Debian Linux PC stopped booting after update when external USB device is plugged in

EDIT 2024-02-18: Solved! JohnnyMac was right, I have no clue why, but the boot priority changed and the reboot after the update caused the issue to manifest. I have excluded the device from the bootable devices in the BIOS and it boots again.

I figured out that it was an issue with my external USB dual bay HDD enclosure. It doesn't boot when it's plugged in, even after removing it from /etc/fstab. It doesn't even reach the GRUB menu when plugged in. It only displays a blinking cursor, doesn't allow switching the terminal with CTRL + ALT + FX but does restart with CTRL + ALT + DELETE. It's able to reach emergency mode when the device isn't plugged in and is able to boot fine if it's removed /etc/fstab. Does anyone know what could be causing this issue? Everything works fine when it's plugged in after booting up the system.

These were the packages updated:

• base-files
• bind9-dnsutils
• bind9-host
• bind9-libs
• fish
• fish-common
• gnutls-bin
• libcpupower1
• libcryptsetup12
• libgnutls-dane0
• libgnutls30
• libisl23
• libnss-mymachines
• libnss-systemd
• libpam-systemd
• libsystemd-shared
• libsystemd0
• libudev1
• libunbound8
• libxencall1
• libxendevicemodel1
• libxenevtchn1
• libxenforeignmemory1
• libxengnttab1
• libxenhypfs1
• libxenmisc4.17
• libxenstore4
• libxentoolcore1
• libxentoollog1
• linux-cpupower
• linux-image-6.1.0-18-amd64
• linux-image-amd64
• ovmf
• qemu-block-extra
• qemu-system-common
• qemu-system-data
• qemu-system-gui
• qemu-system-x86
• qemu-utils
• systemd
• systemd-container
• systemd-sysv
• systemd-timesyncd
• tailscale
• tar
• tzdata
• udev
• usb.ids
• usbutils
• usr-is-merged

EDIT: Quickly plugging it in after GRUB has loaded seems to work.