[JENKINS-73746] Searching for a disabled user will send you to the login screen

We're using LDAP for Jenkins, and have a bunch of users that are disabled, they also coincide with the names of some jobs, so e.g. the "machine" user would have some context to the "machine_.."-jobs, and would exist in LDAP.

Now, we've moved on and disabled the "machine" user, but when we want to find the "machine_.." jobs, by searching for "machine" We're sent to the login screen, and in the logs we find an error, like:

org.springframework.security.authentication.DisabledException: The user "machine" is administratively disabled. 

I'll post the full error in a comment below.

Searching for `mach` or `machine_` correctly returns results. But when the name exactly matches, the error happens.

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Originally reported by ngr_deif, imported from: Searching for a disabled user will send you to the login screen

• status: Open
  
• priority: Minor
  
• component(s): ldap-plugin
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 0
  
• watchers: 1
  
• imported: 2025-12-09
  

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We're using LDAP for Jenkins, and have a bunch of users that are disabled, they also coincide with the names of some jobs, so e.g. the "machine" user would have some context to the "machine_.."-jobs, and would exist in LDAP.


Now, we've moved on and disabled the "machine" user, but when we want to find the "machine_.." jobs, by searching for "machine" We're sent to the login screen, and in the logs we find an error, like:



org.springframework.security.authentication.DisabledException: The user "machine" is administratively disabled. 



I'll post the full error in a comment below.


Searching for `mach` or `machine_` correctly returns results. But when the name exactly matches, the error happens.

• environment: 2.462.1