While a single year above 1.5C does not mean the world has firmly passed that climate target, the unexpected degree of warmth may indicate we are on track to firmly exceed 1.5C on the early end of the 2028-2036 timeframe given by our models: https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-what-record-global-heat-means-for-breaching-the-1-5c-warming-limit/