Normalize whitespace in message search

[vladzima]

Normalizes repeated whitespace before matching message search queries, so a query like hello world can still match hello world.

Validation:

• vp test apps/client/src/search-utils.test.ts
• vp test

Note: vp check still reports formatting issues in unrelated existing files; this PR does not touch those files.

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[vladzima]

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Risk: 58/100 - medium

The change is directionally correct, but it introduces a heavier-than-needed normalization pipeline and only proves the new query shape on one happy path; the broader text-normalization behavior is untested and may affect matching semantics more than the PR description suggests.

Main concerns

• medium / risky_refactor apps/client/src/search-utils.ts: The new named normalization pipeline adds abstraction and per-message work for a simple whitespace fix, which looks over-engineered for the current one-off requirement.
• medium / weak_test apps/client/src/search-utils.test.ts: The added test only covers a successful match for spaced query input and does not verify empty-only queries, punctuation, or that existing single-space matching behavior remains unchanged.
• medium / issue_mismatch apps/client/src/search-utils.ts: Search normalization now applies to every message text as well as the query, which broadens behavior beyond the stated change of normalizing repeated whitespace in message search queries.

Review first

• apps/client/src/search-utils.ts
• apps/client/src/search-utils.test.ts

[vladzima]

/pullguard