I have similar situation on my MBP 2017 (MacBookPro14,3) (waiting for new MBP but still):
* Cold boot having issues with "Critical update", after pressing retry 3-5 times MacOS is booted.
* If I downgrade to Monterey- ***issue is gone***
* If you go into ***Console*** app ***BridgeRestore*** logs
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you may notice that:
* Timed out waiting for a device to be connected
** No device found
** 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 :)