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Tapo (Rust/Python library) now speaks TP-Link's TPAP protocol
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Hacker News | Oct 6, 2026 | faithraven
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Since firmware 1. 4. 0, a plug only talks to third-party clients the way it used to while that switch is on. More on that below. TPAP supportOn recent Tapo firmware, the Third-Party Compatibility switch decides which protocol a device speaks. The library didn't speak TPAP, so it could only reach a device whose switch was on. v0. 11. 1 adds TPAP.
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