category__and seemingly ignored

Query filter (for categories) doesn’t seem to respect AND requirement.

Example code:

'categories' =>
        array (
          'type' => 'categories',
          'hook_key' => 'categories',
          'name' => 'categories',
          'weight' => '1',
          'cats' =>
          array (
            5 => 'Administration (AU)',
            38 => 'unit-story',
          ),
          'cat_operator' => 'category__and',

The post(s) is(/are) being embedded on all pages where categorized “unit-story” even when the other filter argument/category isn’t selected on the post page.

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