

However, you can safely change back to your original channel at any point. If you change to a channel that doesn't include your current release, an alert displays and no updates can be recommended. Clusters upgraded using fast, prerelease, and candidate channels won't be supported. You can use the stable-4.10 channel to upgrade from a previous minor version of Azure Red Hat OpenShift. Upgrade channels control only release selection and don't impact the version of the cluster.Īzure Red Hat OpenShift 4 supports stable channels only. For instance, OCP 4.9 upgrade channels will never include an upgrade to a 4.10 release. Upgrade channels are tied to a minor version of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP). For example, if your production cluster is on 4.9, and 4.10 is the latest generally available minor version for the 4 series, you should upgrade to 4.10 as soon as you can. Patch version upgrades can include bug fixes, security enhancements, and other improvements.Ĭustomers should aim to run the latest minor release of the major version they're running. Patches: Typically released each week, or as needed.

Minor version upgrades can include feature additions, enhancements, deprecations, removals, bug fixes, security enhancements, and other improvements.


Red Hat releases minor versions of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) roughly every four months.
