Yes - I know - I should probably have the team channel running at all times - so I may not be up-to-date with the recent decisions
But why? I thought the patch was in place to ensure that keyring updates was applied first thus avoiding invalid signature messages?
pacman 6.1.0-6 removes the sync-first patch
to avoid pacman complaining on an unknown option edit pacman.conf and comment or remove the lines
# If upgrades are available for these packages they will be asked for first
SyncFirst = manjaro-system archlinux-keyring manjaro-keyring