SharePoint 2013 Empty Item Workflows

Dears, When querying for List Item Workflows, it always returns 0 items although there is an active workflow associated with that item. The workflow is designed using SharePoint designer 2013 and using SharePoint 2013 workflow. The code below is a sample
of a code that is trying to get workflows.
foreach (SPWorkflow workflow in RequestItem.Workflows)
if (string.Compare(workflow.ParentAssociation.Name, SystemVariables.RFPWorkflowName, true) == 0)
SPWorkflowTaskCollection workFlowTasks = site.WorkflowManager.GetWorkflowTasks(RequestItem, workflow.InstanceId);
foreach (SPWorkflowTask wfTask in workFlowTasks)
if (wfTask.ID == TaskID)
int taskItemsCount = wfTask.ListItems.Count;
break;
break;
Khaled Moawad --- http://kholyos.blogspot.com

Also experiencing this same behavior. Did you ever find a solution to this?
Thanks.

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I understand what you have explained, and have seen several similar explanations that have lead to my confusion. Can you elaborate a bit, maybe for the sake of future information seekers?
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