diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/check-repo-availability-ef1bdd45586929f7.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/check-repo-availability-ef1bdd45586929f7.yaml
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+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Adds a validation to the pre-upgrade group that checks if current
+    repositories can be connected to and if there is at least one repo
+    configured in yum repolist.
diff --git a/validations/check-repo-availability.yaml b/validations/check-repo-availability.yaml
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+---
+- hosts: undercloud, overcloud
+  vars:
+    metadata:
+      name: Check availability of current repositories
+      description: >
+        Detect whether the repositories listed in `yum repolist`
+        can be connected to and that there is at least one repo
+        configured.
+      groups:
+        - pre-upgrade
+  tasks:
+  - name: Find repository URLs
+    shell: 'yum repolist -v | grep Repo-baseurl | sed  "s/Repo-baseurl.*\(http[^ ]*\).*/\1/g"'
+    register: repository_urls
+  - name: Check if there is at least one repository baseurl
+    fail:
+      msg: No repository found in yum repolist
+    when: repository_urls.stdout_lines|length < 1
+  - name: Call repository URLs
+    uri:
+      url: "{{ item }}"
+    with_items: repository_urls.stdout_lines