Replace all in-scope axios callsites with a new helpers/http.js wrapper over native fetch, including JSON/text GET, JSON POST, HEAD checks, and transient 5xx retry behavior; update all browser, build, script, and proxy API clients to use it; add focused unit tests; and remove axios from package dependencies.
Constraint: Preserve API/build and deployment behavior while lowering transport surface area.
Rejected: inline fetch replacements at each callsite | rejected to avoid inconsistent error/retry semantics.
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: moderate
Directive: Keep helper in place as the transport boundary and update tests when changing request semantics.
Tested: pnpm run -s typecheck, pnpm -s run test-prebuild, pnpm -s run test, pnpm -s run test:browser, pnpm -s run netlify-build, smoke GETs on /apple-silicon-app-test and /apple-silicon-app-test/?version=2
Not-tested: branch/netlify deployment health in CI pipeline after merge
The TypeScript helper refactor exposed a separate production risk: builds can fail when the sitemap-endpoints API returns a transient 5xx during Pagefind index generation. Move that fetch into a small helper with retry logic and add a focused prebuild test so this failure mode is caught without waiting on a full deploy.
Constraint: Must keep Pagefind index generation behavior the same when the endpoint is healthy
Rejected: Ignore the failure as external-only | transient 5xx responses can still block deploys and CI repeatedly
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Reversibility: clean
Directive: When external build inputs can fail transiently, add a small retryable helper plus a direct test before relying on full deploy verification
Tested: pnpm exec vitest run test/prebuild/load-sitemap-endpoints.test.ts; pnpm run typecheck; pnpm run test-prebuild
Not-tested: Full production redeploy completion before push
Resolve the Pagefind browser loader in Vite dev and cap filter-only
result hydration so broad filters render promptly instead of stalling
behind thousands of fragment fetches.
Add Pagefind indexing and browser search adapters behind a provider switch.
This lets prebuild generate either Stork or Pagefind search artifacts and lets the existing search UI run against Pagefind while preserving scoped filters, excerpts, and result metadata.
