Summary

• JQL advanced searching using operators reference CONTAINS with "Exact Phrase" does not return expected result. Eg : using “\”new test\”” but it also returns issue that has “next new csv line Test”

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create an issue with summary of "new test" then create another issue with summary of "next new csv line Test"
2. Go to search issue and execute this JQL search
   • summary ~ “\”new test\””

Expected Results

• Only issue with summary of "new test"

Actual Results

• returns issues that has “next new csv line Test”
• 

Workaround

Workaround is being mentioned at this community post here: Solved: How to query Summary for EXACT match?. To elaborate, using this paid add-on: ScriptRunner for Jira would do the trick for now:

ScriptRunner Enhanced Search

issueFunction in issueFieldMatch("project = CSCRUM", "summary", "new test")

Jira Issue Navigator

Search for Multiple Strings in Scriptrunner using regex

issueFunction in issueFieldMatch("project = CSCRUM", "summary", "new.*|test.*")

Feel free to refer to this add-on documentation here for more information: ScriptRunner Enhanced Search