I've tried resetting my player frame to elv UI default to no success, also copying the settings from the elvui target & focus frames - which do work to no success. Turning off elv UI then big debuffs is working with the blizzard default player frame, so it's likely an interaction specifically with Elv UI which is no longer working.

    if unit:match("player") then
	local elvUIFrame = _G["ElvUF_Player"]
	if elvUIFrame and elvUIFrame:IsVisible() and elvUIFrame.unit then
		if unitGUID == UnitGUID(elvUIFrame.unit) then
			return elvUIFrame
		end
	end
    end

I fixed it locally by adding this code inside the "if unit and (unit:match("party") or unit:match("player")) then" block - as this block seems to only be returning party frames despite also checking if the matched unit is the player.

Thanks this worked for me as well