Cannot search file by the url in the file content anymore ?

[shironeko269]

What type of issue is this?

Question

What SharePoint development model, framework, SDK or API is this about?

Site designs & site scripts

Target SharePoint environment

SharePoint Online

What browser(s) / client(s) have you tested

• 💥 Internet Explorer
• 💥 Microsoft Edge
• 💥 Google Chrome
• 💥 FireFox
• 💥 Safari
• mobile (iOS/iPadOS)
• mobile (Android)
• not applicable
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Additional environment details

• browser version
• SPFx version
• Node.js version
• etc

Issue description

We can no longer search by URL (or URL parameters) embedded inside document content for the new files, even though this behavior still works for the old files. This change affects how we managed new files on our SharePoint sites both on SharePoint Online page and our products using SharePoint CSOM to search.

For the old files, searching by a specific identifier contained in a URL (for example, an Id parameter inside a hyperlink within a document) could return results.

But now new files cannot be searched by the URL parameter value does not return results, even though the value is still present in the document content. Searching by link title/other parts still works. Already tried Reindex Document Library but nothing change.

[Ashlesha-MSFT]

Hello @shironeko269,
Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention. We will look into it and get back to you shortly.
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[Ashlesha-MSFT]

@shironeko269,
Based on the behavior described, this appears to be related to SharePoint Online search service behavior rather than the sp-dev-docs repository itself.

Since the issue affects newly indexed documents across the SharePoint UI and CSOM, and reindexing does not change the outcome, it is likely a service-side change in how embedded URLs or query parameters are indexed.

As such, this may be out of scope for this repository. We recommend following up through Microsoft Support for confirmation on current search behavior or any recent changes.

[Ashlesha-MSFT]

Closing this issue

This behavior appears to be due to a SharePoint Online search service–side change, not an issue with the sp-dev-docs repository. Since it affects newly indexed content across SharePoint UI and CSOM and is not resolved by reindexing, it is out of scope here.

Please follow up through Microsoft Support / tenant admin support channels for further confirmation.