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In-App Search Fails to Surface Recent Conversations and Content

Users report that search within collaborative tools like Canva often fails to locate content or conversations they were just working on, forcing them to hunt manually instead of relying on search. This undermines trust in the tool's search feature for time-sensitive collaborative work.

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