jaegertracing · yurishkuro · May 27, 2026 · May 27, 2026 · May 27, 2026 · May 27, 2026
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import '@testing-library/jest-dom';
 import { MonitorATMServicesViewImpl as MonitorATMServicesView, mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps } from '.';
 import { getLoopbackInterval, timeFrameOptions, yAxisTickFormat } from './timeFrameUtils';
 import { useServices } from '../../../hooks/useTraceDiscovery';
-import { ONE_HOUR_MS, TIME_RANGE_OPTIONS } from '../../../constants/time-range-options';
+import { ONE_HOUR_MS, TIME_RANGE_OPTIONS } from '../../../utils/time-range-options';
 import {
   originInitialState,
   serviceMetrics,

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2026 The Jaeger Authors.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-import { ONE_HOUR_MS, TIME_RANGE_OPTIONS } from '../../../constants/time-range-options';
+import { ONE_HOUR_MS, TIME_RANGE_OPTIONS } from '../../../utils/time-range-options';
 import { convertToTimeUnit } from '../../../utils/date';
 
 export { ONE_HOUR_MS };

@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ vi.mock('../../hooks/useTraceDiscovery', () => ({
 vi.mock('./useUploadedTraces', () => ({
   useClearUploadedTraces: jest.fn(() => jest.fn()),
 }));
+vi.mock('../../utils/config/get-config', () => ({
+  default: jest.fn(() => ({ search: {} })),
+}));
 
 import React from 'react';
 import { MemoryRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
@@ -75,6 +78,7 @@ import * as markers from './SearchForm.markers';
 import { CHANGE_SERVICE_ACTION_TYPE } from '../../constants/search-form';
 import { useServices, useSpanNames } from '../../hooks/useTraceDiscovery';
 import { AppQueryClientProvider } from '../../query/app-query-client';
+import getConfig from '../../utils/config/get-config';
 
 function makeDateParams(dateOffset = 0) {
   const date = new Date();
@@ -1005,6 +1009,18 @@ describe('mapStateToProps()', () => {
     expect(msDiff(dateParams.dateStr, '00:00', startDate, startDateTime)).toBeLessThan(60 * 1000);
     expect(msDiff(dateParams.dateStr, dateParams.dateTimeStr, endDate, endDateTime)).toBeLessThan(60 * 1000);
   });
+
+  it('uses search.defaultLookback from config when no lookback is in the URL', () => {
+    vi.mocked(getConfig).mockReturnValue({ search: { defaultLookback: '15m' } });
+    const { lookback } = callMapStateToProps('').initialValues;
+    expect(lookback).toBe('15m');
+  });
+
+  it('URL lookback takes precedence over search.defaultLookback', () => {
+    vi.mocked(getConfig).mockReturnValue({ search: { defaultLookback: '15m' } });
+    const { lookback } = callMapStateToProps('lookback=2h').initialValues;
+    expect(lookback).toBe('2h');
+  });
 });
 
 describe('submitForm() adjustEndTime toggle', () => {

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import type { Dispatch } from 'redux';
 import { useIsSearchFetching } from '../../hooks/useTraceDiscovery';
 import { useClearUploadedTraces } from './useUploadedTraces';
 import store from '../../utils/storage';
+import getConfig from '../../utils/config/get-config';
 
 import * as markers from './SearchForm.markers';
 import { trackFormInput } from './SearchForm.track';
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ import { useConfig } from '../../hooks/useConfig';
 import { useServices, useSpanNames } from '../../hooks/useTraceDiscovery';
 import { ReduxState } from '../../types';
 import { SearchQuery } from '../../types/search';
-import { TIME_RANGE_OPTIONS } from '../../constants/time-range-options';
+import { TIME_RANGE_OPTIONS, asValidLookback } from '../../utils/time-range-options';
 
 const FormItem = Form.Item;
 const Option = Select.Option;
@@ -312,9 +313,9 @@ export const SearchFormImpl: React.FC<ISearchFormImplProps> = ({
   const submitting = useIsSearchFetching();
   const navigate = useNavigate();
   const clearUploadedTraces = useClearUploadedTraces();
-  const { useOpenTelemetryTerms: useOtelTerms, search } = useConfig();
-  const searchMaxLookback: ILookbackOption | undefined = search?.maxLookback;
-  const searchAdjustEndTime: string | undefined = search?.adjustEndTime;
+  const { useOpenTelemetryTerms: useOtelTerms, search: searchConfig } = useConfig();
+  const searchMaxLookback: ILookbackOption | undefined = searchConfig?.maxLookback;
+  const searchAdjustEndTime: string | undefined = searchConfig?.adjustEndTime;
   const [formData, setFormData] = useState<Partial<ISearchFormFields>>(() => ({
     service: initialValues?.service,
     operation: initialValues?.operation,
@@ -549,7 +550,6 @@ export const SearchFormImpl: React.FC<ISearchFormImplProps> = ({
           data-testid="lookback"
           value={formData.lookback}
           disabled={submitting}
-          defaultValue={DEFAULT_LOOKBACK}
           onChange={(value: string) => handleChange({ lookback: value })}
         >
           {searchMaxLookback && optionsWithinMaxLookback(searchMaxLookback)}
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ export const SearchFormImpl: React.FC<ISearchFormImplProps> = ({
           placeholder="Limit Results"
           type="number"
           min={1}
-          max={search?.maxLimit}
+          max={searchConfig?.maxLimit}
           onChange={e => handleChange({ resultsLimit: e.target.value })}
         />
       </FormItem>
@@ -782,7 +782,10 @@ export function mapStateToProps(state: ReduxState, ownProps: { search?: string }
     initialValues: {
       service: (service as string | undefined) || lastSearchService || '-',
       resultsLimit: (limit as string | undefined) || String(DEFAULT_LIMIT),
-      lookback: (lookback as string | undefined) || DEFAULT_LOOKBACK,
+      lookback:
+        (lookback as string | undefined) ||
+        asValidLookback(getConfig().search?.defaultLookback) ||
+        DEFAULT_LOOKBACK,
       startDate: queryStartDate || today,
       startDateTime: queryStartDateTime || '00:00',
       endDate: queryEndDate || today,

