My team had a minor meltdown last week when we noticed the “search this project” feature had disappeared in a recent UX update. It’s true that the advanced search feature still allows this functionality – albeit with several more clicks.
It’s confusing enough that some users assume that searching the top search bar only searches that’s currently on their screen. It was helpful to direct them to the “search this project” shortcut under the three dots menu to the far right.
If this was an intentional removal, I’d expect 1) communication about the change, and 2) suggested best practices around the best way to recreate this functionality.
I did reach out to support - they indicated there was no plan to bring this back, and that its removal was not a bug.