SVG filters disappearing from Actions whenever Illustrator is closed

Hi all.
I'm working on a file I'd like to use as a template, and it will include some actions.
Here's the problem - once Illustrator has been closed and reopened, while the custom actions still show up, they no longer contain the SVG filters. It requires the user to reload the set of actions every time they reopen Illustrator.
Part of the point of the template is to reduce the extra steps in workflows, so I'm hoping someone can suggest a way to fix this.
Discussed it with other designers on my team, and they suggested we include the actions in the Presets folder, hoping it would automatically do some sort of "fresh install" of the actions when we load Illustrator. We tried that - I actually added the actions into the default set, and though it loads the actions, they still show as having lost the filters. Again, the only way to get them back is to reload the actions separately.
Any ideas?
Thanks!

I'm not familiar with ExtendScript, but the filters I am using are VERY simple - do their default filters include ExtendScript...? (seems unlikely, but then again, clueless about ExtendScript).
Here's one I am using:
<filter  width="200%" height="200%" id="AI_GlowBlur" y="-50%" x="-50%">
          <feGaussianBlur  stdDeviation="5"></feGaussianBlur>
</filter>
Could it have anything to do with the fact that they are inserted from the menu? Although like I said, the actions work fine until Illustrator is closed and reopened. :-( So probably not.
Ugh.

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