The Author field (and the author: token) passed values through as-typed, but the
matcher compares against video.pubkey — HEX. So entering an npub (the only format
users actually have) silently returned zero results; only raw hex worked.
New normalizeAuthorValues (searchFilters.js, injectable decoder for tests):
npub1* decodes via safeDecodeNpub to hex, hex passes through lowercased, and
undecodable values are dropped — surfaced as parse errors on the author: token
path. Applied in BOTH the parser and the filter modal's applyFilters, so the
Author panel field and the token syntax now genuinely filter by creator.
Tests: +2 in tests/search-filters.test.mjs (decode/passthrough/drop with an
injected decoder; parser hex passthrough + garbage error). Lint + build green.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <[email protected]>
