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Yea, I have trouble with LACP as well, running 6.9.0.
There are alot of posts regarding it, and I have a ticket open with support regarding this as well.

// T

In another thread mdgm-ntgr has warned that he believes there is something in 6.9.0 that should not be downgraded.  It's not just a case of them always including that statement in the release notes.  So be prepared for the possibility of needing to factory default if you do downgrade.

I have been increasingly disappointed in what appears to be poor software testing on the part of Netgear.  The appearance is that they rely too heavily on beta testing instead of having a formal test process in house or that they have poorly documented requirements.  Specifically, they have poor retrograde testing (showing a new feature didn't harm an old one).  Testing is only as good as the requirements, because you generally only test the requirements.  If Netgear management is driving this as a cost savings or to push out shiny new features before they are ready, they are ruining their reputation in the process.  If engineering is driving it, then just shame on them.

I recognize there are a lot of configurations that have to be tested.  Intel and ARM.  Different RAID configurations.  Active directory or not.  With or without expansion chassis.  With or without port aggregation.  And so much more the permutations become too vast to test them all.  But many of the bugs I have seen reported do not appear to be in wildly exotic use cases.

I am never a first adopter of a 6.x.0 release except on my "sandbox" Pro2 system because of Netgear's track record for quick 6.x.1 (and in some cases .2, .3, etc.) to fix bugs.