Recursive Batch File Processing & Output

Hello! Ever since Audacity 2.3.0, a crucial feature for me is missing.

It used to be that you could select a folder for batch audio processing, select “preserve folder hierarchy”, and Audacity would make a copy of the folder and apply your macro (called a “chain” back then) to each file while preserving the folder’s structure, as well as the structure of any sub-folders. Fully recursive.

As of Audacity 2.3.0, you can’t even customize the output directory at all. The only option is output to a single, flat folder.

This is a major feature to have lost for me, and I haven’t been able to find anything similar in any other tool. I wanted to post here to ask if there’s any way to get this feature back, and if not, to implore the Audacity team to bring it back. Thank you!!