Advanced Search for Issues Public Preview

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Feedback wanted

Thank you for participating in the advanced search for issues public preview. Please leave your feedback below on what is working well, any bugs you encounter, and what else you’d like to see!

To provide your feedback on other experiences released at the same time, please visit:

• Sub-issues Public Preview #139932
• Issue Types Public Preview #139933
• Issues: Index, Create and Show Page Updates Public Preview #139935
• Increased Project Item Limits Public Preview #139936

Writing advanced searches

From the repository Issues page, you can now build advanced queries using the AND and OR keywords, as well as nested queries using parentheses up to 5 layers deep. Here is the existing search syntax documentation for reference.

This search allows you to find issues that are either bugs or have high priority.

is:issue AND ( type:Bug OR label:priority-high )

This search allows you to find issues that were created in the last week that are either bugs or tasks, or medium priority ones you've authored.

is:issue AND created:>@today-1w AND (( type:Bug OR type:Task ) OR ( author:@me AND label:priority-medium ))

Things to note

• Advanced search is not yet available in the API, but only through the UI from the repository issues page. We are working on providing this support.
• The repo, org, and user fields currently function as OR filters when a space is included between them, rather than an AND search as it works for other fields. These fields are not yet supported in nested queries.

Looking for feedback

Please leave your feedback below 👇 on what is working well, what can be improved, and what else you’d like to see!