OpenShift cluster version 4.15 runs unsupported OpenShift Lightspeed Operator version

Solution Verified - Updated

Environment

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP)

  • 4.15
    OpenShift Lightspeed Operator
  • 1.0.8
  • 1.0.9
    Symptoms
    Administrators can see that the OpenShift Lightspeed Operator version 1.0.8 or 1.0.9 is installed.
oc get csv -n openshift-lightspeed

NAME                         DISPLAY                         VERSION   REPLACES                     PHASE
lightspeed-operator.v1.0.9   OpenShift Lightspeed Operator   1.0.9     lightspeed-operator.v1.0.8   Succeeded

oc get installplan -n openshift-lightspeed

NAME            CSV                          APPROVAL    APPROVED
install-jlcmc   lightspeed-operator.v1.0.9   Automatic   true

Issue

Due to the incident documented in Red Hat Operator has version later than the cluster version, a later version of the OpenShift Lightspeed Operator may have been installed than what is supported by the current OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP) cluster version.

Resolution

OpenShift Lightspeed versions 1.0.8 and 1.0.9 are not supported on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP) version 4.15.

Clean Uninstallation (CLI Commands)

To completely remove the Openshift Lightspeed Operator from OCP 4.15:
Delete the installplan associated with the latest CSV that you obtained with the oc get installplan -n openshift-lightspeed command above:

oc delete installplan installplan-XXX -n openshift-lightspeed

# Expected output: installplan.operators.coreos.com "installplan-XXX" deleted

Delete the Cluster Service Version (CSV):

oc delete csv lightspeed-operator.v1.0.9  -n openshift-lightspeed

# Expected output: clusterserviceversion.operators.coreos.com "lightspeed-operator.v1.0.9" deleted

# Delete the project openshift-lightspeed:

oc delete project openshift-lightspeed

Post-Clean up Validation

Verify that there are no pods running in the openshift-lightspeed project 

oc get pods -n openshift-lightspeed

# Expected output: No resources found in openshift-lightspeed namespace.

Root Cause

For several hours on February 3, 2026, Red Hat released 4.18 Red Hat Operators catalog content into 4.12-4.17 clusters.

Diagnostic Steps

For more information, including Diagnostic Steps, please refer to Red Hat Operator has version higher than the cluster version.

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