OpenWrt 24.10 release status

[Hauke Mehrtens]

On 1/22/25 23:02, Hauke Mehrtens wrote:
> On 1/15/25 00:24, Hauke Mehrtens wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> We released OpenWrt 24.10.0-rc5 last week. The OpenWrt 24.10 branch 
>> looks good so far.
>>
>> I am planning an OpenWrt 24.10.0-rc6 next weekend and then the final 
>> release about 1 week later if nothing big breaks. Feel free to 
>> backport stuff if needed.
>>
>>
>> There are still some regression compared to 23.05.
>> These are the big regressions affecting multiple people I am aware of.
>>
>> ath10k: 5 GHz radio not detected:
>> https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/14541
>>      This affects multiple devices with ath10k radio.
>>
>> mt7621: Periodic link down+up since 24.10.0-rc*
>> https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/17351
>>      It looks like there is a regression in the PHY driver for
>>      mt7621. When people deactivate EEE it works more stable.
>>
>> Ruijie RG-X60 Pro WAN Port Not Working - (Realtek RTL8221B-VB-CG)
>> https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/17183
>>      The Realtek RTL8221B-VB-CG PHY does not work at all on some
>>      devices.
>>
>> 6.6: NAT64 and NAT66 performance degradation
>> https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/15857
>>      NAT64 and NAT66 performance degradation since kernel 6.6
>>
>>
>> All issues reported for OpenWrt 24.10:
>> https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues? 
>> q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Aupdated-desc+label%3Arelease%2F24.10
>>
>>
>> I would like to promote attended sysupgrade more.
>> I would like to add luci-app-attendedsysupgrade by default into the 
>> images to make more people aware of it.
>> Can we handle the extra load?
>> What do you think?
>>
>> I think it still has a problem with 24.10, see:
>>      attended sysupgrade does not show RC5 release:
>>      https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/17595
>>
>> Hauke
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I tagged v24.10.0-rc6 and started the builds.
> 
> Please do only add bugfixes to the 24.10 branch and no big changes from 
> now on. I would like to tag the final version probably next week.
> 
> After OpenWrt 24.10.0 is tagged feel free to add more invasive stuff again.
> 
> Hauke

Hi,

I tagged v24.10.0-rc7 and started the builds.

This should be the final rc version now. Please add small bugfixes only. 
I am planning to tag the final release on Friday or Saturday.

Please extend the release notes:
https://openwrt.org/releases/24.10/notes-24.10.0-rc7

Hauke