Device Support-Lifespan Observatory

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TP-Link

TL-WR902AC v4

Actively updated reasonably evidenced

firmware is arriving about as often as it always has

50 days since the last release against a median gap of 562 (0.1x)

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Last firmware
11 August 2026 (2 months ago)
Releases seen
4
Update rhythm
about every 2 years
Support observed
≥3 years
Vendor's promise
≥ 31 December 2029 — at least, and may be extended — 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. TL-WR902AC(US)_V4_0.9.1 Build 260810 11 August 2026

    Release notes — disclosure 0.06
    Enhancements: Improved overall security and stability.
  2. TL-WR902AC(US)_V4_240903 26 January 2025

    Release notes — disclosure 0.31
    Improvements and Bug Fixes: Modified some wireless parameters related to threshold.
  3. TL-WR902AC(US)_V4_230531_CA 30 June 2023

    Release notes — disclosure 0.30
    First firmware released
  4. TL-WR902AC(US)_V4_230504 23 May 2023

    Release notes — disclosure 0.30
    First firmware released.

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-WR902AC · openwrt_id tplink_tl-wr902ac-v4

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

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