diff --git a/app/components/Header/SearchBox.vue b/app/components/Header/SearchBox.vue
index 50ddd4f826..e9c968fc6f 100644
--- a/app/components/Header/SearchBox.vue
+++ b/app/components/Header/SearchBox.vue
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ defineExpose({ focus })
             v-model="searchQuery"
             type="search"
             name="q"
+            data-global-search
             :placeholder="$t('search.placeholder')"
             no-correct
             class="w-full min-w-25 ps-7 pe-8"
diff --git a/app/composables/useGlobalSearch.ts b/app/composables/useGlobalSearch.ts
index 45bb478487..4661644588 100644
--- a/app/composables/useGlobalSearch.ts
+++ b/app/composables/useGlobalSearch.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { normalizeSearchParam } from '#shared/utils/url'
+import { nextTick } from 'vue'
 import { debounce } from 'perfect-debounce'
 
 // Pages that have their own local filter using ?q
@@ -6,6 +7,19 @@ const pagesWithLocalFilter = new Set(['~username', 'org'])
 
 const SEARCH_DEBOUNCE_MS = 100
 
+/**
+ * Returns the value of the focused global search input, if any.
+ * Only matches inputs explicitly marked with data-global-search attribute
+ * to avoid capturing page-local filter inputs.
+ */
+const getFocusedSearchInputValue = () => {
+  if (!import.meta.client) return ''
+
+  const active = document.activeElement
+  if (!(active instanceof HTMLInputElement)) return ''
+  if (!active.hasAttribute('data-global-search')) return ''
+  return active.value
+}
 export function useGlobalSearch(place: 'header' | 'content' = 'content') {
   const { settings } = useSettings()
   const { searchProvider } = useSearchProvider()
@@ -17,11 +31,21 @@ export function useGlobalSearch(place: 'header' | 'content' = 'content') {
 
   const router = useRouter()
   const route = useRoute()
+
   // Internally used searchQuery state
   const searchQuery = useState<string>('search-query', () => {
+    // Skip reading focused input on pages with local filters - they use ?q for local state
     if (pagesWithLocalFilter.has(route.name as string)) {
       return ''
     }
+
+    // Preserve fast typing before hydration (e.g. homepage autofocus search input).
+    // Only captures inputs with data-global-search marker attribute.
+    const focusedInputValue = getFocusedSearchInputValue()
+    if (focusedInputValue) {
+      return focusedInputValue
+    }
+
     return normalizeSearchParam(route.query.q)
   })
 
@@ -40,13 +64,24 @@ export function useGlobalSearch(place: 'header' | 'content' = 'content') {
     }
   })
 
-  // clean search input when navigating away from search page
+  // Sync URL query to input state only on search page.
+  // On other pages (e.g. home), keep the user's in-progress typing untouched.
   watch(
-    () => route.query.q,
-    urlQuery => {
+    () => [route.name, route.query.q] as const,
+    ([routeName, urlQuery]) => {
+      if (routeName !== 'search') return
+
       const value = normalizeSearchParam(urlQuery)
-      if (!value) searchQuery.value = ''
-      if (!searchQuery.value) searchQuery.value = value
+      // Only skip when the focused input already reflects this URL value.
+      if (import.meta.client) {
+        const activeValue = getFocusedSearchInputValue()
+        if (activeValue && activeValue === value) {
+          return
+        }
+      }
+      if (searchQuery.value !== value) {
+        searchQuery.value = value
+      }
     },
   )
 
@@ -108,6 +143,51 @@ export function useGlobalSearch(place: 'header' | 'content' = 'content') {
     },
   })
 
+  // When navigating back to the homepage (e.g. via logo click from /search),
+  // reset the global search state so the home input starts fresh and re-focus
+  // the dedicated home search input.
+  // Only register in one place (content instance) to avoid duplicate reset/refocus handlers
+  // when useGlobalSearch is called from multiple callsites (e.g., Header/SearchBox and page components).
+  if (import.meta.client && place === 'content') {
+    watch(
+      () => route.name,
+      name => {
+        if (name !== 'index') return
+        // Drop any in-flight URL/commit updates so they can't navigate
+        // back to /search or revive the old committed value after reset.
+        updateUrlQuery.cancel()
+        commitSearchQuery.cancel()
+        searchQuery.value = ''
+        committedSearchQuery.value = ''
+        // Use nextTick so we run after the homepage has rendered.
+        nextTick(() => {
+          const homeInput = document.getElementById('home-search')
+          if (homeInput instanceof HTMLInputElement) {
+            homeInput.focus()
+            homeInput.select()
+          }
+        })
+      },
+      { flush: 'post' },
+    )
+  }
+
+  // On hydration, useState can reuse SSR payload (often empty), skipping initializer.
+  // Recover fast-typed value from the focused input once on client mount.
+  // Skip on pages with local filters to avoid importing local ?q state.
+  // Only register in one place (content instance) to avoid duplicate hydration recovery.
+  if (import.meta.client && place === 'content') {
+    onMounted(() => {
+      if (pagesWithLocalFilter.has(route.name as string)) return
+      const focusedInputValue = getFocusedSearchInputValue()
+      if (!focusedInputValue) return
+      if (searchQuery.value) return
+
+      // Use model setter path to preserve instant-search behavior.
+      searchQueryValue.value = focusedInputValue
+    })
+  }
+
   return {
     model: searchQueryValue,
     committedModel: committedSearchQuery,
diff --git a/app/pages/index.vue b/app/pages/index.vue
index 90d6e38879..632dfdab6e 100644
--- a/app/pages/index.vue
+++ b/app/pages/index.vue
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ defineOgImage('Splash.takumi', {}, { alt: () => $t('seo.home.description') })
                   v-model="searchQuery"
                   type="search"
                   name="q"
+                  data-global-search
                   autofocus
                   :placeholder="$t('search.placeholder')"
                   no-correct