RHBA-2021:2631 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Upgrading from any asynchronous version release of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform version 4.6 to versions between 4.7.0 and 4.7.9 is not currently available.

Description

Red Hat has discovered an issue in OpenShift Container Platform that provides sufficient cause for Red Hat to not support upgrades from any asynchronous version release of 4.6 to versions between 4.7.0 and 4.7.9:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1977831

You can view the OpenShift Container Platform life cycle policy at https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/openshift

For more information about upgrade paths and recommendations, see https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.6/updating/updating-cluster-between-minor.html#upgrade-version-paths

Solution

General Guidance:

All OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 users are advised to upgrade to the next version when it is available in the appropriate release channel. To check for currently recommended updates, use the OpenShift Console or the CLI oc command.

Outside of a cluster, view the currently recommended upgrade paths with the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Update Graph tool https://access.redhat.com/labs/ocpupgradegraph/update_channel Instructions for upgrading a cluster are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.6/updating/updating-cluster-between-minor.html#understanding-upgrade-channels_updating-cluster-between-minor

Affected Products

• Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 for RHEL 8 x86_64
• Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 for RHEL 7 x86_64
• Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform for Power 4.6 for RHEL 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform for Power 4.6 for RHEL 7 ppc64le
• Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform for IBM Z and LinuxONE 4.6 for RHEL 8 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 1977831 - No upgrade edge available from 4.6.<any> to versions between 4.7.0 and 4.7.9

CVEs

(none)

References

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