From 3a51611161ac996e8353a6dd91c4452afa42e8b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oliver Blanthorn <freedom4cows@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2026 22:35:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update tests and docs

---
 src/lib/url_util.test.ts | 10 +++++-----
 src/lib/url_util.ts      |  7 +++----
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/lib/url_util.test.ts b/src/lib/url_util.test.ts
index 05fe5d56..4da29669 100644
--- a/src/lib/url_util.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/url_util.test.ts
@@ -346,18 +346,18 @@ function test_url_graft_path() {
 
 function test_url_query_interpolation() {
     let cases = [
-        ["http://example.com/%s000", "a/query", "http://example.com/a/query000"],
+        ["http://example.com/%s000", "a/query", "http://example.com/a%2Fquery000"],
         [
-            // not percent-encoded and appended
+            // appended to the path
             "http://example.com",
             "a/query",
-            "http://example.com/a/query",
+            "http://example.com/a%2Fquery",
         ],
         [
-            // not percent-encoded and interpolated
+            // interpolated into the path
             "http://example.com/%s/path",
             "a/query",
-            "http://example.com/a/query/path",
+            "http://example.com/a%2Fquery/path",
         ],
         [
             // percent-encoded and appended
diff --git a/src/lib/url_util.ts b/src/lib/url_util.ts
index dddf3d16..1150c365 100644
--- a/src/lib/url_util.ts
+++ b/src/lib/url_util.ts
@@ -439,14 +439,13 @@ export function searchUrlToArgs(
  * If the URL pattern contains "%s", the query is interpolated there. If not,
  * it is appended to the end of the pattern.
  *
- * If the interpolation point is in the query string of the URL, it is
- * percent encoded, otherwise it is is inserted verbatim.
+ * The search item is percent encoded before it is inserted.
  *
  * @param urlPattern        a URL to interpolate/append a query to
  * @param query             a query to interpolate/append into the URL
  *
- * @return                  the URL with the query encoded (if needed) and
- *                          inserted at the relevant point
+ * @return                  the URL with the query encoded and inserted at the
+ *                          relevant point
  */
 export function interpolateSearchItem(urlPattern: URL, query: string): URL {
     const hasInterpolationPoint = urlPattern.href.includes("%s")