Vertical Pod Autoscaler Operator inadvertently upgraded to v4.18 version on OCP4.12-4.17 clusters

Solution Verified - Updated 20 Feb 2026

Issue

Between 2026-02-03 21:16 UTC and 2026-02-04 05:18 UTC, a catalog release error caused OCP 4.18 operator content to be pushed to OCP 4.12–4.17 clusters.

Clusters with subscriptions set to Automatic approval may have inadvertently upgraded the Vertical Pod Autoscaler Operator to a version intended for OCP 4.18.

This article specifically addresses how to:

Verify if your GCP Filestore CSI Driver was affected by this specific window of misconfiguration.
Roll back or recover the driver to the version appropriate for your OCP release.

Resolution

Downgrade the Vertical Pod Autoscaler Operator

If the 4.18 version of the Vertical Pod Autoscaler Operator has been installed, it can be downgraded by removing it and reinstalling it. During the process the Vertical Pod Autoscaler should continue to function with only a short window of unavailability when the new subscription is created and the correct version pods replace the wrong version pods.

Follow these steps to remove the incorrect version and trigger a fresh installation of the supported version.

Find the incorrect CSV

$ oc get csv -A | grep "Vertical Pod Autoscaler Operator"
openshift-vertical-pod-autoscaler      vertical-pod-autoscaler.v4.18.0-202601302238            Vertical Pod Autoscaler Operator   4.18.0-202601302238   verticalpodautoscaler.4.12.0-202602021306              Succeeded

Make note of the values from the first two columns, which are the CSV's namespace and the CSV name

Find the subscription. If different from the command below, replace the CSV name discovered in step 1

$ oc get subscription -A -o custom-columns=NAMESPACES:.metadata.namespace,NAME:.metadata.name,CSV:.status.currentCSV | grep vertical-pod-autoscaler.v4.18.0-202601302238
openshift-vertical-pod-autoscaler   vertical-pod-autoscaler   vertical-pod-autoscaler.v4.18.0-202601302238

Make note of the values from the first two columns, which are the subscription's namespace and the subscription name

Delete the incorrect CSV

Replace with CSV namespace and CSV name identified in step above, if different from the command below.

$ oc delete csv -n openshift-vertical-pod-autoscaler vertical-pod-autoscaler.v4.18.0-202601302238
clusterserviceversion.operators.coreos.com "vertical-pod-autoscaler.v4.18.0-202601302238" deleted

Delete the existing subscription:

Replace with subscription namespace and subscription name identified in step 2, if different from the command below.

$ oc delete subscription -n openshift-vertical-pod-autoscaler vertical-pod-autoscaler
subscription.operators.coreos.com "vertical-pod-autoscaler" deleted

Reinstall the Vertical Pod Autoscaler Operator using the OperatorHub section of the OpenShift console.
Verification

Verify that the new CSV version matches your OCP version. In the following example from a 4.12 cluster, the CSV versions are listed as 4.12.0-202602021306 which is an appropriate version for an OpenShift 4.12 cluster.
```
$ oc get csv -A |grep vertical-pod-autoscaler
openshift-vertical-pod-autoscaler      verticalpodautoscaler.4.12.0-202602021306     VerticalPodAutoscaler     4.12.0-202602021306      Succeeded
```

Diagnostic Steps

Check to see if the incorrect CSV is installed

$ oc get csv -A | grep "Vertical Pod Autoscaler Operator"
openshift-vertical-pod-autoscaler      vertical-pod-autoscaler.v4.18.0-202601302238            Vertical Pod Autoscaler Operator   4.18.0-202601302238   verticalpodautoscaler.4.12.0-202602021306              Succeeded

In this example from an OpenShift version 4.12 cluster, the CSV version is expected to be version 4.12.0-, but instead it is 4.18.0-. In this case, the above remediation steps should be followed to downgrade by removing and reinstalling VPA.

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