Checkout Extension Metafield array is empty

[Schmidtc63]

This is  a JavaScript (not React) extension:

export default extension(
	"purchase.checkout.shipping-option-list.render-after",
	async (root, {lines, applyCartLinesChange, query, i18n, shippingAddress, shop, buyerJourney, buyerIdentity, storage, settings, ui, metafields}) => {
    console.log(metafields.current); // the array is empty
.
.
.
});

my .toml file includes the following:

[[extensions.metafields]]
namespace = "kickee"
key = "notforwholesale"
[[extensions.metafields]]
namespace = "kickee"
key = "nfs"

I only have one target in my .toml so that's not the issue.

I have a product with both those metafields and the metafields are defined:

What am I doing wrong?

thank you,

Chris

[Schmidtc63]

This also does not work:

metafields.subscribe((newMetafields) => {
  currentMetafields = newMetafields;
  console.log(`metafields: `, currentMetafields, newMetafields); // blank arrays
});