ozy I noticed this problem only recently (didn't have any use for POP/IMAP prior to a few weeks). For how many time did you notice the problem ? Was it always there or has there been a working previous release ?
I first noticed July slightly but didn't even realize how serious the difference is for an IMAP user at first because i only used my client and only occasionally looked into the web-app.
And no it wasn't always there..
I had a smooth ride since ~spring '22 with Claws-Mail and only had a little issue here and there which wasn't serious and was fixed pretty quick IIRC.
I currently only use it to move server mails in a subfolder because that isn't fun in the webapp with like ~200-1000 mails and as an RSS-Reader π
I hope someone _/me *squints* at @jengelh _ will get a handle on it rather sooner than later as e.g Ticketsystems and alike are also affected. Some even could use EWS but the main focus for it on this point was Outlook for MAC and other EWS Clients aren't reallly working. (At least i haven't seen one..). Enough of it..
Fingers crossed, most people should be back from the summer vacation so we can only hope.