From f3db9e763061ce88e768adb954d25d7fa73f5374 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: thePR0M3TH3AN <53631862+PR0M3TH3AN@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 13:54:23 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add search filters feature flag

---
 js/constants.js | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 js/index.js     |  5 +++++
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/js/constants.js b/js/constants.js
index 1275ea6d..e5d0e355 100644
--- a/js/constants.js
+++ b/js/constants.js
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ const DEFAULT_FLAGS = Object.freeze({
   FEATURE_WATCH_HISTORY_V2: true,
   FEATURE_PUBLISH_NIP71: false,
   FEATURE_HASHTAG_PREFERENCES: false,
+  FEATURE_SEARCH_FILTERS: false,
   FEATURE_TRUST_SEEDS: true, // Rollback: disable to drop baseline trust seeds without code changes.
   FEATURE_TRUSTED_HIDE_CONTROLS: true,
   FEATURE_IMPROVED_COMMENT_FETCHING: true, // Default true for comment persistence fixes
@@ -166,6 +167,7 @@ const runtimeFlags = (() => {
     FEATURE_WATCH_HISTORY_V2: DEFAULT_FLAGS.FEATURE_WATCH_HISTORY_V2,
     FEATURE_PUBLISH_NIP71: DEFAULT_FLAGS.FEATURE_PUBLISH_NIP71,
     FEATURE_HASHTAG_PREFERENCES: DEFAULT_FLAGS.FEATURE_HASHTAG_PREFERENCES,
+    FEATURE_SEARCH_FILTERS: DEFAULT_FLAGS.FEATURE_SEARCH_FILTERS,
     FEATURE_TRUST_SEEDS: DEFAULT_FLAGS.FEATURE_TRUST_SEEDS,
     FEATURE_TRUSTED_HIDE_CONTROLS: DEFAULT_FLAGS.FEATURE_TRUSTED_HIDE_CONTROLS,
     FEATURE_IMPROVED_COMMENT_FETCHING:
@@ -200,6 +202,11 @@ export let FEATURE_HASHTAG_PREFERENCES = coerceBoolean(
   DEFAULT_FLAGS.FEATURE_HASHTAG_PREFERENCES
 );
 
+export let FEATURE_SEARCH_FILTERS = coerceBoolean(
+  runtimeFlags.FEATURE_SEARCH_FILTERS,
+  DEFAULT_FLAGS.FEATURE_SEARCH_FILTERS
+);
+
 export let FEATURE_TRUST_SEEDS = coerceBoolean(
   runtimeFlags.FEATURE_TRUST_SEEDS,
   DEFAULT_FLAGS.FEATURE_TRUST_SEEDS
@@ -282,6 +289,20 @@ Object.defineProperty(runtimeFlags, "FEATURE_HASHTAG_PREFERENCES", {
   },
 });
 
+Object.defineProperty(runtimeFlags, "FEATURE_SEARCH_FILTERS", {
+  configurable: true,
+  enumerable: true,
+  get() {
+    return FEATURE_SEARCH_FILTERS;
+  },
+  set(next) {
+    FEATURE_SEARCH_FILTERS = coerceBoolean(
+      next,
+      DEFAULT_FLAGS.FEATURE_SEARCH_FILTERS
+    );
+  },
+});
+
 Object.defineProperty(runtimeFlags, "FEATURE_TRUST_SEEDS", {
   configurable: true,
   enumerable: true,
@@ -370,6 +391,7 @@ runtimeFlags.URL_FIRST_ENABLED = URL_FIRST_ENABLED;
 runtimeFlags.FEATURE_WATCH_HISTORY_V2 = FEATURE_WATCH_HISTORY_V2;
 runtimeFlags.FEATURE_PUBLISH_NIP71 = FEATURE_PUBLISH_NIP71;
 runtimeFlags.FEATURE_HASHTAG_PREFERENCES = FEATURE_HASHTAG_PREFERENCES;
+runtimeFlags.FEATURE_SEARCH_FILTERS = FEATURE_SEARCH_FILTERS;
 runtimeFlags.FEATURE_TRUST_SEEDS = FEATURE_TRUST_SEEDS;
 runtimeFlags.FEATURE_TRUSTED_HIDE_CONTROLS = FEATURE_TRUSTED_HIDE_CONTROLS;
 runtimeFlags.FEATURE_IMPROVED_COMMENT_FETCHING =
@@ -412,10 +434,16 @@ export function setHashtagPreferencesEnabled(next) {
   return FEATURE_HASHTAG_PREFERENCES;
 }
 
+export function setSearchFiltersEnabled(next) {
+  runtimeFlags.FEATURE_SEARCH_FILTERS = next;
+  return FEATURE_SEARCH_FILTERS;
+}
+
 export function resetRuntimeFlags() {
   setUrlFirstEnabled(DEFAULT_FLAGS.URL_FIRST_ENABLED);
   setWatchHistoryV2Enabled(DEFAULT_FLAGS.FEATURE_WATCH_HISTORY_V2);
   setHashtagPreferencesEnabled(DEFAULT_FLAGS.FEATURE_HASHTAG_PREFERENCES);
+  setSearchFiltersEnabled(DEFAULT_FLAGS.FEATURE_SEARCH_FILTERS);
   setTrustSeedsEnabled(DEFAULT_FLAGS.FEATURE_TRUST_SEEDS);
   setTrustedHideControlsEnabled(DEFAULT_FLAGS.FEATURE_TRUSTED_HIDE_CONTROLS);
   setImprovedCommentFetchingEnabled(
@@ -450,4 +478,3 @@ export function getTrustedMuteHideThreshold() {
 export function getTrustedSpamHideThreshold() {
   return TRUSTED_SPAM_HIDE_THRESHOLD;
 }
-
diff --git a/js/index.js b/js/index.js
index 18aa6d1a..25ecdd81 100644
--- a/js/index.js
+++ b/js/index.js
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import {
   LOCKDOWN_TITLE,
   LOCKDOWN_MESSAGE,
 } from "./config.js";
+import { FEATURE_SEARCH_FILTERS } from "./constants.js";
 import { createHashChangeHandler } from "./hashChangeHandler.js";
 import AuthService from "./services/authService.js";
 import getAuthProvider, {
@@ -1213,6 +1214,10 @@ async function bootstrapInterface() {
     setHashView(buildSearchHashFromState(nextState));
   };
   searchFilterButtons.forEach((button) => {
+    if (!FEATURE_SEARCH_FILTERS) {
+      button.classList.add("hidden");
+      return;
+    }
     attachSearchFiltersPopover(button, {
       getState: getSearchFilterState,
       onApply: applySearchFilters,