diff --git a/app/chewy/accounts_index.rb b/app/chewy/accounts_index.rb
index 1f8571c09d3..61e3399aa8f 100644
--- a/app/chewy/accounts_index.rb
+++ b/app/chewy/accounts_index.rb
@@ -62,6 +62,6 @@ class AccountsIndex < Chewy::Index
     field(:last_status_at, type: 'date', value: ->(account) { account.last_status_at || account.created_at })
     field(:display_name, type: 'text', analyzer: 'verbatim') { field :edge_ngram, type: 'text', analyzer: 'edge_ngram', search_analyzer: 'verbatim' }
     field(:username, type: 'text', analyzer: 'verbatim', value: ->(account) { [account.username, account.domain].compact.join('@') }) { field :edge_ngram, type: 'text', analyzer: 'edge_ngram', search_analyzer: 'verbatim' }
-    field(:text, type: 'text', value: ->(account) { account.searchable_text }) { field :stemmed, type: 'text', analyzer: 'natural' }
+    field(:text, type: 'text', analyzer: 'whitespace', value: ->(account) { account.searchable_text }) { field :stemmed, type: 'text', analyzer: 'natural' }
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/chewy/public_statuses_index.rb b/app/chewy/public_statuses_index.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1fad5de3a1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/chewy/public_statuses_index.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class PublicStatusesIndex < Chewy::Index
+  settings index: index_preset(refresh_interval: '30s', number_of_shards: 5), analysis: {
+    filter: {
+      english_stop: {
+        type: 'stop',
+        stopwords: '_english_',
+      },
+
+      english_stemmer: {
+        type: 'stemmer',
+        language: 'english',
+      },
+
+      english_possessive_stemmer: {
+        type: 'stemmer',
+        language: 'possessive_english',
+      },
+    },
+
+    analyzer: {
+      content: {
+        tokenizer: 'uax_url_email',
+        filter: %w(
+          english_possessive_stemmer
+          lowercase
+          asciifolding
+          cjk_width
+          english_stop
+          english_stemmer
+        ),
+      },
+    },
+  }
+
+  index_scope ::Status.unscoped
+                      .kept
+                      .indexable
+                      .includes(:media_attachments, :preloadable_poll, :preview_cards)
+
+  root date_detection: false do
+    field(:id, type: 'keyword')
+    field(:account_id, type: 'long')
+    field(:text, type: 'text', analyzer: 'whitespace', value: ->(status) { status.searchable_text }) { field(:stemmed, type: 'text', analyzer: 'content') }
+    field(:language, type: 'keyword')
+    field(:properties, type: 'keyword', value: ->(status) { status.searchable_properties })
+    field(:created_at, type: 'date')
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/chewy/statuses_index.rb b/app/chewy/statuses_index.rb
index 9f680efa52d..130f8801df4 100644
--- a/app/chewy/statuses_index.rb
+++ b/app/chewy/statuses_index.rb
@@ -1,23 +1,24 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class StatusesIndex < Chewy::Index
-  include FormattingHelper
-
   settings index: index_preset(refresh_interval: '30s', number_of_shards: 5), analysis: {
     filter: {
       english_stop: {
         type: 'stop',
         stopwords: '_english_',
       },
+
       english_stemmer: {
         type: 'stemmer',
         language: 'english',
       },
+
       english_possessive_stemmer: {
         type: 'stemmer',
         language: 'possessive_english',
       },
     },
+
     analyzer: {
       content: {
         tokenizer: 'uax_url_email',
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ class StatusesIndex < Chewy::Index
 
