When you register a user with MapIdentityApi's /register endpoint, it sends an email with a relative confirmation link like /identity/confirmEmail?userId={id}&code={code} rather than https://example.com/identity/confirmEmail?userId={id}&code={code} which makes the confirmation link unusable.
See https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/asp-net-core-updates-in-dotnet-8-preview-7/comment-page-2/#comment-18682 for the original customer report.