Looks like this is just a bug. Added the [fix](https://github.com/mozilla-bteam/bmo/pull/1187/commits/054d52b4186225940bca906310c6a1530cf47ea5) to my pull request for Bug 1344091.
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Looks like this is just a bug. Added the [fix](https://github.com/mozilla-bteam/bmo/pull/1187/commits/f4cfe0c8f155f05b38750aacdf1a0c357d9a964b) to my pull request for Bug 1344091.