   # We do not use delete_if option here because it would call a method that we
   # expect to be called with crutches without crutches, causing n+1 queries
-  index_scope ::Status.unscoped.kept.without_reblogs.includes(:media_attachments, :preloadable_poll)
+  index_scope ::Status.unscoped.kept.without_reblogs.includes(:media_attachments, :preloadable_poll, :preview_cards)
 
   crutch :mentions do |collection|
     data = ::Mention.where(status_id: collection.map(&:id)).where(account: Account.local, silent: false).pluck(:status_id, :account_id)
@@ -63,13 +64,12 @@ class StatusesIndex < Chewy::Index
   end
 
   root date_detection: false do
-    field :id, type: 'long'
-    field :account_id, type: 'long'
-
-    field :text, type: 'text', value: ->(status) { status.searchable_text } do
-      field :stemmed, type: 'text', analyzer: 'content'
-    end
-
-    field :searchable_by, type: 'long', value: ->(status, crutches) { status.searchable_by(crutches) }
+    field(:id, type: 'keyword')
+    field(:account_id, type: 'long')
+    field(:text, type: 'text', analyzer: 'whitespace', value: ->(status) { status.searchable_text }) { field(:stemmed, type: 'text', analyzer: 'content') }
+    field(:searchable_by, type: 'long', value: ->(status, crutches) { status.searchable_by(crutches) })
+    field(:language, type: 'keyword')
+    field(:properties, type: 'keyword', value: ->(status) { status.searchable_properties })
+    field(:created_at, type: 'date')
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts/credentials_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts/credentials_controller.rb
index 7c7d70fd32c..76ba7582451 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts/credentials_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts/credentials_controller.rb
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class Api::V1::Accounts::CredentialsController < Api::BaseController
       :bot,
       :discoverable,
       :hide_collections,
+      :indexable,
       fields_attributes: [:name, :value]
     )
   end
diff --git a/app/controllers/settings/privacy_controller.rb b/app/controllers/settings/privacy_controller.rb
index c2648eedd89..1102c89fad5 100644
--- a/app/controllers/settings/privacy_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/settings/privacy_controller.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class Settings::PrivacyController < Settings::BaseController
   private
 
   def account_params
-    params.require(:account).permit(:discoverable, :unlocked, :show_collections, settings: UserSettings.keys)
+    params.require(:account).permit(:discoverable, :unlocked, :indexable, :show_collections, settings: UserSettings.keys)
   end
 
   def set_account
diff --git a/app/lib/importer/public_statuses_index_importer.rb b/app/lib/importer/public_statuses_index_importer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8e36e36f90e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/lib/importer/public_statuses_index_importer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class Importer::PublicStatusesIndexImporter < Importer::BaseImporter
+  def import!
+    indexable_statuses_scope.find_in_batches(batch_size: @batch_size) do |batch|
+      in_work_unit(batch.map(&:status_id)) do |status_ids|
+        bulk = ActiveRecord::Base.connection_pool.with_connection do
+          Chewy::Index::Import::BulkBuilder.new(index, to_index: Status.includes(:media_attachments, :preloadable_poll).where(id: status_ids)).bulk_body
+        end
+
+        indexed = 0
+        deleted = 0
+
+        bulk.map! do |entry|
+          if entry[:index]
+            indexed += 1
+          else
+            deleted += 1
+          end
+          entry
+        end
+
+        Chewy::Index::Import::BulkRequest.new(index).perform(bulk)
+
+        [indexed, deleted]
+      end
+    end
+
+    wait!
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def index
+    PublicStatusesIndex
+  end
+
+  def indexable_statuses_scope
+    Status.indexable.select('"statuses"."id", COALESCE("statuses"."reblog_of_id", "statuses"."id") AS status_id')
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/lib/search_query_transformer.rb b/app/lib/search_query_transformer.rb
index aef05e9d9d8..dad99cbd2d7 100644
--- a/app/lib/search_query_transformer.rb
+++ b/app/lib/search_query_transformer.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class SearchQueryTransformer < Parslet::Transform
     def clause_to_filter(clause)
       case clause
       when PrefixClause
-        { term: { clause.filter => clause.term } }
+        { clause.type => { clause.filter => clause.term } }
       else
         raise "Unexpected clause type: #{clause}"
       end
@@ -47,12 +47,10 @@ class SearchQueryTransformer < Parslet::Transform
     class << self
       def symbol(str)
         case str
-        when '+'
+        when '+', nil
           :must
         when '-'
           :must_not
-        when nil
-          :should
         else
           raise "Unknown operator: #{str}"
         end
@@ -81,23 +79,52 @@ class SearchQueryTransformer < Parslet::Transform
   end
 
