Provider task dependency inference works only for files?

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Following up on https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/7784 , I tried to embrace the new feature of Property/Provider tracking their input tasks, but it only seems to work for files.

I extended the sample code from the issue to demonstrate the problem:

import javax.inject.Inject

open class Producer : DefaultTask() {
    @OutputFile
    val outputFile : RegularFileProperty = project.objects.fileProperty()

    @TaskAction
    fun run() {
        println("Write")
        outputFile.get().asFile.writeText("Hello World")
    }
}

open class Consumer : DefaultTask() {
    @InputFiles
    val ins : ConfigurableFileCollection = project.files()

    @TaskAction
    fun run() {
        ins.forEach {
            println(it.absolutePath)
        }
    }
}

open class SingleFileConsumer @Inject constructor (objects: ObjectFactory) : DefaultTask() {

    @InputFile
    val ins: RegularFileProperty = objects.fileProperty()

    @TaskAction
    fun run() {
        println(ins.asFile.get().readText())
    }
}

// I tried to see if there is any difference between injecting an ObjectFactory and using project.objects,
// but it doesn't seem to be the case
open class StringConsumer @Inject constructor (objects: ObjectFactory) : DefaultTask() {

    @Input
    val ins : Property<String> = objects.property(String::class.java)

    @TaskAction
    fun run() {
        println(ins.get())
    }

}

val first = tasks.register("first", Producer::class) {
    outputFile.set(layout.buildDirectory.file("foo"))
}

// depends on Producer
task("second", Consumer::class) {
    ins.from(first.map({ it.outputFile }))
}

// doesnt depend on Producer
task("third", StringConsumer::class) {
    ins.set(first.flatMap({ it.outputFile }).map({ it.asFile.readText() }))
}

// depends on Producer
task("fourth", SingleFileConsumer::class) {
    ins.set(first.map({ it.outputFile.get() }))
}

(Note that this is a construed example, as StringConsumer could just as easily take the file as an input directly, but in my real use cases - a plugin to deploy docker containers - there are no files involved at all)

Is this intentional, or will this feature be added in a later release? Or am I using it wrong?

Thanks for your help!