Device Support-Lifespan Observatory

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TP-Link

Archer AX50 v1.8

Gone quiet reasonably evidenced

no firmware for long enough to stand out against its own record

312 days since the last release against a median gap of 82 (3.8x)

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Last firmware
21 November 2025 (10 months ago)
Releases seen
5
Update rhythm
about every 3 months
Support observed
≥2 years
Vendor's promise
no support period we can evaluate
Patch latency
not measurable — its changelogs name no CVE ids

Which one do I have?

TP-Link ships this model in more than one hardware revision, and they do not share firmware. The revision is printed on the label on the underside, usually after the model — Ver 1.0, V4.6. Getting it wrong is the easiest way to read the wrong answer here.

Firmware history

  1. Archer AX50(US)_V1.8_1.1.2 Build 20251022 21 November 2025

    Release notes — disclosure 0.36
    New Features/Enhancements: Enhanced device stability. Bug Fixes: Fixed the bug that WPS only triggered 2.4 GHz WPS under certain settings.. Fixed the bug that the 160 MHz option disappeared after certain operations.
  2. Archer AX50(US)_V1.8_1.1.1 Build 20250917 30 September 2025

    Release notes — disclosure 0.51
    New Features/Enhancement: 1. Supported more parental control functions, including SafeSearch, YouTube Restricted, APP Time Limits, Always Allowed APPs, Offtime, etc. 2. Enhanced Web Filter, enriched visited/block history and optimized Blocked APPs for parental control. 3. Optimized QoS.
  3. Archer AX50(US)_V1.80_1.0.16 Build 20241206 11 June 2025

    Release notes — disclosure 0.34
    New Features/Enhancements: 1. Improved system security. 2. Optimized the device stability.
  4. Archer AX50(US)_V1.8_230907 20 October 2023

    Release notes — disclosure 0.06
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: Enhance device security.
  5. Archer AX50(US)_V1.8_1.0.12 Build 20230829 31 August 2023

    Release notes — disclosure 0.43
    This update is recommended for all users and provides important security updates. Modifications and Bug Fixes 1. Enhance device security; 2. Improve the stability of the equipment.

Evidence

One archived page sits behind this record, the earliest read on 1 August 2026. Everything above was read from it, and each is kept byte for byte so it can be checked after the vendor edits the original.

Identifiers: marketing_name Archer AX50

Judged by lifecycle-1 on 29 September 2026. How these verdicts are computed.

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