I have very little information on what I’m seeing but I’m hoping I’m just tired and the answer is obvious but here goes:
I create a record in the database and populate a column with searched data. The data is a [Person] rather than plaintext or an integer. Once done, you move to a new “page” (URL).
If you ‘refresh’ the database to see the updated information, the [Person] value disappears. If you don’t refresh, it remains. The data is still there if you view the record, but on the app data view, it’s gone.