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| Name | Modified | Size | Downloads / Week |
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| README.md | 2025-08-15 | 3.7 kB | |
| v23.05.6 source code.tar.gz | 2025-08-15 | 9.8 MB | |
| v23.05.6 source code.zip | 2025-08-15 | 15.5 MB | |
| Totals: 3 Items | 25.3 MB | 0 | |
Hi,
The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the newest stable release of the OpenWrt 23.05 stable series. It improves device support and brings a few bug fixes including security fixes.
Download firmware images using the OpenWrt Firmware Selector: * https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/?version=23.05.6
Download firmware images directly from our download servers: * https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.6/targets/
Main changes between OpenWrt 23.05.5 and OpenWrt 23.05.6
Device support
- Added devices:
- ath79: Huawei AP6010DN
- ath79: MikroTik RouterBOARD 750 r2 (hEX lite)
- ath79: Sophos AP15C
- ramips: netis N6
- ath79: ZTE MF286: fix 5GHz on QCA9886
- ath79: add extended AR9344 reset sequence
- ipq40xx: Aruba AP-303H: Fix PSE GPIO pin
- ipq40xx: Meraki MR33 and MR74: fix MAC address
- mediatek: Xiaomi Router AX3000T: Add support for Winbond W25N01KV flash
- ramips: TP-Link RE200 v1 and RE210 v1: Fix booting stuck issue
- octeon: ubnt-edgerouter: fix sysupgrade config backup/restore
Various fixes and improvements
- iptables: backport "nft: track each register individually" from 1.9
- wifi-scripts: Fix parsing of Capabilities
Core components update
- Update Linux from 5.15.167 to 5.15.189
- Update mac80211 from 6.1.110-1 to 6.1.145-1
- Update wireless-regdb from 2024.07.04 to 2025.07.10
- Update openssl from 3.0.15 to 3.0.16
- Update mbedtls from 2.28.9 to 2.28.10
- Update wolfssl from 5.7.2 to 5.7.6
- Update ca-certificates from 20230311 to 20241223
- Update jsonfilter from 2024-01-23 to 2025-04-18
- Update libxml from 2.12.5 to 2.14.5
Upgrading to 23.05.6
Sysupgrade can be used to upgrade a device from 22.03 to 23.05, and configuration will be preserved in most cases.
- Sysupgrade from 21.02 to 23.05 is not officially supported.
- ipq40xx EA6350v3, EA8300, MR8300 and WHW01 require tweak to the U-Boot environment on update from 22.03 to 23.05. Refer to the Device wiki or the instruction on sysupgrade on how to do this change. Config needs to be reset on sysupgrade.
Known issues
- lantiq/xrx200 target shows error messages in DSA switch configuration of the integrated GSWIP switch. (see: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/13200)
- OpenWrt 23.05.6 was signed with the wrong signing keys. The keys from OpenWrt snapshot were used for OpenWrt 23.05.6, OpenWrt 23.05.5, OpenWrt 23.05.4, OpenWrt 23.05.3, OpenWrt 23.05.2, OpenWrt 23.05.0 and the release candidates. A later OpenWrt 23.05 service release will use a different key.
See up to date information here: https://openwrt.org/releases/23.05/notes-23.05.6#known_issues
Full release notes and upgrade instructions are available at https://openwrt.org/releases/23.05/notes-23.05.6
In particular, make sure to read the regressions and known issues before upgrading: https://openwrt.org/releases/23.05/notes-23.05.6#known_issues
For a detailed list of all changes since 23.05.5, refer to https://openwrt.org/releases/23.05/changelog-23.05.6
To download the 23.05.6 images, navigate to: https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.6/targets/ Use OpenWrt Firmware Selector to download: https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/?version=23.05.6
As always, a big thank you goes to all our active package maintainers, testers, documenters and supporters.
Have fun!
The OpenWrt Community