/assist Group will not activate Autoattack

Is this a coding limitation, an oversight or a bug?

The /assist group command will not turn on autoattack when /assist on has been set for a character and a group assist role has been set. /assist (playername) turns on autoattack as expected. /assist group will not.

I do realize that an /attack on line can be added to the social key, but with the 5 line limitation that can be less than ideal in certain circumstances, and I've found that there can be a small delay with starting autoattack when done this way, I'm assuming based on server latency.

Autoattack on assist can be switched on/off, maybe it got accidently switched off.
Try /assist on/off to see it that makes any difference.

Thanks but that's not it. Autoattack on assist is definitely set to on. An easy check is doing /assist (playername). Autoattack turns on in this case, but not /assist group. /assist group acquires the MA's target, so that part works, but it just doesn't make sense to me why autoattack doesn't turn on as well.