When trying to upgrade to 24.10.5 or 25.12.0 using owut, upgrade fails with config is incompatible to the new image
~ # owut upgrade -r luci-app-argon-config,luci-theme-argon
ASU-Server https://sysupgrade.openwrt.org
Upstream https://downloads.openwrt.org
Target ramips/mt7621
Profile cudy_x6-v2
Package-arch mipsel_24kc
Version-from 24.10.5 r29087-d9c5716d1d (kernel 6.6.119)
Version-to 24.10.5 r29087-d9c5716d1d (kernel 6.6.119)
30 packages are out-of-date
There are 0 missing and 1 modified default packages
Request hash:
a8a1774e554a14211c5e10bf5076d4e83b50463d27bff1a9d7e49a2edde5913d
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Status: done
Progress: 0s total = 0s in queue + 0s in build
Build succeeded in 0s total = 0s in queue + 0s to build:
Image saved : /tmp/firmware.bin
ERROR: sysupgrade validation failed:
stderr =
Tue Mar 17 20:57:12 +06 2026 upgrade: The device is supported, but the config is incompatible to the new image (1.0->1.1). Please upgrade without keeping config (sysupgrade -n).
Tue Mar 17 20:57:12 +06 2026 upgrade: Config cannot be migrated from swconfig to DSA
Image check failed.