Ligatures confuse search
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Description
Try `search?query=%EF%AC%82ee` (or as it copies from photo description, `flee`) versus `search?query=flee`.
Related: https://github.com/guardian/grid/issues/1900
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Research direction
Reproduce the behavior with the two `search?query=` URLs in the issue, comparing the `flee` ligature with `flee`. Start at the search endpoint and trace how query text is handled; done means both queries return equivalent search results, with the related issue #1900 providing additional context.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- scala
- Domain
- search
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100