Blender 3.6.1 LTS features many bug fixes. It is released on the v3.6 - 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 v3.6 - Stable - LTS.
Patch Notes
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* Operator bpy.ops.uv.pack_islands call leads to Blender crash. (#108171)
* Append: in `localize All` case, LibOverrides does not behave properly and will leave Main data in invalid state. (#109004)
* Frame change handler no longer entered when playback stops. (#109218)
* Fix (studio-reported) crash when using 'Clear' on a liboverride hierarchy in the Outliner. (6adfd2ae393)
* Fix property tags dummy enum value holding a reference to stack memory. (45bf61f131e)
* Fix dropping files onto the window under Wayland in some cases. (f825a346fcf)
* Enum properties don't display text in Dope Sheet sliders. (#109198)
* Baking in multi-Tiles textures (Udim) from MultiRes only use the height of the last tile as reference. (#109302)
* Orbit Around Selection in Edit Mode is not working after 3.6.0 update. (#109519)
* How to add credit to non-committers authors. (#109438)
* Regression: Vertex Weight Mix crash on apply/undo when mesh has shape keys. (#109523)
* Regression: Wireframe overlay on mesh Merge by Distance omits some edges. (#109577)
* NLA editor tracks checkbox overlapping names when left side panel is too small. (#109455)
* Regression: Outliner: Assert in outliner_collect_objects_to_delete. (#109590)
* Fix (unreported) missing viewlayer sync call in Outliner liboverride tool. (9f6a4d0c065)
* Fix toggling of liboverrides between editable and non-edtiable with "Make" tool in the Outliner. (7880ae7c787)
* Regression: Cycles: Optix not able to render without cuda toolkit. (#109550)
* Blender 3.6 > .dds image /texture issue. (#109442)
* Error when collection visibility property is used in driver expression (fixed in main, backport request). (#109570)
* Mesh.polygon_normals[0].value reports incorrect normal. (#109745)
* Regression: Edge Crease behaves differently between Complex and Simple Solidify. (#109691)
* Fix (unreported) potential crash in 'make override' Outliner tool. (8bbd05e76f)
* LibOverride: Add debug util to print out liboverride data. (34965bfcca)
* LibOverride: Expose 'match reference' status flag in RNA API. (737c941eca)
* LibOverride: Fix potential minor issues in RNA liboverride handling code. (1b76b95886)
* Node Wrangler: No matching images found. (#104573)
* FBX: Materials missing from linked duplicates. (#104737)
* Import_3ds: Fixed target calculation. (8e348cb5)
* Blender HIP library `libamdhip64.so` loading issue in linux. (#109562)
* Fix use-after free while transforming sequence strips. (fa2a28e96d0)
* Fix sequencer image cache holding references to freed keys. (59ab70b594f)
* Cycles: Embree: Resolve padding-related issue during buffer creations. (ab457ae62e3)
* Cycles: Fix Out-Of-Bounds issues during Embree BVH building. (a81dccceaf9)
* Applying a Bevel modifer on a object with UVs pins the uv islands. (#109471)
* Weird rendering of points with velocity attribute. (#103918)
* Regression: Blender creates unexpected selection areas when using Select Box or Select Lasso which can lead to crashes. (#109532)
* Fix memory leak when there are unexpectedly more than MAXSEQ strips. (8142195f290)
* Fix invalid address-of operator (hidden by a cast). (aef44c2d503)
* Using python to add a driver to rigid body properties causes a crash. (#109887)
* UI: Grey out ShapeKey list entry on mute. (be09111784d)
* Unknown engine warning only shown when loading from a popup. (#109952)
* Unable to start Blender 3.5 on MacOS 10.15. (#106905)
* Viewport glitches when using Metal backend. (#109389)
* Incorrect behavior when moving/linking objects to non-overridden linked collection. (#109898)
* Geometry Nodes: Simulation crash. (#109885)
* Faces use retopology overlay color even when retopology overlay is disabled. (#109662)
* Overlay: Edit Mesh wireframe incorrect bias. (#109040)
* Crash when calculating rigid body mass. (#109928)
* Regression: Average Brush in Vertex Paint Mode is broken. (#109822)
* Can't delete scene using context menu in "Blender File" view in outliner. (#109802)
* LibOverride: Fix diffing code not always cleaning unused operations. (3d2bae8a5daae92)
* Regression: Cycles render crash using F12 render after running script that uses bpy.ops.render. (#109718)
* Keyframes on values of linked data. (#109781)
* Snapping no longer works behind faces/objects in wireframe/x-ray mode. (#109433)
* Regression: Array modifier change a merged Root vertex of Skin modifier. (#109565)
* vertex slide is broken when using shortcut double GG with face projection snap. (#109633)
* new gaussian smooth creates jagged keys. (#109799)
* Cycles HIP RT glass BSDF artifacts. (#109418)
* Regression: Geometry Nodes: Edge Split node crash. (#110005)
For a detailed list of bug fixes in each release, see 3.6 LTS releases on blender.org
LTS Program
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