Is there any risk in attempting to apply the Secure Boot certificate update (AvailableUpdates = 0x5944) before updating the BIOS/UEFI to the version recommended by the OEM? In other words, is having the latest BIOS strictly a prerequisite, or just a best‑practice recommendation?

In the troubleshooting documentation, Microsoft mentions that during the Secure Boot certificate update process a device may fail to boot or require a recovery key. Are these the main risks involved? How likely are these scenarios in real‑world deployments?

Finally, how can I detect if these no‑boot or recovery‑key events were actually caused by issues during the certificate update? What signals, logs, or telemetry can I use to monitor and correlate these occurrences?