Upgrade to Neo4j 4.3.2 Generates New Message Error: "Expected list, got Long(1619)"

Neo4j Graph Platform Cypher
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Hello,

Can you please confirm if my understanding below is correct? I think I managed to fix the error, but just want to double check here.

Yesterday I upgraded from version 4.2.4 to 4.3.2, and this morning I found a new message error on one of my cypher queries that updates my Neo4j database on a daily basis. After looking at the offending cypher code, I think I spotted where my mistake is.

This is my old cypher query:

MATCH(AllLaws)
        WHERE (AllLaws:FirstLaw OR AllLaws:SecondLaw OR AllLaws:ThirdLaw OR AllLaws:FourthLaw)
        AND AllLaws:NewLaws
        WITH COLLECT( DISTINCT AllLaws.id_law ) AS lawids
MATCH(n)
        WHERE(n:FirstLaw OR n:SecondLaw OR n:ThirdLaw OR n:FourthLaw)
        AND n.id_law IN lawids AND NOT n:NewLaws
        WITH n.id_law AS updatedlaws
MATCH(p)
        WHERE(p:FirstLaw OR p:SecondLaw OR p:ThirdLaw OR p:FourthLaw)
        AND p.id_law IN updatedlaws
SET p:UpdatedLaw

I've been executing this cypher query for about a month now, and it didn't generate any errors until this morning when it produced this message:

{code: Neo.ClientError.Statement.TypeError} {message: Expected list, got Long(1619)}

I believe the error says it all, no? My cypher query was expecting a list of values, but it instead was given a Long integer. The "Long" here is, I presume, a reference to the Java long data type which is the same as the Cypher integer data type.

To fix this query, I needed another collect function in the second match statement like this:

MATCH(AllLaws)
        WHERE (AllLaws:FirstLaw OR AllLaws:SecondLaw OR AllLaws:ThirdLaw OR AllLaws:FourthLaw)
        AND AllLaws:NewLaws
        WITH COLLECT( DISTINCT AllLaws.id_law ) AS lawids
MATCH(n)
        WHERE(n:FirstLaw OR n:SecondLaw OR n:ThirdLaw OR n:FourthLaw)
        AND n.id_law IN lawids AND NOT n:NewLaws
        WITH COLLECT( DISTINCT n.id_law ) AS updatedlaws
MATCH(p)
        WHERE(p:FirstLaw OR p:SecondLaw OR p:ThirdLaw OR p:FourthLaw)
        AND p.id_law IN updatedlaws
SET p:UpdatedLaw

What this query does is that it searches for only those Law nodes that has at least 2 different laws associated with the same law_id (any given law_id could have anywhere from 1 law to 4 laws), and it places an "UpdateLaw" label on those nodes where a law_id gained an additional law.

Thanks

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There was no message error this morning. I think I fixed this. Testing this...