Description of problem:

Customers running ServiceMesh/Kiali/Distributed Tracing cluster are permitted to install Elasticsearch-Operator 5.8.z managed Elasticsearch instances until November 2025. The current catalog allows only installations of 5.8.z on 4.16. This blocks currently testing of the previous mentioned products on 4.17 and hence in future for 4.18.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

5.8.12

How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:

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Actual results:

Elasticsearch Operator 5.8.z is only installable on 4.16 until November 2025.

Expected results:

Allow Elasticsearch Operator 5.8.z to be installed on 4.17 and 4.18 until November 2025.

Additional info:

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