While on most occasions when I have asked for a seat in row 1 at check in I have been successful, a few weeks ago when flying OSL-DOH-CBR I was unable to get any seat in row 1 on the DOH-SYD flight unlocked. Not at OSL nor at DOH. It seems that row 1 was not released at any time for this flight. However, seat 5K on the 777 was a perfectly fine bulkhead seat.