Not heard much about the Ethereum difficulty bomb going off...

The clock has stopped ticking and the bomb has gone off, mining is getting harder and blocks are already getting further apart.

Less blocks means more congestion, higher fees and more failed transactions, unless people stop using Ethereum as much.

The Merge isnt ready, will the devs race the bomb and try to complete it before disaster, or will the devs stop Merge and rollout a fork to reset the difficulty bomb?

Even if the devs reset the bomb, will nodes upgrade in time, especially if the devs leave it to the last minute?

EDIT: To everyone saying the bomb didnt go off https://ethresear.ch/t/blocks-per-week-as-an-indicator-of-the-difficulty-bomb/12120/14