[paigewilliams]

asana task

Changes

• Adds TanStack Table to use in the /search/ page. I've used this library before and find it has a lot of helpful features. It worked with pagination out of the box, and integrates with bootstrap styles easily.
• Styles the search input and checkboxes on the /search/ and /explore/ pages
• Adds types for the filter categories to use in place of string
• Executes a search request on the /explore/ page when clicking "go", and on the /search/ page when submitting the input or toggling a checkbox

[Copilot]

🟡 Changes recommended

Search results insert unsanitized HTML, enabling stored XSS, while unused imports trigger TypeScript errors under the enabled noUnusedLocals setting.

7 open issues

• Remove unused imports that fail TypeScript checks · New
• Sanitize API descriptions and highlighted headlines before rendering · New
• Prevent stale search responses from overwriting newer results · New
• Show a visible keyboard focus indicator for Apply Filter · New
• Add accessible column headers to the results table · New
• Make result names open their records · New
• Wire export controls to the executed search parameters · New

1 file not reviewed

• client/package-lock.json: Generated file

What changed in this PR

Adds a paginated search-results interface to the React client and connects search submission and category filtering across the explore and search pages.

Changes:

• Introduces a TanStack Table for displaying search results with pagination.
• Adds typed search categories and results, with immediate searches when result-page filters change.
• Updates search inputs, checkboxes, arrows, and welcome-page styling.

File	Description
client/​package.json	Adds the TanStack Table dependency.
client/​package-lock.json	Locks table dependencies and supporting packages.
client/​app/​utils/​constants.ts	Removes the former category constant.
client/​app/​types.ts	Defines categories, result types, and mappings.
client/​app/​routes/​welcome.tsx	Adds a welcome-specific class and stylesheet import.
client/​app/​routes/​welcome.css	Receives paragraph styling from shared stylesheets.
client/​app/​routes/​search.tsx	Adds the results table, pagination, and filter interactions.
client/​app/​routes/​search.css	Styles search controls and result highlights.
client/​app/​routes/​explore.tsx	Updates search submission and category layout.
client/​app/​index.css	Removes shared paragraph styling.
client/​app/​context/​searchContext.tsx	Tracks executed queries and coordinates filter-triggered searches.
client/​app/​context/​action.ts	Types search-request categories.
client/​app/​components/​checkbox.tsx	Updates checkbox markup and accessible naming.
client/​app/​components/​checkbox.css	Adds checkbox appearance and keyboard-focus styling.
client/​app/​App.css	Adds arrow styles and adjusts welcome-page layout rules.

_{Review effort: Balanced}

[paigewilliams]

I'm not too concerned about this since the headline is set programmatically.

[Copilot]

🔵 Needs a closer look

Search results render unsanitized descriptions and headlines as HTML, allowing stored malicious markup to execute scripts in other users’ sessions.

4 open issues

• Sanitize API descriptions and highlighted headlines before rendering
• Add accessible column headers to the results table
• Show a visible keyboard focus indicator for Apply Filter
• Prevent stale search responses from overwriting newer results

1 previously missed issue

In code that hasn't changed since last review

Warn users when search results are truncated

client/​app/​routes/​search.tsx:227

ExploreSearch.get() truncates matches to the configured maximum and returns too_many_results, but the provider discards that flag and this count presents the truncated array as the complete result set. Broad searches can therefore silently omit matching records, and client-side pagination cannot reach them. Propagate the truncation flag and show a refine-search warning, as the existing Django results page does, rather than implying all matches are available.

3 resolved since last review

• Remove unused imports that fail TypeScript checks
• Wire export controls to the executed search parameters
• Make result names open their records

1 file not reviewed

• client/package-lock.json: Generated file

_{Review effort: Balanced}