Edge PWA not applying desktop shortcut name and icon when using Group Policy

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When we configure a PWA app in Edge for outlook.office.com it works perfectly creating a desktop shortcut with the name "Outlook" and the outlook icon as dictated by the sites PWA.Json config.

If we use the Edge group policy (Configure list of force-installed Web Apps) to achieve the same result we end up with a different icon on the desktop and the shortcut is labeled as "https___outlook.office.com__realm=xxxxx.com". Not very user friendly at all. Feels like an Edge bug however we do get the same issue with Google Chrome.... Noting they are both based off of chromium.

Has anyone else experienced this or have any suggestions on how to resolve?

group-policy microsoft-edge progressive-web-apps
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use "fallback_app_name": "your Text" at the end for example

[{"create_desktop_shortcut": true, "default_launch_container": "window", "url": "https://outlook.office.com","fallback_app_name": "Outlook Online"}]

to change to a friendly name. I too am suffering though from the Shortcut icon not actually displaying.. works fine if installed directly though edge

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