InDesign 2020 grouped objects and alt text issue

Hi, all. I've updated to ID 2022 and the problem I described in the original post (Nov 25, 2019) remains resolved when applied to text boxes. To summarize, I still have the ability to group text boxes (in this case, two text boxes without alt-text, and without artifacting, labeled '6, 7, 8' in the Order view) together, then give them alt text (ONE HALF in this example), then anchor them, and then see the alt text appear in Acrobat when viewing using Order. This was possible in ID 2019, and then not possible for grouped text boxes in the first iterations of ID 2020, and then possible in later updates. However, as you can see in the screenshot, the two squares which are grouped together, have a single alt text at the group level, and are anchored have artifacted. These squares were drawn inside ID. These artifact in ID 2021 and 2022 but I have not gone further back. I assume this grouped image issue is related to TexLefty's issue. If we separate the grouping and alt text issue into text and images, then grouped text boxes work, but grouped images (so far as I can see) do not. I don't know the reason for the difference in outcome between the two. I hope this adds something to the conversation. For TexLefty's issue, there may be some other reason not to do this, but the image(s) could be combined outside of ID (using Illustrator or something similar) and placed or imported as a single image. Again, I can imagine some reasons why that might not be preferable, but it seems like the simplest solution given the issue.

The answer that is marked correct in this post is not in fact correct. Even in the latest release of InDesign (2022), this has not been fixed. It simply doesn't work as originally explained. It hasn't for some time.

I am seeing the exact problem with adding custom Alt Text to grouped images within InDesign as the original post here - and I am using a newer InDesign 2021, v17.0. Has this bug returned, or is there some special way to avoid the problem?

- If I add Custom Alt Text to the in-line grouped image, and not the individual images within the group, Acrobat gives me errors that the individual images are missing Alt Text. Acrobat has no tag for the grouped image at all.

- If I add Custom Alt Text to the in-line grouped image and Artifact the individual images, Acrobat doesn't tag the image at all.

- If I add Custom Alt Text to the individual images within the grouped image, and no Alt Text to the grouped image (not tagging as Artifact - just not tagging at all), the PDF tags each and the Alt Text is readable. But of course this isn't a solution, since it needs to be described as a group image, not several individual images!

I've tried exporting to both PDF Print and Interactive, but same results. 

Am I missing something, or is this still a bug?

Thanks!

Well, it does seem like Adobe has fixed this error sometime in the last release or so. Turns out it was a bug on Adobe's part. Thank you all for your help in this thread.

Does your group contain nested groups within the main group? If so, try in grouping everything and creating one single group. Add alt text to that.

How are you setting the Object Export Options for the group? Are you setting the group to artifact?