Ignore empty Edit API calls to avoid incorrect project status update

So if I understand, when you send an empty/NULL value for project status when calling the edit API, the API changes the status to a different value, rather than leaving the status as is. We would like the ability ignore a Null value for the project status in this API call, and to have the treatment of the Null value in this API configurable by customer instance, Is that correct @star labs support?