Searching for "safari" does not show the Safari application in any of the visible results. I'm about 95% sure that, in previous versions, if any applications were an exact match for your search term, those would show up first.
Things I've done on my work Mac trying to open vscode:
- Pull up google search results for Victoria's Secret in IT managed Chrome
- Pull up the install web page for vscode in Safari (not my default browser) when the app was in the bloody applications folder already. This was after I disabled all the optional spotlight bullshit. Apparently "Siri Suggestions" were both manditory and ignored your default browser.