Boot issues after update

:man_shrugging: Unfortunately, I booted again via USB Stick. Boot0004 disappeared:

~ >>> efibootmgr -v                                                            
BootCurrent: 0003
Timeout: 1 seconds
BootOrder: 0003,0000,0001,0002
Boot0000* Windows Boot Manager	HD(2,GPT,cb5a4e2d-3dfc-4f01-9cca-fa06ca117c14,0xfa000,0x32000)/File(\EFI\MICROSOFT\BOOT\BOOTMGFW.EFI)WINDOWS.........x...B.C.D.O.B.J.E.C.T.=.{.9.d.e.a.8.6.2.c.-.5.c.d.d.-.4.e.7.0.-.a.c.c.1.-.f.3.2.b.3.4.4.d.4.7.9.5.}....................
Boot0001  Hard Drive	BBS(HD,,0x0)/VenHw(5ce8128b-2cec-40f0-8372-80640e3dc858,0200)..GO..NO..........S.S.D. .1.2.8.G.B...................\.,.@.r.d.=.X..........A...........................>..Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.S.A.B.F.8.1.0.1.5.2.2.0.7.6. . . . . . ........BO..NO..........S.a.m.s.u.n.g. .S.S.D. .8.6.0. .E.V.O. .5.0.0.G.B...................\.,.@.r.d.=.X..........A...........................>..Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.4.S.N.F.Z.N.N.F.0.8.7.9.9.4. .V. . . . ........BO..NO..........W.D.C. .W.D.6.4.0.0.A.A.D.S.-.0.0.M.2.B.0...................\.,.@.r.d.=.X..........A...........................>..Gd-.;.A..MQ..L. . . . .W. .-.D.C.W.V.A.7.5.2.4.4.2.0.8........BO
Boot0002  USB KEY	BBS(HD,,0x0)/VenHw(5ce8128b-2cec-40f0-8372-80640e3dc858,0b00)..GO..NO..........K.i.n.g.s.t.o.n.D.a.t.a.T.r.a.v.e.l.e.r. .3...0...................\.,.@.r.d.=.X..........A.......................F..Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.1.8.3.1.B.F.B.7.7.F.A.9.F.3.8.1.C.9.9.F.0.2.9.B........BO
Boot0003* UEFI: KingstonDataTraveler 3.0, Partition 1	PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x0)/USB(17,0)/HD(1,MBR,0x0,0x53e904,0x2000)..BO

Could you try:
grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --removable

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It worked :champagne:
I’ve read the description of --removable and still don’t get how this works :thinking:

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Seems some vendors have “bad” UEFI implementation which need the file at the defaul/fallback path.
See here:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB#Default/fallback_boot_path

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