setting editor.autoClosingBrackets to beforeWhitespace no longer works

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Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

• VS Code Version: 1.88.1
• OS Version: windows 11

Steps to Reproduce:

1. add the following to settings.json:

   {
       "editor.autoClosingBrackets": "beforeWhitespace"
   }

2. open a python file and type an open bracket before a non-whitespace character:

   Recording.2024-04-16.154945.mp4

this seems to have been broken in a recent update