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import * as ReactRouterDom from 'react-router-dom';
 
 import { MAX_LENGTH } from '../DeepDependencies/Graph/DdgNodeContent/constants';
-import { ROUTE_PATH, getUrl, getUrlState, isSameQuery, matches } from './url';
+import { ROUTE_PATH, getUrl, getUrlState, isSameQuery, matches, searchQueryFromUrl } from './url';
 
 vi.mock('react-router-dom', () => ({
   matchPath: vi.fn(),
@@ -242,4 +242,43 @@ describe('SearchTracePage/url', () => {
       expect(isSameQuery(baseQuery, { ...copy, [otherKey]: 'changed' })).toBe(true);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('searchQueryFromUrl', () => {
+    it('returns null when no service, start, or end is present', () => {
+      expect(searchQueryFromUrl('?limit=20')).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('uses explicit lookback from URL when present', () => {
+      const result = searchQueryFromUrl('?service=svc&start=1000000000&end=4600000000&lookback=1h');
+      expect(result?.lookback).toBe('1h');
+    });
+
+    it('reconstructs lookback from duration when lookback is absent', () => {
+      // 6-hour window in microseconds
+      const startUs = 1_000_000_000_000;
+      const endUs = startUs + 6 * 60 * 60 * 1_000_000;
+      const result = searchQueryFromUrl(`?service=svc&start=${startUs}&end=${endUs}`);
+      expect(result?.lookback).toBe('6h');
+    });
+
+    it('snaps up to the next bucket when duration falls between options', () => {
+      // 70-minute window → should snap up to 2h
+      const startUs = 1_000_000_000_000;
+      const endUs = startUs + 70 * 60 * 1_000_000;
+      const result = searchQueryFromUrl(`?service=svc&start=${startUs}&end=${endUs}`);
+      expect(result?.lookback).toBe('2h');
+    });
+
+    it('returns "custom" when duration exceeds the largest option', () => {
+      const startUs = 1_000_000_000_000;
+      const endUs = startUs + 100 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1_000_000; // 100 days
+      const result = searchQueryFromUrl(`?service=svc&start=${startUs}&end=${endUs}`);
+      expect(result?.lookback).toBe('custom');
+    });
+
+    it('returns empty lookback when service is present but no timestamps', () => {
+      const result = searchQueryFromUrl('?service=svc');
+      expect(result?.lookback).toBe('');
+    });
+  });
 });
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { MAX_LENGTH } from '../DeepDependencies/Graph/DdgNodeContent/constants';
 
 import { SearchQuery } from '../../types/search';
 import parseQuery from '../../utils/parseQuery';
+import { lookbackFromDuration } from '../../utils/time-range-options';
 
 export { isSameQuery, isQueryEmpty } from '../../utils/search-query';
 
@@ -108,20 +109,42 @@ export function searchQueryToUrlState(q: SearchQuery): TUrlState {
  * from the lookback selector) so that shared links reproduce the same time window.
  * lookback is kept in the URL so SearchForm can restore the selector label on the
  * next visit.
+ *
+ * When lookback is absent but start/end are present (manually crafted or external
+ * link), the lookback value is reconstructed from the time-range duration by
+ * snapping up to the nearest standard option. This keeps the form's dropdown
+ * in sync with the actual time range that was searched.
  */
 export function searchQueryFromUrl(search: string): SearchQuery | null {
   const q = getUrlState(search);
   if (!q.service && !q.start && !q.end) return null;
+
+  const startStr = firstOf(q.start) ?? '';
+  const endStr = firstOf(q.end) ?? '';
+
+  let lookback = firstOf(q.lookback);
+  if (!lookback) {
+    const startUs = Number(startStr);
+    const endUs = Number(endStr);
+    if (startUs > 0 && endUs > startUs) {
+      // Timestamps in the URL are microseconds; convert to ms for lookbackFromDuration.
+      lookback = lookbackFromDuration((endUs - startUs) / 1000);
+    } else {
+      // No timestamps — leave empty; SearchForm will apply the configured default.
+      lookback = '';
+    }
+  }
+
   return {
     service: firstOf(q?.service),
     operation: firstOf(q.operation),
-    start: firstOf(q.start) ?? '',
-    end: firstOf(q.end) ?? '',
+    start: startStr,
+    end: endStr,
     limit: (() => {
       const n = Number(firstOf(q.limit));
       return Number.isFinite(n) && n > 0 ? n : 20;
     })(),
-    lookback: firstOf(q.lookback) ?? '1h',
+    lookback,
     minDuration: typeof q.minDuration === 'string' ? q.minDuration : undefined,
     maxDuration: typeof q.maxDuration === 'string' ? q.maxDuration : undefined,
     tags: typeof q.tags === 'string' ? q.tags : undefined,

