New release v2.13.0rc1 (#77717)

* Prevent losing unsafe from lookups

This patch fixes a bug which under certain conditions results in data
returned from lookups not being marked as unsafe.

Each time Templar.do_template is invoked a new AnsibleContext is
created and stored effectively at two places:
1) as an instance variable in templar_obj.cur_context
2) as a local variable called new_context in do_template method of Templar

Due to custom functionality in Ansible's Context that allows for nested
templating it is possible that during resolving variable's value
template/do_template method is called recursively again, again creating
a new context. At that point the problem manifests itself because as
mentioned in 1) above the context is overwriten on the templar object
which means that any subsequent calls to _lookup will use the new
context to mark it as unsafe which is now different to the local
new_context which is used for testing for unsafe property.

The solution to the problem appears to be to restore the original
context inside do_template and also to eliminate the local variable
new_context to prevent problems in the future.

It appears that we don't have a better way of storing the context other
than as some form of global variable and so this appears to be the
"best" solution possible at this point. Hopefully data tagging will be
the solution here.

For more examples see unit and integration tests included in this patch.

Fixes #77535

(cherry picked from commit 3980eb8c09)

.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -27,11 +27,14 @@ variables:
   - name: coverageBranches
     value: devel
   - name: entryPoint
-    value: .azure-pipelines/commands/entry-point.sh
+    value: test/utils/shippable/shippable.sh
   - name: fetchDepth
     value: 500
-  - name: defaultContainer
-    value: quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:6.0.0
+
+resources:
+  containers:
+    - container: default
+      image: quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:1.9.0
 
 pool: Standard
 
@@ -46,6 +49,9 @@ stages:
           targets:
             - test: 1
             - test: 2
+            - test: 3
+            - test: 4
+            - test: 5
   - stage: Units
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
@@ -61,7 +67,6 @@ stages:
             - test: 3.8
             - test: 3.9
             - test: '3.10'
-            - test: 3.11
   - stage: Windows
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
@@ -70,50 +75,35 @@ stages:
           nameFormat: Server {0}
           testFormat: windows/{0}/1
           targets:
+            - test: 2012
+            - test: 2012-R2
             - test: 2016
             - test: 2019
             - test: 2022
   - stage: Remote
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml  # context/target
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           targets:
+            - name: macOS 12.0
+              test: macos/12.0
             - name: RHEL 7.9
               test: rhel/7.9
-            - name: RHEL 8.6 py36
-              test: rhel/8.6@3.6
-            - name: RHEL 8.6 py39
-              test: rhel/8.6@3.9
-            - name: RHEL 9.0
-              test: rhel/9.0
+            - name: RHEL 8.5 py36
+              test: rhel/8.5@3.6
+            - name: RHEL 8.5 py38
+              test: rhel/8.5@3.8
+            - name: FreeBSD 12.3
+              test: freebsd/12.3
+            - name: FreeBSD 13.0
+              test: freebsd/13.0
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml  # context/controller
-        parameters:
-          targets:
-            - name: RHEL 8.6
-              test: rhel/8.6
-            - name: RHEL 9.0
-              test: rhel/9.0
-          groups:
             - 3
             - 4
             - 5
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml  # context/controller (ansible-test container management)
-        parameters:
-          targets:
-            - name: RHEL 8.6
-              test: rhel/8.6
-            - name: RHEL 9.0
-              test: rhel/9.0
-            - name: Ubuntu 20.04
-              test: ubuntu/20.04
-            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
-              test: ubuntu/22.04
-          groups:
-            - 6
   - stage: Docker
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
@@ -121,20 +111,25 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           testFormat: linux/{0}
           targets:
+            - name: Alpine 3
+              test: alpine3
+            - name: CentOS 7
+              test: centos7
+            - name: Fedora 34
+              test: fedora34
+            - name: Fedora 35
+              test: fedora35
+            - name: openSUSE 15 py2
+              test: opensuse15py2
+            - name: openSUSE 15 py3
+              test: opensuse15
+            - name: Ubuntu 18.04
+              test: ubuntu1804
             - name: Ubuntu 20.04
               test: ubuntu2004
-            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
-              test: ubuntu2204
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: linux/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
-              test: ubuntu2204
-          groups:
             - 3
             - 4
             - 5
@@ -146,9 +141,9 @@ stages:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
           testFormat: galaxy/{0}/1
           targets:
+            - test: 3.8
             - test: 3.9
             - test: '3.10'
-            - test: 3.11
   - stage: Generic
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
@@ -157,9 +152,21 @@ stages:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
           testFormat: generic/{0}/1
           targets:
+            - test: 3.8
             - test: 3.9
             - test: '3.10'
-            - test: 3.11
+  - stage: Incidental_Remote
+    displayName: Incidental Remote
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: i/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: RHEL 8.5 py36
+              test: rhel/8.5@3.6
+            - name: RHEL 8.5 py38
+              test: rhel/8.5@3.8
   - stage: Incidental_Windows
     displayName: Incidental Windows
     dependsOn: []
@@ -169,6 +176,8 @@ stages:
           nameFormat: Server {0}
           testFormat: i/windows/{0}
           targets:
+            - test: 2012
+            - test: 2012-R2
             - test: 2016
             - test: 2019
             - test: 2022
@@ -181,6 +190,14 @@ stages:
           targets:
             - name: IOS Python
               test: ios/csr1000v/
+            - name: VyOS Python
+              test: vyos/1.1.8/
+            - name: AWS Python 2.7
+              test: aws/2.7
+            - name: AWS Python 3.6
+              test: aws/3.6
+            - name: Cloud Python
+              test: cloud/
   - stage: Summary
     condition: succeededOrFailed()
     dependsOn:
@@ -191,6 +208,7 @@ stages:
       - Docker
       - Galaxy
       - Generic
+      - Incidental_Remote
       - Incidental_Windows
       - Incidental
     jobs:

.azure-pipelines/commands/sanity.sh

@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -o pipefail -eux
-
-declare -a args
-IFS='/:' read -ra args <<< "$1"
-
-group="${args[1]}"
-
-group2_include=(
-    ansible-doc
-    changelog
-    package-data
-    pep8
-    pylint
-    validate-modules
-)
-
-group1_exclude=(
-    "${group2_include[@]}"
-)
-
-options=()
-
-case "${group}" in
-    1)
-        for name in "${group1_exclude[@]}"; do
-            options+=(--skip-test "${name}")
-        done
-        ;;
-    2)
-        for name in "${group2_include[@]}"; do
-            options+=(--test "${name}")
-        done
-        ;;
-esac
-
-# shellcheck disable=SC2086
-ansible-test sanity --color -v --junit ${COVERAGE:+"$COVERAGE"} ${CHANGED:+"$CHANGED"} \
-    --docker \
-    "${options[@]}" --allow-disabled

.azure-pipelines/templates/coverage.yml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 jobs:
   - job: Coverage
     displayName: Code Coverage
-    container: $[ variables.defaultContainer ]
+    container: default
     workspace:
       clean: all
     steps:

.azure-pipelines/templates/test.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
   - ${{ each job in parameters.jobs }}:
     - job: test_${{ replace(replace(replace(replace(job.test, '/', '_'), '.', '_'), '-', '_'), '@', '_') }}
       displayName: ${{ job.name }}
-      container: $[ variables.defaultContainer ]
+      container: default
       workspace:
         clean: all
       steps:

.github/BOTMETA.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+automerge: false
+collection_redirect: true
+notifications: false
+files:
+  $module_utils/csharp: &id001
+    labels: windows
+    maintainers: $team_windows_core
+    support: core
+  $module_utils/network:
+    labels: networking
+  $module_utils/network/common:
+    maintainers: $team_networking
+    support: network
+  $module_utils/powershell: *id001
+  $modules:
+    ignored: ryansb tomaszkiewicz
+  $modules/lineinfile.py: $team_ansible samdoran
+  $modules/stat.py:
+    ignored: bpennypacker
+  $modules/unarchive.py:
+    ignored: dagwieers
+    labels: m:unarchive
+    maintainers: pileofrogs
+  $modules/add_host.py:
+    ignored: skvidal
+    maintainers: $team_ansible
+  $modules/get_url.py: ptux
+  $modules/uri.py:
+    ignored: romeotheriault
+    maintainers: $team_ansible
+  $modules/pip.py: Lujeni webknjaz
+  $modules//yum.py:
+    ignored: skvidal
+    maintainers: $team_ansible kustodian
+  $modules/user.py: $team_ansible samdoran
+  $modules/pause.py: samdoran
+  $modules/wait_for.py: gregswift
+  $plugins/cliconf/:
+    labels: networking
+  $plugins/connection/psrp.py: *id001
+  $plugins/connection/winrm.py: *id001
+  $plugins/doc_fragments/url_windows.py:
+    labels: windows
+    maintainers: $team_windows_core
+    support: core
+  $plugins/httpapi:
+    labels: networking
+    maintainers: $team_networking
+    support: network
+  $plugins/netconf/:
+    labels: networking
+    maintainers: $team_networking
+    support: network
+  $plugins/shell/powershell.py: *id001
+  $plugins/terminal/:
+    labels: networking
+  $plugins/terminal/__init__.py:
+    support: network
+  .github/BOTMETA.yml:
+    labels: botmeta
+    support: core
+  docs/:
+    maintainers:
+    - acozine
+  docs/docsite/rst/community/:
+    maintainers:
+    - gundalow
+  docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/:
+    maintainers:
+    - gundalow
+  docs/docsite/rst/network/:
+    labels: networking
+    maintainers:
+    - samccann
+  docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/windows: *id001
+  hacking/report.py:
+    notified: mattclay
+  hacking/shippable/:
+    notified: mattclay
+  lib/ansible/cli/scripts/ansible_connection_cli_stub.py:
+    keywords:
+    - persistent connection
+    labels: networking
+  lib/ansible/config/ansible_builtin_runtime.yml:
+    labels: runtime
+    maintainers: gundalow
+  lib/ansible/executor/powershell: *id001
+  lib/ansible/inventory:
+    keywords:
+    - core inventory
+    - inventory
+    - inventory parsing
+  lib/ansible/playbook/handler.py:
+    keywords:
+    - handlers
+  lib/ansible/playbook/role:
+    keywords:
+    - roles path
+    - roles_path
+    - role
+    - role path
+  lib/ansible/playbook/role/include.py:
+    keywords:
+    - include role
+    - include_role
+    - role include
+  lib/ansible/playbook/role/requirement.py:
+    keywords:
+    - role dependencies
+    - role dep
+    - role dependency
+  lib/ansible/release.py:
+    notified: mattclay nitzmahone
+  lib/ansible/template:
+    keywords:
+    - jinja
+    - jinja2
+  lib/ansible/utils/collection_loader.py:
+    notified: mattclay nitzmahone
+  test/integration/targets/incidental_:
+    notified: mattclay
+  test/lib/:
+    notified: mattclay
+  test/lib/ansible_test/_util/controller/sanity/validate-modules:
+    keywords:
+    - validate-modules
+    notified:
+    - mattclay
+  test/lib/ansible_test/_util/controller/sanity/validate-modules/validate_modules/main.py:
+    notified:
+    - gundalow
+    - sivel
+  test/lib/ansible_test/_util/controller/sanity/validate-modules/validate_modules/schema.py:
+    notified:
+    - gundalow
+    - sivel
+  test/sanity/:
+    notified: mattclay
+  test/sanity/ignore.txt:
+    notified: tremble
+  test/support/:
+    notified: mattclay
+  test/utils/shippable/:
+    notified: mattclay
+macros:
+  module_utils: lib/ansible/module_utils
+  modules: lib/ansible/modules
+  plugins: lib/ansible/plugins
+  team_ansible: []
+  team_networking: Qalthos ganeshrn trishnaguha justjais NilashishC danielmellado rohitthakur2590 GomathiselviS
+  team_windows_core: nitzmahone jborean93

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml

@@ -119,17 +119,15 @@ body:
   attributes:
     label: Configuration
     description: >-
-      Paste verbatim output from `ansible-config dump --only-changed -t all` below, under the prompt line.
-      (if using a version older than ansible-core 2.12 you should omit the '-t all')
+      Paste verbatim output from `ansible-config dump --only-changed`
+      below, under the prompt line.
       Please don't wrap it with tripple backticks — your
       whole input will be turned into a code snippet automatically.
     render: console
     value: |
-      # if using a version older than ansible-core 2.12 you should omit the '-t all'
-      $ ansible-config dump --only-changed -t all
+      $ ansible-config dump --only-changed
     placeholder: |
-      # if using a version older than ansible-core 2.12 you should omit the '-t all'
-      $ ansible-config dump --only-changed -t all
+      $ ansible-config dump --only-changed
       DEFAULT_GATHERING(~/src/github/ansible/ansible/ansible.cfg) = smart
       DEFAULT_HOST_LIST(~/src/github/ansible/ansible/ansible.cfg) = ['~/src/github/ansible/ansible/hosts']
       DEFAULT_VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE(~/src/github/ansible/ansible/ansible.cfg) = ~/src/github/ansible/ansible/vault/print-password.sh

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/documentation_report.yml

@@ -129,17 +129,15 @@ body:
   attributes:
     label: Configuration
     description: >-
-      Paste verbatim output from `ansible-config dump --only-changed -t all` below, under the prompt line.
-      (if using a version older than ansible-core 2.12 you should omit the '-t all')
+      Paste verbatim output from `ansible-config dump --only-changed`
+      below, under the prompt line.
       Please don't wrap it with tripple backticks — your
       whole input will be turned into a code snippet automatically.
     render: console
     value: |
-      # if using a version older than ansible-core 2.12 you should omit the '-t all'
-      $ ansible-config dump --only-changed -t all
+      $ ansible-config dump --only-changed
     placeholder: |
-      # if using a version older than ansible-core 2.12 you should omit the '-t all'
-      $ ansible-config dump --only-changed -t all
+      $ ansible-config dump --only-changed
       DEFAULT_GATHERING(~/src/github/ansible/ansible/ansible.cfg) = smart
       DEFAULT_HOST_LIST(~/src/github/ansible/ansible/ansible.cfg) = ['~/src/github/ansible/ansible/hosts']
       DEFAULT_VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE(~/src/github/ansible/ansible/ansible.cfg) = ~/src/github/ansible/ansible/vault/print-password.sh

.github/RELEASE_NAMES.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ---
-- 2.14.0  C'mon Everybody
 - 2.13.0  Nobody's Fault but Mine
 - 2.12.0  Dazed and Confused
 - 2.11.0  Hey Hey, What Can I Do

.gitignore

@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ docs/docsite/rst/cli/ansible-*.rst
 docs/docsite/rst/cli/ansible.rst
 docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/collections_galaxy_meta.rst
 docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/testing/sanity/index.rst.new
-docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/index.rst
 docs/docsite/rst/modules/*.rst
 docs/docsite/rst/collections/*.rst
 !docs/docsite/rst/collections/all_plugins.rst
@@ -73,16 +72,7 @@ coverage.xml
 /test/cache/*
 # Development
 /test/develop
-# Environments
-.env
-.venv
-env/
-venv/
-ENV/
-env.bak/
-venv.bak/
 venv
-env
 Vagrantfile
 .vagrant
 # Backwards compatibility with `stable-2.9` and earlier branches.

