# Which Problems Are Solved
Some users have reported the need of retrieving users given a metadata
key, metadata value or both. This change introduces metadata search
filter on the `ListUsers()` endpoint to allow Zitadel users to search
for user records by metadata.
The changes affect only v2 APIs.
# How the Problems Are Solved
- Add new search filter to `ListUserRequest`: `MetaKey` and `MetaValue`
- Add SQL indices on metadata key and metadata value
- Update query to left join `user_metadata` table
# Additional Context
- Closes#9053
- Depends on https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/pull/10567
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Co-authored-by: Silvan <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Stefan Benz <[email protected]>
