Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform innovates at a rapid pace, which is reflected in the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Lifecycle Policy. It is important to approach OpenShift and certification testing as a continuous process to ensure ongoing interoperability and support for customers.

You require additional validations for your products in the following scenarios:

• Validating another version of your product
• Supporting another version or architecture of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
• Making a material change to your product
• Your product was validated more than 12 months ago

A material change is any change that alters the outcome of certification testing, impacts the customer experience of your product on OpenShift, impacts the customer experience of OpenShift, or impacts the customer ability to use any part of their Red Hat subscription(s).