Pixel (5) rercovery flashing command clarification

Install /e/OS on a Google Pixel 5 - “redfin”

 fastboot flash vendor_boot recovery-e-3.3-a15-20251211556482-community-redfin.img

but not sure it is needed for simply upgrading…
(you already have a recovery-e and it will be upgraded along the main /e/.ZIP)

piero@HP-p6-2038fr:~/Téléchargements$ ./payload-dumper-go -l e-3.3-a15-20251211556482-community-redfin.zip
Please wait while extracting payload.bin from the archive.
payload.bin: /tmp/payload_953249376.bin
Payload Version: 2
Payload Manifest Length: 115721
Payload Manifest Signature Length: 267
Found partitions:
abl (1.0 MB), aop (197 kB), boot (101 MB), devcfg (45 kB), dtbo (17 MB), featenabler (90 kB), hyp (414 kB), keymaster (250 kB), modem (153 MB), product (848 MB), qupfw (57 kB), system (1.6 GB), system_ext (536 MB), tz (3.0 MB), uefisecapp (127 kB), vbmeta (8.2 kB), vbmeta_system (4.1 kB), vendor (793 MB), vendor_boot (101 MB), xbl (3.6 MB), xbl_config (82 kB)

Edit : if you are switching branch, you may have to unlock the bootloader.
but first try as it is.

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