It seems someone forgot to officially announce 25.12.0-rc1 on the front page of https://www.openwrt.org. There’s also still no page up at https://openwrt.org/releases/25.12/25.12.0-rc1.
The RC has, however, been announced on the openwrt-announce and openwrt-devel mailing lists, as well as on the forums. It’s only missing on the wiki. >> On Dec 21, 2025, at 3:34:00 PM, Hauke Mehrtens <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the first release candidate >> of the OpenWrt 25.12 stable series. >> >> Download firmware images using the OpenWrt Firmware Selector: >> * https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org?version=25.12.0-rc1 >> >> Download firmware images directly from our download servers: >> * https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/25.12.0-rc1/targets/ >> >> >> Please test this version >> ======================== >> >> This is not the final version, this is a test version. Please report >> problems and bugs in our issue tracker. >> https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues >> >> >> Highlights in OpenWrt 25.12 >> =========================== >> >> OpenWrt 25.12.0-rc1 incorporates over 4300 commits since branching the >> previous OpenWrt 24.10 release and has been under development for over >> one year. >> >> Only the main changes are listed below. >> >> General changes >> =============== >> >> * Switch package manager from opkg to apk >> * Integration of attended Sysupgrade into default LuCI installation >> * The shell history is stored in RAM till the next reboot >> * Integration of video feed >> * Wi-Fi scripts converted to ucode >> >> >> Target changes >> ============== >> >> * Extend realtek target with support for more switch SoCs like 10G >> Ethernet switches. >> * Extend qualcommax target with support for ipq50xx and ipq60xx SoCs. >> * Added siflower target for Siflower SF21A6826/SF21H8898 SoCs >> * Added sunxi/arm926ejs subtarget for Allwinner F1C100/200s SoCs >> >> >> Many new devices added >> ====================== >> >> OpenWrt 25.12 supports over 2180 devices. Support for over 160 new >> devices was added in addition to the device support by OpenWrt 24.10. >> >> >> Core components update >> ====================== >> >> Core components have the following versions in 23.05.0-rc1: >> >> * Updated toolchain: >> * musl libc 1.2.5 >> * glibc 2.41 >> * gcc 14.3.0 >> * binutils 2.44 >> * Updated Linux kernel >> * 6.12.62 for all targets >> * main packages: >> * cfg80211/mac80211 from kernel 6.18.0 >> * hostapd master snapshot from August 2025 >> * dnsmasq 2.91 >> * dropbear 2025.89 >> * busybox 1.37.0 >> >> In addition to the listed applications, many others were also updated. >> >> >> Upgrading to 25.12 >> =================== >> >> Sysupgrade can be used to upgrade a device from 24.10 to 25.12, and >> configuration will be preserved in most cases. >> >> :!: Sysupgrade from 23.05 to 25.12 is not officially supported. >> >> >> ----------------- >> >> Full release notes and upgrade instructions are available at >> https://openwrt.org/releases/25.12/notes-25.12.0-rc1 >> >> In particular, make sure to read the regressions and known issues before >> upgrading: >> https://openwrt.org/releases/25.12/notes-25.12.0-rc1#known_issues >> >> For a detailed list of all changes since 24.10 branching, refer to >> https://openwrt.org/releases/25.12/changelog-25.12.0-rc1 >> >> To download the 25.12.0-rc1 images, navigate to: >> https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/25.12.0-rc1/targets/ >> Use OpenWrt Firmware Selector to download: >> https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org?version=25.12.0-rc1 >> >> As always, a big thank you goes to all our active package maintainers, >> testers, documenters and supporters. >> >> Have fun! >> >> The OpenWrt Community >> >> --- >> >> To stay informed of new OpenWrt releases and security advisories, there >> are new channels available: >> >> * a low-volume mailing list for important announcements: >> https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-announce >> >> * a dedicated "announcements" section in the forum: >> https://forum.openwrt.org/c/announcements/14 >> >> * other announcement channels (such as RSS feeds) might be added in >> the future, they will be listed at https://openwrt.org/contact > _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
