I have same problem. In the same way when I try to create a new layer it also doesn't register the action. I tried the same action on the job and it works great, with the same version of illustrator.
Illustrator 23.0.1
macOS Mojave 10.14.2
i7
Memory 16 gb
Graphics Intel Iris Ori 1536 MB
I have same problem. In the same way when I try to create a new layer it also doesn't register the action. I tried the same action on the job and it works great, with the same version of illustrator.
Illustrator 23.0.1
macOS Mojave 10.14.2
i7
Memory 16 gb
Graphics Intel Iris Ori 1536 MB