Magento 2 is missing a method to regenerate url rewrites

[Eddcapone]

Preconditions (*)

1. EE 2.3.5-p2

Steps to reproduce (*)

1. Create some categories and products
2. Truncate table url_rewrites
3. Login to Backend.
4. Go to: Marketing -> SEO & Search: URL Rewrites
5. Notice that there are no records.
6. Try to regenerate url_rewrites e.g. with php bin/magento indexer:reindex
7. Notice that there are still no records.

Expected result (*)

1. There should be a method which enables you to regenerate url_rewrites

Actual result (*)

1. There is no such method. You need external extensions e.g. like this which are buggy though. . This should be a basic functionality, especially for Enterprise..., it was even working in Magento 1.

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[hostep]

I've already tried to explain that Magento2 no longer regenerates url rewrites using an indexer in https://github.com/magento/magento2/issues/2619#issuecomment-675430116

But I'd love to hear an official response from Adobe/Magento around this, maybe it makes sense to have a regenerate-url-rewrites feature available for shops not yet live?