Bug or not, it definitely worked. Was a nice little buff, and hardly game breaking. It's a bit of a bummer is all. Either way, they could have at least put it in the patch notes, like they did for the "spirit boons coming from the ranger instead of the spirits themselves" bug fix (also a bummer).
Oh well.
Something something... can't have nice things, mechanist go brrrrr, and all that jazz 🤷♂️.