# 500 Error in Forum Search
**URL:** https://jtechforums.org/t/500-error-in-forum-search/4673
**Category:** Site Feedback
**Tags:** Feedback
**Created:** [October 5, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://jtechforums.org/t/500-error-in-forum-search/4673 "2025-10-05T23:52:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 16
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### Author:  [@ys770](https://jtechforums.org/u/ys770)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://jtechforums.org/t/500-error-in-forum-search/4673/1 "2025-10-05T23:52:13Z")
[@admins](https://jtechforums.org/groups/admins) whenever i search for something, there’s an “error 500” popup (search works fine)
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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### Author:  [@TripleU](https://jtechforums.org/u/TripleU)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2025, 12:02am UTC](https://jtechforums.org/t/500-error-in-forum-search/4673/2 "2025-10-06T00:02:46Z")
We obviously know about it, and it seems like a hard one to fix. It’s been 2 weeks, we are trying to fix this. Thank you for your understanding, the admins.
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### Author:  [@ys770](https://jtechforums.org/u/ys770)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://jtechforums.org/t/500-error-in-forum-search/4673/3 "2025-10-06T00:03:22Z")
🙏
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### Author:  [@ars18](https://jtechforums.org/u/ars18)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2025, 12:10am UTC](https://jtechforums.org/t/500-error-in-forum-search/4673/4 "2025-10-06T00:10:04Z")
For now, if anybody wants a temporary fix.
Can set a rule in ublock
```auto
||jtechforums.org/discourse-ai/embeddings/semantic-search*$xmlhttprequest
```
Gets rid of the issue
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### Author:  [@Dev-in-the-BM\_2.0](https://jtechforums.org/u/Dev-in-the-BM_2.0)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://jtechforums.org/t/500-error-in-forum-search/4673/5 "2025-10-06T00:11:00Z")
Does it have to do with the AI search?
Running out of AI credits?
Because I noticed that there are similar errors when trying to use any AI feature.
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### Author:  [@ars18](https://jtechforums.org/u/ars18)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://jtechforums.org/t/500-error-in-forum-search/4673/6 "2025-10-06T00:11:27Z")
Ai search (semantic search)
Needs to be turned off on the server, as there is no option for it in discourse admin panel.
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### Author:  [@Dev-in-the-BM\_2.0](https://jtechforums.org/u/Dev-in-the-BM_2.0)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2025, 12:19am UTC](https://jtechforums.org/t/500-error-in-forum-search/4673/7 "2025-10-06T00:19:11Z")
> [@ars18](#):
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> Ai search (semantic search)
Technically **AI search** and **semantic search** aren’t the same thing.
When people say **“AI search”** , they usually mean **natural language search** , which **isn’t the same thing as semantic seach**.
**[Google Search](https://google.com)** is an example of _ **semantic search** _.
**[Google AI Mode](https://google.com/ai)** is an example of _ **natural language search** _.
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### Author:  [@ars18](https://jtechforums.org/u/ars18)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://jtechforums.org/t/500-error-in-forum-search/4673/8 "2025-10-17T16:00:27Z")
Fixed!
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### Author:  [@Dev-in-the-BM\_2.0](https://jtechforums.org/u/Dev-in-the-BM_2.0)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://jtechforums.org/t/500-error-in-forum-search/4673/9 "2025-10-17T16:16:09Z")
You cheated, you just disabled the AI search .
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### Author:  [@ars18](https://jtechforums.org/u/ars18)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://jtechforums.org/t/500-error-in-forum-search/4673/10 "2025-10-17T16:17:12Z")
Was never working in the first place
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### Author:  [@Dev-in-the-BM\_2.0](https://jtechforums.org/u/Dev-in-the-BM_2.0)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://jtechforums.org/t/500-error-in-forum-search/4673/11 "2025-10-17T16:17:38Z")
It used to work.
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### Author:  [@TripleU](https://jtechforums.org/u/TripleU)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://jtechforums.org/t/500-error-in-forum-search/4673/12 "2025-10-17T16:18:06Z")
works for me
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### Author:  [@ars18](https://jtechforums.org/u/ars18)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://jtechforums.org/t/500-error-in-forum-search/4673/13 "2025-10-17T16:18:22Z")
> [@ars18](#):
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> `jtechforums.org/discourse-ai/embeddings/semantic-search*$xmlhttprequest`
This is exactly what I disabled
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### Author:  [@Dev-in-the-BM\_2.0](https://jtechforums.org/u/Dev-in-the-BM_2.0)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://jtechforums.org/t/500-error-in-forum-search/4673/14 "2025-10-17T16:18:51Z")
AI search or discobot search?
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### Author:  [@ars18](https://jtechforums.org/u/ars18)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://jtechforums.org/t/500-error-in-forum-search/4673/15 "2025-10-17T16:20:11Z")
Semantic search
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### Author:  [@TripleU](https://jtechforums.org/u/TripleU)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://jtechforums.org/t/500-error-in-forum-search/4673/16 "2025-10-17T16:20:39Z")
Peak requests per day (RPD) - we ran out of that today…