PayPal Pay monthly credit check hard or soft??????????????

Im getting so many conflicting answers on if pay monthly is or isnt a hard credit inquiry. I used their chat AI who says its a soft pull. Google says its a hard pull, but if I ask a different way it says its a soft pull. Ive searched reddit and its both soft pull or hard pull depending whos answering. I just got off the phone with their customer service to ask them and she didnt know as she wasn't familiar with pay monthly option, just kept saying PayPal credit, which, at check out, is a completely separate option. Does anyone really know the actual answer to this? Im trying to get an answer ASAP as the item needs to be ordered today before I go out of town Saturday so it will be here before then.