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It'll be fine, I'd argue Arch is actually more "stable" in the ordinary sense since it is simpler - in that partial upgrades are not allowed. So you never end up in a complicated mess like aptitude can be.
I've used Arch for over a decade now, and have only had issues 3 or 4 times (usually from the nvidia driver).
"Stable" in the ordinary sense means that it most likely won't break, but if it does, the cause and solution are predictable.
Arch has a "spray and pray" approach. It's so bad that it many times failed to boot because I updated it for the first time in a month, and would update just fine a few weeks after that.
Also, do remind me, what other distros released a faulty GRUB update and caused a large portion of their user base to fail to boot, multiple times? Such stability
Not supported != not allowed...