@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ export type Config = {
 
   // search section controls some aspects of the Search panel.
   search?: {
+    // defaultLookback sets the pre-selected value in the Lookback dropdown when
+    // no lookback is present in the URL. Must be one of the values in the dropdown
+    // (e.g. "5m", "15m", "30m", "1h", "2h", "3h", "6h", "12h", "24h", "2d",
+    // "3d", "5d", "7d", "2w", "3w", "4w"). Defaults to "1h" when not set.
+    defaultLookback?: string;
+
     // maxLookback controls how far back in time the search may apply.
     // By default the Lookback dropdown contains values from "Last 5 minutes"
     // to "Last 2 days". Setting maxLookback to a shorter time range,

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 The Jaeger Authors.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import { ONE_HOUR_MS, TIME_RANGE_OPTIONS, lookbackFromDuration } from './time-range-options';
+
+describe('TIME_RANGE_OPTIONS', () => {
+  it('keeps lookback values and millisecond values aligned', () => {
+    const unitMs = {
+      m: 60_000,
+      h: ONE_HOUR_MS,
+      d: 24 * ONE_HOUR_MS,
+      w: 7 * 24 * ONE_HOUR_MS,
+    };
+
+    TIME_RANGE_OPTIONS.forEach(({ lookback, valueMs }) => {
+      const match = lookback.match(/^(\d+)([mhdw])$/);
+      expect(match).not.toBeNull();
+
+      const [, amount, unit] = match!;
+      expect(valueMs).toBe(Number(amount) * unitMs[unit as keyof typeof unitMs]);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('lists options from shortest to longest', () => {
+    const values = TIME_RANGE_OPTIONS.map(({ valueMs }) => valueMs);
+    const sortedValues = [...values].sort((a, b) => a - b);
+
+    expect(values).toEqual(sortedValues);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('lookbackFromDuration', () => {
+  it('returns the exact matching option when duration equals a bucket', () => {
+    expect(lookbackFromDuration(ONE_HOUR_MS)).toBe('1h');
+    expect(lookbackFromDuration(15 * 60_000)).toBe('15m');
+    expect(lookbackFromDuration(2 * 24 * ONE_HOUR_MS)).toBe('2d');
+  });
+
+  it('snaps up to the next bucket when duration falls between two options', () => {
+    // 70 minutes is between 1h and 2h → should snap up to 2h
+    expect(lookbackFromDuration(70 * 60_000)).toBe('2h');
+    // 1 minute is less than 5m → should return 5m (smallest bucket)
+    expect(lookbackFromDuration(60_000)).toBe('5m');
+  });
+
+  it('returns "custom" when duration exceeds the largest option', () => {
+    const largestMs = TIME_RANGE_OPTIONS[TIME_RANGE_OPTIONS.length - 1].valueMs;
+    expect(lookbackFromDuration(largestMs + 1)).toBe('custom');
+    expect(lookbackFromDuration(365 * 24 * ONE_HOUR_MS)).toBe('custom');
+  });
+
+  it('returns the smallest option for duration of 0', () => {
+    expect(lookbackFromDuration(0)).toBe(TIME_RANGE_OPTIONS[0].lookback);
+  });
+});
@@ -94,3 +94,20 @@ export const TIME_RANGE_OPTIONS: readonly ITimeRangeOption[] = Object.freeze([
     valueMs: 4 * ONE_WEEK_MS,
   },
 ]);
+
+/** Returns value when it is a known lookback string in TIME_RANGE_OPTIONS, otherwise undefined. */
+export function asValidLookback(value: string | undefined): string | undefined {
+  return TIME_RANGE_OPTIONS.some(o => o.lookback === value) ? value : undefined;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Given a duration in milliseconds, return the lookback string of the smallest
+ * TIME_RANGE_OPTIONS entry whose window is >= durationMs.
+ * Returns 'custom' if durationMs exceeds the largest option.
+ */
+export function lookbackFromDuration(durationMs: number): string {
+  for (const option of TIME_RANGE_OPTIONS) {
+    if (option.valueMs >= durationMs) return option.lookback;
+  }
+  return 'custom';
+}