Keepers a1a33a2c2d
fixing bugs found during extensive manual tests (#4173)
fix up the following bugs:
* reinstate previousPath in the metadata retrieval
* implement DoNotMergeItems for real
* nil pointer protection for the 'from' property
* some additional logging

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#### Does this PR need a docs update or release note?

- [x]  No

#### Type of change

- [x] 🐛 Bugfix

#### Issue(s)

* #3989

#### Test Plan

- [x]  Unit test
- [x] 💚 E2E
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