   class PrefixClause
-    attr_reader :filter, :operator, :term
+    attr_reader :type, :filter, :operator, :term
 
     def initialize(prefix, term)
       @operator = :filter
+
       case prefix
+      when 'has', 'is'
+        @filter = :properties
+        @type = :term
+        @term = term
+      when 'language'
+        @filter = :language
+        @type = :term
+        @term = term
       when 'from'
         @filter = :account_id
-
-        username, domain = term.gsub(/\A@/, '').split('@')
-        domain           = nil if TagManager.instance.local_domain?(domain)
-        account          = Account.find_remote!(username, domain)
-
-        @term = account.id
+        @type = :term
+        @term = account_id_from_term(term)
+      when 'before'
+        @filter = :created_at
+        @type = :range
+        @term = { lt: term }
+      when 'after'
+        @filter = :created_at
+        @type = :range
+        @term = { gt: term }
+      when 'during'
+        @filter = :created_at
+        @type = :range
+        @term = { gte: term, lte: term }
       else
         raise Mastodon::SyntaxError
       end
     end
+
+    private
+
+    def account_id_from_term(term)
+      username, domain = term.gsub(/\A@/, '').split('@')
+      domain = nil if TagManager.instance.local_domain?(domain)
+      account = Account.find_remote(username, domain)
+
+      # If the account is not found, we want to return empty results, so return
+      # an ID that does not exist
+      account&.id || -1
+    end
   end
 
   rule(clause: subtree(:clause)) do
diff --git a/app/lib/vacuum/statuses_vacuum.rb b/app/lib/vacuum/statuses_vacuum.rb
index 28c087b1c2e..ad1de07380c 100644
--- a/app/lib/vacuum/statuses_vacuum.rb
+++ b/app/lib/vacuum/statuses_vacuum.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ class Vacuum::StatusesVacuum
       statuses.direct_visibility
               .includes(mentions: :account)
               .find_each(&:unlink_from_conversations!)
-      remove_from_search_index(statuses.ids) if Chewy.enabled?
+      if Chewy.enabled?
+        remove_from_index(statuses.ids, 'chewy:queue:StatusesIndex')
+        remove_from_index(statuses.ids, 'chewy:queue:PublicStatusesIndex')
+      end
 
       # Foreign keys take care of most associated records for us.
       # Media attachments will be orphaned.
@@ -38,7 +41,7 @@ class Vacuum::StatusesVacuum
     Mastodon::Snowflake.id_at(@retention_period.ago, with_random: false)
   end
 
-  def remove_from_search_index(status_ids)
-    with_redis { |redis| redis.sadd('chewy:queue:StatusesIndex', status_ids) }
+  def remove_from_index(status_ids, index)
+    with_redis { |redis| redis.sadd(index, status_ids) }
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/account.rb b/app/models/account.rb
index b1cb9eb5db8..244f3da83da 100644
--- a/app/models/account.rb
+++ b/app/models/account.rb
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ class Account < ApplicationRecord
   include DomainMaterializable
   include AccountMerging
   include AccountSearch
+  include AccountStatusesSearch
 
