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We recognized some potential issues with older images and first run update. The issue is that a reboot is done BEFORE incremental patches update the system and enable e.g. new DietPi services and login scripts. On reboot these services/scripts are then missing/not loaded which can lead to the update is not rerunning to apply the still missing incremental patches… And since the install stage is not updated, you face the first run login prompt every time again.
Please try the the steps provided here to apply first run update/setup correctly this time. It will not touch any manully installed software and such, so can be done safely: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/6-22-3-upd-on-nuc/3072/6