Search reliability fix

We have resolved an issue that could cause search requests to return an error instead of results.

The problem affected fuzzy and close-match search across three endpoints:

• Qualifications search
• Bursaries search
• Universities search

Exact and partial title matches continued to work throughout. The issue was limited to relevance ranking on looser queries, such as searches with typos or partial phrases. All three endpoints now return ranked matches as expected.

Do I need to do anything?

No. The fix is live and applies automatically to all API tiers. If you added temporary retry handling for failed search calls, you can safely remove it.

We appreciate your patience, and thank you to the developers who flagged it.