diff --git a/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature-search-controller.ts b/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature-search-controller.ts
index 9fa153c93b..a8a034fada 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature-search-controller.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature-search-controller.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ export default class FeatureSearchController extends Controller {
                 type,
                 tag,
                 segment,
+                state,
                 status,
                 offset,
                 limit = '50',
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ export default class FeatureSearchController extends Controller {
                 userId,
                 tag,
                 segment,
+                state,
                 status: normalizedStatus,
                 offset: normalizedOffset,
                 limit: normalizedLimit,
diff --git a/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature-search-service.ts b/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature-search-service.ts
index 8900579b01..b4e8206ebd 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature-search-service.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature-search-service.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,16 @@ export class FeatureSearchService {
     convertToQueryParams = (params: IFeatureSearchParams): IQueryParam[] => {
         const queryParams: IQueryParam[] = [];
 
+        if (params.state) {
+            const parsedState = this.parseOperatorValue('stale', params.state);
+            if (parsedState) {
+                parsedState.values = parsedState.values.map((value) =>
+                    value === 'active' ? 'false' : 'true',
+                );
+                queryParams.push(parsedState);
+            }
+        }
+
         ['tag', 'segment', 'project'].forEach((field) => {
             if (params[field]) {
                 const parsed = this.parseOperatorValue(field, params[field]);
diff --git a/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature.search.e2e.test.ts b/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature.search.e2e.test.ts
index c0724ec22d..81f31d4431 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature.search.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature.search.e2e.test.ts
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ const filterFeaturesBySegment = async (segment: string, expectedCode = 200) => {
         .expect(expectedCode);
 };
 
+const filterFeaturesByState = async (state: string, expectedCode = 200) => {
+    return app.request
+        .get(`/api/admin/search/features?state=${state}`)
+        .expect(expectedCode);
+};
+
 const filterFeaturesByEnvironmentStatus = async (
     environmentStatuses: string[],
     expectedCode = 200,
@@ -756,3 +762,37 @@ test('should filter features by segment', async () => {
         ],
     });
 });
+
+test('should search features by state with operators', async () => {
+    await app.createFeature({ name: 'my_feature_a', stale: false });
+    await app.createFeature({ name: 'my_feature_b', stale: true });
+    await app.createFeature({ name: 'my_feature_c', stale: true });
+
+    const { body } = await filterFeaturesByState('IS:active');
+    expect(body).toMatchObject({
+        features: [{ name: 'my_feature_a' }],
+    });
+
+    const { body: isNotBody } = await filterFeaturesByState('IS_NOT:active');
+    expect(isNotBody).toMatchObject({
+        features: [{ name: 'my_feature_b' }, { name: 'my_feature_c' }],
+    });
+
+    const { body: isAnyOfBody } = await filterFeaturesByState(
+        'IS_ANY_OF:active, stale',
+    );
+    expect(isAnyOfBody).toMatchObject({
+        features: [
+            { name: 'my_feature_a' },
+            { name: 'my_feature_b' },
+            { name: 'my_feature_c' },
+        ],
+    });
+
+    const { body: isNotAnyBody } = await filterFeaturesByState(
+        'IS_NOT_ANY_OF:active, stale',
+    );
+    expect(isNotAnyBody).toMatchObject({
+        features: [],
+    });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/features/feature-toggle/feature-toggle-strategies-store.ts b/src/lib/features/feature-toggle/feature-toggle-strategies-store.ts
index 33db87140d..49360a9b1b 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/feature-toggle/feature-toggle-strategies-store.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/feature-toggle/feature-toggle-strategies-store.ts
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ class FeatureStrategiesStore implements IFeatureStrategiesStore {
             )
             .joinRaw('CROSS JOIN total_features')
             .whereBetween('final_rank', [offset + 1, offset + limit]);
-        console.log(finalQuery.toQuery());
+
         const rows = await finalQuery;
 
         if (rows.length > 0) {
diff --git a/src/lib/features/feature-toggle/types/feature-toggle-strategies-store-type.ts b/src/lib/features/feature-toggle/types/feature-toggle-strategies-store-type.ts
index 20fc81730a..b2db9c69bb 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/feature-toggle/types/feature-toggle-strategies-store-type.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/feature-toggle/types/feature-toggle-strategies-store-type.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export interface IFeatureSearchParams {
     searchParams?: string[];
     project?: string;
     segment?: string;
+    state?: string;
     type?: string[];
     tag?: string;
     status?: string[][];
diff --git a/src/lib/openapi/spec/feature-search-query-parameters.ts b/src/lib/openapi/spec/feature-search-query-parameters.ts
index 9115c45f79..883d99601d 100644
--- a/src/lib/openapi/spec/feature-search-query-parameters.ts
+++ b/src/lib/openapi/spec/feature-search-query-parameters.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,17 @@ export const featureSearchQueryParameters = [
         description: 'Id of the project where search and filter is performed',
         in: 'query',
     },
+    {
+        name: 'state',
+        schema: {
+            type: 'string',
+            example: 'IS:active',
+            pattern:
+                '^(IS|IS_NOT|IS_ANY_OF|IS_NOT_ANY_OF):(.*?)(,([a-zA-Z0-9_]+))*$',
+        },
+        description: 'The state of the feature active/stale',
+        in: 'query',
+    },
     {
         name: 'type',
         schema: {
diff --git a/src/test/e2e/helpers/test-helper.ts b/src/test/e2e/helpers/test-helper.ts
index 580e2c0f7b..8b0da3c515 100644
--- a/src/test/e2e/helpers/test-helper.ts
+++ b/src/test/e2e/helpers/test-helper.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ import { createTestConfig } from '../../config/test-config';
 import { IAuthType, IUnleashConfig } from '../../../lib/types/option';
 import { createServices } from '../../../lib/services';
 import sessionDb from '../../../lib/middleware/session-db';
-import { DEFAULT_PROJECT, IUnleashStores } from '../../../lib/types';
+import {
+    DEFAULT_PROJECT,
+    FeatureToggleDTO,
+    IUnleashStores,
+} from '../../../lib/types';
 import { IUnleashServices } from '../../../lib/types/services';
 import { Db } from '../../../lib/db/db';
 import { IContextFieldDto } from 'lib/types/stores/context-field-store';
@@ -121,7 +125,7 @@ function httpApis(
             return request.post(url).send(postData).expect(expectStatusCode);
         },
         createFeature: (
-            feature: string | CreateFeatureSchema,
+            feature: string | FeatureToggleDTO,
             project: string = DEFAULT_PROJECT,
             expectedResponseCode: number = 201,
         ) => {