ankane/searchkick · error · ArgumentError

Passing a value other than true or false to exists is not su

Error message

Passing a value other than true or false to exists is not supported

What it means

Error "Passing a value other than true or false to exists is not supported" thrown in ankane/searchkick.

Source

Thrown at lib/searchkick/query.rb:1222

                filters << {prefix: {field => {value: op_value}}}
              when :regexp # support for regexp queries without using a regexp ruby object
                filters << {regexp: {field => {value: op_value}}}
              when :not, :_not # not equal
                filters << {bool: {must_not: term_filters(field, op_value)}}
              when :all
                op_value.each do |val|
                  filters << term_filters(field, val)
                end
              when :in
                filters << term_filters(field, op_value)
              when :exists
                case op_value
                when true
                  filters << {exists: {field: field}}
                when false
                  filters << {bool: {must_not: {exists: {field: field}}}}
                else
                  raise ArgumentError, "Passing a value other than true or false to exists is not supported"
                end
              else
                range_query =
                  case op
                  when :gt
                    {gt: op_value}
                  when :gte
                    {gte: op_value}
                  when :lt
                    {lt: op_value}
                  when :lte
                    {lte: op_value}
                  else
                    raise ArgumentError, "Unknown where operator: #{op.inspect}"
                  end
                # issue 132
                if (existing = filters.find { |f| f[:range] && f[:range][field] })
                  existing[:range][field].merge!(range_query)

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/searchkick/query.rb:1222 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of ankane/searchkick@93e901a75b (2026-08-21). Data as JSON: /api/errors/171b89c7b1374989. Report an issue: GitHub.