New release v2.16.6 (#83045)

changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.16.rst

@@ -5,6 +5,36 @@ ansible-core 2.16 "All My Love" Release Notes
 .. contents:: Topics
 
 
+v2.16.6
+=======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+| Release Date: 2024-04-15
+| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.16/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.16.html>`__
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Consolidated the list of internal static vars, centralized them as constant and completed from some missing entries.
+- Fix check for missing _sub_plugin attribute in older connection plugins (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/82954)
+- Fixes permission for cache json file from 600 to 644 (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82683).
+- Slight optimization to hostvars (instantiate template only once per host, vs per call to var).
+- allow_duplicates - fix evaluating if the current role allows duplicates instead of using the initial value from the duplicate's cached role.
+- ansible-config will now properly template defaults before dumping them.
+- ansible-test ansible-doc sanity test - do not remove underscores from plugin names in collections before calling ``ansible-doc`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/82574).
+- async - Fix bug that stopped running async task in ``--check`` when ``check_mode: False`` was set as a task attribute - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82811
+- blockinfile - when ``create=true`` is used with a filename without path, the module crashed (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81638).
+- dnf - fix an issue when cached RPMs were left in the cache directory even when the keepcache setting was unset (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81954)
+- dnf5 - replace removed API calls
+- facts - add a generic detection for VMware in product name.
+- fetch - add error message when using ``dest`` with a trailing slash that becomes a local directory - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82878
+- find - do not fail on Permission errors (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82027).
+- unarchive modules now uses zipinfo options without relying on implementation defaults, making it more compatible with all OS/distributions.
+- winrm - Do not raise another exception during cleanup when a task is timed out - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81095
+
 v2.16.5
 =======
 

changelogs/changelog.yaml

@@ -975,3 +975,56 @@ releases:
     - py-tmpl-hardening.yml
     - winrm-timeout.yml
     release_date: '2024-03-18'
+  2.16.6:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - Consolidated the list of internal static vars, centralized them as constant
+        and completed from some missing entries.
+      - Fix check for missing _sub_plugin attribute in older connection plugins (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/82954)
+      - Fixes permission for cache json file from 600 to 644 (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82683).
+      - Slight optimization to hostvars (instantiate template only once per host,
+        vs per call to var).
+      - allow_duplicates - fix evaluating if the current role allows duplicates instead
+        of using the initial value from the duplicate's cached role.
+      - ansible-config will now properly template defaults before dumping them.
+      - ansible-test ansible-doc sanity test - do not remove underscores from plugin
+        names in collections before calling ``ansible-doc`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/82574).
+      - 'async - Fix bug that stopped running async task in ``--check`` when ``check_mode:
+        False`` was set as a task attribute - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82811'
+      - blockinfile - when ``create=true`` is used with a filename without path, the
+        module crashed (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81638).
+      - dnf - fix an issue when cached RPMs were left in the cache directory even
+        when the keepcache setting was unset (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81954)
+      - dnf5 - replace removed API calls
+      - facts - add a generic detection for VMware in product name.
+      - fetch - add error message when using ``dest`` with a trailing slash that becomes
+        a local directory - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82878
+      - find - do not fail on Permission errors (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82027).
+      - unarchive modules now uses zipinfo options without relying on implementation
+        defaults, making it more compatible with all OS/distributions.
+      - winrm - Do not raise another exception during cleanup when a task is timed
+        out - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81095
+      release_summary: '| Release Date: 2024-04-15
+
+        | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.16/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.16.html>`__
+
+        '
+    codename: All My Love
+    fragments:
+    - 2.16.6_summary.yaml
+    - 81638-blockinfile.yml
+    - 81954-dnf-keepcache.yml
+    - 82027_find.yml
+    - 82574-ansible-test-ansible-doc-underscore.yml
+    - 82683-ansible-fact_cache-permissions-changed-after-ansible-coreupdate.yml
+    - 82878-fetch-dest-is-dir.yml
+    - 82954-fix-older-connection-plugins.yml
+    - async-task-check-mode.yml
+    - config_init_fix.yml
+    - dnf5-api-breaks.yml
+    - fix-allow-duplicates.yml
+    - internal_static_vars.yml
+    - unarchive_fix.yml
+    - vmware_facts.yml
+    - winrm-task-timeout.yml
+    release_date: '2024-04-15'

changelogs/fragments/2.16.6_summary.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+release_summary: |
+   | Release Date: 2024-04-15
+   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.16/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.16.html>`__

lib/ansible/release.py

@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
-__version__ = '2.16.5.post0'
+__version__ = '2.16.6'
 __author__ = 'Ansible, Inc.'
 __codename__ = "All My Love"