Weapon doesn't count as being channeled unless switched to malee mode first

[SODXIII]

So I'm running Ash with fatal teleport and covert lethality + life strike dagger. I have noticed during the mission that I wasn't being healed even though I had channelling toggled on.

After some testing in simulacrum, it seems that if you use fatal teleport with channelling on you won't get a healing return unless you have used mallee attack beforehand.
It seems to start working fine after using a single mallee attack (not 100% on this one), but it can be recreated again by using arsenal.

 

EDIT: after playing some missions it seems to work randomly.

Edited March 8, 2019 by SODXIII