Before this update, various allowed and block registry configuration options of the cluster image configuration might block the Cluster Samples Operator from creating image streams. When that happened, the samples operator marked itself as `degraded`, which impacted the general OpenShift Container Platform install and upgrade status. + The Cluster Samples Operator can bootstrap itself as `removed` in a variety of circumstances. With this update, these circumstances include when the xref:../openshift_images/image-configuration.html#images-configuration-parameters_image-configuration[image controller configuration parameters] prevent the creation of image streams by using the default image registry, or by using the image registry specified by the xref:../openshift_images/configuring-samples-operator.html#samples-operator-configuration_configuring-samples-operator[`samplesRegistry` setting]. The Operator status also indicates that the cluster image configuration is preventing the creation of the sample image streams.