kosmos
DD-WRT User
Joined: 31 Jan 2013
Posts: 53
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 Posted: Sat May 02, 2026 11:18 Post subject: When can we expect a stable release? |
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When can we expect a stable release, since it always goes from beta to beta?
Are there mostly fixed changes happening here, or are new features constantly being added so that one never gets out of the beta stage?
I'd be interested to know if there's a road map with priorities, or what the general situation is.
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SurprisedItWorks
DD-WRT Guru
Joined: 04 Aug 2018
Posts: 1591
Location: Appalachian mountains, USA
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| Posted: Sat May 02, 2026 20:52 Post subject: |
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The beta vs stable thing is a distinction of the past really. Beta is it. Stable as a dd-wrt concept is obsolete. Just watch the build threads for your type of router.
I'm still on 62606, as after that major changes kicked in, in particular a major change to the linux kernel, and the dust is still settling from that.
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Alozaros
DD-WRT Guru
Joined: 16 Nov 2015
Posts: 7314
Location: UK, London, just across the river..
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| Posted: Sun May 03, 2026 5:00 Post subject: Re: When can we expect a stable release? |
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| kosmos wrote: | When can we expect a stable release, since it always goes from beta to beta?
Are there mostly fixed changes happening here, or are new features constantly being added so that one never gets out of the beta stage?
I'd be interested to know if there's a road map with priorities, or what the general situation is.
Thank you |
DDWRT is by far the most frequently updated/fixed/patched firmware, among them all....and yes it is in the constant beta state...ever since...
It is a game of cats and dogs when it is up to update binaries as sometimes things get broken, and it requires testing and ect. ...for most user scenario's firmware it is stable...kind of..until you break it by using incompatible settings or some of the new binaries are not fully compatible or require backports and ect....so, it is up to the user to monitor and report if anything is found in order to be patched/fixed/updated...
And yes the last stable build was 62606, but it lack of vital binaries updates like SmartDNS, DNSmasq and ect....every update afterwards are based on nft-tables and this requires a new approach for some user scenarios...even if iptables module still persist it is advisable to translate rules to nft-tables..."if possible"
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TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -DD-WRT 65908 Gateway/DoT,Forced DNS,Ad-Block,Firewall,x4VLAN,VPN
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -Gargoyle OS 1.15.x AP,DNS,QoS,Quotas
Qualcomm-Atheros
Netgear R7800 -OpenWRT Kong 25.12
Netgear XR500 -DD-WRT 65908 GTW/SmDNS-Quic,AD-Blk,Forced DNS,AP&Net Isolation,x2VLAN,Vanilla
Netgear R7800 --DD-WRT r65908 Gateway/DNSCryptv2,AD-Block,Forced DNS,AP&Net Isolation,x3VLAN,IPset Firewall,Vanilla,VPN cli
Netgear R9000 --DD-WRT 65908 Gateway/SmDNS-Quic,AD-Block,AP Isolation,Firewall,Forced DNS,Vanilla
Dynalink DL-WRX36-DDWRT 65908
Broadcom
Netgear R7000 --DD-WRT 65908 GTW/DNScrypt-proxy2/AD-Block,IPset Firewall,Forced DNS,x4VLAN,VPN cli
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