I finally managed to download Patch 8, but unfortunately, it's still broken. Fresh install, no mods. Can we expect this to be addressed?
If you made a real bug report in addition to this forum documentation? This will increase the chance that the bug will be fixed in the future. If you have not already done so, I would encourage you to do so via:
https://larian.com/support/baldur-s-gate-3#modalAnd link this thread into the “Short description of the problem” section.

We need to politely urge the bugfixing teams even more diligently!

Back to the bug. I can confirm it both with and without mods and always with custom mode difficulty...