JRACLOUD-84332 Jira Search function broken

[drobertsondatagene]

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRACLOUD-84332 describes a regression in basic functionality for Jira Search that makes this feature essentially broken.

When are you going to fix this?

It used to work fine. Now it does not. Please fix!!!!!

[Walter Buggenhout]

Hi @drobertsondatagene,

I may be wrong, but if I am not mistaken, the old JQL search function to search across all text fields (including comments) is still available:

text ~ "test"

As per JQL fields search documentation that search still exists and - in my test instance - seems to return the expected results. The alternative phrase:

textfields ~ "test"

works differently indeed and was introduced because this search could lead to timeouts in big Jira instances. So, if the documentation is correct, this is not a replacement of the old search, but a workaround for big Jira instances where the old search simply did not return any results.

Hope this helps!

[drobertsondatagene]

• the bug report already explains that those users/admins annoyed enough to file a bug report about it are aware of the textfields / text "workaround".
• Everytime I do this I am perplexed how inane it is that I have to do this. But don't worry, Atlassian are pouring compute heavy AI slop into everything while a basic text search that google perfected in 1999 is apparently a struggle!! 
• a progress bar while waiting for the search to complete with "search running slow as this is a large jira instance" instead of a timeout would be alright.