Built-in Mic Not Working

Hello, 6.0.7 user here. After the last update I tried to record some audio using the built-in mic of my Asus X540 - but no luck. When using the mic from a headset I have no issues other than some weird pop at the start of the recording but this can be a headset thing.
I tried toying with pavucontrol but still did not manage to get any input from the built-in mic - the system detects it but it behaves as it is disabled somehow.

Here is the eos-diagnostis output:

eos-diagnostic-250626_173940_UTC+0300.txt (1.2 MB)

Hello? This forum used to be pretty active in the EOS 3 days, but now it is a ghost town. Should we be worried about Endless’s future?