However, it seems to take longer than expected to back-port Passport v2 features to FE? Or did it only take this long to get them to feature-parity in the first place, but they'll be in sync from now on?
The long lead-up for this was due to synchronizing the code-base, moving forward they'll both use the passport2 repo and share firmware releases, features, etc.
Total parity from here on out is the plan now that we've laid the groundwork!