bug(Chips): Selecting value from autocomplete by keyboard navigation causes both the search string and the selected option to be added
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Description
### Is this a regression?
- [ ] Yes, this behavior used to work in the previous version
### The previous version in which this bug was not present was
_No response_
### Description
Reproducible on this [example](https://material.angular.io/components/chips/overview#chips-autocomplete).
### Reproduction
StackBlitz link: https://stackblitz.com/edit/rd9usi?file=package.json
Steps to reproduce:
1. Type any input that is a substring of any item in the suggestion list
2. Navigate to a suggestion with keyboard
3. Press Enter
4. Both the search string and the selected are added
### Expected Behavior
Only the selected suggestion is added
### Actual Behavior
Both the selected and the suggested values are added
### Environment
- Angular: 16.2.6
- CDK/Material: 16.2.8
- Browser(s): Google Chrome
- Operating System (e.g. Windows, macOS, Ubuntu): darwin arm64
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the linked StackBlitz reproduction, including package.json, and compare its behavior with the Chips autocomplete example. Trace keyboard navigation and Enter handling for a typed substring, then verify that only the selected suggestion is added and the search string is not also added.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- angular, typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100