That's good to know, but the burning question is: why? Is this a critical but otherwise background part of the update? A clever time saving choice that didn't pan out well?
I miss the old Google way. The geeky engineers that said "What if we delivered internet via hot-air balloon?" and "Verizon sucks ass. Let's start our own ISP". Current Google is comparitively locked the fuck down, and I hate it.
EDIT in time to say oh my god I thought you were joking. Their stance literally is "We care about your experience and want to keep you informed".
What... corporate-friendly language
Sounds like they are apologizing not for buggy software, but for telling you about it.