Replaced `==` with `equals` on two String objects #2018

Job	Run time
test-linux	3m 8s
builds	15m 26s
tests (windows-latest)	4m 27s
tests (macos-latest)	2m 11s
tests (buildjet-4vcpu-ubuntu-2204-arm)	3m 59s
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