It''s not working around the issue, it's just refusing to update. You shouldn't need to manually rollback a system that doesn't boot. And you shouldn't need to manually troubleshoot or fix it either. Just report the failing update and wait for it to be fixed.
a system no longer set up the way you think it is.
The point of most atomic distros is that it's set up for you. If you want to manually investigate around and work around the issue yourself, then an atomic distro is probably not for you.