Thanks for the suggestion @AlanM, alas it doesn’t return anything (also tried with the 9.5.5 debugger).
Q: pathnames of files of services "windefend"
T: 0.475 ms
I: plural string
Q: exists files of services "windefend"
A: False
T: 0.519 ms
I: singular boolean
Q: services "windefend"
A: "WinDefend" "Windows Defender Service" "Running"
T: 133.763 ms
I: plural service
I did see Problem with `expand x64 environment string` and how 9.5.5 improves some handling but we don’t have any plans to update to patch 5 with patch 6 being ever closer