Are updates within Sonoma fairly dependable on an M1 MBP? Anyone have theirs fail?

I don't often update my M1 MBP due to it being used for audio recording. There are so many plugins for Logic and other DAW's, that it's always a risk that some of them aren't yet compatible. However, I decided to do an incremental update when I was running Monterey, and my M1 became unresponsive. I had to drive 40 miles to the Apple Store where they had to force upgrade to Sonoma.

I've been at v14.0 for a long time now, but am interested in getting the various security updates, as well as app updates, like Safari, which cannot be updated any other way than doing the OS. Looks like the most current version is 14.7.1

I guess I'm fishing for a consensus on whether the Sonoma incremental updates are stable and won't brick my MBP.

BTW, when I was in the Apple Store having them recover my MBP, there were several other users there with the same exact issue.

Appreciate anyone confirming they've had updates work well. Thanks