Device Support-Lifespan Observatory

What vendors do, not what they announce.

TP-Link

RE220 v3

Actively updated reasonably evidenced

firmware is arriving about as often as it always has

107 days since the last release against a median gap of 501 (0.2x)

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Last firmware
15 June 2026 (4 months ago)
Releases seen
4
Update rhythm
about every 1 year
Support observed
≥5 years
Vendor's promise
≥ 31 December 2029 — at least, and may be extended — kept so far
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. RE220(US)_V3_1.0.50 Build 250821 15 June 2026

    Release notes — disclosure 0.45
    New Features/Enhancement: 1. Added the Ethernet backhaul feature. 2. Added the customizable encryption method option for the extended network. 3. Optimized the device stability.
  2. RE220(US)_V3_1.0.23 Build 230418 30 June 2023

    Release notes — disclosure 0.49
    Note: 1. Newly supported EasyMesh function; 2. Enhanced WiFi stability; 3. Fixed the bug that some IoT devices can't connect to 2.4G WiFi.
  3. RE220(US)_V3_1.0.11 Build 220805 20 December 2022

    Release notes — disclosure 0.47
    Note: 1. Cannot downgrade to the older version after upgrade to this new version; 2. Enhanced WiFi stability; 3. Newly support WPA3 security method; 4. Optimized the system stability.
  4. RE220(US)_V3_210608 6 August 2021

    Release notes — disclosure 0.31
    Note: First firmware released for RE220(US) 3.0

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 RE220

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

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