Fix backwards compat with 1.2/1.3

See adcd3ec38c. It broke backwards compat with opping older bots
which is a problem when upgrading or slow migrations.
Merge branch 'request-op-backwards-compat' into maint

* request-op-backwards-compat:
  Fix backwards compat with 1.2/1.3

Conflicts:
	doc/UPDATES