More than once I've had a companion fall behind and have to go manually retrieve them.
And while doing that you need to unchain them or else the whole party runs/jumps back to where the lagger is and then a new person gets stuck. The following mechanic really needs an overhaul.
Just force turn base and manually jump the straggler past the gap, it's what I do, unchaining takes too much time.

But yes, overall, the follower AI needs an overhaul.