The author previously introduced that OpenWrt has been updated to version 24.10, and it has now released three stable versions in succession:OpenWrt 24.10.2 stable version releasedOpenWrt 24.10.1 stable version releasedOpenWrt 24.10 first stable version releasedI originally thought that since we have entered the development of the 24.10 series, the previous major version 23.05 should stop at version 23.05.5. However, unexpectedly, on August 20, 2025, the official website updated to version 23.05.6, which was quite surprising.
https://openwrt.org/releases/23.05/notes-23.05.6
Detailed version information is as follows:
_______ ________ __ | |.-----.-----.-----.| | | |.----.| |_ | - || _ | -__| || | | || _|| _| |_______|| __|_____|__|__||________||__| |____| |__| W I R E L E S S F R E E D O M ----------------------------------------------------- OpenWrt 23.05.6, r24232-539228933c -----------------------------------------------------OpenWrt 23.05 is EOL
According toOpenWrt security policy, the OpenWrt 23.05 series has reached End of Life (EOL). The last version of the OpenWrt 23.05 series is 23.05.6, and after this date, we will no longer provide any updates for OpenWrt 23.05, even for serious security issues. We encourage everyone to upgrade to OpenWrt 24.10, which will be supported until 2026.
Main changes from OpenWrt 23.05.5 to OpenWrt 23.05.6
The following introduces the main changes of the new version. If you want to know more detailed information, please refer to:
https://openwrt.org/releases/23.05/changelog-23.05.6
New device support
Although it is already an EOL version, this version update still adds support for many new devices, as detailed below.
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Added devices:
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ath79: Huawei AP6010DN
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ath79: MikroTik RouterBOARD 750 r2 (hEX lite)
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ath79: Sophos AP15C
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ramips: netis N6
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ath79: ZTE MF286: fix 5GHz on QCA9886
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ath79: add extended AR9344 reset sequence
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ipq40xx: Aruba AP-303H: Fix PSE GPIO pin
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ipq40xx: Meraki MR33 and MR74: fix MAC address
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mediatek: Xiaomi Router AX3000T: Add support for Winbond W25N01KV flash
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ramips: TP-Link RE200 v1 and RE210 v1: Fix booting stuck issue
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octeon: ubnt-edgerouter: fix sysupgrade config backup/restore
Bug fixes and improvements
There are relatively few issues fixed in this update:
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iptables: backport “nft: track each register individually” from 1.9
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wifi-scripts: Fix parsing of Capabilities
Core component updates
There are still many updates in the core components of the system:
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Update Linux from 5.15.167 to 5.15.189
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Update mac80211 from 6.1.110-1 to 6.1.145-1
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Update wireless-regdb from 2024.07.04 to 2025.07.10
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Update openssl from 3.0.15 to 3.0.16
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Update mbedtls from 2.28.9 to 2.28.10
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Update wolfssl from 5.7.2 to 5.7.6
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Update ca-certificates from 20230311 to 20241223
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Update jsonfilter from 2024-01-23 to 2025-04-18
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Update libxml from 2.12.5 to 2.14.5
Known defects
The known defects of the current version are:
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lantiq/xrx200 target shows error messages in DSA switch configuration of the integrated GSWIP switch. (see: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/13200)
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OpenWrt 23.05.6 was signed with the wrong signing keys. The keys from OpenWrt snapshot were used for OpenWrt 23.05.6, OpenWrt 23.05.5, OpenWrt 23.05.4, OpenWrt 23.05.3, OpenWrt 23.05.2, OpenWrt 23.05.0 and the release candidates. A later OpenWrt 23.05 service release will use a different key.