1장. What’s new for Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS
Find new additions, recent changes, and relevant updates for Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS listed below in quarterly increments.
1.1. Q2 2026 링크 복사링크가 클립보드에 복사되었습니다!
링크 복사링크가 클립보드에 복사되었습니다!
The following items were added during the second quarter of 2026.
- Red Hat build of Karpenter based on Karpenter v1.9 is available for managing compute nodes
- With this update, you can use Red Hat build of Karpenter to automatically provision compute nodes based on workload demand. Red Hat build of Karpenter is based on the open-source Karpenter project and provides dynamic node provisioning that matches workload requirements without requiring pre-configured node pools. When pods no longer require a node, Red Hat build of Karpenter removes the node to reduce costs.
- New version of Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS available
- Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS version 4.22 is available for new clusters.
- Upgrade channels are available
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You can select the new channels option for more precise, version-specific control over your cluster updates. You can target exact minor version paths, such as
stable-4.20orfast-4.21, instead of relying on broader channel groups, which are being deprecated. For more information, see Channels in Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS clusters. - The
fastupgrade channel is available as an update option -
You can select
fastas an upgrade channel when creating or updating your Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS clusters. Red Hat updates thefastchannel with new versions of Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS as soon as Red Hat declares the version as a general availability (GA) release. - FIPS-encrypted Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS clusters
- With this update, you can create Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS clusters with Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) encryption that adhere to the highest data security levels. For more information, see Deploying Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS clusters using FIPS encryption.
- The Modern TLS 1.3 security profile for Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS clusters
- With this update, you can enhance the security of your managed endpoints by enforcing the Modern Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3 security profile. This profile ensures that all communications with the API server and OAuth endpoints comply with the latest security standards.
- Machine pools can be scaled to zero nodes
- With this update, you can optimize infrastructure costs for Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS by configuring machine pools to autoscale to zero nodes. By setting a minimum replica count of 0, use the cluster autoscaler to decommission all idle nodes in a pool. By doing this, you eliminate subscription and infrastructure expenses for high-cost resources, like GPU nodes or specialized on-demand workloads. For more information, see Creating a machine pool.