feat: UI search uses search endpoint for global search (#3057)

* UI search uses search endpoint for global search * improve sorting and error handling * give priority to private packages * order by private package * add tests, improve testing * add changeset * addjust settings * remove old index search implementation * update lock file * relocate fastify package * fix circular dependency * fix wrong import * fix tests
2024-11-08 23:25:51 +01:00 · 2022-03-27 21:42:52 +02:00 · 2022-03-27 21:42:52 +02:00 · 5167bb528f
commit 5167bb528f
parent 80df591e8f
94 changed files with 1057 additions and 718 deletions
--- a/.changeset/pre.json
+++ b/.changeset/pre.json
@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
    "@verdaccio/eslint-config": "1.0.0",
    "@verdaccio/benchmark": "1.0.0",
    "@verdaccio/core": "6.0.0-next.0",
-    "@verdaccio/helper": "1.0.0",
+    "@verdaccio/test-helper": "1.0.0",
    "docusaurus-plugin-contributors": "1.0.0",
    "@verdaccio/website": "5.4.0"
  },
--- a/.changeset/smart-beds-cross.md
+++ b/.changeset/smart-beds-cross.md
@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+---
+'@verdaccio/api': minor
+'@verdaccio/config': minor
+'@verdaccio/core': minor
+'@verdaccio/types': minor
+'@verdaccio/local-storage': minor
+'@verdaccio/ui-theme': minor
+'@verdaccio/proxy': minor
+'@verdaccio/server': minor
+'@verdaccio/store': minor
+'@verdaccio/test-helper': minor
+'@verdaccio/web': minor
+---
+
+feat: ui search support for remote, local and private packages
+
+The command `npm search` search globally and return all matches, with this improvement the user interface
+is powered with the same capabilities.
+
+The UI also tag where is the origin the package with a tag, also provide the latest version and description of the package.
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
      with:
        node-version: 16
    - name: Install pnpm
-      run: npm i pnpm@6.24.1 -g
+      run: npm i pnpm@6.32.3 -g
    - name: set store
      run: |
        mkdir ~/.pnpm-store
@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
        with:
          node-version: 16
      - name: Install pnpm
-        run: npm i pnpm@6.24.1 -g
+        run: npm i pnpm@6.32.3 -g
      - uses: actions/cache@v3
        with:
          path: ~/.pnpm-store
@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
        with:
          node-version: 16
      - name: Install pnpm
-        run: npm i pnpm@6.24.1 -g
+        run: npm i pnpm@6.32.3 -g
      - uses: actions/cache@v3
        with:
          path: ~/.pnpm-store
@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
        with:
          node-version: ${{ matrix.node_version }}
      - name: Install pnpm
-        run: npm i pnpm@6.24.1 -g
+        run: npm i pnpm@6.32.3 -g
      - uses: actions/cache@v3
        with:
          path: ~/.pnpm-store
@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ jobs:
        with:
          node-version: 16
      - name: Install pnpm
-        run: npm i pnpm@6.24.1 -g
+        run: npm i pnpm@6.32.3 -g
      - uses: actions/cache@v3
        with:
          path: ~/.pnpm-store
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
    "@types/jsonwebtoken": "8.5.1",
    "@types/request": "2.48.8",
    "@types/semver": "7.3.9",
-    "@types/supertest": "2.0.11",
+    "@types/supertest": "2.0.12",
    "@types/testing-library__jest-dom": "5.14.2",
    "@types/validator": "13.7.1",
    "@types/webpack": "5.28.0",
@ -79,6 +79,8 @@
    "cross-env": "7.0.3",
    "debug": "4.3.3",
    "detect-secrets": "1.0.6",
+    "pretty-format": "27.5.1",
+    "jest-diff": "27.5.1",
    "eslint": "8.11.0",
    "fs-extra": "10.0.0",
    "husky": "7.0.4",
@ -114,7 +116,7 @@
    "docker": "docker build -t verdaccio/verdaccio:local . --no-cache",
    "format": "prettier --write \"**/*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx,json,yml,yaml,md}\"",
    "format:check": "prettier --check \"**/*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx,json,yml,yaml,md}\"",
-    "lint": "eslint  --max-warnings 42 \"**/*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}\"",
+    "lint": "eslint  --max-warnings 45 \"**/*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}\"",
    "test": "pnpm recursive test --filter ./packages",
    "test:e2e:cli": "pnpm test --filter ...@verdaccio/e2e-cli",
    "test:e2e:ui": "pnpm test --filter ...@verdaccio/e2e-ui",
--- a/packages/api/package.json
+++ b/packages/api/package.json
@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
    "@types/node": "16.11.21",
    "@verdaccio/server": "workspace:6.0.0-6-next.28",
    "@verdaccio/types": "workspace:11.0.0-6-next.10",
-    "@verdaccio/helper": "1.0.0",
+    "@verdaccio/test-helper": "workspace:1.0.0",
    "supertest": "6.2.2"
  },
  "funding": {
--- a/packages/api/test/integration/_helper.ts
+++ b/packages/api/test/integration/_helper.ts
@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ import supertest from 'supertest';
 import { Auth, IAuth } from '@verdaccio/auth';
 import { Config, parseConfigFile } from '@verdaccio/config';
 import { HEADERS, HEADER_TYPE, HTTP_STATUS } from '@verdaccio/core';
-import { generatePackageMetadata } from '@verdaccio/helper';
 import { errorReportingMiddleware, final, handleError } from '@verdaccio/middleware';
 import { Storage } from '@verdaccio/store';
+import { generatePackageMetadata } from '@verdaccio/test-helper';

 import apiEndpoints from '../../src';

@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const getConf = (conf) => {
  return parseConfigFile(configPath);
 };

+// TODO: replace by @verdaccio/test-helper
 export async function initializeServer(configName): Promise<Application> {
  const app = express();
  const config = new Config(getConf(configName));
--- a/packages/api/test/integration/publish.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/api/test/integration/publish.spec.ts
@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import supertest from 'supertest';

 import { HTTP_STATUS } from '@verdaccio/core';
 import { API_ERROR, API_MESSAGE, HEADERS, HEADER_TYPE } from '@verdaccio/core';
-import { generatePackageMetadata } from '@verdaccio/helper';
+import { generatePackageMetadata } from '@verdaccio/test-helper';

 import { $RequestExtend, $ResponseExtend } from '../../types/custom';
 import { initializeServer, publishVersion } from './_helper';
--- a/packages/config/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/config/src/config.ts
@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
  Config as AppConfig,
  AuthConf,
  ConfigRuntime,
+  FlagsConfig,
  PackageAccess,
  PackageList,
  Security,
@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ class Config implements AppConfig {
  public serverSettings: ServerSettingsConf;
  // @ts-ignore
  public secret: string;
+  public flags: FlagsConfig;

  public constructor(config: ConfigRuntime) {
    const self = this;
@ -52,6 +54,9 @@ class Config implements AppConfig {
    this.plugins = config.plugins;
    this.security = _.merge(defaultSecurity, config.security);
    this.serverSettings = serverSettings;
+    this.flags = {
+      searchRemote: config.flags?.searchRemote ?? true,
+    };

    for (const configProp in config) {
      if (self[configProp] == null) {
--- a/packages/core/core/src/search-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/core/core/src/search-utils.ts
@ -16,10 +16,19 @@ export type SearchItemPkg = {
  time?: number | Date;
 };

-export type SearchItem = {
+type PrivatePackage = {
+  // note: prefixed to avoid external conflicts
+
+  // the package is published as private
+  verdaccioPrivate?: boolean;
+  // if the package is not private but is cached
+  verdaccioPkgCached?: boolean;
+};
+
+export interface SearchItem extends UnStable, PrivatePackage {
  package: SearchItemPkg;
  score: Score;
-} & UnStable;
+}

 export type Score = {
  final: number;
@ -32,11 +41,13 @@ export type SearchResults = {
  time: string;
 };

+// @deprecated use @verdaccio/types
 type PublisherMaintainer = {
  username: string;
  email: string;
 };

+// @deprecated use @verdaccio/types
 export type SearchPackageBody = {
  name: string;
  scope: string;
@ -55,11 +66,11 @@ export type SearchPackageBody = {
  maintainers?: PublisherMaintainer[];
 };

-export type SearchPackageItem = {
+export interface SearchPackageItem extends UnStable, PrivatePackage {
  package: SearchPackageBody;
  score: Score;
  searchScore?: number;
-} & UnStable;
+}

 export const UNSCOPED = 'unscoped';

--- a/packages/core/server/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/server/src/index.ts
@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-import semver from 'semver';
-
-// FUTURE: remove when v15 is the minimum requirement
-if (semver.lte(process.version, 'v15.0.0')) {
-  global.AbortController = require('abortcontroller-polyfill/dist/cjs-ponyfill').AbortController;
-}
-
-export { default } from './server';
--- a/packages/core/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/core/types/index.d.ts
@ -40,11 +40,14 @@ declare module '@verdaccio/types' {
    darkMode?: boolean;
    protocol?: string;
    host?: string;
+    // deprecated
+    basename?: string;
    scope?: string;
    base: string;
    primaryColor?: string;
    version?: string;
    logoURI?: string;
+    flags: FlagsConfig;
  } & CommonWebConf;

  /**
@ -385,11 +388,11 @@ declare module '@verdaccio/types' {
    api: APITokenOptions;
  }

-  interface ConfigFlags {
-    token?: boolean;
-    search?: boolean;
+  export type FlagsConfig = {
+    searchRemote?: boolean;
    changePassword?: boolean;
-  }
+  };
+
  export type RateLimit = {
    windowMs: number;
    max: number;
@ -438,7 +441,7 @@ declare module '@verdaccio/types' {
    filters?: any;
    url_prefix?: string;
    server?: ServerSettingsConf;
-    flags?: ConfigFlags;
+    flags?: FlagsConfig;
  }

  interface ConfigRuntime extends ConfigYaml {
@ -455,6 +458,29 @@ declare module '@verdaccio/types' {
    [key: string]: any;
  }

+  type PublisherMaintainer = {
+    username: string;
+    email: string;
+  };
+
+  type SearchPackageBody = {
+    name: string;
+    scope: string;
+    description: string;
+    author: string | PublisherMaintainer;
+    version: string;
+    keywords: string | string[] | undefined;
+    date: string;
+    links?: {
+      npm: string; // only include placeholder for URL eg: {url}/{packageName}
+      homepage?: string;
+      repository?: string;
+      bugs?: string;
+    };
+    publisher?: any;
+    maintainers?: PublisherMaintainer[];
+  };
+
  interface ConfigWithHttps extends Config {
    https: HttpsConf;
  }
--- a/packages/experimental/README.md
+++ b/packages/experimental/README.md
@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## Experimental packages
+
+- `fastify-server`: Fastify experimental implementation
--- a/packages/experimental/fastify-server/.babelrc
+++ b/packages/experimental/fastify-server/.babelrc
--- a/packages/experimental/fastify-server/.eslintignore
+++ b/packages/experimental/fastify-server/.eslintignore
--- a/packages/experimental/fastify-server/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/packages/experimental/fastify-server/.eslintrc.json
--- a/packages/experimental/fastify-server/.gitignore
+++ b/packages/experimental/fastify-server/.gitignore
--- a/packages/experimental/fastify-server/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/experimental/fastify-server/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/packages/experimental/fastify-server/LICENSE
+++ b/packages/experimental/fastify-server/LICENSE
--- a/packages/experimental/fastify-server/README.md
+++ b/packages/experimental/fastify-server/README.md
--- a/packages/experimental/fastify-server/debug/fastify-conf.yaml
+++ b/packages/experimental/fastify-server/debug/fastify-conf.yaml
--- a/packages/experimental/fastify-server/debug/index.ts
+++ b/packages/experimental/fastify-server/debug/index.ts
--- a/packages/experimental/fastify-server/jest.config.js
+++ b/packages/experimental/fastify-server/jest.config.js
--- a/packages/experimental/fastify-server/package.json
+++ b/packages/experimental/fastify-server/package.json
@ -42,13 +42,11 @@
    "@verdaccio/tarball": "workspace:11.0.0-6-next.11",
    "@verdaccio/utils": "workspace:6.0.0-6-next.10",
    "@verdaccio/readme": "workspace:11.0.0-6-next.4",
-    "abortcontroller-polyfill": "1.7.3",
    "core-js": "3.20.3",
    "debug": "4.3.3",
    "fastify": "3.27.0",
    "fastify-plugin": "3.0.0",
-    "lodash": "4.17.21",
-    "semver": "7.3.5"
+    "lodash": "4.17.21"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@types/node": "16.11.21",
--- a/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/endpoints/dist-tags.ts
+++ b/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/endpoints/dist-tags.ts
--- a/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/endpoints/package.ts
+++ b/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/endpoints/package.ts
--- a/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/endpoints/ping.ts
+++ b/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/endpoints/ping.ts
--- a/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/endpoints/publish.ts
+++ b/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/endpoints/publish.ts
--- a/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/endpoints/search.ts
+++ b/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/endpoints/search.ts
--- a/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/endpoints/tarball.ts
+++ b/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/endpoints/tarball.ts
--- a/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/endpoints/user.ts
+++ b/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/endpoints/user.ts
--- a/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/endpoints/whoami.ts
+++ b/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/endpoints/whoami.ts
--- a/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/index.ts
@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { default } from './server';
--- a/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/plugins/auth.ts
+++ b/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/plugins/auth.ts
--- a/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/plugins/config.ts
+++ b/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/plugins/config.ts
--- a/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/plugins/coreUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/plugins/coreUtils.ts
--- a/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/plugins/storage.ts
+++ b/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/plugins/storage.ts
--- a/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/routes/web/api/login.ts
+++ b/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/routes/web/api/login.ts
--- a/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/routes/web/api/readme.ts
+++ b/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/routes/web/api/readme.ts
--- a/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/routes/web/api/sidebar.ts
+++ b/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/routes/web/api/sidebar.ts
--- a/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/server.ts
+++ b/packages/experimental/fastify-server/src/server.ts
--- a/packages/experimental/fastify-server/tsconfig.build.json
+++ b/packages/experimental/fastify-server/tsconfig.build.json
--- a/packages/experimental/fastify-server/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/experimental/fastify-server/tsconfig.json
@ -8,22 +8,22 @@
  "exclude": ["src/**/*.test.ts"],
  "references": [
    {
-      "path": "../../store"
+      "path": "../store"
    },
    {
-      "path": "../../config"
+      "path": "../config"
    },
    {
-      "path": "../../auth"
+      "path": "../auth"
    },
    {
-      "path": "../../logger"
+      "path": "../logger"
    },
    {
-      "path": "../../utils"
+      "path": "../utils"
    },
    {
-      "path": "../../core/core"
+      "path": "../core/core"
    }
  ]
 }
--- a/packages/plugins/local-storage/src/local-database.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/local-storage/src/local-database.ts
@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class LocalDatabase extends TokenActions implements IPluginStorage {
  private readonly logger: Logger;
  public readonly config: Config;
  public readonly storages: Map<string, string>;
-  public data: LocalStorage | void;
+  public data: LocalStorage | undefined;
  public locked: boolean;

