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Most likely, nothing will happen. Arch breaking if you don't updating 5x a day is more of a meme than a reality.
I've updated a client's Arch server that hadn't been touched for years, and it went just fine.
You're the user, you're in control, you're empowered to make sure it won't break after the update, you're empowered to fix it if it does.
I update my arch computer maybe once a month for years and it works fine.