textfont color ignored in Sankey diagram

When specifying textfont in a Sankey diagram like this: textfont=dict(color="blue", size=50) the color is ignored, while size works correctly.

A MWE with two figures. The first one has black nodes and (tiny) text, which is correct.

fig_black = go.Figure(data=[
    go.Sankey(
        node=dict(
            pad=15,
            thickness=20,
            line=dict(color="black", width=0.5),
            label=["A1", "A2", "B1", "B2", "C1", "C2"],
            color="black"
        ),
        link=dict(
            source=[0, 1, 0, 2, 3, 3],  # indices correspond to labels, eg A1, A2, A2, B1, ...
            target=[2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5],
            value=[8, 4, 2, 8, 4, 2]
        ),
        textfont=dict(color="black", size=10)
    ),
])
fig_black.update_layout(title_text="Black")
fig_black.show()

The second one has blue nodes, which is correct, but the text is black when it should be blue.

fig_blue = go.Figure(data=[
    go.Sankey(
        node=dict(
            pad=15,
            thickness=20,
            line=dict(color="blue", width=0.5),
            label=["A1", "A2", "B1", "B2", "C1", "C2"],
            color="blue"
        ),
        link=dict(
            source=[0, 1, 0, 2, 3, 3],  # indices correspond to labels, eg A1, A2, A2, B1, ...
            target=[2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5],
            value=[8, 4, 2, 8, 4, 2]
        ),
        textfont=dict(color="blue", size=50)
    ),
])
fig_blue.update_layout(title_text="Blue")
fig_blue.show()

I'm using plotly version 4.9.0.

Is the color specification above wrong or is this a bug?

Reproduce the supplied two-figure Sankey MWE with Plotly 4.9.0 and compare the working text size with the ignored text color. Trace the Sankey textfont handling, then add coverage showing that the requested color is rendered; the issue names no source file or test to begin with.