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Bug description

Even with a trivial example site, it appears the search isn't working. It stays stuck on "Initializing Search".

I'm using: mkdocs-1.4.2, mkdocs-material-9.1.7

Note: when I switch the theme to mkdocs the search works.

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Reproduction

example.zip

Steps to reproduce

$ mkdocs new .
$ mkdocs serve

Now search is working.

Edit mkdocs.yml and add:

theme:
  name: material

Restart mkdocs serve, now the search is stuck on "Initializing search"

Browser

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