Service spec.loadBalancer not being updated when using static ExternalIPs

[fherbert]

Using OCP4.10.47. We've created a service and defined an IP address in spec.ExternalIPs.

Keepalived operator sucessfully brings up the ExternalIP as a VIP, but doesn't write back the service status updating the service.status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].ip.
If dynamic ExternalIP is used, the service.status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].ip does get updated (from what I can tell, not by the keepalived operator).

Is this a missing feature of keepalived operator or is the update of the service.spec when using a static ExternalIP supposed to be done by a different process within openshift? According to redhat support, the updating of the service.status should be done by the external loadbalancer.