[Testing Update] 2024-01-25 - Kernels, Mesa, Calamares, Firefox

[v4mp123]

As for:
sudo pacman -Syu --asdeps pacman-contrib

There is following warning at the Arch-Wiki: pacman - ArchWiki

Note: Using --asdeps and --asexplicit options when upgrading, such as with pacman -Syu package_name --asdeps, is discouraged. This would change the installation reason of not only the package being installed, but also the packages being upgraded.