[AI Search] minimum change to not persist search params (#55208)

src/fixtures/tests/playwright-rendering.spec.ts

@@ -123,9 +123,7 @@ test('open new search, and select a general search article', async ({ page }) =>
   await page.keyboard.press('Enter')
 
   // We should now be on the page for "For Playwright"
-  await expect(page).toHaveURL(
-    /\/get-started\/foo\/for-playwright\?search-overlay-input=serve\+playwright$/,
-  )
+  await expect(page).toHaveURL(/\/get-started\/foo\/for-playwright$/)
   await expect(page).toHaveTitle(/For Playwright/)
 })
 

src/frame/components/ui/MarkdownContent/UnrenderedMarkdownContent.tsx

@@ -44,12 +44,6 @@ export const UnrenderedMarkdownContent = ({
       if (existingURLParams.get('feature')) {
         newParams.set('feature', existingURLParams.get('feature') || '')
       }
-      if (existingURLParams.get('search-overlay-ask-ai')) {
-        newParams.set('search-overlay-ask-ai', existingURLParams.get('search-overlay-ask-ai') || '')
-      }
-      if (existingURLParams.get('search-overlay-input')) {
-        newParams.set('search-overlay-input', existingURLParams.get('search-overlay-input') || '')
-      }
       // Combine new and existing query parameters
       if (newParams.toString()) {
         href = `${href}?${existingAnchorParams}&${newParams.toString()}`

src/search/components/input/SearchOverlay.tsx

@@ -332,6 +332,9 @@ export function SearchOverlay({
     if (searchParams.has('search-overlay-open')) {
       searchParams.delete('search-overlay-open')
     }
+    if (searchParams.has('search-overlay-input')) {
+      searchParams.delete('search-overlay-input')
+    }
     router.push(`${selectedOption.url}?${searchParams.toString()}` || '')
     onClose()
   }
@@ -373,11 +376,8 @@ export function SearchOverlay({
       eventGroupId: askAIEventGroupId.current,
     })
     setSelectedIndex(-1)
-    const searchParams = new URLSearchParams((router.query as Record<string, string>) || {})
-    if (searchParams.has('search-overlay-open')) {
-      searchParams.delete('search-overlay-open')
-    }
-    window.open(`${url}?${searchParams.toString()}` || '', '_blank')
+    // hardcode the feature to ai_search for now, delete when GA is ready
+    window.open(`${url}?feature=ai_search` || '', '_blank')
   }
 
   // Handle keyboard navigation of suggestions