Author filter on issue list is incomplete

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Steps to reproduce

• navigate to issue list (e.g. https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues)
• filter by any author who is not member of the project (and also not yourself)

What is the current bug behavior?

author list shows "no matches found":

What is the expected correct behavior?

issue authors appear in the list of issues authors