As a user, I want to find any file I've uploaded from search, so that I stop asking support where it went

Source

The most common support question of the quarter. Original wording in 📥 Intake.

Acceptance criteria

• Given I have uploaded a file named budget-q3.xlsx, when I search for "budget", then the file appears in results with the task it is attached to
• Given a search result is a file, when I select it, then I land on the task that holds it, not on a bare download
• Given I search for text inside a PDF I uploaded, when results return, then the file appears — content is indexed, not just the name
• Given I do not have permission to the parent task, when I search, then the file does not appear at all
• Given no file matches, when results return, then I see an empty state that suggests what else to try

Out of scope

• Optical character recognition on scanned images
• Search across archived projects

Why this is separate from export

Refinement split one piece of feedback into two stories: this one is finding, export is retrieving. They sound like one problem and need different solutions. See 📥 Intake for how that conversation went.

Definition of Done

• Acceptance criteria pass
• Permission filtering verified with a second account
• Search latency under 500ms on a realistic index
• Code reviewed and merged
• Tests written and green
• Accepted by Product Owner