MANIFEST.in

@@ -1,12 +1,50 @@
+include README.rst
 include COPYING
-include bin/*
-include changelogs/CHANGELOG*.rst
-include changelogs/changelog.yaml
-include licenses/*.txt
+include SYMLINK_CACHE.json
 include requirements.txt
-recursive-include packaging *.py *.j2
+recursive-include docs *
+include docs/docsite/rst/collections/all_plugins.rst
+exclude docs/docsite/rst_warnings
+exclude docs/docsite/rst/conf.py
+exclude docs/docsite/rst/index.rst
+exclude docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/testing/sanity/bin-symlinks.rst
+exclude docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/testing/sanity/botmeta.rst
+exclude docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/testing/sanity/integration-aliases.rst
+exclude docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/testing/sanity/release-names.rst
+recursive-exclude docs/docsite/_build *
+recursive-exclude docs/docsite/_extensions *.pyc *.pyo
+include examples/hosts
+include examples/ansible.cfg
+include examples/scripts/ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1
+include examples/scripts/upgrade_to_ps3.ps1
+include lib/ansible/keyword_desc.yml
+recursive-include lib/ansible/executor/powershell *.ps1
+recursive-include lib/ansible/module_utils/csharp *.cs
+recursive-include lib/ansible/module_utils/powershell *.psm1
+recursive-include lib/ansible/modules/windows *.ps1
+recursive-include lib/ansible/galaxy/data *.yml *.j2 README.md ansible.cfg inventory .git_keep
+recursive-include lib/ansible/config *.yml
+recursive-include licenses *.txt
+recursive-include packaging *
 recursive-include test/ansible_test *.py Makefile
 recursive-include test/integration *
+recursive-include test/lib/ansible_test/config *.yml *.template
+recursive-include test/lib/ansible_test/_data *.cfg *.in *.ini *.ps1 *.txt *.yml coveragerc
+recursive-include test/lib/ansible_test/_util *.cfg *.ini *.json *.ps1 *.psd1 *.py *.sh *.txt *.yml
+recursive-include test/lib/ansible_test/_util/controller/sanity/validate-modules validate-modules
 recursive-include test/sanity *.in *.json *.py *.txt
-recursive-include test/support *.py *.ps1 *.psm1 *.cs *.md
+recursive-include test/support *.py *.ps1 *.psm1 *.cs
+exclude test/sanity/code-smell/botmeta.*
+exclude test/sanity/code-smell/release-names.*
+exclude test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/commands/sanity/bin_symlinks.py
+exclude test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/commands/sanity/integration_aliases.py
 recursive-include test/units *
+include Makefile
+include MANIFEST.in
+include changelogs/CHANGELOG*.rst
+include changelogs/changelog.yaml
+recursive-include hacking/build_library *.py
+include hacking/build-ansible.py
+include hacking/test-module.py
+include hacking/update-sanity-requirements.py
+include bin/*

Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+# WARN: gmake syntax
+########################################################
+# Makefile for Ansible
+#
+# useful targets:
+#   make clean ---------------- clean up
+#   make sdist ---------------- produce a tarball
+#   make tests ---------------- run the tests (see https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/testing_units.html for requirements)
+
+########################################################
+# variable section
+
+NAME = ansible-core
+OS = $(shell uname -s)
+PREFIX ?= '/usr/local'
+SDIST_DIR ?= 'dist'
+
+# This doesn't evaluate until it's called. The -D argument is the
+# directory of the target file ($@), kinda like `dirname`.
+MANPAGES ?= $(patsubst %.rst.in,%,$(wildcard ./docs/man/man1/ansible*.1.rst.in))
+ifneq ($(shell which rst2man 2>/dev/null),)
+ASCII2MAN = rst2man $< $@
+else ifneq ($(shell which rst2man.py 2>/dev/null),)
+ASCII2MAN = rst2man.py $< $@
+else
+ASCII2MAN = @echo "ERROR: rst2man from docutils command is not installed but is required to build $(MANPAGES)" && exit 1
+endif
+
+PYTHON ?= python
+GENERATE_CLI = hacking/build-ansible.py generate-man
+
+# fetch version from project release.py as single source-of-truth
+VERSION := $(shell $(PYTHON) packaging/release/versionhelper/version_helper.py --raw || echo error)
+ifeq ($(findstring error,$(VERSION)), error)
+$(error "version_helper failed")
+endif
+
+# ansible-test parameters
+ANSIBLE_TEST ?= bin/ansible-test
+TEST_FLAGS ?=
+
+# ansible-test units parameters (make test / make test-py3)
+PYTHON_VERSION ?= $(shell python2 -c 'import sys; print("%s.%s" % sys.version_info[:2])')
+PYTHON3_VERSION ?= $(shell python3 -c 'import sys; print("%s.%s" % sys.version_info[:2])')
+
+# ansible-test integration parameters (make integration)
+IMAGE ?= centos7
+TARGET ?=
+
+########################################################
+
+.PHONY: all
+all: clean python
+
+.PHONY: tests
+tests:
+	$(ANSIBLE_TEST) units -v --python $(PYTHON_VERSION) $(TEST_FLAGS)
+
+.PHONY: tests-py3
+tests-py3:
+	$(ANSIBLE_TEST) units -v --python $(PYTHON3_VERSION) $(TEST_FLAGS)
+
+.PHONY: integration
+integration:
+	$(ANSIBLE_TEST) integration -v --docker $(IMAGE) $(TARGET) $(TEST_FLAGS)
+
+# Regenerate %.1.rst if %.1.rst.in has been modified more
+# recently than %.1.rst.
+%.1.rst: %.1.rst.in
+	sed "s/%VERSION%/$(VERSION)/" $< > $@
+	rm $<
+
+# Regenerate %.1 if %.1.rst or release.py has been modified more
+# recently than %.1. (Implicitly runs the %.1.rst recipe)
+%.1: %.1.rst lib/ansible/release.py
+	$(ASCII2MAN)
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean:
+	@echo "Cleaning up distutils stuff"
+	rm -rf build
+	rm -rf dist
+	rm -rf lib/ansible*.egg-info/
+	@echo "Cleaning up byte compiled python stuff"
+	find . -type f -regex ".*\.py[co]$$" -delete
+	find . -type d -name "__pycache__" -delete
+	@echo "Cleaning up editor backup files"
+	find . -type f -not -path ./test/units/inventory_test_data/group_vars/noparse/all.yml~ \( -name "*~" -or -name "#*" \) -delete
+	find . -type f \( -name "*.swp" \) -delete
+	@echo "Cleaning up manpage stuff"
+	find ./docs/man -type f -name "*.xml" -delete
+	find ./docs/man -type f -name "*.rst" -delete
+	find ./docs/man/man3 -type f -name "*.3" -delete
+	rm -f ./docs/man/man1/*
+	@echo "Cleaning up output from test runs"
+	rm -rf test/test_data
+	rm -rf logs/
+	rm -rf .cache/
+	rm -f test/units/.coverage*
+	rm -rf test/results/*/*
+	find test/ -type f -name '*.retry' -delete
+	@echo "Cleaning up symlink cache"
+	rm -f SYMLINK_CACHE.json
+	rm -rf docs/json
+	rm -rf docs/js
+	@echo "Cleaning up docsite"
+	$(MAKE) -C docs/docsite clean
+
+.PHONY: python
+python:
+	$(PYTHON) setup.py build
+
+.PHONY: install
+install:
+	$(PYTHON) setup.py install
+
+install_manpages:
+	gzip -9 $(wildcard ./docs/man/man1/ansible*.1)
+	cp $(wildcard ./docs/man/man1/ansible*.1.gz) $(PREFIX)/man/man1/
+
+.PHONY: sdist_check
+sdist_check:
+	$(PYTHON) -c 'import setuptools, sys; sys.exit(int(not (tuple(map(int, setuptools.__version__.split("."))) > (39, 2, 0))))'
+	$(PYTHON) packaging/sdist/check-link-behavior.py
+
+.PHONY: sdist
+sdist: sdist_check clean docs
+	_ANSIBLE_SDIST_FROM_MAKEFILE=1 $(PYTHON) setup.py sdist --dist-dir=$(SDIST_DIR)
+
+# Official releases generate the changelog as the last commit before the release.
+# Snapshots shouldn't result in new checkins so the changelog is generated as
+# part of creating the tarball.
+.PHONY: snapshot
+snapshot: sdist_check clean docs changelog
+	_ANSIBLE_SDIST_FROM_MAKEFILE=1 $(PYTHON) setup.py sdist --dist-dir=$(SDIST_DIR)
+
+.PHONY: sdist_upload
+sdist_upload: clean docs
+	$(PYTHON) setup.py sdist upload 2>&1 |tee upload.log
+
+.PHONY: changelog
+changelog:
+	PYTHONPATH=./lib antsibull-changelog release -vv --use-ansible-doc && PYTHONPATH=./lib antsibull-changelog generate -vv --use-ansible-doc
+
+.PHONY: generate_rst
+generate_rst: lib/ansible/cli/*.py
+	mkdir -p ./docs/man/man1/ ; \
+	$(PYTHON) $(GENERATE_CLI) --template-file=docs/templates/man.j2 --output-dir=docs/man/man1/ --output-format man lib/ansible/cli/*.py
+
+docs: generate_rst
+	$(MAKE) $(MANPAGES)
+
+version:
+	@echo $(VERSION)

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@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
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-[![Repository License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-GPL%20v3.0-brightgreen.svg)](COPYING)
-[![Ansible CII Best Practices certification](https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/projects/2372/badge)](https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/projects/2372)
-
-# Ansible
-
-Ansible is a radically simple IT automation system. It handles
-configuration management, application deployment, cloud provisioning,
-ad-hoc task execution, network automation, and multi-node orchestration. Ansible makes complex
-changes like zero-downtime rolling updates with load balancers easy. More information on the Ansible [website](https://ansible.com/).
-
-## Design Principles
-
-* Have an extremely simple setup process with a minimal learning curve.
-* Manage machines quickly and in parallel.
-* Avoid custom-agents and additional open ports, be agentless by
-  leveraging the existing SSH daemon.
-* Describe infrastructure in a language that is both machine and human
-  friendly.
-* Focus on security and easy auditability/review/rewriting of content.
-* Manage new remote machines instantly, without bootstrapping any
-  software.
-* Allow module development in any dynamic language, not just Python.
-* Be usable as non-root.
-* Be the easiest IT automation system to use, ever.
-
-## Use Ansible
-
-You can install a released version of Ansible with `pip` or a package manager. See our
-[installation guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html) for details on installing Ansible
-on a variety of platforms.
-
-Power users and developers can run the `devel` branch, which has the latest
-features and fixes, directly. Although it is reasonably stable, you are more likely to encounter
-breaking changes when running the `devel` branch. We recommend getting involved
-in the Ansible community if you want to run the `devel` branch.
-
-## Get Involved
-
-* Read [Community Information](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community) for all
-  kinds of ways to contribute to and interact with the project,
-  including mailing list information and how to submit bug reports and
-  code to Ansible.
-* Join a [Working Group](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki),
-  an organized community devoted to a specific technology domain or platform.
-* Submit a proposed code update through a pull request to the `devel` branch.
-* Talk to us before making larger changes
-  to avoid duplicate efforts. This not only helps everyone
-  know what is going on, but it also helps save time and effort if we decide
-  some changes are needed.
-* For a list of email lists, IRC channels and Working Groups, see the
-  [Communication page](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/communication.html)
-
-## Coding Guidelines
-
-We document our Coding Guidelines in the [Developer Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/). We particularly suggest you review:
-
-* [Contributing your module to Ansible](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_modules_checklist.html)
-* [Conventions, tips, and pitfalls](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_modules_best_practices.html)
-
-## Branch Info
-
-* The `devel` branch corresponds to the release actively under development.
-* The `stable-2.X` branches correspond to stable releases.
-* Create a branch based on `devel` and set up a [dev environment](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/dev_guide/developing_modules_general.html#common-environment-setup) if you want to open a PR.
-* See the [Ansible release and maintenance](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.html) page for information about active branches.
-
-## Roadmap
-
-Based on team and community feedback, an initial roadmap will be published for a major or minor version (ex: 2.7, 2.8).
-The [Ansible Roadmap page](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/) details what is planned and how to influence the roadmap.
-
-## Authors
-
-Ansible was created by [Michael DeHaan](https://github.com/mpdehaan)
-and has contributions from over 5000 users (and growing). Thanks everyone!
-
-[Ansible](https://www.ansible.com) is sponsored by [Red Hat, Inc.](https://www.redhat.com)
-
-## License
-
-GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
-
-See [COPYING](COPYING) to see the full text.

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+|PyPI version| |Docs badge| |Chat badge| |Build Status| |Code Of Conduct| |Mailing Lists| |License| |CII Best Practices|
+
+*******
+Ansible
+*******
+
+Ansible is a radically simple IT automation system. It handles
+configuration management, application deployment, cloud provisioning,
+ad-hoc task execution, network automation, and multi-node orchestration. Ansible makes complex
+changes like zero-downtime rolling updates with load balancers easy. More information on the Ansible `website <https://ansible.com/>`_.
+
+Design Principles
+=================
+
+*  Have an extremely simple setup process with a minimal learning curve.
+*  Manage machines quickly and in parallel.
+*  Avoid custom-agents and additional open ports, be agentless by
+   leveraging the existing SSH daemon.
+*  Describe infrastructure in a language that is both machine and human
+   friendly.
+*  Focus on security and easy auditability/review/rewriting of content.
+*  Manage new remote machines instantly, without bootstrapping any
+   software.
+*  Allow module development in any dynamic language, not just Python.
+*  Be usable as non-root.
+*  Be the easiest IT automation system to use, ever.
+
+Use Ansible
+===========
+
+You can install a released version of Ansible with ``pip`` or a package manager. See our
+`installation guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html>`_ for details on installing Ansible
+on a variety of platforms.
+
+Power users and developers can run the ``devel`` branch, which has the latest
+features and fixes, directly. Although it is reasonably stable, you are more likely to encounter
+breaking changes when running the ``devel`` branch. We recommend getting involved
+in the Ansible community if you want to run the ``devel`` branch.
+
+Get Involved
+============
+
+*  Read `Community
+   Information <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community>`_ for all
+   kinds of ways to contribute to and interact with the project,
+   including mailing list information and how to submit bug reports and
+   code to Ansible.
+*  Join a `Working Group
+   <https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki>`_, an organized community devoted to a specific technology domain or platform.
+*  Submit a proposed code update through a pull request to the ``devel`` branch.
+*  Talk to us before making larger changes
+   to avoid duplicate efforts. This not only helps everyone
+   know what is going on, but it also helps save time and effort if we decide
+   some changes are needed.
+*  For a list of email lists, IRC channels and Working Groups, see the
+   `Communication page <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/communication.html>`_
+
+Coding Guidelines
+=================
+
+We document our Coding Guidelines in the `Developer Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/>`_. We particularly suggest you review:
+
+* `Contributing your module to Ansible <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_modules_checklist.html>`_
+* `Conventions, tips, and pitfalls <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_modules_best_practices.html>`_
+
+Branch Info
+===========
+
+*  The ``devel`` branch corresponds to the release actively under development.
+*  The ``stable-2.X`` branches correspond to stable releases.
+*  Create a branch based on ``devel`` and set up a `dev environment <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/dev_guide/developing_modules_general.html#common-environment-setup>`_ if you want to open a PR.
+*  See the `Ansible release and maintenance <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.html>`_ page for information about active branches.
+
+Roadmap
+=======
+
+Based on team and community feedback, an initial roadmap will be published for a major or minor version (ex: 2.7, 2.8).
+The `Ansible Roadmap page <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/>`_ details what is planned and how to influence the roadmap.
+
+Authors
+=======
+
+Ansible was created by `Michael DeHaan <https://github.com/mpdehaan>`_
+and has contributions from over 5000 users (and growing). Thanks everyone!
+
+`Ansible <https://www.ansible.com>`_ is sponsored by `Red Hat, Inc.
+<https://www.redhat.com>`_
+
+License
+=======
+
+GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
+
+See `COPYING <COPYING>`_ to see the full text.
+
+.. |PyPI version| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/ansible-core.svg
+   :target: https://pypi.org/project/ansible-core
+.. |Docs badge| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-latest-brightgreen.svg
+   :target: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/
+.. |Build Status| image:: https://dev.azure.com/ansible/ansible/_apis/build/status/CI?branchName=devel
+   :target: https://dev.azure.com/ansible/ansible/_build/latest?definitionId=20&branchName=devel
+.. |Chat badge| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/chat-IRC-brightgreen.svg
+   :target: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/communication.html
+.. |Code Of Conduct| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20of%20conduct-Ansible-silver.svg
+   :target: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html
+   :alt: Ansible Code of Conduct
+.. |Mailing Lists| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/mailing%20lists-Ansible-orange.svg
+   :target: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/communication.html#mailing-list-information
+   :alt: Ansible mailing lists
+.. |License| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/license-GPL%20v3.0-brightgreen.svg
+   :target: COPYING
+   :alt: Repository License
+.. |CII Best Practices| image:: https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/projects/2372/badge
+   :target: https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/projects/2372
+   :alt: Ansible CII Best Practices certification

