After upgrading to 25.7.9, cannot access OPNsense web gui

[kwo1]

Hi,

Yesterday, I upgraded from OPNsense 25.7.7.2 to 25.7.9.  Each time after it's done upgrading and finished rebooting, the web logon GUI becomes inaccessible.  The IP continues to respond to ping, but the web page doesn't return the login page in the browser.  It also stops accepting connections via SSH, whereas it worked prior to the upgrade. 

Prior to the upgrade, OPNsense was working fine.  I was able to initiate the upgrade through the web GUI portal. 

Troubleshooting steps I've tried to no avail (on top of reverting the OPNsense VM to backup)
-via CLI of the OPNsense VM as root and running 'configctl webgui restart renew' and 'service config restart'
-via CLI, confirming the correct IP is set, and changing it from HTTPS to HTTP
-via CLI, looking at /conf/config.xml, I see <interfaces>opt1</interfaces>, which I think references the interface it listens on for the webgui.  Opt1 is correct. 

Of the dozen times I've performed an upgrade to OPNsense  in the past via the web gui, it's never done this.  What am I missing? 

Looking for advice, thank you.