Search by barcode

The documentation is a tad confusing (to me). My expectation is that a search by release for “barcode:123455679890” will yield the album. I am getting many “Barcode” results. What am I doing wrong?

You need to enable “Indexed search with advanced query syntax”:

https://musicbrainz.org/search?query=barcode%3A840588171736&type=release&limit=25&method=advanced

With a smartphone, you can even scan your CD barcodes and launch the MB release searches (with this syntax), without typing anything

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