Searching a text with equal ( = ) sign fails with error

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    • Severity 3 - Minor

      Summary

      Searching a text starting or ending with an equal sign (=) fails with an error in Confluence.

      Environment

      Confluence 1000.929.0

      Steps to Reproduce

      • Go to Confluence in Cloud
      • Search for any of the following
      =
      =text
      text=

      Expected Results

      Search result or no result found message should appear.

      Actual Results

      Using quick search, the page returned shows the message

      Oops - an error has occurred. System Error

      Using the search page, an error message is returned. 

      Oops, something went wrong with your search.We could not successfully complete the search. java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: INVALID_SYNTAX_CANNOT_PARSE: Syntax Error, cannot parse d=:

       

       

      Notes

      Text Search Result
      = Error
      =text Error
      text= Error
      text=text Ok
      "=" Ok

      Workaround

       

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            Reporter:
            Ramon M (Inactive)
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