Configuration validation fails on file with rsyslog 8.2001.0

[yoannrt]

Bug description

When I use rsyslog_rsyslog_d_files: to generate a config file under /etc/rsyslog.d/ I get the followind error on validation step

- name: update specific configuration files
  template:
    src: etc/rsyslog.d/rsyslog.conf.j2
    dest: "/etc/rsyslog.d/{{ item.key }}.conf"
    validate: "{{ 'rsyslogd -N1 -f %s' if item.value.validate | default(true) else 'true %s' }}"

rsyslogd: imfile: no working or state file directory set, imfile will create state files in the current working directory (probably the root dir). Use global(workDirectory="/some/path") to set the working directory [v8.2001.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2450 ]

Environnement

Occurs on Ubuntu 20.04 with rsyslogd version 8.2001.0

Workaround

The only workaround I found for the moment is to add the parameter WorkDirectory in the config file (even if the parameter is already set under /etc/rsyslog.conf)

rsyslog_rsyslog_d_presets_23_fail2ban:
  rules:
    - rule: '$ModLoad'
      logpath: 'imfile'
    - rule: '$WorkDirectory'
      logpath: '/var/spool/rsyslog'

I searched a bit for a cleaner workaround or fix but I'm stuck on this. Maybe anyone has an idea to fix this ?