Automator Action 'New PDF Contact Sheet' returns a blank page

I'm running into some bugs with Automator again. Seems like with each major OS update, things in Automator gets fixed while other things break.
This time, the New PDF Contact Sheet action seems to have lost its functionality.
To recreate the issue, I created a new workflow that , tion input and feeds them right into the single action (new pdf contact sheet), which outputs them to the desktop as a PDF file.
Every time, the pdf file is just a single blank white page. Am I missing something here?
Why is such a basic thing getting borked?

It works for me.  Here's the workflow I setup:
If the application is open dropping a folder of photos on it won't work. I  get the blank doucment.  One has to use the File ➙ Open menu and select the folder of photos.
OT

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