Reverse Search (CTRL + R) no longer searching in .zsh_history

Question

Until recently I used Ctrl+R to search for recent commands in my terminal which uses the zsh shell. The search included commands from previous sessions which were saved in my ~/.zsh_history file.

Now when I use Ctrl+R it only searches commands from the current terminal session and does not search in the ~/.zsh_history file. I have also notices that the ~/.zsh_history file is no longer being updated.

How do I fix this?

I have tried adding the following to my .zshrc file but it has made no difference:

HISTFILE=~/.zsh_history
HISTSIZE=10000  # Save most-recent 1000 lines
SAVEHIST=10000  # Save most-recent 1000 lines

bindkey -v
bindkey '^R' history-incremental-search-backward

Answer 1

This is an issue with fzf integration which was fixed recently in an update to fzf. You can find the relevant issue here:

https://github.com/junegunn/fzf/issues/2943

You simply need to update to version 0.33.0 or later.