JIRA currently cannot search for colons (:) in text fields or this feature appears to be broken.

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      Currently, JIRA is unable to search for colons (:) in the text fields of JIRA issues using JQL / simple search.

      Double quoting a ':' in a JQL search or escaping it with a back-slash retrieves no results, even if the issues you're searching do have colons in the appropriate text fields.

      Using a combination of double quoting and escaping doesn't work either - i.e. "\:"

            Assignee:
            Dylan Etkin [Atlassian]
            Reporter:
            Giles Gaskell [Atlassian]
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