diff --git a/webui/src/components/ChartsView.vue b/webui/src/components/ChartsView.vue
index 6a2253b..573675d 100644
--- a/webui/src/components/ChartsView.vue
+++ b/webui/src/components/ChartsView.vue
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
-import { faMagnifyingGlass, faXmark } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons'
-import { computed, onMounted, onUnmounted, ref, watch } from 'vue'
+import { computed, onMounted, onUnmounted, watch } from 'vue'
 
+import SearchInput from '@/components/SearchInput.vue'
 import { Card, CardContent, CardHeader, CardTitle } from '@/components/ui/card'
-import { Input } from '@/components/ui/input'
 import {
   Select,
   SelectContent,
@@ -13,6 +12,7 @@ import {
 } from '@/components/ui/select'
 import { Tabs, TabsList, TabsTrigger } from '@/components/ui/tabs'
 import UsageChart from '@/components/UsageChart.vue'
+import { useSearchQuery } from '@/composables/useSearchQuery'
 import { groupMatches, userMatches } from '@/lib/usage-search'
 import { useDashboardStore } from '@/stores/dashboard'
 import { type ChartTab, useHistoryStore, WINDOW_LABEL } from '@/stores/history'
@@ -28,15 +28,9 @@ const history = useHistoryStore()
 // CURRENTLY SELECTED scope is always kept in the list even if it stops
 // matching a new query: the filter narrows what's OFFERED, it must never
 // force-switch (or hide the label of) whatever chart is already rendered.
-// Same matching helpers as UsageView.vue (lib/usage-search.ts) — one
-// implementation, no second copy.
-const scopeQuery = ref('')
-const normalizedScopeQuery = computed(() => scopeQuery.value.trim().toLowerCase())
-const hasScopeQuery = computed(() => normalizedScopeQuery.value.length > 0)
-
-function clearScopeQuery(): void {
-  scopeQuery.value = ''
-}
+// Same shared SearchInput/useSearchQuery and lib/usage-search.ts matching
+// helpers as UsageView.vue — one implementation, no second copy.
+const { query: scopeQuery, normalized: normalizedScopeQuery, hasQuery: hasScopeQuery } = useSearchQuery()
 
 const scopeOptions = computed(() => {
   const allUsers = dashboard.usage?.users ?? []
@@ -85,29 +79,7 @@ watch(scopeOptions, (options) => {
     <CardHeader class="flex flex-col gap-4 sm:flex-row sm:items-center sm:justify-between">
       <CardTitle>Usage charts</CardTitle>
       <div class="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-3">
-        <div class="relative w-48">
-          <FontAwesomeIcon
-            :icon="faMagnifyingGlass"
-            class="pointer-events-none absolute top-1/2 left-2.5 size-3.5 -translate-y-1/2 text-muted-foreground"
-            aria-hidden="true"
-          />
-          <Input
-            v-model="scopeQuery"
-            type="text"
-            placeholder="Filter users or groups"
-            aria-label="Filter users or groups"
-            class="pr-8 pl-8"
-          />
-          <button
-            v-if="hasScopeQuery"
-            type="button"
-            aria-label="Clear search"
-            class="absolute top-1/2 right-2 -translate-y-1/2 rounded text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground"
-            @click="clearScopeQuery"
-          >
-            <FontAwesomeIcon :icon="faXmark" class="size-3.5" />
-          </button>
-        </div>
+        <SearchInput v-model="scopeQuery" placeholder="Filter users or groups" class="w-56" />
 
         <Select :model-value="history.scope" @update:model-value="onScopeChange">
           <SelectTrigger class="w-56">
diff --git a/webui/src/components/OverviewView.vue b/webui/src/components/OverviewView.vue
index 9d8d187..b53fba9 100644
--- a/webui/src/components/OverviewView.vue
+++ b/webui/src/components/OverviewView.vue
@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@ import type { ColumnDef } from '@tanstack/vue-table'
 import {
   faCircleCheck,
   faCircleXmark,
-  faMagnifyingGlass,
   faTriangleExclamation,
-  faXmark,
 } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons'
-import { computed, h, reactive, ref, watch } from 'vue'
+import { computed, h, reactive, watch } from 'vue'
 
 import DataTable from '@/components/DataTable.vue'
 import ModelChip from '@/components/ModelChip.vue'
+import SearchInput from '@/components/SearchInput.vue'
 import { Accordion, AccordionContent, AccordionItem, AccordionTrigger } from '@/components/ui/accordion'
 import { Badge } from '@/components/ui/badge'
 import {
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ import {
   CardHeader,
   CardTitle,
 } from '@/components/ui/card'
-import { Input } from '@/components/ui/input'
+import { useSearchQuery } from '@/composables/useSearchQuery'
 import { formatAgo, formatTimestamp, routableModelId } from '@/lib/format'
 import { type ExpandState, clearExpandOverrides, computeExpandedItems, toggleItemExpand } from '@/lib/search-expand'
 import { useDashboardStore } from '@/stores/dashboard'
@@ -56,9 +55,7 @@ const expandState: ExpandState = reactive({
 })
 
