@bobfrankston/rmfmail 1.2.39 → 1.2.40

package/client/app.ts

@@ -452,6 +452,9 @@ initFolderTree(folderTree, (accountId, folderId, folderName, specialUse) => {
     // searchMode stayed true and the next loadMessages was rerouted.
     if (searchInput) { searchInput.value = ""; updateSearchHighlight(); }
     clearSearchMode();
+    // Navigating to a folder / All Inboxes ALSO abandons search — kill any
+    // in-flight server sweep so it stops starving the read worker (Bob 2026-06-19).
+    cancelServerSearch();
     markAsSeen();
     releaseFocus();
     loadMessages(accountId, folderId, 1, specialUse);
@@ -480,6 +483,9 @@ initFolderTree(folderTree, (accountId, folderId, folderName, specialUse) => {
     // search is still showing even though all the entries are there.").
     if (searchInput) { searchInput.value = ""; updateSearchHighlight(); }
     clearSearchMode();
+    // Navigating to a folder / All Inboxes ALSO abandons search — kill any
+    // in-flight server sweep so it stops starving the read worker (Bob 2026-06-19).
+    cancelServerSearch();
     releaseFocus();
     loadUnifiedInbox();
     setTitle(`${APP_NAME} - All Inboxes`);
@@ -495,6 +501,9 @@ initFolderTree(folderTree, (accountId, folderId, folderName, specialUse) => {
 function applyTabView(tab: ViewTab): void {
     if (searchInput) { searchInput.value = ""; updateSearchHighlight(); }
     clearSearchMode();
+    // Navigating to a folder / All Inboxes ALSO abandons search — kill any
+    // in-flight server sweep so it stops starving the read worker (Bob 2026-06-19).
+    cancelServerSearch();
     releaseFocus();
     const v = tab.view;
     if (v.kind === "unified") {
@@ -2317,7 +2326,18 @@ let serverSearchTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
 
 function doSearch(immediate = false): void {
     const query = searchInput.value.trim();
-    if (query.length === 0) { reloadCurrentFolder(); return; }
+    if (query.length === 0) {
+        // Leaving search — ABORT any in-flight server sweep. A "Server" search is
+        // a 90-folder IMAP run on the daemon; if it's still going when you clear
+        // the box, it keeps churning the sync worker + connections and starves
+        // the read worker, so the folder reload's getUnifiedInbox ballooned from
+        // ~200ms to 4.7s and the IPC timed out (Bob 2026-06-19). cancelServerSearch
+        // bumps the daemon's serverSearchGen so the sweep loop bails immediately.
+        if (serverSearchTimer) { clearTimeout(serverSearchTimer); serverSearchTimer = null; }
+        cancelServerSearch();
+        reloadCurrentFolder();
+        return;
+    }
     if (query.length < 2 && !immediate) return;
 
     // P20: orthogonal "Server" checkbox. When checked, the search ALSO spans

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@bobfrankston/rmfmail",
-  "version": "1.2.39",
+  "version": "1.2.40",
   "description": "Local-first email client with IMAP sync and standalone native app",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "bin/mailx.js",
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     "@bobfrankston/iflow-direct": "^0.1.55",
     "@bobfrankston/mailx-host": "^0.1.13",
     "@bobfrankston/mailx-imap": "^0.1.100",
-    "@bobfrankston/mailx-store-web": "^0.1.28",
+    "@bobfrankston/mailx-store-web": "^0.1.29",
     "@bobfrankston/mailx-sync": "^0.1.22",
     "@bobfrankston/miscinfo": "^1.0.13",
     "@bobfrankston/msger": "^0.1.387",
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
       "@bobfrankston/iflow-direct": "^0.1.55",
       "@bobfrankston/mailx-host": "^0.1.13",
       "@bobfrankston/mailx-imap": "^0.1.100",
-      "@bobfrankston/mailx-store-web": "^0.1.28",
+      "@bobfrankston/mailx-store-web": "^0.1.29",
       "@bobfrankston/mailx-sync": "^0.1.22",
       "@bobfrankston/miscinfo": "^1.0.13",
       "@bobfrankston/msger": "^0.1.387",