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+=========================================================
+ansible-core 2.13 "Nobody's Fault but Mine" Release Notes
+=========================================================
+
+.. contents:: Topics
+
+
+v2.13.0rc1
+==========
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+| Release Date: 2022-05-02
+| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Prevent losing unsafe on results returned from lookups (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77535)
+
+v2.13.0b1
+=========
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+| Release Date: 2022-04-25
+| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
+
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- ansible-test - Update ``default`` containers to version 5.9.0.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- ansible - Exclude Python 2.6 from Python interpreter discovery.
+- arg_spec - Fix incorrect ``no_log`` warning when a parameter alias is used (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77576)
+- variablemanager, more efficient read of vars files
+
+v2.13.0b0
+=========
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+| Release Date: 2022-04-11
+| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
+
+
+Major Changes
+-------------
+
+- Jinja2 Controller Requirement - Jinja2 3.0.0 or newer is required for the control node (the machine that runs Ansible) (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/75881)
+- Templating - remove ``safe_eval`` in favor of using ``NativeEnvironment`` but utilizing ``literal_eval`` only in cases when ``safe_eval`` was used (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/75587)
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- Action Plugins - Add helper method for argument spec validation, and extend to pause and async_wrapper
+- Added AIX root CA certs folders - enhance the TLS support in ``uri`` task on AIX
+- Added ``module_utils.compat.typing`` to facilitate type-hinting on all supported Python versions.
+- Ansible.Basic - small changes to allow use in PowerShell modules running on non-Windows platforms (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/76924).
+- AnsibleModule.run_command() now has a toggle to allow caller to decide to handle exceptions from executing the command itself
+- Attach concat function to an environment class (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/76282)
+- Clarify in a comment that unrolling an iterator in ``Templar._finalize`` is actually necessary. Also switch to using the ``_unroll_iterator`` decorator directly to deduplicate code in ``Templar._finalize``. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/76436)
+- Installation - modernize our python installation, to reduce dynamic code in setup.py, and migrate what is feasible to setup.cfg. This will enable shipping wheels in the future.
+- PlayIterator - introduce public methods to access ``PlayIterator._host_states`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/74416)
+- PlayIterator - use enums for Iterating and Failed states (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/74511)
+- Reduce number of iterations through PlayIterator (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/74175)
+- Remove more Python 2.x compatibility code from controller (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77320).
+- Start of moving away from using Six, Python 2 and 3 compatibility library (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/75863)
+- The collection loader now reports a Python warning if an attempt is made to install the Ansible collection loader a second time. Previously this condition was reported using an Ansible warning.
+- ``ansible-galaxy collection [install|verify]`` - allow user-provided signature sources in addition to those from the Galaxy server. Each collection entry in a requirements file can specify a ``signatures`` key followed by a list of sources. Collection name(s) provided on the CLI can specify additional signature sources by using the ``--signatures`` CLI option. Signature sources should be URIs that can be opened with ``urllib.request.urlopen()``, such as "https://example.com/path/to/detached_signature.asc" or "file:///path/to/detached_signature.asc". The ``--keyring`` option must be specified if signature sources are provided.
+- ``ansible-galaxy collection [install|verify]`` - use gpg to verify the authenticity of the signed ``MANIFEST.json`` with ASCII armored detached signatures provided by the Galaxy server. The keyring (which is not managed by ``ansible-galaxy``) must be provided with the ``--keyring`` option to use signature verification. If no ``--keyring`` is specified and the collection to ``install|verify`` has associated detached signatures on the Galaxy server, a warning is provided.
+- ``ansible-galaxy collection install`` - Add a global configuration to modify the required number of signatures that must verify the authenticity of the collection. By default, the number of required successful signatures is 1. Set this option to ``all`` to require all signatures verify the collection. To ensure signature verification fails if there are no valid signatures, prepend the value with '+', such as ``+all`` or ``+1``.
+- ``ansible-galaxy collection install`` - Add a global ignore list for gpg signature errors. This can be used to ignore certain signatures when the number of required successful signatures is all. When the required number of successful signatures is a positive integer, the only effect this has is to display fewer errors to the user on failure (success is determined by having the minimum number of successful signatures, in which case all errors are disregarded).
+- ``ansible-galaxy collection install`` - Add a global toggle to turn off GPG signature verification.
+- ``ansible-galaxy collection install`` - Store Galaxy server metadata alongside installed collections for provenance. Signatures obtained from the Galaxy server can be used for offline verification with ``ansible-galaxy collection verify --offline``.
+- ansible-console - Provide a  way to customize the stdout callback
+- ansible-core modules - Remove unused Python shebangs from built-in modules.
+- ansible-doc metadata dump - add option ``--no-fail-on-errors`` which allows to not fail the ansible-doc invocation when errors happen during docs parsing or processing. Instead they are reported in the JSON result in an ``error`` key for the affected plugins (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77035).
+- ansible-galaxy - the option to skip certificate verification now also applies when cloning via SCM (git/hg) (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/41077)
+- ansible-test - Accept new-style Python modules without a shebang.
+- ansible-test - Add ``--version`` support to show the ansible-core version.
+- ansible-test - Add support for ``rhel/8.5`` remote instances.
+- ansible-test - Add support for remote testing of FreeBSD 12.3.
+- ansible-test - Add support for running container tests with ``podman remote`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/75753)
+- ansible-test - Added the ``fedora35`` test container.
+- ansible-test - Change the maximum number of open files in a test container from the default to ``10240``.
+- ansible-test - Declare public dependencies of ansible-core and use to limit unguarded imports in plugins.
+- ansible-test - Importing ``distutils`` now results in an error.
+- ansible-test - Installation of ``cryptography`` is no longer version constrained when ``openssl`` 1.1.0 or later is installed.
+- ansible-test - Miscellaneous code cleanup and type hint fixes.
+- ansible-test - PowerShell in the ``base`` and ``default`` containers has been upgraded to version 7.1.4.
+- ansible-test - Remove RHEL 8.4 remote (``rhel/8.4``) support.
+- ansible-test - Remove ``idna`` constraint.
+- ansible-test - Remove obsolete ``MAXFD`` display.
+- ansible-test - Remove obsolete constraints for Python 2.6.
+- ansible-test - Remove support for FreeBSD 12.2 remote provisioning.
+- ansible-test - Remove support for macOS 11.1 remote provisioning.
+- ansible-test - Remove support for provisioning remote AIX instances.
+- ansible-test - Remove the ``centos8`` test container since CentOS 8 will reach end-of-life soon.
+- ansible-test - Remove the ``fedora33`` test container since Fedora 33 will reach end-of-life soon.
+- ansible-test - Remove unused Python 2.x compatibility code.
+- ansible-test - Removed support for Sherlock from the Azure provisioning plugin.
+- ansible-test - Removed used ``MarkupSafe`` constraint for Python 3.5 and earlier.
+- ansible-test - Requirements for the plugin import test are now frozen.
+- ansible-test - Shellcheck in the ``base`` and ``default`` containers has been upgraded to version 0.7.0.
+- ansible-test - Stop early with an error if the current working directory contains an invalid collection namespace or name.
+- ansible-test - The ``--help`` option is now available when an unsupported cwd is in use.
+- ansible-test - The ``--help`` output now shows the same instructions about cwd as would be shown in error messages if the cwd is unsupported.
+- ansible-test - The ``pip`` and ``wheel`` packages are removed from all sanity test virtual environments after installation completes to reduce their size. Previously they were only removed from the environments used for the ``import`` sanity test.
+- ansible-test - The explanation about cwd usage has been improved to explain more clearly what is required.
+- ansible-test - The hash for all managed sanity test virtual environments has changed. Containers that include ``ansible-test sanity --prime-venvs`` will need to be rebuilt to continue using primed virtual environments.
+- ansible-test - Update ``base`` container to version 2.1.0.
+- ansible-test - Update ``base`` container to version 2.2.0.
+- ansible-test - Update ``default`` containers to version 5.2.0.
+- ansible-test - Update ``default`` containers to version 5.4.0.
+- ansible-test - Update ``default`` containers to version 5.5.0.
+- ansible-test - Update ``default`` containers to version 5.6.2.
+- ansible-test - Update ``default`` containers to version 5.7.0.
+- ansible-test - Update ``default`` containers to version 5.8.0.
+- ansible-test - Update ``pip`` used to bootstrap remote FreeBSD instances from version 20.3.4 to 21.3.1.
+- ansible-test - Update sanity test requirements.
+- ansible-test - Update the NIOS test plugin container to version 1.4.0.
+- ansible-test - Update the ``alpine`` container to version 3.3.0. This updates the base image from 3.14.2 to 3.15.0, which includes support for installing binary wheels using pip.
+- ansible-test - Update the ``base`` and ``default`` containers from Python 3.10.0rc2 to 3.10.0.
+- ansible-test - Update the ``base`` and ``default`` containers from a Ubuntu 18.04 to Ubuntu 20.04 base image.
+- ansible-test - Update the ``default`` containers to version 5.1.0.
+- ansible-test - Update the ``galaxy`` test plugin to get its container from a copy on quay.io.
+- ansible-test - Update the ``openshift`` test plugin to get its container from a copy on quay.io.
+- ansible-test - Use Python 3.10 as the default Python version for the ``base`` and ``default`` containers.
+- ansible-test - add macOS 12.0 as a remote target (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/76328)
+- ansible-test - handle JSON decode error gracefully in podman environment.
+- ansible-test pslint - Added the `AvoidLongLines <https://github.com/PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer/blob/master/docs/Rules/AvoidLongLines.md>`_ rule set to a length of 160.
+- ansible-test pslint - Added the `PlaceCloseBrace <https://github.com/PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer/blob/master/docs/Rules/PlaceCloseBrace.md>`_ rule set to enforce close braces on a newline.
+- ansible-test pslint - Added the `PlaceOpenBrace <https://github.com/PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer/blob/master/docs/Rules/PlaceOpenBrace.md>`_ rule set to enforce open braces on the same line and a subsequent newline.
+- ansible-test pslint - Added the `UseConsistentIndentation <https://github.com/PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer/blob/master/docs/Rules/UseConsistentIndentation.md>`_ rule to enforce indentation is done with 4 spaces.
+- ansible-test pslint - Added the `UseConsistentWhitespace <https://github.com/PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer/blob/master/docs/Rules/UseConsistentWhitespace.md>`_ rule to enforce whitespace consistency in PowerShell.
+- ansible-test pslint - Updated ``PowerShellScriptAnalyzer`` to 1.20.0
+- ansible-test sanity validate-modules - the validate-modules sanity test now also checks the documentation of documentable plugin types (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/71734).
+- ansible-test validate-modules sanity test - add more schema checks to improve quality of plugin documentation (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77268).
+- ansible-test validate_modules - allow ``choices`` for return values (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/76009).
+- apt - Add support for using ">=" in package version number matching.
+- apt - Adds APT option ``--allow-change-held-packages`` as module parameter ``allow_change_held_packages`` to allow APT up- or downgrading a package which is on APTs hold list (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/65325)
+- auto inventory plugin will now give plugin loading information on verbose output
+- callbacks - Add result serialization format options to ``_dump_results`` allowing plugins such as the ``default`` callback to emit ``YAML`` serialized task results in addition to ``JSON``
+- dnf - add more specific error message for GPG validation (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76192)
+- env lookup, add default option
+- facts - report prefix length for IPv4 addresses in Linux network facts.
+- get_parsable_locale now logs result when in debug mode.
+- git - display the destination directory path in error msg when local_mods detects local modifications conflict so that users see the exact location
+- iptables - add the ``chain_management`` parameter that controls iptables chain creation and deletion
+- jinja2_native - keep same behavior on Python 3.10.
+- junit callback - Add support for replacing the directory portion of out-of-tree relative task paths with a placeholder.
+- k8s - scenario guides for kubernetes migrated to ``kubernetes.core`` collection.
+- module_utils.distro - Add missing ``typing`` import from original code.
+- package_facts - add pkg_info support for OpenBSD and NetBSD (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/76580)
+- services_facts - Add support for openrc (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/76373).
+- setting DEFAULT_FACT_PATH is being deprecated in favor of the generic module_defaults keyword
+- uri - Avoid reading the response body when not needed
+- uri - Eliminate multiple requests to determine the final URL for file naming with ``dest``
+- validate-modules - do some basic validation on the ``M(...)``, ``U(...)``, ``L(..., ...)`` and ``R(..., ...)`` documentation markups (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/76262).
+- vmware - migrated vmware scenario guides to `community.vmware` repo.
+- yum, dnf - add sslverify option to temporarily disable certificate validation for a repository
+
+Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
+--------------------------------
+
+- Module Python Dependency - Drop support for Python 2.6 in module execution.
+- Templating - it is no longer allowed to perform arithmetic and concatenation operations outside of the jinja template (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/75587)
+- The ``finalize`` method is no longer exposed in the globals for use in templating.
+
+Deprecated Features
+-------------------
+
+- ansible-core - Remove support for Python 2.6.
+- ansible-test - Remove support for Python 2.6.
+- ssh connection plugin option scp_if_ssh in favor of ssh_transfer_method.
+
+Removed Features (previously deprecated)
+----------------------------------------
+
+- Remove deprecated ``Templar.set_available_variables()`` method (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75828)
+- cli - remove deprecated ability to set verbosity before the sub-command (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75823)
+- copy - remove deprecated ``thirsty`` alias (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75824)
+- psrp - Removed fallback on ``put_file`` with older ``pypsrp`` versions. Users must have at least ``pypsrp>=0.4.0``.
+- url_argument_spec - remove deprecated ``thirsty`` alias for ``get_url`` and ``uri`` modules (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75825, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75826)
+
+Security Fixes
+--------------
+
+- Do not include params in exception when a call to ``set_options`` fails. Additionally, block the exception that is returned from being displayed to stdout. (CVE-2021-3620)
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Add a YAML representer for ``NativeJinjaText``
+- Add a YAML representer for ``NativeJinjaUnsafeText``
+- AnsiballZ - Ensure we use the full python package in the module cache filename to avoid a case where ``collections:`` is used to execute a module via short name, where the short name duplicates another module from ``ansible.builtin`` or another collection that was executed previously.
+- Ansible.ModuleUtils.LinkUtil - Ignore the ``LIB`` environment variable when loading the ``LinkUtil`` code
+- Ansible.ModuleUtils.SID - Use user principal name as is for lookup in the ``Convert-ToSID`` function - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77316
+- Detect package manager for Amazon Linux 2022 (AL2022) as dnf
+- Ensure the correct ``environment_class`` is set on ``AnsibleJ2Template``
+- Fix ``AttributeError`` when providing password file via ``--connection-password-file`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76530)
