Join fields occasionally don't get populated properly

Describe the Bug

When adding a join field the referenced collection item occasionally is not loaded properly on the overview.

Link to the code that reproduces this issue

https://github.com/khnn/test-project

Reproduction Steps

The reproduction is based on the blank template.

• Clone / install / start the dev server
• Seed via /seed?count=200
• Check on /admin/collections/posts?depth=1&limit=-1

Which area(s) are affected?

Not sure

Environment Info

I attached examples for Brave and Chrome, but this is also happening on FF and Safari.

Binaries:
  Node: 22.21.1
  npm: 10.9.4
  Yarn: N/A
  pnpm: 10.33.0
Relevant Packages:
  payload: 3.81.0
  next: 16.2.1
  @payloadcms/db-sqlite: 3.81.0
  @payloadcms/drizzle: 3.81.0
  @payloadcms/graphql: 3.81.0
  @payloadcms/next/utilities: 3.81.0
  @payloadcms/richtext-lexical: 3.81.0
  @payloadcms/translations: 3.81.0
  @payloadcms/ui/shared: 3.81.0
  react: 19.2.4
  react-dom: 19.2.4
Operating System:
  Platform: darwin
  Arch: arm64
  Version: Darwin Kernel Version 25.4.0: Thu Mar 19 19:30:44 PDT 2026; root:xnu-12377.101.15~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000
  Available memory (MB): 32768
  Available CPU cores: 10

Run the linked test project, seed it with /seed?count=200, and reproduce the issue at /admin/collections/posts?depth=1&limit=-1 using the provided browser and package versions. Trace how join fields load referenced collection items on the posts overview; done means those items are consistently populated across the reported browsers.