   enum protocol: { ostatus: 0, activitypub: 1 }
   enum suspension_origin: { local: 0, remote: 1 }, _prefix: true
diff --git a/app/models/concerns/account_statuses_search.rb b/app/models/concerns/account_statuses_search.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..563a871051e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/concerns/account_statuses_search.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module AccountStatusesSearch
+  extend ActiveSupport::Concern
+
+  included do
+    after_update_commit :enqueue_update_public_statuses_index, if: :saved_change_to_indexable?
+    after_destroy_commit :enqueue_remove_from_public_statuses_index, if: :indexable?
+  end
+
+  def enqueue_update_public_statuses_index
+    if indexable?
+      enqueue_add_to_public_statuses_index
+    else
+      enqueue_remove_from_public_statuses_index
+    end
+  end
+
+  def enqueue_add_to_public_statuses_index
+    return unless Chewy.enabled?
+
+    AddToPublicStatusesIndexWorker.perform_async(id)
+  end
+
+  def enqueue_remove_from_public_statuses_index
+    return unless Chewy.enabled?
+
+    RemoveFromPublicStatusesIndexWorker.perform_async(id)
+  end
+
+  def add_to_public_statuses_index!
+    return unless Chewy.enabled?
+
+    statuses.indexable.find_in_batches do |batch|
+      PublicStatusesIndex.import(query: batch)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def remove_from_public_statuses_index!
+    return unless Chewy.enabled?
+
+    PublicStatusesIndex.filter(term: { account_id: id }).delete_all
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/concerns/status_search_concern.rb b/app/models/concerns/status_search_concern.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..21048b56829
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/concerns/status_search_concern.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module StatusSearchConcern
+  extend ActiveSupport::Concern
+
+  included do
+    scope :indexable, -> { without_reblogs.where(visibility: :public).joins(:account).where(account: { indexable: true }) }
+  end
+
+  def searchable_by(preloaded = nil)
+    ids = []
+
+    ids << account_id if local?
+
+    if preloaded.nil?
+      ids += mentions.joins(:account).merge(Account.local).active.pluck(:account_id)
+      ids += favourites.joins(:account).merge(Account.local).pluck(:account_id)
+      ids += reblogs.joins(:account).merge(Account.local).pluck(:account_id)
+      ids += bookmarks.joins(:account).merge(Account.local).pluck(:account_id)
+      ids += poll.votes.joins(:account).merge(Account.local).pluck(:account_id) if poll.present?
+    else
+      ids += preloaded.mentions[id] || []
+      ids += preloaded.favourites[id] || []
+      ids += preloaded.reblogs[id] || []
+      ids += preloaded.bookmarks[id] || []
+      ids += preloaded.votes[id] || []
+    end
+
+    ids.uniq
+  end
+
+  def searchable_text
+    [
+      spoiler_text,
+      FormattingHelper.extract_status_plain_text(self),
+      preloadable_poll&.options&.join("\n\n"),
+      ordered_media_attachments.map(&:description).join("\n\n"),
+    ].compact.join("\n\n")
+  end
+
+  def searchable_properties
+    [].tap do |properties|
+      properties << 'image' if ordered_media_attachments.any?(&:image?)
+      properties << 'video' if ordered_media_attachments.any?(&:video?)
+      properties << 'audio' if ordered_media_attachments.any?(&:audio?)
+      properties << 'media' if with_media?
+      properties << 'poll' if with_poll?
+      properties << 'link' if with_preview_card?
+      properties << 'embed' if preview_cards.any?(&:video?)
+      properties << 'sensitive' if sensitive?
+      properties << 'reply' if reply?
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/status.rb b/app/models/status.rb
index 86fd8334a23..760b8ec33ec 100644
--- a/app/models/status.rb
+++ b/app/models/status.rb
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class Status < ApplicationRecord
   include StatusSnapshotConcern
   include RateLimitable
   include StatusSafeReblogInsert
+  include StatusSearchConcern
 
   rate_limit by: :account, family: :statuses
 
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ class Status < ApplicationRecord
   attr_accessor :override_timestamps
 
   update_index('statuses', :proper)
+  update_index('public_statuses', :proper)
 
   enum visibility: { public: 0, unlisted: 1, private: 2, direct: 3, limited: 4 }, _suffix: :visibility
 
@@ -165,37 +167,6 @@ class Status < ApplicationRecord
     "v3:#{super}"
   end
 
-  def searchable_by(preloaded = nil)
-    ids = []
-
-    ids << account_id if local?
-
-    if preloaded.nil?
-      ids += mentions.joins(:account).merge(Account.local).active.pluck(:account_id)
-      ids += favourites.joins(:account).merge(Account.local).pluck(:account_id)
-      ids += reblogs.joins(:account).merge(Account.local).pluck(:account_id)
-      ids += bookmarks.joins(:account).merge(Account.local).pluck(:account_id)
-      ids += poll.votes.joins(:account).merge(Account.local).pluck(:account_id) if poll.present?
-    else
-      ids += preloaded.mentions[id] || []
-      ids += preloaded.favourites[id] || []
-      ids += preloaded.reblogs[id] || []
-      ids += preloaded.bookmarks[id] || []
-      ids += preloaded.votes[id] || []
-    end
-
-    ids.uniq
-  end
-
-  def searchable_text
-    [
-      spoiler_text,
-      FormattingHelper.extract_status_plain_text(self),
-      preloadable_poll ? preloadable_poll.options.join("\n\n") : nil,
-      ordered_media_attachments.map(&:description).join("\n\n"),
-    ].compact.join("\n\n")
-  end
-
   def to_log_human_identifier
     account.acct
   end
@@ -270,6 +241,10 @@ class Status < ApplicationRecord
     preview_cards.any?
   end
 
