Grub /boot/grub/grub.cfg.pacsave warning

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I saw the following during my upgrade today:

warning: /boot/grub/grub.cfg saved as /boot/grub/grub.cfg.pacsave
( 88/315) upgrading grub                           [----------------------] 100%
:: To use the new features provided in this GRUB update, it is recommended
   to install it to the MBR or UEFI. Due to potential configuration
   incompatibilities, it is advised to run both, installation and generation
   of configuration:
     # UEFI: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GRUB#Installation
     # BIOS: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GRUB#Installation_2

Normally I get a message at the end and I am prompted to deal with .pacsave but that did not happen this time. This feels like I need to do something, but also kind of like maybe I shouldn’t?

Can anyone help me out here?

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pacman/Pacnew and Pacsave - ArchWiki

A .pacnew file may be created during a package upgrade (pacman -Syu, pacman -Su or pacman -U) to avoid overwriting a file which already exists and was previously modified by the user.

A .pacsave file may be created during a package removal (pacman -R), or by a package upgrade (the package must be removed first). When the pacman database has a record that a certain file owned by the package should be backed up, it will create a .pacsave file

.pacsave

If the user has modified one of the files specified in backup then that file will be renamed with a .pacsave extension and will remain in the filesystem after the rest of the package is removed.

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Yes and it’s mentioned already:

should never be touched in Manjaro, it’s generated by execution of sudo update-grub, only. So, /boot/grub/grub.cfg.pacsave can be deleted (or ignored).

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