Merge pull request #25941 from kamipo/finder_methods_uses_load_target

`FinderMethods` uses `records` (`load_target`) when `loaded?` is true

activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
     # instantiation of the actual post records.
     class CollectionProxy < Relation
       delegate(*(ActiveRecord::Calculations.public_instance_methods - [:count]), to: :scope)
-      delegate :find_nth, :exists?, :update_all, :arel, to: :scope
+      delegate :exists?, :update_all, :arel, to: :scope
 
       def initialize(klass, association) #:nodoc:
         @association = association

activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/finder_methods.rb

@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
 
     def find_take
       if loaded?
-        @records.first
+        records.first
       else
         @take ||= limit(1).records.first
       end
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
         MSG
       end
       if loaded?
-        @records[index]
+        records[index]
       else
         offset ||= offset_index
         @offsets[offset + index] ||= find_nth_with_limit_and_offset(index, 1, offset: offset).first
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
 
     def find_nth_from_last(index)
       if loaded?
-        @records[-index]
+        records[-index]
       else
         relation = if order_values.empty? && primary_key
                      order(arel_attribute(primary_key).asc)
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
 
     def find_nth_with_limit_and_offset(index, limit, offset:) # :nodoc:
       if loaded?
-        @records[index, limit]
+        records[index, limit]
       else
         index += offset
         find_nth_with_limit(index, limit)

activerecord/test/cases/associations_test.rb

@@ -254,6 +254,8 @@ class AssociationProxyTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
   test "first! works on loaded associations" do
     david = authors(:david)
     assert_equal david.posts.first, david.posts.reload.first!
+    assert david.posts.loaded?
+    assert_no_queries { david.posts.first! }
   end
 
   def test_reset_unloads_target