Related to #2805
This is a feature implemented in D8 by https://www.drupal.org/project/coi and https://www.drupal.org/project/config_override_core_fields
Config Override Inspector provides indicators to administrators where form fields represent configuration that is overridden.
This module is especially useful for developers working on sites where there are configuration overrides in place depending on the environment. It prevents confusion that arise when changing a form setting, but appears to not take effect.

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That would actually be a nice usability improvement. A lot of people already build search pages with Views, so having an easier way to convert the default search results into a View would make...
[UX] Convert search to a view.
Try using caching in the View settings, set to 24 hours. This should work for anonymous site visitors. I haven't tested this in practice, so this is just a guess.
View to show a different node each day
Have you already played with Views random seed? I belief, what you try to achieve would work with that module. Show only one node and set the sort order to "Global: Random seed" with "...
View to show a different node each day