Version 6.46.8 was promoted to Long-term after months of testing in the Stable channel, ensuring that quirks and memory leaks were ironed out.
WebFig - RouterOS - MikroTik Documentation - Support Service routeros v6.46.8
"For my home lab, v6.46.8 is fine. But the new container support in v7 is too good. I switched for Pi-hole in a container." – Version 6
Many older MikroTik devices—like the RB951 series, hEX Lite (RB750r2), and even the old PowerPC-based CCRs—struggle with RouterOS v7. v6.46.8 runs on hardware with as little as 64 MB of RAM. For organizations with a fleet of legacy routers, v6.46.8 is the last truly supported version. I switched for Pi-hole in a container
v6.46.8 does exactly what it says on the tin. It handles BGP, OSPF, MPLS, VLANs, and CAPsMAN with predictable precision. Unlike v7, which introduced a completely new routing engine (based on FRRouting), v6’s routing stack had been battle-hardened for over a decade.
Fixed IGMP snooping issues on CRS312 and CRS354 series devices, which previously caused instability in complex Layer 2 environments.