Device Support-Lifespan Observatory

What vendors do, not what they announce.

TP-Link

RE505X v1.6

Not enough evidence thin evidence

we looked and will not guess — the reason is recorded below

every release shares one date, so there is no cadence to measure against

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Last firmware
13 December 2023 (3 years ago)
Releases seen
4
Update rhythm
too few releases to model
Support observed
≥1 year
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. RE505X(US)_V1.6_1.0.13 Build 20230926 13 December 2023

    Release notes — disclosure 0.06
    Note: Enhanced system stability.
  2. RE505X(US)_V1.6_211107 15 June 2022

    Release notes — disclosure 0.37
    Note: Fixed the wireless security vulnerabilities of FragAttacks (fragmentation and aggregation attacks); Fixed the bug that tether may fail to manage the RE505X in few special cases; Enhanced the stability of the Onemesh network; Enhanced the system stability.
  3. RE505X(US)_V1.6_210514 15 June 2022

    Release notes — disclosure 0.31
    Bug Fixed: Fixed the FragAttacks vulnerabilities.
  4. RE505X(US)_V1.6_210511 15 June 2022

    Release notes — disclosure 0.30
    Release

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 RE505X

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

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