+  def with_poll?
+    preloadable_poll.present?
+  end
+
   def non_sensitive_with_media?
     !sensitive? && with_media?
   end
diff --git a/app/serializers/activitypub/actor_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/activitypub/actor_serializer.rb
index 4998d003998..31f39954fb0 100644
--- a/app/serializers/activitypub/actor_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/activitypub/actor_serializer.rb
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ class ActivityPub::ActorSerializer < ActivityPub::Serializer
 
   context_extensions :manually_approves_followers, :featured, :also_known_as,
                      :moved_to, :property_value, :discoverable, :olm, :suspended,
-                     :memorial
+                     :memorial, :indexable
 
   attributes :id, :type, :following, :followers,
              :inbox, :outbox, :featured, :featured_tags,
              :preferred_username, :name, :summary,
              :url, :manually_approves_followers,
-             :discoverable, :published, :memorial
+             :discoverable, :indexable, :published, :memorial
 
   has_one :public_key, serializer: ActivityPub::PublicKeySerializer
 
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ class ActivityPub::ActorSerializer < ActivityPub::Serializer
     object.suspended? ? false : (object.discoverable || false)
   end
 
+  def indexable
+    object.suspended? ? false : (object.indexable || false)
+  end
+
   def name
     object.suspended? ? object.username : (object.display_name.presence || object.username)
   end
diff --git a/app/services/batched_remove_status_service.rb b/app/services/batched_remove_status_service.rb
index f5cb339cdf7..c54cc1d350d 100644
--- a/app/services/batched_remove_status_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/batched_remove_status_service.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ class BatchedRemoveStatusService < BaseService
 
     # Since we skipped all callbacks, we also need to manually
     # deindex the statuses
-    Chewy.strategy.current.update(StatusesIndex, statuses_and_reblogs) if Chewy.enabled?
+    if Chewy.enabled?
+      Chewy.strategy.current.update(StatusesIndex, statuses_and_reblogs)
+      Chewy.strategy.current.update(PublicStatusesIndex, statuses_and_reblogs)
+    end
 
     return if options[:skip_side_effects]
 
diff --git a/app/services/search_service.rb b/app/services/search_service.rb
index 30937471bd5..4e1e7ea26e1 100644
--- a/app/services/search_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/search_service.rb
@@ -39,25 +39,15 @@ class SearchService < BaseService
   end
 
   def perform_statuses_search!
-    definition = parsed_query.apply(StatusesIndex.filter(term: { searchable_by: @account.id }))
-
-    definition = definition.filter(term: { account_id: @options[:account_id] }) if @options[:account_id].present?
-
-    if @options[:min_id].present? || @options[:max_id].present?
-      range      = {}
-      range[:gt] = @options[:min_id].to_i if @options[:min_id].present?
-      range[:lt] = @options[:max_id].to_i if @options[:max_id].present?
-      definition = definition.filter(range: { id: range })
-    end
-
-    results             = definition.limit(@limit).offset(@offset).objects.compact
-    account_ids         = results.map(&:account_id)
-    account_domains     = results.map(&:account_domain)
-    preloaded_relations = @account.relations_map(account_ids, account_domains)
-
-    results.reject { |status| StatusFilter.new(status, @account, preloaded_relations).filtered? }
-  rescue Faraday::ConnectionFailed, Parslet::ParseFailed
-    []
+    StatusesSearchService.new.call(
+      @query,
+      @account,
+      limit: @limit,
+      offset: @offset,
+      account_id: @options[:account_id],
+      min_id: @options[:min_id],
+      max_id: @options[:max_id]
+    )
   end
 