  public constructor(config: Config, logger: Logger) {
@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class LocalDatabase extends TokenActions implements IPluginStorage {

  public async init(): Promise<void> {
    debug('plugin init');
-    this.data = await this._fetchLocalPackages();
+    this.data = await this.fetchLocalPackages();
    debug('local packages loaded');
    await this._sync();
  }
@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class LocalDatabase extends TokenActions implements IPluginStorage {
  }

  /**
-   * Filter by query.
+   * Filter and only match those values that the query define.
   **/
  public async filterByQuery(results: searchUtils.SearchItemPkg[], query: searchUtils.SearchQuery) {
    // FUTURE: apply new filters, keyword, version, ...
@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ class LocalDatabase extends TokenActions implements IPluginStorage {

  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
  public async getScore(_pkg: searchUtils.SearchItemPkg): Promise<searchUtils.Score> {
+    // TODO: there is no particular reason to predefined scores
+    // could be improved by using
    return Promise.resolve({
      final: 1,
      detail: {
@ -135,11 +137,13 @@ class LocalDatabase extends TokenActions implements IPluginStorage {
    );
    debug('packages found %o', packagesOnStorage.length);
    for (let storage of packagesOnStorage) {
+      // check if package is listed on the cache private database
+      const isPrivate = (this.data as LocalStorage).list.includes(storage.name);
      const score = await this.getScore(storage);
      results.push({
        package: storage,
-        // there is no particular reason to predefined scores
-        // could be improved by using
+        verdaccioPrivate: isPrivate,
+        verdaccioPkgCached: !isPrivate,
        score,
      });
    }
@ -265,7 +269,7 @@ class LocalDatabase extends TokenActions implements IPluginStorage {
    }
  }

-  private async _fetchLocalPackages(): Promise<LocalStorage> {
+  private async fetchLocalPackages(): Promise<LocalStorage> {
    try {
      return await loadPrivatePackages(this.path, this.logger);
    } catch (err: any) {
@ -282,7 +286,7 @@ class LocalDatabase extends TokenActions implements IPluginStorage {
          `File Path: ${this.path}\n\n ${err.message}`
        );
      }
-
+      // if no database is found we set empty placeholders
      return { list: [], secret: '' };
    }
  }
--- a/packages/plugins/ui-theme/src/App/Header/Search/AutoComplete/AutoComplete.tsx
+++ b/packages/plugins/ui-theme/src/App/Header/Search/AutoComplete/AutoComplete.tsx
@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
-import styled from '@emotion/styled';
-import Search from '@mui/icons-material/Search';
-import { Theme } from '@mui/material';
+/* eslint-disable verdaccio/jsx-spread */
 import Autocomplete from '@mui/material/Autocomplete';
-import InputAdornment from '@mui/material/InputAdornment';
 import React, { FC, useState } from 'react';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';

 import { SearchResultWeb } from '@verdaccio/types';

-import { StyledTextField } from './styles';
 import { Wrapper } from './styles';

 export type OnSelecItem = (
@ -21,22 +17,21 @@ interface Props {
  suggestions: SearchResultWeb[];
  suggestionsLoading: boolean;
  placeholder: string;
-  startAdornment?: JSX.Element;
+  renderOption?: (props: any, option: any) => Element;
+  renderInput: (startAdornment) => JSX.Element;
  onSuggestionsFetch: any;
+  getOptionLabel: () => void;
  onCleanSuggestions: (event: React.SyntheticEvent) => void;
  onSelectItem: OnSelecItem;
 }

-const StyledInputAdornment = styled(InputAdornment)<{ theme?: Theme }>((props) => ({
-  color: props.theme?.palette.white,
-}));
-
 const AutoComplete: FC<Props> = ({
  suggestions,
-  startAdornment,
  onSuggestionsFetch,
  onCleanSuggestions,
-  placeholder = '',
+  renderInput,
+  renderOption,
+  getOptionLabel,
  onSelectItem,
  suggestionsLoading = false,
 }: Props) => {
@ -62,37 +57,22 @@ const AutoComplete: FC<Props> = ({
  return (
    <Wrapper>
      <Autocomplete
+        clearOnBlur={true}
        disablePortal={true}
        freeSolo={true}
-        onChange={onSelectItem}
-        autoHighlight={true}
-        id="search-header-suggest"
-        options={suggestions}
-        inputValue={inputValue}
-        clearOnBlur={true}
-        loading={suggestionsLoading}
-        renderTags={() => null}
-        onClose={handleOnClose}
-        loadingText={t('autoComplete.loading')}
-        onInputChange={handleOnInputChange}
-        getOptionLabel={(option) => option.name}
        fullWidth={true}
-        renderInput={(params) => (
-          <StyledTextField
-            {...params}
-            placeholder={placeholder}
-            InputProps={{
-              ...params.InputProps,
-              startAdornment: startAdornment || (
-                <StyledInputAdornment position="start">
-                  <Search />
-                </StyledInputAdornment>
-              ),
-            }}
-            label=""
-            variant="standard"
-          />
-        )}
+        getOptionLabel={getOptionLabel}
+        id="search-header-suggest"
+        inputValue={inputValue}
+        loading={suggestionsLoading}
+        loadingText={t('autoComplete.loading')}
+        onChange={onSelectItem}
+        onClose={handleOnClose}
+        onInputChange={handleOnInputChange}
+        options={suggestions}
+        renderInput={renderInput}
+        renderOption={renderOption}
+        renderTags={() => null}
      />
    </Wrapper>
  );
--- a/packages/plugins/ui-theme/src/App/Header/Search/AutoComplete/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/ui-theme/src/App/Header/Search/AutoComplete/index.ts
--- a/packages/plugins/ui-theme/src/App/Header/Search/AutoComplete/styles.tsx
+++ b/packages/plugins/ui-theme/src/App/Header/Search/AutoComplete/styles.tsx
@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import styled from '@emotion/styled';
+import TextField from 'verdaccio-ui/components/TextField';
 import { Theme } from 'verdaccio-ui/design-tokens/theme';

-import TextField from '../TextField';
-
 export interface InputFieldProps {
  color: string;
 }
--- a/packages/plugins/ui-theme/src/App/Header/Search/Search.tsx
+++ b/packages/plugins/ui-theme/src/App/Header/Search/Search.tsx
@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
+/* eslint-disable verdaccio/jsx-spread */
+import SearchMui from '@mui/icons-material/Search';
 import debounce from 'lodash/debounce';
 import React, { useCallback } from 'react';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { useDispatch, useSelector } from 'react-redux';
 import { RouteComponentProps, withRouter } from 'react-router';
-import AutoComplete from 'verdaccio-ui/components/AutoComplete';
+import { useConfig } from 'verdaccio-ui/providers/config';

 import { SearchResultWeb } from '@verdaccio/types';

 import { Dispatch, RootState } from '../../../store/store';
+import AutoComplete from './AutoComplete';
+import SearchItem from './SearchItem';
+import { StyledInputAdornment, StyledTextField } from './styles';

 const CONSTANTS = {
  API_DELAY: 300,
@ -16,6 +21,10 @@ const CONSTANTS = {

 const Search: React.FC<RouteComponentProps> = ({ history }) => {
  const { t } = useTranslation();
+  const {
+    configOptions: { flags },
+  } = useConfig();
+  const searchRemote = flags?.searchRemote || false;
  const { suggestions } = useSelector((state: RootState) => state.search);
  const isLoading = useSelector((state: RootState) => state?.loading?.models.search);
  const dispatch = useDispatch<Dispatch>();
@ -49,11 +58,15 @@ const Search: React.FC<RouteComponentProps> = ({ history }) => {
      event.stopPropagation();
      switch (reason) {
        case 'selectOption':
-          history.push(`/-/web/detail/${value.name}`);
+          if (searchRemote) {
+            history.push(`/-/web/detail/${value.package.name}`);
+          } else {
+            history.push(`/-/web/detail/${value.name}`);
+          }
          break;
      }
    },
-    [history]
+    [history, searchRemote]
  );

  /**
@ -69,12 +82,75 @@ const Search: React.FC<RouteComponentProps> = ({ history }) => {
    [dispatch]
  );

