Go Live (PrestaShop)

This page describes how to turn Kea-powered search on for real shoppers, which immediate checks to run, and how to roll back during the rollout window.

Use UI Settings -> Integration in the embedded dashboard to turn live search on or off. The Integration page also contains the search experience selector.

Before you go live

Check these before enabling live search:

Preview checks passed. Every item in Verify in Preview (PrestaShop) has passed on desktop, mobile, and every language you support.
Home shows the expected readiness state. Open Search Operations Home and confirm preview/indexing are ready or intentionally in the expected state.
The selected search experience is correct. Open UI Settings -> Integration and confirm the selected mode is the one you want shoppers to see: Search Widget, Classic Results Page, or Widget + Results Page.
Someone with dashboard access is available. Make sure someone can turn live search off from UI Settings -> Integration during the rollout window if needed.
Cache and CDN layers are reachable. If the storefront sits behind PrestaShop Smarty cache, a CDN, a web application firewall, or a reverse proxy, make sure you can purge them.

Enable search for shoppers

Go live requires both a published search bundle and the live search switch turned on. If Home shows unpublished changes, publish the verified preview first. Then turn live search on from UI Settings -> Integration if it is still off.

Open Modules -> Module Manager -> Kea Labs Search Pro -> Configure.
In the embedded dashboard sidebar, open UI Settings -> Integration.
In the live search section, turn the switch on.
Click Save.
Wait for the save confirmation.
Open the storefront in a fresh private/incognito window.

Turning the switch on is the go-live action. It is independent of preview mode: a browser tab in preview remains a preview tab, and a fresh private/incognito window shows what a real shopper sees.

Immediate checks after go-live

Run these checks immediately after saving the live switch. A healthy store can complete the pass in about ten minutes.

Reload the storefront in a private/incognito tab. A normal tab can still hold preview state from earlier.
Run a few real queries. Include a query that should return many products, a query that should return a small set, and a query that should return no results.
Click a product from a results page. Confirm the link opens the correct PrestaShop product page.
Apply and clear a filter if your storefront uses filters.
Check autocomplete. Type into the search input and confirm the dropdown appears without a full-page reload.
Open a phone-sized viewport. Confirm the search input, dropdown, and results page stay usable.
Spot-check a non-default language if your shop supports more than one language.
Return to Search Operations Home. Confirm Home does not show a new critical warning or failed publish/indexing state.

Roll back if something breaks

Rollback first, investigate second. The goal is to restore a clean shopper experience quickly.

Open Modules -> Module Manager -> Kea Labs Search Pro -> Configure.
In the embedded dashboard sidebar, open UI Settings -> Integration.
Turn the live search switch off.
Click Save.
Open the storefront in a fresh private/incognito window.
Confirm the storefront no longer shows the Kea-powered live search UI.
Return to preview, reproduce the issue, and fix it before trying go-live again.

PrestaShop notes during rollout

PrestaShop Smarty cache may serve stale pages. If the storefront still shows the previous search state after the switch, clear the cache under Advanced Parameters -> Performance -> Clear cache, then hard-reload the storefront tab.
CDN, WAF, and reverse-proxy layers cache independently. Purge every layer that sits in front of the storefront.
Browser cache can hide the current state. Hard-reload (Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+R) or use a new private/incognito window.
Multistore stores need shop-context checks. Repeat the verification in each shop context where Kea-powered search should be live. See Multistore and Languages (PrestaShop).
Keep a responsible person online for the first 30-60 minutes. Most rollout issues come from caching or a theme conflict that preview did not expose.

After the rollout window

If the immediate checks pass and no shopper-visible regression appears within the rollout window, go-live is complete. Live search stays on and shoppers see Kea-powered search.

For day-to-day operation, continue with:

Related page: Go Live