$HOME/.local/bin not added to PATH env variable

Although the path $HOME/.local/bin exists, it is not added to the path environment variable in Ubuntu 22.04. Re-logging or rebooting does not fix the problem.

Manually running
if [ -d "$HOME/.local/bin" ] ; then
    PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
fi
works as expected. The aboth lines ARE included in the .profile script.

I know that there were already some issued with the mentioned path in previous versions of Ubuntu, however, until now installing some program with pip install --user and re-logging always fixed the issue.

I'm running Ubuntu jammy in a VirtualBox (Version 6.1.32 r149290), but I don't think this is of any relevance.

Output of ubuntu-bug bash:

ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu80
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Apr 6 10:11:13 2022
Dependencies:
 base-files 12ubuntu3
 bash-completion 1:2.11-5ubuntu1
 debianutils 5.5-1ubuntu2
 gcc-12-base 12-20220319-1ubuntu1
 libc6 2.35-0ubuntu3
 libcrypt1 1:4.4.27-1
 libgcc-s1 12-20220319-1ubuntu1
 libidn2-0 2.3.2-2build1
 libtinfo6 6.3-2
 libunistring2 1.0-1
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-03-30 (6 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Beta amd64 (20220329.1)
Package: bash 5.1-6ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcCpuinfoMinimal:
 processor : 3
 vendor_id : GenuineIntel
 cpu family : 6
 model : 158
 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-8950HK CPU @ 2.90GHz
 stepping : 10
 cpu MHz : 2904.002
 cache size : 12288 KB
 physical id : 0
 siblings : 4
 core id : 3
 cpu cores : 4
 apicid : 3
 initial apicid : 3
 fpu : yes
 fpu_exception : yes
 cpuid level : 22
 wp : yes
 flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid tsc_known_freq pni pclmulqdq ssse3 cx16 pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt aes xsave avx rdrand hypervisor lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch invpcid_single pti fsgsbase avx2 invpcid rdseed clflushopt md_clear flush_l1d
 bugs : cpu_meltdown spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass l1tf mds swapgs itlb_multihit srbds
 bogomips : 5808.00
 clflush size : 64
 cache_alignment : 64
 address sizes : 39 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
 power management:
ProcEnviron:
 LC_TIME=de_DE.UTF-8
 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=<set>
 LC_MONETARY=de_DE.UTF-8
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LC_ADDRESS=de_DE.UTF-8
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LC_TELEPHONE=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/usr/bin/zsh
 LC_NAME=de_DE.UTF-8
 LC_MEASUREMENT=de_DE.UTF-8
 LC_IDENTIFICATION=de_DE.UTF-8
 LC_NUMERIC=de_DE.UTF-8
 LC_PAPER=de_DE.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-25.25-generic 5.15.30
SourcePackage: bash
Tags: wayland-session jammy
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-25-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
_MarkForUpload: True