Phases 2 (3 LB popularity POST calls) and 3 (3 MB discography
browse calls) were adding ~3-6 seconds to every search through
rate-limited API calls. Now they only run as a fallback during
first launch before the search index is built.
Once the index is ready (after Tier 1, <5 seconds from startup):
Phase 0: local FTS5 index query (instant)
Phase 1: MB search (3 concurrent calls, ~1s)
Phase 4: merge index hits (instant)
Phase 5: filter and cap (instant)
Search drops from ~4-7s to ~1s. The index already carries
popularity data and covers discography cross-referencing,
making the live API calls redundant.
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