WiSeConnect 3 - Network Stack Version 3.5.0 (June 18 2025) - Release Notes#

Wi-Fi 6 + BLE (WiSeConnect 3) SDK Version 3.5.0

Simplicity SDK Version 2025.6.0

The Network Stack software development kit (SDK) provides core and advanced networking features with Wi-Fi IoT cloud integration.

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Release Summary#

Key Features | API Changes | Bug Fixes | Chip Enablement

Key Features#

  • Dual network stack support

  • DTLS client socket support

  • mDNS over IPv6 support

  • Support for socket bind before Wi-Fi connection

API Changes#

None

Bug Fixes#

  • Stability fixes for TLS sockets and VLAN

  • Fix for IP configuration failure

Chip Enablement#

None

Key Features#

New Features | Enhancements | Removed Features | Deprecated Features

Note: See Feature Matrix for a list of any appliable APIs, examples, software variants, modes, hardware, and host interfaces applicable for each feature.

New Features#

  • Added support for DTLS client sockets.

  • Added support for mDNS over IPv6.

  • Added support for MQTT over WebSockets and TCP.

  • Added support for dual network stacks, enabling simultaneous operation of both the embedded, offloaded network stack and the hosted network stack.

Enhancements#

  • Added support for multiple key-value pairs in the mDNS TXT record during service registration.

  • Added a feature bit to allow socket commands prior to Wi-Fi connection.

  • Added a feature bit to allow socket bind commands prior to Wi-Fi connection and IP configuration.

  • Added support for automatic handling of TLS SNI extension and default TLS version handling for the HTTP client feature.

  • Enhanced the HTTP Over-the-air firmware (OTAF) update feature with TLS 1.3 support and automated handling of the TLS SNI extension.

  • Added support for three DTLS client sockets.

  • Added support for enabling DTLS with both version 1.0 and version 1.2.

Removed Features#

None

Deprecated Features#

None

API Changes#

New APIs | Modified APIs | Removed APIs | Deprecated APIs

New APIs#

New API Signature

Deprecated API replaced by this (if any)

SL_WIFI_FEAT_SOCKET_CMDS_ALLOW_BEFORE_WLAN_CONNECTION in feature bitmap

No

Modified APIs#

None

Removed APIs#

None

Deprecated APIs#

None

Bug Fixes#

Note: See the Feature Matrix section for a list of all hardware parts that work with the WiSeConnect 3 SDK.

ID Issue Description GitHub / Salesforce Reference (if any) Affected Software Variants, Hardware, Modes, Host Interfaces
1411229 Application becomes unresponsive when closing sockets. None
  • Firmware variants: Standard and Lite
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI, UART
1415701 Issue with error handling of SL_SI91X_EXT_TCP_IP_TOTAL_SELECTS when not configured. None
  • Firmware variants: Standard and Lite
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI, UART
1371151 HTTP server hangs in a loop and can be unresponsive. None
  • Firmware variants: Standard and Lite
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI, UART
1440922 RX buffers are not properly released during socket read operations and remote socket termination within the loop. None
  • Firmware variants: Standard and Lite
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI, UART
1424189 Fixed incorrect data type for SSL option value that caused compilation errors, and addressed redundant checkpoints that led to setsockopt failures. None
  • Firmware variants: Standard and Lite
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI, UART
1448768 Race condition between the remote terminate event and application-initiated read operations results in an additional read request after all data was read, causing the SDK to return the SL_STATUS_SI91X_SOCKET_CLOSED error code. None
  • Firmware variants: Standard and Lite
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI, UART
1444632 IP change notification is not sent in idle mode or during ping data transfer. None
  • Firmware variants: Standard and Lite
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI, UART
1376229 LwIP TCP/IP thread priority must be set to osPriorityNormal to improve task scheduling. None
  • Firmware variants: Standard and Lite
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP.
  • Host interfaces: SPI, UART
1438876 HTTP server fails to start when the interface is down. None
  • Firmware variants: Standard and Lite
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP.
  • Host interfaces: SPI, UART
1451392 Issue with mDNS usage with IPv6 Link-Local addressing. None
  • Firmware variants: Standard and Lite
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI
1447445 Issue with IP configuration failure followed by module disconnection. None
  • Firmware variants: Standard and Lite
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI
1431443 During DTLS, the device will now stay awake even if power save is enabled. None
  • Firmware variants: Standard and Lite
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI
1413268 UDP/TCP data corruption occurs when VPN is enabled in the network. None
  • Firmware variants: Standard and Lite
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI
1451205 IP configuration fails when attempting to reconnect to the access point. None
  • Firmware variants: Standard and Lite
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI
1309088 Firmware updates fail when using the default NCP UART example application. None
  • Firmware variants: Standard and Lite
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: NCP
  • Host interfaces: UART
1404067 SSL / TLS vulnerability fixed by implementing secure re-negotiation. None
  • Firmware variants: Standard and Lite
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SOC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI
1390329 Stability issues with Wi-Fi station and access point instances in concurrent mode during socket creation, closure, data reading, and LTCP socket operations when re-join events occur. None
  • Firmware variants: Standard only
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI

Chip Enablement#

None

Application Example Changes#

New Examples | Modified Examples | Removed Examples | Deprecated Examples

New Examples#

None

Modified Examples#

None

Removed Examples#

None

Deprecated Examples#

None

Known Issues and Limitations#

Note: See the Feature Matrix section for a list of all hardware parts that work with the WiSeConnect 3 SDK.

ID Issue or Limitation Description GitHub / Salesforce Reference (if any) Workaround (if any) Affected Software Variants, Hardware, Modes, Host Interfaces
1463929 Wrap operation fails when performing TLS transmission and HMAC operations concurrently in two application threads. None None
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC
  • Host interfaces: N/A
1467702 Issue with the firmware update over TCP in a dense environment. None None
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI, UART
1454747 OTA firmware upgrade fails with error 0x1DD15 after ~185-189 iterations during BLE advertising/connection. None None
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI, UART
1453556 Socket read timeout (0x1FF6A) error is returned when accessing the web page from a third-party station connected to APUT. None None
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI, UART
N/A Power save with TCP/IP is not supported with the UART host interface in the non-bypass mode. None None
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: NCP
  • Host interfaces: UART
745282 Occasionally, during a TLS handshake, the device generates incorrect ECC curve parameters, causing a connection failure that results in a BBD2 error. None The error is recovered in the next attempt.
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI
1390329 Data transfer over the Link-local address always uses the first IP interface created by the application, when using concurrent mode. None None
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI
1133422 HTTP PUT does not support the SNI extension. None None
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI
N/A Embedded MQTT username is supported only up to 120 bytes. None None
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI
N/A Embedded MQTT topic length is supported only up to 200 bytes. None None
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI
N/A Embedded MQTT password is supported only up to 62 bytes. None None
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI
N/A HTTP GET URL length is only supported up to 2048 bytes. None None
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI
N/A More than 3 SSL connections are not supported. None None
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI
1453542 A third-party Wi-Fi station connected to the SiWx917 access point fails to access the web page over several hours of UDP TX/RX traffic on the station interface. None None
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI
1454728 HTTP server experiences a connection reset when the web page is refreshed multiple times. None None
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI
1457125 The SiWx917 device fails to connect to AWS Cloud when using a root CA3 certificate. None None
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI, UART