   def perform_hashtags_search!
@@ -114,8 +104,4 @@ class SearchService < BaseService
   def statuses_search?
     @options[:type].blank? || @options[:type] == 'statuses'
   end
-
-  def parsed_query
-    SearchQueryTransformer.new.apply(SearchQueryParser.new.parse(@query))
-  end
 end
diff --git a/app/services/statuses_search_service.rb b/app/services/statuses_search_service.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..21d6b71b7d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/services/statuses_search_service.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class StatusesSearchService < BaseService
+  def call(query, account = nil, options = {})
+    @query   = query&.strip
+    @account = account
+    @options = options
+    @limit   = options[:limit].to_i
+    @offset  = options[:offset].to_i
+
+    status_search_results
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def status_search_results
+    definition = parsed_query.apply(
+      StatusesIndex.filter(
+        bool: {
+          should: [
+            publicly_searchable,
+            non_publicly_searchable,
+          ],
+
+          minimum_should_match: 1,
+        }
+      )
+    )
+
+    # This is the best way to submit identical queries to multi-indexes though chewy
+    definition.instance_variable_get(:@parameters)[:indices].value[:indices] << PublicStatusesIndex
+
+    results             = definition.collapse(field: :id).order(_id: { order: :desc }).limit(@limit).offset(@offset).objects.compact
+    account_ids         = results.map(&:account_id)
+    account_domains     = results.map(&:account_domain)
+    preloaded_relations = @account.relations_map(account_ids, account_domains)
+
+    results.reject { |status| StatusFilter.new(status, @account, preloaded_relations).filtered? }
+  rescue Faraday::ConnectionFailed, Parslet::ParseFailed
+    []
+  end
+
+  def publicly_searchable
+    {
+      bool: {
+        must_not: {
+          exists: {
+            field: 'searchable_by',
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    }
+  end
+
+  def non_publicly_searchable
+    {
+      bool: {
+        must: [
+          {
+            exists: {
+              field: 'searchable_by',
+            },
+          },
+          {
+            term: { searchable_by: @account.id },
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    }
+  end
+
+  def parsed_query
+    SearchQueryTransformer.new.apply(SearchQueryParser.new.parse(@query))
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/views/settings/privacy/show.html.haml b/app/views/settings/privacy/show.html.haml
index ce31e60f066..3c14382587f 100644
--- a/app/views/settings/privacy/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/settings/privacy/show.html.haml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 
   %p.lead= t('privacy.search_hint_html')
 
+  .fields-group
+    = f.input :indexable, as: :boolean, wrapper: :with_label
+
   = f.simple_fields_for :settings, current_user.settings do |ff|
     .fields-group
       = ff.input :indexable, wrapper: :with_label
diff --git a/app/workers/add_to_public_statuses_index_worker.rb b/app/workers/add_to_public_statuses_index_worker.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..409e5e70862
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/workers/add_to_public_statuses_index_worker.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class AddToPublicStatusesIndexWorker
+  include Sidekiq::Worker
+
+  def perform(account_id)
+    account = Account.find(account_id)
+
+    return unless account.indexable?
+
+    account.add_to_public_statuses_index!
+  rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
+    true
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/workers/remove_from_public_statuses_index_worker.rb b/app/workers/remove_from_public_statuses_index_worker.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e108a5c2096
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/workers/remove_from_public_statuses_index_worker.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class RemoveFromPublicStatusesIndexWorker
+  include Sidekiq::Worker
+
+  def perform(account_id)
+    account = Account.find(account_id)
+
+    return if account.indexable?
+
+    account.remove_from_public_statuses_index!
+  rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
+    true
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/workers/scheduler/indexing_scheduler.rb b/app/workers/scheduler/indexing_scheduler.rb
index 2868a3b7157..6c770d5a8fa 100644
--- a/app/workers/scheduler/indexing_scheduler.rb
+++ b/app/workers/scheduler/indexing_scheduler.rb
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ class Scheduler::IndexingScheduler
   end
 
