Trying to install U on Pixel 6 Pro adb side load doesn't work

I got dtbo, boot and recovery installed, but when I try to side load the OS it fails with “adb failed to read command :Success”
I’m on Ubuntu linux 24.4 I have android development suite installed to make sure I have the more recent platform tools.
I downgraded the phone to the last android 14 stock install. If I boot into that, it works fine.
Am I missing something obvious?
Help, please?

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Just to confirm, after you got those three installed you did boot into Recovery?

This is an essential stage (which can fail) to verify Recovery.

I think you are saying this in the present tense ?

If yes, it seems to confirm that the stage

  1. Manually reboot into recovery mode

was missed.

Step-by-step, with images

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I went back and did everything again, following the directions exactly as written and everything worked correctly - so I think you are correct and I skipped a step.
Thank you for your help!

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