From 42296c1ae91d670dbea6c54bffca81b5557448d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cirrus Codex Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 21:23:50 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify Red Hat-only subscription preflight --- tests/cmc-upgrade-kernel-test.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tests/cmc-upgrade-kernel-test.md b/tests/cmc-upgrade-kernel-test.md index f134d2d..8c69f04 100644 --- a/tests/cmc-upgrade-kernel-test.md +++ b/tests/cmc-upgrade-kernel-test.md @@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ Validate CMC behavior across staged kernel upgrades on a cloned VM, including re - If kernel and dev/header package versions are mismatched at any point, stop immediately as blocker-fail and do not continue with remediation by assumption. ## Red Hat Preflight (Global, Manual Tasks Only) -- Apply this section when the test target is a Red Hat machine and the run is manually executed. +- Apply this section only when the test target is an actual Red Hat subscription-managed machine and the run is manually executed. +- Do not apply this section to CentOS, Oracle Linux, Rocky, Alma, or other RHEL-derived distributions unless the operator explicitly says the machine should be treated as Red Hat-managed for this run. +- If the target is not actual RHEL, skip this preflight entirely and do not attempt `subscription-manager`. - Do not apply this section to ATVM automation runs that already handle subscription flow. - Before running test steps on Red Hat, run: - `subscription-manager remove --all`