[Idea]: is the latest version of Omada reliable, eventhough download center did not publish it yet?

[dharulion]

Describe the Feature/Enhancement/Idea

This is more of a question than idea - how reliable is the latest version of Omada controller link, for example the 6.3.0.111 can be downloaded from tp-link static page, but the information about the binary was not yet published inside the Download Center https://support.omadanetworks.com/en/download/software/omada-controller/ (I still can see 6.3.0.45).

Is this a cache/cdn thing?
What is the source of a 6.3.0.111 link? I can't see it in the release notes pdf as well.
Could this be a released and then reverted version?

Additional Context

No response

[mbentley]

I run a script that I built a while back from the support site when it was exposing the API calls that runs on a schedule. Here's what it does:

1. Query the API. It POSTs JSON to https://support.omadanetworks.com/api/v1/search/tourist/searchResource. The body has resourceType: "download", keyword: ".tar.gz", pageSize: 100, and suitableModelList set to ["Omada Software Controller", "Omada
   Software Controller V5", "Omada Software Controller V6"].
2. Query each regional site. The siteId field selects a regional TP-Link support site. If I am not mistaken, 1 was a global site, 3 is the US site. 4 is the Canadian site. I query site IDs of 1 and 3 and merge the results. The regions don't always publish at the same time. For example, 6.3.0.111 appeared under siteId 1 first, and 3 only listed its Windows zip.
3. Extract the download URLs. I pull .result.download.content[].url from each response and dedupe them. Each entry also has a releaseNotesUrl.
4. Parse the version from the filename. For example, Omada_Network_Application_v6.3.0.111_linux_x64_….tar.gz gives 6.3.0.111. TP-Link renamed the files from Omada_SDN_Controller_v… to Omada_Network_Application_v… around 6.2.10.17. Both names still parse.
5. Compare against what I've seen. Each URL is stored in a key-value store. The full list of URLs is also stored and diffed against the previous run.
6. Notify on a new version. If a URL is new, the script sends me a message and opens a GitHub issue in mbentley/docker-omada-controller. The issue lists the new URLs, release notes and all available versions.

If you want to do this yourself, the browser's own request works too. Open the dev tools on the download page and copy the POST to searchResource. It uses siteId: 4, siteCode: "en" and downloadsResourceTypeIdList: [1120,1121,1122,1145,1189].

Or the tl;dr is to run this:

for SITE in 1 3 4; do
  curl -s -X POST \
    -H "User-Agent: I am not a bot" \
    -H "content-type: application/json" \
    "https://support.omadanetworks.com/api/v1/search/tourist/searchResource" \
    -d '{"pageIndex":0,"pageSize":100,"sortOrder":"DESC","keyword":".tar.gz","siteId":'"${SITE}"',"siteCode":"en","resourceType":"download","suitableModelList":["Omada Software Controller","Omada Software Controller V5","Omada Software Controller V6"]}'
done | jq -r '.result.download.content[].url' | sort -u \
  | awk -F/ '{v=$NF; sub(/.*_v/,"",v); sub(/_.*/,"",v); print v, $0}' \
  | sort -Vr | cut -d' ' -f2-

https://static.tp-link.com/upload/software/2026/202610/20261016/Omada_Network_Application_v6.3.0.111_linux_x64_20261009150926.tar.gz
https://static.tp-link.com/upload/software/2026/202609/20260904/Omada_Network_Application_v6.3.0.45_linux_x64_20260903171900.tar.gz
https://static.tp-link.com/upload/software/2026/202607/20260717/Omada_SDN_Controller_v6.2.14.11_linux_x64.tar.gz
https://static.tp-link.com/upload/software/2026/202604/20260429/Omada_Network_Application_v6.2.10.17_linux_x64_20260428102037.tar.gz
https://static.tp-link.com/upload/software/2026/202604/20260402/Omada_Network_Application_v6.2.0.17_linux_x64_20260331104736.tar.gz
https://static.tp-link.com/upload/software/2026/202601/20260121/Omada_Network_Application_v6.1.0.19_linux_x64_20260117100056.tar.gz
https://static.tp-link.com/upload/software/2025/202512/20251203/Omada_SDN_Controller_v6.0.0.25_linux_x64_20251120205736.tar.gz
https://static.tp-link.com/upload/software/2025/202510/20251031/Omada_SDN_Controller_v6.0.0.24_linux_x64_20251027202524.tar.gz
https://static.tp-link.com/upload/software/2025/202508/20250802/Omada_SDN_Controller_v5.15.24.19_linux_x64_20250724152611.tar.gz
https://static.tp-link.com/upload/software/2025/202507/20250702/Omada_SDN_Controller_v5.15.24.18_linux_x64_20250630184423 (1).tar.gz
https://static.tp-link.com/upload/software/2025/202506/20250618/Omada_SDN_Controller_v5.15.24.17_linux_x64_20250613204459.tar.gz
https://static.tp-link.com/upload/software/2025/202504/20250425/Omada_SDN_Controller_v5.15.20.20_linux_x64_20250416110546.tar.gz
https://static.tp-link.com/upload/software/2025/202503/20250331/Omada_SDN_Controller_v5.15.20.18_linux_x64.tar.gz
https://static.tp-link.com/upload/software/2025/202501/20250109/Omada_SDN_Controller_v5.15.8.2_linux_x64.tar.gz
https://static.tp-link.com/upload/software/2024/202412/20241224/Omada_SDN_Controller_v5.15.6.7_linux_x64.tar.gz
https://static.tp-link.com/upload/software/2024/202411/20241115/Omada_SDN_Controller_v5.14.32.4_linux_x64.tar.gz
https://static.tp-link.com/upload/software/2024/202407/20240710/Omada_SDN_Controller_v5.14.26.1_linux_x64.tar.gz
https://static.tp-link.com/upload/software/2024/202402/20240227/Omada_SDN_Controller_v5.13.30.8_linux_x64.tar.gz
https://static.tp-link.com/upload/software/2023/202309/20230920/Omada_SDN_Controller_v5.12.7_linux_x64.tar.gz
https://static.tp-link.com/upload/software/2023/202303/20230321/Omada_SDN_Controller_v5.9.31_Linux_x64.tar.gz
https://static.tp-link.com/upload/software/2023/202302/20230227/Omada_SDN_Controller_v5.9.9_Linux_x64.tar.gz
https://static.tp-link.com/upload/software/2023/202301/20230130/Omada_SDN_Controller_v5.8.4_Linux_x64.tar.gz
https://static.tp-link.com/upload/software/2022/202211/20221121/Omada_SDN_Controller_v5.7.4_Linux_x64.tar.gz
https://static.tp-link.com/upload/software/2022/202210/20221024/Omada_SDN_Controller_v5.6.3_Linux_x64.tar.gz
https://static.tp-link.com/upload/software/2022/202208/20220822/Omada_SDN_Controller_v5.5.6_Linux_x64.tar.gz
https://static.tp-link.com/upload/software/2022/202207/20220729/Omada_SDN_Controller_v5.4.6_Linux_x64.tar.gz
https://static.tp-link.com/upload/software/2022/202203/20220322/Omada_SDN_Controller_v5.1.7_Linux_x64.tar.gz
https://static.tp-link.com/upload/software/2022/202201/20220120/Omada_SDN_Controller_v5.0.30_linux_x64.tar.gz

[mbentley]

Also, the release notes are available if you open them directly: https://static.tp-link.com/upload/software/2026/202610/20261016/Release%20Note%20for%20Omada%20Software%20Controller%20v6.3.0.111.pdf

They disallow the referral from other sites so copy the link and open it in a new browser tab/window.