`x in d` and `x in d.keys()` are identical for a plain dict, so the `.keys()` call builds a throwaway view and reads as if it were doing something. Both sites operate on a plain dict: `combined` in `merge_and_sort_query_results` is a local `dict()`, and `ui_settings` comes from `UserSettings.model_dump()` where `ui` is annotated `dict | None` and is already guarded against None on the preceding line.
No behaviour change, and no measurable speedup either, so this is a readability cleanup rather than a performance one.
Sites where `.keys()` is load-bearing are left alone: the `list(d.keys())` snapshots taken before mutating during iteration, and the places where `.keys()` is the iteration or comprehension source rather than a membership test.
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