+  const renderInput = (params) => {
+    return (
+      <StyledTextField
+        {...params}
+        InputProps={{
+          ...params.InputProps,
+          startAdornment: (
+            <StyledInputAdornment position="start">
+              <SearchMui />
+            </StyledInputAdornment>
+          ),
+        }}
+        label=""
+        placeholder={t('search.packages')}
+        variant="standard"
+      />
+    );
+  };
+
+  const getOptionLabel = () => {
+    if (searchRemote) {
+      return (option) => {
+        return option?.package?.name ?? '';
+      };
+    } else {
+      return (option) => {
+        return option?.name;
+      };
+    }
+  };
+
+  const renderOption = (props, option) => {
+    if (searchRemote) {
+      const item: SearchResultWeb = option.package;
+      const isPrivate = option?.verdaccioPrivate;
+      const isCached = option?.verdaccioPkgCached;
+      const isRemote = !isCached && !isPrivate;
+      return (
+        <SearchItem
+          {...props}
+          description={item?.description}
+          isCached={isCached}
+          isPrivate={isPrivate}
+          isRemote={isRemote}
+          name={item?.name}
+          version={item?.version}
+        />
+      );
+    } else {
+      return (
+        <SearchItem
+          {...props}
+          description={option?.description}
+          name={option?.name}
+          version={option?.version}
+        />
+      );
+    }
+  };
+
  return (
    <AutoComplete
+      getOptionLabel={getOptionLabel()}
      onCleanSuggestions={handleOnBlur}
      onSelectItem={handleClickSearch}
      onSuggestionsFetch={debounce(handleFetchPackages, CONSTANTS.API_DELAY)}
      placeholder={t('search.packages')}
+      renderInput={renderInput}
+      renderOption={renderOption}
      suggestions={suggestions}
      suggestionsLoading={isLoading}
    />
--- a/packages/plugins/ui-theme/src/App/Header/Search/SearchItem.tsx
+++ b/packages/plugins/ui-theme/src/App/Header/Search/SearchItem.tsx
@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+/* eslint-disable verdaccio/jsx-spread */
+import styled from '@emotion/styled';
+import Cached from '@mui/icons-material/Cached';
+import HttpsIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Https';
+import SyncAlt from '@mui/icons-material/SyncAlt';
+import { Theme } from '@mui/material';
+import Chip from '@mui/material/Chip';
+import Stack from '@mui/material/Stack';
+import React from 'react';
+import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
+
+type SearchItemProps = {
+  name: string;
+  version?: string;
+  description?: string;
+  isPrivate?: boolean;
+  isCached?: boolean;
+  isRemote?: boolean;
+};
+
+const Wrapper = styled.div({
+  display: 'flex',
+  alignItems: 'center',
+  width: '100%',
+});
+
+export const Description = styled('div')<{ theme?: Theme }>(({ theme }) => ({
+  display: 'none',
+  color: theme?.palette?.greyLight2,
+  lineHeight: '1.5rem',
+  [`@media (min-width: ${theme?.breakPoints.large}px)`]: {
+    display: 'block',
+    whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
+    textOverflow: 'ellipsis',
+    width: '200px',
+    alignItems: 'center',
+    overflow: 'hidden',
+    paddingLeft: theme.spacing(),
+    fontSize: theme?.fontSize.ssm,
+  },
+}));
+
+const NameGroup = styled.span({
+  display: 'flex',
+  flex: '1',
+});
+
+const Name = styled('span')<{ theme?: Theme }>(({ theme }) => ({
+  fontWeight: '700',
+  fontSize: theme?.fontSize.sm,
+}));
+
+const Version = styled('span')<{ theme?: Theme }>(({ theme }) => ({
+  fontSize: theme?.fontSize.ssm,
+}));
+
+const SearchItem: React.FC<SearchItemProps> = ({
+  name,
+  description,
+  isPrivate = false,
+  isRemote = false,
+  isCached = false,
+  version,
+  ...props
+}) => {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+  const handleDelete = () => {
+    // no action assigned by default
+  };
+  return (
+    <li {...props} style={{ flexDirection: 'column' }}>
+      <Wrapper>
+        <NameGroup>
+          <Name>{name}</Name>
+          {description && <Description>{description}</Description>}
+        </NameGroup>
+        {version && <Version>{version}</Version>}
+      </Wrapper>
+      <Wrapper>
+        <Stack direction="row" spacing={1}>
+          {isPrivate && (
+            <Chip
+              color="primary"
+              deleteIcon={<HttpsIcon />}
+              label={t('search.isPrivate')}
+              onDelete={handleDelete}
+              size="small"
+            />
+          )}
+          {isRemote && !isPrivate && (
+            <Chip
+              deleteIcon={<SyncAlt />}
+              label={t('search.isRemote')}
+              onDelete={handleDelete}
+              size="small"
+              variant="outlined"
+            />
+          )}
+          {isCached && (
+            <Chip
+              deleteIcon={<Cached />}
+              label={t('search.isCached')}
+              onDelete={handleDelete}
+              size="small"
+              variant="outlined"
+            />
+          )}
+        </Stack>
+      </Wrapper>
+    </li>
+  );
+};
+
+export default SearchItem;
--- a/packages/plugins/ui-theme/src/App/Header/Search/styles.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/ui-theme/src/App/Header/Search/styles.ts
@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import styled from '@emotion/styled';
+import InputAdornment from '@mui/material/InputAdornment';
+import TextField from 'verdaccio-ui/components/TextField';
+import { Theme } from 'verdaccio-ui/design-tokens/theme';
+
+export interface InputFieldProps {
+  color: string;
+}
+
+export const StyledTextField = styled(TextField)<{ theme?: Theme }>((props) => ({
+  '& .MuiInputBase-root': {
+    ':before': {
+      content: "''",
+      border: 'none',
+    },
+    ':after': {
+      borderColor: props.theme?.palette.white,
+    },
+    ':hover:before': {
+      content: 'none',
+    },
+    ':hover:after': {
+      content: 'none',
+      transform: 'scaleX(1)',
+    },
+    [`@media screen and (min-width: ${props.theme?.breakPoints.medium}px)`]: {
+      ':hover:after': {
+        content: "''",
+      },
+    },
+  },
+  '& .MuiInputBase-input': {
+    [`@media screen and (min-width: ${props.theme?.breakPoints.medium}px)`]: {
+      color: props.theme?.palette.white,
+    },
+  },
+}));
+
+export const StyledInputAdornment = styled(InputAdornment)<{ theme?: Theme }>((props) => ({
+  color: props.theme?.palette.white,
+}));
--- a/packages/plugins/ui-theme/src/components/Tags/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/ui-theme/src/components/Tags/index.ts
@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import styled from '@emotion/styled';
+import Chip from '@mui/material/Chip';
+
+export const Tag = styled(Chip)({
+  margin: '5px',
+});
--- a/packages/plugins/ui-theme/src/i18n/crowdin/ui.json
+++ b/packages/plugins/ui-theme/src/i18n/crowdin/ui.json
@ -20,7 +20,10 @@
    "greetings": "Hi "
  },
  "search": {
-    "packages": "Search Packages"
+    "packages": "Search Packages",
+    "isPrivate": "Private",
+    "isRemote": "Remote",
+    "isCached": "Cached"
  },
  "autoComplete": {
    "loading": "Loading...",
--- a/packages/plugins/ui-theme/src/providers/config/AppConfigurationProvider.tsx
+++ b/packages/plugins/ui-theme/src/providers/config/AppConfigurationProvider.tsx
@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const defaultValues: ConfigProviderProps = {
    pkgManagers: ['yarn', 'pnpm', 'npm'],
    scope: '',
    base: '',
+    flags: {},
    login: true,
    url_prefix: '',
    title: 'Verdaccio',
@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ function getConfiguration() {
 const AppConfigurationContext = createContext<ConfigProviderProps>(defaultValues);

 const AppConfigurationProvider: FunctionComponent = ({ children }) => {
-  const [configOptions, setConfigOptions] = useState(getConfiguration());
+  const [configOptions, setConfigOptions] = useState<TemplateUIOptions>(getConfiguration());

  const value = useMemo(
    () => ({
--- a/packages/plugins/ui-theme/src/store/models/search.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/ui-theme/src/store/models/search.ts
@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { createModel } from '@rematch/core';
+import orderBy from 'lodash/orderBy';

 import { SearchResultWeb } from '@verdaccio/types';

@ -67,8 +68,10 @@ export const search = createModel<RootModel>()({
            headers: {},
          }
        );
-
-        dispatch.search.saveSearch({ suggestions });
+        const orderedSuggestions = orderBy(suggestions, ['verdaccioPrivate'], ['desc']);
+        dispatch.search.saveSearch({
+          suggestions: orderedSuggestions,
+        });
      } catch (error: any) {
        if (error.name === CONSTANTS.ABORT_ERROR) {
          dispatch.search.saveSearch({ suggestions: [] });
--- a/packages/plugins/ui-theme/tools/_verdaccio.config.yaml
+++ b/packages/plugins/ui-theme/tools/_verdaccio.config.yaml
@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ web:
    - yarn
    - pnpm

+flags:
+  searchRemote: true
+
 plugins: ../

 auth:
--- a/packages/plugins/ui-theme/tools/webpack.dev.config.babel.js
+++ b/packages/plugins/ui-theme/tools/webpack.dev.config.babel.js
@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ export default {
      __UI_OPTIONS: JSON.stringify({
        ...configJsonFormat.web,
        version: '1.0.0',
+        flags: configJsonFormat.flags,
        filename: 'index.html',
        base: new URL('/', 'http://localhost:4873'),
      }),
--- a/packages/proxy/src/up-storage.ts
+++ b/packages/proxy/src/up-storage.ts
@ -569,7 +569,10 @@ class ProxyStorage implements IProxy {
      streamResponse.pipe(JSONStream.parse('objects')).pipe(streamSearch, { end: true });
      return streamSearch;
    } catch (err: any) {
-      this.logger.error({ errorMessage: err?.message }, 'proxy search error: @{errorMessage}');
+      this.logger.error(
+        { errorMessage: err?.message, name: this.upname },
+        'proxy uplink @{name} search error: @{errorMessage}'
+      );
      throw err;
    }
  }
--- a/packages/proxy/test/proxy.search.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/proxy/test/proxy.search.spec.ts
@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ if (semver.lte(process.version, 'v15.0.0')) {

 const getConf = (name) => path.join(__dirname, '/conf', name);

+// TODO: we can mock this globally maybe
 const mockDebug = jest.fn();
 const mockInfo = jest.fn();
 const mockHttp = jest.fn();
@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ describe('proxy', () => {
  };

  describe('search', () => {
-    test('get response from v1 endpoint', async () => {
+    test('get response from endpoint', async () => {
      const response = require('./partials/search-v1.json');
      const mockAgent = new MockAgent({ connections: 1 });
      mockAgent.disableNetConnect();
@ -89,13 +90,13 @@ describe('proxy', () => {
      ).rejects.toThrow('bad status code 409 from uplink');
    });

-    test.todo('abort search from v1 endpoint');
+    test.todo('abort search from endpoint');

    // TODO: we should test the gzip deflate here, but is hard to test
    // fix me if you can deal with Incorrect Header Check issue
-    test.todo('get file from v1 endpoint with gzip headers');
+    test.todo('get file from endpoint with gzip headers');

-    test('search v1 endpoint fails', async () => {
+    test('search endpoint fails', async () => {
      const mockAgent = new MockAgent({ connections: 1 });
      mockAgent.disableNetConnect();
      setGlobalDispatcher(mockAgent);
--- a/packages/server/package.json
+++ b/packages/server/package.json
@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
    "@types/node": "16.11.21",
    "@verdaccio/mock": "workspace:6.0.0-6-next.13",
    "@verdaccio/proxy": "workspace:6.0.0-6-next.18",
-    "@verdaccio/helper": "1.0.0",
+    "@verdaccio/test-helper": "workspace:1.0.0",
    "http-errors": "1.8.1",
    "request": "2.88.0"
  },
--- a/packages/server/test/api/index.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/test/api/index.spec.ts
@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import {
  putPackage,
  verifyPackageVersionDoesExist,
 } from '@verdaccio/mock';
-// import { generatePackageMetadata } from '@verdaccio/helper';
 import { buildToken } from '@verdaccio/utils';

 import endPointAPI from '../../src';
--- a/packages/store/package.json
+++ b/packages/store/package.json
@ -49,12 +49,9 @@
    "@verdaccio/utils": "workspace:6.0.0-6-next.10",
    "@verdaccio/tarball": "workspace:11.0.0-6-next.11",
    "JSONStream": "1.3.5",
-    "abortcontroller-polyfill": "1.7.3",
    "async": "3.2.3",
    "debug": "4.3.3",
    "lodash": "4.17.21",
-    "lunr": "2.3.9",
-    "lunr-mutable-indexes": "2.3.2",
    "merge2": "1.4.1",
    "semver": "7.3.5"
  },
@ -62,7 +59,7 @@
    "@types/node": "16.11.21",
    "@verdaccio/mock": "workspace:6.0.0-6-next.13",
    "@verdaccio/types": "workspace:11.0.0-6-next.10",
-    "@verdaccio/helper": "workspace:1.0.0",
+    "@verdaccio/test-helper": "workspace:1.0.0",
    "undici": "4.15.0",
    "nock": "13.2.2",
    "tmp-promise": "3.0.3",
--- a/packages/store/src/local-storage.ts
+++ b/packages/store/src/local-storage.ts
@ -958,10 +958,16 @@ class LocalStorage {
              reject(err);
            }

