xml_find_first de-duplicates results -- regression?

[nightroman]

Issue Description and Expected Result

xml_find_first seemingly de-duplicates results, though the help says
"The output is always the same size as the input":

xml_find_first returns a node if applied to a node, and a nodeset if applied
to a nodeset. The output is always the same size as the input. If there are
no matches, xml_find_first will return a missing node; if there are multiple
matches, it will return the first only.

Reproducible Example

library(xml2)

x <- read_xml(
"
<root>
<p name='p1'>
  <v name='v1'/>
  <v name='v2'/>
</p>
<p name='p2'>
  <v name='v1'/>
  <v name='v2'/>
</p>
</root>
"
)

# List of 4, OK
v <- xml_find_all(x, "/root/p/v")

# List of 2, expected 4
p <- xml_find_first(v, "..")

p is expected to have 4 nodes, as the input v.
But it has 2, i.e. the result is de-duplicated.

[nightroman]

Here is the code that used to work with an older version of xml2

library(xml2)

x <- read_xml("NuGet.xml")
logs <- xml_find_all(x, "/*/package/version/log")

day <- Sys.Date() - 60
logs <- logs[as.Date(xml_attr(logs, "d")) > day]
version <- xml_find_one(logs, "..")
package <- xml_find_one(version, "..")

ds <- data.frame(
    Name = xml_attr(package, "name"),
    Version = xml_attr(version, "name"),
    Date = as.Date(xml_attr(logs, "d")),
    Count = sapply(
        as.numeric(xml_attr(logs, "n")),
        function(x) { if (x <= 8) 3 else log(x, 2) }
    )
)

With the latest xml2 it fails:

Error in data.frame(Name = xml_attr(package, "name"), Version = xml_attr(version,  : 
  arguments imply differing number of rows: 20, 35, 465

because version and package contain de-duplicated results unexpectedly.
They used to contain the same number of items as logs.

The code uses the obsolete xml_find_one. Using the newer xml_find_first does not change anything.

[nightroman]

Somewhat related SO question: https://stackoverflow.com/q/46435629/323582
OP cannot find an effective way to get node parents without de-duplication.

[nightroman]

Thank you!

How soon is the package usually released after a fix?

Question: is xml_parent(x) considered the same as xml_find_first(x, "..")? If yes then the similar fix is probably needed. If no then it's perhaps worth mentioning in the manual.