Rhdh Aks Lifecycle

openshift/rhdh-aks-lifecycle

>- Check AKS Kubernetes version support status using the official AKS release status API and compare against versions configured in CI config files. Use whenever someone asks about AKS K8s version support, EOL dates, deprecation, or whether the configured AKS version is still GA. Also use when planning AKS K8s version upgrades — run this before using rhdh-aks-tests to make changes.

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the whole folder, loaded on every use

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copies elsewhere

how many repositories repackaged it

325

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Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository

npx skills add https://github.com/openshift/release --skill rhdh-aks-lifecycle

What comes with it

4 767 bytes besides the instruction

OWNERS

scripts/OWNERS

scripts/check-aks-lifecycle.sh

scripts/print-configured-versions.sh

What it tells the agent to use

found in the instruction text

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The instruction itself

7 sections, as written by the author

Check AKS Kubernetes Version Lifecycle

When to Use

Check if the configured AKS K8s version is still supported
Find the newest GA version available on AKS
See which K8s version each RHDH release branch is using for AKS tests
Before updating the AKS K8s version (use rhdh-aks-tests to make changes)

Prerequisites

curl, jq, yq (v4+), internet connectivity

Steps

Run the lifecycle check script:

bash "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/check-aks-lifecycle.sh" \
  --mapt-ref ci-operator/step-registry/redhat-developer/rhdh/aks/mapt/create/redhat-developer-rhdh-aks-mapt-create-ref.yaml \
  --test-pattern "^e2e-aks-"

The script queries two sources:

Primary: https://releases.aks.azure.com/parsed_data.json — official AKS release status with per-region K8s version availability (major.minor only)
Cross-verify: https://endoflife.date/api/azure-kubernetes-service.json — community-maintained EOL dates

If the API call fails, fall back to the vendor docs:

WebFetch https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/supported-kubernetes-versions

Interpreting Results

The script outputs three sections:

Configured MAPT_KUBERNETES_VERSION per branch — shows what each RHDH release branch is currently using. If a version shows "N/A", the test entry may be missing the env var.

AKS Release Status — supported minor versions from the official API, marked as GA, LTS, or Preview. The "Recently deprecated" line shows a version that was just removed from support.

Cross-verify (endoflife.date) — independent EOL dates. If these disagree with the primary source, investigate further before making changes.

Action

Always update the main branch to the newest GA version. If the configured version on main is not the newest GA version, proceed to update it using the rhdh-aks-tests skill to change MAPT_KUBERNETES_VERSION in the main CI config file.

For release branches (e.g., release-1.9, release-1.8), ask the user whether they should also be updated before making changes.

rhdh-aks-tests: Update the AKS K8s version and list test entries

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take openshift/rhdh-aks-lifecycle from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.