Importing Authors is creating new users even if they exist

[jrrdnx]

I have several imports set up to import Authors based on their email address. The "Data provided for this user is:" dropdown is set to "Email" and the "Create users if they do not exist" checkbox is checked. No default author is selected.

When the feed is ran, it is creating a new user for each element in the feed so multiple users are created with the same email address. In some cases, the user does already exist before the feed is ran.

Additionally, in my case all elements fail to import with the error "Only one author is allowed" since in these particular sections the Max Authors setting is set to 1. The logs indicate it's selecting both the existing user as well as the new user created for that specific element.

I am using XML files for these feeds, I have not tested with other feed types so not sure if that makes a difference.

• Craft version: 5.6.5.1 and 5.6.6
• PHP version: 8.3
• Database driver & version: MySQL 8
• Plugins & versions: Feed Me 6.6.1 and 6.7.0