I recently upgraded to Org-mode version 9.2.4 from 9.1.9 and when I insert
a capture template at point in an org-file using C-0 C-c c or C-0 M-x
org-capture, it appears that properties :empty-lines, :empty-lines-after,
and :empty-lines-before are not respected. In all instances, regardless of
these values, the heading is moved to the lowest possible line before the
next heading. Has anyone else experienced this? I reviewed the Org-mode 9.2
Changes <https://orgmode.org/Changes.html> and nothing obvious popped out.
Is there a variable I'm missing? Is there anything in that changed in
org-capture that would cause this? Can anyone replicated this?

I tried the following capture-template on both versions:

(setq org-capture-templates
    '(("t" "Todo" entry (file+headline "~/org/gtd.org" "Tasks")
       "* TODO %?\n  %i\n  %a" :empty-lines 2)
      ("j" "Journal" entry (file+datetree "~/org/journal.org")
       "* %?\nEntered on %U\n  %i\n  %a")))

And received the following:

* Version 9.1.9

** First Heading
** TODO New Capture at Point


** Second Heading

* Version 9.2.4

** First Heading
** TODO New Capture at Point
** Second Heading

If it's not clear, the New Capture at Point template removes all spaces
between itself and the Second Heading. I also posted this question on Reddit
<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/c5j3x7/org_version_924_insert_template_at_point_doesnt/>
and
StackExchange
<https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/51260/org-version-9-2-4-insert-template-at-point-doesnt-respect-empty-lines-property?noredirect=1#comment79048_51260>
but
didn't receive any responses.
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