Deco X50-5G Beta Request: Memory Leak under heavy load

Deco X50-5G Beta Request: Memory Leak under heavy load

Deco X50-5G Beta Request: Memory Leak under heavy load
Deco X50-5G Beta Request: Memory Leak under heavy load
Thursday
Model: Deco X50-5G  
Hardware Version: V2
Firmware Version: 1.1.1 Build 20250922

Hello TP-Link Support Team and Community,

I am writing to report a specific firmware optimization issue and to request a Beta Firmware if one is available. I am using a Deco X50-5G (Firmware Version: 1.1.1 Build 20250922 Rel. 17577) and I am experiencing network crashes due to what appears to be a memory leak or poor NAT session management under extreme loads.

 

The Issue:

When I use the network for typical tasks, everything works flawlessly. However, when I push a heavy multi-connection load—specifically streaming via OBS Studio while simultaneously playing Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 (which constantly downloads photogrammetry data)—the router eventually chokes. After about 3 hours of this continuous heavy load, the internet connection drops completely, forcing me to reboot the Deco.

 

Our Diagnosis & Proof:

We isolated the issue to the router's software struggling to manage thousands of concurrent micro-connections (NAT sessions), causing the RAM to fill up and crash the connection.

To prove this, I routed all my PC's traffic through a VPN (Cloudflare WARP). By tunneling everything into a single secure connection, the Deco only had to manage one active session instead of thousands. With the VPN ON, the router handled a 6-hour continuous stream flawlessly, with CPU Load resting at 14% and Memory Usage perfectly stable at 42%.

 

The Request:

1.Since the hardware is clearly capable and the issue is strictly related to how the firmware handles massive NAT session tables / memory allocation, is there a Beta Firmware available for the X50-5G that optimizes this specific issue?

2. Just to be safe, if a Beta is provided and it doesn't work well for my setup, can I easily downgrade back to the current official firmware using the Web UI?

Thank you in advance for your time and support!

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Re:Deco X50-5G Beta Request: Memory Leak under heavy load
5 hours ago

  @DarkPantherGR 

Hi,
Please provide more details about the reported phenomenon.

1. How many Deco nodes do you have? Please describe your network diagram in detail.
2. When the Deco network has no internet, what's the LED status on it?
3. Is the Deco X50-5G connected to a modem/router or SIM card to go to the internet? If it's connected to a SIM card and encounters the reported phenomenon, can you connect it to a modem/router to go to the internet and test if the phenomenon will happen?

Best Regards

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