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Area

admin/api

Describe the bug

https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/pull/34133 changed the default to use wildcards when querying user by attributes. This is a regression and we should revert to exact searches instead, by default.

See https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/issues/32451#issuecomment-2535339969.

Version

26.0.7

Regression

[X] The issue is a regression

Expected behavior

Exact searches the default when querying user by attributes

Actual behavior

Wildcard searches the default when querying user by attributes

How to Reproduce?

Query users through the administration console using some of their attributes and check if the results are users whose attributes match exactly.

Anything else?

No response