[ALL] Did someone just wave a magic wand over Hitron puma 6?

My modem which is bridged on 150 just updated randomly an hour ago, right after it i noticed i finally got that bufferbloat patch some mentioned, upload is now +40ms or so over idle when QoS is off, still poor but excellent in multiple other ways. I also noticed the internet felt..different.. in a good way, traceroutes looked slightly more stable, i ran puma 6 test multiple times, ethernet and wifi, 2 different browsers, and now i constantly get this out of no where.. What is this madness? I dont have XB6 i tried and they keep trying to milk us extra for it. Tell me this isnt a mirage & the difference in performance i mentioned above isnt a figment of my imagination aka le placebo.. anyone else on bridged Hitrons on 150 have this too? (the other 2 Hitrons in this house on 75 didnt update, they are still bloated on buffers without QoS and puma 6 results are the usual).