Are SNAPSHOT builds always latest?

I'm trying to install

Model
NETGEAR RBR50 v1
Platform
ipq40xx/generic
Version
SNAPSHOT (r33753-e1c2f02325)

but I wanna know if its the latest snapshot from the latest commit in the openwrt source repository

Age Commit message (Expand) Author
3 hours hostapd: update to 2026-04-02HEADmastermain

Because I wanna try the new kernal for a bug I'm having to see if it fixes it or not how to check this?

https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/ipq40xx/generic/ built yesterday.

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Thank you so much

They're built daily.

Same would apply to firmware selector.

Got it I was trying to search the number at the end on github git commits page

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Unless something changed, one of those hashes should match your build.

The hash is longer then on the GitHub page also I just installed snapshot but the kernal is still 6.12.79 :sob:

I assumed you saw a commit that bumped the kernel?

Out of curiosity, why are you seeking a newer kernel.

Can you show the URL of the commit?

The kernel was bumped 18 hours ago, it can take a day (or more) before it is build
So try again tomorrow or make your own builds from source

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Oh, I assumed when I searched, it was going to be greater than 24 hours, since @frollic already explained that.

Thanks for reiterating that.

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There is a problem with a package "Qosmate" where the HFSC Hierachy is broken and all the leafs are same rather then different this is what the owner said not me and that this might be a qlen_notify issue I'm not good at this stuff and I searched on google that in which kernal this was fixed and it said to be fixed is 6.14-rc4 so when I saw that the git commit said it kernal bumped up to 6.18 I thought I try it to see if it fixes the issue the thing is that my pppoe is connected and everything but my internet is not working and it starts working when I restart qosmate so this all came to a kernal issue for my ipq40xx hardware

Yeah sure I can try after some days

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The only way you are going to get a build using the testing kernel is to build it yourself from source.

Just because your target device adopts the 6.18 kernel, the buildbots will only produce firmware from 6.12 kernel.

Oh.. I don't know how to do that :sweat_smile:
I'm still new I only know basic stuff

You can check whether the new snapshot you’re chasing has been built and see the packages to be updated without doing any changes to the running system.

This way you can avoid jumping on a snapshot that may be having issues.

owut check -v -V 25.12-SNAPSHOT 

He needs to use Main/Master not Release Snapshot.

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What if I build a wrong image or choose something wrong and it corrupts my router :D?
I'm looking at thistutorial for now to check how its done visually
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9uWM6QUnpM
I see there is option for kernal size and partition size they will be at default or will need changing?

Yeah still possible but the upgrade will require —force since there are downgrades in the packages too.

I need the higher kernal version to test if my issue is fixed in there or not