Resolved issues where players were not correctly receiving rewards or rank updates within the Blade of the Darkmoon and Forest Hunter covenants.

According to the official Bandai Namco support archives, Dark Souls Remastered Patch 1.04 Hot included the following intended changes:

: General "fine-tuning" of performance and minor bug corrections to improve the online experience. Historical Confusion (Version 1.04)

It was a prayer answered.