Unstable: 388.1_0-gnuton0_beta3

GNUton's Asus Merlin changelog

If you have a DSL-AC68U please get the lastest beta from https://github.com/gnuton/asuswrt-merlin.ng/releases/tag/386.9_0-gnuton0_beta1
Date: January 07, 2023
Release: 388.1_0-gnuton0_beta3

• NEW: TUF images with and without TUF UI
• NEW: Add RT-AXE95Q ZenWifi ET8 support.

Unstable: 386.9_0-gnuton0_beta1

GNUton's Asus Merlin changelog

Note: If you have an RT-AX or DSL-AX model please grab the latest 388 builds from here

Date: January 02, 2023
Release: 386.9_0-gnuton0_beta1

• NOTE: 386_xx release are only for Wifi 5 (802.11ac) models.

• NEW: Merged with GPL 386_50757.

• UPDATED: getdns/stubby to 1.7.2/0.4.2.

• UPDATED: zlib to 1.2.12 + backports.

• UPDATED: openssl to 1.1.1s.

• UPDATED: inadyn to 2.10.0.

• UPDATED: nettle to 3.8.1.

• UPDATED: openvpn to 2.5.8.

• UPDATED: dropbear to 2022.83.

• CHANGED: Rebranded DNSFilter as DNS Director. This will prevent
  confusion with the company sharing the same name, and
  also better describes what the feature does.

• CHANGED: Setting an OpenVPN client to redirect all traffic while
  in "Exclusive" DNS mode will now force redirect ALL
  DNS traffic just like in VPN Director mode.
  While this will allow redirecting clients with
  hardcoded DNS servers, it also means that your whole
  LAN will lose the ability of doing local name
  resolution. It might be best to use VPN Director
  in that case to control which client should
  be involved in the DNS redirection, or use
  DNSFilter instead of Exclusive DNS mode.
  editing VPNDirector rules.

• CHANGED: Switched generated self-signed certificate to an
  EC certificate.

• CHANGED: Disabled DSS key support in Dropbear SSH.

• FIXED: Wrong temperatures used by the temperature graphs
  (386.8 regression)

• FIXED: Guest Network clients couldn't route through VPN
  (regression in 386.4 following a GPL merge).

• FIXED: Clients connected to Guest Network 1 aren't
  redirected to the router's NTP if NTP interception is
  enabled.

• FIXED: Name was truncated to 31 chars when enabling OpenVPN
  client's Server Certificate Name Validation.

• FIXED: CVE-2022-37434 in zlib.

• REMOVED: Interface selector on Speedtest page (no longer
  working, possibly due to an ookla client update)

Unstable: 388.1_0-gnuton0_beta2

GNUton's Asus Merlin changelog

Date: December 22, 2022
Release: 388.1_0-gnuton0_beta2

• NEW: TUF image now comes with and without TUF UI
• FIX: IPV6 on DSL-AX82U

After 1k downoloads, I think we can go out of testing phase for 388.1
This code is based on upstream 388.1 stable and it's a release candidate and it should pretty much stable.

Known issues are listed here https://github.com/gnuton/asuswrt-merlin.ng/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Abeta
Note for DSL-AX82U , SNR (manual stability adjustment) is at moment not supported and must be disabled. There is a bug filed for this.

Unstable: 388.1_0-gnuton0_beta1

GNUton's Asus Merlin changelog

Date: November 27, 2022
Release: 388.1_0-gnuton0_beta1

• NOTE: This release is only available for AX models.
  AC models will remain on the 386_xx release branch.

• NEW: Add RT-AX86U_PRO support.

• NEW: Merged with GPL 388_20566 (RT-AX88U and GT-AX11000)

• NEW: Merged with GPL 388_21224 (all other AX models)

• NEW: Experimental ROG UI version for GT models, as a separate
  firmware image within the distribution archive, with
  "_rog" in the filename.

• NEW: (Asus 388) WireGuard client and server. The server uses
  the new 388 VPN server webui. Implemented a webui for
  clients, based on the early development UI from Asus.

   WG client routing is handled by VPN Director - you must
   configure redirection rules through it, same as on stock
   firmware which requires configuring rules through
   VPN Fusion.
  
   DNS handling will be identical to OpenVPN's Exclusive DNS
   mode, forcing clients to use the DNS provided by it
   (if any is provided).
  
   Note that enabling WireGuard will disable hardware
   NAT acceleration due to compatibility reasons.
  

• NEW: httpd support for EC certificates (Ivan Kruglov)

• UPDATED: getdns/stubby to 1.7.2/0.4.2.

• UPDATED: zlib to 1.2.12 + backports.

• UPDATED: openssl to 1.1.1s.

• CHANGED: Rebranded DNSFilter as DNS Director. This will prevent
  confusion with the company sharing the same name, and
  also better describes what the feature does.

