You can certainly apply but your processing is likely just going through normal processing. It won’t hurt your application. I would compare your timeline to others who applied at the end of 2023 or beginning of 2024. Most have not been processed either. There is just a huge backlog and very slow processing because the H&C office can only process a certain number of files per year and given the limited annual quota the office may also be processing less applications than in previous years to prevent a backlog from AIP to PR (currently already around a year). IRCC also tends to spread out AIPs and eCOPRs/COPRs throughout the year (if application is approved) if not they would meet their quota early on in the year.