Device Support-Lifespan Observatory

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TP-Link

Deco XE5300 v2.6

Actively updated well evidenced

firmware is arriving about as often as it always has

72 days since the last release against a median gap of 122 (0.6x)

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Last firmware
20 July 2026 (2 months ago)
Releases seen
11
Update rhythm
about every 4 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 XE5300(US)_V2.6_1.5.0 Build 20260603 20 July 2026

    Release notes — disclosure 0.58 
    New Features/Enhancements: 1. Supported setting the Guest Network Portal. 2. Supported setting firmware Auto Upgrade. 3. Supported WireGuard VPN. 4. Supported for third-party VPN servers. 5. Supported setting the client speed limit feature for individual devices. 6. Supported for new Kasa/Tapo models. 7. Added Camera Security. 8. Added Wi-Fi Access Control. 9. Added a toggle switch in the Deco App to fix WAN/LAN port assignments. 10. Optimized the device type identification.

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  2. Deco XE5300(US)_V2.6_1.3.1 Build 20251023 26 January 2026

    Release notes — disclosure 0.37 
    New Features/Enhancements: 1.Improved system security and stability. Bug Fixes: 1.Fixed the bug that Tapo clients were unable to upload historical data to the cloud in some scenarios. 2.Fixed the bug that IPv6 clients were unable to communicate with each other in some scenarios.

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  3. Deco XE5300(US)_V2.6_1.2.14 Build 20241015 18 December 2024

    Release notes — disclosure 0.47 
    New Features/Enhancements: 1. Supported to set 32-bit subnet mask. 2. Improved system stability and security. Bug Fixes: 1. Fixed the bug that the safesearch function did not work properly after adding more than ten parental control profiles. 2. Fixed the bug of receiving frequent offline notifications after turning on connected alerts.

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  4. Deco XE5300(US)_V2.6_1.2.9 Build 20240724 6 August 2024

    Release notes — disclosure 0.44 
    Bug Fixes: 1. Fixed some security vulnerability. 2. Fixed some multicast-related issues. 3. Fixed compatibility issues with Global Protect VPN. 4. Fixed some other bugs and enhanced system stability.

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  5. Deco XE5300(US)_V2.6_1.2.8 Build 20240328 17 June 2024

    Release notes — disclosure 0.46 
    New features/Enhancements: 1. Optimized networking strategy. 2. Improved networking speed, reducing the time for Deco startup, restart, binding, etc. Bug fixes: 1. Fixed the bug that the connection type of client was incorrectly displayed when using wired backhaul.

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  6. Deco XE5300(US)_V2.6_1.2.5 Build 20231225 26 January 2024

    Release notes — disclosure 0.35 
    Bug Fixes: 1. Fixed the bug related to client roaming for specific wireless cards in some scenarios. 2. Improve system stability and security.

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  7. Deco XE5300(US)_V2.6_1.2.3 Build 20231011 17 November 2023

    Release notes — disclosure 0.35 
    Modifications and Bug fixes: 1. Improved overall stability. 2. Fixed the issue that IPv6 firewall might not take effect when VLAN is enabled.

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  8. Deco XE5300(US)_V2.6_1.2.1 Build 20230601 9 June 2023

    Release notes — disclosure 0.54 
    New Features/Enhancements: 1. Added VPN server/client features, including Open VPN, L2TP VPN and PPTP VPN. 2. Added the static route function. 3. Added the ability to customize the MTU. 4. Added IOT network function. 5. Added configuration via DS-Lite. 6. Added SafeSearch function and Youtube Restrict function in the Homeshield. 7. Optimized the Homeshield function. 8. Improved system stability.

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  9. Deco XE5300(US)_V2.6_1.1.1 Build 20230327 1 June 2023

    Release notes — disclosure 0.54 
    Modifications and Bug fixes: 1. Added Reboot Schedule feature. 2. Added preferred Deco signal source selection. 3. Added preferred Deco/Band selection for clients. 4. Added extra providers for DDNS. 5. Improved backhaul stability. 6. Optimized the HomeShield feature. Please note that some of the new features above might not be available if you are using multiple Deco models in one network.

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  10. Deco XE5300(US)_V2.6_1.0.1 Build 20221209 27 March 2023

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

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  11. Deco XE5300(US)_V2.6_1.0.0 Build 20220929 7 December 2022

    Release notes — disclosure 0.30 
    First firmware released.

    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 XE5300

Judged by lifecycle-1 on 30 September 2026. How these verdicts are computed.

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