Confirm the right behavior of user with deleted_at value

[EliMariaaaa]

I created an activate/deactivate functionality for users. I used the soft delete functionality for deactivation. However, when I try to activate the user, it's not shown when called in $users->findById([user_id]). And when I remove the deleted_at record of the data, I get the record. Is this the correct behavior?

[kenjis]

I created an activate/deactivate functionality for users.

What did you created?

I used the soft delete functionality for deactivation.

What do you mean?

If you use CI4 Model's soft delete feature, it deletes records logically.
If a record has deleted_at datetime, the record is treated as deleted.
So $users->findById([user_id]) returns null.
See https://codeigniter4.github.io/CodeIgniter4/models/model.html#usesoftdeletes