   def indexes
-    [AccountsIndex, TagsIndex, StatusesIndex]
+    [AccountsIndex, TagsIndex, PublicStatusesIndex, StatusesIndex]
   end
 end
diff --git a/config/locales/simple_form.en.yml b/config/locales/simple_form.en.yml
index 443b7617ff3..efda7b778b8 100644
--- a/config/locales/simple_form.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/simple_form.en.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ en:
         discoverable: Your public posts and profile may be featured or recommended in various areas of Mastodon and your profile may be suggested to other users.
         display_name: Your full name or your fun name.
         fields: Your homepage, pronouns, age, anything you want.
+        indexable: Your public posts may appear in search results on Mastodon. People who have interacted with your posts may be able to search them regardless.
         note: 'You can @mention other people or #hashtags.'
         show_collections: People will be able to browse through your follows and followers. People that you follow will see that you follow them regardless.
         unlocked: People will be able to follow you without requesting approval. Uncheck if you want to review follow requests and chose whether to accept or reject new followers.
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ en:
         fields:
           name: Label
           value: Content
+        indexable: Include public posts in search results
         show_collections: Show follows and followers on profile
         unlocked: Automatically accept new followers
       account_alias:
diff --git a/lib/mastodon/cli/search.rb b/lib/mastodon/cli/search.rb
index 41862b5b6bb..481e01d8e73 100644
--- a/lib/mastodon/cli/search.rb
+++ b/lib/mastodon/cli/search.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ module Mastodon::CLI
       InstancesIndex,
       AccountsIndex,
       TagsIndex,
+      PublicStatusesIndex,
       StatusesIndex,
     ].freeze
 
diff --git a/spec/chewy/public_statuses_index_spec.rb b/spec/chewy/public_statuses_index_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2f93d0ff025
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/chewy/public_statuses_index_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+describe PublicStatusesIndex do
+  describe 'Searching the index' do
+    before do
+      mock_elasticsearch_response(described_class, raw_response)
+    end
+
+    it 'returns results from a query' do
+      results = described_class.query(match: { name: 'status' })
+
+      expect(results).to eq []
+    end
+  end
+
+  def raw_response
+    {
+      took: 3,
+      hits: {
+        hits: [
+          {
+            _id: '0',
+            _score: 1.6375021,
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    }
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/importer/public_statuses_index_importer_spec.rb b/spec/lib/importer/public_statuses_index_importer_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bc7c038a97c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/importer/public_statuses_index_importer_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+describe Importer::PublicStatusesIndexImporter do
+  describe 'import!' do
+    let(:pool) { Concurrent::FixedThreadPool.new(5) }
+    let(:importer) { described_class.new(batch_size: 123, executor: pool) }
+
+    before { Fabricate(:status, account: Fabricate(:account, indexable: true)) }
+
+    it 'indexes relevant statuses' do
+      expect { importer.import! }.to update_index(PublicStatusesIndex)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/search_query_transformer_spec.rb b/spec/lib/search_query_transformer_spec.rb
index 10953346954..953f9acb2fd 100644
--- a/spec/lib/search_query_transformer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/search_query_transformer_spec.rb
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ describe SearchQueryTransformer do
     it 'sets attributes' do
       transformer = described_class.new.apply(parser)
 
