OK maybe this was too aggressive even for Adaptive Clearing ;)

[JAZZCNC]

Its the same path as the previous cut. The first one was done a bit slower. The stock dimensions are less than what was programmed, that's why it cuts a bit of air but it does look like it 'plunged' but it did path is the same cut as the first vid (just reset the zero and went again).

But did you move the stock so it thinks in different place or possibly didn't zero Y axis exactly right because to me it looks like it's doing positional move and thinks stock edge is in different place to where actually is. The fact the tool path retract distance when moving is so close doesn't allow much room for error.!