export type StaleResultsState = {
    /** Snapshot kept until Pagefind replaces the live list. */
    holding: boolean;
    /** Live-result href fingerprint when the snapshot was taken. */
    capturedFingerprint: string;
    /** True once Pagefind shows a searching state while holding. */
    sawSearchingWhileHolding: boolean;
};
export declare const INITIAL_STALE_RESULTS_STATE: StaleResultsState;
/** Show the last snapshot while a new query is in flight and Pagefind cleared the live list. */
export declare function shouldShowStaleResults(hasStaleSnapshot: boolean, hasLiveResults: boolean, holding: boolean, queryReady: boolean, idle: boolean, zeroResults: boolean): boolean;
export declare function liveResultsFingerprint(root: Element): string;
/** Drop the snapshot when the field resets or a completed search settles. */
export declare function shouldDiscardStaleResults(idle: boolean, zeroResults: boolean, queryReady: boolean): boolean;
export declare function beginStaleResultsHold(state: StaleResultsState, liveFingerprint: string): StaleResultsState;
export declare function resolveStaleResultsHold(state: StaleResultsState, hasLiveResults: boolean, liveFingerprint: string, isSearching: boolean, discard: boolean): StaleResultsState;
/** Mount outside Pagefind’s Svelte-managed results block so loading toggles do not drop it. */
export declare function ensureStaleResultsHost(root: Element): HTMLElement | null;
export declare function captureStaleResults(root: Element): boolean;
export declare function clearStaleResults(root: Element): void;
export declare function syncStaleResults(root: Element, show: boolean, discard: boolean): void;