I have similar situation on my MBP 2017 (MacBookPro14,3) (waiting for new MBP but still): (1) Cold boot having issues with "Critical update", after pressing retry 3-5 times MacOS is booted. (2) If I downgrade to Monterey- issue is gone (3) If you go into Console app BridgeRestore logs you may notice that: (1) Timed out waiting for a device to be connected (1.1) No device found (1.2) The device failed to go into DFU mode after forcing DFU. Please ensure the EFI Boot ROM is up to date What bugs me that TouchID and TouchBar are working fine (see #1) but sometimes under "Siri" icon (near TouchID) it's blinking White-brick I think it was something to do with TouchBar cable, I've been replacing thermal paste on CPU :)