I've had 2022.44.11 for three days now, and for the first time since receiving it, I did a 45-minute drive after dark. (It actually began at late dusk, and by the end it was completely dark.) This drive was mostly on the highway, and phantom braking was awful. I experienced it probably about a dozen times (I'm not exaggerating). What's more, three times (early in the drive, so before all daylight had gone), it wasn't just phantom braking; the car actually reduced my set driving speed. I was driving in a 65 mph zone, and the first time, it reduced my set speed to 45 mph and began to brake to achieve that speed. I used the thumb wheel on the steering wheel to set the speed back up. A minute or so later, it decided that even 45 mph was too fast in this 65 mph zone, and reduced my set speed to 35 mph. I disengaged Autopilot, waited a minute or two, and re-engaged it. Two or three minutes later, it reduced the set speed to 55 mph, which I bumped back up again. There was nothing obvious to prompt such speed changes -- no changes in the speed limit (and in fact the speed limit display on the Tesla's screen stayed at 65 mph), no traffic jams, no emergency vehicles, etc. The remaining incidents were more typical phantom braking events -- the set speed limit didn't change, but the car decided to start braking for no apparent reason.
This trip was a return home from work, where I'd stayed later than usual today. I did not experience anything similar on the trip in, which was during daylight hours; or on a trip to or from work on Tuesday, when it was daylight or at least much lighter during my evening commute. (Wednesday I worked from home.) I'd say that either I was very unlucky in the phantom braking lottery this evening or this build of the software is particularly prone to phantom braking at dusk or at night. I'm mainly posting this as a warning to others to be cautious with this build, since this is a potentially dangerous regression.
This trip was a return home from work, where I'd stayed later than usual today. I did not experience anything similar on the trip in, which was during daylight hours; or on a trip to or from work on Tuesday, when it was daylight or at least much lighter during my evening commute. (Wednesday I worked from home.) I'd say that either I was very unlucky in the phantom braking lottery this evening or this build of the software is particularly prone to phantom braking at dusk or at night. I'm mainly posting this as a warning to others to be cautious with this build, since this is a potentially dangerous regression.