Avoid considering unchanged properties as modified #30640
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Fixes #30601
Description
Starting with 7.0 EF compares the original store value with the current one when persisting a modified property, but due to a bug the comparison almost always returned
false
even if the values should be treated as equal.Customer impact
In the reported case it results in an exception, because the properties appear to create a dependency cycle when treated as if they are modified.
How found
Customer report on 7.0
Regression
Yes
Testing
Added a test for the impacted scenario.
Risk
Low. Added quirk to revert to old behavior if necessary.