feat: wildcard search file name in direct,group,channel and filter by typeGroup

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Before the upgrade:

• Searching for file names in groups and direct messages did not work correctly.
• Searching for file names in channels did not support Unicode languages.
• Searching by file extension was not supported.

After the upgrade:

• File names can now be searched using Unicode characters, including Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, etc.
• Supports wildcard search and searching by file extension.

Issue(s)

https://github.com/RocketChat/feature-requests/issues/953

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The changes in this PR will be included in the next version bump.

This PR includes changesets to release 41 packages

Name	Type
@rocket.chat/meteor	Major
@rocket.chat/core-typings	Major
@rocket.chat/rest-typings	Major
@rocket.chat/uikit-playground	Patch
@rocket.chat/api-client	Patch
@rocket.chat/apps	Patch
@rocket.chat/core-services	Patch
@rocket.chat/cron	Patch
@rocket.chat/ddp-client	Patch
@rocket.chat/freeswitch	Patch
@rocket.chat/fuselage-ui-kit	Major
@rocket.chat/gazzodown	Major
@rocket.chat/http-router	Patch
@rocket.chat/livechat	Patch
@rocket.chat/model-typings	Patch
@rocket.chat/ui-avatar	Major
@rocket.chat/ui-client	Major
@rocket.chat/ui-contexts	Major
@rocket.chat/web-ui-registration	Major
@rocket.chat/account-service	Patch
@rocket.chat/authorization-service	Patch
@rocket.chat/ddp-streamer	Patch
@rocket.chat/omnichannel-transcript	Patch
@rocket.chat/presence-service	Patch
@rocket.chat/queue-worker	Patch
@rocket.chat/stream-hub-service	Patch
@rocket.chat/federation-matrix	Patch
@rocket.chat/license	Patch
@rocket.chat/media-calls	Patch
@rocket.chat/omnichannel-services	Patch
@rocket.chat/pdf-worker	Patch
@rocket.chat/presence	Patch
rocketchat-services	Patch
@rocket.chat/models	Patch
@rocket.chat/network-broker	Patch
@rocket.chat/omni-core-ee	Patch
@rocket.chat/mock-providers	Patch
@rocket.chat/ui-video-conf	Major
@rocket.chat/ui-voip	Major
@rocket.chat/instance-status	Patch
@rocket.chat/omni-core	Patch

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Walkthrough

Adds Unicode-aware wildcard name filtering to files listing across channels, groups, and direct messages. Introduces a wildcard-to-regex utility, updates query construction and parameter normalization, and adjusts REST typings to include optional name/typeGroup and configurable additionalProperties in group base props.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
API routes: files listing (channels, groups, IM) apps/meteor/app/api/server/v1/channels.ts, apps/meteor/app/api/server/v1/groups.ts, apps/meteor/app/api/server/v1/im.ts	Added wildcard-based name filtering via wildcardToRegex with iu regex flags; normalized/decoded query params; safer type checks; consolidated query objects; minor control-flow adjustments for access checks and room resolution.
String utilities apps/meteor/lib/utils/stringUtils.ts	New export wildcardToRegex(pattern: string) converting */? wildcards to an anchored regex string.
REST typings (groups) packages/rest-typings/src/v1/groups/BaseProps.ts	Updated withGroupBaseProperties signature to accept additionalProperties; added optional name and typeGroup to both schema branches; propagate additionalProperties.
Changeset metadata .changeset/grumpy-donuts-whisper.md	Notes Unicode support for filename search and wildcard handling; no public API changes besides internal behaviors.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  autonumber
  actor Client
  participant API as REST API (channels/groups/im .files)
  participant Rooms as Room Resolver
  participant Auth as Access Check
  participant Util as wildcardToRegex
  participant DB as Uploads Store

  Client->>API: GET *.files?roomId|roomName&name=pattern
  API->>Rooms: Resolve room by id/name
  Rooms-->>API: Room or error
  API->>Auth: canAccess(user, room)
  Auth-->>API: allowed/denied
  alt denied
    API-->>Client: 403
  else allowed
    API->>API: Normalize/decode query params
    alt name has * or ?
      API->>Util: wildcardToRegex(pattern)
      Util-->>API: ^regex$
      API->>API: Build query with /regex/iu
    else literal name
      API->>API: Build query with exact/partial match
    end
    API->>DB: findPaginatedWithoutThumbs(query, sort, paging)
    DB-->>API: files page
    API-->>Client: 200 files list
  end

Estimated code review effort

🎯 3 (Moderate) | ⏱️ ~20 minutes

Suggested labels

stat: QA assured

Suggested reviewers

• abhinavkrin
• tassoevan

Poem

A bunny hops through names so wide,
From 星 to файл, it scans with pride.
With wildcards twinkling, iu in tow,
It sniffs out files where bytes may flow.
Regex whiskers twitch—what a sight!
Unicode burrows, found just right. 🐇✨

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