Usability bugs following update to Tahoe

I have a MacBook Air 13", M3, 24GB. Following the recent update to Tahoe (26.1), I'm encountering basic usablity bugs that persist even after a reboot.

• I have the dock set to auto-hide. Often it will not un-hide. I presume it is getting stuck under other windows and thus is not visible, but it should be always on top. Note: I'm not using an external monitor.
• Menus often don't dismiss after choosing an option and stay on screen, e.g. after selecting a wifi network the menu stays on top, even when clicking anywhere else on the screen.
• Mouse pointer gets stuck as the wrong icon (e.g. adjust size instead of arrow).
• Sometimes I can't get past the lock/login screen. Touch ID does not respond and there is no place to type the password. To get past this I have to close the laptop lid and reopen.

I didn't have any of these problems before. My Mac Studio is also having the same issues. This is the first time I've genuinely been disappinted by a macOS update.