Release 7.2.1

Leading platforms

• Qualcomm Wi‑Fi 7 reference platform:

  • Qualcomm IPQ5322 on SPF 12.2 CSU2 (Plume SuperPod 7)

Notable Enhancements

• Stop DHCP client in IDLE state before entering backoff

• WPA3 Compatibility Mode support re-work for unified implementation across platforms (QCOM/BRCM/MTK)

• Option for hostapd ctrl-interface log level configurable via osw_etc

Notable Fixes

• Prevent possible FSM crash in case when MQTT topics are removed.

• Fix an issue where the backhaul connection would drop when the parent AP changed channels via CSA.

• Fix support for multiple prefixes in dnsmasq OSN layer

• Fix use after free bug in QM

• Fixed PMF/security fields not reflecting correctly in Wifi_Associated_Clients table for MLO BCM STAs (only primary VAP carries hostapd state/events)

Release 7.2.0

Leading platforms

• Qualcomm Wi‑Fi 7 reference platform:

  • Qualcomm IPQ5322 on SPF 12.2 CSU2 (Plume SuperPod 7)

New Features

• MLO Steering – Phase 1

  • Schema: Added allow_mlo_acl field to the Band_Steering_Clients table.

  • MLO ACL Control (owm::ow_steer module): Introduced handling for the allow_acl parameter in the Band_Steering_Clients OVSDB table.

  • Multi-BSSID BTM Support (owm::ow_steer module): Extended BSS Transition Management requests to support multiple BSSIDs.

• MLO Enable / Disable Per Location

  • Dynamically enable or disable MLO on front haul networks

• WPA3-Personal Compatibility Mode

  • OWM can configure WPA-3 Personal Compatibility Mode that enables RSN (Robust Security Network) overriding which allows the AP to advertise both WPA2 and WPA3 capabilities in the RSN IE (Information Element)

• Hotspot 2.0 Airtime Fairness

  • Added support to prioritize home network traffic when Hotspot 2.0 is enabled

  • Wi-Fi airtime can now be allocated across SSIDs using configurable precedence levels (low/medium/high), ensuring home users retain guaranteed bandwidth while hotspot clients share remaining capacity

  • introduces per-radio ATF enable/disable control (Wifi_Radio_Config::atf_enabled) and proportional scaling

• Hotspot 2.0 Steering Event Reports

  • Introduced MQTT-based reporting of soft and hard kick-out steering events for Hotspot 2.0 clients.

  • The device now publishes detailed client telemetry - including BTM request/response outcomes, SNR at time of steer, deauth status, and steer results to a new HS.Steering MQTT topic.

  • Configurable via Node_Config (hs_steer_report_interval, in seconds); reports are only sent when steering events have occurred.

• Localized Application Prioritization

  • Application prioritization can now run also entirely on the OpenSync device/FSM, delivering faster, smarter traffic management without sending personal application data to the cloud.

  • By moving identification and prioritization logic to the edge, this enhancement improves both performance and privacy.

• EU ErP compliance OpenSync platform support

  • Introduced an ErP module in the Platform Manager (PM) to reduce idle power consumption and comply with EU ErP specifications

  • Platform Manager (PM) handles entering and exiting the ErP low-power mode and provides platform specific hooks to achieve low power consumption on OpenSync node

• Dynamic fronthaul role configuration

  • Introduced an Platform Manager (PM) module that handles marking of fronthaul interfaces with specific roles (ie: hs, iot, guest, employee, …)

  • This allows residential gateways to reuse VAPs in different roles, depending on dynamic configuration

  • This feature exposes API through platform manager to enable/disable network marked with specific roles and read back the current status from the cloud to reflect the accurate state of the service.

Notable Enhancements

• MLO backhaul enhancements

• Reintroduced Zero Wait DFS support as part of OWM

• Introduced OpenSync manager watchdog, which restarts unresponsive manager in case it exceeds configured timeout

• PKIM enhancements

  • Introduced PKIM ovsdb bootstrap logic to control settings for PKI certificate management in build time

• Enhanced DHCP handling on the WAN interface to reduce load on upstream DHCP servers in large deployments

• Enhanced MQTT connectivity stability in unstable IPv6 environments

• Added IP unnumbered connectivity support in the Connection Manager (CM)

• Added Linux qdisc and SSL certificate information dumps to logpulls for improved diagnostics

Notable Fixes

• Prevent high CPU usage by Connection Manager (CM) during OpenSync restarts, caused by FATAL events

• Fix WANO server list for DNS probing to correctly handle IPv6 servers specified with full length

• Clean up stale tarballs after unsuccessful logpull generation

• Various crash fixes for OpenSync managers (DM, SM, OWM, FCM, FSM, QM, …)

• Various memory leak fixes for OpenSync managers (SM, OWM, FCM, …)