OpenWrt 25.12.0-rc4 - Release Candidate

Release and security announcements
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That’s really strange about your Asus issue, must be target specific. This GL-MT6000 I run various snapshots/25.12, but my other GL-MT6000 (I have another one at a separate location) has a 52-day uptime on 24.10.5 with lots of added services and packages, just checked it’s been flawless. I consider OpenWrt 100% stable if it’s a good device.

Great to hear N150 does so well on OpenWrt. That’s the endgame for most enthusiast networks now. Maybe someday I’ll go back to x64, but no need to up to ~2.5Gbit and WiFi 6 from my experience on this current device.

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When will the stable version be released, and where can I follow the developments?

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Here https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/commits/openwrt-25.12/

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Will 25.12.0 actual release, cover up until r33000? Because my friend committed something to the snapshot a few days ago. Just wondering if it will end up in 25.12 release.

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Unless its cherry picked, it won't be in 25.12, as its already branched off https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/tree/openwrt-25.12

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Not necessarily. If it was accepted into main then it will have to be backported with a PR to 25.12 branch and the devs would have to commit it. For example they should submit it titled “[25.12] DescriptionofPR”. There are lots of examples in GitHub that have done that you can use as a go-by.

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Your friend should hurry up backporting it to 25.12 inluding PR as the next and last rc release is planned for this weekend. Then only limited changes will be accepted before the final release.

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If the PR backports unchanged - most practical is to push it against 25.12 branch.

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With emphasis on unchanged.

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FWIW I tried my own x86-64 router in 25.12 with those configs set and it works fine. Can’t attest to the power benefits as the box runs other stuff on it as well.

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Virtually any recent X86-64 platform will work with OpenWrt.

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In all my years using OpenWrt, I have never used a build as stable as the 25.12.x series. I’ve been running it for four days now, and the memory management is beautiful — really solid and efficient. The router feels noticeably more responsive.

Congratulations to all the developers for the excellent work.

I’ve only encountered one issue on my D-Link DIR-878 A1 build. Whenever I make any changes to the 2.4 GHz radio, I have to restart it because it shows that “the wireless is not associated.” After restarting the radio, everything works normally again.

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The "not associated" means there are no clients connected at the moment and as a consequence there is no average link rate or signal percentage to display. Just wait another second for some client to connect.

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I remember the days when I used to compile and install every kernel release and EVERY time I felt it was faster and more responsive. Effect lasted for a about 3-5 days :laughing:

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BTW, I was kinda surprised that cake-mq was merged so late (a multi-core CAKE implementation from unreleased Linux 7.0 kernel).

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Installing the RC4 today on my Linksys e8450 disabled my 5GHz radio. I had to revert to 24.10.

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You're missing the point. The sole idea of installing pre-releases is to help developers testing and fixing software before release. You need to come back and find out why it didn't work. Probably the fix was simple as specifying country code and re-enabling interface... or installing full version of wpad.

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After every reboot of my router, the 2.4 GHz wireless is disabled and I have to restart the radio manually.

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Start with proving your /etc/config/wireless content.

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config wifi-device 'radio0'
	option type 'mac80211'
	option path '1e140000.pcie/pci0000:00/0000:00:00.0/0000:01:00.0'
	option band '2g'
	option htmode 'HT20'
	option txpower '20'
	option cell_density '0'
	option channel '11'

config wifi-iface 'default_radio0'
	option device 'radio0'
	option network 'lan'
	option mode 'ap'
	option ssid 'G WIFI'
	option encryption 'psk2'
	option key 'TESTES'
	option hidden '1'

config wifi-device 'radio1'
	option type 'mac80211'
	option path '1e140000.pcie/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:02:00.0'
	option band '5g'
	option channel '44'
	option htmode 'VHT80'
	option disabled '0'
	option cell_density '2'
	option country 'US'

config wifi-iface 'default_radio1'
	option device 'radio1'
	option network 'lan'
	option mode 'ap'
	option ssid 'G WIFI 5G'
	option encryption 'psk2'
	option key 'TESTES'
	option ieee80211w '0'

config wifi-iface 'wifinet2'
	option device 'radio0'
	option mode 'ap'
	option ssid 'ErreiFuiMlk'
	option encryption 'psk2'
	option key 'TESTES'
	option network 'guest'
	option bridge_isolate '1'