Notes.app scripting dictionary defective on Catalina?

Some reports of breaking AppleScript interactions with Notes.app under Catalina (Tinderbox.app and Hook.app forums).

Does anyone have any insight into what has changed or broken in the Catalina Notes.app scripting interface ?

FWIW an update – the take (and bug reports submitted to Apple) of the authors of Hook.app:

https://hookproductivity.com/help2/integration/hook-and-macos-10-15-catalina-notes-app

re Notes.app “AppleScript is almost completely broken when iCloud sync is enabled”