Peplink 8.6.0 went GA on 29 July 2026. Our live news still talks 8.5.0 because most fleets we touch are not ready to hop straight from an old 8.2 build. This is the install-month playbook we are running on GMTS kit now.
What we do on a typical BR1 Pro / BR2 Pro / Dome / Transit / B One
- Confirm PrimeCare / licence state in InControl2 and export a config backup.
- Push an InControl policy to 8.5.4 first — Peplink’s GA thread calls out the hop from older 8.2–8.4 trains.
- Read release notes for your exact model: IPsec key length, cert store and any EOS hardware called out on Peplink’s 8.6 page.
- Schedule 8.6.0 on a maintenance window; watch SpeedFusion Score and WAN graphs during the first handover after upgrade.
What stays on 8.5.x for now
Legacy boxes — Balance 30 LTE, older MAX HD and anything Peplink marks EOS in the official notes — stay on the 8.5 maintenance train until we have a signed replacement path. We do not blanket-upgrade every GMTS router because the vendor page says GA.
Sources: Peplink Firmware 8.6.0, Peplink forum GA announcement.