Help with a pup that KNOWS he shouldn't go in the house, but still does?

The jist of our situation is that he KNOWS he should go outside, but he doesn't seem to want to hold it when we're at work/away.

A few key details:

• French Bulldog/Boston Terrier Mix (maybe?), 1 year 1 month old, 20 lbs.
• He knows he's meant to go outside: when we're home with him, he'll wait by the door patiently until we notice him and take him out. We were meticulous his first two months with us and kept a spreadsheet to anticipate his pee/poop times and take him out before he would have an accident.
• When we're at work, he mostly sleeps but will sometimes get up and pee/poop then go back to sleep (we have a camera, and we often monitor it for this reason).
• For a while, he could handle 5-6 hours at most, but now he can't seem to go 3 hours from when we leave and when he has an accident.
• Since he's gotten older, we've tested how long he can go without breaks when we're home on weekends or working from home. He's gone 7-8 hours without even asking to go out.

Some variables and other factors:

• We moved recently when he was about 10 months old, but even before we moved, he wasn't 100% without accidents. It seems to have ramped up, so we theorize it's anxiety-related.
• When we first moved, we would watch the camera after leaving, and he would bark/cry/howl a lot. But now, he just calmly sleeps but still has accidents.
• We keep him baby-gated off in the kitchen, while our other dog is in the living room (this was a similar situation in our previous apartment). We leave toys and stuff with him, and are going to try a Lickimat.
• We use an enzymatic cleaner to break down the "scent", but he just picks different spots in the kitchen.
• We tried leaving him enclosed in his kennel, thinking he has a positive association with it and knows it's his, but he pooped AND peed in it. He also recently tore into the thin mesh window (it's a travel one, and not a metal kennel), even though he wasn't zipped up?
• Very, very randomly, he'll run to a different room while we're home, have a quick pee or poo, and run back before we notice it. This isn't super common, but it does happen.

Any tips would be appreciated, or if anyone's been through a similar situation before.

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