Reactive Java Driver: How to search for a item that does not exist without aborting the transaction

Working with Data Drivers
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I have the following code, which should try to find a document in a collection. If that item does not exist, the flow should continue without failing or aborting the transaction. When no matching item is found in the collection, the code below currently emits Command failed with error 251 (NoSuchTransaction): 'Transaction 3 has been aborted.' and I haven’t been able to find a way to continue the transaction instead of aborting it.

return Single.fromPublisher(collection.find(session, Filters.eq("item", item)))
        .map(Optional::of)
        .onErrorReturnItem(Optional.empty())
        .observeOn(RxHelper.scheduler(context));

How do I use the reactive driver to search for an item that does not exist, without failing?

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I can make it work, if I do not pass the session when I look up the element that may not exist. Not sure why that is the case, though.