Triggering autocomplete with certain search terms results in Solr exceptions

[jimchamp]

Solr throws parsing exceptions when certain search terms are typed into the search bar and autocomplete is triggered.

Search Terms:
title:
author_name:
key:

There may be other terms that will cause this. To make matters worse, if one of the above terms are followed with a double quote character, autocomplete calls will continue to fail until a closing double quote character is typed.

Evidence / Screenshot (if possible)

Search terms for each request in the above screenshot are as follows:

1. title
2. title:
3. title:"abc
4. title:"abc"

Note: This screenshot is from my local instance. 502 HTTP errors are returned in dev.

Relevant url?

https://openlibrary.org/

Steps to Reproduce

1. Navigate to any Open Library page that has a search bar.
2. Select a search facet that allows for auto-completion of search terms (either all, title, or author).
3. Type one of the search terms listed above.

• Actual: Autocomplete XHR call fails.
• Expected: Autocomplete XHR returns 200, and suggested results are listed.

Details

• Logged in (Y/N)? N/A
• Browser type/version? N/A
• Operating system? N/A
• Environment (prod/dev/local)? prod

Proposal & Constraints

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[jimchamp]

Possibly related to #10390