Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Life Cycle Policy

Overview

Red Hat provides a published product life cycle for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (“OpenShift” or “OCP”), in order for customers and partners to effectively plan, deploy, and support their infrastructure. Red Hat publishes this life cycle in an effort to provide as much transparency as possible and may make exceptions from these policies as conflicts may arise.

All released errata will remain accessible to active subscribers across the entire life cycle.

With the introduction of OpenShift 4, Red Hat transitioned the product lifecycle from a traditional, time delineated life cycle in favor of a release driven, phased life cycle. Life Cycles are distinct by OpenShift major version:

• Red Hat OpenShift Container platform v3, providing three support phases for the major version; Full Support, Maintenance Support, and an Extended Life Phase, each spanning a fixed calendar term. Detailed life cycle information can be found on the Life Cycle page for non-current OpenShift versions.
• Red Hat OpenShift Container platform v4, providing a modern release driven, phased life cycle, where in at least 4 minor versions could be supported at any point in time. The time period of support is determined by the future release schedule. Red Hat aims to forecast these at a 4 month cadence, providing customers ample opportunity to plan.