ci_channel's description matches "seed", so the list showed it and the step's premise was wrong; a name narrows the list instead. Desktop keeps the open chat in the filtered list, so "No chats found" can't be required while a chat is open (run 38994540038).
Part C joins a channel from its Directory row, then checks that the joined chat is not listed again by the directory when the local list shows it, that it is when the list doesn't, the empty result, an unregistered name, and that only the Search key resolves names. The session gets 120 turns for it.
[claude-test:desktop] [ci-backend]
With the test backend, the Claude job builds the app against the test directory, sets it up at the chat list and gives Claude the online search test; without it, the onboarding path stays.
With the test backend, the app is built against the test directory's address, and the smoke test runs a new search case: after the backend case's checks, in both layouts, "Search in Directory" and the full search with a SimpleX name, and with the toolbar at the bottom the full search in the New chat sheet.
A fresh client sends the directory the search the app sends and follows the cursor to the last page: each result must arrive once with its whole image, over at least two pages. The message search stays.
spacedandy-agents-simplex