diff --git a/src/components/sidebar.test.tsx b/src/components/sidebar.test.tsx
index 1e0cc0c..686ee75 100644
--- a/src/components/sidebar.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/sidebar.test.tsx
@@ -95,4 +95,31 @@ describe("Sidebar", () => {
     expect(ops.queryByText("Stock Orders")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(ops.queryByText("Pricelist")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
+
+  it("renders every top-level nav entry, not just the first", () => {
+    // Regression guard. The top-level nav rendered `dashboardItems[0]`
+    // — a hardcoded index — so any entry added after Dashboard existed
+    // in the array and in the build but never appeared in the sidebar.
+    // That's how the universal Search link shipped invisible: the
+    // operator asked for it, the code was correct, the entry was simply
+    // never rendered.
+    //
+    // Asserts the full top-level set rather than "Search exists" so the
+    // next person to append an entry gets a passing test instead of a
+    // silently invisible link.
+    render(<Sidebar />);
+    const desktop = screen.getAllByRole("complementary")[0];
+
+    for (const label of ["Dashboard", "Search"]) {
+      expect(
+        within(desktop).queryByText(label, { exact: true }),
+        `top-level nav should render "${label}"`,
+      ).toBeInTheDocument();
+    }
+
+    // And the Search entry must actually point at the route.
+    const link = within(desktop).getByText("Search", { exact: true }).closest("a");
+    expect(link).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(link).toHaveAttribute("href", "/search");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/components/sidebar.tsx b/src/components/sidebar.tsx
index b664326..6f4d6f9 100644
--- a/src/components/sidebar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/sidebar.tsx
@@ -330,12 +330,20 @@ function NavContent({ onLinkClick }: { onLinkClick?: () => void }) {
       {/* Nav */}
       <ScrollArea className="flex-1 px-3 py-3">
         <nav className="space-y-3">
-          {/* Dashboard — single, top-level */}
-          <NavLink
-            item={dashboardItems[0]}
-            active={isActive(dashboardItems[0].href, dashboardItems, pathname)}
-            onClick={onLinkClick}
-          />
+          {/* Dashboard + universal search — top-level, above the grouped nav.
+              Rendered as a map rather than `dashboardItems[0]`: that
+              hardcoded index silently dropped every entry past the
+              first, which is exactly how the Search link went missing
+              from the sidebar while existing in the array and in the
+              build. */}
+          {dashboardItems.map((item) => (
+            <NavLink
+              key={item.href}
+              item={item}
+              active={isActive(item.href, dashboardItems, pathname)}
+              onClick={onLinkClick}
+            />
+          ))}
 
           <Separator className="mx-1" />