No, it's been like that for years. I'll prod him to check again, though...
Well, given that I have had personal confirmation and thanks from others who have found the feature before this change, and given that the feature itself is not much more than a year old, I hope you'll permit me to be skeptical about your claim.
However, once revision 6639 goes live, I hope to hear similar thanks from the head of Verdis Elementum, because I assure you, the feature
is there, and
does work.