Hi, it’s always recommended to run the update from a terminal because the GUI tends to crash with large updates (30+ packages).
These are the steps I follow every time I update: [Stable Update] 2024-10-01 - Kernels, Plasma 6.1.5, KDE Gear 24.08.1, LibreOffice, Virtualbox 7.1 - #84 by r0nin
I suggest you try updating again before rebooting, at least to make sure all packages are updated.