In a 13 October 2022 article published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal
Astronomical Society, Davies et. al. make a prediction that red
supergiants (RSG) will undergo "dramatic photometric variability in the
optical and infrared in the weeks-to-months before core-collapse" and
exploding as a type II-P supernova.
Paper here :-
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/artic...1/1483/6759199