TL-WPA4220 v5
Gone quiet well evidenced
no firmware for long enough to stand out against its own record
1386 days since the last release against a median gap of 137 (10.1x)
- Last firmware
- 13 December 2022 (4 years ago)
- Releases seen
- 6
- Update rhythm
- about every 5 months
- Support observed
- ≥2 years
- Vendor's promise
- 16 January 2030 — not being kept: silent well before this date
- 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-WPA4220 v1 (US) Gone quiet 3 releases
- TL-WPA4220 v4 (US) Gone quiet 6 releases
- TL-WPA4220 v5.6 (US) Gone quiet 1 releases
- TL-WPA4220 v5.8 (US) Gone quiet 2 releases
Firmware history
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TL-WPA4220(US)_V5_1.0.11 Build 221123 13 December 2022
Release notes — disclosure 0.45
Note: 1. Cannot downgrade to the older version after upgrade to this new version; 2. Enhanced WiFi stability; 3. Optimized the system stability.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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TL-WPA4220(US)_V5_1.0.0 Build 220613 29 July 2022
Release notes — disclosure 0.31
Note: Newly support DHCP server configuration function.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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TL-WPA4220(US)_V5_210324 29 April 2021
Release notes — disclosure 0.27
Modification and bug fixes: 1. Fixed the bug that TL-WPA4220(V5) causes TV box to get stuck or being unable to obtain service 2. Optimized total performance
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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TL-WPA4220(US)_V5_200819 4 September 2020
Release notes — disclosure 0.34
Modification and bug fixes: Fixed the bug that the device will be reset in some situations Fixed the bug that the status of Ethernet LED in tpPLC utility doesn't correspond to the real situation
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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TL-WPA4220(US)_V5_200716 29 July 2020
Release notes — disclosure 0.32
Modification and bug fixes: Fixed the issue related to the guest network.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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TL-WPA4220(US)_V5_200706 29 July 2020
Release notes — disclosure 0.06
Modification and bug fixes: First firmware released.
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 TL-WPA4220
Judged by lifecycle-1 on 29 September 2026.
How these verdicts are computed.