 // --- model/alias search filter (operator feature) ---
-const modelQuery = ref('')
-const normalizedQuery = computed(() => modelQuery.value.trim().toLowerCase())
-const hasQuery = computed(() => normalizedQuery.value.length > 0)
+const { query: modelQuery, normalized: normalizedQuery, hasQuery } = useSearchQuery()
 
 /**
  * Matching is against each model's full ROUTABLE id
@@ -134,10 +131,6 @@ function visibleModels(p: AdminProviderView): string[] {
   return hasQuery.value ? p.models.filter((m) => modelMatches(p.name, m)) : p.models
 }
 
-function clearQuery(): void {
-  modelQuery.value = ''
-}
-
 // --- model aliases (sortable DataTable, operator directive) ---
 //
 // The alias id gets the ModelChip copy treatment (an alias name IS the
@@ -229,29 +222,7 @@ const aliasEmptyMessage = computed(() =>
           Every configured upstream and its last discovery refresh. Search filters providers and aliases by
           model id.
         </CardDescription>
-        <div class="relative mt-2 max-w-sm">
-          <FontAwesomeIcon
-            :icon="faMagnifyingGlass"
-            class="pointer-events-none absolute top-1/2 left-2.5 size-3.5 -translate-y-1/2 text-muted-foreground"
-            aria-hidden="true"
-          />
-          <Input
-            v-model="modelQuery"
-            type="text"
-            placeholder="Search models or aliases..."
-            aria-label="Search models or aliases"
-            class="pr-8 pl-8"
-          />
-          <button
-            v-if="hasQuery"
-            type="button"
-            aria-label="Clear search"
-            class="absolute top-1/2 right-2 -translate-y-1/2 rounded text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground"
-            @click="clearQuery"
-          >
-            <FontAwesomeIcon :icon="faXmark" class="size-3.5" />
-          </button>
-        </div>
+        <SearchInput v-model="modelQuery" placeholder="Search models or aliases..." class="mt-2 max-w-sm" />
       </CardHeader>
       <CardContent>
         <p v-if="!overview?.providers.length" class="py-6 text-center text-sm text-muted-foreground">none</p>
diff --git a/webui/src/components/SearchInput.vue b/webui/src/components/SearchInput.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18d55b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webui/src/components/SearchInput.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import type { HTMLAttributes } from 'vue'
+import { faMagnifyingGlass, faXmark } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons'
+import { computed } from 'vue'
+
+import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button'
+import { Input } from '@/components/ui/input'
+import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
+
+/**
+ * SearchInput is the one search-box control every filter in this panel
+ * uses — OverviewView's model search, UsageView's user/group search, and
+ * ChartsView's scope-picker search each grew an identical ~22-line
+ * magnifying-glass-icon + Input + clear-button block; extracted into one
+ * component (vue.md: "if you've written it twice, you owe an
+ * abstraction"). A controlled component (modelValue/update:modelValue),
+ * not v-model'd internally, since the incoming modelValue is a prop —
+ * callers pair it with `useSearchQuery()` (composables/useSearchQuery.ts)
+ * for the query/normalized/hasQuery/clear state, or v-model it against any
+ * plain string ref directly.
+ *
+ * The clear button is a real shadcn Button (variant="ghost", size
+ * "icon-xs") instead of a hand-rolled `<button>` — review fix: the
+ * hand-rolled version had no focus-visible ring of its own and a smaller
+ * than WCAG 2.2 SC 2.5.8 24x24 minimum hit target. Button's "icon-xs" size
+ * is exactly size-6 (24x24px, ui/button/index.ts), and buttonVariants
+ * already carries a focus-visible ring — fixing the a11y gap once here
+ * instead of at every call site.
+ */
+const props = defineProps<{
+  modelValue: string
+  placeholder: string
+  class?: HTMLAttributes['class']
+}>()
+
+const emit = defineEmits<{
+  (e: 'update:modelValue', value: string): void
+}>()
+
+const hasValue = computed(() => props.modelValue.length > 0)
+
+function onInput(value: string | number): void {
+  emit('update:modelValue', String(value))
+}
+
+function onClear(): void {
+  emit('update:modelValue', '')
+}
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <div :class="cn('relative', props.class)">
+    <FontAwesomeIcon
+      :icon="faMagnifyingGlass"
+      class="pointer-events-none absolute top-1/2 left-2.5 size-3.5 -translate-y-1/2 text-muted-foreground"
+      aria-hidden="true"
+    />
+    <Input
+      :model-value="modelValue"
+      type="text"
+      :placeholder="placeholder"
+      :aria-label="placeholder"
+      class="pr-8 pl-8"
+      @update:model-value="onInput"
+    />
+    <Button
+      v-if="hasValue"
+      type="button"
+      variant="ghost"
+      size="icon-xs"
+      aria-label="Clear search"
+      class="absolute top-1/2 right-1 -translate-y-1/2 text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground"
+      @click="onClear"
+    >
+      <FontAwesomeIcon :icon="faXmark" class="size-3.5" />
+    </Button>
+  </div>
+</template>
diff --git a/webui/src/components/UsageView.vue b/webui/src/components/UsageView.vue
index 9c7f2b4..54858cf 100644
--- a/webui/src/components/UsageView.vue
+++ b/webui/src/components/UsageView.vue
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import type { SortingState } from '@tanstack/vue-table'
-import { faMagnifyingGlass, faXmark } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons'
 import { getCoreRowModel, getSortedRowModel, useVueTable } from '@tanstack/vue-table'
 import { computed, reactive, ref, watch } from 'vue'
 
