After find-via-reload, the record is not new

activerecord/CHANGELOG.md

+*   After a successful `reload`, `new_record?` is always false.
+
+    Fixes #12101.
+
+    *Matthew Draper*
+
 *   PostgreSQL renaming table doesn't attempt to rename non existent sequences.
 
     *Abdelkader Boudih*

activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb

@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ def reload(options = nil)
         end
 
       @attributes = fresh_object.instance_variable_get('@attributes')
+      @new_record = false
       self
     end
 

activerecord/test/cases/persistence_test.rb

@@ -865,4 +865,16 @@ def test_reload_removes_custom_selects
     assert_equal 1, post[:wibble]
     assert_nil post.reload[:wibble]
   end
+
+  def test_find_via_reload
+    post = Post.new
+
+    assert post.new_record?
+
+    post.id = 1
+    post.reload
+
+    assert_equal "Welcome to the weblog", post.title
+    assert_not post.new_record?
+  end
 end