Device Support-Lifespan Observatory

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TP-Link

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)

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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.

Firmware history

  1. 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.
  2. RE450(US)_V4_1.0.20 Build 230213 4 April 2023

    Release notes — disclosure 0.06
    Note: Optimized the stability of EasyMesh function.
  3. 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.
  4. 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;
  5. 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.
  6. 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
  7. 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

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.

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