Ashava group limit

I know Ashava is supposed to be 12 players max, but I’ve never seen more than 8-9 people in an instance. Were there not enough people on during the tests to hit this, too many instances people were divided into or is it by design that only 8 random people can join an instance and the other slots are reserved for party members?

All 3 tries on Ashava and I’ve seen only 9 pax.
Was this changed for the Server Slam? I don’t remember devs saying anything about it.

I’ve seen it in multiple locations here’s a link to one: