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Global config "search.defaultPatternType": "regexp" - stops working in v3.36.x

Created by: DaedalusG

  • Sourcegraph version: v3.36.x ->
  • Platform information:

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Enable the global site config "search.defaultPatternType": "regexp"
  2. Navigate to your /search homepage and observe that regex is not enabled by default

Below is a screen capture of the phenomenon -- regexp-config-bug

During testing I upgraded a docker-compose instance from v3.31.0 to v3.38.0 checking if regex was enabled by default after every upgrade.

I observed that this functionality no longer worked after upgrading from v3.35.2 -> v3.36.3

I then tested this functionality against a kubernetes instance running in v3.38.0 and observed the setting wasn't working there either.

Expected behavior:

With this setting enabled, navigating to the homepage should by default have regex based search enabled.

Actual behavior:

Search is patternType literal by default.

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