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Workspace Cloud Pak for Data Platform
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Created on Feb 20, 2026

RELATED IDEAS

Support of OpenShift 4.20 by CP4D/Software Hub 5.2.x

The client currently has Software Hub 5.2.2 deployed. It follows Support Cycle-2 lifecycle policy which means that it will be fully support for at least 2 years after its release (until October 2027): https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7235811

The maximum supported version of OpenShift by Software Hub (CP4D) 5.2.2 is 4.18 as per Detailed System Requirements:
https://www.ibm.com/software/reports/compatibility/clarity-reports/report/html/softwareReqsForProduct?deliverableId=9F63C9BDEC334BEDAA1F9B6FFADCB1F5&osPlatforms=spcrAllValues&duComponentIds=spcrAllValues&mandatoryCapIds=spcrAllValues&optionalCapIds=spcrAllValues

And as per Product documentation, the maximum supported version is 4.19: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/software-hub/5.2.x?topic=requirements-software

OpenShift 4.18 is reaching the end of Maintenance Support in August 2026 (and 4.19 in December 2026 without extended support from Red Hat available) which is more than a year before CP4D reaches its own EOS: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/openshift

As per Detailed System Requirements, CP4D 5.2.x does not support OCP 4.20 which imposes a risk of a client running an unsupported version of OpenShift. And also misaligned support lifecycles between CP4D and OpenShift that is the underlying platform to run it.

The only solution might be upgrading to CP4D 5.3 which requires enormous amount of time and efforts for planning and execution (and the platform has just been upgraded to 5.2.2 a couple of months ago).

Need CP4D 5.2.x to be supported to run on OpenShift 4.20.

Needed By Yesterday (Let's go already!)

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