# Why TTN ceases Node-Red support

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/why-ttn-ceases-node-red-support/30084>\
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**Created:** [14 July 2020 20:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/why-ttn-ceases-node-red-support/30084 "2020-07-14T20:30:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![EdK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@EdK](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/EdK)\
**Post date:** [14 July 2020 20:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/why-ttn-ceases-node-red-support/30084/1 "2020-07-14T20:30:19Z")

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I recently saw that The Things Network stopped all support for Node-Red. Also, Multitech has dropped Node-Red from their routers. Does anyone know why?

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [14 July 2020 20:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/why-ttn-ceases-node-red-support/30084/2 "2020-07-14T20:44:16Z")

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You would have to ask them, but from a look at the [Things Network docs](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/docs/applications/sdks.html), they have deprecated use of their Python, Java and Node.js SDKs as well as Node-RED. It looks like they will only continue to support their Go libraries. So my guess would be they are focussing their resources.

As for Multitech - I hadn't seen anything specific - do you have a link to where that news was shared? Again, we in the Open Source community don't have any particular insight into what a company chooses to do.

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**Author:** ![EdK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@EdK](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/EdK)\
**Post date:** [14 July 2020 20:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/why-ttn-ceases-node-red-support/30084/3 "2020-07-14T20:58:02Z")

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Here is the link for the Multitech announcement: [https://info.multitech.com/acton/ct/27728/s-02dd-2007/Bct/l-016b/l-016b:539/ct3\_0/1?sid=TV2%3AgR4WlisWF](https://info.multitech.com/acton/ct/27728/s-02dd-2007/Bct/l-016b/l-016b:539/ct3_0/1?sid=TV2%3AgR4WlisWF)

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [14 July 2020 21:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/why-ttn-ceases-node-red-support/30084/4 "2020-07-14T21:02:43Z")

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That announcement has explained why they are doing it. It explains this only applies to their mPower 5.3 firmware and that their Conduit 300 will have support for Node-RED.

> - Current mPower versions (mPower 5.2.X and earlier) support Node-RED version 0.15.3
> - The requirement to upgrade to OpenSSL 1.1 in mPower 5.3.X means that the Conduit family of  
> programmable gateways can no longer support Node-RED applications due to security protocol  
> vulnerabilities that exist within Node-RED 0.15.3.

> - Node-RED will be supported in a new MultiTech gateway: The Conduit 300 IoT Programmable  
> Gateway. The Conduit 300 is currently available as a developer kit and is expected to be released for  
> general availability in 2021.

The only clarification I'd make to their statement is that the protocol vulnerabilities with OpenSSL will be in the underlying Node.js runtime they have, not Node-RED itself, and that they aren't able to update node.js.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [12 September 2020 21:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/why-ttn-ceases-node-red-support/30084/5 "2020-09-12T21:02:48Z")

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