TL-WA860RE v4
Actively updated reasonably evidenced
firmware is arriving about as often as it always has
138 days since the last release against a median gap of 283 (0.5x)
- Last firmware
- 15 May 2026 (5 months ago)
- Releases seen
- 4
- Update rhythm
- about every 9 months
- Support observed
- ≥9 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.
- TL-WA860RE v1 (US) Gone quiet 1 releases
- TL-WA860RE v5 (US) Gone quiet 5 releases
Firmware history
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TL-WA860RE(US)_V4_20260515 15 May 2026
Release notes — disclosure 0.06
Modifications and Bug Fixes: Improved overall security.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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TL-WA860RE(US)_V4_171219 22 December 2017
Release notes — disclosure 0.32
Modifications and Bug Fixes: New Features/Enhancements: Improved Online detection method and reduced unnecessary data traffic.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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TL-WA860RE(US)_V4_171116 16 November 2017
Release notes — disclosure 0.32
Modifications and Bug Fixes: Bug fixes: Fixed the WPA2 Security (KRACKs) Vulnerability.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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TL-WA860RE(US)_V4_170206 6 February 2017
Release notes — disclosure 0.43
Modifications and Bug Fixes: Modifications and Bug Fixes 1. Improve the stability during the communication process. 2. Fixed the bug that the Internet icons in Tether APP are different in RE and AP mode.
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 TL-WA860RE
Judged by lifecycle-1 on 30 September 2026.
How these verdicts are computed.