From f3b23611c5d679091117f604306f9335ba9821f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabrizio <135109076+fabrizio-grafana@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2023 17:10:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Tempo: Allow `!~` in Search tab (#78315)

---
 .../datasource/tempo/SearchTraceQLEditor/SearchField.tsx   | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/SearchTraceQLEditor/SearchField.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/SearchTraceQLEditor/SearchField.tsx
index 01424057f17..67ee3148b19 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/SearchTraceQLEditor/SearchField.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/SearchTraceQLEditor/SearchField.tsx
@@ -88,7 +88,12 @@ const SearchField = ({
   }
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (Array.isArray(filter.value) && filter.value.length > 1 && filter.operator !== '=~') {
+    if (
+      Array.isArray(filter.value) &&
+      filter.value.length > 1 &&
+      filter.operator !== '=~' &&
+      filter.operator !== '!~'
+    ) {
       setPrevOperator(filter.operator);
       updateFilter({ ...filter, operator: '=~' });
     }