RE605X v3

Slowing down reasonably evidenced

updates are coming less often than this product's own history

246 days since the last release against a median gap of 106 (2.3x)

Last firmware: 27 January 2026 (8 months ago)
Releases seen: 8
Update rhythm: about every 3 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.

RE605X v1 (US) Gone quiet 6 releases
RE605X v2.2 (US) Not enough evidence 2 releases
RE605X v2.26 (US) Gone quiet 3 releases
RE605X v3.6 (US) Actively updated 3 releases
RE605X v3.8 (US) Slowing down 7 releases
RE605X v4.6 (US) Not enough evidence 1 releases

Firmware history

RE605X(US)_V3_20260126 27 January 2026
Release notes — disclosure 0.06
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New Features/Enhancements: Improved system security.
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Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

RE605X(US)_V3_1.1.9 Build 20240426 9 September 2024

Release notes — disclosure 0.50

Note: 1. Added EasyMesh display on the Tether APP; 2. Enhanced system stability. 3. You will be unable to downgrade to the previous firmware version after updating this firmware.

Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

RE605X(US)_V3_1.0.11 Build 20230901 25 September 2023
Release notes — disclosure 0.52
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Note: 1. Optimized the networking configuration process; 2. Optimized the web management page display; 3. Optimized EasyMesh feature.
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Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

RE605X(US)_V3_1.0.10 Build 20230307 4 April 2023

Release notes — disclosure 0.57

Note: 1. Optimized the networking configuration process; 2. Optimized the web management page display; 3. Added the support of customizing password and encryption type for extended network; 4. Optimized the methods to login the web management page; 5. Fixed the bug that the devices behind RE have no network in some cases.

Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

RE605X(US)_V3_1.0.9 Build 20221108 19 December 2022
Release notes — disclosure 0.43
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Note: 1. Newly support EasyMesh; 2. Enhanced WiFi stability; 3. Optimized the system stability.
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Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
RE605X(US)_V3_1.0.2 Build 20220823 17 October 2022
Release notes — disclosure 0.06
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Note: Enhanced system stability.
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Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
RE605X(US)_V3_1.0.1 Build 20220524 6 September 2022
Release notes — disclosure 0.11
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Note: Enhanced the system stability; Optimized WiFi performance.
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Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
RE605X(US)_V3_220310 10 June 2022
Release notes — disclosure 0.31
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Note: First firmware released for the RE605X(US) 3.0
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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 RE605X

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

Machine-readable: JSON · RSS