I’m seeing a reproducible UI bug with Spotlight on macOS 27 RC (26A428). The issue has been present since at least build 26A5416b (Developer Beta 6 / Public Beta 4), persisted through subsequent beta releases, and is still reproducible on RC 26A428.
When I open Spotlight using the new Search or Ask interface and begin typing, the entered query text can become completely invisible from approximately the second character onward, even though Spotlight continues searching and displaying results normally.
The interesting part is that the issue seems tied to Spotlight updating its search results.
For example:
- Open Spotlight.
- Type a character that quickly matches something on the Mac.
- Continue typing.
- Once the results update, the query text becomes invisible.
If I type random characters extremely quickly, before Spotlight has time to return a result for the first few characters, the text may remain visible.
Another useful detail: after the query text disappears, pressing Delete/Backspace causes it to become visible again.
The search itself is still functioning, the problem appears to be with rendering or state updates in the new Siri-integrated Spotlight query field, rather than with Spotlight search/indexing itself.
I have reproduced this on macOS 27 RC build 26A428, including:
- a newly created macOS user account
- Safe Mode
so it does not appear to be caused by user preferences, caches, login items, or third-party software.
I submitted a screen recording through Feedback Assistant that clearly shows the text disappearing as results update.
Feedback: FB24462893
Is anyone else seeing this on the RC? The correlation between the text disappearing and the results UI updating makes me suspect a rendering/state-update issue in the new Spotlight interface.