+- Fix ``end_play`` to end the current play only (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76672)
+- Fix collection filter/test plugin redirects (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77192).
+- Fix executing includes in the always section in the free strategy (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75642)
+- Fix for when templating empty template file resulted in file with string 'None' (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76610)
+- Fix help message for the 'ansible-galaxy collection verify' positional argument. The positional argument must be a collection name (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76087).
+- Fix module logging issue when using custom module on WSL2 (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76320)
+- Fix task debugger to work with ``run_once`` using ``linear`` strategy (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76049)
+- Fix traceback when installing a collection from a git repository and git is not installed (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77479).
+- Interpreter Discovery - Fallback to OS family if the distro is not found in ``INTERPRETER_PYTHON_DISTRO_MAP`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75560)
+- Interpreter discovery - Add ``RHEL`` to ``OS_FAMILY_MAP`` for correct family fallback for interpreter discovery (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77368)
+- Make include_role/include_tasks work with any_errors_fatal (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/50897)
+- Parser errors from within includes should not be rescueable (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/73657)
+- Templating - Ensure we catch exceptions when getting ``.filters`` and ``.tests`` attributes on their respective plugins and properly error, instead of aborting which results in no filters being added to the jinja2 environment
+- Trigger an undefined error when an undefined variable is detected within a dictionary and/or list (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/75587)
+- _run_loop - Add the task name to the warning (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76011)
+- ``Templar.copy_with_new_env`` - set the ``finalize`` method of the new ``Templar`` object for the new environment (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76379)
+- add_host/group_by: fix using changed_when in a loop (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/71627)
+- ansible-config avoid showing _terms and _input when --only-changed.
+- ansible-doc - Fix ansible-doc -l ansible.builtin / ansible.legacy not returning anything
+- ansible-doc - ignore plugin deprecation warnings (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75671)
+- ansible-galaxy - Add galaxy_collection_skeleton/galaxy_collection_skeleton_ignore configuration options
+- ansible-galaxy - Fix using the '--ignore-certs' option when there is no server-specific configuration for the Galaxy server.
+- ansible-galaxy - installing/downloading collections with invalid versions in git repositories and directories now gives a formatted error message (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76425, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75404).
+- ansible-galaxy - when installing a role properly raise an error when inaccessible path is specified multiple times in roles_path (e.g. via environment variable and command line option) (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76316)
+- ansible-galaxy collection build - Ignore any existing ``MANIFEST.json`` and ``FILES.json`` in the root directory when building a collection.
+- ansible-galaxy collection verify - display files/directories not included in the FILES.json as modified content.
+- ansible-galaxy publish - Fix warning and error detection in import messages to properly display them in Ansible
+- ansible-pull handle case where hostname and nodename are empty
+- ansible-test - Add default entry for Windows remotes to be used with unknown versions.
+- ansible-test - All virtual environments managed by ansible-test are marked as usable after being bootstrapped, to avoid errors caused by use of incomplete environments. Previously this was only done for sanity tests. Existing environments from previous versions of ansible-test will be recreated on demand due to lacking the new marker.
+- ansible-test - Automatic target requirements installation is now based on the target environment instead of the controller environment.
+- ansible-test - Correctly detect when running as the ``root`` user (UID 0) on the origin host. The result of the detection was incorrectly being inverted.
+- ansible-test - Don't fail if network cannot be disconnected (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77472)
+- ansible-test - Fix Python real prefix detection when running in a ``venv`` virtual environment.
+- ansible-test - Fix ``windows-integration`` and ``network-integration`` when used with the ``--docker`` option and user-provided inventory.
+- ansible-test - Fix installation and usage of ``pyyaml`` requirement for the ``import`` sanity test for collections.
+- ansible-test - Fix path to inventory file for ``windows-integration`` and ``network-integration`` commands for collections.
+- ansible-test - Fix plugin loading.
+- ansible-test - Fix skipping of tests marked ``needs/python`` on the origin host.
+- ansible-test - Fix skipping of tests marked ``needs/root`` on the origin host.
+- ansible-test - Fix the ``import`` sanity test to work properly when Ansible's built-in vendoring support is in use.
+- ansible-test - Fix the ``validate-modules`` sanity test to avoid double-loading the collection loader and possibly failing on import of the ``packaging`` module.
+- ansible-test - Fix traceback in ``import`` sanity test on Python 2.7 when ``pip`` is not available.
+- ansible-test - Fix traceback in the ``validate-modules`` sanity test when testing an Ansible module without any callables.
+- ansible-test - Fix traceback when running from an install and delegating execution to a different Python interpreter.
+- ansible-test - Fix traceback when using the ``--all`` option with PowerShell code coverage.
+- ansible-test - Fix type hints.
+- ansible-test - Import ``yaml.cyaml.CParser`` instead of ``_yaml.CParser`` in the ``yamllint`` sanity test.
+- ansible-test - Limit ``paramiko`` installation to versions before 2.9.0. This is required to maintain support for systems which do not support RSA SHA-2 algorithms.
+- ansible-test - Pylint Deprecated Plugin - Use correct message symbols when date or version is not a float or str (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77085)
+- ansible-test - Relocate constants to eliminate symlink.
+- ansible-test - Replace the directory portion of out-of-tree paths in JUnit files from integration tests with the ``out-of-tree:`` prefix.
+- ansible-test - Sanity tests run with the ``--requirements` option for Python 2.x now install ``virtualenv`` when it is missing or too old. Previously it was only installed if missing. Version 16.7.12 is now installed instead of the latest version.
+- ansible-test - Set the ``pytest`` option ``--rootdir`` instead of letting it be auto-detected.
+- ansible-test - Show an error message instead of a traceback when running outside of a supported directory.
+- ansible-test - Target integration test requirements are now correctly installed for target environments running on the controller.
+- ansible-test - The ``import`` sanity test no longer reports errors about ``packaging`` being missing when testing collections.
+- ansible-test - Update distribution test containers to version 3.1.0.
+- ansible-test - Update help links to reference ``ansible-core`` instead of ``ansible``.
+- ansible-test - Update unit tests to use the ``--forked`` option instead of the deprecated ``--boxed`` option.
+- ansible-test - Use https://ci-files.testing.ansible.com/ for instance bootstrapping instead of an S3 endpoint.
+- ansible-test - Use relative paths in JUnit files generated during integration test runs.
+- ansible-test - Use the correct variable to reference the client's SSH key when generating inventory.
+- ansible-test - Use the legacy collection loader for ``import`` sanity tests on target-only Python versions.
+- ansible-test - Virtual environments managed by ansible-test now use consistent versions of ``pip``, ``setuptools`` and ``wheel``. This avoids issues with virtual environments containing outdated or dysfunctional versions of these tools. The initial bootstrapping of ``pip`` is done by ansible-test from an HTTPS endpoint instead of creating the virtual environment with it already present.
+- ansible-test - fix a typo in validate-modules.
+- ansible-test - fixed support container failures (eg http-test-container) under podman
+- ansible-test compile sanity test - do not crash if a column could not be determined for an error (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77465).
+- ansible-test pslint - Fix error when encountering validation results that are highly nested - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/74151
+- ansible-vault encrypt_string - fix ``--output`` option to correctly write encrypted string into given file (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75101)
+- ansible.builtin.file modification_time supports check_mode
+- ansible_facts.devices - Fix parsing of device serial number detected via sg_inq for rhel8 (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75420)
+- apt - fails to deploy deb file to old debian systems using python-apt < 0.8.9 (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/47277)
+- async - Improve performance of sending async callback events by never sending the full task through the queue (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76729)
+- catch the case that cowsay is broken which would lead to missing output
+- cleaning facts will now only warn about the variable name and not post the content, which can be undesireable to disclose
+- collection_loader - Implement 'find_spec' and 'exec_module' to override deprecated importlib methods 'find_module' and 'load_module' when applicable (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/74660).
+- correctly inherit vars from parent in block (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75286).
+- default callback - Ensure we compare FQCN also in lockstep logic, to ensure using the FQCN of a strategy plugin triggers the correct behavior in the default callback plugin. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76782)
+- distribution - add EuroLinux to fact gathering (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/76624).
+- distribution - detect tencentos and gather correct facts on the distro.
+- dnf - ensure releasever is passed into libdnf as string (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77010)
+- extend timeout for ansible-galaxy when communicating with the galaxy server api, and apply it to all interactions with the api
+- facts - add support for deepin distro information detection (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77286).
+- first_found - fix to allow for spaces in file names (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77136)
+- gather_facts - Fact gathering now continues even if it fails to read a file
+- gather_facts action now handles the move of base connection plugin types into collections to add/prevent subset argument correctly
+- gather_facts/setup will not fail anymore if capsh is present but not executable
+- git module fix docs and proper use of ssh wrapper script and GIT_SSH_COMMAND depending on version.
+- git module is more consistent and clearer about which ssh options are added to git calls.
+- git module no longer uses wrapper script for ssh options.
+- hacking - fix incorrect usage of deprecated fish-shell redirection operators that failed to honor ``--quiet`` flag when sourced (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77180).
+- hostname - Do not require SystemdStrategy subclasses for every distro (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76792)
+- hostname - Fix Debian strategy KeyError, use `SystemdStrategy` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76124)
+- hostname - Update the systemd strategy in the ``hostname`` module to not interfere with NetworkManager (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76958)
+- hostname - add hostname support for openEuler distro (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/76619).
+- hostname - use ``file_get_content()`` to read the file containing the host name in the ``FileStrategy.get_permanent_hostname()`` method. This prevents a ``TypeError`` from being raised when the strategy is used (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77025).
+- include_vars, properly initialize variable as there is corner case in which it can end up referenced and not defined
+- inventory - parameterize ``disable_lookups`` in ``Constructable`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76769).
+- inventory manager now respects --flush-cache
+- junit callback - Fix traceback during automatic fact gathering when using relative paths.
+- junit callback - Fix unicode error when handling non-ASCII task paths.
+- module_utils.common.yaml - The ``SafeLoader``, ``SafeDumper`` and ``Parser`` classes now fallback to ``object`` when ``yaml`` is not available. This fixes tracebacks when inheriting from these classes without requiring a ``HAS_YAML`` guard around class definitions.
+- parameters - handle blank values when argument is a list (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77108).
+- play_context now compensates for when a conneciton sets the default to inventory_hostname but skips adding it to the vars.
+- playbook/strategy have more informative 'attribute' based errors for playbook objects and handlers.
+- python modules (new type) will now again prefer the specific python stated in the module's shebang instead of hardcoding to /usr/bin/python.
+- replace - Always return ``rc`` to ensure return values are consistent - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/71963
+- script - skip in check mode if the plugin cannot determine if a change will occur (i.e. neither `creates` or `removes` are provided).
+- service - Fixed handling of sleep arguments during service restarts on AIX. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76877)
+- service - Fixed service restarts with arguments on AIX. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76840)
+- service_facts module will now give more meaningful warnings when it fails to gather data.
+- set_fact/include_vars correctly handle delegation assignments within loops
+- setup - detect docker container with check for ./dockerenv or ./dockinit (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/74349).
+- shell/command - only return changed as True if the task has not been skipped.
+- shell/command - only skip in check mode if the options `creates` and `removes` are both None.
+- ssh connection - properly quote controlpersist path given by user to avoid issues with spaces and other characters
+- ssh connection avoid parsing ssh cli debug lines as they can match expected output at high verbosities.
+- ssh connection now uses more correct host source as play_context can ignore loop/delegation variations.
+- sudo become plugin, fix handling of non interactive flags, previous substitution was too naive
+- systemd - check if service is alias so it gets enabled (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75538).
+- systemd - check if service is indirect so it gets enabled (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76453).
+- task_executor reverts the change to push facts into delegated vars on loop finalization as result managing code already handles this and was duplicating effort to wrong result.
+- template lookup - restore inadvertently deleted default for ``convert_data`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77004)
+- to_json/to_nice_json filters defaults back to unvaulting/no unsafe packing.
+- unarchive - Fix zip archive file listing that caused issues with content postprocessing (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76067).
+- unarchive - Make extraction work when the LANGUAGE environment variable is set to a non-English locale.
+- unarchive - apply ``owner`` and ``group`` permissions to top folder (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/35426)
+- unarchive - include the original error when a handler cannot manage the archive (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/28977).
+- unarchive - the ``io_buffer_size`` option added in 2.12 was not accepted by the module (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77271).
+- urls - Allow ``ca_path`` to point to a bundle containing multiple PEM certs (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75015)
+- urls/uri - Address case where ``HTTPError`` isn't fully initialized due to the error, and is missing certain methods and attributes (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76386)
+- user - allow ``password_expiry_min`` and ``password_expiry_min`` to be set to ``0`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75017)
+- user - allow password min and max to be set at the same time (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75017)
+- user - update logic to check if user exists or not in MacOS.
+- validate_argument_spec - Skip suboption validation if the top level option is an invalid type (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75612).
+- vault - Warn instead of fail for missing vault IDs if at least one valid vault secret is found.
+- winrm - Ensure ``kinit`` is run with the same ``PATH`` env var as the Ansible process
+- yum - prevent storing unnecessary cache data by running `yum makecache fast` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76336)
+
+Known Issues
+------------
+
+- get_url - document ``check_mode`` correctly with unreliable changed status (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/65687).

