WiSeConnect - Network Stack Version 4.0.0 (Jan 22, 2026) - Release Notes#

Wi-Fi 6 + BLE (WiSeConnect) SDK Version 4.0.0

Simplicity SDK Version 2025.12.0

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#

  • Optimized LwIP timer management for improved performance and efficiency.

  • Added DNS Service Discovery (DNS-SD) support via mDNS for both IPv4 and IPv6.

API Changes#

  • Added new MQTT API to support publish, subscribe, and manage MQTT connections directly from the network stack.

Bug Fixes#

  • Resolved an issue where consecutive HTTPS requests (GET/PUT/POST) could fail due to incomplete socket cleanup.

  • Resolved HTTP server stability issues under congested network conditions.

  • Resolved remote termination issues occurring during socket open/close operations in a loop.

  • Resolved a DTLS synchronization issue that could interrupt data transmission and reception.

  • Resolved TLS data transfer stability issues in 352/320k mode when power save is enabled.

Chip Enablement#

None

Key Features#

New Features | Enhancements | Removed Features | Deprecated Features

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

New Features#

  • Added DHCP support from the host for IPv4 in Dual stack mode.

  • Added SNI extension support for Embedded MQTT.

  • Added NAT/PAT feature support.

  • Added DNS IP address support in AP mode.

  • Added support for Subject Name validation during TLS connections.

  • Added IPv6 support in Dual Stack mode.

  • Added DNS-SD support over mDNS for IPv4/IPv6.

  • Added adaptive timer optimizations in Hosted Network stack LWIP (IPv6 ND6, DHCP, DNS, ARP, ACD, TCP, MLD6) to improve power efficiency.

Enhancements#

None

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_status_t sl_mqtt_client_connect_v2 (sl_mqtt_client_t *client, const sl_mqtt_broker_v2_t *broker, const sl_mqtt_client_last_will_message_t *last_will_message, const sl_mqtt_client_configuration_t *configuration, uint32_t connect_timeout)

sl_status_t sl_mqtt_client_connect (sl_mqtt_client_t *client, const sl_mqtt_broker_t *broker, const sl_mqtt_client_last_will_message_t *last_will_message, const sl_mqtt_client_configuration_t *configuration, uint32_t connect_timeout)

Modified APIs#

None

Removed APIs#

None

Deprecated APIs#

Deprecated API Name

Planned Removal Date

sl_mqtt_client_connect

2027-06

Bug Fixes#

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

ID Issue Description GitHub / Salesforce Reference (if any) Affected Software Variants, Hardware, Modes, Host Interfaces
1559294 Resolved an issue where consecutive HTTPS requests (GET/PUT/POST) could fail due to incomplete socket cleanup. None
  • Firmware variants: Standard and Lite
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI, UART
1528819 Resolved HTTP server stability issues under congested network conditions. None
  • Firmware variants: Standard and Lite
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI, UART
1535940 Resolved remote termination issues occurring during socket open/close operations in a loop. None
  • Firmware variants: Standard and Lite
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI, UART
1498368 Resolved a DTLS synchronization issue that could interrupt data transmission and reception. None
  • Firmware variants: Standard and Lite
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI, UART
1463929 Resloved a wrap operation issue when performing TLS transmission and HMAC operations concurrently in two application threads. None
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC
  • Host interfaces: N/A
1454747 Resolved firmware upgrade stability issues with proper resource cleanup. None
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI, UART
1392151 Resolved TLS data transfer stability issues in 352/320k mode when power save is enabled. None
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI, UART

Chip Enablement#

None

Application Example Changes#

New Examples | Modified Examples | Removed Examples | Deprecated Examples

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

New Examples#

Example Name Description Supported Software Variants (if applicable) Supported Modes Supported OPNs / Boards / OPN Combinations Supported Host Interfaces

Paho MQTT Client over LwIP TCP

See README

Demonstrates configuring a SiWx91x device as an MQTT client using the Paho MQTT library over TCP/IP with the LwIP stack. Connecting to an MQTT broker in Wi-Fi station mode to subscribe to topics and publish messages, with optional SSL/TLS encryption support. Standard and Lite
  • SoC
  • NCP
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
SPI, UART

mDNS Advertising and Discovery

See README

Demonstrates use of Multicast DNS (mDNS) to discover services and devices on the local network. Shows registration and resolution of service instances. Standard and Lite
  • SoC
  • NCP
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
SPI, UART

