Site Search - Release Notes (February 19, 2026)

Updated

SearchStax Site Search release notes for February 19, 2026 include chronological sorting for time-based facets and automatic Admin access for new apps.

Highlights

This release improves time-based facet ordering and default Admin access on new App creation.

  • Chronological sorting for time-based facets: Month and day-of-week facet values can now appear in chronological order in current UI Kits implementations.
  • Admin access on App creation: When App-Level Permissions are enabled, Admin users are automatically added to newly created Apps.

Added

This release adds chronological sorting support for time-based facets.

Chronological Sorting for Time-Based Facets

SearchStax Site Search now supports chronological sorting for time-based facet values, including months and days of the week. This is available in custom search UIs built with current versions of SearchStax UI Kits.

In UI Kits implementations, facet widgets support the beforeFacetsRender hook, which runs before facet values are displayed. To enable chronological sorting, use current UI Kits versions and implement beforeFacetsRender in your facet widget configuration.

  • Supported frameworks: JavaScript, Angular, React (including Next.js), and Vue
  • Outcome: Month, day-of-week, and other time-based facets can appear in natural chronological order instead of alphabetical order.
  • Existing sorting options stay available: You can still use alphabetical and count-based sorting.

Changed

This release updates default access behavior when creating new Apps.

Admins Automatically Added to New Apps

When App-Level Permissions are enabled, SearchStax automatically adds users with the Admin role when a new App is created.

  • Added automatically at creation: The App creator, Account Owner, and Account Admins.
  • Not added by default: Other users.
  • Additional access: Owners and Admins can grant access through Access Management.
  • Parent and child accounts: This applies to new App creation in both parent and child accounts.
  • Applies when enabled: This behavior applies only when App-Level Permissions are enabled. Accounts without App-Level Permissions continue using existing account-wide App access behavior.

Rollout

  • Target date: Thursday, February 19, 2026
  • Scope: custom search UIs built with current SearchStax UI Kits versions, and accounts with App-Level Permissions enabled.
  • Expected issues: None expected

Known Issues

None expected.

Other Release Notes

These release notes cover updates to SearchStax Site Search. Release notes for the SearchStax Drupal module and UI Kits are published separately.

  • SearchStax Drupal Module: See Releases for SearchStax Studio for version-by-version notes and the changelog. For setup and configuration guidance, see Drupal Module.
  • SearchStax UI Kits: See UI Kits for documentation and getting started guides. For version history and developer-focused change details, check the npm package page for your UI Kit: Angular, JavaScript, React, Vue.

When an update to the Drupal module or UI Kits affects the Site Search user experience, we also call it out in these release notes.

 

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