// This query doesn't work as expected
List<Cloudadminauthlist> authOnlylist = _masterReadDb.Cloudadminauthlist
    .Where(x => x.Authcode != null && authcode.Contains(x.Authcode))
    .ToList();

// These two queries work fine
List<Cloudadminauthlist> authAlllist = _masterReadDb.Cloudadminauthlist.ToList();
List<Cloudadminauthlist> authlist = authAlllist
    .Where(x => x.Authcode != null && authcode.Contains(x.Authcode))
    .ToList();

I’m encountering a peculiar issue with my Entity Framework (EF) query in .NET 8. Specifically, I need to filter a list based on certain conditions involving a collection (authcode in this case). However, when I attempt to do this filtering in one query, it doesn’t return the expected results. But surprisingly, when I split the query into two separate statements, it works perfectly fine.
As you can see, the logic of the queries is identical, but when I combine them into one, it doesn’t return the expected results.

I’ve already confirmed that the authcode collection contains the correct values and that there are records in the Cloudadminauthlist table that should match the criteria.

Is there something specific to .NET 8 that might be affecting how EF handles queries when combined into one statement versus split into multiple statements? Any insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!