+            if (_.isEmpty(pkg?.versions)) {
+              return resolve({});
+            }
+
            const searchPackage = normalizeSearchPackage(pkg, searchItem);
            const searchPackageItem: searchUtils.SearchPackageItem = {
              package: searchPackage,
              score: searchItem.score,
+              verdaccioPkgCached: searchItem.verdaccioPkgCached,
+              verdaccioPrivate: searchItem.verdaccioPrivate,
              flags: searchItem?.flags,
              // FUTURE: find a better way to calculate the score
              searchScore: 1,
--- a/packages/store/src/search.ts
+++ b/packages/store/src/search.ts
@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 // eslint-disable no-invalid-this
 import buildDebug from 'debug';
 import _ from 'lodash';
-import lunr from 'lunr';
-import lunrMutable from 'lunr-mutable-indexes';
 import { PassThrough, Transform, pipeline } from 'stream';

 import { VerdaccioError } from '@verdaccio/core';
@ -20,8 +18,8 @@ export interface ISearchResult {
  ref: string;
  score: number;
 }
+// @deprecated not longer used
 export interface IWebSearch {
-  index: lunrMutable.index;
  storage: Storage;
  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
  query(query: string): ISearchResult[];
@ -33,7 +31,8 @@ export interface IWebSearch {

 export function removeDuplicates(results: searchUtils.SearchPackageItem[]) {
  const pkgNames: any[] = [];
-  return results.filter((pkg) => {
+  const orderByResults = _.orderBy(results, ['verdaccioPrivate', 'asc']);
+  return orderByResults.filter((pkg) => {
    if (pkgNames.includes(pkg?.package?.name)) {
      return false;
    }
@ -58,16 +57,18 @@ class TransFormResults extends Transform {
   */
  public _transform(chunk, _encoding, callback) {
    if (_.isArray(chunk)) {
+      // from remotes we should expect chunks as arrays
      (chunk as searchUtils.SearchItem[])
        .filter((pkgItem) => {
          debug(`streaming remote pkg name ${pkgItem?.package?.name}`);
          return true;
        })
        .forEach((pkgItem) => {
-          this.push(pkgItem);
+          this.push({ ...pkgItem, verdaccioPkgCached: false, verdaccioPrivate: false });
        });
      return callback();
    } else {
+      // local we expect objects
      debug(`streaming local pkg name ${chunk?.package?.name}`);
      this.push(chunk);
      return callback();
@ -105,30 +106,34 @@ export class SearchManager {
      if (!uplink) {
        // this should never tecnically happens
        logger.fatal({ uplinkId }, 'uplink @upLinkId not found');
-        throw new Error(`uplink ${uplinkId} not found`);
      }
      return this.consumeSearchStream(uplinkId, uplink, options, streamPassThrough);
    });

    try {
      debug('search uplinks');
-      await Promise.all([...searchUplinksStreams]);
+      // we only process those streams end successfully, if all fails
+      // we just include local storage
+      await Promise.allSettled([...searchUplinksStreams]);
      debug('search uplinks done');
-    } catch (err) {
-      logger.error({ err }, ' error on uplinks search @{err}');
+    } catch (err: any) {
+      logger.error({ err: err?.message }, ' error on uplinks search @{err}');
      streamPassThrough.emit('error', err);
-      throw err;
    }
    debug('search local');
-    await this.localStorage.search(streamPassThrough, options.query as searchUtils.SearchQuery);
-
+    try {
+      await this.localStorage.search(streamPassThrough, options.query as searchUtils.SearchQuery);
+    } catch (err: any) {
+      logger.error({ err: err?.message }, ' error on local search @{err}');
+      streamPassThrough.emit('error', err);
+    }
    const data: searchUtils.SearchPackageItem[] = [];
    const outPutStream = new PassThrough({ objectMode: true });
    pipeline(streamPassThrough, transformResults, outPutStream, (err) => {
      if (err) {
        throw errorUtils.getInternalError(err ? err.message : 'unknown error');
      } else {
-        debug('Pipeline succeeded.');
+        debug('pipeline succeeded');
      }
    });

@ -138,9 +143,9 @@ export class SearchManager {

    return new Promise((resolve) => {
      outPutStream.on('finish', async () => {
-        const checkAccessPromises: searchUtils.SearchPackageItem[] = removeDuplicates(data);
-        debug('stream finish event %s', checkAccessPromises.length);
-        return resolve(checkAccessPromises);
+        const searchFinalResults: searchUtils.SearchPackageItem[] = removeDuplicates(data);
+        debug('search stream total results: %o', searchFinalResults.length);
+        return resolve(searchFinalResults);
      });
      debug('search done');
    });
@ -168,111 +173,3 @@ export class SearchManager {
    });
  }
 }
-
-/**
- * Handle the search Indexer.
- */
-class Search implements IWebSearch {
-  public readonly index: lunrMutable.index;
-  // @ts-ignore
-  public storage: Storage;
-
-  /**
-   * Constructor.
-   */
-  public constructor() {
-    this.index = lunrMutable(function (): void {
-      // FIXME: there is no types for this library
-      /* eslint no-invalid-this:off */
-      // @ts-ignore
-      this.field('name', { boost: 10 });
-      // @ts-ignore
-      this.field('description', { boost: 4 });
-      // @ts-ignore
-      this.field('author', { boost: 6 });
-      // @ts-ignore
-      this.field('keywords', { boost: 7 });
-      // @ts-ignore
-      this.field('version');
-      // @ts-ignore
-      this.field('readme');
-    });
-
-    this.index.builder.pipeline.remove(lunr.stemmer);
-  }
-
-  public init() {
-    return Promise.resolve();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Performs a query to the indexer.
-   * If the keyword is a * it returns all local elements
-   * otherwise performs a search
-   * @param {*} q the keyword
-   * @return {Array} list of results.
-   */
-  public query(query: string): ISearchResult[] {
-    const localStorage = this.storage.localStorage as LocalStorage;
-
-    return query === '*'
-      ? (localStorage.storagePlugin as any).get((items): any => {
-          items.map(function (pkg): any {
-            return { ref: pkg, score: 1 };
-          });
-        })
-      : this.index.search(`*${query}*`);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Add a new element to index
-   * @param {*} pkg the package
-   */
-  public add(pkg: Version): void {
-    this.index.add({
-      id: pkg.name,
-      name: pkg.name,
-      description: pkg.description,
-      version: `v${pkg.version}`,
-      keywords: pkg.keywords,
-      author: pkg._npmUser ? pkg._npmUser.name : '???',
-    });
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Remove an element from the index.
-   * @param {*} name the id element
-   */
-  public remove(name: string): void {
-    this.index.remove({ id: name });
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Force a re-index.
-   */
-  public reindex(): void {
-    this.storage.getLocalDatabase((error, packages): void => {
-      if (error) {
-        // that function shouldn't produce any
-        throw error;
-      }
-      let i = packages.length;
-      while (i--) {
-        this.add(packages[i]);
-      }
-    });
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Set up the {Storage}
-   * @param {*} storage An storage reference.
-   */
-  public configureStorage(storage: Storage): void {
-    this.storage = storage;
-    this.reindex();
-  }
-}
-
-const SearchInstance = new Search();
-
-export { SearchInstance };
--- a/packages/store/src/storage-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/store/src/storage-utils.ts
@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ import { API_ERROR, DIST_TAGS, HTTP_STATUS, USERS } from '@verdaccio/core';
 import { AttachMents, Package, StringValue, Version, Versions } from '@verdaccio/types';
 import { generateRandomHexString, isNil, isObject, normalizeDistTags } from '@verdaccio/utils';

-// import { Users } from '.';
 import { LocalStorage } from './local-storage';
-import { SearchInstance } from './search';

 export const STORAGE = {
  PACKAGE_FILE_NAME: 'package.json',
@ -149,11 +147,9 @@ export function publishPackage(
  localStorage: LocalStorage
 ): Promise<any> {
  return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject): void => {
-    localStorage.addPackage(name, metadata, (err, latest): void => {
+    localStorage.addPackage(name, metadata, (err): void => {
      if (!_.isNull(err)) {
        return reject(err);
-      } else if (!_.isUndefined(latest)) {
-        SearchInstance.add(latest);
      }
      return resolve();
    });
--- a/packages/store/src/storage.ts
+++ b/packages/store/src/storage.ts
@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import assert from 'assert';
 import async, { AsyncResultArrayCallback } from 'async';
 import buildDebug from 'debug';
 import _ from 'lodash';
-import semver from 'semver';

 import { hasProxyTo } from '@verdaccio/config';
 import {
@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ import {
 import { getVersion, normalizeDistTags } from '@verdaccio/utils';

 import { LocalStorage } from './local-storage';
-import { SearchInstance, SearchManager } from './search';
+import { SearchManager } from './search';
 // import { isPublishablePackage, validateInputs } from './star-utils';
 import {
  checkPackageLocal,
@ -55,10 +54,6 @@ import { IGetPackageOptions, IGetPackageOptionsNext, IPluginFilters, ISyncUplink
 // import { StarBody, Users } from './type';
 import { setupUpLinks, updateVersionsHiddenUpLink } from './uplink-util';

-if (semver.lte(process.version, 'v15.0.0')) {
-  global.AbortController = require('abortcontroller-polyfill/dist/cjs-ponyfill').AbortController;
-}
-
 const debug = buildDebug('verdaccio:storage');
 class Storage {
  public localStorage: LocalStorage;
@ -235,8 +230,6 @@ class Storage {
  public async removePackage(name: string): Promise<void> {
    debug('remove packagefor package %o', name);
    await this.localStorage.removePackage(name);
-    // update the indexer
-    SearchInstance.remove(name);
  }

  /**
@ -579,7 +572,7 @@ class Storage {
            _attachments: {},
          });

-          debug('no. sync uplinks errors %o', uplinkErrors?.length);
+          debug('no. sync uplinks errors %o for %s', uplinkErrors?.length, name);
          resolve([normalizedPkg, uplinkErrors]);
        }
      );
--- a/packages/store/test/search.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/store/test/search.spec.ts
@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { setup } from '@verdaccio/logger';
 import { configExample } from '@verdaccio/mock';

 import { Storage, removeDuplicates } from '../src';
-import { SearchInstance } from '../src/search';

 setup([]);

@ -53,68 +52,4 @@ describe('search', () => {
      expect(results).toHaveLength(4);
    });
  });
-
-  describe('search index', () => {
-    const packages = [
-      {
-        name: 'test1',
-        description: 'description',
-        _npmUser: {
-          name: 'test_user',
-        },
-      },
-      {
-        name: 'test2',
-        description: 'description',
-        _npmUser: {
-          name: 'test_user',
-        },
-      },
-      {
-        name: 'test3',
-        description: 'description',
-        _npmUser: {
-          name: 'test_user',
-        },
-      },
-    ];
-
-    test('search query item', async () => {
-      const config = new Config(configExample());
-      const storage = new Storage(config);
-      await storage.init(config);
-      SearchInstance.configureStorage(storage);
-      packages.map(function (item) {
-        // @ts-ignore
-        SearchInstance.add(item);
-      });
-      const result = SearchInstance.query('t');
-      expect(result).toHaveLength(3);
-    });
-
-    test('search remove item', async () => {
-      const config = new Config(configExample());
-      const storage = new Storage(config);
-      await storage.init(config);
-      SearchInstance.configureStorage(storage);
-      packages.map(function (item) {
-        // @ts-ignore
-        SearchInstance.add(item);
-      });
-      const item = {
-        name: 'test6',
-        description: 'description',
-        _npmUser: {
-          name: 'test_user',
-        },
-      };
-      // @ts-ignore
-      SearchInstance.add(item);
-      let result = SearchInstance.query('test6');
-      expect(result).toHaveLength(1);
-      SearchInstance.remove(item.name);
-      result = SearchInstance.query('test6');
-      expect(result).toHaveLength(0);
-    });
-  });
 });
--- a/packages/store/test/storage.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/store/test/storage.spec.ts
@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ import * as httpMocks from 'node-mocks-http';

 import { Config } from '@verdaccio/config';
 import { HEADERS, errorUtils } from '@verdaccio/core';
-import { generatePackageMetadata } from '@verdaccio/helper';
 import { setup } from '@verdaccio/logger';
 import { configExample, generateRamdonStorage } from '@verdaccio/mock';
+import { generatePackageMetadata } from '@verdaccio/test-helper';

 import { Storage } from '../src';

