TL-WR940N v6
Actively updated well evidenced
firmware is arriving about as often as it always has
124 days since the last release against a median gap of 308 (0.4x)
- Last firmware
- 29 May 2026 (4 months ago)
- Releases seen
- 8
- Update rhythm
- about every 10 months
- Support observed
- ≥9 years
- Vendor's promise
- 23 April 2027 — 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.
- TL-WR940N v1 Gone quiet 2 releases
- TL-WR940N v2 Gone quiet 4 releases
- TL-WR940N v3 Gone quiet 2 releases
- TL-WR940N v3 (US) Gone quiet 2 releases
- TL-WR940N v4 (US) Gone quiet 1 releases
- TL-WR940N v5 (US) Gone quiet 6 releases
- TL-WR940N v6.6 (US) Actively updated 3 releases
Firmware history
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TL-WR940N(US)_V6_260528 29 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-WR940N(US)_V6_250919 29 September 2025
Release notes — disclosure 0.06
New Features/Enhancement: Enhanced security of device.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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TL-WR940N(US)_V6_3.20.1 Build 220801 21 November 2022
Release notes — disclosure 0.55
Modifications and Bug Fixes: 1. Improve device security; 2. Update the ISP IPTV profile; 3. Fixed the bug that when the PPPoEv6 was enabled, then the device IPv4 could not obtain IP and the button can't use after the prototype was restarted; 4. Fixed the bug that the field carried by PPPoE dial-up lacks the service name, resulting in dial-up failure.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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TL-WR940N(US)_V6_211111 17 January 2022
Release notes — disclosure 0.42
Modifications and Bug Fixes: 1. Optimized the wireless stability on RE/WISP/Client mode. 2. Enhance wireless stability. 3. Fixed the bug that when you choose the NO-IP of the DDNS, the logout button can't take affect.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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TL-WR940N(US)_V6_200316 30 April 2020
Cites CVE-2020-8597
Release notes — disclosure 0.84
New Features/Enhancement: 1. Optimized the wireless stability on RE mode. 2. Added the support for https. 3. Added support for reboot schedule. 4. Optimized the security and change the login mode. Bug Fixes: 1. Fixed CVE-2020-8597. 2. Fixed CVE-2020-8423_84_V10.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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TL-WR940N(US)_V6_171030 30 October 2017
Release notes — disclosure 0.06
Bug fixes: Fixed the WPA2 Security (KRACKs) Vulnerability.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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TL-WR940N(US)_V6_171011 11 October 2017
Release notes — disclosure 0.54
Modifications and BUG fixed: 1. Added Tether QR code on management webpage. 2. Updated in ISP IPTV Profiles. 3. Shortened the boot up time. 4. Improved the security of the router's system diagnostic tools.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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TL-WR940N(US)_V6_170407 7 April 2017
Release notes — disclosure 0.06
Modifications and Bug Fixes: First firmware released.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
Evidence
2 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-WR940N
Judged by lifecycle-1 on 30 September 2026.
How these verdicts are computed.