The patch 2.0.3 notes are referring to a bug that existed where CP would occasionally fall off on deselection, it certainly did not work like that all of the time or even most of the time, just in rare circumstances. Note the "should", because the bug still existed in early BC until it got fixed again.
This is absolutely, 100% an incorrect implementation of how it worked in 1.12.1. There are probably rogue gameplay videos that would show it as such, but I'd need to do quite a bit of digging.