Highlight and shadow clipping preview not working in LR5

There's a gap between the edge of my tonal information and the end of the histogram box on both sides of the graph. No matter how bright or dark I make the image it does not show clipping and the values do not slide to the far edges of the box like they used to. Also, holding down option when dragging the 'whites' and 'blacks' sliders no longer shows me clipped values no matter how bright or dark I make it. Ugh....I use these features all the time and feel blind without them.

You didn't post the original, before adding the +5 exposure.
I played around in LR5 with some of my photos, and I found this one that exhibits similar results on adding +5 exposure, but it starts off as underexposed and low contrast. Anything a bit more exposed or with a slightly brighter area (e.g. make dog's front leg a tiny bit brighter) does clip. (Note - this is the original photo without adding any exposure).

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