• CHANGED: Setting an OpenVPN client to redirect all traffic while
  in "Exclusive" DNS mode will now force redirect ALL
  DNS traffic just like in VPN Director mode.
  While this will allow redirecting clients with
  hardcoded DNS servers, it also means that your whole
  LAN will lose the ability of doing local name
  resolution. It might be best to use VPN Director
  in that case to control which client should
  be involved in the DNS redirection, or use
  DNS Director instead of Exclusive DNS mode.

• CHANGED: (Asus 388) nvram storage increased to 192 KB on newer
  HND 5.04 devices like the GT-AXE16000.

• CHANGED: Reworked VPN Status page to only show currently

Unstable: 388.1_0-gnuton0_alpha1

GNUton's Asus Merlin changelog

NOTES:

• This are alpha releses. You cannot brick your device, but this images may potentially have severe bugs
• For 388 to correctly work, a factory reset after upgrading is required
• CFE Images contain newer broadcom botloader. Flashing the ones without CFE is safer for this reason those are not available anymore.
• If there are issues please open tickets and mark them as alpha. I will give them higher priority (according to the severity ot the issue)
• I will release the beta as soon as the most severe bugs get ironed out
• Please send feedback positive and negative and test things as much as possible for a better stable release
• There is high chance I will remove the TUF UI in the next release for TUF devices. If against please ping me.

Thanks a lot!

Date: November 20, 2022
Release: 388.1_0-gnuton0_alpha1

• NOTE: This release is only available for AX models.
  AC models will remain on the 386_xx release branch.

• NEW: Add RT-AX86U_PRO support.

• NEW: Merged with GPL 388_20566 (RT-AX88U and GT-AX11000)

• NEW: Merged with GPL 388_21224 (all other AX models)

• NEW: Experimental ROG UI version for GT models, as a separate
  firmware image within the distribution archive, with
  "_rog" in the filename.

• NEW: (Asus 388) WireGuard client and server. The server uses
  the new 388 VPN server webui. Implemented a webui for
  clients, based on the early development UI from Asus.

   WG client routing is handled by VPN Director - you must
   configure redirection rules through it, same as on stock
   firmware which requires configuring rules through
   VPN Fusion.
  
   DNS handling will be identical to OpenVPN's Exclusive DNS
   mode, forcing clients to use the DNS provided by it
   (if any is provided).
  
   Note that enabling WireGuard will disable hardware
   NAT acceleration due to compatiblity reasons.
  

• UPDATED: getdns/stubby to 1.7.2/0.4.2.

• UPDATED: zlib to 1.2.12 + backports.

• UPDATED: openssl to 1.1.1s.

• CHANGED: Rebranded DNSFilter as DNS Director. This will prevent
  confusion with the company sharing the same name, and
  also better describes what the feature does.

• CHANGED: Setting an OpenVPN client to redirect all traffic while
  in "Exclusive" DNS mode will now force redirect ALL
  DNS traffic just like in VPN Director mode.
  While this will allow redirecting clients with
  hardcoded DNS servers, it also means that your whole
  LAN will lose the ability of doing local name
  resolution. It might be best to use VPN Director
  in that case to control which client should
  be involved in the DNS redirection, or use
  DNS Director instead of Exclusive DNS mode.

• CHANGED: (Asus 388) nvram storage increased to 192 KB on newer
  HND 5.04 devices like the GT-AXE16000.

• CHANGED: Reworked VPN Status page to only show currently
  active services.

Stable: 386.08_0-gnuton1

GNUton's Asus Merlin changelog

Date: October 07, 2022
Release: 386.08_0-gnuton1

• NOTE: This release is only available for the DSL-AX82U and RT-AX92U and it's based on GPL 49634.
• NEW: Added support for the RT-AX92U.
• FIX: FlexQOS for TUF devices.

For all other supported models, the latest firmware is the 386.07_2-gnuton1.

Unstable: 386.08_0-gnuton0_beta1

GNUton's Asus Merlin changelog

Date: August 15, 2022
Release: 386.08_0-gnuton0_beta1

• NOTE: This release is only available for the DSL-AX82U

Stable: 386.07_2-gnuton1

GNUton's Asus Merlin changelog

Date: August 07, 2022
Release: 386.07_2-gnuton1

• NEW: Added support for TUF-AX3000
• UPDATED: Merged with 386_48966 GPL for all models
• FIXED: CPU freq in tool page for TUF-AX5400 and RT-AX95Q
• FIXED: WiFi insight page for TUF models

Unstable: 386.07_2-gnuton0_beta4

GNUton's Asus Merlin changelog

Date: July 26, 2022
Release: 386.07_2-gnuton0_beta4

• NEW: Added support for TUF-AX3000

Unstable: 386.07_0-gnuton0_beta3

GNUton's Asus Merlin changelog

Date: July 10, 2022
Release: 386.07_0-gnuton0_beta3

• NEW: Added support for TUF-AX3000