File fields do not display data when data migrated with migration plugins

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Description

Originally reported with Bricks builder in https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-fields-not-being-copied-over-when-using-duplicate/

Found also in Yoast Duplicate Post.

Version

3.2.7

Testing Instructions

1. Create a multi-select file field, e.g., image_field
2. Install Yoast Duplicate Post
3. Duplicate a post with images in the field.
4. Note that image_field and _pods_ image_field meta keys and values exist correctly in post_meta table.
5. Note that pods-dfv-field-data inline script JSON does not contain the data from post_meta table.

Screenshots / Screencast

inline JSON looks like this:

<script type="application/json" class="pods-dfv-field-data" data-pod="post" data-group="more_fields" data-item-id="37" data-form-counter="0">{"htmlAttr":{"id":"pods-form-ui-pods-meta-image-field","class":"pods-form-ui-field pods-form-ui-field-type-file pods-form-ui-field-name-pods-meta-image-field pods-field-template-rows","name":"pods_meta_image_field","name_clean":"pods-meta-image-field"},"fieldType":"file","fieldItemData":[],"fieldConfig":{"object_type":"field","object_storage_type":"post_type","name":"image_field","id":37,"parent":5,"group":"group\/5\/more_fields","label":"Image Field","description":"","weight":5,"type":"file","file_format_type":"multi","file_uploader":"attachment","file_type":"images","file_attachment_tab":"upload","file_attachment_current_post_only":"0","file_upload_dir":"wp","file_edit_title":"1","file_show_edit_link":"0","file_linked":"0","file_limit":0,"file_field_template":"rows","file_add_button":"Add File","file_modal_title":"Attach a file","file_modal_add_button":"Add File","file_wp_gallery_link":"file","file_wp_gallery_columns":"3","file_wp_gallery_size":"thumbnail","file_auto_set_featured_image":"0","repeatable":false,"repeatable_format":"default","default_evaluate_tags":"0","default_empty_fields":"0","roles_allowed":"administrator","revisions_revision_field":"0","enable_conditional_logic":"0","rest_pick_response":"array","rest_pick_depth":"1","required":"0","required_help_boolean":"0","name_prefix":"pods_meta_","help":"","default":null,"attributes":null,"class":"","grouped":0,"file_allowed_extensions":"","file_upload_dir_custom":"","file_restrict_filesize":"","file_wp_gallery_output":"","file_wp_gallery_random_sort":"","file_post_id":null,"limit_types":"image\/jpeg,image\/png,image\/gif,image\/webp","limit_extensions":"jpg,jpeg,png,gif,webp","groups":[],"fields":[],"repeatable_add_new_label":"Add New","repeatable_reorder":true,"repeatable_limit":0,"repeatable_format_separator":", ","item_id":37,"placeholder":""},"fieldEmbed":true,"fieldValue":false}</script>**

But should look like this:

<script type="application/json" class="pods-dfv-field-data" data-pod="post" data-group="more_fields" data-item-id="1" data-form-counter="0">{"htmlAttr":{"id":"pods-form-ui-pods-meta-image-field","class":"pods-form-ui-field pods-form-ui-field-type-file pods-form-ui-field-name-pods-meta-image-field pods-field-template-rows","name":"pods_meta_image_field","name_clean":"pods-meta-image-field"},"fieldType":"file","fieldItemData":[{"id":"28","icon":"http:\/\/yo.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/333-150x150.png","name":"333","edit_link":"http:\/\/yo.local\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=28&action=edit","link":"http:\/\/yo.local\/hello-world\/333\/","download":"http:\/\/yo.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/333.png","selected":true},{"id":"29","icon":"http:\/\/yo.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/777-150x150.jpeg","name":"777","edit_link":"http:\/\/yo.local\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=29&action=edit","link":"http:\/\/yo.local\/hello-world\/attachment\/777\/","download":"http:\/\/yo.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/777.jpeg","selected":true}],"fieldConfig":{"object_type":"field","object_storage_type":"post_type","name":"image_field","id":1,"parent":5,"group":"group\/5\/more_fields","label":"Image Field","description":"","weight":5,"type":"file","file_format_type":"multi","file_uploader":"attachment","file_type":"images","file_attachment_tab":"upload","file_attachment_current_post_only":"0","file_upload_dir":"wp","file_edit_title":"1","file_show_edit_link":"0","file_linked":"0","file_limit":0,"file_field_template":"rows","file_add_button":"Add File","file_modal_title":"Attach a file","file_modal_add_button":"Add File","file_wp_gallery_link":"file","file_wp_gallery_columns":"3","file_wp_gallery_size":"thumbnail","file_auto_set_featured_image":"0","repeatable":false,"repeatable_format":"default","default_evaluate_tags":"0","default_empty_fields":"0","roles_allowed":"administrator","revisions_revision_field":"0","enable_conditional_logic":"0","rest_pick_response":"array","rest_pick_depth":"1","required":"0","required_help_boolean":"0","name_prefix":"pods_meta_","help":"","default":null,"attributes":null,"class":"","grouped":0,"file_allowed_extensions":"","file_upload_dir_custom":"","file_restrict_filesize":"","file_wp_gallery_output":"","file_wp_gallery_random_sort":"","file_post_id":null,"limit_types":"image\/jpeg,image\/png,image\/gif,image\/webp","limit_extensions":"jpg,jpeg,png,gif,webp","groups":[],"fields":[],"repeatable_add_new_label":"Add New","repeatable_reorder":true,"repeatable_limit":0,"repeatable_format_separator":", ","item_id":1,"placeholder":""},"fieldEmbed":true,"fieldValue":[28,29]}</script>

fieldValue is false instead of array of integers and URLs are missing.

Possible Workaround

Clearing Pods cache didn't resolve it.

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