Thanks and good point. I'm new to this and wasn't expecting mercury to unilaterally publish without asking me first. My mistake was in not being explicit about timeline with them, and also Tom admitted that he thought my vulnerability report (given over a private link to my website) was publicly accessible on my blog (it wasn't). That's why mercury rushed to publish fixes ASAP.

Miscommunication all around and a good learning experience for next time in a low-stakes environment