Search: consolidate core and provider implementations

Co-authored-by: ghreprimand <203024559+ghreprimand@users.noreply.github.com>

tests/test_search_module_consolidation.py

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+"""Search consolidation regression tests.
+
+``src.search`` is still a public import path for agent/deep-research code, but
+core/provider behavior should come from the services.search implementation.
+"""
+
+import importlib
+
+
+def test_src_search_core_aliases_services_core():
+    src_core = importlib.import_module("src.search.core")
+    service_core = importlib.import_module("services.search.core")
+
+    assert src_core is service_core
+    assert src_core.comprehensive_web_search is service_core.comprehensive_web_search
+    assert src_core.invalidate_search_cache is service_core.invalidate_search_cache
+
+
+def test_src_search_providers_aliases_services_providers():
+    src_providers = importlib.import_module("src.search.providers")
+    service_providers = importlib.import_module("services.search.providers")
+
+    assert src_providers is service_providers
+    assert src_providers._resolve_ddg_redirect is service_providers._resolve_ddg_redirect
+    assert src_providers._safesearch_for is service_providers._safesearch_for
+
+
+def test_src_search_package_exports_still_resolve():
+    import src.search as search
+    import services.search as service_search
+
+    assert search.comprehensive_web_search is service_search.comprehensive_web_search
+    assert search.searxng_search_results is service_search.searxng_search_results
+    assert search.searxng_search_api is service_search.searxng_search_api
+    assert search.PROVIDER_INFO is service_search.PROVIDER_INFO

tests/test_service_search_provider_guards.py

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-"""Regression tests for the services.search provider copy.
+"""Regression tests for the canonical services.search provider implementation.
 
-The UI search routes import services.search, while agent/deep-research paths
-still import src.search. Keep the service-side copy aligned with the safer
-provider guards already present in src.search.
+The old src.search provider path aliases this module; these tests pin the
+behavior at the single implementation point.
 """
 
 import sys