I've been in contact with Shopify, this appears to be an isolated issue with a theme developer. Are you using a Maestrooo theme by chance? Try the free Debut theme on as a preview theme and test. 

Having the same issue as well, this is an issue with all the existing products that have this meta field as well. We have hundreds of products that were previously hidden, now visible within search. 

Hi,Is there a way to redirect broken image links? This is specifically in regards to external backlinks that go to image files that had been hosted on a different eCommerce platform, before moving to Shopify. They would have something like domain.com...