[Python] Warning: Selector got both text and root, root is being ignored

I wrote a scrapy spider that was working as normal, but suddenly started getting this warning:

/home/user/github-repos/scrapper/scrapper/env/lib/python3.8/site-packages/scrapy/selector/unified.py:83: UserWarning: Selector got both text and root, root is being ignored. super().__init__(text=text, type=st, root=root, **kwargs)

Upon further inspection, the section which produces the error is the following

__slots__ = ["response"]
selectorlist_cls = SelectorList

def __init__(self, response=None, text=None, type=None, root=None, **kwargs):
if response is not None and text is not None:
raise ValueError(
f"{self.__class__.__name__}.__init__() received "
"both response and text"
)

st = _st(response, type)

if text is not None:
response = _response_from_text(text, st)

if response is not None:
text = response.text
kwargs.setdefault("base_url", response.url)

self.response = response
super().__init__(text=text, type=st, root=root, **kwargs)


The warning specifies that the root is being ignored, even though the constructor requires it. This is a class within the scrapy package so it may relate to an update on their behalf.

This is the only part of my code that interacts with selectors:

def load_item(self, response: TextResponse, app_id, db_id, urls):
loader = AppLoader(response=response)
loader.add_value("app_id", app_id)
loader.add_value("db_id", db_id)
loader.add_value("url", response.url)
loader.add_css("game_title", "#appHubAppName::text")
loader.add_css("publisher", "#game_highlights .dev_row+ .dev_row a::text")
loader.add_css("developer", "#developers_list a::text")
loader.add_css("publish_date", ".date::text")
loader.add_css("tags", "#glanceCtnResponsiveRight a::text")
loader.add_css(
"review_count", "#review_type_all+ label .user_reviews_count::text"
)
loader.add_css(
"positive_review_count",
"#review_type_positive+ label .user_reviews_count::text",
)
loader.add_css(
"negative_review_count",
"#review_type_negative+ label .user_reviews_count::text",
)
loader.add_value("file_urls", urls)

return loader.load_item()

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