on second look, it looks like this behavior is still working as intended. i repro'd in a workspace that didn't have

noAutoCreateOnDefinition

set: https://wiki.dendron.so/notes/f83c1d87-eac0-48f3-a5cf-8a69989d8ec1.html#noautocreateondefinition this is true by default for new workspaces and needs to be manually set in older workspaces