How many clients can connect to an ESP32? I am using an ESP32 as my master and 10 ESP8266-07s are connected to the master that is in AP mode.

But I need at least 12 clients.
Please help me to increase the number of clients the ESP32 can handle in AP mode.

I have read this article but it did not help me
ESP32 AP max connections: 4 or 10?
The SDK API documentation from Espressif directly notes:

uint8_t max_connection
Max number of stations allowed to connect in, default 4, max 4

EDIT
However, another area of the API documentation (The API Guide) notes:

max_connection
Currently, ESP32 Wi-Fi supports up to 10 Wi-Fi connections. If
max_connection &gt; 10, soft-AP defaults the value to 10.