elastic / elastic/elastic-agent

Agent tags should not be allowed to be special characters

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Description

Issue originally raised in Fleet UI: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/135775

The same issue can happen when tags are set with agent enroll command.

**Steps to reproduce:**
1. Enroll an agent with `--tag` option with special characters say, `"Tags"`
2. Navigate to Kibana Fleet>Agents tab.
3. Click on Tags dropdown filter and select `"Tags"`.
4. Observe error pop-ups related to `Kuery is malformed:`

**Expected Result:**
User should not be able to enroll agents with tags with unsupported special characters which could show errors on selecting from tags filter.

Contributor guide

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Research direction

Start with the agent enroll command's --tag handling and reproduce the issue using a tag containing special characters such as "Tags". Trace where tags are accepted and verify that unsupported values are rejected during enrollment; done means selecting tags in Kibana Fleet no longer produces malformed Kuery errors.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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