Formatting of C# code uses 2 spaces even when settings has 4 spaces

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[severity:It's more difficult to complete my work] [regression] [worked-in:16.9]
I have this setting for C#, where tabs should create 8 spaces:

! [image.png] (https://aka.ms/dc/image?name=Ba10f966fb9ff47d98eb9844d8b8cc3fd637587993146747634_20210609-093458-image.png&tid=a10f966fb9ff47d98eb9844d8b8cc3fd637587993146747634)

But when I press tab key in the editor, it creates 2 spaces only instead of 8 spaces, as this picture shows:

! [image.png] (https://aka.ms/dc/image?name=B7dcd10fa3ff04694ab2f0da067d0ecd8637587994509264584_20210609-093728-image.png&tid=7dcd10fa3ff04694ab2f0da067d0ecd8637587994509264584)

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Original Solutions

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[CyrusNajmabadi]

Need a repro for this.