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From: enter-a-random-username
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Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2026 19:20:25 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Backport pull request #8412 from jellyfin-web/release-12.z

Remove 40 char search restriction

Original-merge: cf5f4bbb128364f9df84c739836b567216e94090

Merged-by: thornbill <thornbill@users.noreply.github.com>

Backported-by: Cody Robibero <cody@robibe.ro>
---
 src/apps/legacy/features/search/components/SearchFields.tsx | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/apps/legacy/features/search/components/SearchFields.tsx b/src/apps/legacy/features/search/components/SearchFields.tsx
index 705144aff5..85efabdf4e 100644
--- a/src/apps/legacy/features/search/components/SearchFields.tsx
+++ b/src/apps/legacy/features/search/components/SearchFields.tsx
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ const SearchFields: FC<SearchFieldsProps> = ({
                         data-keyboard='true'
                         placeholder={globalize.translate('Search')}
                         autoComplete='off'
-                        maxLength={40}
                         // eslint-disable-next-line jsx-a11y/no-autofocus
                         autoFocus
                         value={query}