Modified Examples#

None

Removed Examples#

None

Deprecated Examples#

None

Known Issues and Limitations#

ID Issue or Limitation Description GitHub / Salesforce Reference (if any) Workaround (if any) Affected Software Variants, Hardware, Modes, Host Interfaces
1427832 Observed TLS data transfer failures in congested environments during long runs when power save is enabled. None None
  • Software variants: Standard and Lite
  • OPNs: All except IC OPNs
  • Boards: All applicable boards
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces SPI, 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
1133422 HTTP PUT does not support the SNI extension. None None
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI
1570754 WebSocket connections could fail with error code -3 when connecting to certain servers. None None
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC
  • Host interfaces: SPI
1571019 mDNS discovery may fail when data transfer is active during multiple iterations. None None
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI
1571021 mDNS start/stop with multiple services fails during multiple iterations. None None
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI
1571024 SRV and TXT query types in mDNS discovery are currently not functioning as expected. None None
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI
NA The power-saving benefits of the hosted Network Stack LWIP may not be fully realized when IPv6 mode is enabled if the network infrastructure lacks IPv6 support. None None
  • Software variants: Standard and Lite
  • OPNs: All except IC OPNs
  • Boards: All applicable boards
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces SPI, UART
NA External connections to services hosted within the NAT environment are not supported. None None
  • Software variants: Standard and Lite
  • OPNs: All except IC OPNs
  • Boards: All applicable boards
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces SPI, UART
NA NAT/PAT is incompatible with protocols and applications that embed IP address and port number information within the payload (examples include SMTP, SNMP, and similar protocols). None None
  • Software variants: Standard and Lite
  • OPNs: All except IC OPNs
  • Boards: All applicable boards
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces SPI, UART
NA Network traffic translation and additional processing requirements result in increased latency and reduced throughput performance. None None
  • Software variants: Standard and Lite
  • OPNs: All except IC OPNs
  • Boards: All applicable boards
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces SPI, UART
NA Inbound traffic routing is not supported by the current implementation. None None
  • Software variants: Standard and Lite
  • OPNs: All except IC OPNs
  • Boards: All applicable boards
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces SPI, UART
NA Outbound ICMP traffic (ping requests) is restricted to a maximum payload size of 300 bytes. None None
  • Software variants: Standard and Lite
  • OPNs: All except IC OPNs
  • Boards: All applicable boards
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces SPI, UART
N/A TLS or DTLS connections must be initiated sequentially after the completion (success or failure) of the previous connection. None None
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC
  • Host interfaces: N/A
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
N/A Embedded MQTT usernames are supported only up to 120 bytes. None None
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI
N/A Embedded MQTT topic lengths are supported only up to 200 bytes. None None
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI
N/A Embedded MQTT passwords are supported only up to 62 bytes. None None
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI
N/A HTTP GET URL lengths are only supported up to 2048 bytes. None None
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI
N/A More than three SSL connections are not supported. None None
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI
N/A The combined length of the mDNS service type and instance name is limited to 30 bytes maximum. None None
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI
1569000 TCP socket send API fails with error code 33 in at_commands application on SoC with encryption enabled, preventing TCP data transmission. None None
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI, UART
1562633 MQTT publishing stops during BLE + Wi-Fi coexistence testing when BLE scanning is active in long run. None None
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI, UART
1556585 Automatic reconnection to AWS MQTT broker fails after Wi-Fi rejoin in NCP mode. If rejoin interval exceeds 10 seconds, the application hangs waiting for select_sem semaphore (timeout after 512 seconds). Manual reconnection or device reboot is required. Issue is NCP-specific and does not occur in SoC mode. None None
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI, UART
1574418 Using slc generate --toolchain gcc or slc generate --with toolchain_gcc may fail with exclusivity errors due to the wiseconnect_toolchain_gcc_standard component incorrectly providing toolchain_gcc, resulting in a conflict with the Simplicity SDK toolchain_gcc component. If using those two command line options results in exclusivity errors, then you can remove them. Note that in a future WiseConnect release, you might have to reintroduce the toolchain option on the command line. Refer to future WiseConnect release notes for updates on possible behavior changes. None None
  • Software variants: Standard and Lite
  • OPNs: All
  • Boards: All
  • Modes: SoC, NCP
  • Host interfaces: SPI, UART