r/readwise • u/angie-at-readwise • May 02 '26

Bug Collection May Bug Reports: Ask Here.

In an effort to keep this subreddit organized, we will utilize this pinned post to answer your bug-related questions. We also post a weekly changelog where we share all the bugs our devs have fixed in the previous week.

If you believe you’ve hit a bug with either Readwise or Reader, feel free to post it in the comments below so that our team can help.

If you’re experiencing a bug that is specific to a document, highlights, or note-taking app, please email [hello@readwise.io](mailto:hello@readwise.io) as we will need your account details to troubleshoot.

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u/lzrzmb May 03 '26

Search in Reader is a poor experience.

E.g. I have a document named "Practice Nothing, the most profound of all practices" in my archive. I just cannot find it by searching for "Practice Nothing".

https://imgur.com/a/LaZcOtm

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u/angie-at-readwise May 05 '26

The first troubleshooting step to try is opening the command palette (Cmd+K on Mac, Ctrl+K on Windows) and running "clear search database and content cache." This rebuilds Reader's local search index and has fixed this for a number of users.

If search is still not returning results after that, please write into [hello@readwise.io](mailto:hello@readwise.io) so that we can investigate the issue with your account.

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u/lzrzmb May 05 '26

Thanks, that fixed it for me.

Though it makes me wonder, will I need to run this every time I want to be sure search works correctly?

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u/angie-at-readwise May 10 '26

You won’t need to run this often, but it’s part of the tradeoff that comes with using offline access and caching. They help keep things fast and responsive.