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-ansible-core 2.14 "C'mon Everybody" Release Notes
-=================================================
-
-.. contents:: Topics
-
-
-v2.14.18
-========
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-| Release Date: 2024-11-04
-| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__
-
-
-Minor Changes
--------------
-
-- ansible-test - Improve container runtime probe error handling. When unexpected probe output is encountered, an error with more useful debugging information is provided.
-- ansible-test - Removed support for provisioning remote Windows 2012 and 2012-R2 instances.
-- ansible-test - Removed the ``vyos/1.1.8`` network remote as it is no longer functional.
-- ansible-test - Update ``pypi-test-container`` to version 3.1.0.
-
-Security Fixes
---------------
-
-- include_vars action - Ensure that result masking is correctly requested when vault-encrypted files are read. (CVE-2024-8775)
-- task result processing - Ensure that action-sourced result masking (``_ansible_no_log=True``) is preserved. (CVE-2024-8775)
-- user action won't allow ssh-keygen, chown and chmod to run on existing ssh public key file, avoiding traversal on existing symlinks (CVE-2024-9902).
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- user action will now require O(force) to overwrite the public part of an ssh key when generating ssh keys, as was already the case for the private part.
-
-v2.14.17
-========
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-| Release Date: 2024-05-20
-| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__
-
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- ansible-test - Automatically enable the PyPI proxy for the ``centos7`` container to restore the ability to use ``pip`` in that container.
-
-v2.14.16
-========
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-| Release Date: 2024-04-22
-| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__
-
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- 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).
-- winrm - Do not raise another exception during cleanup when a task is timed out - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81095
-
-v2.14.15
-========
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-| Release Date: 2024-03-25
-| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__
-
-
-Minor Changes
--------------
-
-- ansible-test - Add a work-around for permission denied errors when using ``pytest >= 8`` on multi-user systems with an installed version of ``ansible-test``.
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix an issue when setting a plugin name from an unsafe source resulted in ``ValueError: unmarshallable object`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82708)
-- ansible-test - The ``libexpat`` package is automatically upgraded during remote bootstrapping to maintain compatibility with newer Python packages.
-
-v2.14.14
-========
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-| Release Date: 2024-01-29
-| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__
-
-
-Minor Changes
--------------
-
-- ansible-test - Removed `freebsd/12.4` remote.
-
-Security Fixes
---------------
-
-- ANSIBLE_NO_LOG - Address issue where ANSIBLE_NO_LOG was ignored (CVE-2024-0690)
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- ``ansible-test sanity --test runtime-metadata`` - add ``action_plugin`` as a valid field for modules in the schema (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/82562).
-- ansible-galaxy role install - fix symlinks (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82702, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81965).
-- ansible-galaxy role install - normalize tarfile paths and symlinks using ``ansible.utils.path.unfrackpath`` and consider them valid as long as the realpath is in the tarfile's role directory (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81965).
-- unsafe data - Enable directly using ``AnsibleUnsafeText`` with Python ``pathlib`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82414)
-
-v2.14.13
-========
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-| Release Date: 2023-12-11
-| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__
-
-
-Minor Changes
--------------
-
-- ansible-test - Add FreeBSD 13.2 remote.
-- ansible-test - Removed `freebsd/13.1` remote.
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- unsafe data - Address an incompatibility when iterating or getting a single index from ``AnsibleUnsafeBytes``
-- unsafe data - Address an incompatibility with ``AnsibleUnsafeText`` and ``AnsibleUnsafeBytes`` when pickling with ``protocol=0``
-
-v2.14.12
-========
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-| Release Date: 2023-12-04
-| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__
-
-
-Minor Changes
--------------
-
-- ansible-test - Windows 2012 and 2012-R2 instances are now requested from Azure instead of AWS.
-
-Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
---------------------------------
-
-- assert - Nested templating may result in an inability for the conditional to be evaluated. See the porting guide for more information.
-
-Security Fixes
---------------
-
-- templating - Address issues where internal templating can cause unsafe variables to lose their unsafe designation (CVE-2023-5764)
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- ansible-pull now will expand relative paths for the ``-d|--directory`` option is now expanded before use.
-- ansible-test - Fix parsing of cgroup entries which contain a ``:`` in the path (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81977).
-
-v2.14.11
-========
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-| Release Date: 2023-10-09
-| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__
-
-
-Minor Changes
--------------
-
-- ansible-galaxy dependency resolution messages have changed the unexplained 'virtual' collection for the specific type ('scm', 'dir', etc) that is more user friendly
-
-Security Fixes
---------------
-
-- ansible-galaxy - Prevent roles from using symlinks to overwrite files outside of the installation directory (CVE-2023-5115)
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- PluginLoader - fix Jinja plugin performance issues (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79652)
-- ansible-galaxy error on dependency resolution will not error itself due to 'virtual' collections not having a name/namespace.
-- ansible-galaxy info - fix reporting no role found when lookup_role_by_name returns None.
-- winrm - Better handle send input failures when communicating with hosts under load
-
-v2.14.10
-========
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-| Release Date: 2023-09-11
-| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__
-
-
-Minor Changes
--------------
-
-- ansible-test — Replaced `freebsd/12.3` remote with `freebsd/12.4`. The former is no longer functional.
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- PowerShell - Remove some code which is no longer valid for dotnet 5+
-- ansible-galaxy - Enabled the ``data`` tarfile filter during role installation for Python versions that support it. A probing mechanism is used to avoid Python versions with a broken implementation.
-- ansible-test - Always use ansible-test managed entry points for ansible-core CLI tools when not running from source. This fixes issues where CLI entry points created during install are not compatible with ansible-test.
-- tarfile - handle data filter deprecation warning message for extract and extractall (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80832).
-
-v2.14.9
-=======
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-| Release Date: 2023-08-14
-| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__
-
-
-Minor Changes
--------------
-
-- Removed ``exclude`` and ``recursive-exclude`` commands for generated files from the ``MANIFEST.in`` file. These excludes were unnecessary since releases are expected to be built with a clean worktree.
-- Removed ``exclude`` commands for sanity test files from the ``MANIFEST.in`` file. These tests were previously excluded because they did not pass when run from an sdist. However, sanity tests are not expected to pass from an sdist, so excluding some (but not all) of the failing tests makes little sense.
-- Removed redundant ``include`` commands from the ``MANIFEST.in`` file. These includes either duplicated default behavior or another command.
-- The ``ansible-core`` sdist no longer contains pre-generated man pages. Instead, a ``packaging/cli-doc/build.py`` script is included in the sdist. This script can generate man pages and standalone RST documentation for ``ansible-core`` CLI programs.
-- The ``docs`` and ``examples`` directories are no longer included in the ``ansible-core`` sdist. These directories have been moved to the https://github.com/ansible/ansible-documentation repository.
-- The minimum required ``setuptools`` version is now 45.2.0, as it is the oldest version to support Python 3.10.
-- Use ``include`` where ``recursive-include`` is unnecessary in the ``MANIFEST.in`` file.
-- Use ``package_data`` instead of ``include_package_data`` for ``setup.cfg`` to avoid ``setuptools`` warnings.
-- ansible-test - Update the logic used to detect when ``ansible-test`` is running from source.
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Exclude internal options from man pages and docs.
-- Fix ``ansible-config init`` man page option indentation.
-- The ``ansible-config init`` command now has a documentation description.
-- The ``ansible-galaxy collection download`` command now has a documentation description.
-- The ``ansible-galaxy collection install`` command documentation is now visible (previously hidden by a decorator).
-- The ``ansible-galaxy collection verify`` command now has a documentation description.
-- The ``ansible-galaxy role install`` command documentation is now visible (previously hidden by a decorator).
-- The ``ansible-inventory`` command command now has a documentation description (previously used as the epilog).
-- Update module_utils.urls unit test to work with cryptography >= 41.0.0.
-- When generating man pages, use ``func`` to find the command function instead of looking it up by the command name.
-- ansible-test - Pre-build a PyYAML wheel before installing requirements to avoid a potential Cython build failure.
-- man page build - Sub commands of ``ansible-galaxy role`` and ``ansible-galaxy collection`` are now documented.
-
-v2.14.8
-=======
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-| Release Date: 2023-07-18
-| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__
-
-
-Minor Changes
--------------
-
-- Cache field attributes list on the playbook classes
-- Playbook objects - Replace deprecated stacked ``@classmethod`` and ``@property``
-- ansible-test - Use a context manager to perform cleanup at exit instead of using the built-in ``atexit`` module.
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- ansible-galaxy - Fix issue installing collections containing directories with more than 100 characters on python versions before 3.10.6
-
-v2.14.7
-=======
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-| Release Date: 2023-06-20
-| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__
-
-
-Minor Changes
--------------
-
-- Removed ``straight.plugin`` from the build and packaging requirements.
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- ansible-test - Fix a traceback that occurs when attempting to test Ansible source using a different ansible-test. A clear error message is now given when this scenario occurs.
-- ansible-test local change detection - use ``git merge-base <branch> HEAD`` instead of ``git merge-base --fork-point <branch>`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/79734).
-- man page build - Remove the dependency on the ``docs`` directory for building man pages.
-- uri - fix search for JSON type to include complex strings containing '+'
-
-v2.14.6
-=======
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-| Release Date: 2023-05-22
-| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__
-
-
-Minor Changes
--------------
-
-- ansible-test - Allow float values for the ``--timeout`` option to the ``env`` command. This simplifies testing.
-- ansible-test - Refactored ``env`` command logic and timeout handling.
-- ansible-test - Use ``datetime.datetime.now`` with ``tz`` specified instead of ``datetime.datetime.utcnow``.
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Display - Defensively configure writing to stdout and stderr with the replace encoding error handler that will replace invalid characters (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80258)
-- Properly disable ``jinja2_native`` in the template module when jinja2 override is used in the template (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80605)
-- ansible-galaxy - fix installing signed collections (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80648).
-- ansible-galaxy collection verify - fix verifying signed collections when the keyring is not configured.
-- ansible-test - Fix handling of timeouts exceeding one day.
-- ansible-test - Fix various cases where the test timeout could expire without terminating the tests.
-- ansible-test - When bootstrapping remote FreeBSD instances, use the OS packaged ``setuptools`` instead of installing the latest version from PyPI.
-- pep517 build backend - Copy symlinks when copying the source tree. This avoids tracebacks in various scenarios, such as when a venv is present in the source tree.
-
-v2.14.5
-=======
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-| Release Date: 2023-04-24
-| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__
-
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Windows - Display a warning if the module failed to cleanup any temporary files rather than failing the task. The warning contains a brief description of what failed to be deleted.
-- Windows - Ensure the module temp directory contains more unique values to avoid conflicts with concurrent runs - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80294
-- Windows - Improve temporary file cleanup used by modules. Will use a more reliable delete operation on Windows Server 2016 and newer to delete files that might still be open by other software like Anti Virus scanners. There are still scenarios where a file or directory cannot be deleted but the new method should work in more scenarios.
-- ansible-doc - stop generating wrong module URLs for module see-alsos. The URLs for modules in ansible.builtin do now work, and URLs for modules outside ansible.builtin are no longer added (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/80280).
-- ansible-galaxy - Improve retries for collection installs, to properly retry, and extend retry logic to common URL related connection errors (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80170 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80174)
-- ansible-galaxy - reduce API calls to servers by fetching signatures only for final candidates.
-- ansible-test - Add support for ``argcomplete`` version 3.
-- jinja2_native - fix intermittent 'could not find job' failures when a value of ``ansible_job_id`` from a result of an async task was inadvertently changed during execution; to prevent this a format of ``ansible_job_id`` was changed.
-- password lookup now correctly reads stored ident fields.
-- pep517 build backend - Use the documented ``import_module`` import from ``importlib``.
-- roles - Fix templating ``public``, ``allow_duplicates`` and ``rolespec_validate`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80304).
-- syntax check - Limit ``--syntax-check`` to ``ansible-playbook`` only, as that is the only CLI affected by this argument (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80506)
-
-v2.14.4
-=======
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-| Release Date: 2023-03-27
-| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__
-
-
-Minor Changes
--------------
-
-- ansible-test - Moved git handling out of the validate-modules sanity test and into ansible-test.
-- ansible-test - Removed the ``--keep-git`` sanity test option, which was limited to testing ansible-core itself.
-- ansible-test - Updated the Azure Pipelines CI plugin to work with newer versions of git.
-
-Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
---------------------------------
-
-- ansible-test - Integration tests which depend on specific file permissions when running in an ansible-test managed host environment may require changes. Tests that require permissions other than ``755`` or ``644`` may need to be updated to set the necessary permissions as part of the test run.
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix ``MANIFEST.in`` to exclude unwanted files in the ``packaging/`` directory.
-- Fix ``MANIFEST.in`` to include ``*.md`` files in the ``test/support/`` directory.
-- Fix an issue where the value of ``become`` was ignored when used on a role used as a dependency in ``main/meta.yml`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79777)
-- ``ansible_eval_concat`` - avoid redundant unsafe wrapping of templated strings converted to Python types
-- ansible-galaxy role info - fix unhandled AttributeError by catching the correct exception.
-- ansible-test - Always indicate the Python version being used before installing requirements. Resolves issue https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/72855
-- ansible-test - Exclude ansible-core vendored Python packages from ansible-test payloads.
-- ansible-test - Integration test target prefixes defined in a ``tests/integration/target-prefixes.{group}`` file can now contain an underscore (``_``) character. Resolves issue https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79225
-- ansible-test - Removed pointless comparison in diff evaluation logic.
-- ansible-test - Set ``PYLINTHOME`` for the ``pylint`` sanity test to prevent failures due to ``pylint`` checking for the existence of an obsolete home directory.
-- ansible-test - Support loading of vendored Python packages from ansible-core.
-- ansible-test - Use consistent file permissions when delegating tests to a container or remote host. Files with any execute bit set will use permissions ``755``. All other files will use permissions ``644``. (Resolves issue https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75079)
-- copy - fix creating the dest directory in check mode with remote_src=True (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78611).
-- copy - fix reporting changes to file attributes in check mode with remote_src=True (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77957).
-
-v2.14.3
-=======
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-| Release Date: 2023-02-27
-| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
-
-
-Minor Changes
--------------
-
-- Make using blocks as handlers a parser error (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79968)
-- ansible-test - Specify the configuration file location required by test plugins when the config file is not found. This resolves issue: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79411
-- ansible-test - Update error handling code to use Python 3.x constructs, avoiding direct use of ``errno``.
-- ansible-test acme test container - update version to update used Pebble version, underlying Python and Go base containers, and Python requirements (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/79783).
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Ansible.Basic.cs - Ignore compiler warning (reported as an error) when running under PowerShell 7.3.x.
-- Fix conditionally notifying ``include_tasks` handlers when ``force_handlers`` is used (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79776)
-- TaskExecutor - don't ignore templated _raw_params that k=v parser failed to parse (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79862)
-- ansible-galaxy - fix installing collections in git repositories/directories which contain a MANIFEST.json file (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79796).
-- ansible-test - Support Podman 4.4.0+ by adding the ``SYS_CHROOT`` capability when running containers.
-- ansible-test - fix warning message about failing to run an image to include the image name
-- strategy plugins now correctly identify bad registered variables, even on skip.
-
-v2.14.2
-=======
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-| Release Date: 2023-01-30
-| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
-
-
-Major Changes
--------------
-
-- ansible-test - Docker Desktop on WSL2 is now supported (additional configuration required).
-- ansible-test - Docker and Podman are now supported on hosts with cgroup v2 unified. Previously only cgroup v1 and cgroup v2 hybrid were supported.
-- ansible-test - Podman now works on container hosts without systemd. Previously only some containers worked, while others required rootfull or rootless Podman, but would not work with both. Some containers did not work at all.
-- ansible-test - Podman on WSL2 is now supported.
-- ansible-test - When additional cgroup setup is required on the container host, this will be automatically detected. Instructions on how to configure the host will be provided in the error message shown.
-
-Minor Changes
--------------
-
-- ansible-test - A new ``audit`` option is available when running custom containers. This option can be used to indicate whether a container requires the AUDIT_WRITE capability. The default is ``required``, which most containers will need when using Podman. If necessary, the ``none`` option can be used to opt-out of the capability. This has no effect on Docker, which always provides the capability.
-- ansible-test - A new ``cgroup`` option is available when running custom containers. This option can be used to indicate a container requires cgroup v1 or that it does not use cgroup. The default behavior assumes the container works with cgroup v2 (as well as v1).
-- ansible-test - Additional log details are shown when containers fail to start or SSH connections to containers fail.
-- ansible-test - Connection failures to remote provisioned hosts now show failure details as a warning.
-- ansible-test - Containers included with ansible-test no longer disable seccomp by default.
-- ansible-test - Failure to connect to a container over SSH now results in a clear error. Previously tests would be attempted even after initial connection attempts failed.
-- ansible-test - Integration tests can be excluded from retries triggered by the ``--retry-on-error`` option by adding the ``retry/never`` alias. This is useful for tests that cannot pass on a retry or are too slow to make retries useful.
-- ansible-test - More details are provided about an instance when provisioning fails.
