TOPIC: Field limits in the backend

I have a registration form with multiple field limits. A user registered and decided to add another session later. The session had not yet reached the limit. I modified the user's registration in the back end which should have brought the session that I added to the session limit. Another user was able to register for that session from the front end.

I searched the forum and found the post from Oct 2012 describing a situation where an admin was exceeding the session limit from the backend and I understand the reasoning behind that.

My question is: Do registrations/modifications made from the backend add to the field count before the limit is reached?