+import SearchInput from '@/components/SearchInput.vue'
 import SortHeaderButton from '@/components/SortHeaderButton.vue'
 import { Accordion, AccordionContent, AccordionItem, AccordionTrigger } from '@/components/ui/accordion'
 import { Card, CardContent, CardDescription, CardHeader, CardTitle } from '@/components/ui/card'
-import { Input } from '@/components/ui/input'
 import { valueUpdater } from '@/components/ui/table'
 import UsageTable from '@/components/UsageTable.vue'
+import { useSearchQuery } from '@/composables/useSearchQuery'
 import { formatCost, formatLimits } from '@/lib/format'
 import { type ExpandState, clearExpandOverrides, computeExpandedItems, toggleItemExpand } from '@/lib/search-expand'
 import { usageColumns } from '@/lib/usage-columns'
-import { groupMatches, groupNameMatches, membersOfGroup, userMatches } from '@/lib/usage-search'
+import { groupMatches, groupNameMatches, matchingMembersOfGroup, membersOfGroup, userMatches } from '@/lib/usage-search'
 import { useDashboardStore } from '@/stores/dashboard'
 import type { AdminUsageEntryView } from '@/types/api'
 
@@ -36,17 +36,12 @@ function memberCountOf(entry: AdminUsageEntryView): string {
 }
 
 // --- user/group search filter (operator feature, mirrors
-// OverviewView.vue's model search: same Input component, styling, and
-// clear-button pattern; matching logic lives in lib/usage-search.ts so
-// ChartsView.vue's own scope-picker filter reuses the identical helpers —
-// no second copy of "does this user/group match?") ---
-const userQuery = ref('')
-const normalizedQuery = computed(() => userQuery.value.trim().toLowerCase())
-const hasQuery = computed(() => normalizedQuery.value.length > 0)
-
-function clearQuery(): void {
-  userQuery.value = ''
-}
+// OverviewView.vue's model search via the shared SearchInput component and
+// useSearchQuery composable — same styling, same clear-button behavior.
+// Matching logic lives in lib/usage-search.ts, which ChartsView.vue's own
+// scope-picker filter calls directly too (groupMatches, userMatches) — no
+// second copy of "does this user/group match?") ---
+const { query: userQuery, normalized: normalizedQuery, hasQuery } = useSearchQuery()
 
