Issue Summary

Enhance the Get issue picker suggestions REST API to allow querying for exact search terms using double quotes, enabling more precise results and reducing irrelevant matches.

Expected Results

• Users can input search terms within double quotes (e.g., "XYZ 1234") to retrieve only issues matching the exact term.
• The API returns a concise list of results limited to the exact term or phrase specified in the query.
• Integrating this feature into the issue search used in the UI for linking issues would enhance precision and help address related challenges, such as those outlined in JRACLOUD-82031.

Actual Results

• The API searches for each word in the query independently (e.g., searching for "XYZ 1234" returns issues containing "XYZ" or "1234").
• This behavior leads to an extensive list of irrelevant results, especially in cases with a large dataset.
• If more than 20 results are returned, the most relevant match might not appear at all.

Workaround

Currently, there is no known workaround for this behavior. A workaround will be added here when available.