OpenWrt 25.12.0 – safe to update?
2 problem reports and 1 positive report found on Reddit (plus 7 other mentions). Out for 227 days; a few isolated problem posts is normal background for a product this widely used. Skim them if your setup is similar.
Newer release in this line: OpenWrt 25.12.6 (2026-10-18). If you're updating now, check that one instead — it may already fix the issues reported here.
⚠ Read before updating
The official notes for this release include changes that may not be reversible or that remove things you might rely on:
- OpenWrt 24.10 end of life
- With the release of OpenWrt 25.12 stable series, the OpenWrt 24.10 stable series will go end of life in 6 months.
Security update: this release fixes security issues. Waiting carries its own risk — if your device is exposed, weigh that against the reports below.
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What's in this release
The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the first stable release of the OpenWrt 25.12 stable series. OpenWrt 25.12.0 incorporates over 4700 commits since branching the previous OpenWrt 24.10 release and has been under development for over one year. OpenWrt 25.12 is named Dave's Guitar to honor Dave Täht, who sadly passed away on April 1, 2025.
Source: forum.openwrt.org announcements
CVEs fixed
No CVEs mapped to this release, though the vendor flags it as a security update.
Community reports
- Problem
OpenWrt Image builder error Error: Impossible package selection: missing (libubox20260213) on 25.12.0 / Snapshot · Reddit · 2026-03-14
Does anybody knows if the repository has been updated since release as I can't get to build an image using a couple separate firmware/target and I did try snapshot and stable? I did some search but did'nt found a lot of info recently... Error: Impossible package selection: missi…
- Problem
Flint2 - 25.12.0 + AGH - extra bridge = fail · Reddit · 2026-03-09
So I think I've come across a reproducable bug. I can't do any further testing, as this is my core router, and I need to be online, but I thought I'd share in case someone has spare hardware. The symptoms are throughput falling over entirely when adding a new bridge device, and…
- Fine
Share OpenWrt 25.12.0 on Xiaomi AX3000T - MT7981 - Running rock solid · Reddit · 2026-04-28
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- Mention
OpenWrt, VLAN, and DSA · Reddit · 2026-04-19
Second post, but it's also about support. It's also a different topic, which is why I made another. Thank you for reading in advance (and pardon my extremely confusing wording!) OpenWrt has the ability to either define a VLAN as a device or to tag VLAN on a bridge device. Now, I…
- Mention
I don't understand how to update · Reddit · 2026-04-03
Every resource and llm I ask to semes to imply that I will lose all packages if I try to use a syaupgrade images! If I'm lucky) plus every file I don't specify to be saved into the section on luci. How do I do an in place upgrade without losing anything? I have so many and heavy…
- Mention
ubi 2.0 · Reddit · 2026-03-30
I have no idea why I still get this error. I thought I converted the UBI layout every time. I have flashed it quite a few times. Mon Mar 30 13:28:48 CDT 2026 upgrade: Device linksys,e8450-ubi not supported by this image Mon Mar 30 13:28:48 CDT 2026 upgrade: Supported devices: li…
- Mention
BanIP package's date is broken · Reddit · 2026-03-17
I installed openwrt 25.12 and other packages. I restored my settings from backup and everything seems to work fine. Only the banIP seems to have problem downloading feeds. I looked into the logs and the date is wrong. I restarted banip a couple of times and synced the router to…
- Mention
Can I use Attended Sysupgrade to build a new firmware without any wifi support? It has broken antenna and id like to use it strictly as a router. · Reddit · 2026-03-10
- Mention
24.10.5 -> 25.12.0 What do I miss out on by not upgrading? · Reddit · 2026-03-08
Just the title. I have a Flint2 router and I’m curious what the new version has/does that the old version doesn’t.
- Mention
Unable to route out, missing something obvious · Reddit · 2026-03-06
Hi guys, I've got a very basic setup that is intended for a very niche use case. I think i've pretty much configured the whole thing but i'm pretty sure i forgot something very dumb from my side. I'm using a small Intel NUC, where I've configured WIFI as WAN (client), and the et…
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Other OpenWrt versions
- 25.12.6 2026-10-18
- 24.10.8 2026-07-26
- 25.12.5 2026-07-01
- 24.10.7 2026-05-31
- 25.12.4 2026-05-14
- 25.12.3 2026-05-07
- 25.12.2 2026-03-27
- 25.12.1 2026-03-18
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