-      expect(transformer.should_clauses.first).to be_a(SearchQueryTransformer::TermClause)
-      expect(transformer.must_clauses.first).to be_nil
+      expect(transformer.should_clauses.first).to be_nil
+      expect(transformer.must_clauses.first).to be_a(SearchQueryTransformer::TermClause)
       expect(transformer.must_not_clauses.first).to be_nil
       expect(transformer.filter_clauses.first).to be_nil
     end
diff --git a/spec/models/concerns/account_statuses_search_spec.rb b/spec/models/concerns/account_statuses_search_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..46362936f4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/concerns/account_statuses_search_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+describe AccountStatusesSearch do
+  let(:account) { Fabricate(:account, indexable: indexable) }
+
+  before do
+    allow(Chewy).to receive(:enabled?).and_return(true)
+  end
+
+  describe '#enqueue_update_public_statuses_index' do
+    before do
+      allow(account).to receive(:enqueue_add_to_public_statuses_index)
+      allow(account).to receive(:enqueue_remove_from_public_statuses_index)
+    end
+
+    context 'when account is indexable' do
+      let(:indexable) { true }
+
+      it 'enqueues add_to_public_statuses_index and not to remove_from_public_statuses_index' do
+        account.enqueue_update_public_statuses_index
+        expect(account).to have_received(:enqueue_add_to_public_statuses_index)
+        expect(account).to_not have_received(:enqueue_remove_from_public_statuses_index)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when account is not indexable' do
+      let(:indexable) { false }
+
+      it 'enqueues remove_from_public_statuses_index and not to add_to_public_statuses_index' do
+        account.enqueue_update_public_statuses_index
+        expect(account).to have_received(:enqueue_remove_from_public_statuses_index)
+        expect(account).to_not have_received(:enqueue_add_to_public_statuses_index)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#enqueue_add_to_public_statuses_index' do
+    let(:indexable) { true }
+    let(:worker) { AddToPublicStatusesIndexWorker }
+
+    before do
+      allow(worker).to receive(:perform_async)
+    end
+
+    it 'enqueues AddToPublicStatusesIndexWorker' do
+      account.enqueue_add_to_public_statuses_index
+      expect(worker).to have_received(:perform_async).with(account.id)
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#enqueue_remove_from_public_statuses_index' do
+    let(:indexable) { false }
+    let(:worker) { RemoveFromPublicStatusesIndexWorker }
+
+    before do
+      allow(worker).to receive(:perform_async)
+    end
+
+    it 'enqueues RemoveFromPublicStatusesIndexWorker' do
+      account.enqueue_remove_from_public_statuses_index
+      expect(worker).to have_received(:perform_async).with(account.id)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/workers/add_to_public_statuses_index_worker_spec.rb b/spec/workers/add_to_public_statuses_index_worker_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fa150722419
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/workers/add_to_public_statuses_index_worker_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+describe AddToPublicStatusesIndexWorker do
+  describe '#perform' do
+    let(:account) { Fabricate(:account, indexable: indexable) }
+    let(:account_id) { account.id }
+
+    before do
+      allow(Account).to receive(:find).with(account_id).and_return(account) unless account.nil?
+      allow(account).to receive(:add_to_public_statuses_index!) unless account.nil?
+    end
+
+    context 'when account is indexable' do
+      let(:indexable) { true }
+
+      it 'adds the account to the public statuses index' do
+        subject.perform(account_id)
+        expect(account).to have_received(:add_to_public_statuses_index!)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when account is not indexable' do
+      let(:indexable) { false }
+
+      it 'does not add the account to public statuses index' do
+        subject.perform(account_id)
+        expect(account).to_not have_received(:add_to_public_statuses_index!)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when account does not exist' do
+      let(:account) { nil }
+      let(:account_id) { 999 }
+
+      it 'does not raise an error' do
+        expect { subject.perform(account_id) }.to_not raise_error
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/workers/remove_from_public_statuses_index_worker_spec.rb b/spec/workers/remove_from_public_statuses_index_worker_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..43ff211eaa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/workers/remove_from_public_statuses_index_worker_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+describe RemoveFromPublicStatusesIndexWorker do
+  describe '#perform' do
+    let(:account) { Fabricate(:account, indexable: indexable) }
+    let(:account_id) { account.id }
+
+    before do
+      allow(Account).to receive(:find).with(account_id).and_return(account) unless account.nil?
+      allow(account).to receive(:remove_from_public_statuses_index!) unless account.nil?
+    end
+
+    context 'when account is not indexable' do
+      let(:indexable) { false }
+
+      it 'removes the account from public statuses index' do
+        subject.perform(account_id)
+        expect(account).to have_received(:remove_from_public_statuses_index!)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when account is indexable' do
+      let(:indexable) { true }
+
+      it 'does not remove the account from public statuses index' do
+        subject.perform(account_id)
+        expect(account).to_not have_received(:remove_from_public_statuses_index!)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when account does not exist' do
+      let(:account) { nil }
+      let(:account_id) { 999 }
+
+      it 'does not raise an error' do
+        expect { subject.perform(account_id) }.to_not raise_error
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end