`timeshift --restore` fails with vfat error, but restoring thru the GUI works fine???

System: Artix Linux

Today I updated from kernel 7.0.3-artix1-2 to 7.0.5.artix1-1 and this broke a ton of stuff.

• The amdgpu kernel driver did not load, as the TTY stayed on a super low resolution.

• There was no internet connection.

So I attempted to run timeshift --restore and was met with this error:

[05:25:38] Device: get_mounted_filesystems_using_mtab(): 2
[05:25:38] mount command: mount "/dev/nvme0n1p1" "/run/timeshift/1194/restore/boot/efi"
[05:25:38] E: Failed to mount device '/dev/nvme0n1p1' at mount point '/run/timeshift/1194/restore/boot/efi'
[05:25:38] E: mount: /run/timeshift/1194/restore/boot/efi: unknown filesystem type 'vfat'.
       dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call.

Note I have using timeshift on this system for over 2 years and I never had this problem before.

I was able to start a graphical session all in super low res and using llvmpipe and start timeshift-gtk and in that case restore WORKED and I was able to save my system 🤯

How is that even possible???

I'm attaching both logs here, they include the attempt of restoring from the tty and the successful restore from the GUI.

2026-05-12_05-25-31_restore.log
2026-05-12_05-30-51_gui.log

Compare the attached restore.log and gui.log, starting with the timeshift --restore and timeshift-gtk restore paths and their mount commands. Determine why mounting /dev/nvme0n1p1 as vfat fails from the TTY path but succeeds through the GUI, then verify the behavior with both restore entry points.