Focus Status Sharing Toggled Off -Still Sharing With Contacts

iPhone 14 Pro Max - iOS 17.2.1

When I have my "Share Focus Status" toggled off - contacts are still notified when I have a focus set on my phone.

I primarily utilize the 'do not disturb' focus. Here is the set up:

Do Not Disturb

Share Across Device - ON

Focus Status - OFF

Allow Notifications:

People - (2 selected)

Apps - None allowed

Notification Options:

show on lock screen - off

hide notification badges - off

silence notifications - always

dim lock screen - off

I have people constantly able to continue to ping me or see that my focus status is on. I do not want it to be known when I have this on.

I've found that going into someone's contact through iMessage there is an option to share focus status.

In every one of my contacts it is toggled on. In any iMessage threads that aren't from a saved contact, the share focus status is off. Until I add them as a contact. As soon as I add them as a new contact, the share status automatically switches to on.

How do I stop my phone from dictating that new contacts have access to my focus status? How can I switch over my contacts to share the same preferences of my focus status without going through each individually?