Necessity, when you have 2 out of 3 multisig and you lost one key and you didn´t backed up your multisig config file, you lost your savings. So don´t forget to backup it. Test the multisig wallet with small money before you put big amount of money on it. No stress needed.

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Good point!

It’s very important to remember that no matter what your multisig setup is, you MUST be able to generate or recover ALL the xPubs.

Example: For a 3 out of 5 multisig, if you lose the seed for any one of the 5 and don’t have its xpub backed up, you’ve lost everything - even though you have the 4 other seeds and it’s a 3 out of 5 multisig!

I know because this is how I lost all my BTC.

Ouch! Yes in case you lose a key you need the original keystore to recover.

You lost one of the seed phrases but didn’t you have one hardware wallet left that had all of the xpubs/derivation parhs?