Hi ernest,
Thanks for the update.
Maybe this helps – I’ve noticed that the issue of searches not being logged only occurs when the return key is pressed very fast (so before the preview results have even appeared). If the user types their query, waits a second for preview to load and appear, then presses return, it will be logged in statistics as normal. This is without any custom code applied.
So currently the custom code (old and new variation) does not have any impact on the fast return key presses.
Thanks again.