Issue: Spotlight Search and Finder/Notes Search Not Working on macOS Sequoia 15.3.1

Hey everyone,

I’m dealing with a major issue on my MacBook where the Finder search bar, Notes app search, and Spotlight Search do not return any results. Searching for words or even doing simple calculations in Spotlight doesn’t work.

After updating to macOS Sequoia 15.3.1, the issue persists. When I open Spotlight, it just keeps showing "Indexing…" indefinitely and never completes.

I’ve already tried the following solutions:

✅ Restarted the mds and mdworker processes via Activity Monitor.

✅ Manually reindexed Spotlight via System Settings > Siri & Spotlight > Spotlight Privacy (removing and re-adding my disk).

✅ Ran the following commands in Terminal:

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sudo mdutil -i off /
sudo mdutil -E /
sudo mdutil -i on /

✅ Checked permissions in Privacy & Security > Full Disk Access (both Finder and Spotlight are enabled).

✅ Created a new user account to test, and the issue persists.

None of these have worked. Does anyone have any other suggestions? Is there a way to force reindexing or check for deeper Spotlight issues?

Thanks in advance!