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  2. OCPBUGS-44833

Add a release note about the warning seen when oc 4.18 client is used with oc 4.17 server

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      * If you attempted to log in to a {product-title} 4.17 server by using the {oc-first} that you installed as part of the {product-title} {product-version}, a warning message such as the following example outputs in your terminal:
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      [source,termainl]
      ----
      Warning: unknown field "metadata"
      You don't have any projects. You can try to create a new project, by running

          oc new-project <projectname>
      ----
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      This warning message is a known issue, but the message does not indicate any functionality issues with {product-title} functionality. You can safely ignore the message and continue to use {product-title} as intended. (link:https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-44833[*OCPBUGS-44833*])
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      * If you attempted to log in to a {product-title} 4.17 server by using the {oc-first} that you installed as part of the {product-title} {product-version}, a warning message such as the following example outputs in your terminal: + [source,termainl] ---- Warning: unknown field "metadata" You don't have any projects. You can try to create a new project, by running     oc new-project <projectname> ---- + This warning message is a known issue, but the message does not indicate any functionality issues with {product-title} functionality. You can safely ignore the message and continue to use {product-title} as intended. (link: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-44833 [* OCPBUGS-44833 *])
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      Description of problem:

      When user tries to use oc 4.18 client against 4.17 server it displays below warning on the screen.
oc login -u testuser-10 -p <xxxx>
Login successful.

Warning: unknown field "metadata"
You don't have any projects. You can try to create a new project, by running

    oc new-project <projectname>

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

           oc version
Client Version: 4.18.0-0.nightly-2024-11-20-012210
Kustomize Version: v5.4.2
Server Version: 4.17.0-0.nightly-2024-11-19-182702
Kubernetes Version: v1.30.6

      How reproducible:

           Always

      Steps to Reproduce:

          1. Install OCP4.17 cluster
    2. Get latest 4.18 client
    3. Run command oc login -u <user> -p <xxxx>

      Actual results:

          Below warning is displayed `Warning: unknown field "metadata"` but there is no impact to the functionality

      Expected results:

          We need to document this behavior so that user is aware of the same.

      Additional info:

      https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-43486

              dfitzmau@redhat.com Darragh Fitzmaurice
              knarra@redhat.com Rama Kasturi Narra
              Rama Kasturi Narra Rama Kasturi Narra
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