Graph client query using filter on SharePoint folder name stopped working (as from 11 Feb 2025)

Describe the bug

Using a graph client query to get a SharePoint folder information by folder name stopped working. It has been working for months until February 11, 2025. (code block below)

folderSearch = await _graphClient.Drives[driveId]
                                 .Items
                                 .GetAsync(requestConfig => requestConfig.QueryParameters.Filter = $"Name eq '{folderName}'");

It returned the error:
Microsoft.Graph.Models.ODataErrors.ODataError: Filtering non-fields properties other than parentReference/id eq {value} is not supported.

Updating Microsoft Graph nuget package to the latest stable did not solve this issue.

Expected behavior

Until Feb 11, 2025 it returned a DriveItemCollectionResponse. In the folderSearch query driveId and foldername are the parameters from the called method.

How to reproduce

Use the following on a SharePoint Site:

        public async Task<DriveItem> GetFolderByFolderName(string driveId, string folderName)
        {
            DriveItemCollectionResponse folderSearch = null;
            DriveItem folder = null;

            folderSearch = await _graphClient.Drives[driveId]
                                             .Items
                                             .GetAsync(requestConfig => requestConfig.QueryParameters.Filter = $"Name eq '{folderName}'");
            bool folderIsNull = folderSearch == null || folderSearch.Value == null || folderSearch.Value.Count == 0;
            if (!folderIsNull)
                folder = folderSearch.Value[0];

            if (folderIsNull)  // folder does not exist yet, create it
            {
                DriveItem newFolderDriveItemPostRequest = new DriveItem
                {
                    Name = folderName,
                    Folder = new Folder { },
                    AdditionalData = new Dictionary<string, object>
                      {
                          {
                              "@microsoft.graph.conflictBehavior" , "fail"
                          },
                      },
                };
                DriveItem newFolderDriveItem = null;
                newFolderDriveItem = await _graphClient.Drives[driveId]
                                                       .Items
                                                       .PostAsync(newFolderDriveItemPostRequest);
                if (newFolderDriveItem != null)
                {
                    folder = newFolderDriveItem;
                    _logger.LogInformation($"Successful folder creation. folderName: {folderName}, folderId: {newFolderDriveItem.Id}");
                }
            }

            return folder;
        }

SDK Version

5.70.0

Latest version known to work for scenario above?

5.69.0 until date 2025-02-11

Known Workarounds

No response

Debug output

fail: Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Internal.Host[9]
BackgroundService failed
Microsoft.Graph.Models.ODataErrors.ODataError: Filtering non-fields properties other than parentReference/id eq {value} is not supported.
at Microsoft.Kiota.Http.HttpClientLibrary.HttpClientRequestAdapter.ThrowIfFailedResponseAsync(HttpResponseMessage response, Dictionary2 errorMapping, Activity activityForAttributes, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at Microsoft.Kiota.Http.HttpClientLibrary.HttpClientRequestAdapter.SendAsync[ModelType](RequestInformation requestInfo, ParsableFactory1 factory, Dictionary2 errorMapping, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at Microsoft.Kiota.Http.HttpClientLibrary.HttpClientRequestAdapter.SendAsync[ModelType](RequestInformation requestInfo, ParsableFactory1 factory, Dictionary2 errorMapping, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at Microsoft.Graph.Drives.Item.Items.ItemsRequestBuilder.GetAsync(Action1 requestConfiguration, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
at SignalsStatisticsOverviewExportMSGraph.SharePointAccess.GetFolderByFolderName(String driveId, String folderName) in C:\Projects\SLS\Projects\SLSSignalsStatisticsExportService_Trunk\SLSSignalsStatisticsExportService\SignalsStatisticsOverviewExportMSGraph\SharePointAccess.cs:line 58
at SignalsStatisticsOverviewExportMSGraph.Worker.ExecuteAsync(CancellationToken stoppingToken) in C:\Projects\SLS\Projects\SLSSignalsStatisticsExportService_Trunk\SLSSignalsStatisticsExportService\SignalsStatisticsOverviewExportMSGraph\Worker.cs:line 41
at Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Internal.Host.TryExecuteBackgroundServiceAsync(BackgroundService backgroundService)

Configuration

• OS: Windows 11 / Windows Server 2022 Datacenter (21H2)
• Architecture: 64 bit
• .NET 8.0

Other information

No response

Start with the GetFolderByFolderName entry point and reproduce the failing Drives[driveId].Items.GetAsync filter against SharePoint using SDK versions 5.69.0 and 5.70.0. Review the request builder behavior and issue evidence to determine whether the regression is in the SDK or the service; done means the documented folder lookup works again or the limitation and supported behavior are clearly recorded.