Update notes¶
This section describes the specific actions you need to complete to accurately plan and successfully perform the update. Consider this information as a supplement to the generic update procedures published in Operations Guide: Update to a patch version.
Cluster update schema¶
You can update to the 25.2.6 version from the following cluster versions (patch update):
25.2 (2025-09-23)
25.2.1 (2025-10-08)
25.2.2 (2025-11-03)
25.2.3 (2025-12-01)
25.2.4 (2026-01-05)
25.2.5 (2026-02-03)
For the detailed cluster update schema, refer to MOSK cluster update schema.
Patch update impact and maintenance windows planning¶
The following table provides details on the impact of a MOSK cluster update to a patch release within the 25.2 series.
Note
For the detailed workflow of update to a patch release, refer to Update to a patch version.
Updated component |
Impact on cloud users |
Impact on cloud workloads |
|---|---|---|
OpenStack and Tungsten Fabric |
|
Open vSwitch networking - interruption of North-South connectivity, depending on the type of virtual routers used by a workload:
Tungsten Fabric networking - no impact |
Ceph |
~1% of read operations on object storage API may fail |
IO performance degradation for Ceph-backed virtual storage devices. |
Host OS components |
No impact |
No impact |
- 0(1,2)
You can bypass updating components of the cloud data plane to avoid the network downtime during Update to a patch version. By using this technique, you accept the risk that some security fixes may not be applied.
Known issues during the update¶
Before updating the cluster, be sure to review the potential issues that may arise during the process and the recommended solutions to address them, as outlined in Known issues: Cluster update.
Pre-update actions¶
There are no specific pre-update actions required when updating to version 25.2.6.
Post-update actions¶
There are no specific post-update actions required when updating to version 25.2.6.