Dropdown::widget not rendering

It’s hard to believe Yii would have instabilities, but I believe that’s what I’m seeing. Using yii\bootstrap5\Dropdown I can only see Dropdown prepared in one instance, but not the default instance the docs refer to.

Not working:

 <div class="dropdown">
    <a href="#" data-toggle="dropdown" class="dropdown-toggle">Label <b class="caret"></b></a>
    <?=
        Dropdown::widget([
            'items' => [
                ['label' => 'DropdownA', 'url' => '/'],
                ['label' => 'DropdownB', 'url' => '#'],
            ],
        ]);
    ?>
</div>

Two other working examples:

<?=  Html::dropDownList('dropdn', null, [
    'creator' => 'A',
    'user' => 'B',
], ['id' => 'mb-3', 'class'=>'btn btn-secondary dropdown-large', 'prompt'=>'Select Account Type', 'onchange' => 'run()'])  ?>

<?=
         ButtonDropdown::widget([
    'label' => 'Button Dropdown', 
    'dropdown' => [
        'items' => [
            ['label' => 'Action', 'url' => '#'],
            ['label' => 'Submenu 1', 'items' => [
                ['label' => 'Action', 'url' => '#'],
                ['label' => 'Another action', 'url' => '#'],
                ['label' => 'Something else here', 'url' => '#'],
                '<div class="dropdown-divider"></div>',
                ['label' => 'Submenu 2', 'items' => [
                    ['label' => 'Action', 'url' => '#'],
                    ['label' => 'Another action', 'url' => '#'],
                    ['label' => 'Something else here', 'url' => '#'],
                    '<div class="dropdown-divider"></div>',
                    ['label' => 'Separated link', 'url' => '#'],
                ]],
            ]],
            ['label' => 'Something else here', 'url' => '#'],
            '<div class="dropdown-divider"></div>',
            ['label' => 'Separated link', 'url' => '#'],
        ],
    ],
    'buttonOptions' => ['class' => 'btn-outline-secondary']
]);
    ?>

Classes are loaded w/o issue. I’ve actually just got yii\bootstrap5\ButtonDropdown working in the same format that’s desired. I’ve been creating this post for 20 mins tryin to make sure its a clear/HQ post.

Here’s a gif with the three dropdowns.
NW