Yes, 3 files that were changed are still the same.
Additional input (though may be irrelevant)
I had renamed the destination Node. The associated custom fields are there as all old threads are not impacted.
Also, time and again, see site was upgraded in the background notification. What is this notification about?
Looks like instead of the usual thread move, in this case it was Post move (my mistake).
I moved a pending-for-move thread and it worked fine.
Sorry about bothering.