Not going to lie I did not have learn to use Apple Configurator to perform a recovery of this Mac Mini M1 on my bing card for tonight. The plan was to just reinstall the OS not get into the Device Firmware Update and mess with things. A computer screen showing the Apple Configurator application running, with a “Restoring System on device” progress window open. The background features a forest scene with tall trees.

However, it did work and I am mostly back and running.