fix switch over candidate retrieving (#2760)

* fix switch over candidate retrieving

Signed-off-by: fahed dorgaa <fahed.dorgaa.ext@corp.ovh.com>

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Signed-off-by: fahed dorgaa <fahed.dorgaa.ext@corp.ovh.com>
Co-authored-by: fahed dorgaa <fahed.dorgaa.ext@corp.ovh.com>
Co-authored-by: Felix Kunde <felix-kunde@gmx.de>