According to [this MSE post][1] the 5 minute grace period has not gone anywhere, but there is more than just the 5 minute timer that determines if an edit is rolled into the previous revision or a new one created.

According to t[his answer from Shog9][2]:

>Edits will be rolled into the previous revision if the previous revision was created by the same author and none of the following conditions are present:
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- The previous revision was created 5 minutes or more in the past
- A comment has been added to the post since the previous revision by anyone other than the editor.
- An answer has been added to the post since the previous revision
- The previous revision was a rollback
- The new revision is a rollback

This behavior was implemented in March 2015.

  [1]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/255845/wheres-my-5-minute-grace-period-gone
  [2]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/251876/265657