Ballista Totem Support Bug

Can confirm. I've always avoided using ballista totems because they are practically useless for anything I have used them with. Always thought maybe there is some playstyle/ build that has a way to keep them out of the way of getting hit at all (bc literally ANY amount of damage kills them instantly) but I'm not sure. This league I am playing a build that would really benefit from using them. I have been trying hard to figure out how to get them to stay alive for even 1 second, and cannot. I have read that this is a confirmed bug for a long time now, and if that's true it should really be addressed by this point. GGG, any word on this for the current league/ patch? Are ballistas working as intended?