This indeed was a regression that slipped pass Q&A and ended up landing in RC. Good thing it was spotted there by you, the community members before it ended up in stable!
The fix was merged last night and ended up in today's devel image. It should land in RC shortly. As we are nearing the release of OTA-21 I encourage everyone who is able to, to switch to the RC channel. And whoever is willing to help in early testing, to switch to the devel channel. More eyes on the features help spotting regressions like this early.