Bug or new feature?

[Magnomon]

Normally if i die in games with a bigger party and dont know if my mates are still alive, i try to join a new game. If it doesnt let me that means theyre alive.

However today i did the same (after the update) and it did put my party in the next game. As one of my mates told me after they werent all dead.
So now i dont know if thats just a Bug or if it came with the update that you can as party leader now go in the next game while your party is still alive and just stop their game.