Re: Row 1/10 bulkhead blocking, just wanted to report a data point.
I just booked a LAX-CDG-XXX in April 25 with points and no status and I was seemingly able to select freely in rows 1 and 10 with the new layout. 1D/1H and 10A/10L were unavailable but I was able to select 1A - 1D, 10D, 10H also available. It's still >10 months out so still obviously possible to get moved around but at least right now I have 1A