The lighting system needs to catch up to Blender. In this case the rectangular lights should have a beam shape / spread parameter.
https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/render/cycles/light_settings.html#beam-shape
I believe this is already on the list RH-64696 Directional area light
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oh … I forgot I had that one. Sorry for the repeat.
Don’t worry - our age is showing 