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Search not finding IDs with dashes

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Scott Galbraith reported that searching for IDs with dashes returns no results, but searching without the dashes works. Bethan Lister reproduced the issue and escalated to engineering.

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Scott Galbraith reported that searching for IDs with dashes returns no results, but searching without the dashes works. Bethan Lister reproduced the issue and escalated to engineering.

Problem: Search function removes dashes from search input before matching. This breaks lookups for any IDs that contain dashes, which is common in many business systems.

Handling: Bethan Lister reproduced the issue and identified the root cause in an internal note: search removes dashes from input before matching. She escalated to Samir Haddad in engineering. Scott asked about workarounds while waiting for the fix.

Watch: This is a significant search reliability issue affecting daily workflows. The support team uses ID lookups regularly and this blocks their work.

AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 · as at Fri 9 Oct 2026

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Updated 9 Oct 26
Priorityhigh
Statusclosed
Categorybug
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  1. Scott Galbraith
    created · Scott Galbraith 3 Feb 2025 12:26
    Our support team can't search for IDs that have dashes in them. When they search for an ID with a dash, nothing comes back, but searching without the dash works. This is affecting how we find records. How do we search for IDs with dashes?
  2. Bethan Lister
    Public reply · Bethan Lister 3 Feb 2025 14:07
    Hi Scott, can you try that and tell me what you see? Are you searching from the dashboard or somewhere else? Thanks, Bethan
  3. Bethan Lister
    Internal note · Bethan Lister 5 Feb 2025 13:17
    Reproduced: search removes dashes from input before matching. Escalating to Samir in engineering.
  4. Scott Galbraith
    Public reply · Scott Galbraith 5 Feb 2025 14:09
    Thanks for looking into it. Is there anything we can do on our side while this is being fixed?
  5. Bethan Lister
    Status change · Bethan Lister 20 Feb 2025 15:55
  6. Status change · 24 Feb 2025 23:59
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