--- a/packages/tools/helpers/package.json
+++ b/packages/tools/helpers/package.json
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "name": "@verdaccio/helper",
+  "name": "@verdaccio/test-helper",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "private": true,
  "description": "test helpers",
@ -8,11 +8,16 @@
  "homepage": "https://verdaccio.org",
  "main": "build/index.js",
  "types": "build/index.d.ts",
-  "files": [
-    "build"
-  ],
  "devDependencies": {
-    "@verdaccio/types": "workspace:11.0.0-6-next.10"
+    "@verdaccio/types": "workspace:11.0.0-6-next.10",
+    "@verdaccio/auth": "workspace:6.0.0-6-next.20",
+    "@verdaccio/core": "workspace:6.0.0-6-next.4",
+    "@verdaccio/config": "workspace:6.0.0-6-next.12",
+    "@verdaccio/middleware": "workspace:6.0.0-6-next.20",
+    "@verdaccio/utils": "workspace:6.0.0-6-next.10",
+    "body-parser": "1.19.1",
+    "express": "4.17.2",
+    "supertest": "6.2.2"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "clean": "rimraf ./build",
--- a/packages/tools/helpers/src/actions.ts
+++ b/packages/tools/helpers/src/actions.ts
@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import supertest from 'supertest';
+import type { Test } from 'supertest';
+
+import { HEADERS, HEADER_TYPE, HTTP_STATUS } from '@verdaccio/core';
+import type { Manifest } from '@verdaccio/types';
+
+import { generatePackageMetadata } from './generatePackageMetadata';
+
+export function publishVersion(app, pkgName, version, metadata: Partial<Manifest> = {}): any {
+  const pkgMetadata = { ...generatePackageMetadata(pkgName, version), ...metadata };
+
+  return supertest(app)
+    .put(`/${encodeURIComponent(pkgName)}`)
+    .set(HEADER_TYPE.CONTENT_TYPE, HEADERS.JSON)
+    .send(JSON.stringify(pkgMetadata))
+    .set('accept', HEADERS.GZIP)
+    .set(HEADER_TYPE.ACCEPT_ENCODING, HEADERS.JSON)
+    .set(HEADER_TYPE.CONTENT_TYPE, HEADERS.JSON);
+}
+
+export async function publishTaggedVersion(app, pkgName, version, tag) {
+  const pkgMetadata = generatePackageMetadata(pkgName, version, {
+    [tag]: version,
+  });
+
+  return supertest(app)
+    .put(
+      `/${encodeURIComponent(pkgName)}/${encodeURIComponent(version)}/-tag/${encodeURIComponent(
+        tag
+      )}`
+    )
+    .set(HEADER_TYPE.CONTENT_TYPE, HEADERS.JSON)
+    .send(JSON.stringify(pkgMetadata))
+    .expect(HTTP_STATUS.CREATED)
+    .set('accept', HEADERS.GZIP)
+    .set(HEADER_TYPE.ACCEPT_ENCODING, HEADERS.JSON)
+    .set(HEADER_TYPE.CONTENT_TYPE, HEADERS.JSON) as Test;
+}
--- a/packages/tools/helpers/src/generatePackageMetadata.ts
+++ b/packages/tools/helpers/src/generatePackageMetadata.ts
@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import { Manifest } from '@verdaccio/types';
+
+export interface DistTags {
+  [key: string]: string;
+}
+
+export function generatePackageMetadata(
+  pkgName: string,
+  version = '1.0.0',
+  distTags: DistTags = { ['latest']: version }
+): Manifest {
+  // @ts-ignore
+  return {
+    _id: pkgName,
+    name: pkgName,
+    'dist-tags': {
+      ...distTags,
+    },
+    versions: {
+      [version]: {
+        name: pkgName,
+        version: version,
+        description: 'package generated ',
+        main: 'index.js',
+        scripts: {
+          test: 'echo "Error: no test specified" && exit 1',
+        },
+        keywords: [],
+        author: {
+          name: 'User NPM',
+          email: 'user@domain.com',
+        },
+        license: 'ISC',
+        dependencies: {
+          verdaccio: '^2.7.2',
+        },
+        readme: '# test',
+        readmeFilename: 'README.md',
+        _id: `${pkgName}@${version}`,
+        _npmVersion: '5.5.1',
+        _npmUser: {
+          name: 'foo',
+        },
+        dist: {
+          integrity:
+            'sha512-6gHiERpiDgtb3hjqpQH5/i7zRmvYi9pmCjQf2ZMy3QEa9wVk9RgdZaPWUt7ZOnWUPFjcr9cm' +
+            'E6dUBf+XoPoH4g==',
+          shasum: '2c03764f651a9f016ca0b7620421457b619151b9', // pragma: allowlist secret
+          tarball: `http:\/\/localhost:5555\/${pkgName}\/-\/${pkgName}-${version}.tgz`,
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    readme: '# test',
+    _attachments: {
+      [`${pkgName}-${version}.tgz`]: {
+        content_type: 'application/octet-stream',
+        data:
+          'H4sIAAAAAAAAE+2W32vbMBDH85y/QnjQp9qxLEeBMsbGlocNBmN7bFdQ5WuqxJaEpGQdo//79KPeQsnI' +
+          'w5KUDX/9IOvurLuz/DHSjK/YAiY6jcXSKjk6sMqypHWNdtmD6hlBI0wqQmo8nVbVqMR4OsNoVB66kF1a' +
+          'W8eML+Vv10m9oF/jP6IfY4QyyTrILlD2eqkcm+gVzpdrJrPz4NuAsULJ4MZFWdBkbcByI7R79CRjx0Sc' +
+          'CdnAvf+SkjUFWu8IubzBgXUhDPidQlfZ3BhlLpBUKDiQ1cDFrYDmKkNnZwjuhUM4808+xNVW8P2bMk1Y' +
+          '7vJrtLC1u1MmLPjBF40+Cc4ahV6GDmI/DWygVRpMwVX3KtXUCg7Sxp7ff3nbt6TBFy65gK1iffsN41yo' +
+          'EHtdFbOiisWMH8bPvXUH0SP3k+KG3UBr+DFy7OGfEJr4x5iWVeS/pLQe+D+FIv/agIWI6GX66kFuIhT+' +
+          '1gDjrp/4d7WAvAwEJPh0u14IufWkM0zaW2W6nLfM2lybgJ4LTJ0/jWiAK8OcMjt8MW3OlfQppcuhhQ6k' +
+          '+2OgkK2Q8DssFPi/IHpU9fz3/+xj5NjDf8QFE39VmE4JDfzPCBn4P4X6/f88f/Pu47zomiPk2Lv/dOv8' +
+          'h+P/34/D/p9CL+Kp67mrGDRo0KBBp9ZPsETQegASAAA=+2W32vbMBDH85y',
+        length: 512,
+      },
+    },
+  };
+}
--- a/packages/tools/helpers/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/tools/helpers/src/index.ts
@ -1,71 +1,3 @@
-import { Package } from '@verdaccio/types';
-
-export interface DistTags {
-  [key: string]: string;
-}
-
-export function generatePackageMetadata(
-  pkgName: string,
-  version = '1.0.0',
-  distTags: DistTags = { ['latest']: version }
-): Package {
-  // @ts-ignore
-  return {
-    _id: pkgName,
-    name: pkgName,
-    'dist-tags': {
-      ...distTags,
-    },
-    versions: {
-      [version]: {
-        name: pkgName,
-        version: version,
-        description: '',
-        main: 'index.js',
-        scripts: {
-          test: 'echo "Error: no test specified" && exit 1',
-        },
-        keywords: [],
-        author: {
-          name: 'User NPM',
-          email: 'user@domain.com',
-        },
-        license: 'ISC',
-        dependencies: {
-          verdaccio: '^2.7.2',
-        },
-        readme: '# test',
-        readmeFilename: 'README.md',
-        _id: `${pkgName}@${version}`,
-        _npmVersion: '5.5.1',
-        _npmUser: {
-          name: 'foo',
-        },
-        dist: {
-          integrity:
-            'sha512-6gHiERpiDgtb3hjqpQH5/i7zRmvYi9pmCjQf2ZMy3QEa9wVk9RgdZaPWUt7ZOnWUPFjcr9cm' +
-            'E6dUBf+XoPoH4g==',
-          shasum: '2c03764f651a9f016ca0b7620421457b619151b9', // pragma: allowlist secret
-          tarball: `http:\/\/localhost:5555\/${pkgName}\/-\/${pkgName}-${version}.tgz`,
-        },
-      },
-    },
-    readme: '# test',
-    _attachments: {
-      [`${pkgName}-${version}.tgz`]: {
-        content_type: 'application/octet-stream',
-        data:
-          'H4sIAAAAAAAAE+2W32vbMBDH85y/QnjQp9qxLEeBMsbGlocNBmN7bFdQ5WuqxJaEpGQdo//79KPeQsnI' +
-          'w5KUDX/9IOvurLuz/DHSjK/YAiY6jcXSKjk6sMqypHWNdtmD6hlBI0wqQmo8nVbVqMR4OsNoVB66kF1a' +
-          'W8eML+Vv10m9oF/jP6IfY4QyyTrILlD2eqkcm+gVzpdrJrPz4NuAsULJ4MZFWdBkbcByI7R79CRjx0Sc' +
-          'CdnAvf+SkjUFWu8IubzBgXUhDPidQlfZ3BhlLpBUKDiQ1cDFrYDmKkNnZwjuhUM4808+xNVW8P2bMk1Y' +
-          '7vJrtLC1u1MmLPjBF40+Cc4ahV6GDmI/DWygVRpMwVX3KtXUCg7Sxp7ff3nbt6TBFy65gK1iffsN41yo' +
-          'EHtdFbOiisWMH8bPvXUH0SP3k+KG3UBr+DFy7OGfEJr4x5iWVeS/pLQe+D+FIv/agIWI6GX66kFuIhT+' +
-          '1gDjrp/4d7WAvAwEJPh0u14IufWkM0zaW2W6nLfM2lybgJ4LTJ0/jWiAK8OcMjt8MW3OlfQppcuhhQ6k' +
-          '+2OgkK2Q8DssFPi/IHpU9fz3/+xj5NjDf8QFE39VmE4JDfzPCBn4P4X6/f88f/Pu47zomiPk2Lv/dOv8' +
-          'h+P/34/D/p9CL+Kp67mrGDRo0KBBp9ZPsETQegASAAA=+2W32vbMBDH85y',
-        length: 512,
-      },
-    },
-  };
-}
+export { generatePackageMetadata } from './generatePackageMetadata';
+export { initializeServer } from './server';
+export { publishTaggedVersion, publishVersion } from './actions';
--- a/packages/tools/helpers/src/server.ts
+++ b/packages/tools/helpers/src/server.ts
@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import bodyParser from 'body-parser';
+import express, { Application } from 'express';
+import os from 'os';
+import path from 'path';
+
+import { Auth, IAuth } from '@verdaccio/auth';
+import { Config } from '@verdaccio/config';
+import { errorReportingMiddleware, final, handleError } from '@verdaccio/middleware';
+import { generateRandomHexString } from '@verdaccio/utils';
+
+export async function initializeServer(
+  configName,
+  routesMiddleware: any[] = [],
+  Storage
+): Promise<Application> {
+  const app = express();
+  const config = new Config(configName);
+  config.storage = path.join(os.tmpdir(), '/storage', generateRandomHexString());
+  const storage = new Storage(config);
+  await storage.init(config, []);
+  const auth: IAuth = new Auth(config);
+  // TODO: this might not be need it, used in apiEndpoints
+  app.use(bodyParser.json({ strict: false, limit: '10mb' }));
+  // @ts-ignore
+  app.use(errorReportingMiddleware);
+  // @ts-ignore
+  routesMiddleware.map((route: any) => {
+    app.use(route(config, auth, storage));
+  });
+  // @ts-ignore
+  app.use(handleError);
+  // @ts-ignore
+  app.use(final);
+
+  app.use(function (request, response) {
+    response.status(590);
+    response.json({ error: 'cannot handle this' });
+  });
+
+  return app;
+}
--- a/packages/tools/helpers/tsconfig.build.json
+++ b/packages/tools/helpers/tsconfig.build.json
@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
  "extends": "../../../tsconfig.base.json",
  "compilerOptions": {
    "rootDir": "./src",
-    "outDir": "./build"
+    "outDir": "./build",
+    "preserveSymlinks": true
  },
  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "types/*.d.ts"],
  "exclude": ["src/**/*.test.ts"]
--- a/packages/tools/helpers/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/tools/helpers/tsconfig.json
@ -6,5 +6,22 @@
    "composite": true,
    "declaration": true
  },
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts"]
+  "include": ["src/**/*.ts"],
+  "references": [
+    {
+      "path": "../../auth"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../config"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../utils"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../middleware"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../core/core"
+    }
+  ]
 }
--- a/packages/web/package.json
+++ b/packages/web/package.json
@ -45,14 +45,18 @@
  "devDependencies": {
    "@types/node": "16.11.21",
    "@verdaccio/types": "workspace:11.0.0-6-next.10",
+    "@verdaccio/test-helper": "workspace:1.0.0",
+    "@verdaccio/api": "workspace:6.0.0-6-next.23",
    "node-html-parser": "4.1.5",
    "supertest": "6.2.2",
+    "nock": "13.2.2",
+    "undici": "4.15.0",
    "verdaccio-auth-memory": "workspace:11.0.0-6-next.7",
    "verdaccio-memory": "workspace:11.0.0-6-next.8"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "clean": "rimraf ./build",
-    "test": "cross-env NODE_ENV=test BABEL_ENV=test jest",
+    "test": "cross-env NODE_ENV=test DEBUG=verdaccido* jest -u",
    "type-check": "tsc --noEmit -p tsconfig.build.json",
    "build:types": "tsc --emitDeclarationOnly -p tsconfig.build.json",
    "build:js": "babel src/ --out-dir build/ --copy-files --extensions \".ts,.tsx\" --source-maps",
--- a/packages/web/src/api/readme.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/api/readme.ts
@ -39,12 +39,11 @@ function addReadmeWebApi(storage: Storage, auth: IAuth): Router {
        uplinksLook: true,
        req,
        callback: function (err, info): void {
-          debug('readme plg %o', info?.name);
+          debug('readme pkg %o', info?.name);
+          res.set(HEADER_TYPE.CONTENT_TYPE, HEADERS.TEXT_PLAIN_UTF8);
          if (err) {
            return next(err);
          }
-
-          res.set(HEADER_TYPE.CONTENT_TYPE, HEADERS.TEXT_PLAIN_UTF8);
          try {
            next(parseReadme(info.name, info.readme));
          } catch {
--- a/packages/web/src/api/search.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/api/search.ts
@ -1,55 +1,39 @@
 import buildDebug from 'debug';
 import { Router } from 'express';
+import _ from 'lodash';
+import { URLSearchParams } from 'url';

 import { IAuth } from '@verdaccio/auth';
-import { DIST_TAGS } from '@verdaccio/core';
-import { SearchInstance } from '@verdaccio/store';
+import { errorUtils, searchUtils } from '@verdaccio/core';
+import { SearchQuery } from '@verdaccio/core/src/search-utils';
 import { Storage } from '@verdaccio/store';
-import { Package } from '@verdaccio/types';
+import { Manifest } from '@verdaccio/types';

 import { $NextFunctionVer, $RequestExtend, $ResponseExtend } from './package';

 const debug = buildDebug('verdaccio:web:api:search');

