Meilisearch removes leading zeros from numeric-like strings (e.g., SKU ‘04433’ becomes ‘4433’)

[vikas-jindal-999]

Issue Description:
I’m facing an issue with Meilisearch related to product SKUs that start with leading zeros (e.g., 04433). When I index products, Meilisearch stores the SKU as 4433 instead of 04433. Because of this, when a user searches with the actual SKU (04433), no product is found.

I’ve already tried saving the SKU as a string, but Meilisearch still strips the leading zeros and saves it as a number.

Request:
How can I configure Meilisearch so that SKUs are always stored and searchable as strings, preserving leading zeros?

[curquiza]

Hello @vikas-jindal-999
which version of Meilisearch?
Also, how do you index your product?

Because I tried with this document

[
  { "id": 2, "sku_string": "043"}
]

And when I search I get

{
    "hits": [
        {
            "id": 2,
            "sku_string": "043"
        }
    ],
    "query": "04",
    "processingTimeMs": 1,
    "limit": 20,
    "offset": 0,
    "estimatedTotalHits": 1
}

[Kerollmops]

Closing dur to lack of answer. Don't hesitate to reopen if needed.