QNAP communication
QNAP had no luck this year with its firmware releases. Until now, 10 firmwares have been released this year, 6 7 have been vanished from the download center without further notice. This is no good communication towards QNAP customers. Therefore I will try to collect and list the recalled firmwares which I can find out. If I missed something please let me know in the comments. I will try to correct it as soon as possible.
The reasons for a firmware recall are not published by QNAP. I can only guess and do some research on the internet to get an idea which problems are connected to which firmware.
ARM Annapurna Labs
I maintain 4 QNAP devices from the ARM Annapurna Labs series:
2x TS-231P (one of it is provided by QNAP)
1x TS-431+
1x TS-231+
The critics mentioned here do only concern this series. It looks like that the Intel devices are not affected by the technical problems described here.
Recalled firmware overview
2018
month | QTS version | likely cause | source |
March | 4.3.4.0516 | files vanish | QNAP Club |
April | 4.3.4.0537 | files and folders vanish encryption | QNAP Club |
May | 4.3.4.0569 | memory leak | QNAP Forum |
May | 4.3.4.0588 | Logon problems with Firefox | QNAP Club Forum |
May | 4.3.4.0593 | Logon problems still not solved | QNAP Club Forum |
August | 4.3.4.0675 | fan control shutdown not possible bleeper issue (?) | QNAP Club Forum |
November | 4.3.6.0776 | ??? | QNAP Club Forum |
Known issues for released firmware
The firmware which is still online has also serious problems. I will try to keep track of it every time a new release appears on the QNAP website.
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