OpenWrt 19.07.0 released

OpenWrt 19.07.0 is out — the first stable release in the 19.07 series, with 3,954 commits since 18.06.0.

Three changes stand out:

• ath79 target. A device-tree-based successor to the long-running ar71xx target. Both ship in 19.07, but new boards should target ath79; ar71xx will eventually be retired.
• Initial WPA3 support. Available as an opt-in package set; needs at least 8 MB of flash. Note that many existing client devices will never support WPA3, and mixed-mode setups can be flaky on older WPA2 hardware.
• LuCI moves toward client-side rendering. Some pages now render in the browser via JavaScript rather than on the router. Existing extensions may need the luci-compat package to keep working.

All targets share a single kernel version (Linux 4.14.162). Userland brings hostapd 2.9, dnsmasq 2.80, and gcc 7.5.0.

Sysupgrade from 18.06 generally preserves configuration, but back up first. Migrating between ar71xx and ath79 is not supported as an in-place upgrade for most devices.

Downloads and per-device images are at downloads.openwrt.org. Full release notes are on the wiki.