I'd say it's not a terrible assumption given the fact you said yourself that the LTS release does become more stable over time. If picking between LTS and non-L

I'd say it's not a terrible assumption given the fact you said yourself that the LTS release does become more stable over time. If picking between LTS and non-LTS, for stability, LTS is certainly the better choice. That being said, the real solution here for "critical production" is to not run on a release that just came out, period. There's a reason Ubuntu LTS doesn't actually let you upgrade to the next LTS until the .1 release comes out. People should be deploying 20.04 if they want stability, and then upgrading to 22.04.1 when it comes out. Our infra team is still upgrading from 18.04->20.04, they won't be looking at 22.04 for a few years yet.