["solved"] system boot failure after repeated power outages

[pst]

Hello,

after several power outages whilst booting my pfSense Plus 24.11 now refuses to successfully boot.

The boot procedure always stops at "Removing vital flag from php83...failed."

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ZFS filesystem version: 5
ZFS storage pool version: features support (5000)
hdacc0: <Realtek ALC662 rev3 HDA CODEC> at cad 0 on hdac0
hdaa0: <Realtek ALC662 rev3 Audio Function Group> at nid 1 on hdacc0
pcm0: <Realtek ALC662 rev3 (Rear Analog)> at nid 20 and 24 on hdaa0
hdacc1: <Intel Kaby Lake HDA CODEC> at cad 2 on hdac0
hdaa1: <Intel Kaby Lake Audio Function Group> at nid 1 on hdacc1
pcm1: <Intel Kaby Lake (HDMI/DP 8ch)> at nid 3 on hdaa1
Trying to mount root from zfs:pfSense/ROOT/default []...
ugen0.1: <Intel XHCI root HUB> at usbus0
uhub0 on usbus0
uhub0: <Intel XHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 3.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus0
uhub0: 18 ports with 18 removable, self powered
Root mount waiting for: usbus0 CAM
ugen0.2: <CPS CP1500EPFCLCD> at usbus0
ugen0.3: <Logitech USB Receiver> at usbus0
ukbd0 on uhub0
ukbd0: <Logitech USB Receiver, class 0/0, rev 2.00/12.10, addr 2> on usbus0
kbd2 at ukbd0
uhid0 on uhub0
uhid0: <Logitech USB Receiver, class 0/0, rev 2.00/12.10, addr 2> on usbus0
Root mount waiting for: CAM
Root mount waiting for: CAM
Root mount waiting for: CAM
Root mount waiting for: CAM
Root mount waiting for: CAM
Root mount waiting for: CAM
Root mount waiting for: CAM
ada0 at ahcich1 bus 0 scbus1 target 0 lun 0
ada0: <KimMiDi TB900 SSD 128GB S0924A0> ACS-2 ATA SATA 3.x device
ada0: Serial Number AA2021043443
ada0: 600.000MB/s transfers (SATA 3.x, UDMA6, PIO 512bytes)
ada0: Command Queueing enabled
ada0: 122104MB (250069680 512 byte sectors)
Dual Console: Serial Primary, Video Secondary
Configuring crash dumps...
Using /dev/ada0p3 for dump device.
/dev/gpt/efiboot0: 8 files, 257 MiB free (16467 clusters)
FIXED
/dev/gpt/efiboot0: MARKING FILE SYSTEM CLEAN
Filesystems are clean, continuing...
Mounting filesystems...
Mounting ZFS boot environment...done.

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Welcome to Netgate pfSense Plus 24.11-RELEASE...

Checking dump device /dev/ada0p3 for crash dumps ... no crash dumps on /dev/ada0p3.
...ELF ldconfig path: /lib /usr/lib /usr/lib/compat /usr/local/lib /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg /usr/local/lib/ipsec /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.36/mach/CORE
32-bit compatibility ldconfig path:
done.
7516
>>> Removing vital flag from php83...failed.

*** SYSTEM BOOT FAILURE ***

  Failed Boot Environment: default

   R/r: Enter a recovery shell
   Any: Shutdown immediately

Enter an option:

The "Removing vital flag from php83...failed." seems significant... Can I work around this, or do I need to reinstall pfSense Plus?

Thanks.

[pst]

@pst Never mind, a two hour wait and a prayer seems to have resolved whatever state the box got itself into...