-- ansible-test - Reduce the polling limit for SSHD startup in containers from 60 retries to 10. The one second delay between retries remains in place.
-- ansible-test - SSH connections from OpenSSH 8.8+ to CentOS 6 containers now work without additional configuration. However, clients older than OpenSSH 7.0 can no longer connect to CentOS 6 containers as a result. The container must have ``centos6`` in the image name for this work-around to be applied.
-- ansible-test - SSH shell connections from OpenSSH 8.8+ to ansible-test provisioned network instances now work without additional configuration. However, clients older than OpenSSH 7.0 can no longer open shell sessions for ansible-test provisioned network instances as a result.
-- ansible-test - The ``ansible-test env`` command now detects and reports the container ID if running in a container.
-- ansible-test - Unit tests now support network disconnect by default when running under Podman. Previously this feature only worked by default under Docker.
-- ansible-test - Use ``stop --time 0`` followed by ``rm`` to remove ephemeral containers instead of ``rm -f``. This speeds up teardown of ephemeral containers.
-- ansible-test - Warnings are now shown when using containers that were built with VOLUME instructions.
-- ansible-test - When setting the max open files for containers, the container host's limit will be checked. If the host limit is lower than the preferred value, it will be used and a warning will be shown.
-- ansible-test - When using Podman, ansible-test will detect if the loginuid used in containers is incorrect. When this occurs a warning is displayed and the container is run with the AUDIT_CONTROL capability. Previously containers would fail under this situation, with no useful warnings or errors given.
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Correctly count rescued tasks in play recap (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79711)
-- Fix traceback when using the ``template`` module and running with ``ANSIBLE_DEBUG=1`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79763)
-- Fix using ``GALAXY_IGNORE_CERTS`` in conjunction with collections in requirements files which specify a specific ``source`` that isn't in the configured servers.
-- Fix using ``GALAXY_IGNORE_CERTS`` when downloading tarballs from Galaxy servers (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79557).
-- Module and role argument validation - include the valid suboption choices in the error when an invalid suboption is provided.
-- ansible-doc now will correctly display short descriptions on listing filters/tests no matter the directory sorting.
-- ansible-inventory will not explicitly sort groups/hosts anymore, giving a chance (depending on output format) to match the order in the input sources.
-- ansible-test - Added a work-around for a traceback under Python 3.11 when completing certain command line options.
-- ansible-test - Avoid using ``exec`` after container startup when possible. This improves container startup performance and avoids intermittent startup issues with some old containers.
-- ansible-test - Connection attempts to managed remote instances no longer abort on ``Permission denied`` errors.
-- ansible-test - Detection for running in a Podman or Docker container has been fixed to detect more scenarios. The new detection relies on ``/proc/self/mountinfo`` instead of ``/proc/self/cpuset``. Detection now works with custom cgroups and private cgroup namespaces.
-- ansible-test - Fix validate-modules error when retrieving PowerShell argspec when retrieved inside a Cmdlet
-- ansible-test - Handle server errors when executing the ``docker info`` command.
-- ansible-test - Multiple containers now work under Podman without specifying the ``--docker-network`` option.
-- ansible-test - Pass the ``XDG_RUNTIME_DIR`` environment variable through to container commands.
-- ansible-test - Perform PyPI proxy configuration after instances are ready and bootstrapping has been completed. Only target instances are affected, as controller instances were already handled this way. This avoids proxy configuration errors when target instances are not yet ready for use.
-- ansible-test - Prevent concurrent / repeat inspections of the same container image.
-- ansible-test - Prevent concurrent / repeat pulls of the same container image.
-- ansible-test - Prevent concurrent execution of cached methods.
-- ansible-test - Show the exception type when reporting errors during instance provisioning.
-- ansible-test sanity - correctly report invalid YAML in validate-modules (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75837).
-- argument spec validation - again report deprecated parameters for Python-based modules. This was accidentally removed in ansible-core 2.11 when argument spec validation was refactored (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79680, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/79681).
-- argument spec validation - ensure that deprecated aliases in suboptions are also reported (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/79740).
-- argument spec validation - fix warning message when two aliases of the same option are used for suboptions to also mention the option's name they are in (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/79740).
-- connection local now avoids traceback on invalid user being used to execuet ansible (valid in host, but not in container).
-- file - touch action in check mode was always returning ok. Fix now evaluates the different conditions and returns the appropriate changed status. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79360)
-- get_url - Ensure we are passing ciphers to all url_get calls (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79717)
-- plugin filter now works with rejectlist as documented (still falls back to blacklist if used).
-- uri - improve JSON content type detection
-
-Known Issues
-------------
-
-- ansible-test - Additional configuration may be required for certain container host and container combinations. Further details are available in the testing documentation.
-- ansible-test - Custom containers with ``VOLUME`` instructions may be unable to start, when previously the containers started correctly. Remove the ``VOLUME`` instructions to resolve the issue. Containers with this condition will cause ``ansible-test`` to emit a warning.
-- ansible-test - Systems with Podman networking issues may be unable to run containers, when previously the issue went unreported. Correct the networking issues to continue using ``ansible-test`` with Podman.
-- ansible-test - Using Docker on systems with SELinux may require setting SELinux to permissive mode. Podman should work with SELinux in enforcing mode.
-
-v2.14.1
-=======
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-| Release Date: 2022-12-06
-| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
-
-
-Minor Changes
--------------
-
-- ansible-test - Improve consistency of executed ``pylint`` commands by making the plugins ordered.
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fixes leftover _valid_attrs usage.
-- ansible-galaxy - make initial call to Galaxy server on-demand only when installing, getting info about, and listing roles.
-- copy module will no longer move 'non files' set as src when remote_src=true.
-- display - reduce risk of post-fork output deadlocks (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/79522)
-- jinja2_native: preserve quotes in strings (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79083)
-- updated error messages to include 'acl' and not just mode changes when failing to set required permissions on remote.
-
-v2.14.0
-=======
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-| Release Date: 2022-11-07
-| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
-
-
-Major Changes
--------------
-
-- Move handler processing into new ``PlayIterator`` phase to use the configured strategy (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/65067)
-- ansible - At startup the filesystem encoding and locale are checked to verify they are UTF-8. If not, the process exits with an error reporting the errant encoding.
-- ansible - Increase minimum Python requirement to Python 3.9 for CLI utilities and controller code
-- ansible-test - At startup the filesystem encoding is checked to verify it is UTF-8. If not, the process exits with an error reporting the errant encoding.
-- ansible-test - At startup the locale is configured as ``en_US.UTF-8``, with a fallback to ``C.UTF-8``. If neither encoding is available the process exits with an error. If the fallback is used, a warning is displayed. In previous versions the ``en_US.UTF-8`` locale was always requested. However, no startup checking was performed to verify the locale was successfully configured.
-
-Minor Changes
--------------
-
-- Add a new "INVENTORY_UNPARSED_WARNING" flag add to hide the "No inventory was parsed, only implicit localhost is available" warning
-- Add an 'action_plugin' field for modules in runtime.yml plugin_routing.
-
-  This fixes module_defaults by supporting modules-as-redirected-actions
-  without redirecting module_defaults entries to the common action.
-
-  .. code: yaml
-
-     plugin_routing:
-       action:
-         facts:
-           redirect: ns.coll.eos
-         command:
-           redirect: ns.coll.eos
-       modules:
-         facts:
-           redirect: ns.coll.eos_facts
-         command:
-           redirect: ns.coll.eos_command
-
-  With the runtime.yml above for ns.coll, a task such as
-
-  .. code: yaml
-
-     - hosts: all
-       module_defaults:
-         ns.coll.eos_facts: {'valid_for_eos_facts': 'value'}
-         ns.coll.eos_command: {'not_valid_for_eos_facts': 'value'}
-       tasks:
-         - ns.coll.facts:
-
-  will end up with defaults for eos_facts and eos_command
-  since both modules redirect to the same action.
-
-  To select an action plugin for a module without merging
-  module_defaults, define an action_plugin field for the resolved
-  module in the runtime.yml.
-
-  .. code: yaml
-
-     plugin_routing:
-       modules:
-         facts:
-           redirect: ns.coll.eos_facts
-           action_plugin: ns.coll.eos
-         command:
-           redirect: ns.coll.eos_command
-           action_plugin: ns.coll.eos
-
-  The action_plugin field can be a redirected action plugin, as
-  it is resolved normally.
-
-  Using the modified runtime.yml, the example task will only use
-  the ns.coll.eos_facts defaults.
-- Add support for parsing ``-a`` module options as JSON and not just key=value arguments - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78112
-- Added Kylin Linux Advanced Server OS in RedHat OS Family.
-- Allow ``when`` conditionals to be used on ``flush_handlers`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77616)
-- Allow meta tasks to be used as handlers.
-- Display - The display class will now proxy calls to Display.display via the queue from forks/workers to be handled by the parent process for actual display. This reduces some reliance on the fork start method and improves reliability of displaying messages.
-- Jinja version test - Add pep440 version_type for version test. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78288)
-- Loops - Add new ``loop_control.extended_allitems`` to allow users to disable tracking all loop items for each loop (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75216)
-- NetBSD - Add uptime_seconds fact
-- Provide a `utc` option for strftime to show time in UTC rather than local time
-- Raise a proper error when ``include_role`` or ``import_role`` is used as a handler.
-- Remove the ``AnsibleContext.resolve`` method as its override is not necessary. Furthermore the ability to override the ``resolve`` method was deprecated in Jinja 3.0.0 and removed in Jinja 3.1.0.
-- Utilize @classmethod and @property together to form classproperty (Python 3.9) to access field attributes of a class
-- ``LoopControl`` is now templated through standard ``post_validate`` method (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/75715)
-- ``ansible-galaxy collection install`` - add an ``--offline`` option to prevent querying distribution servers (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77443).
-- ansible - Add support for Python 3.11 to Python interpreter discovery.
-- ansible - At startup the stdin/stdout/stderr file handles are checked to verify they are using blocking IO. If not, the process exits with an error reporting which file handle(s) are using non-blocking IO.
-- ansible-config adds JSON and YAML output formats for list and dump actions.
-- ansible-connection now supports verbosity directly on cli
-- ansible-console added 'collections' command to match playbook keyword.
-- ansible-doc - remove some of the manual formatting, and use YAML more uniformly. This in particular means that ``true`` and ``false`` are used for boolean values, instead of ``True`` and ``False`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/78668).
-- ansible-galaxy - Support resolvelib versions 0.6.x, 0.7.x, and 0.8.x. The full range of supported versions is now >= 0.5.3, < 0.9.0.
-- ansible-galaxy now supports a user defined timeout,  instead of existing hardcoded 60s (now the default).
-- ansible-test - Add FreeBSD 13.1 remote support.
-- ansible-test - Add RHEL 9.0 remote support.
-- ansible-test - Add support for Python 3.11.
-- ansible-test - Add support for RHEL 8.6 remotes.
-- ansible-test - Add support for Ubuntu VMs using the ``--remote`` option.
-- ansible-test - Add support for exporting inventory with ``ansible-test shell --export {path}``.
-- ansible-test - Add support for multi-arch remotes.
-- ansible-test - Add support for provisioning Alpine 3.16 remote instances.
-- ansible-test - Add support for provisioning Fedora 36 remote instances.
-- ansible-test - Add support for provisioning Ubuntu 20.04 remote instances.
-- ansible-test - Add support for provisioning remotes which require ``doas`` for become.
-- ansible-test - Add support for running non-interactive commands with ``ansible-test shell``.
-- ansible-test - Alpine remotes now use ``sudo`` for tests, using ``doas`` only for bootstrapping.
-- ansible-test - An improved error message is shown when the download of a pip bootstrap script fails. The download now uses ``urllib2`` instead of ``urllib`` on Python 2.
-- ansible-test - Avoid using the ``mock_use_standalone_module`` setting for unit tests running on Python 3.8 or later.
-- ansible-test - Become support for remote instance provisioning is no longer tied to a fixed list of platforms.
-- ansible-test - Blocking mode is now enforced for stdin, stdout and stderr. If any of these are non-blocking then ansible-test will exit during startup with an error.
-- ansible-test - Distribution specific test containers are now multi-arch, supporting both x86_64 and aarch64.
-- ansible-test - Distribution specific test containers no longer contain a ``/etc/ansible/hosts`` file.
-- ansible-test - Enable loading of ``coverage`` data files created by older supported ansible-test releases.
-- ansible-test - Fedora 36 has been added as a test container.
-- ansible-test - FreeBSD remotes now use ``sudo`` for tests, using ``su`` only for bootstrapping.
-- ansible-test - Improve consistency of output messages by using stdout or stderr for most output, but not both.
-- ansible-test - Improve consistency of version specific documentation links.
-- ansible-test - Remote Alpine instances now have the ``acl`` package installed.
-- ansible-test - Remote Fedora instances now have the ``acl`` package installed.
-- ansible-test - Remote FreeBSD instances now have ACLs enabled on the root filesystem.
-- ansible-test - Remote Ubuntu instances now have the ``acl`` package installed.
-- ansible-test - Remove Fedora 34 test container.
-- ansible-test - Remove Fedora 35 test container.
-- ansible-test - Remove FreeBSD 13.0 remote support.
-- ansible-test - Remove RHEL 8.5 remote support.
-- ansible-test - Remove Ubuntu 18.04 test container.
-- ansible-test - Remove support for Python 2.7 on provisioned FreeBSD instances.
-- ansible-test - Remove support for Python 3.8 on the controller.
-- ansible-test - Remove the ``opensuse15py2`` container.
-- ansible-test - Support multiple pinned versions of the ``coverage`` module. The version used now depends on the Python version in use.
-- ansible-test - Test containers have been updated to remove the ``VOLUME`` instruction.
-- ansible-test - The Alpine 3 test container has been updated to Alpine 3.16.0.
-- ansible-test - The ``http-test-container`` container is now multi-arch, supporting both x86_64 and aarch64.
-- ansible-test - The ``pypi-test-container`` container is now multi-arch, supporting both x86_64 and aarch64.
-- ansible-test - The ``shell`` command can be used outside a collection if no controller delegation is required.
-- ansible-test - The openSUSE test container has been updated to openSUSE Leap 15.4.
-- ansible-test - Ubuntu 22.04 has been added as a test container.
-- ansible-test - Update ``base`` and ``default`` containers to include Python 3.11.0.
-- ansible-test - Update ``default`` containers to include new ``docs-build`` sanity test requirements.
-- ansible-test - Update pinned sanity test requirements for all tests.
-- ansible-test - Update the ``base`` container to 3.4.0.
-- ansible-test - Update the ``default`` containers to 6.6.0.
-- ansible-test validate-modules - Added support for validating module documentation stored in a sidecar file alongside the module (``{module}.yml`` or ``{module}.yaml``). Previously these files were ignored and documentation had to be placed in ``{module}.py``.
-- apt_repository remove dependency on apt-key and use gpg + /usr/share/keyrings directly instead
-- apt_repository will use the trust repo directories in order of preference (more appropriate to less) as they exist on the target.
-- blockinfile - The presence of the multiline flag (?m) in the regular expression for insertafter opr insertbefore controls whether the match is done line by line or with multiple lines (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/75090).
-- calls to listify_lookup_plugin_terms in core do not pass in loader/dataloader anymore.
-- collections - ``ansible-galaxy collection build`` can now utilize ``MANIFEST.in`` style directives from ``galaxy.yml`` instead of ``build_ignore`` effectively inverting the logic from include by default, to exclude by default. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/78422)
-- config manager, move templating into main query function in config instead of constants
-- config manager, remove updates to configdata as it is mostly unused
-- configuration entry INTERPRETER_PYTHON_DISTRO_MAP is now 'private' and won't show up in normal configuration queries and docs, since it is not 'settable' this avoids user confusion.
-- distribution - add distribution_minor_version for Debian Distro (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/74481).
-- documentation construction now gives more information on error.
-- facts - add OSMC to Debian os_family mapping
-- get_url - permit to pass to parameter ``checksum`` an URL pointing to a file containing only a checksum (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/54390).
-- new tests url, uri and urn will verify string as such, but they don't check existance of the resource
-- plugin loader - add ansible_name and ansible_aliases attributes to plugin objects/classes.
-- systemd is now systemd_service to better reflect the scope of the module, systemd is kept as an alias for backwards compatibility.
-- templating - removed internal template cache
-- uri - cleanup write_file method, remove overkill safety checks and report any exception, change shutilcopyfile to use module.atomic_move
-- urls - Add support to specify SSL/TLS ciphers to use during a request (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78633)
-- validate-modules - Allow ``type: raw`` on a module return type definition for values that have a dynamic type
-- version output now includes the path to the python executable that Ansible is running under
-- yum_repository - do not give the ``async`` parameter a default value anymore, since this option is deprecated in RHEL 8. This means that ``async = 1`` won't be added to repository files if omitted, but it can still be set explicitly if needed.
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-Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
---------------------------------
-
-- Allow for lazy evaluation of Jinja2 expressions (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/56017)
-- The default ansible-galaxy role skeletons no longer contain .travis.yml files. You can configure ansible-galaxy to use a custom role skeleton that contains a .travis.yml file to continue using Galaxy's integration with Travis CI.
-- ansible - At startup the filesystem encoding and locale are checked to verify they are UTF-8. If not, the process exits with an error reporting the errant encoding.
-- ansible - Increase minimum Python requirement to Python 3.9 for CLI utilities and controller code
-- ansible-test - At startup the filesystem encoding is checked to verify it is UTF-8. If not, the process exits with an error reporting the errant encoding.
-- ansible-test - At startup the locale is configured as ``en_US.UTF-8``, with a fallback to ``C.UTF-8``. If neither encoding is available the process exits with an error. If the fallback is used, a warning is displayed. In previous versions the ``en_US.UTF-8`` locale was always requested. However, no startup checking was performed to verify the locale was successfully configured.
-- ansible-test validate-modules - Removed the ``missing-python-doc`` error code in validate modules, ``missing-documentation`` is used instead for missing PowerShell module documentation.
-- strategy plugins - Make ``ignore_unreachable`` to increase ``ignored`` and ``ok`` and  counter, not ``skipped`` and ``unreachable``. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77690)
-
-Deprecated Features
--------------------
-
-- Deprecate ability of lookup plugins to return arbitrary data. Lookup plugins must return lists, failing to do so will be an error in 2.18. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77788)
-- Encryption - Deprecate use of the Python crypt module due to it's impending removal from Python 3.13
-- PlayContext.verbosity is deprecated and will be removed in 2.18. Use ansible.utils.display.Display().verbosity as the single source of truth.
-- ``DEFAULT_FACT_PATH``, ``DEFAULT_GATHER_SUBSET`` and ``DEFAULT_GATHER_TIMEOUT`` are deprecated and will be removed in 2.18. Use ``module_defaults`` keyword instead.
-- ``PlayIterator`` - deprecate ``cache_block_tasks`` and ``get_original_task`` which are noop and unused.
