Sorry to hear you have encountered this issue. Thank you for providing the feedback! It may be worth checking that the "Background refresh" setting is enabled in the app to see if it resolves the issue. Please don't hesitate to reach out to us at mobile-support@automattic.com and we'll help troubleshoot the issue.
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Thanks for flagging this with us. Our team are looking into this and we hope to improve the search experience in a future update.
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