Default kernel choice ignored

Thanks for taking a look.

$ ls -l /etc | grep grub2
lrwxrwxrwx.  1 root  root          22 Feb 21 15:58 grub2.cfg -> ../boot/grub2/grub.cfg
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root  root          30 Feb 21 15:58 grub2-efi.cfg -> ../boot/efi/EFI/rocky/grub.cfg

relevant mountpoints

/dev/lvm_vol_group/boot              /boot                   ext4    defaults,nosuid,nodev        1 2
$ grep -i blscfg /etc/default/grub 
GRUB_ENABLE_BLSCFG=true
$ ls -l /boot/loader/entries
total 16
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 405 Jun 22  2021 264e18c4978f4cc9b7885e5be223b563-0-rescue.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 360 Aug 12  2022 264e18c4978f4cc9b7885e5be223b563-4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6.0.1.x86_64.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 340 Feb 21 14:39 264e18c4978f4cc9b7885e5be223b563-4.18.0-425.13.1.el8_7.x86_64.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 325 Nov  9 15:27 264e18c4978f4cc9b7885e5be223b563-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.x86_64.conf