-- ``Templar`` - deprecate ``shared_loader_obj`` option which is unused. ``ansible.plugins.loader`` is used directly instead.
-- listify_lookup_plugin_terms, deprecate 'loader/dataloader' parameter as it not used.
-- vars plugins - determining whether or not to run ansible.legacy vars plugins with the class attribute REQUIRES_WHITELIST is deprecated, set REQUIRES_ENABLED instead.
-
-Removed Features (previously deprecated)
-----------------------------------------
-
-- PlayIterator - remove deprecated ``PlayIterator.ITERATING_*`` and ``PlayIterator.FAILED_*``
-- Remove deprecated ``ALLOW_WORLD_READABLE_TMPFILES`` configuration option (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77393)
-- Remove deprecated ``COMMAND_WARNINGS`` configuration option (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77394)
-- Remove deprecated ``DISPLAY_SKIPPED_HOSTS`` environment variable (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77396)
-- Remove deprecated ``LIBVIRT_LXC_NOSECLABEL`` environment variable (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77395)
-- Remove deprecated ``NETWORK_GROUP_MODULES`` environment variable (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77397)
-- Remove deprecated ``UnsafeProxy``
-- Remove deprecated ``plugin_filters_cfg`` config option from ``default`` section (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77398)
-- Remove deprecated functionality that allows loading cache plugins directly without using ``cache_loader``.
-- Remove deprecated functionality that allows subclassing ``DefaultCallback`` without the corresponding ``doc_fragment``.
-- Remove deprecated powershell functions ``Load-CommandUtils`` and ``Import-PrivilegeUtil``
-- apt_key - remove deprecated ``key`` module param
-- command/shell - remove deprecated ``warn`` module param
-- get_url - remove deprecated ``sha256sum`` module param
-- import_playbook - remove deprecated functionality that allows providing additional parameters in free form
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- "meta: refresh_inventory" does not clobber entries added by add_host/group_by anymore.
-- Add PyYAML >= 5.1 as a dependency of ansible-core to be compatible with Python 3.8+.
-- Avoid 'unreachable' error when chmod on AIX has 255 as return code.
-- BSD network facts - Do not assume column indexes, look for ``netmask`` and ``broadcast`` for determining the correct columns when parsing ``inet`` line (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79117)
-- Bug fix for when handlers were ran on failed hosts after an ``always`` section was executed (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/52561)
-- Do not allow handlers from dynamic includes to be notified (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/78399)
-- Do not crash when templating an expression with a test or filter that is not a valid Ansible filter name (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78912, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/78913).
-- Ensure handlers observe ``any_errors_fatal`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/46447)
-- Ensure syntax check errors include playbook filenames
-- Ensure the correct ``environment_class`` is set on ``AnsibleJ2Template``
-- Error for collection redirects that do not use fully qualified collection names, as the redirect would be determined by the ``collections`` keyword.
-- Fix PluginLoader to mimic Python import machinery by adding module to sys.modules before exec
-- Fix ``-vv`` output for meta tasks to not have an empty message when skipped, print the skip reason instead. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77315)
-- Fix an issue where ``ansible_play_hosts`` and ``ansible_play_batch`` were not properly updated when a failure occured in an explicit block inside the rescue section (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78612)
-- Fix dnf module documentation to indicate that comparison operators for package version require spaces around them (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78295)
-- Fix for linear strategy when tasks were executed in incorrect order or even removed from execution. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/64611, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/64999, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/72725, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/72781)
-- Fix for network_cli not getting all relevant connection options
-- Fix handlers execution with ``serial`` in the ``linear`` strategy (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/54991)
-- Fix potential, but unlikely, cases of variable use before definition.
-- Fix reusing a connection in a task loop that uses a redirected or aliased name - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78425
-- Fix setting become activation in a task loop - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78425
-- Fix traceback when installing a collection from a git repository and git is not installed (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77479).
-- GALAXY_IGNORE_CERTS reworked to allow each server entry to override
-- More gracefully handle separator errors in jinja2 template overrides (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77495).
-- Move undefined check from concat to finalize (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78156)
-- Prevent losing unsafe on results returned from lookups (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77535)
-- Propagate ``ansible_failed_task`` and ``ansible_failed_result`` to an outer rescue (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/43191)
-- Properly execute rescue section when an include task fails in all loop iterations (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/23161)
-- Properly send a skipped message when a list in a ``loop`` is empty and comes from a template (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77934)
-- Support colons in jinja2 template override values (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77495).
-- ``ansible-galaxy`` - remove extra server api call during dependency resolution for requirements and dependencies that are already satisfied (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77443).
-- `ansible-config init -f vars` will now use shorthand format
-- action plugins now pass cannonical info to modules instead of 'temporary' info from play_context
-- ansible - Exclude Python 2.6 from Python interpreter discovery.
-- ansible-config dump - Only display plugin type headers when plugin options are changed if --only-changed is specified.
-- ansible-config limit shorthand format to assigned values
-- ansible-configi init should now skip internal reserved config entries
-- ansible-connection - decrypt vaulted parameters before sending over the socket, as vault secrets are not available on the other side.
-- ansible-console - Renamed the first argument of ``ConsoleCLI.default`` from ``arg`` to ``line`` to match the first argument of the same method on the base class ``Cmd``.
-- ansible-console commands now all have a help entry.
-- ansible-console fixed to load modules via fqcn, short names and handle redirects.
-- ansible-console now shows installed collection modules.
-- ansible-doc - fix listing plugins.
-- ansible-doc will not add 'website for' in ":ref:" substitutions as it made them confusing.
-- ansible-doc will not again warn and skip when missing docs, always show the doc file (for edit on github) and match legacy plugins.
-- ansible-doc will not traceback when legacy plugins don't have docs nor adjacent file with docs
-- ansible-doc will now also display until as an 'implicit' templating keyword.
-- ansible-doc will now not display version_added_collection under same conditions it does not display version_added.
-- ansible-galaxy - Fix detection of ``--role-file`` in arguments for implicit role invocation (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78204)
-- ansible-galaxy - Fix exit codes for role search and delete (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78516)
-- ansible-galaxy - Fix loading boolean server options so False doesn't become a truthy string (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77416).
-- ansible-galaxy - Fix reinitializing the whole collection directory with ``ansible-galaxy collection init ns.coll --force``. Now directories and files that are not included in the collection skeleton will be removed.
-- ansible-galaxy - Fix unhandled traceback if a role's dependencies in meta/main.yml or meta/requirements.yml are not lists.
-- ansible-galaxy - do not require mandatory keys in the ``galaxy.yml`` of source collections when listing them (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/70180).
-- ansible-galaxy - fix installing collections that have dependencies in the metadata set to null instead of an empty dictionary (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77560).
-- ansible-galaxy - fix listing collections that contains metadata but the namespace or name are not strings.
-- ansible-galaxy - fix missing meta/runtime.yml in default galaxy skeleton used for ansible-galaxy collection init
-- ansible-galaxy - fix setting the cache for paginated responses from Galaxy NG/AH (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77911).
-- ansible-galaxy - handle unsupported versions of resolvelib gracefully.
-- ansible-galaxy --ignore-certs now has proper precedence over configuration
-- ansible-test - Add ``wheel < 0.38.0`` constraint for Python 3.6 and earlier.
-- ansible-test - Allow disabled, unsupported, unstable and destructive integration test targets to be selected using their respective prefixes.
-- ansible-test - Allow unstable tests to run when targeted changes are made and the ``--allow-unstable-changed`` option is specified (resolves https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/74213).
-- ansible-test - Always remove containers after failing to create/run them. This avoids leaving behind created containers when using podman.
-- ansible-test - Correctly detect when running as the ``root`` user (UID 0) on the origin host. The result of the detection was incorrectly being inverted.
-- ansible-test - Delegation for commands which generate output for programmatic consumption no longer redirect all output to stdout. The affected commands and options are ``shell``, ``sanity --lint``, ``sanity --list-tests``, ``integration --list-targets``, ``coverage analyze``
-- ansible-test - Delegation now properly handles arguments given after ``--`` on the command line.
-- ansible-test - Don't fail if network cannot be disconnected (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77472)
-- ansible-test - Fix bootstrapping of Python 3.9 on Ubuntu 20.04 remotes.
-- ansible-test - Fix broken documentation link for ``aws`` test plugin error messages.
-- ansible-test - Fix change detection for ansible-test's own integration tests.
-- ansible-test - Fix internal validation of remote completion configuration.
-- ansible-test - Fix skipping of tests marked ``needs/python`` on the origin host.
-- ansible-test - Fix skipping of tests marked ``needs/root`` on the origin host.
-- ansible-test - Prevent ``--target-`` prefixed options for the ``shell`` command from being combined with legacy environment options.
-- ansible-test - Sanity test output with the ``--lint`` option is no longer mixed in with bootstrapping output.
-- ansible-test - Subprocesses are now isolated from the stdin, stdout and stderr of ansible-test. This avoids issues with subprocesses tampering with the file descriptors, such as SSH making them non-blocking. As a result of this change, subprocess output from unit and integration tests on stderr now go to stdout.
-- ansible-test - Subprocesses no longer have access to the TTY ansible-test is connected to, if any. This maintains consistent behavior between local testing and CI systems, which typically do not provide a TTY. Tests which require a TTY should use pexpect or another mechanism to create a PTY.
-- ansible-test - Temporary executables are now verified as executable after creation. Without this check, path injected scripts may not be found, typically on systems with ``/tmp`` mounted using the "noexec" option. This can manifest as a missing Python interpreter, or use of the wrong Python interpreter, as well as other error conditions.
-- ansible-test - Test configuration for collections is now parsed only once, prior to delegation. Fixes issue: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78334
-- ansible-test - Test containers are now run with the ``--tmpfs`` option for ``/tmp``, ``/run`` and ``/run/lock``. This allows use of containers built without the ``VOLUME`` instruction. Additionally, containers with those volumes defined no longer create anonymous volumes for them. This avoids leaving behind volumes on the container host after the container is stopped and deleted.
-- ansible-test - The ``shell`` command no longer redirects all output to stdout when running a provided command. Any command output written to stderr will be mixed with the stderr output from ansible-test.
-- ansible-test - The ``shell`` command no longer requests a TTY when using delegation unless an interactive shell is being used. An interactive shell is the default behavior when no command is given to pass to the shell.
-- ansible-test - Update the ``pylint`` sanity test requirements to resolve crashes on Python 3.11. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78882)
-- ansible-test - Update the ``pylint`` sanity test to use version 2.15.4.
-- ansible-test - Update the ``pylint`` sanity test to use version 2.15.5.
-- ansible-test - ansible-doc sanity test - Correctly determine the fully-qualified collection name for plugins in subdirectories, resolving https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78490.
-- ansible-test - validate-modules - Documentation-only modules, used for documenting actions, are now allowed to have docstrings (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77972).
-- ansible-test compile sanity test - do not crash if a column could not be determined for an error (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77465).
-- apt - Fix module failure when a package is not installed and only_upgrade=True. Skip that package and check the remaining requested packages for upgrades. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78762)
-- apt - don't actually update the cache in check mode with update_cache=true.
-- apt - don't mark existing packages as manually installed in check mode (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/66413).
-- apt - fix package selection to include /etc/apt/preferences(.d) (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77969)
-- apt module now correctly handles virtual packages.
-- apt module should not traceback on invalid type given as package. issue 78663.
-- arg_spec - Fix incorrect ``no_log`` warning when a parameter alias is used (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77576)
-- callback plugins - do not crash when ``exception`` passed from a module is not a string (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75726, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77781).
-- cli now emits clearer error on no hosts selected
-- config, ensure that pulling values from configmanager are templated if possible.
-- display itself should be single source of 'verbosity' level to the engine.
-- dnf - Condense a few internal boolean returns.
-- dnf - The ``nobest`` option now also works for ``state=latest``.
-- dnf - The ``skip_broken`` option is now used in installs (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/73072).
-- dnf - fix output parsing on systems with ``LANGUAGE`` set to a language other than English (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78193)
-- facts - fix IP address discovery for specific interface names (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77792).
-- facts - fix processor facts on AIX: correctly detect number of cores and threads, turn ``processor`` into a list (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/78223).
-- fetch_file - Ensure we only use the filename when calculating a tempfile, and do not incude the query string (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/29680)
-- fetch_file - properly split files with multiple file extensions (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/75257)
-- file - setting attributes of symbolic links or files that are hard linked no longer fails when the link target is unspecified (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76142).
-- file backed cache plugins now handle concurrent access by making atomic updates to the files.
-- git module fix docs and proper use of ssh wrapper script and GIT_SSH_COMMAND depending on version.
-- handlers - fix an issue where the ``flush_handlers`` meta task could not be used with FQCN: ``ansible.builtin.meta`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79023)
-- if a config setting prevents running ansible it should at least show it's "origin".
-- include module - add docs url to include deprecation message (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76684).
-- items2dict - Handle error if an item is not a dictionary or is missing the required keys (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/70337).
-- keyword inheritance - Ensure that we do not squash keywords in validate (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79021)
-- known_hosts - do not return changed status when a non-existing key is removed (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78598)
-- local facts - if a local fact in the facts directory cannot be stated, store an error message as the fact value and emit a warning just as if just as if the facts execution has failed. The stat can fail e.g. on dangling symlinks.
-- lookup plugin - catch KeyError when lookup returns dictionary (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77789).
-- module_utils - Make distro.id() report newer versions of OpenSuSE (at least >=15) also report as ``opensuse``. They report themselves as ``opensuse-leap``.
-- module_utils.service - daemonize - Avoid modifying the list of file descriptors while iterating over it.
-- null_representation config entry changed to 'raw' as it must allow 'none/null' and empty string.
-- omit on keywords was resetting to default value, ignoring inheritance.
-- paramiko - Add a new option to allow paramiko >= 2.9 to easily work with all devices now that rsa-sha2 support was added to paramiko, which prevented communication with numerous platforms. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76737)
-- paramiko - Add back support for ``ssh_args``, ``ssh_common_args``, and ``ssh_extra_args`` for parsing the ``ProxyCommand`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78750)
-- password lookup does not ignore k=v arguments anymore.
-- pause module will now report proper 'echo' vs always being true.
-- pip - fix cases where resolution of pip Python module fails when importlib.util has not already been imported
-- plugin loader - Sort results when fuzzy matching plugin names (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77966).
-- plugin loader will now load config data for plugin by name instead of by file to avoid issues with the same file being loaded under different names (fqcn + short name).
-- plugin loader, fix detection for existing configuration before initializing for a plugin
-- plugin loader, now when skipping a plugin due to an abstract method error we provide that in 'verbose' mode instead of totally obscuring the error. The current implementation assumed only the base classes would trigger this and failed to consider 'in development' plugins.
-- prevent lusermod from using group name instead of group id (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77914)
-- prevent type annotation shim failures from causing runtime failures (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77860)
-- psrp connection now handles default to inventory_hostname correctly.
-- roles, fixed issue with roles loading paths not contained in the role itself when using the `_from` options.
-- service_facts - Use python re to parse service output instead of grep (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78541)
-- setup - Adds a default value to ``lvm_facts`` when lvm or lvm2 is not installed on linux (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/17393)
-- shell plugins now give a more user friendly error when fed the wrong type of data.
-- template module/lookup - fix ``convert_data`` option that was effectively always set to True for Jinja macros (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78141)
-- unarchive - if unzip is available but zipinfo is not, use unzip -Z instead of zipinfo (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76959).
-- uri - properly use uri parameter use_proxy (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58632)
-- uri module - failed status when Authentication Bearer used with netrc, because Basic authentication was by default. Fix now allows to ignore netrc by changing use_netrc=False (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/74397).
-- urls - Guard imports of ``urllib3`` by catching ``Exception`` instead of ``ImportError`` to prevent exceptions in the import process of optional dependencies from preventing use of ``urls.py`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78648)
-- user - Fix error "Permission denied" in user module while generating SSH keys (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78017).
-- user - fix creating a local user if the user group already exists (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/75042)
-- user module - Replace uses of the deprecated ``spwd`` python module with ctypes (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/78050)
-- validate-modules - fix validating version_added for new options.
-- variablemanager, more efficient read of vars files
-- vault secrets file now executes in the correct context when it is a symlink (not resolved to canonical file).
-- wait_for - Read file and perform comparisons using bytes to avoid decode errors (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78214)
-- winrm - Ensure ``kinit`` is run with the same ``PATH`` env var as the Ansible process
-- winrm connection now handles default to inventory_hostname correctly.
-- yaml inventory plugin - fix the error message for non-string hostnames (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77519).
-- yum - fix traceback when ``releasever`` is specified with ``latest`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78058)
-
-New Plugins
------------
-
-Test
-~~~~
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-- uri - is the string a valid URI
-- url - is the string a valid URL
-- urn - is the string a valid URN

