You can review the release notes to learn about the changes introduced through each release of the Red Hat OpenShift support for Windows Containers and the Windows Machine Config Operator (WMCO).
Issued: DD Mm 2026
You can review the following release notes to learn about the new features and bug fixes in the Windows Machine Config Operator (WMCO) version 10.22.0.
The components of the WMCO version 10.22.0 were released in TBD.
The WMCO now supports Windows Server 2025, OS Build 10.0.26100 or later for all supported platforms.
The WMCO now uses Kubernetes version 1.35.
Before this update, if you enabled the ClusterAPIMachineManagement feature gate by enabling the TechPreviewNoUpgrade feature set, OKD provisioned the openshift-cluster-api namespace. However, the WMCO was not adding the windows-user-data secret to that namespace, which is required by Cluster API compute machine sets. Because of the missing secret, CAPI-provisioned Windows machines would not bootstrap, remaining stuck in the Pending phase, and never joining the cluster. With this release, the OKD now detects whether the openshift-cluster-api namespace exists and mirrors the windows-user-data secret into that namespace. CAPI-provisioned Windows machines successfully receive the bootstrap secret, are no longer getting stuck in Pending state, and join the cluster as expected. (OCPBUGS-38401)