remove invalid character validation from searchMetadata query (#490)

* remove invalid character validation from searchMetadata query

* remove unecessary queryTerm

Author: hiagolcm

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Removed
+
+- Remove invalid character validation from `searchMetadata` query.
+
 ## [1.88.1] - 2025-10-29
 
 ### Added

node/resolvers/search/index.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { NotFoundError, UserInputError, createMessagesLoader } from '@vtex/api'
-import { pathOr, test } from 'ramda'
+import { pathOr } from 'ramda'
 
 import {
   buildAttributePath,
@@ -535,13 +535,6 @@ export const queries = {
   },
 
   searchMetadata: async (_: any, args: SearchMetadataArgs, ctx: Context) => {
-    const queryTerm = args.query
-    if (queryTerm == null || test(/[?&[\]=]/, queryTerm)) {
-      throw new UserInputError(
-        `The query term contains invalid characters. query=${queryTerm}`
-      )
-    }
-
     if (args.selectedFacets) {
       const { maps, queries } = args.selectedFacets.reduce(
         (acc, { key, value }) => {