changelogs/CHANGELOG.rst

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+=====================
+
+This file is a placeholder; a version-specific ``CHANGELOG-vX.Y.rst`` will be generated during releases from fragments
+under changelogs/fragments. On release branches once a release has been created, consult the branch's version-specific
+file for changes that have occurred in that branch.

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-Changelogs
-==========
-
-As part of the release process a version-specific `CHANGELOG-vX.Y.rst` will be generated from fragments in
-the `fragments` directory.
-
-On release branches once a release has been created, consult the branch's version-specific file for changes that have
-occurred in that branch. The `devel` branch does not have a generated changelog, only changelog fragments.

changelogs/fragments/ 75876-fix-parsing-of-device-serial-number-for-rhel-8.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - ansible_facts.devices - Fix parsing of device serial number detected via sg_inq for rhel8 (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75420)

changelogs/fragments/17393-fix_silently_failing_lvm_facts.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - setup - Adds a default value to ``lvm_facts`` when lvm or lvm2 is not installed on linux (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/17393)

changelogs/fragments/2.14.10_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2023-09-11
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.14.10rc1_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2023-09-05
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.14.11_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2023-10-09
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.14.11rc1_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2023-10-03
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.14.12_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2023-12-04
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.14.12rc1_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2023-11-27
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.14.13_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2023-12-11
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.14.14_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2024-01-29
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.14.14rc1_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2024-01-22
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.14.15_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2024-03-25
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.14.15rc1_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2024-03-18
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.14.16_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2024-04-22
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.14.16rc1_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2024-04-16
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.14.17_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2024-05-20
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.14.17rc1_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2024-05-13
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.14.18_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2024-11-04
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.14.18rc1_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2024-10-29
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.14.4_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2023-03-27
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.14.5_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2023-04-24
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.14.5rc1_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2023-04-17
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.14.6_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2023-05-22
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.14.6rc1_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2023-05-15
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.14.7_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2023-06-20
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.14.7rc1_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2023-06-12
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.14.8_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2023-07-18
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.14.8rc1_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2023-07-10
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.14.9_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2023-08-14
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.14.9rc1_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2023-08-07
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/23161-includes-loops-rescue.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "Properly execute rescue section when an include task fails in all loop iterations (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/23161)"

changelogs/fragments/29680-fetch-file-file-name-too-long.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- fetch_file - Ensure we only use the filename when calculating a tempfile, and do not incude the query string
-  (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/29680)

changelogs/fragments/43191-72638-ansible_failed_task-fixes.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - Propagate ``ansible_failed_task`` and ``ansible_failed_result`` to an outer rescue (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/43191)

changelogs/fragments/47277-fails-to-deploy-deb-when-has-no-architecture-attribute.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - apt - fails to deploy deb file to old debian systems using python-apt < 0.8.9 (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/47277)

changelogs/fragments/50771-uri-improvements.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+minor_changes:
+- uri - Eliminate multiple requests to determine the final URL for file naming with ``dest``
+- uri - Avoid reading the response body when not needed

changelogs/fragments/50897-include_role-any_errors_fatal.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - Make include_role/include_tasks work with any_errors_fatal (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/50897)

changelogs/fragments/56017-allow-lazy-eval-on-jinja2-expr.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-breaking_changes:
-  - Allow for lazy evaluation of Jinja2 expressions (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/56017)

changelogs/fragments/58632-uri-include_use_proxy.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - uri - properly use uri parameter use_proxy (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58632)

changelogs/fragments/61965-user-module-fails-to-change-primary-group.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- prevent lusermod from using group name instead of group id (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77914)

changelogs/fragments/64612-fetch_file-multi-part-extension.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - fetch_file - properly split files with multiple file extensions (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/75257)

changelogs/fragments/65499-no_inventory_parsed.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-- Add a new "INVENTORY_UNPARSED_WARNING" flag add to hide the "No inventory was parsed, only implicit localhost is available" warning

changelogs/fragments/67616-galaxy-scm-cloning-ignore-certs.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+- ansible-galaxy - the option to skip certificate verification now also applies when cloning via SCM (git/hg) (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/41077)

changelogs/fragments/69776-add-aix-root-ca-certs-paths.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+minor_changes:
+- Added AIX root CA certs folders - enhance the TLS support in ``uri`` task on AIX

changelogs/fragments/70180-collection-list-more-robust.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - ansible-galaxy - do not require mandatory keys in the ``galaxy.yml`` of source collections when listing them (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/70180).

changelogs/fragments/71627-add_host-group_by-fix-changed_when-in-loop.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "add_host/group_by: fix using changed_when in a loop (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/71627)"

changelogs/fragments/71734-validate-plugins.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - "ansible-test sanity validate-modules - the validate-modules sanity test now also checks the documentation of documentable plugin types (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/71734)."

changelogs/fragments/72405-git-module-local_mods-show-conflict-destination-directory.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - git - display the destination directory path in error msg when local_mods detects local modifications conflict so that users see the exact location

changelogs/fragments/72592-catch-broken-cowsay.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - catch the case that cowsay is broken which would lead to missing output

changelogs/fragments/73024-unarchive-apply-permissions-top-folder.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - unarchive - apply ``owner`` and ``group`` permissions to top folder (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/35426)

changelogs/fragments/73072-dnf-skip-broken.yml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - dnf - The ``skip_broken`` option is now used in installs (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/73072).
-  - dnf - The ``nobest`` option now also works for ``state=latest``.
-  - dnf - Condense a few internal boolean returns.

changelogs/fragments/73629_allow-change-held-packages.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - apt - Adds APT option ``--allow-change-held-packages`` as module parameter ``allow_change_held_packages`` to allow APT up- or
+    downgrading a package which is on APTs hold list (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/65325)

changelogs/fragments/73657-include-parser-error-fail.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - Parser errors from within includes should not be rescueable (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/73657)

changelogs/fragments/74127-bad-filter-2.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+bugfixes:
+- Templating - Ensure we catch exceptions when getting ``.filters`` and
+  ``.tests`` attributes on their respective plugins and properly error,
+  instead of aborting which results in no filters being added to the
+  jinja2 environment

changelogs/fragments/74349-improve-docker-detection.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - setup - detect docker container with check for ./dockerenv or ./dockinit (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/74349).

changelogs/fragments/74416-PlayIterator-_host_states-setters.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - "PlayIterator - introduce public methods to access ``PlayIterator._host_states`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/74416)"

changelogs/fragments/74446-network-conn-options.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - Fix for network_cli not getting all relevant connection options

changelogs/fragments/74481_debian_minor_version.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-- distribution - add distribution_minor_version for Debian Distro (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/74481).

changelogs/fragments/74511-PlayIterator-states-enums.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - "PlayIterator - use enums for Iterating and Failed states (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/74511)"

changelogs/fragments/75002-apt_min_version.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - apt - Add support for using ">=" in package version number matching.

changelogs/fragments/75015-ca-path-bundle.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bugfixes:
+- urls - Allow ``ca_path`` to point to a bundle containing multiple PEM certs
+  (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75015)

changelogs/fragments/75017-user-password-expiry.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - user - allow ``password_expiry_min`` and ``password_expiry_min`` to be set to ``0`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75017)
+  - user - allow password min and max to be set at the same time (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75017)

changelogs/fragments/75042-lowercase-dash-n-with-luseradd-on-all-distros.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - user - fix creating a local user if the user group already exists (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/75042)

changelogs/fragments/75090-multiline-flag-support-for-blockinfile.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - blockinfile - The presence of the multiline flag (?m) in the regular expression for insertafter opr insertbefore controls whether the match is done line by line or with multiple lines (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/75090).

changelogs/fragments/75101-ansible-vault-encrypt_string-output-file.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "ansible-vault encrypt_string - fix ``--output`` option to correctly write encrypted string into given file (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75101)"

changelogs/fragments/75216-loop-control-extended-allitems.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-- Loops - Add new ``loop_control.extended_allitems`` to allow users to disable tracking all loop items for each loop
-  (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75216)

changelogs/fragments/75364-yum-repository-async.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-- yum_repository - do not give the ``async`` parameter a default value anymore, since this option is deprecated in RHEL 8. This means that ``async = 1`` won't be added to repository files if omitted, but it can still be set explicitly if needed.

changelogs/fragments/75431-Add-uptime-fact-for-NetBSD.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-- NetBSD - Add uptime_seconds fact

changelogs/fragments/75538-systemd-alias-check.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- systemd - check if service is alias so it gets enabled (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75538).

changelogs/fragments/75540-warn-invalid-configured-vault-secret-files.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - vault - Warn instead of fail for missing vault IDs if at least one valid vault secret is found.

changelogs/fragments/75560-interp-discovery-family-fallback.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+bugfixes:
+- Interpreter Discovery - Fallback to OS family if the distro is not found in
+  ``INTERPRETER_PYTHON_DISTRO_MAP``
+  (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75560)

changelogs/fragments/75635-fix-role-argspec-suboption-validation.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - validate_argument_spec - Skip suboption validation if the top level option is an invalid type (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75612).

changelogs/fragments/75642-free-strat-fix-executing-includes.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - Fix executing includes in the always section in the free strategy (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75642)

changelogs/fragments/75671-ansible-doc-ignore-deprecations.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - ansible-doc - ignore plugin deprecation warnings (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75671)

changelogs/fragments/75715-post_validate-LoopControl.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - "``LoopControl`` is now templated through standard ``post_validate`` method (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/75715)"

changelogs/fragments/75740-remove-travis-file-from-role-skeletons.yml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-breaking_changes:
-  - The default ansible-galaxy role skeletons no longer contain .travis.yml files.
-    You can configure ansible-galaxy to use a custom role skeleton that contains a .travis.yml file
-    to continue using Galaxy's integration with Travis CI.

changelogs/fragments/75823-cli-remove-deprecated-verbosity-before-sub-cmd.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+removed_features:
+  - cli - remove deprecated ability to set verbosity before the sub-command (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75823)

changelogs/fragments/75824-copy-remove-deprecated-thirsty-alias.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+removed_features:
+  - copy - remove deprecated ``thirsty`` alias (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75824)

changelogs/fragments/75825-75826-get_url-uri-remove-deprecated-thirsty-alias.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+removed_features:
+  - url_argument_spec - remove deprecated ``thirsty`` alias for ``get_url`` and ``uri`` modules (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75825, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75826)

changelogs/fragments/75828-remove-deprecated-set_available_variables.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+removed_features:
+  - Remove deprecated ``Templar.set_available_variables()`` method (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75828)

changelogs/fragments/75837-validate-modules-invalid-yaml.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - ansible-test sanity - correctly report invalid YAML in validate-modules (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75837).

changelogs/fragments/75845-ansible-galaxy-support-collection-skeleton.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - ansible-galaxy - Add galaxy_collection_skeleton/galaxy_collection_skeleton_ignore configuration options

changelogs/fragments/75863-start-move-away-six.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - "Start of moving away from using Six, Python 2 and 3 compatibility library (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/75863)"