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// * rosa_architecture/rosa_policy_service_definition/rosa-life-cycle.adoc
// * osd_architecture/osd_policy/osd-life-cycle.adoc

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= Patch versions (x.y.Z)

[role="_abstract"]
During the period in which a minor version is supported, Red{nbsp}Hat supports all OpenShift Container Platform patch versions unless otherwise specified.

For reasons of platform security and stability, a patch release may be deprecated, which would prevent installations of that release and trigger mandatory upgrades off that release.

.Example
. 4.7.6 is found to contain a critical CVE.
. Any releases impacted by the CVE will be removed from the supported patch release list. In
  addition, any clusters running 4.7.6 will be scheduled for automatic upgrades within 48 hours.
