Preconditions and environment

Magento: 2.4.8-p1

Steps to reproduce

Navigate to a category page.
In \Magento\Catalog\Controller\Category\View::_initCategory the category is loaded from Category Repository.
Category repository has build in a cache layer.

Further in the code, \Magento\CatalogSearch\Model\Layer\Filter\Category::apply is called, which calls the \Magento\Catalog\Model\Layer\Filter\DataProvider\Category::getCategory method.

But \Magento\Catalog\Model\Layer\Filter\DataProvider\Category::getCategory is not using the Category Repository and that means that the data is no loaded using the information already cached.

Was there a reason why Category Repository was not used there?

Expected result

The category shouldn't be loaded multiple times from database.

Actual result

The category is loaded multiple times from database

Additional information

No response

Release note

No response

Triage and priority

• Severity: S0 - Affects critical data or functionality and leaves users without workaround.
• Severity: S1 - Affects critical data or functionality and forces users to employ a workaround.
• Severity: S2 - Affects non-critical data or functionality and forces users to employ a workaround.
• Severity: S3 - Affects non-critical data or functionality and does not force users to employ a workaround.
• Severity: S4 - Affects aesthetics, professional look and feel, “quality” or “usability”.