Mid-february 2024, two months after the XSX release, after more than 100 hours, game starts with EULA and a prompt to enable cross saves (which was fortunately active the whole time).
All local saves wiped. Automatic syncing restored the last 10 saves, but a few old saves intentionally named and kept for reference have been lost.
This is unacceptable, especially after the long-awaited "fix" by Microsoft, or Larian, or whomever. A very, very large blemish, weeks after release, on an otherwise wonderful game. And still no explanation I can find concerning the technical reasons behind this bug's continued existence.