If you want to do a premature test installation of that version prior to release, you are at risk because no tests have been done on it. If you do install and run into issues, please report any real errors, but not things like missing device support or missing packages, those will be expected until the builds are done and the release is actually announced.
@shalom_epta: Sorry to hear that it is still not working for you. Still, I sense that you somehow imply that I am lying. I actually spent quite some time to test (on three different NanoPi R4S), to help debugging and made constructive suggestions. I am also only aware of one other person flagging such an issue in the past couple of months and at least one other post confirming that everything works ok.
As said, in the past those issues were mostly SD card and/or power supply related ... maybe 24.10 draws more power when booting compared to previous releases ... I honestly don't know.
I'm afraid, the only chance to really figure out what's going on on your device is providing a serial log.
Runs like a charm on both my R7800 but beware that there is no upgrade path. You have to deselect the "save config" checkmark and force upgrade. You will lose your config. It is mentioned in the release notes under "Upgrading to 24.10".
As this is a project of volunteers, not all mountains can be moved at once. Since not all R4S-devices have the same problem, it's even harder to pinpoint the bug. I've moved on to the R3S, sometime the R4S will work again. Getting angry won't speed up the proces. It's the tone that makes the music, please make it a cheerfull song, while on the road.
If the package is not recommended until announced then why is it showing up in firmware selector I think it should be disabled so that inadvertently no one installs the update
Firmware Selector has had these issues since it was first made. It's a fantastic page, but shouldn't keep all the old RCs and old point releases as dropdown menu items, nor should it post a new item until it's released, but it scans for the folder and once it's made it shows up there. Obviously wait until announcement unless you know what you're getting yourself into, we know it's coming very soon.
this issue is known by people reading the forum. but not by everyone.
I think a simple fix could be, add a file with the status to the end of the deploy and only list the versions where the file exists and has the correct version.
(or v <24.10 to be backware compatible).
This way we would prevent accidentally download incomplete versions
@phinn
Thank you .. but lets agree this issue since long time as you said .. it should be solved before anything because as normal user I don't have the knowledge like you or others.. im simple person know how to use firmware selecor page ..
But seriously thanks for OpenWRT team they are spending hours and hours from their time to support this community..