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Huh? With the exception of them converting all master > slave port configs to bridges in 6.41 I believe, I have never had any issues using System > Packages > Check for updates, selecting bugfix as opposed to current branch and downloading and installing in Winbox. SwOS devices I need to download a binary and upgrade through web (no Winbox) but still have never had any issues.

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Try doing it through the web interface, you'll be unpleasantly surprised.

I just upgraded my last hAP ac from 6.39.2 to 6.42.9 through the web interface, entered the bootloop, then did the Netinstall of the system package only, then manually restored the configuration.

I exclusively use the web interface and haven't seen this after thousands of upgrades.

Upload the package to the router(make sure it completes)

Reboot the router.

Upgrade the bios "Routerboard firmware"

Reboot the router.

And done.

This is why we do backups :) I always assume something will go wrong, but make sure to have a backup of any critical device that is being updated (mikrotik or not).

Did your hAP run out of flash disk space? I notice that it only has 16MB.

I recently purchased their outdoor wAP ac (same amount of flash) that deletes any "backups/exports" on disk after reboot. I'm not familiar with CAPsMAN but I wonder if there's a mechanism to backup to either the controller or external repo. There's always the scripting route to ship configs elsewhere etc.

I email the backups to myself (routerOS scripting) using a dedicated gmail account, but the backup is also written to an external USB stick on my device.

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