Created attachment 150980 [details]
side by side screenshots of the Application Menu showing several useful results, mostly files, and the Application Launcher showing only a single one, a browser bookmark

SUMMARY

The search function within Kicker Application Menu used to behave the same way as the one in Kickoff Application Launcher and KRunner. That changed at some point in the last few months. Now it doesn't search for files anymore. 

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Kickoff Application Launcher 
2. Search for a file
3. Open Kicker Application Menu
4. Search for the same file

OBSERVED RESULT
The search function will not display any results for files. 

EXPECTED RESULT
The search function should display results for files, just like the one in Kickoff Application Launcher and KRunner do. 

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Linux/KDE Plasma: Arch Linux, Kernel Version: 5.18.14-arch1-1 (64-bit)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.96.0
Qt Version: 5.15.5

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This worked as expected up until a few months ago. I do not know exactly when the change happened.