Find out what's included in the latest version of Bolt Search. This affects iOS, Android and Web. 

Bolt Search versions automatically roll out everywhere when released. No app update or other action is needed. Note that dates are in YYYY-MM-DD format

2.7 - Released 2025-04-10

Major changes

• Search filters now directly relate to the term searched for by the user.
• Search as you type functionality has been removed.

Additional changes

• It is now more clear to users if they have filters applied. The filter menu will now be highlighted with a number showing how many filters are selected.
• Filter menu on mobile has been updated to fit more seamlessly into the search page.
• Layout has been refreshed to make better use of space on larger screens, with a cleaner more intuitive design, particularly with filters enabled.

2.6 - Released as part of 2.7

2.5 - Released 2025-01-30

Major changes

• Search filters have been optimised:
  • They now work more intuitively similar to popular search platforms. Selecting multiple filters within one taxonomy will show you results from any selected. Selecting filters across taxonomies will only show results that are part of both.
  • Counts are now hidden by default.
  • Minimum value is set to 1 but can be configured.
  • Maximum filters per taxonomy is set to 10 but can be configured. The top 10 will be shown, ordered alphabetically.

Additional changes

• SearchTermClicked analytics event now tracks pageName as the key parameter, as well as URL.
• Added support for new bridge to open alias domain content externally.
• Added support for external URL articles.
• Fixed an issue causing result titles to have extra font weight.

2.4 - Released 2024-11-21

• Bug fixes and performance improvements

2.3 - Released 2024-09-10

• Sort and filter toggles are now shown below the search bar and can be interacted with before searching.
• Added the ability to filter search results by date. The default options are; All time, past day, past week, past month and past year, but this is configurable. 
• Improved the option to filter search results by taxonomies in a much easier way. This includes authors and sections out of the box as well as any custom taxonomies you may have.
• Search analytics has been adjusted to better reflect user behaviour.
  • The SearchResultsLoaded event has been removed as it was firing too frequently. The [pugpigSearch]ResultCount parameter is now attached to the SearchTermClicked event, so you can see how many results are shown on the page when a user has tapped a specific result. SearchTermClicked also tracks the term searched for [using the pugpigSearchTerm (or KGLabel dimension in GA4)].
  • The SearchAttempt event now tracks when a user closes the keyboard by either tapping enter or done, but has not yet tapped a result. It also tracks the term a user has searched for but not the result count.

2.2 - Released 2024-06-19

• The number of results for an entered search term is now displayed above the results. The text is configurable and supports localisation.
  • We've also added a new analytics dimension to go alongside this change.

2.1 - Released 2024-05-21

• Fixed issues with search filters not displaying correctly.

2.0 - Released 2024-04-25

• Updated core Search framework from Vue 2 to Vue 3. There should be no noticeable changes but this will make it much easier for us to improve performance and add exciting features in the near future.
• Added the ability to configure whether article results from editions display with their main image or with the edition cover image.
• Fixed an issue where duplicate results would sometimes appear.

1.22 - Released 2024-03-05

• Added the option to limit the length of summaries in search results.

1.21 - Released 2024-01-25

• Fixed an issue where some search results, predominantly results from editions, would show a blank cover image.
• Fixed an issue where some search results would be horizontally scrollable rather than wrap.

1.20 - Released 05/10/23

• Added the ability to more easily adjust copy on the search page and results page, including date format
• Added the ability to show section on search results rather than kicker
• Accessibility improvements 

1.19 - Released 08/06/23

• The search page will now search as you type, loading results on the go
• We have removed autocomplete from search, which also stops the suggestions from blocking results
• Search results styling has been updated to more closely resemble timeline article cards
• Added the ability for different fonts and dark mode styling
• Added better compatibility with collection sets

1.18 - Remembering search terms (Released 06/02/2023)

• Search should now remember the inputted term if a user leaves and returns to search within a session

1.17 - (Released 25/01/2023)

• Bug fixes and performance improvements

1.16.5 - Paywall and indexing (Released 15/12/2022)

• Search results will now use the Bolt paywall if locked (Requires Bolt 3.12 for Android)
• Added the ability to not index certain parts of the page
• Bug fixes relating to search results page titles

1.16 - Search weightings and RTL (Released 25/11/2022)

• Collection titles will now appear in front of page titles in search results
• Added support for right to left functionality
• Added the ability to weight certain fields higher - ie Cover pages

1.15 - Edition covers (Released 26/07/2022)

• If the collection a page belongs to is an edition, then the edition cover will be shown alongside the page in the results

1.14 - (Released 12/07/2022)

• Bug fixes and general performance improvements