

src/state/queries/__tests__/search-posts-params.test.ts

@@ -26,6 +26,23 @@ describe(`extractSearchPostsParams`, () => {
       input: `cats to:alice`,
       output: {q: `cats`, mentions: `alice`},
     },
+    // `me` is resolved by the backend, so the :me operators stay in q verbatim
+    // instead of being lifted into author/mentions.
+    {
+      name: `keeps from:me in q verbatim`,
+      input: `cats from:me`,
+      output: {q: `cats from:me`},
+    },
+    {
+      name: `keeps to:me in q verbatim`,
+      input: `cats to:me`,
+      output: {q: `cats to:me`},
+    },
+    {
+      name: `keeps mentions:me in q verbatim`,
+      input: `cats mentions:me`,
+      output: {q: `cats mentions:me`},
+    },
     {
       name: `accumulates multiple hashtags into tag[]`,
       input: `#cats #dogs`,

src/state/queries/search-posts-params.ts

@@ -106,11 +106,17 @@ export function extractSearchPostsParams(query: string): ExtractedSearchParams {
 
     switch (op) {
       case 'from':
-        result.author ??= value
+        /*
+         * `me` is resolved to the viewer by the backend, so leave it in the
+         * query text verbatim rather than lifting it into a structured param.
+         */
+        if (value === 'me') remaining.push(token)
+        else result.author ??= value
         break
       case 'mentions':
       case 'to':
-        result.mentions ??= value
+        if (value === 'me') remaining.push(token)
+        else result.mentions ??= value
         break
       case 'domain':
         result.domain ??= value