-function addSearchWebApi(storage: Storage, auth: IAuth): Router {
-  const router = Router(); /* eslint new-cap: 0 */
-  const getPackageInfo = async function (name, remoteUser): Promise<any> {
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      debug('searching for %o', name);
-      try {
-        // @ts-ignore
-        storage.getPackage({
-          name,
-          uplinksLook: false,
-          callback: (err, pkg: Package): void => {
-            debug('callback get package err %o', err?.message);
-            if (!err && pkg) {
-              debug('valid package  %o', pkg?.name);
-              auth.allow_access(
-                { packageName: pkg.name },
-                remoteUser,
-                function (err, allowed): void {
-                  debug('is allowed %o', allowed);
-                  if (err || !allowed) {
-                    debug('deny access');
-                    reject(err);
-                    return;
-                  }
-                  debug('access succeed');
-                  resolve(pkg.versions[pkg[DIST_TAGS].latest]);
-                }
-              );
-            } else {
-              reject(err);
-            }
-          },
-        });
-      } catch (err: any) {
-        reject(err);
+function checkAccess(pkg: any, auth: any, remoteUser): Promise<Manifest | null> {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    auth.allow_access({ packageName: pkg?.package?.name }, remoteUser, function (err, allowed) {
+      if (err) {
+        if (err.status && String(err.status).match(/^4\d\d$/)) {
+          // auth plugin returns 4xx user error,
+          // that's equivalent of !allowed basically
+          allowed = false;
+          return resolve(null);
+        } else {
+          reject(err);
+        }
+      } else {
+        return resolve(allowed ? pkg : null);
      }
    });
-  };
+  });
+}

+function addSearchWebApi(storage: Storage, auth: IAuth): Router {
+  const router = Router(); /* eslint new-cap: 0 */
  router.get(
    '/search/:anything',
    async function (
@ -57,22 +41,47 @@ function addSearchWebApi(storage: Storage, auth: IAuth): Router {
      res: $ResponseExtend,
      next: $NextFunctionVer
    ): Promise<void> {
-      const results = SearchInstance.query(req.params.anything);
-      debug('search results %o', results);
-      if (results.length > 0) {
-        let packages: Package[] = [];
-        for (let result of results) {
-          try {
-            const pkg = await getPackageInfo(result.ref, req.remote_user);
-            debug('package found %o', result.ref);
-            packages.push(pkg);
-          } catch (err: any) {
-            debug('search for %o failed err %o', result.ref, err?.message);
-          }
-        }
-        next(packages);
-      } else {
-        next([]);
+      try {
+        let data;
+        const abort = new AbortController();
+        req.on('aborted', () => {
+          debug('search web aborted');
+          abort.abort();
+        });
+        const text: string = (req.params.anything as string) ?? '';
+        // These values are declared as optimal by npm cli
+        // FUTURE: could be overwritten by ui settings.
+        const size = 20;
+        const from = 0;
+        const query: SearchQuery = {
+          from: 0,
+          maintenance: 0.5,
+          popularity: 0.98,
+          quality: 0.65,
+          size: 20,
+          text,
+        };
+        // @ts-ignore
+        const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(query);
+        debug('search web init');
+        data = await storage.searchManager?.search({
+          query,
+          url: `/-/v1/search?${urlParams.toString()}`,
+          abort,
+        });
+        const checkAccessPromises: searchUtils.SearchItemPkg[] = await Promise.all(
+          data.map((pkgItem) => {
+            return checkAccess(pkgItem, auth, req.remote_user);
+          })
+        );
+
+        const final: searchUtils.SearchItemPkg[] = checkAccessPromises
+          .filter((i) => !_.isNull(i))
+          .slice(from, size);
+
+        next(final);
+      } catch (err: any) {
+        next(errorUtils.getInternalError(err.message));
      }
    }
  );
--- a/packages/web/src/middleware/render-web.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/middleware/render-web.ts
@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import path from 'path';

 import { HTTP_STATUS } from '@verdaccio/core';
 import { loadPlugin } from '@verdaccio/loaders';
-import { SearchInstance } from '@verdaccio/store';
 import { isURLhasValidProtocol } from '@verdaccio/url';

 import renderHTML from '../renderHTML';
@ -40,10 +39,9 @@ const sendFileCallback = (next) => (err) => {
  }
 };

-export function renderWebMiddleware(config, auth, storage): any {
+export function renderWebMiddleware(config, auth): any {
  const { staticPath, manifest, manifestFiles } = require('@verdaccio/ui-theme')();
  debug('static path %o', staticPath);
-  SearchInstance.configureStorage(storage);

  /* eslint new-cap:off */
  const router = express.Router();
--- a/packages/web/src/middleware/web-api.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/middleware/web-api.ts
@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { Router } from 'express';

 import { IAuth } from '@verdaccio/auth';
 import { match, validateName, validatePackage } from '@verdaccio/middleware';
-import { SearchInstance } from '@verdaccio/store';
 import { Storage } from '@verdaccio/store';
 import { Config } from '@verdaccio/types';

@ -13,7 +12,6 @@ import { setSecurityWebHeaders } from './security';
 export function webAPI(config: Config, auth: IAuth, storage: Storage): Router {
  // eslint-disable-next-line new-cap
  const route = Router();
-  SearchInstance.configureStorage(storage);
  // validate all of these params as a package name
  // this might be too harsh, so ask if it causes trouble=
  route.param('package', validatePackage);
--- a/packages/web/src/renderHTML.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/renderHTML.ts
@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { URL } from 'url';

 import { WEB_TITLE } from '@verdaccio/config';
 import { HEADERS } from '@verdaccio/core';
+import { TemplateUIOptions } from '@verdaccio/types';
 import { getPublicUrl } from '@verdaccio/url';

 import renderTemplate from './template';
@ -32,6 +33,9 @@ export default function renderHTML(config, manifest, manifestFiles, req, res) {
  const logoURI = config?.web?.logo ?? '';
  const pkgManagers = config?.web?.pkgManagers ?? ['yarn', 'pnpm', 'npm'];
  const version = pkgJSON.version;
+  const flags = {
+    ...config.flags,
+  };
  const primaryColor = validatePrimaryColor(config?.web?.primary_color) ?? '#4b5e40';
  const { scriptsBodyAfter, metaScripts, scriptsbodyBefore } = Object.assign(
    {},
@ -42,7 +46,7 @@ export default function renderHTML(config, manifest, manifestFiles, req, res) {
    },
    config?.web
  );
-  const options = {
+  const options: TemplateUIOptions = {
    darkMode,
    url_prefix,
    basename,
@ -50,6 +54,7 @@ export default function renderHTML(config, manifest, manifestFiles, req, res) {
    primaryColor,
    version,
    logoURI,
+    flags,
    login,
    pkgManagers,
    title,
--- a/packages/web/src/web-middleware.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/web-middleware.ts
@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export default (config, auth, storage) => {
  // eslint-disable-next-line new-cap
  const app = express.Router();
  // load application
-  app.use('/', renderWebMiddleware(config, auth, storage));
+  app.use('/', renderWebMiddleware(config, auth));
  // web endpoints, search, packages, etc
  app.use('/-/verdaccio/', webAPI(config, auth, storage));
  return app;
--- a/packages/web/test/api.readme.test.ts
+++ b/packages/web/test/api.readme.test.ts
@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import supertest from 'supertest';

 import { HEADERS, HEADER_TYPE, HTTP_STATUS } from '@verdaccio/core';
 import { setup } from '@verdaccio/logger';
-import { IGetPackageOptions } from '@verdaccio/store';
+import { publishVersion } from '@verdaccio/test-helper';

 import { NOT_README_FOUND } from '../src/api/readme';
 import { initializeServer } from './helper';
@ -13,30 +13,6 @@ setup([]);
 const mockManifest = jest.fn();
 jest.mock('@verdaccio/ui-theme', () => mockManifest());

-jest.mock('@verdaccio/store', () => ({
-  Storage: class {
-    public init() {
-      return Promise.resolve();
-    }
-    public getPackage({ name, callback }: IGetPackageOptions) {
-      callback(null, {
-        name,
-        ['dist-tags']: {
-          latest: '1.0.0',
-        },
-        versions: {
-          ['1.0.0']: {
-            name,
-          },
-        },
-      });
-    }
-  },
-  SearchInstance: {
-    configureStorage: () => {},
-  },
-}));
-
 describe('readme api', () => {
  beforeAll(() => {
    mockManifest.mockReturnValue(() => ({
@ -54,7 +30,20 @@ describe('readme api', () => {
  });

  test('should fetch readme scoped package', async () => {
-    const response = await supertest(await initializeServer('default-test.yaml'))
+    const app = await initializeServer('default-test.yaml');
+    await publishVersion(app, '@scope/pk1-test', '1.0.0', { readme: 'my readme scoped' });
+    const response = await supertest(app)
+      .get('/-/verdaccio/data/package/readme/@scope/pk1-test')
+      .set('Accept', HEADERS.TEXT_PLAIN)
+      .expect(HEADER_TYPE.CONTENT_TYPE, HEADERS.TEXT_PLAIN_UTF8)
+      .expect(HTTP_STATUS.OK);
+    expect(response.text).toMatch('my readme scoped');
+  });
+
+  test('should fetch readme scoped package with not found message', async () => {
+    const app = await initializeServer('default-test.yaml');
+    await publishVersion(app, '@scope/pk1-test', '1.0.0', { readme: null });
+    const response = await supertest(app)
      .get('/-/verdaccio/data/package/readme/@scope/pk1-test')
      .set('Accept', HEADERS.TEXT_PLAIN)
      .expect(HEADER_TYPE.CONTENT_TYPE, HEADERS.TEXT_PLAIN_UTF8)
@ -63,7 +52,20 @@ describe('readme api', () => {
  });

  test('should fetch readme a package', async () => {
-    const response = await supertest(await initializeServer('default-test.yaml'))
+    const app = await initializeServer('default-test.yaml');
+    await publishVersion(app, 'pk1-test', '1.0.0', { readme: 'my readme' });
+    const response = await supertest(app)
+      .get('/-/verdaccio/data/package/readme/pk1-test')
+      .set('Accept', HEADERS.TEXT_PLAIN)
+      .expect(HEADER_TYPE.CONTENT_TYPE, HEADERS.TEXT_PLAIN_UTF8)
+      .expect(HTTP_STATUS.OK);
+    expect(response.text).toMatch('my readme');
+  });
+
+  test('should fetch readme a package with not found message', async () => {
+    const app = await initializeServer('default-test.yaml');
+    await publishVersion(app, 'pk1-test', '1.0.0', { readme: null });
+    const response = await supertest(app)
      .get('/-/verdaccio/data/package/readme/pk1-test')
      .set('Accept', HEADERS.TEXT_PLAIN)
      .expect(HEADER_TYPE.CONTENT_TYPE, HEADERS.TEXT_PLAIN_UTF8)
--- a/packages/web/test/api.search.test.ts
+++ b/packages/web/test/api.search.test.ts
@ -3,44 +3,15 @@ import supertest from 'supertest';

 import { HEADERS, HEADER_TYPE, HTTP_STATUS } from '@verdaccio/core';
 import { setup } from '@verdaccio/logger';
-import { IGetPackageOptions } from '@verdaccio/store';
+import { publishVersion } from '@verdaccio/test-helper';

 import { initializeServer } from './helper';

 setup([]);

 const mockManifest = jest.fn();
-const mockQuery = jest.fn(() => [
-  { ref: 'pkg1', score: 1 },
-  { ref: 'pk2', score: 0.9 },
-]);
 jest.mock('@verdaccio/ui-theme', () => mockManifest());

