Device Support-Lifespan Observatory

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TP-Link

Deco X90 v1.6

Gone quiet reasonably evidenced

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

525 days since the last release against a median gap of 52 (10.1x)

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Last firmware
22 April 2025 (1 year ago)
Releases seen
12
Update rhythm
about every 2 months
Support observed
≥4 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. Deco X90(US)_V1.6_1.4.0 Build 20250102 22 April 2025

    Release notes — disclosure 0.57 
    New features and Bug fixes: 1. Added Camera Security feature. 2. Added Wi-Fi Access Control feature to support whitelist and blacklist. 3. Supported Portal authentication for Guest Network. 4. Supported detection of Ethernet backhaul link speed. 5. Supported automatic upgrade. 6. Supported for enabling the 5GHz_2 frequency band. 7. Fixed the issue that the satellite Decos may display offline when there are some Tapo devices in the network.

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  2. Deco X90(US)_V1.6_1.2.7 Build 20240719 23 August 2024

    Release notes — disclosure 0.24 
    Modifications and Bug fixes: 1. Improved overall security.

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  3. Deco X90(US)_V1.6_1.2.6 Build 20231225 19 January 2024

    Release notes — disclosure 0.41 
    Improvements and Bug Fixes: 1. Enhanced the security of device. 2. Optimized the time limit settings of parental control.

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  4. Deco X90(US)_V1.6_1.2.5 Build 20231116 28 November 2023

    Release notes — disclosure 0.47 
    Improvements and Bug Fixes: 1. Added SafeSearch function and Youtube Restrict function in the Homeshield. 2. Added OFDMA and MU-MIMO toggle. 3. Optimized OpenVPN performance. 4. Fixed some security vulnerabilities. 5. Fixed some other bugs.

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  5. Deco X90(US)_V1.6_1.2.4 Build 20230807 17 August 2023

    Release notes — disclosure 0.36 
    New Features/Enhancements: 1. Avoids abnormal wireless packet reception in special cases. Bug fixes: 1. Fixed the bug that 5G-2 backhaul could not be created.

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  6. Deco X90(US)_V1.6_1.2.2 Build 20230611 26 June 2023

    Release notes — disclosure 0.62 
    New Features/Enhancements: 1. Support for customizing Satellite Deco signal source. 2. Support for customizing Clients connection preference. 3. Support for Reboot Schedule. 4. Support for NO-IP and DynDNS. 5. Support for setting Effective Time and Bandwidth Limit for guest network. 6. Added Smart DHCP switch under Access Point mode. 7. Added an alert in the App when the main Deco and modem negotiation speed is only 10/100Mbps. 8. Added VPN server/client features, including Open VPN, L2TP VPN and PPTP VPN. 9. Added the static route function. 10. Added the ability to customize the MTU. 11. Added IOT network function. 12. Added configuration via DS-Lite. 13. Optimized the Homeshield function. 14. Improved system stability.

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  7. Deco X90(US)_V1.6_1.1.7 Build 20230323 19 May 2023

    Release notes — disclosure 0.24 
    Modifications and Bug fixes: 1. Optimized the HomeShield feature.

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  8. Deco X90(US)_V1.6_1.1.6 Build 20230303 3 April 2023

    Release notes — disclosure 0.35 
    Modifications and Bug fixes: 1. Improved the HomeShield feature. 2. Improved backhaul stability and performance under certain circumstances.

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  9. Deco X90(US)_V1.6_1.1.5 Build 20230130 23 February 2023

    Release notes — disclosure 0.35 
    Modifications and Bug fixes: 1. Improved stability with 802.11AC 5G client devices such as Chromecast/Google Nest/Samsung A series phones. 2. Improved satellite stability.

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  10. Deco X90(US)_V1.6_1.1.4 Build 20221114 21 November 2022

    Release notes — disclosure 0.12 
    Modifications and Bug fixes: 1. Fixed satellite flashing red issue, improved backhaul stability.

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  11. Deco X90(US)_V1.6_1.1.3 Build 20220927 3 November 2022

    Release notes — disclosure 0.45 
    Modifications and Bug fixes: 1. Improved overall stability. 2. Fixed the issue that address reservation sometimes doesn't take effect. 3. Fixed slow upload speed issue with Verizon Fios fiber line. 4. Improved the Network Optimization feature.

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  12. Deco X90(US)_V1.6_1.1.2_20210722 26 August 2021

    Release notes — disclosure 0.11 
    Modifications and Bug fixes: 1. Improved wireless stability.

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

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 Deco X90

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

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