Option 1: a Search row at the top of All threads

‹ All threads9:41
⌕Search🎙
Desktop
Mac mini
All threads. A search field above the hosts. Tapping it opens dictation or the keyboard, as watchOS does for any text field.
‹ "containerfile"9:41
Mac mini · wristcode
Gateway Containerfile
server-gib · homelab
Jellyfin image update
…rebuild from the Containerfile and…
Results. Every host searched at once, best first. A match inside a message shows a snippet. Tapping opens the thread.
‹ "containerfile"9:41
No threads match.

Laptop is offline, so its threads were not searched.
No results. Says which hosts it could not reach.

Option 2: a search button on the feed

⚙⌕+
2
waiting on you
Feed toolbar. Search sits beside + and opens dictation straight away. One tap less, but the top right gets crowded.