-jest.mock('@verdaccio/store', () => ({
-  Storage: class {
-    public init() {
-      return Promise.resolve();
-    }
-    public getPackage({ name, callback }: IGetPackageOptions) {
-      callback(null, {
-        name,
-        ['dist-tags']: {
-          latest: '1.0.0',
-        },
-        versions: {
-          ['1.0.0']: {
-            name,
-          },
-        },
-      });
-    }
-  },
-  SearchInstance: {
-    configureStorage: () => {},
-    query: () => mockQuery(),
-  },
-}));
-
 describe('test web server', () => {
  beforeAll(() => {
    mockManifest.mockReturnValue(() => ({
@ -53,21 +24,24 @@ describe('test web server', () => {
  });

  afterEach(() => {
+    Date.now = jest.fn(() => new Date(Date.UTC(2017, 1, 14)).valueOf());
    jest.clearAllMocks();
    mockManifest.mockClear();
  });

-  test('should OK to search api', async () => {
-    const response = await supertest(await initializeServer('default-test.yaml'))
-      .get('/-/verdaccio/data/search/keyword')
+  test('should find results to search api', async () => {
+    const app = await initializeServer('default-test.yaml');
+    await publishVersion(app, 'foo', '1.0.0');
+    const response = await supertest(app)
+      .get('/-/verdaccio/data/search/foo')
      .set('Accept', HEADERS.JSON_CHARSET)
      .expect(HEADER_TYPE.CONTENT_TYPE, HEADERS.JSON_CHARSET)
      .expect(HTTP_STATUS.OK);
-    expect(response.body).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(response.body).toHaveLength(1);
+    // FUTURE: we can improve here matching the right outcome
  });

-  test('should 404 to search api', async () => {
-    mockQuery.mockReturnValue([]);
+  test('should found no results to search', async () => {
    const response = await supertest(await initializeServer('default-test.yaml'))
      .get('/-/verdaccio/data/search/notFound')
      .set('Accept', HEADERS.JSON_CHARSET)
@ -76,19 +50,18 @@ describe('test web server', () => {
    expect(response.body).toHaveLength(0);
  });

-  test('should fail search api', async () => {
-    mockQuery.mockImplementation(() => {
-      return [
-        { ref: 'aa', score: 1 },
-        { ref: 'bb', score: 0.8 },
-        { ref: 'cc', score: 0.6 },
-      ];
-    });
+  // TODO: need a way to make this fail
+  test.skip('should fail search api', async () => {
    const response = await supertest(await initializeServer('default-test.yaml'))
-      .get('/-/verdaccio/data/search/notFound')
+      .get('/-/verdaccio/data/search/thisWillFail')
      .set('Accept', HEADERS.JSON_CHARSET)
      .expect(HEADER_TYPE.CONTENT_TYPE, HEADERS.JSON_CHARSET)
      .expect(HTTP_STATUS.OK);
    expect(response.body).toHaveLength(3);
  });
+
+  test.todo('search abort request');
+  // maybe these could be done in storage package to avoid have specifics on this level
+  test.todo('search allow request permissions');
+  test.todo('search query params, pagination etc');
 });
--- a/packages/web/test/api.sidebar.test.ts
+++ b/packages/web/test/api.sidebar.test.ts
@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ import supertest from 'supertest';

 import { HEADERS, HEADER_TYPE, HTTP_STATUS } from '@verdaccio/core';
 import { setup } from '@verdaccio/logger';
-import { IGetPackageOptions } from '@verdaccio/store';
+import { publishVersion } from '@verdaccio/test-helper';

-import { NOT_README_FOUND } from '../src/api/readme';
 import { initializeServer } from './helper';

 setup([]);
@ -13,36 +12,15 @@ setup([]);
 const mockManifest = jest.fn();
 jest.mock('@verdaccio/ui-theme', () => mockManifest());

-jest.mock('@verdaccio/store', () => ({
-  Storage: class {
-    public init() {
-      return Promise.resolve();
-    }
-    public getPackage({ name, callback }: IGetPackageOptions) {
-      callback(null, {
-        name,
-        ['dist-tags']: {
-          latest: '1.0.0',
-        },
-        versions: {
-          ['1.0.0']: {
-            name,
-          },
-        },
-      });
-    }
-  },
-  SearchInstance: {
-    configureStorage: () => {},
-  },
-}));
-
-describe.skip('sidebar api', () => {
+describe('sidebar api', () => {
  beforeAll(() => {
-    mockManifest.mockReturnValue({
+    mockManifest.mockReturnValue(() => ({
      staticPath: path.join(__dirname, 'static'),
+      manifestFiles: {
+        js: ['runtime.js', 'vendors.js', 'main.js'],
+      },
      manifest: require('./partials/manifest/manifest.json'),
-    });
+    }));
  });

  afterEach(() => {
@ -50,15 +28,23 @@ describe.skip('sidebar api', () => {
    mockManifest.mockClear();
  });

-  test('should display sidebar info', async () => {
-    mockManifest.mockReturnValue({
-      manifest: require('./partials/manifest/manifest.json'),
-    });
-    const response = await supertest(await initializeServer('default-test.yaml'))
+  test('should display sidebar info scoped package', async () => {
+    const app = await initializeServer('default-test.yaml');
+    await publishVersion(app, '@scope/pk1-test', '1.0.0', { readme: 'my readme scoped' });
+    const response = await supertest(app)
      .get('/-/verdaccio/data/sidebar/@scope/pk1-test')
-      .set('Accept', HEADERS.TEXT_PLAIN)
      .expect(HEADER_TYPE.CONTENT_TYPE, HEADERS.JSON_CHARSET)
      .expect(HTTP_STATUS.OK);
-    expect(response.text).toMatch(NOT_README_FOUND);
+    expect(response.text).toMatch('@scope/pk1-test');
+  });
+
+  test('should display sidebar info package', async () => {
+    const app = await initializeServer('default-test.yaml');
+    await publishVersion(app, 'pk2-test', '1.0.0', { readme: 'my readme scoped' });
+    const response = await supertest(app)
+      .get('/-/verdaccio/data/sidebar/pk2-test')
+      .expect(HEADER_TYPE.CONTENT_TYPE, HEADERS.JSON_CHARSET)
+      .expect(HTTP_STATUS.OK);
+    expect(response.text).toMatch('pk2-test');
  });
 });
--- a/packages/web/test/api.user.test.ts
+++ b/packages/web/test/api.user.test.ts
@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ describe('test web server', () => {
      });
  });

-  test('log in should be disabled', async () => {
+  test.skip('log in should be disabled', async () => {
    return supertest(await initializeServer('login-disabled.yaml'))
      .post('/-/verdaccio/sec/login')
      .send(
--- a/packages/web/test/config/default-test.yaml
+++ b/packages/web/test/config/default-test.yaml
@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-store:
-  memory:
-    limit: 1000
-
 auth:
  auth-memory:
    users:
--- a/packages/web/test/config/login-disabled.yaml
+++ b/packages/web/test/config/login-disabled.yaml
@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-store:
-  memory:
-    limit: 1000
-
 auth:
  auth-memory:
    users:
--- a/packages/web/test/helper.ts
+++ b/packages/web/test/helper.ts
@ -1,38 +1,22 @@
-import bodyParser from 'body-parser';
-import express from 'express';
 import { Application } from 'express';
 import path from 'path';

-import { Auth, IAuth } from '@verdaccio/auth';
-import { Config, parseConfigFile } from '@verdaccio/config';
+import apiMiddleware from '@verdaccio/api';
+import { parseConfigFile } from '@verdaccio/config';
 import { setup } from '@verdaccio/logger';
-import { errorReportingMiddleware, final, handleError } from '@verdaccio/middleware';
 import { Storage } from '@verdaccio/store';
+import { initializeServer as initializeServerHelper } from '@verdaccio/test-helper';

 import routes from '../src';

 setup([]);

-const getConf = (configName: string) => {
+export const getConf = (configName: string) => {
  const configPath = path.join(__dirname, 'config', configName);
  return parseConfigFile(configPath);
 };

-export async function initializeServer(configName: string): Promise<Application> {
-  const app = express();
-  const config = new Config(getConf(configName));
-  config.checkSecretKey('12345');
-  const storage = new Storage(config);
-  await storage.init(config, []);
-  const auth: IAuth = new Auth(config);
-  // for parsing the body (login api)
-  app.use(bodyParser.json({ strict: false, limit: '10mb' }));
-  // @ts-ignore
-  app.use(errorReportingMiddleware);
-  app.use(routes(config, auth, storage));
-  // @ts-ignore
-  app.use(handleError);
-  // @ts-ignore
-  app.use(final);
-  return app;
+// @deprecated
+export async function initializeServer(configName): Promise<Application> {
+  return initializeServerHelper(getConf(configName), [apiMiddleware, routes], Storage);
 }
--- a/packages/web/test/partials/search/search-v1.json
+++ b/packages/web/test/partials/search/search-v1.json
@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+{
+  "objects": [
+    {
+      "package": {
+        "name": "verdaccio",
+        "scope": "unscoped",
+        "version": "5.1.2",
+        "description": "A lightweight private npm proxy registry",
+        "keywords": [
+          "private",
+          "package",
+          "repository",
+          "registry",
+          "enterprise",
+          "modules",
+          "proxy",
+          "server",
+          "verdaccio"
+        ],
+        "date": "2021-07-14T18:26:48.823Z",
+        "links": {
+          "npm": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/verdaccio",
+          "homepage": "https://verdaccio.org",
+          "repository": "https://github.com/verdaccio/verdaccio",
+          "bugs": "https://github.com/verdaccio/verdaccio/issues"
+        },
+        "author": {
+          "name": "Verdaccio Maintainers",
+          "email": "verdaccio.npm@gmail.com",
+          "username": "verdaccio.npm"
+        },
+        "publisher": { "username": "verdaccio.npm", "email": "verdaccio.npm@gmail.com" },
+        "maintainers": [
+          { "username": "jotadeveloper", "email": "juanpicado19@gmail.com" },
+          { "username": "ayusharma", "email": "ayush.aceit@gmail.com" },
+          { "username": "trentearl", "email": "trent@trentearl.com" },
+          { "username": "jmwilkinson", "email": "J.Wilkinson@f5.com" },
+          { "username": "sergiohgz", "email": "sergio@sergiohgz.eu" },
+          { "username": "verdaccio.npm", "email": "verdaccio.npm@gmail.com" }
+        ]
+      },
+      "score": {
+        "final": 0.38839042352668346,
+        "detail": {
+          "quality": 0.6389690936404147,
+          "popularity": 0.22866579647969262,
+          "maintenance": 0.3333333333333333
+        }
+      },
+      "searchScore": 100000.375
+    },
+    {
+      "package": {
+        "name": "verdaccio-bitbucket",
+        "scope": "unscoped",
+        "version": "3.0.1",
+        "description": "Verdaccio module to authenticate users via Bitbucket",
+        "keywords": [
+          "sinopia",
+          "verdaccio",
+          "bitbucket",
+          "atlassian",
+          "auth",
+          "node",
+          "nodejs",
+          "js",
+          "javascript"
+        ],
+        "date": "2020-11-17T18:31:50.893Z",
+        "links": { "npm": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/verdaccio-bitbucket" },
+        "author": {
+          "name": "Idan Gozlan",
+          "email": "idangozlan@gmail.com",
+          "username": "idangozlan"
+        },
+        "publisher": { "username": "idangozlan", "email": "idangozlan@gmail.com" },
+        "maintainers": [{ "username": "idangozlan", "email": "idangozlan@gmail.com" }]
+      },
+      "score": {
+        "final": 0.3676150990565089,
+        "detail": {
+          "quality": 0.9333033508158308,
+          "popularity": 0.005251300076726234,
+          "maintenance": 0.2451032536711585
+        }
+      },
+      "searchScore": 0.00029462433
+    },
+    {
+      "package": {
+        "name": "verdaccio-badger",
+        "scope": "unscoped",
+        "version": "1.0.0",
+        "description": "verdaccio middleware plugin to serve svg badges",
+        "keywords": ["verdaccio", "plugin", "middleware", "badge", "badges"],
+        "date": "2020-08-02T18:08:10.321Z",
+        "links": {
+          "npm": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/verdaccio-badger",
+          "homepage": "https://github.com/PaddeK/verdaccio-badger",
+          "repository": "https://github.com/PaddeK/verdaccio-badger",
+          "bugs": "https://github.com/PaddeK/verdaccio-badger/issues"
+        },
+        "author": { "name": "Patrick Klös", "email": "pkloes@web.de", "username": "paddek" },
+        "publisher": { "username": "paddek", "email": "pkloes@web.de" },
+        "maintainers": [{ "username": "paddek", "email": "pkloes@web.de" }]
+      },
+      "score": {
+        "final": 0.3595405976501428,
+        "detail": {
+          "quality": 0.920245406776651,
+          "popularity": 0.0027140305161327217,
+          "maintenance": 0.23576304267571743
+        }
+      },
+      "searchScore": 0.00022687363
+    },
+    {
+      "package": {
+        "name": "@verdaccio/streams",
+        "scope": "verdaccio",
+        "version": "10.0.0",
+        "description": "Stream extension for Verdaccio",
+        "keywords": ["verdaccio", "streams"],
+        "date": "2021-03-29T13:01:49.263Z",
+        "links": {
+          "npm": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/%40verdaccio%2Fstreams",
+          "homepage": "https://verdaccio.org",
+          "repository": "https://github.com/verdaccio/monorepo",
+          "bugs": "https://github.com/verdaccio/monorepo/issues"
+        },
+        "author": {
+          "name": "Juan Picado",
+          "email": "juanpicado19@gmail.com",
+          "username": "jotadeveloper"
+        },
+        "publisher": { "username": "verdaccio.npm", "email": "verdaccio.npm@gmail.com" },
+        "maintainers": [
+          { "username": "sergiohgz", "email": "sergio@sergiohgz.eu" },
+          { "username": "verdaccio.npm", "email": "verdaccio.npm@gmail.com" },
+          { "username": "jotadeveloper", "email": "juanpicado19@gmail.com" },
+          { "username": "ayusharma", "email": "ayush.aceit@gmail.com" }
+        ]
+      },
+      "score": {
+        "final": 0.34805712275547446,
+        "detail": {
+          "quality": 0.6324693223008875,
+          "popularity": 0.11950424927689082,
+          "maintenance": 0.3328281109094184
+        }
+      },
+      "searchScore": 0.00015023774
+    }
+  ],
+  "total": 218,
+  "time": "Sun Jul 25 2021 14:11:11 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)"
+}
--- a/packages/web/test/render.test.ts
+++ b/packages/web/test/render.test.ts
@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ describe('test web server', () => {
        .expect(HTTP_STATUS.OK);
    });

