Cant have an empty progress bar

I want to use the progress bar to indicate how close a user is to advance to the next level.
So far I tried to set .animate to zero, or remove it completely, but either way, it doesn't work.
It shows an empty bar but will not show the number within the circle.

Start by reproducing an empty progress bar with animation set to zero or omitted, as described in the issue. Inspect how the empty bar and circle text are rendered; done means the bar remains empty while the number is visible inside the circle.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.