GLQL Query with Scoped Labels that contain emojis before and after the :: delimitator does not work

Summary

In Gitlab, scoped labels can contain emojis at any point of the label string. For example

🌐Network::❗Operational Failure

is a valid label that works throughout the gitlab features. However, in a GLQL query like

query: label=~"🌐Network::❗Operational Failure"
display: table

will not work. A label that contains emojis only before the :: delimitator but not after

🌐Network::Success

will work. There may be more emoji cases I haven't found yet, but at least this bug was found.

Steps to reproduce

• Create scoped labels containing filters
• Assign them to issues, MRs, etc. to be able to search
• Make a simple QLQL - should return nothing
• Make an experiment to remove emojis after the ::
• Edit and Rerun GLQL - should return

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