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OpenWrt 19.07.0 first stable release

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OpenWrt 19.07.0 first stable release

Hi,
The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the first stable release ofthe OpenWrt 19.07 stable version series. It incorporates 3954 commitssince the previous release 18.06.0 and 85 commits since the previousrelease candidate 19.07.0-rc2.
An upgrade from OpenWrt 18.06 to OpenWrt 19.07 is supported in manycases with the help of the sysupgrade utility which will also attempt topreserve the configuration. A configuration backup is advisednonetheless when upgrading to OpenWrt 19.07.
With this release, the OpenWrt project brings all supported targets backto a single common kernel version and further refines and broadensexisting device support. It also introduces a new ath79 target andbrings support for WPA3.
Target transition from ar71xx to ath79
This release provides initial support for the new ath79 target, thefuture device tree based successor of the popular ar71xx target. For19.07, both targets are still built, but it is recommended to switch tothe ath79 target whenever possible: future releases of OpenWrt will dropsupport for the ar71xx target.
Please read the known issues below before upgrading.
WPA3 support
The 19.07 release brings initial support for WPA3. However, WPA3 is notenabled by default and requires installing specific packages: to runWPA3 as an access point, hostapd-openssl is needed. For use as a Wi-Fistation, you need either wpa-supplicant-openssl (station support only)or wpad-openssl (AP + station). Due to their large size, these packagesare not installed by default, and it is impossible to install them ondevices with less than 8MB flash.
It should also be noted that many existing client devices will neversupport WPA3, and that there are client devices that support WPA2 butcannot connect to an AP configured with WPA2+WPA3 mixed mode. Pleaseonly file bugs if you are sure the problem is not client related.
To configure your device as a WPA3 access point, see:https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wifi/basic#wpa_modes
Client-side rendering of the LuCI web interface
The new version of LuCI, the integrated web interface for OpenWrt,implements client-side rendering of views. This improves performance byoffloading some work that was done on the device (Lua code) to theclient browser (Javascript code)
The LuCI ecosystem is large, and not all LuCI apps have been adapted tothis change, which may result in crashes involving cbi.lua. In thatcase, install the luci-compat package.
With this step, Lua usage in LuCI is reduced and LuCI effectively comescloser to the goals of the experimental LuCI2 without having to rewriteeverything from scratch.
Main changes in OpenWrt 19.07.0
The main changes in this release since the previous OpenWrt 18.06version are:
Updated toolchain:
musl libc 1.1.24
uClibc-ng 1.0.31
glibc 2.27
gcc 7.5.0
binutils 2.31.1

Updated Linux kernel
4.14.162 for all targets
Flow offloading bugfixes

Network userland:
hostapd 2.9, dnsmasq 2.80, dropbear 2019.78
Fixes in network and wireless configuration handling
Bugfixes in DHCPv6 client and server
WPA3 configuration support
Install wpad-openssl for WPA3 support

System userland:
busybox 1.30.1
Sysupgrade support for backup and upgrade capability checks
Contains urngd, non-physical true random number generator daemonbased on timing jitter
Bugfixes in the process manager, system message bus, embedded webserver and the configuration management library

Platform and Driver Support
Dropped adm5120, adm8668, ar7, au1000, ixp4xx, mcs814x, omap24xx,ppc40x, ppc44x and xburst target
New ath79 target that will replace the popular ar71xx target
Updates and new device support across all targets

LuCI web interface:
Client side rendering of views for improved performance
Security fixes

A full list of all changes and security fixes is available in thedetailed changelog, seehttps://openwrt.org/releases/19.07/changelog-19.07.0
Known issues
Sysupgrade from ar71xx to ath79 and vice versa is not officiallysupported, a full manual reinstall is recommended to switch targets fordevices supported by both ar71xx and ath79

Images for some device became too big to support a persistentoverlay, causing such models to lose configuration after a reboot. Ifyou experience this problem, please report the affected device in theforum and consider downgrading to OpenWrt 18.06 or using the ImageBuilder to pack a smaller custom image
Some optional GUI packages crash with an error about missing”cbi.lua”, install the luci-compat package to fix these
Possible Wi-Fi issues with ath10k-based boards. If you encounter suchan issue, please file a bug report against openwrt-19.07. Please makesure the issue is not caused by WPA3. If you are using WPA3 and run intoproblems, revert to the encryption settings you used before upgrading to19.07.
For latest information about the 19.07 series, refer to the wiki at:https://openwrt.org/releases/19.07/
To download the v19.07.0 images, navigate to:https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/19.07.0/
As always, a big thank you goes to all our active package maintainers,testers, documenters, and supporters.
Have fun!
The OpenWrt Community

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