As usual, updating a R4.2.x install, fully, does not result in the system being labelled as R4.2.4 (am writing “as usual”, because it happened with 4.2.3 too, see here)
[user@dom0 ~]$ cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Qubes OS"
VERSION="4.2 (R4.2)"
ID=qubes
VERSION_ID=4.2
PRETTY_NAME="Qubes OS 4.2.3 (R4.2)"
[...]
I know and understand the reason for the delay, but still don’t understand why the release announcement does not state that it will take ~2 weeks for an upgraded system to show R4.2.4