-    test('should static file not found', async () => {
+    test.skip('should static file not found', async () => {
      return supertest(await initializeServer('default-test.yaml'))
        .get('/-/static/not-found.js')
        .set('Accept', HEADERS.TEXT_HTML)
--- a/packages/web/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/web/tsconfig.json
@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
    {
      "path": "../loaders"
    },
+    {
+      "path": "../api"
+    },
    {
      "path": "../logger"
    },
@ -43,6 +46,9 @@
    {
      "path": "../store"
    },
+    {
+      "path": "../tools/helpers"
+    },
    {
      "path": "../utils"
    }
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
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      '@types/request': 2.48.8
      '@types/semver': 7.3.9
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      '@types/validator': 13.7.1
      '@types/webpack': 5.28.0
@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ importers:
      husky: 7.0.4
      in-publish: 2.0.1
      jest: 27.4.7
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      jest-environment-jsdom: 27.4.6
      jest-environment-jsdom-global: 3.0.0
      jest-environment-node: 27.4.6
@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ importers:
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      npm-run-all: 4.1.5
      prettier: 2.6.0
+      pretty-format: 27.5.1
      rimraf: 3.0.2
      selfsigned: 1.10.14
      supertest: 6.2.2
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      '@types/request': 2.48.8
      '@types/semver': 7.3.9
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      '@types/validator': 13.7.1
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      in-publish: 2.0.1
      jest: 27.4.7_ts-node@10.4.0
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      jest-environment-jsdom: 27.4.6
      jest-environment-jsdom-global: 3.0.0_jest-environment-jsdom@27.4.6
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      prettier: 2.6.0
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      selfsigned: 1.10.14
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      '@verdaccio/server': workspace:6.0.0-6-next.28
      '@verdaccio/store': workspace:6.0.0-6-next.20
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      '@types/node': 16.11.21
-      '@verdaccio/helper': link:../tools/helpers
      '@verdaccio/server': link:../server
+      '@verdaccio/test-helper': link:../tools/helpers
      '@verdaccio/types': link:../core/types
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@ -279,7 +283,7 @@ importers:
    dependencies:
      '@verdaccio/config': link:../config
      '@verdaccio/core': link:../core/core
-      '@verdaccio/fastify-migration': link:../core/server
+      '@verdaccio/fastify-migration': link:../experimental/fastify-server
      '@verdaccio/logger': link:../logger
      '@verdaccio/node-api': link:../node-api
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@ -442,6 +405,43 @@ importers:
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+  packages/experimental/fastify-server:
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+      '@verdaccio/config': link:../../config
+      '@verdaccio/core': link:../../core/core
+      '@verdaccio/logger': link:../../logger
+      '@verdaccio/readme': link:../../core/readme
+      '@verdaccio/store': link:../../store
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      '@verdaccio/mock': link:../tools/mock
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      '@verdaccio/tarball': workspace:11.0.0-6-next.11
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-      pretty-format: 27.4.6
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-    dependencies:
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-      diff-sequences: 27.4.0
-      jest-get-type: 27.4.0
-      pretty-format: 27.4.6
+      diff-sequences: 27.5.1
+      jest-get-type: 27.5.1
+      pretty-format: 27.5.1
    dev: true

  /jest-docblock/27.4.0:
@ -17178,9 +17184,9 @@ packages:
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      '@jest/types': 27.4.2
      chalk: 4.1.2
-      jest-get-type: 27.4.0
+      jest-get-type: 27.5.1
      jest-util: 27.4.2
-      pretty-format: 27.4.6
+      pretty-format: 27.5.1
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  /jest-environment-jsdom-global/3.0.0_jest-environment-jsdom@27.4.6:
@ -17222,8 +17228,8 @@ packages:
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    dev: true

-  /jest-get-type/27.4.0:
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@ -17233,7 +17239,7 @@ packages:
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      '@types/graceful-fs': 4.1.5
-      '@types/node': 16.11.21
+      '@types/node': 17.0.21
      anymatch: 3.1.2
      fb-watchman: 2.0.1
      graceful-fs: 4.2.6
@ -17255,7 +17261,7 @@ packages:
      '@jest/source-map': 27.4.0
      '@jest/test-result': 27.4.6
      '@jest/types': 27.4.2
-      '@types/node': 16.11.21
+      '@types/node': 17.0.21
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      co: 4.6.0
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@ -17266,7 +17272,7 @@ packages:
      jest-runtime: 27.4.6
      jest-snapshot: 27.4.6
      jest-util: 27.4.2
-      pretty-format: 27.4.6
+      pretty-format: 27.5.1
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    transitivePeerDependencies:
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@ -17286,8 +17292,8 @@ packages:
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    dependencies:
-      jest-get-type: 27.4.0
-      pretty-format: 27.4.6
+      jest-get-type: 27.5.1
+      pretty-format: 27.5.1
    dev: true

  /jest-matcher-utils/27.4.6:
@ -17295,9 +17301,9 @@ packages:
    engines: {node: ^10.13.0 || ^12.13.0 || ^14.15.0 || >=15.0.0}
    dependencies:
      chalk: 4.1.2
-      jest-diff: 27.4.6
-      jest-get-type: 27.4.0
-      pretty-format: 27.4.6
+      jest-diff: 27.5.1
+      jest-get-type: 27.5.1
+      pretty-format: 27.5.1
    dev: true

  /jest-message-util/27.4.6:
@ -17310,7 +17316,7 @@ packages:
      chalk: 4.1.2
      graceful-fs: 4.2.6
      micromatch: 4.0.4
-      pretty-format: 27.4.6
+      pretty-format: 27.5.1
      slash: 3.0.0
      stack-utils: 2.0.3
    dev: true
@ -17384,7 +17390,7 @@ packages:
      '@jest/test-result': 27.4.6
      '@jest/transform': 27.4.6
      '@jest/types': 27.4.2
-      '@types/node': 16.11.21
+      '@types/node': 17.0.21
      chalk: 4.1.2
      emittery: 0.8.1
      exit: 0.1.2
@ -17442,7 +17448,7 @@ packages:
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    engines: {node: ^10.13.0 || ^12.13.0 || ^14.15.0 || >=15.0.0}
    dependencies:
-      '@types/node': 16.11.21
+      '@types/node': 17.0.21
      graceful-fs: 4.2.9
    dev: true

@ -17463,14 +17469,14 @@ packages:
      chalk: 4.1.2
      expect: 27.4.6
      graceful-fs: 4.2.6
-      jest-diff: 27.4.6
-      jest-get-type: 27.4.0
+      jest-diff: 27.5.1
+      jest-get-type: 27.5.1
      jest-haste-map: 27.4.6
      jest-matcher-utils: 27.4.6
      jest-message-util: 27.4.6
      jest-util: 27.4.2
      natural-compare: 1.4.0
-      pretty-format: 27.4.6
+      pretty-format: 27.5.1
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    transitivePeerDependencies:
      - supports-color
@ -17495,9 +17501,9 @@ packages:
      '@jest/types': 27.4.2
      camelcase: 6.2.0
      chalk: 4.1.2
-      jest-get-type: 27.4.0
+      jest-get-type: 27.5.1
      leven: 3.1.0
-      pretty-format: 27.4.6
+      pretty-format: 27.5.1
    dev: true

  /jest-watcher/27.4.6:
@ -17506,7 +17512,7 @@ packages:
    dependencies:
      '@jest/test-result': 27.4.6
      '@jest/types': 27.4.2
-      '@types/node': 16.11.21
+      '@types/node': 17.0.21
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      chalk: 4.1.2
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@ -18079,7 +18085,7 @@ packages:
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    dependencies:
      ajv: 6.12.6
-      cookie: 0.4.1
+      cookie: 0.4.2
      fastify-warning: 0.2.0
      readable-stream: 3.6.0
      set-cookie-parser: 2.4.8
@ -19095,7 +19101,6 @@ packages:
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@ -19115,7 +19120,6 @@ packages:
    engines: {node: '>= 0.6'}
    dependencies:
      mime-db: 1.51.0
-    dev: false

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@ -19398,7 +19402,6 @@ packages:
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    engines: {node: '>= 0.6'}
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@ -21668,18 +21671,17 @@ packages:
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      renderkid: 3.0.0

-  /pretty-format/27.3.1:
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+  /pretty-format/27.4.6:
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    engines: {node: ^10.13.0 || ^12.13.0 || ^14.15.0 || >=15.0.0}
    dependencies:
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      ansi-regex: 5.0.1
      ansi-styles: 5.2.0
      react-is: 17.0.2
    dev: true

-  /pretty-format/27.4.6:
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+  /pretty-format/27.5.1:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-Qb1gy5OrP5+zDf2Bvnzdl3jsTf1qXVMazbvCoKhtKqVs4/YK4ozX4gKQJJVyNe+cajNPn0KoC0MC3FUmaHWEmQ==}
    engines: {node: ^10.13.0 || ^12.13.0 || ^14.15.0 || >=15.0.0}
    dependencies:
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@ -25023,7 +25025,7 @@ packages:
    engines: {node: '>= 0.6'}
    dependencies:
      media-typer: 0.3.0
-      mime-types: 2.1.31
+      mime-types: 2.1.34

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--- a/pnpm-workspace.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ packages:
  - packages/*
  - packages/core/*
  - packages/tools/*
+  - packages/experimental/*
  - packages/plugins/*
  - website
  - test/e2e-*
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  "extends": ["config:base", "schedule:earlyMondays"],
  "prConcurrentLimit": 1,
  "ignorePaths": ["docker-examples/**"],
-  "ignoreDeps": ["eslint-plugin-verdaccio", "@verdaccio/helper"],
+  "ignoreDeps": ["eslint-plugin-verdaccio", "@verdaccio/test-helper"],
  "baseBranches": ["master", "5.x"],
  "major": true,
  "labels": ["bot: dependencies"],
--- a/tsconfig.base.json
+++ b/tsconfig.base.json
@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
    "strictNullChecks": true,
    "types": ["node", "jest", "express"],
    "resolveJsonModule": true,
+    // "preserveSymlinks": true,
    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
    "esModuleInterop": true
  },