From 3e6cd361589bf443f2abb3e504f545febbf4de0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: diegosouzapw <diegosouzapw@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:14:00 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix(search): nest Exa contents options for /search (#9914)

---
 changelog.d/fixes/9914-search-exa-contents.md | 1 +
 open-sse/handlers/search.ts                   | 6 ++++--
 tests/unit/search-handler-extended.test.ts    | 5 ++---
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 changelog.d/fixes/9914-search-exa-contents.md

diff --git a/changelog.d/fixes/9914-search-exa-contents.md b/changelog.d/fixes/9914-search-exa-contents.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..506fe9ebed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/fixes/9914-search-exa-contents.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- fix(search): nest Exa contents options (text/highlights) for /search API (#9914)
diff --git a/open-sse/handlers/search.ts b/open-sse/handlers/search.ts
index 502bc2ee73..bad08b9998 100644
--- a/open-sse/handlers/search.ts
+++ b/open-sse/handlers/search.ts
@@ -336,8 +336,10 @@ function buildExaRequest(
     query: params.query,
     numResults: params.maxResults,
     type: "auto",
-    text: true,
-    highlights: true,
+    contents: {
+      text: true,
+      highlights: true,
+    },
   };
   if (includes.length) body.includeDomains = includes;
   if (excludes.length) body.excludeDomains = excludes;
diff --git a/tests/unit/search-handler-extended.test.ts b/tests/unit/search-handler-extended.test.ts
index 8d1449b56f..1c687ec7dc 100644
--- a/tests/unit/search-handler-extended.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/search-handler-extended.test.ts
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ test("handleSearch builds Brave news requests and normalizes favicon metadata",
   }
 });
 
-test("handleSearch builds Exa requests with include/exclude domains and preserves rich result fields", async () => {
+test("handleSearch builds Exa requests with contents-nested options, include/exclude domains, and preserves rich result fields", async () => {
   const originalFetch = globalThis.fetch;
   let captured;
 
@@ -165,8 +165,7 @@ test("handleSearch builds Exa requests with include/exclude domains and preserve
       query: "agentic workflows",
       numResults: 5,
       type: "auto",
-      text: true,
-      highlights: true,
+      contents: { text: true, highlights: true },
       includeDomains: ["allowed.com"],
       excludeDomains: ["blocked.com"],
       category: "news",