Old widgets in web components not displaying from 1.0.3 and 1.1.0 - wakanda

Wakanda older widgets within web components (on which mature applications are based) are not displaying properly. This was initially observed with 1.0.3, and initially 1.1.0 (pre-release) corrected it. But with the latest official 1.1.0 release, this issue has returned. The behavior is browser independent. Wakanda Server running on OS X.
I have had to freeze the version of Wakanda to 11.194922, which does not result in this behavior.
When I inquired about this previously, I got perspectives suggesting that the widgets are "deprecated." Those that suggested this seem to be comfortable with the idea that years of developed mature apps on Wakanda can be "redeveloped." This is not feasible in my case, and poses a show-stopper if this is a non addressable issue.
Can someone from the Wakanda team give me a clear input on this?
Thanks ...

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