 /**
  * filteredGroups is every group matching the query — own name OR a
@@ -67,14 +62,27 @@ const filteredGroups = computed<AdminUsageEntryView[]>(() => {
 /**
  * memberOnlyMatchIds is filteredGroups narrowed to groups that matched
  * ONLY via a member, never via their own name — the auto-expand target
- * set (search-expand.ts's computeExpandedItems `matchingIds`). A group
- * whose OWN name matched the query is already visibly identified by its
- * collapsed trigger row, so forcing it open too would just be noisy;
- * unlike OverviewView.vue, where a provider only ever matches via a
- * model (there is no provider-name search there — see that view's own
- * CardDescription), so every match auto-expands there. search-expand.ts
- * itself has no opinion on this; it is purely this view's own choice of
- * matchingIds.
+ * set (search-expand.ts's computeExpandedItems `matchingIds`).
+ *
+ * This is a DELIBERATE divergence from OverviewView.vue, not an
+ * oversight, and NOT because Overview lacks a provider-name match —
+ * it doesn't lack one: providerMatches there (OverviewView.vue) checks
+ * each model's full ROUTABLE id, `${provider}/${model}`
+ * (lib/format.ts's routableModelId), so a query like "openai" matches
+ * every "openai/..." model id and the whole provider auto-expands with
+ * every one of them showing. That is correct there — a provider's own
+ * model list IS what the search is for, so revealing it is the point,
+ * and EVERY provider match (name-flavored or not) auto-expands.
+ *
+ * Groups differ: a group's own name is already fully legible on its
+ * COLLAPSED trigger row (the `<AccordionTrigger>` below) — no expansion
+ * needed to read a name match. Auto-expanding every name-matched group too
+ * would dump every one of their full member rosters onto the screen for a
+ * query that only needed the trigger row to already be visible. A member-ONLY
+ * match has no such shortcut — the member that matched stays invisible
+ * until the group opens — so that case alone still auto-expands.
+ * search-expand.ts itself has no opinion on any of this; it is purely
+ * this view's own choice of matchingIds.
  */
 const memberOnlyMatchIds = computed<string[]>(() => {
   if (!hasQuery.value) return []
@@ -83,21 +91,23 @@ const memberOnlyMatchIds = computed<string[]>(() => {
 
 /**
  * visibleMembers implements the members-table distinction (binding
- * semantics): a group matched by its OWN name shows every member; a group
- * that matched only via a member shows only the matching ones. No active
- * query behaves like a name match — show everyone, today's behavior
- * unchanged. Replaces the former local membersOf helper — the join itself
- * now lives in lib/usage-search.ts's membersOfGroup, shared with
- * ChartsView.vue.
+ * semantics): a group matched by its OWN name shows every member
+ * (membersOfGroup); a group that matched only via a member shows only
+ * the matching ones — the exported, tested matchingMembersOfGroup
+ * helper (lib/usage-search.ts), not a re-filter of userMatches here. No
+ * active query behaves like a name match — show everyone, today's
+ * behavior unchanged. Replaces the former local membersOf helper.
  */
 function visibleMembers(group: AdminUsageEntryView): AdminUsageEntryView[] {
   const users = usage.value?.users ?? []
-  const all = membersOfGroup(group, users)
-  if (!hasQuery.value || groupNameMatches(group, normalizedQuery.value)) return all
-  return all.filter((u) => userMatches(u, normalizedQuery.value))
+  if (!hasQuery.value || groupNameMatches(group, normalizedQuery.value)) return membersOfGroup(group, users)
+  return matchingMembersOfGroup(group, users, normalizedQuery.value)
 }
 
-const groupsEmptyMessage = computed(() => (hasQuery.value ? `no groups match "${userQuery.value}"` : 'none'))
+/** groupsEmptyMessage mirrors OverviewView.vue's aliasEmptyMessage three-way pattern: distinguishes nothing configured from nothing matching the active query, so an empty Groups card never reads the same regardless of why it's empty. */
+const groupsEmptyMessage = computed(() =>
+  !usage.value?.groups.length ? 'none configured' : hasQuery.value ? `no groups match "${userQuery.value}"` : 'none',
+)
 
 /**
  * filteredUsers is every user matching the query directly, PLUS every
@@ -119,7 +129,10 @@ const filteredUsers = computed<AdminUsageEntryView[]>(() => {
     (u) => userMatches(u, normalizedQuery.value) || (u.groupName !== undefined && nameMatchedGroupIds.has(u.groupName)),
   )
 })
-const usersEmptyMessage = computed(() => (hasQuery.value ? `no users match "${userQuery.value}"` : 'none'))
+/** usersEmptyMessage mirrors groupsEmptyMessage's three-way pattern (see its own doc comment). */
+const usersEmptyMessage = computed(() =>
+  !usage.value?.users.length ? 'none configured' : hasQuery.value ? `no users match "${userQuery.value}"` : 'none',
+)
 
 // --- Groups accordion (operator directive) ---
 //
@@ -216,29 +229,7 @@ watch(userQuery, (value) => {
 
