Matrix playa field children tag not honoring status

Question

I'm on EE2.5.3 using playa 4.3.3 and matrix 2.5.3 with the code below. My understanding is the children tag should take into consideration the status of the parent and not return children for a closed parent entry. However, I'm getting exactly that. The tag is returning children for parents with a closed status. I've checked to make sure the parent status is closed, entry date is in the past.

Is this a bug or a problem with my code?

    {exp:playa:children col="warranty_item_subscontractor" dynamic="no" orderby="title" sort="asc"} 
         <li>{title} &rarr; {exp:playa:total_parents} warranty {if {exp:playa:total_parents} == 1}item{if:else}items{/if}</li>
    {if no_results}<li>There are no outstanding subcontractor items</li>{/if} 
    {/exp:playa:children}

Here's some of the output. Both ASD Systems and Beverly Northwest are children whose parent entry is closed and shouldn't be returned.

ACCENTS & INTERIORS, INC. → 8 warranty items

AMERICA 1ST ROOFING → 2 warranty items

ASD SYSTEMS, INC. → 0 warranty items

BEVERLY NORTHWEST, INC. → 0 warranty items

Answer 1

Adding a conditional for total_parents gets the results I need. However, I'd love it if the children tag honored the parent status.

        {exp:playa:children col="warranty_item_subscontractor" orderby="title" sort="asc"}
    {if {exp:playa:total_parents} >= 1}
             <li>{title} &rarr; {exp:playa:total_parents} warranty {if {exp:playa:total_parents} == 1}item{if:else}items{/if}</li>
             {/if}
        {if no_results}<li>There are no outstanding subcontractor items</li>{/if} 
    {/exp:playa:children}

Answer 2

The "status" on the children tag says "only show children whose status is 'Open'". It doesn't apply to the parent.

You might be able to pull it off with a nested:

{exp:playa:parents entry_id="{entry_id}" status="Open"}

inside the children tag.