Blender 4.2.5 LTS features important bug fixes. It is released on the v4.2 - Stable - LTS branch.
You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v4.2 - Stable - LTS.
Patch Notes
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* make license: Tweak on generated comments. (565593a764)
* Fix (unreported) unclear potential invalid readfile behavior on unknown BHead type. (7a43565654a)
* Keyframes get hidden in the timeline when panned in the up direction. (#127949)
* Eevee: Viewport Render Animation causes white/black flashes of materials. (#130235)
* Blender Python API gpu.types.buffer Always Returns Float Type Buffer Regardless of Declared Format. (#116551)
* Crash renaming a modifier in the Outliner and then toggling its "Realtime" / "show_viewport" property. (#130536)
* UI: Show File Name on Recent Item Tooltip. (3f332faf9ab)
* Regression: First input stops being hidden when a node is dragged above a link. (#130967)
* Tests: correct hard coded version string in extensions test. (bdc8d6963e2)
* Extensions: fix building packages containing macos universal wheels. (68df34ecf0e)
* Extensions python wheels incompatible with 3.11 error in Blender 4.3 and 4.2.4 LTS (Extensions disabled). (#130561)
* Viewer node toggle button strange cursor detection (eye icon). (#130244)
* glTF exporter: Fix crash with extra channel. (a8714eaa3df)
* glTF exporter: Fix debug logging. (383b780b976)
* glTF exporter: Fix crash when animation on not used material. (a5a8cd9e6a0)
* Fix failure to reinstall an extension uninstalling the extension. (bce84bcbcce)
* Dragging on bone transform property won't go below zero. (#131045)
* Error installing extension - Acess is denied, `os.rename(filepath_local_pkg_temp, filepath_local_pkg)`. (#130211)
* Correct error printing error in f03fba614d354c0a3a5d952798803715488679e6. (19a8ec27091)
* Extensions: suppress noisy prints for extension wheel filtering. (0eabdc27f24)
* Extensions: use replace exists with lexists to check a path can be used. (948ddd86dc6)
* Fix error enabling extensions with an empty wheel list. (3ab3157fdd8)
* snapping to grid disabled when toogle x-ray. (#131215)
* Fix 3D text styling buttons in edit-mode. (1cf6e989717)
* Weight Paint Alt+H not un-hiding Bones when in Bone Selection. (#130053)
* While in pose mode, pressing alt+e will disable wireframe overlay. (#130061)
* 4.2 LTS Dyntopo shape key crash. (#131472)
* Crash When Using "Fill Mask". (#130482)
* Blender crashes every time i try to use "Smooth" set on negative direction with stylus. (#126939)
For a detailed list of bug fixes in each release, see 4.2 LTS releases on blender.org
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