was able to install the older kali-core template with
qvm-template install --enablerepo=qubes-templates-community-testing kali-core-4.2.0-202402081323
with the trixie fix I was able to upgrade to linux-kali-default on the older template
one difference between the old and new template is “/etc/apt/sources.list.d/kali.list” is missing and it looks like that file is used for the kali-rolling repository.