Device Support-Lifespan Observatory

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TP-Link

Archer C59 v2

Gone quiet reasonably evidenced

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

1477 days since the last release against a median gap of 238 (6.2x)

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Last firmware
13 September 2022 (4 years ago)
Releases seen
4
Update rhythm
about every 8 months
Support observed
≥6 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 C59(US)_V2_2.0.3 Build 20220113 13 September 2022

    Release notes — disclosure 0.06
    Bug Fixes: 1.Fixed KCODES-related security vulnerability
  2. Archer C59(US)_V2_220113 18 January 2022

    Release notes — disclosure 0.31
    Release note: Fixed a NetUSB-protocol vulnerability.
  3. Archer C59(US)_V2_210607 5 January 2022

    Release notes — disclosure 0.06
    Modifications and Bug Fixes Updating cloud Services.
  4. Archer C59(US)_V2_161206 6 December 2016

    Release notes — disclosure 0.06
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: First Firmware released.

Evidence

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

Identifiers: marketing_name Archer C59 · openwrt_id tplink_archer-c59-v2

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

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