Issue with CQL Search on Collaboration Space Titles using Wildcard

[sainath]

We are encountering an issue when querying Confluence spaces using the CQL REST API. Our goal is to search for spaces where the title starts with collab-, specifically for dynamically identifying collaboration spaces.

The following query returns results as expected:

/wiki/rest/api/search?cql=(type="space" and space.title~"collab-")

However, when attempting to use a wildcard to match any titles starting with collab-, such as:

/wiki/rest/api/search?cql=(type="space" and space.title~"collab-*")

It returns no results.

Expected Behavior:
We expected that using the * Wildcard would return all spaces whose title starts with collab-.

Actual Behavior:
The query using collab-* returns no results, even though such spaces do exist.

Impact:
This behavior limits our ability to identify collaboration spaces with a consistent naming convention programmatically.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Create a Confluence space titled collab-abc

2. Run the following query:
   /wiki/rest/api/search?cql=(type="space" and space.title~"collab-*")

3. Observe that no results are returned.

Question:
Does space.title~ Support wildcards like * In CQL? If not, is there any alternative way to query for space titles starting with a given prefix?

Environment:

• Confluence Cloud

• CQL REST API- /rest/api/search

• URL used:
  https://test-confluence.net/wiki/rest/api/search?cql=(type="space" and space.title~"collab-*")

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[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @sainath -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

I did a quick check and did not find this symptom / limitation in the public backlog.

As you appear to be on a paid license, please work with your Jira Site Admin to contact Atlassian Support to submit the defect here:

https://support.atlassian.com/contact/#/

Kind regards,
Bill