Media Encoder Source Range defaulting to "Work Area" when sent from Premiere

I suppose this might actually be an intentional choice but it seems like a bug, since for as long as I've been using Media Encoder, a file's Source Range has defaulted to the in/out of your Premiere (currently on v24.5.0 Build 57) sequence, if it had one.

I'm on version 24.5 Build 50 of Media Encoder and, when exporting separate parts of a sequence, now have to manually adjust my settings for each queued file and change the source range from "Work Area" to "Sequence In/Out".

Just looking for clarity on whether or not this was intentional. And if it was, I would love an option to default to in/out (or any of the other options for that matter). Thank you for your help!

Attached are screenshots of my machine's information, a 20 frame in/out of a 30 minute sequence, and the resulting default preset in Media Encoder.