Site Search — Release Notes (December 18, 2025)

Updated

SearchStax Site Search release notes for December 18, 2025 include Help Center access from the header, Document Extractor naming, and Drupal module updates.

Highlights

  • The Support dropdown in Site Search was replaced with a Help Center button that opens the SearchStax Help Center in a new browser tab.
  • The PDF Extractor was expanded to support additional document types and was updated in-product as Document Extractor.
  • The SearchStax Drupal module was updated to v1.9.1, including Key module integration, per-server autosuggest configuration, and expanded file extraction support.

Changed

Help Center Access from the Site Search Header

The Support dropdown in the SearchStax Site Search header was removed and replaced with a Help Center button that links to the SearchStax Help Center and opens in a new browser tab.

Help Center button in the top navigation bar, highlighted with a cursor icon indicating where to click.

PDF Extractor Renamed to Document Extractor

The extractor service was updated to extract text from more document types, not just PDFs. You can now extract content from:

  • .csv
  • .doc
  • .docx
  • .json
  • .pdf
  • .ppt
  • .pptx
  • .tsv
  • .txt
  • .xls
  • .xlsx

In All APIs, the extractor was also labeled as Document Extractor to reflect the expanded file type support. The in-product description was updated to note that authentication uses your existing Discovery API key.

Document Extractor page showing service description and extractor endpoint URL under All APIs with Search & Indexing, Discovery, Analytics, and Geocoding tabs.

For more information, see Extract text from documents.

SearchStax Drupal Module Updates (v1.9.1)

The SearchStax Drupal module was updated to v1.9.1.

Changes include:

  • Added integration with the Drupal Key module and a credentials source selector for SearchStax server configuration (Do not use Key module, SearchStax analytics credentials, or SearchStax connector credentials). SearchStax credentials (including Analytics URL and keys) can be retrieved via Key instead of being stored directly in module configuration.

    Note: The SearchStax module includes an update hook to migrate existing credentials when the Drupal Key module is enabled, but it doesn’t account for configuration overrides. If you store credentials outside of configuration (for example, in settings.php), review the migration behavior carefully before enabling Key.
  • Changed autosuggest configuration by moving the autosuggest URL/core setting from global module settings to per-server configuration, enabling multiple autocompletes on the same site when multiple servers are configured.
  • Changed the SearchStax PDF Extraction plugin by adding support for additional file types beyond PDFs (including .csv, .doc, .docx, .json, .ppt, .pptx, .tsv, .txt, .xls, and .xlsx).

Update the SearchStax Drupal module to v1.9.1 to use these changes.

For installation instructions and more information, see SearchStax Studio – Site Search | Drupal.org.

Rollout

SearchStax Site Search

  • Availability: December 18, 2025
  • Delivery: Automatically available in Site Search.
  • Customer action: None.

SearchStax Drupal Module (v1.9.1)

  • Availability: SearchStax Drupal module v1.9.1
  • Delivery: Customer-managed upgrade (for example, via Composer).
  • Customer action: Upgrade to v1.9.1 to use the updates included in this release.
  • Compatibility: Drupal 10+
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