To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Install ISO for Intel Gaudi
2. Once installed, check the bootc status

3. [root@localhost redhat]# bootc status
   apiVersion: org.containers.bootc/v1alpha1
   kind: BootcHost
   metadata:
     name: host
   spec:
     image:
       image: registry.redhat.io/rhelai1/bootc-intel-rhel9:1.3.1-1734010021
       transport: registry
     bootOrder: default
   status:
     staged: null
     booted:
       image:
         image:
           image: registry.redhat.io/rhelai1/bootc-intel-rhel9:1.3.1-1734010021
           transport: registry
         version: 9.20241104.0
         timestamp: null
         imageDigest: sha256:d115e88bf54e42bbd9927f40638c12e3d0c1c5fc0064404b372e147cecd29097
       cachedUpdate: null
       incompatible: false
       pinned: false
       store: ostreeContainer
       ostree:
         checksum: 9abad9e2a1c30f2acdfad2f4abcb7168bda57971b6f42b407cbfec4e8ba7f762
         deploySerial: 0
     rollback: null
     rollbackQueued: false
     type: bootcHost

1. The image: registry.redhat.io/rhelai1/bootc-intel-rhel9:1.3.1-1734010021 will prevent the upgrade to work
2. As a workaround, customer should change the bootc image to the floating tag and the try the upgrade procedure.

Expected behavior

• The image should be pointing to the 1.3.1  floating tag and not a fixed tag.

Screenshots

• Attached Image 

Device Info (please complete the following information):

• Hardware Specs: Intel Habanna
• OS Version: RHEL AI 1.3.1
• InstructLab Version: irrelevant
• Provide the output of these two commands:

  • [root@localhost redhat]# sudo bootc status --format json | jq .status.booted.image.image.image
    "registry.redhat.io/rhelai1/bootc-intel-rhel9:1.3.1-1734010021"

Additional context

• User should update the image to the floating tag before trying the upgrade 
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