RE450 v4
Slowing down reasonably evidenced
updates are coming less often than this product's own history
217 days since the last release against a median gap of 116 (1.9x)
- Last firmware
- 25 February 2026 (7 months ago)
- Releases seen
- 7
- Update rhythm
- about every 4 months
- Support observed
- ≥5 years
- Vendor's promise
- 14 February 2030 — 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.
- RE450 v1 (US) Gone quiet 5 releases
- RE450 v2 (US) Gone quiet 4 releases
- RE450 v3 Not enough evidence 0 releases
- RE450 v4.6 (US) Slowing down 4 releases
- RE450 v4.8 (US) Slowing down 5 releases
Firmware history
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RE450(US)_V4_1.0.30 Build 250828 25 February 2026
Release notes — disclosure 0.11
New Features/Enhancements: 1. Improved overall system stability and security.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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RE450(US)_V4_1.0.20 Build 230213 4 April 2023
Release notes — disclosure 0.06
Note: Optimized the stability of EasyMesh function.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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RE450(US)_V4_220908 9 January 2023
Release notes — disclosure 0.43
Note: 1. Newly support EasyMesh; 2. Enhanced Wi-Fi stability; 3. Optimized the system stability.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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RE450(US)_V4_1.0.11 Build 220727 29 September 2022
Release notes — disclosure 0.26
Note: Optimized the system stability; Enhanced WiFi stability; Fixed a bug which is related with the Tether management;
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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RE450(US)_V4_211207 23 May 2022
Release notes — disclosure 0.36
Note: You cannot downgrade after an upgrade to this new version; Enhanced system stability and security; Optimized the WiFi stability; Newly support WPA3 encryption method.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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RE450(US)_V4_210531 9 July 2021
Release notes — disclosure 0.42
Modification and bug fixes: 1. Optimized WPS 2. Fixed bugs that related to cloud account 3. Optimized re-connection mechanism and fixed other bugs
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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RE450(US)_V4_210201 7 April 2021
Release notes — disclosure 0.34
Modification and bug fixes: 1. supported DFS channel 2. Adjusted power 3. Optimized total performance
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
Evidence
3 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 RE450
Judged by lifecycle-1 on 30 September 2026.
How these verdicts are computed.