diff --git a/src/applications/releeph/controller/request/ReleephRequestEditController.php b/src/applications/releeph/controller/request/ReleephRequestEditController.php
index 1f8c04d03c..5d3871f92e 100644
--- a/src/applications/releeph/controller/request/ReleephRequestEditController.php
+++ b/src/applications/releeph/controller/request/ReleephRequestEditController.php
@@ -49,6 +49,18 @@ final class ReleephRequestEditController extends ReleephProjectController {
         ->setReleephRequest($rq);
     }
 
+    $field_list = PhabricatorCustomField::getObjectFields(
+      $rq,
+      PhabricatorCustomField::ROLE_EDIT);
+    foreach ($field_list->getFields() as $field) {
+      $field
+        ->setReleephProject($releeph_project)
+        ->setReleephBranch($releeph_branch)
+        ->setReleephRequest($rq);
+    }
+    $field_list->readFieldsFromStorage($rq);
+
+
     // <aidehua> epriestley: Is it common to pass around a referer URL to
     // return from whence one came? [...]
     // <epriestley> If you only have two places, maybe consider some parameter
@@ -126,6 +138,12 @@ final class ReleephRequestEditController extends ReleephProjectController {
         }
       }
 
+      // TODO: This should happen implicitly while building transactions
+      // instead.
+      foreach ($field_list->getFields() as $field) {
+        $field->readValueFromRequest($request);
+      }
+
       if (!$errors) {
         foreach ($fields as $field) {
           if ($field->isEditable()) {
@@ -243,13 +261,7 @@ final class ReleephRequestEditController extends ReleephProjectController {
       }
     }
 
-    // Fields
-    foreach ($fields as $field) {
-      if ($field->isEditable()) {
-        $control = $field->renderReleephEditControl($request);
-        $form->appendChild($control);
-      }
-    }
+    $field_list->appendFieldsToForm($form);
 
     $crumbs = $this->buildApplicationCrumbs();
 
diff --git a/src/applications/releeph/field/specification/ReleephFieldSpecification.php b/src/applications/releeph/field/specification/ReleephFieldSpecification.php
index 7ec1b64967..355551191a 100644
--- a/src/applications/releeph/field/specification/ReleephFieldSpecification.php
+++ b/src/applications/releeph/field/specification/ReleephFieldSpecification.php
@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@ abstract class ReleephFieldSpecification
   extends PhabricatorCustomField
   implements PhabricatorMarkupInterface {
 
+  // TODO: This is temporary, until ReleephFieldSpecification is more conformant
+  // to PhabricatorCustomField.
+  private $requestValue;
+
+  public function readValueFromRequest(AphrontRequest $request) {
+    $this->requestValue = $request->getStr($this->getRequiredStorageKey());
+    return $this;
+  }
+
   abstract public function getName();
 
 /* -(  Storage  )------------------------------------------------------------ */
@@ -28,6 +37,10 @@ abstract class ReleephFieldSpecification
     return $key;
   }
 
+  public function shouldAppearInEditView() {
+    return $this->isEditable();
+  }
+
   final public function isEditable() {
     return $this->getStorageKey() !== null;
   }
@@ -38,6 +51,10 @@ abstract class ReleephFieldSpecification
    * N-squared times, each time for R ReleephRequests.
    */
   final public function getValue() {
+    if ($this->requestValue !== null) {
+      return $this->requestValue;
+    }
+
     $key = $this->getRequiredStorageKey();
     return $this->getReleephRequest()->getDetail($key);
   }
@@ -82,13 +99,6 @@ abstract class ReleephFieldSpecification
   }
 
 
-/* -(  Edit View  )---------------------------------------------------------- */
-
-  public function renderReleephEditControl(AphrontRequest $request) {
-    throw new ReleephFieldSpecificationIncompleteException($this);
-  }
-
-
 /* -(  Conduit  )------------------------------------------------------------ */
 
   public function getKeyForConduit() {
diff --git a/src/applications/releeph/field/specification/ReleephLevelFieldSpecification.php b/src/applications/releeph/field/specification/ReleephLevelFieldSpecification.php
index 4e1fe5520f..64a46ff7da 100644
--- a/src/applications/releeph/field/specification/ReleephLevelFieldSpecification.php
+++ b/src/applications/releeph/field/specification/ReleephLevelFieldSpecification.php
@@ -39,16 +39,11 @@ abstract class ReleephLevelFieldSpecification
     return $this->getNameForLevel($level);
   }
 
-  public function renderReleephEditControl(AphrontRequest $request) {
+  public function renderEditControl() {
     $control_name = $this->getRequiredStorageKey();
     $all_levels = $this->getLevels();
 
-    $level = $request->getStr($control_name);
-
-    if (!$level) {
-      $level = $this->getCanonicalLevel($this->getValue());
-    }
-
+    $level = $this->getCanonicalLevel($this->getValue());
     if (!$level) {
       $level = $this->getDefaultLevel();
     }
diff --git a/src/applications/releeph/field/specification/ReleephReasonFieldSpecification.php b/src/applications/releeph/field/specification/ReleephReasonFieldSpecification.php
index 4e60d91185..885c096b89 100644
--- a/src/applications/releeph/field/specification/ReleephReasonFieldSpecification.php
+++ b/src/applications/releeph/field/specification/ReleephReasonFieldSpecification.php
@@ -35,13 +35,12 @@ final class ReleephReasonFieldSpecification
 
   private $error = true;
 
-  public function renderReleephEditControl(AphrontRequest $request) {
-    $reason = $request->getStr('reason', $this->getValue());
+  public function renderEditControl() {
     return id(new AphrontFormTextAreaControl())
       ->setLabel('Reason')
       ->setName('reason')
       ->setError($this->error)
-      ->setValue($reason);
+      ->setValue($this->getValue());
   }
 
   public function validate($reason) {
diff --git a/src/applications/releeph/field/specification/ReleephSummaryFieldSpecification.php b/src/applications/releeph/field/specification/ReleephSummaryFieldSpecification.php
index 749d33a9d8..e1f67db6cf 100644
--- a/src/applications/releeph/field/specification/ReleephSummaryFieldSpecification.php
+++ b/src/applications/releeph/field/specification/ReleephSummaryFieldSpecification.php
@@ -19,13 +19,12 @@ final class ReleephSummaryFieldSpecification
 
   private $error = false;
 
-  public function renderReleephEditControl(AphrontRequest $request) {
-    $summary = $request->getStr('summary', $this->getValue());
+  public function renderEditControl() {
     return id(new AphrontFormTextControl())
       ->setLabel('Summary')
       ->setName('summary')
       ->setError($this->error)
-      ->setValue($summary)
+      ->setValue($this->getValue())
       ->setCaption(
         'Leave this blank to use the original commit title');
   }