Loooong boot times

Your system information

Operating System: SteamOS 3.8.16 Build: 20260716.1
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.16.0
Qt Version: 6.9.1
Kernel Version: 6.16.12-valve24.5-1-neptune-616-gb2f7cfe85e45 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Partition: A
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (30.4 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor 1: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Graphics Processor 2: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor
Manufacturer: ASRock
Product Name: B650E PG Riptide WiFi

• Steam client version (build number or date): SteamClient023
• Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): SteamOS 3.8.16
• Opted into Steam client beta?: No
• Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
• Steam Logs: [generate by running this command in a terminal tar -zcvf ~/Desktop/steam-logs.tar.gz ~/.steam/steam/logs]
• GPU: AMD

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

When I boot my device it takes a stupid amount of time to boot.
when I finally get into the OS, and run a systemd-analyze. I find out my Kernel har taken 42 minutes to boot
startup finished in 1min 29.515s (firmware) + 1.669s (loader) + 42min 49.413s (kernel) + 3.981s (userspace) = 44min 24.580s
graphical.target reached after 3.969s in userspace.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

1. turn on power
2. wait
3. wait
4. wait
5. wait
6. wait some more
7. ????
8. Success

Any clue/hints to what can be done about these boot times, would be greatly appreciated

Start with the reported systemd-analyze timing: firmware, loader, kernel, and userspace. Reproduce the boot delay using the listed power-on steps, then collect the Steam logs with the command provided in the issue. Done means identifying the cause of the 42-minute kernel phase and documenting or fixing a reproducible solution.