[2.3] [Bridge] [Propel] minor improvements to the Propel bridge.

| Q             | A
| ------------- | ---
| Bug fix?      | no
| New feature?  | no
| BC breaks?    | no
| Deprecations? | no
| Tests pass?   | yes
| Fixed tickets | ~
| License       | MIT
| Doc PR        | ~

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