Issues not flagged in PR, but flagged once merged

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  • ALM used: GitHub
  • CI system used: GitHub Actions
  • Languages of the repository: Java

I have had on numerous occasions, issues being flagged once a PR is merged into our development branch, however it is never flagged when a PR is raised, or flagged in the feature branch. To my understanding, this should never be the case?

How would I go about trying to understand why this is happening?