FluentQueryByPredicate does not respect property projection when paging

[Rob4001]

Currently using:
repo.findBy(predicate, query -> { return query.project("relatedObject").page(pageable); });

Where relatedObject is a lazy xToMany relationship on the entity in the repo.
Once the query is completed I still get lazy fetches for all my entities instead of the graph hint being populated to allow a larger but simpler query.

Is there a reason why the read page query does not apply the following logic ?

https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-jpa/blob/main/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/FetchableFluentQueryByPredicate.java#L176-L182
if (!properties.isEmpty()) { pagedQuery.setHint(EntityGraphFactory.HINT, EntityGraphFactory.create(entityManager, entityType, properties)); }

[schauder]

Please provide a Minimimal Reproducable Example, preferable as a Github repository. Make sure to include the database, either as an in memory database or if that is not possible using Testcontainers.

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