[2021] I leveled while in the new zone, did not get passive point

I believe this is the same cause:

Since you had a passive point from that earlier quest that was removed, you essentially had 1 point extra compared to what the game thought you should have. Now that you’ve leveled up once it should work as normal, and you can do the Chapter 9 quest to get the passive point back.

Again, sorry that this isn’t clear.