Edit form rendered blank - ruby-on-rails

Question

My model/id/edit form is rendered blank, without rendering the values that are already in the database. I don't see this is the regular behaviour in a brand new rails app.
Any insights what's blocking those values to be rendered in the form?
Rails 6.1.4
ruby 2.7.3p183
_form.html.erb
<%= form_with(model: task) do |form| %>
<%= render "shared/error_messages", resource: form.object %>
<div class="form-group">
<%= form.label :title %>
<%= form.text_field :title, class: "form-control", prepopulated: "true", :value => params[:title] %>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<%= form.label :description %>
<%= form.rich_text_area :description, data: { controller: "mentions", mentions_target: "field" }, class: "form-control", :value => params[:description] %>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<%= form.label :credits %>
<%= form.number_field :credits, class: "form-control", :value => params[:credits] %>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<%= form.label :category %>
<%= form.select :category, [ 'Development', 'Design' ], class: "form-control", :value => params[:category] %>
</div>
<% if current_user.admin === true %>
<%= form.collection_check_boxes(:user_ids, User.where(id: 1).all, :id, :name) do |u| %>
<%= u.label(class: "check_box") { u.check_box(checked: true, class: "add_margin") + u.text } %>
<% end %>
<% end %>
<div class="flex justify-between form-group">
<%= form.button class: "btn btn-primary" %>
<% if form.object.persisted? %>
<%= link_to t("delete"), form.object, class: "btn btn-danger outline", method: :delete, data: { confirm: t("are_you_sure") } %>
<% end %>
</div>
<% end %>
Controller
class TasksController < ApplicationController
before_action :set_task, only: [:show, :edit, :update, :destroy]
before_action :authenticate_user!
before_action :load_entities, only: :show
# GET /tasks/1/edit
def edit
end
# PATCH/PUT /tasks/1 or /tasks/1.json
def update
respond_to do |format|
if #task.update(task_params)
format.html { redirect_to #task, notice: "Task was successfully updated." }
format.json { render :show, status: :ok, location: #task }
else
format.html { render :edit, status: :unprocessable_entity }
format.json { render json: #task.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
end
end
end
private
# Use callbacks to share common setup or constraints between actions.
def set_task
#task = Task.find(params[:id])
puts #task
puts #task.id
end
# Only allow a list of trusted parameters through.
def task_params
params.require(:task).permit(:title, :description, :credits, :deliverydate, :submitteddate, :createdby, :default, :status, :category, :assignedto, user_ids: [])
end
end
Edit:
Adding trace for set_task , example when opening the Edit form for Task ID 7
10:30:24 web.1 | ↳ app/controllers/tasks_controller.rb:91:in `set_task'
10:30:24 web.1 | #<Task:0x000000010d75ddf8>
10:30:24 web.1 | 7
10:30:24 web.1 | Rendering layout layouts/application.html.erb