Describe the bug

I have a query that uses distinct on the select
select distinct entity.id from Entity entity...

I want to use this query in a EntityRepository from where I want to return a PanacheQuery<Long> instead of a PanacheQuery<Entity>
When doing the following code:

String query = "...";
PanacheQuery pQuery= (PanacheQuery) find(query);
pQuery.count();

This will return a correct count value because it generates the following queries:

select distinct entity.id from ...
select count(distinct entity.id) from ...

However when applying .project (so I can have a PanacheQuery<Long> and not use unchecked raw types)

String query = "...";
PanacheQuery<Long> pQuery= find(query).project(Long.class);
pQuery.count();

It will remove the distinct from the count

select distinct entity.id from...
select count(*) from...

And not returning the same .count() value

Expected behavior

After applying .project() to a generic PanacheQuery the .count() value should remain the same after the projection

Actual behavior

The .count() value changes because the distinct from the select clause is being removed after applying .project()

How to Reproduce?

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Output of uname -a or ver

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Output of java -version

17.0.7

Quarkus version or git rev

3.2.2.Final

Build tool (ie. output of mvnw --version or gradlew --version)

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Additional information

As a workarround it's possible to create a EntityIdRepository implements PanacheRepository<Long> to avoid the unchecked raw types