 <template>
   <div class="flex flex-col gap-6">
-    <div class="relative max-w-sm">
-      <FontAwesomeIcon
-        :icon="faMagnifyingGlass"
-        class="pointer-events-none absolute top-1/2 left-2.5 size-3.5 -translate-y-1/2 text-muted-foreground"
-        aria-hidden="true"
-      />
-      <Input
-        v-model="userQuery"
-        type="text"
-        placeholder="Filter users or groups"
-        aria-label="Filter users or groups"
-        class="pr-8 pl-8"
-      />
-      <button
-        v-if="hasQuery"
-        type="button"
-        aria-label="Clear search"
-        class="absolute top-1/2 right-2 -translate-y-1/2 rounded text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground"
-        @click="clearQuery"
-      >
-        <FontAwesomeIcon :icon="faXmark" class="size-3.5" />
-      </button>
-    </div>
+    <SearchInput v-model="userQuery" placeholder="Filter users or groups" class="max-w-sm" />
 
     <Card v-if="usage">
       <CardHeader>
diff --git a/webui/src/composables/useSearchQuery.ts b/webui/src/composables/useSearchQuery.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26fbd07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webui/src/composables/useSearchQuery.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { computed, ref } from 'vue'
+
+/**
+ * useSearchQuery is the one raw-query → {normalized, hasQuery, clear}
+ * adapter every search filter in this panel uses — OverviewView's model
+ * search, UsageView's user/group search, ChartsView's scope-picker search
+ * all had their own copy of this identical query/normalizedQuery/hasQuery/
+ * clearQuery quartet; extracted so it exists once (vue.md: "if you've
+ * written it twice, you owe an abstraction"). Callers still own their own
+ * matching logic entirely (OverviewView's modelMatches/providerMatches,
+ * lib/usage-search.ts's helpers) — this only normalizes the raw input the
+ * same way every call site already agreed on: trimmed, lowercased.
+ */
+export function useSearchQuery() {
+  const query = ref('')
+  const normalized = computed(() => query.value.trim().toLowerCase())
+  const hasQuery = computed(() => normalized.value.length > 0)
+
+  function clear(): void {
+    query.value = ''
+  }
+
+  return { query, normalized, hasQuery, clear }
+}
diff --git a/webui/src/lib/search-expand.ts b/webui/src/lib/search-expand.ts
index 5872859..4b27761 100644
--- a/webui/src/lib/search-expand.ts
+++ b/webui/src/lib/search-expand.ts
@@ -34,10 +34,12 @@ export interface ExpandState {
  * manuallyExpanded plus every id in matchingIds that is not in
  * manuallyCollapsed (auto-expand every match, unless the user explicitly
  * closed that one). The caller decides what "matching" means for its own
- * view — OverviewView.vue passes every provider with a matching model;
- * UsageView.vue passes every group that matches ONLY via a member, not via
- * its own name (see that view's own doc comment for why a name match
- * alone does not force-expand there).
+ * view, and this module has no opinion on it either way — OverviewView.vue
+ * passes every provider that itself matched at all (every match there
+ * implies at least one matching model, so every match auto-expands);
+ * UsageView.vue instead passes only the subset of its own matches that
+ * matched via a member rather than via the group's own name (see that
+ * view's own doc comment for why it draws that narrower distinction).
  */
 export function computeExpandedItems(state: ExpandState, hasQuery: boolean, matchingIds: string[]): Set<string> {
   if (!hasQuery) return new Set(state.manuallyExpanded)
diff --git a/webui/src/lib/usage-search.ts b/webui/src/lib/usage-search.ts
index 65b4e8f..c8ce5af 100644
--- a/webui/src/lib/usage-search.ts
+++ b/webui/src/lib/usage-search.ts
@@ -28,9 +28,12 @@ export function groupNameMatches(group: Pick<AdminUsageEntryView, 'id'>, query:
  * `groupName === group.id` — a user's row already carries its own group
  * name (admin.go's adminUsageEntryView.GroupName, set in buildAdminUsage),
  * so this is a plain client-side join against the already-polled
- * GET /admin/api/usage response, no extra fetch. Shared so UsageView.vue
- * and ChartsView.vue never re-derive this join differently (it replaces
- * UsageView.vue's own former local membersOf helper).
+ * GET /admin/api/usage response, no extra fetch. UsageView.vue calls this
+ * directly (replacing its own former local membersOf helper);
+ * matchingMembersOfGroup below builds on it too, which is how
+ * ChartsView.vue's groupMatches call ends up depending on this same join
+ * — indirectly, through matchingMembersOfGroup — without calling
+ * membersOfGroup itself.
  */
 export function membersOfGroup(group: Pick<AdminUsageEntryView, 'id'>, users: AdminUsageEntryView[]): AdminUsageEntryView[] {
   return users.filter((u) => u.groupName === group.id)