Why do I see two API search request calls to Algolia on page load?

If you see two API calls on initial page load, this can indicate an implementation issue. If you are only using Algolia to retrieve Search results after your users submit a query, more than one search API call on page load could indicate that you're using more search requests than needed.

This CodeSandbox template with a default InstantSearch implementation makes one API call per page load to ensure subsequent searches are 'instant'. This is the expected behaviour.