Testing the microphone during the meeting

[KorbenDallas]

I use zoom with Dell WH3022 USB headset.

I clearly remember that about a year or so ago it was perfectly possible to use Zoom "Test Audio" feature during an ongoing meeting. Even when the microphone on my side was muted (!) the "Test Audio" feature would still "hear" the mike, i.e. it would hear me saying "Test test test one two three" and properly play back the recorded test sample. This made perfect sense, since it allowed me to test audio settings (especially the microphone) without disturbing the meeting.

However, after one of Zoom updates this functionality suddenly got broken. Now when the microphone is muted, the second portion of "Test Audio" no longer works: it does not hear me speaking. And if I unmute the mike for testing purposes "Test Audio" will hear me, but everyone in the entire meeting will also hear me saying my test-test-tests into the mike. This is, of course, weird and unacceptable.

So, what happened? Why did this (originally well-designed) feature suddenly got crippled like that? Am I missing some setting, perhaps?