Key differences between upstream and official Red Hat products

Earlier, we briefly mentioned upstream projects. The key ones are AWX and Galaxy_ng. These projects are built to be bleeding edge regarding rapid changes as developers from both the public and Red Hat make changes and improvements. Things are expected to break, and the upgrade path from one version to another is not guaranteed or tested. Bug fixes are also not backported to previous versions. However, their downstream versions, such as the Automation controller and Automation hub, go through rigorous testing, including testing on upgrading from one version to another. Not all the changes that are made upstream make it to the next release of the downstream product. In addition, most bug fixes do get backported to previous versions.

For these reasons, it is not recommended to use upstream products in production. Because of these caveats, they are fine for a home lab, proof of concept, and development, but not production.