As couple of weeks back, I decided I wouldnt
It's possible this will keep me out of joining beta if something happens very soon, but my bet is that truly wide ability will come with or soon after the holiday update and they will straighten out the version lag issue at that point.
That was my outlook and plan also, but with no apparent movement for a couple of weeks on the 2022.40.5 internal testing, I changed my mind and I allowed it to install 2022.44.2 yesterday.Ok, technically correct. .
Bottom line - don't install a mainstream version higher than whatever the next FSD will be. I'm guessing it will be 2022.40.something, so don't go to 2022.44.something. The newer version may download but don't install it if FSDb is your objective.
It's possible this will keep me out of joining beta if something happens very soon, but my bet is that truly wide ability will come with or soon after the holiday update and they will straighten out the version lag issue at that point.