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I am pretty sure it is performance optimization, as keyword search can be potentially very expensive for database. And restricting this to logged-in users (1) d
by theamk 4y ago
I am pretty sure it is performance optimization, as keyword search can be potentially very expensive for database. And restricting this to logged-in users (1) decreases searches made by bots and spiders and (2) allows efficient ratelimit of requests if needed.
Note that github has something similar: the code search does not work if not logged in. They don't restrict issue search however.
- oefrha 4y agoGitHub only limits global code search when not logged in, you can search in any specific repo just fine. That’s not even remotely comparable. How often do you need to search an issue tracker (and think of users who may not be developers), how often do you need to search through all code on GitHub?