Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

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Red hat Ansible Automation Platform is a software that enables organizations to automate IT processes in enterprise environments and uses a subscription-based pricing model with annual licensing fees determined by the number of nodes managed. The platform includes a controller with a web console and REST API, analytics, Execution Environments, role-based access control (RBAC), a multi-playbook workflow builder and visualizer, logging & auditing and integrates in existing authentication sources.

Release Schedule Image Gantt Chart for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
Release General Availability Full Support Maintenance Support 1 Maintenance Support 2
2.6 5 months ago
(01 Oct 2025)
Ends in 7 months
(01 Oct 2026)
Ends in 1 year and 7 months
(01 Oct 2027)
Ends in 2 years and 7 months
(01 Oct 2028)
2.5 5 months ago
(01 Oct 2025)
Ends in 7 months
(01 Oct 2026)
Ends in 1 year and 7 months
(01 Oct 2027)
Ends in 2 years and 7 months
(01 Oct 2028)
2.4 2 years and 8 months ago
(27 Jun 2023)
Ended 1 year and 5 months ago
(01 Oct 2024)
Ended 5 months ago
(01 Oct 2025)
Ends in 3 months and 3 weeks
(30 Jun 2026)
2.3 3 years ago
(29 Nov 2022)
Ended 2 years and 8 months ago
(30 Jun 2023)
Ended 2 years and 3 months ago
(29 Nov 2023)
Ended 1 year and 9 months ago
(31 May 2024)

The product life cycle for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is divided into three phases of maintenance: Full Support, Maintenance Support 1 and Maintenance Support 2.

The Full Support phase begins at the GA/release. During the Full Support Phase, Qualified critical security fixes, Critical and important severity issue fixes will be released as they become available; as well as fixes to Security Errata (RHEA) and Bug Fix Errata (RHBAs). Software Enhancements and new features are released when made available.

The Maintenance Support 1 phase starts after the Full Support phase. During this phase, Qualified critical security fixes, Critical severity issue fixes will be released as they become available; as well as fixes to Security Errata (RHEA) and Bug Fix Errata (RHBAs). Software Enhancements or new features are not part of this Life Cycle phase.

The Maintenance Support 2 phase starts after the Maintenance Support 1 phase. Qualified critical security fixes and fixes to Security Errata (RHEA) are released as they become available. Bug fixes by severity or Bug Fix Errata (RHBAs) are not part of this Life Cycle phase; neither are Software Enhancements nor new features.

The Ansible Automation Platform consists of multiple major services, each with their own versions.

Release Ansible-Core version AAP Platform UI version Automation Controller version Automation Hub version Event-Driven Ansible version Platform Gateway version
2.6 2.16 2.6.1 4.7.8 4.11.5 1.2.4 2.6.20251001
2.5 2.16 1.1 4.6.25 4.10.11 1.1.14 N/A
2.4 2.15 N/A 4.5.30 4.9.5 1.0.8 N/A
2.3 2.14 N/A 4.3 4.6 N/A N/A

The latest version for each component can be found in the release notes under the Patch releases section.

More information is available on the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform website.

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