fix: surface search failures

static/search/fetch.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
   setClearButtonState,
   clearResults,
   renderEmptyState,
+  renderSearchErrorState,
   renderItems,
   appendItems,
 } from "./render";
@@ -117,14 +118,13 @@ export const fetchSearchItems = (query: string): void => {
       responseCache.set(query, response);
       renderItems(visibleItems);
     })
-    .catch((err: unknown) => {
+    .catch(() => {
       if (controller.signal.aborted) {
         return;
       }
 
       setActiveRequestController(undefined);
-      console.error("Search overlay error:", err);
+      renderSearchErrorState(query);
-      renderItems([]);
     });
 };
 
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ export const fetchNextSearchPage = (): void => {
       setSearchPagination(response.nextPage, response.hasNextPage);
       appendItems(visibleItems);
     })
-    .catch((err: unknown) => {
+    .catch(() => {
-      console.error("Search overlay pagination error:", err);
+      window.showToast?.({ message: "Failed to load more search results." });
     })
     .finally(() => {
       setFetchingNextPage(false);

static/search/render.ts

@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ export const removeContinueWatchingItem = (item: CommandPaletteItem): void => {
       removeContinueWatchingCard(animeID);
       renderItems(getResultItems().filter((candidate) => candidate.id !== item.id));
     })
-    .catch((err: unknown) => {
+    .catch(() => {
-      console.error("Continue watching remove error:", err);
+      window.showToast?.({ message: "Failed to remove from Continue Watching." });
     });
 };
 
@@ -316,6 +316,30 @@ export const renderEmptyState = (query: string): void => {
   searchResults.replaceChildren(empty);
 };
 
+export const renderSearchErrorState = (query: string): void => {
+  if (!searchResults) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const empty = document.createElement("div");
+  empty.className =
+    "mx-auto flex min-h-80 w-full max-w-5xl flex-col justify-center px-5 py-14 text-center md:px-8";
+
+  const title = document.createElement("div");
+  title.className = "text-2xl font-semibold text-foreground";
+  title.textContent = "Search is unavailable right now";
+  empty.appendChild(title);
+
+  const subtitle = document.createElement("p");
+  subtitle.className = "mx-auto mt-3 max-w-lg text-sm leading-6 text-foreground-muted";
+  subtitle.textContent = query
+    ? "Try again in a moment or narrow the search query."
+    : "Try again in a moment.";
+  empty.appendChild(subtitle);
+
+  searchResults.replaceChildren(empty);
+};
+
 const groupedItems = (items: CommandPaletteItem[]): Map<string, CommandPaletteItem[]> => {
   const groups = new Map<string, CommandPaletteItem[]>();
   items.forEach((item) => {