Luckily, I only became active on this forum after all this nonsense was done by IRCC maybe that's why I'm bit high on hopium.
CEC people are getting medicals passed like after 45 days compared to new 5-10 days for FSW! I have not seen more then 1-2 CEC people getting PPR till now. Another Trend which is very common is people with Visa Rejections are taking an extra month, maybe more checks needed! 2.5 months is normal trend and 3.5 for people with Visa refusal to any country.
I'm part of AUG-SEP-OCT AOR groups on my burner whatsapp number and it's Fun
What is really keeping my Hopium high is some Oct AOR people have already got PPR!!! So far the average lowest processing time for AUG AOR was 8 weeks, In SEP it was 6 weeks and in OCT it's 4 weeks already, I think the only way they can reduce the backlog is by making sure at least the new cases are processed as fast as they can.
When I lodged my application my estimate was 6-12 months as well but seeing people with similar cases to mine getting PPRs have made me bit more optimistic. Let's hope for the best.