Problematic modification in opening ome.tiff files

Hello,
For the past 2-3 weeks, I've been having trouble opening ome.tiff files. Previously, even if there was a metadata.companion file and several files of the same series named incrementally, when I dragged and dropped a file it opened directly and quickly by indicating the file name in the window. This still works with FIJI 2.9.0 and imageJ 1.53t.
However, with version 2.16.0 of Fiji and 1.54g of ImageJ, a window opens with the whole series and this slows down file opening considerably. The name indicated in the window is changed to metadata.companion - acquisition date. If I delete the metadata.companion file from the folder, the file opens as if there were only one channel (instead of 2) and no z.
Have there been any recent changes in support for ome.tiff files? Is there a way to change the file opening parameters without using an older version of FIJI?
have a nice day

Reproduce the drag-and-drop behavior with the reported Fiji 2.16.0 and ImageJ 1.54g versions using an OME-TIFF, its metadata.companion file, and incrementally named series files; compare it with Fiji 2.9.0 and ImageJ 1.53t. Trace how the metadata.companion file changes the selected window and series loading, then verify that opening the selected file remains fast while preserving its channels and z data.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.