The discussion revolves around an issue where the search result list truncates the topic title after it has been amended. amotl reported this issue and shared a screenshot. eviltrout explained that the site setting use_pg_headlines_for_excerpt is enabled on meta, which causes this truncation as a performance optimization.
tgxworld noted that this setting will be enabled by default in the next release and promised to fix the bug. A PR to fix this issue has been submitted by tgxworld. CvX inquired if enabling use_pg_headlines_for_excerpt by default is still the plan, and tgxworld confirmed it. Additionally, sam mentioned that some bypasses were needed for Chinese locales due to issues with injected spaces.
On meta we have enabled the hidden site setting use pg headlines for excerpt which produces this result. It’s a performance optimization introduced in:
