New release v2.13.0 (#77799)

* stub out ovirt dev guide with pointer to new location (#77751)

(cherry picked from commit 5e22fe21fd)

* Docsite/communication.rst: fix formatting (#77760)

(cherry picked from commit 97e574fe6e)

* Updated the playbook section in this docs (#77747)

(cherry picked from commit 42086c14a3)

* 2.13 GA has been bumped up a week to release on May 16 (#77772)

(cherry picked from commit 75bc630565)

* Fix plugin dev examples (#77759)

* Fix plugin dev examples

* Update docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/developing_plugins.rst

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
(cherry picked from commit 9923e92d97)

* docs: Update ansible-core release date in Ansible roadmap (#77775)

(cherry picked from commit 235f2598b1)

* revamp basic concepts docs (#77748)

(cherry picked from commit 8e91403412)

* core-2.13 - update release table (#77780)

(cherry picked from commit 6230244537)

* clarify Ansible EOL details (#77778)

* clarify Ansible EOL details: update docs/docsite/rst/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.rst
Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

(cherry picked from commit 654fff05e6)

* Update url to quickstart video. (#77779)

(cherry picked from commit f75bb09a8b)

Co-authored-by: Andrew Klychkov <aklychko@redhat.com>
Co-authored-by: Desmond Obisi <51109125+DesmondSanctity@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Matt Martz <matt@sivel.net>
Co-authored-by: Mario Lenz <m@riolenz.de>
Co-authored-by: David Moreau Simard <moi@dmsimard.com>
Co-authored-by: Brian Coca <bcoca@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Tabah Baridule <dulemartins07@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Matt Davis <6775756+nitzmahone@users.noreply.github.com>

.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:
@@ -54,12 +60,13 @@ stages:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
           testFormat: units/{0}
           targets:
+            - test: 2.7
+            - test: 3.5
+            - test: 3.6
+            - test: 3.7
             - test: 3.8
             - test: 3.9
             - test: '3.10'
-            - test: 3.11
-            - test: 3.12
-            - test: 3.13
   - stage: Windows
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
@@ -68,98 +75,61 @@ stages:
           nameFormat: Server {0}
           testFormat: windows/{0}/1
           targets:
-            - name: 2016 WinRM HTTP
-              test: 2016/winrm/http
-            - name: 2019 WinRM HTTPS
-              test: 2019/winrm/https
-            - name: 2022 WinRM HTTPS
-              test: 2022/winrm/https
-            - name: 2022 PSRP HTTP
-              test: 2022/psrp/http
-            - name: 2022 SSH Key
-              test: 2022/ssh/key
+            - 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 14.3
-              test: macos/14.3
-            - name: RHEL 9.4 py39
-              test: rhel/9.4@3.9
-            - name: RHEL 9.4 py312
-              test: rhel/9.4@3.12
-            - name: RHEL 10.0
-              test: rhel/10.0
-            - name: FreeBSD 13.3
-              test: freebsd/13.3
-            - name: FreeBSD 14.1
-              test: freebsd/14.1
+            - name: macOS 12.0
+              test: macos/12.0
+            - name: RHEL 7.9
+              test: rhel/7.9
+            - 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: macOS 14.3
-              test: macos/14.3
-            - name: RHEL 9.4
-              test: rhel/9.4
-            - name: RHEL 10.0
-              test: rhel/10.0
-            - name: FreeBSD 13.3
-              test: freebsd/13.3
-            - name: FreeBSD 14.1
-              test: freebsd/14.1
-          groups:
             - 3
             - 4
             - 5
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml  # context/controller (ansible-test container management)
-        parameters:
-          targets:
-            - name: Alpine 3.20
-              test: alpine/3.20
-            - name: Fedora 40
-              test: fedora/40
-            - name: RHEL 9.4
-              test: rhel/9.4
-            - name: RHEL 10.0
-              test: rhel/10.0
-            - name: Ubuntu 24.04
-              test: ubuntu/24.04
-          groups:
-            - 6
   - stage: Docker
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml  # context/target
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           testFormat: linux/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: Alpine 3.20
-              test: alpine320
-            - name: Fedora 40
-              test: fedora40
-            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
-              test: ubuntu2204
-            - name: Ubuntu 24.04
-              test: ubuntu2404
+            - 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
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml  # context/controller
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: linux/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: Alpine 3.20
-              test: alpine320
-            - name: Fedora 40
-              test: fedora40
-            - name: Ubuntu 24.04
-              test: ubuntu2404
-          groups:
             - 3
             - 4
             - 5
@@ -171,9 +141,9 @@ stages:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
           testFormat: galaxy/{0}/1
           targets:
-            - test: 3.11
-            - test: 3.12
-            - test: 3.13
+            - test: 3.8
+            - test: 3.9
+            - test: '3.10'
   - stage: Generic
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
@@ -182,9 +152,21 @@ stages:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
           testFormat: generic/{0}/1
           targets:
-            - test: 3.11
-            - test: 3.12
-            - test: 3.13
+            - test: 3.8
+            - test: 3.9
+            - test: '3.10'
+  - 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: []
@@ -194,16 +176,11 @@ stages:
           nameFormat: Server {0}
           testFormat: i/windows/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: 2016 WinRM HTTP
-              test: 2016/winrm/http
-            - name: 2019 WinRM HTTPS
-              test: 2019/winrm/https
-            - name: 2022 WinRM HTTPS
-              test: 2022/winrm/https
-            - name: 2022 PSRP HTTP
-              test: 2022/psrp/http
-            - name: 2022 SSH Key
-              test: 2022/ssh/key
+            - test: 2012
+            - test: 2012-R2
+            - test: 2016
+            - test: 2019
+            - test: 2022
   - stage: Incidental
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
@@ -213,6 +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:
@@ -223,6 +208,7 @@ stages:
       - Docker
       - Galaxy
       - Generic
+      - Incidental_Remote
       - Incidental_Windows
       - Incidental
     jobs:

.azure-pipelines/commands/entry-point.sh

@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -o pipefail -eux
-
-declare -a args
-IFS='/:' read -ra args <<< "$1"
-
-script="${args[0]}"
-
-test="$1"
-
-docker images
-docker ps
-
-for container in $(docker ps --format '{{.Image}} {{.ID}}' | grep -v -e '^quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:' | sed 's/^.* //'); do
-    docker rm -f "${container}" || true  # ignore errors
-done
-
-docker ps
-
-export PATH="${PWD}/bin:${PATH}"
-export PYTHONIOENCODING='utf-8'
-
-if [ -n "${COVERAGE:-}" ]; then
-    # on-demand coverage reporting triggered by setting the COVERAGE environment variable to a non-empty value
-    export COVERAGE="--coverage"
-elif [[ "${COMMIT_MESSAGE}" =~ ci_coverage ]]; then
-    # on-demand coverage reporting triggered by having 'ci_coverage' in the latest commit message
-    export COVERAGE="--coverage"
-else
-    # on-demand coverage reporting disabled (default behavior, always-on coverage reporting remains enabled)
-    export COVERAGE="--coverage-check"
-fi
-
-if [ -n "${COMPLETE:-}" ]; then
-    # disable change detection triggered by setting the COMPLETE environment variable to a non-empty value
-    export CHANGED=""
-elif [[ "${COMMIT_MESSAGE}" =~ ci_complete ]]; then
-    # disable change detection triggered by having 'ci_complete' in the latest commit message
-    export CHANGED=""
-else
-    # enable change detection (default behavior)
-    export CHANGED="--changed"
-fi
-
-if [ "${IS_PULL_REQUEST:-}" == "true" ]; then
-    # run unstable tests which are targeted by focused changes on PRs
-    export UNSTABLE="--allow-unstable-changed"
-else
-    # do not run unstable tests outside PRs
-    export UNSTABLE=""
-fi
-
-if [[ "${COVERAGE:-}" == "--coverage" ]]; then
-    timeout=60
-else
-    timeout=50
-fi
-
-ansible-test env --dump --show --timeout "${timeout}" --color -v
-
-".azure-pipelines/commands/${script}.sh" "${test}"

.azure-pipelines/commands/incidental/windows.sh

@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -o pipefail -eux
-
-declare -a args
-IFS='/:' read -ra args <<< "$1"
-
-version="${args[1]}"
-connection="${args[2]}"
-connection_setting="${args[3]}"
-
-target="shippable/windows/incidental/"
-
-stage="${S:-prod}"
-provider="${P:-default}"
-
-# python version to run full tests on while other versions run minimal tests
-python_default="$(PYTHONPATH="${PWD}/test/lib" python -c 'from ansible_test._internal import constants; print(constants.CONTROLLER_MIN_PYTHON_VERSION)')"
-
-# version to test when only testing a single version
-single_version=2022
-
-# shellcheck disable=SC2086
-ansible-test windows-integration --list-targets -v ${CHANGED:+"$CHANGED"} ${UNSTABLE:+"$UNSTABLE"} > /tmp/explain.txt 2>&1 || { cat /tmp/explain.txt && false; }
-{ grep ' windows-integration: .* (targeted)$' /tmp/explain.txt || true; } > /tmp/windows.txt
-
-if [ -s /tmp/windows.txt ] || [ "${CHANGED:+$CHANGED}" == "" ]; then
-    echo "Detected changes requiring integration tests specific to Windows:"
-    cat /tmp/windows.txt
-
-    echo "Running Windows integration tests for the version ${version}."
-else
-    echo "No changes requiring integration tests specific to Windows were detected."
-    echo "Running Windows integration tests for a single version only: ${single_version}"
-
-    if [ "${version}" != "${single_version}" ]; then
-        echo "Skipping this job since it is for: ${version}"
-        exit 0
-    fi
-fi
-
-# shellcheck disable=SC2086
-ansible-test windows-integration --color -v --retry-on-error "${target}" ${COVERAGE:+"$COVERAGE"} ${CHANGED:+"$CHANGED"} ${UNSTABLE:+"$UNSTABLE"} \
-    --controller "docker:default,python=${python_default}" \
-    --target "remote:windows/${version},connection=${connection}+${connection_setting},provider=${provider}" \
-    --remote-terminate always --remote-stage "${stage}"

.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/commands/windows.sh

@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -o pipefail -eux
-
-declare -a args
-IFS='/:' read -ra args <<< "$1"
-
-version="${args[1]}"
-connection="${args[2]}"
-connection_setting="${args[3]}"
-group="${args[4]}"
-
-target="shippable/windows/group${group}/"
-
-stage="${S:-prod}"
-provider="${P:-default}"
-
-# python versions to test in order
-IFS=' ' read -r -a python_versions <<< \
-    "$(PYTHONPATH="${PWD}/test/lib" python -c 'from ansible_test._internal import constants; print(" ".join(constants.CONTROLLER_PYTHON_VERSIONS))')"
-
-# python version to run full tests on while other versions run minimal tests
-python_default="$(PYTHONPATH="${PWD}/test/lib" python -c 'from ansible_test._internal import constants; print(constants.CONTROLLER_MIN_PYTHON_VERSION)')"
-
-# version to test when only testing a single version
-single_version=2022
-
-# shellcheck disable=SC2086
-ansible-test windows-integration --list-targets -v ${CHANGED:+"$CHANGED"} ${UNSTABLE:+"$UNSTABLE"} > /tmp/explain.txt 2>&1 || { cat /tmp/explain.txt && false; }
-{ grep ' windows-integration: .* (targeted)$' /tmp/explain.txt || true; } > /tmp/windows.txt
-
-if [ -s /tmp/windows.txt ] || [ "${CHANGED:+$CHANGED}" == "" ]; then
-    echo "Detected changes requiring integration tests specific to Windows:"
-    cat /tmp/windows.txt
-
-    echo "Running Windows integration tests for the version ${version}."
-else
-    echo "No changes requiring integration tests specific to Windows were detected."
-    echo "Running Windows integration tests for a single version only: ${single_version}"
-
-    if [ "${version}" != "${single_version}" ]; then
-        echo "Skipping this job since it is for: ${version}"
-        exit 0
-    fi
-fi
-
-for py_version in "${python_versions[@]}"; do
-    changed_all_target="all"
-    changed_all_mode="default"
-
-    if [ "${py_version}" == "${python_default}" ]; then
-        # smoketest tests
-        if [ "${CHANGED}" ]; then
-            # with change detection enabled run tests for anything changed
-            # use the smoketest tests for any change that triggers all tests
-            ci="${target}"
-            changed_all_target="shippable/windows/smoketest/"
-            if [ "${target}" == "shippable/windows/group1/" ]; then
-                # only run smoketest tests for group1
-                changed_all_mode="include"
-            else
-                # smoketest tests already covered by group1
-                changed_all_mode="exclude"
-            fi
-        else
-            # without change detection enabled run entire test group
-            ci="${target}"
-        fi
-    else
-        # only run minimal tests for group1
-        if [ "${target}" != "shippable/windows/group1/" ]; then continue; fi
-        # minimal tests for other python versions
-        ci="shippable/windows/minimal/"
-    fi
-
-    # terminate remote instances on the final python version tested
-    if [ "${py_version}" = "${python_versions[-1]}" ]; then
-        terminate="always"
-    else
-        terminate="never"
-    fi
-
-    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-    ansible-test windows-integration --color -v --retry-on-error "${ci}" ${COVERAGE:+"$COVERAGE"} ${CHANGED:+"$CHANGED"} ${UNSTABLE:+"$UNSTABLE"} \
-        --changed-all-target "${changed_all_target}" --changed-all-mode "${changed_all_mode}" \
-        --controller "docker:default,python=${py_version}" \
-        --target "remote:windows/${version},connection=${connection}+${connection_setting},provider=${provider}" \
-        --remote-terminate "${terminate}" --remote-stage "${stage}"
-done

.azure-pipelines/scripts/combine-coverage.py

@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ Keep in mind that Azure Pipelines does not enforce unique job display names (onl
 It is up to pipeline authors to avoid name collisions when deviating from the recommended format.
 """
 
-from __future__ import annotations
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
 
 import os
 import re

.azure-pipelines/scripts/publish-codecov.py

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ Upload code coverage reports to codecov.io.
 Multiple coverage files from multiple languages are accepted and aggregated after upload.
 Python coverage, as well as PowerShell and Python stubs can all be uploaded.
 """
-from __future__ import annotations
 
 import argparse
 import dataclasses

.azure-pipelines/scripts/time-command.py

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 """Prepends a relative timestamp to each input line from stdin and writes it to stdout."""
 
-from __future__ import annotations
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
 
 import sys
 import time

.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:

.git-blame-ignore-revs

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# .git-blame-ignore-revs
-# Bulk PowerShell sanity fixes
-6def4a3180fe03981ba64c6d8db28fed3bb39c0c
-716631189cb5a3f66b3add98f39e64e98bc17bf7

.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/CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -4,75 +4,22 @@ Hi! Nice to see you here!
 
 ## QUESTIONS ?
 
-If you have questions about anything related to Ansible, get in touch with us!
-See [Communicating with the Ansible community](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html) to find out how.
+Please see the [Community Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/index.html) for information on how to ask questions on the [mailing lists](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/communication.html#mailing-list-information) and IRC.
 
-The [Community Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/index.html) also explains how to contribute
-and interact with the project, including how to submit bug reports and code to Ansible.
-
-Please note that the GitHub issue tracker is not the best place to ask questions for several reasons.
-You'll get more helpful, and quicker, responses in the forum.
+The GitHub issue tracker is not the best place for questions for various reasons, but both IRC and the mailing list are very helpful places for those things, as the community page explains best.
 
 ## CONTRIBUTING ?
 
-By contributing to this project you agree to the [Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO)](#developer-certificate-of-origin-dco).
+By contributing you agree that these contributions are your own (or approved by your employer) and you grant a full, complete, irrevocable copyright license to all users and developers of the project, present and future, pursuant to the license of the project. You can also read the same [CLA](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/contributor_license_agreement.html) on the Ansible docsite.
 
-The Ansible project is licensed under the [GPL-3.0](COPYING) or later. Some portions of the code fall under other licenses as noted in individual files.
-
-The Ansible project accepts contributions through GitHub pull requests.
-Please review the [Community Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/index.html) for more information on contributing to Ansible.
+Please review the [Community Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/index.html) for more information on contributing to Ansible.
 
 ## BUG TO REPORT ?
 
-First and foremost, also check the [Community Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/index.html).
+First and foremost, also check the [Community Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/index.html).
 
-You can report bugs or make enhancement requests at
-the [Ansible GitHub issue page](http://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/new/choose) by filling out the issue template that will be presented.
+You can report bugs or make enhancement requests at the [Ansible GitHub issue page](http://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/new/choose) by filling out the issue template that will be presented.
 
-Also please make sure you are testing on the latest released version of Ansible or the development branch.
-See the [Installation Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html) for details.
+Also please make sure you are testing on the latest released version of Ansible or the development branch; see the [Installation Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html) for details.
 
 Thanks!
-
-## DEVELOPER CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN (DCO)
-
-This document was created by the Linux Kernel community and is a simple statement that you, as a contributor, have the legal right to make the contribution.
-
-```text
-Developer Certificate of Origin
-Version 1.1
-
-Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors.
-1 Letterman Drive
-Suite D4700
-San Francisco, CA, 94129
-
-Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
-license document, but changing it is not allowed.
-
-Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
-
-By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:
-
-(a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
-    have the right to submit it under the open source license
-    indicated in the file; or
-
-(b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
-    of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
-    license and I have the right under that license to submit that
-    work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
-    by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
-    permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
-    in the file; or
-
-(c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
-    person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
-    it.
-
-(d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
-    are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
-    personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
-    maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
-    this project or the open source license(s) involved.
-```

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml

@@ -19,14 +19,13 @@ body:
       Also test if the latest release and devel branch are affected too.
 
 
-      **Tip:** If you are seeking community support, please see
-      [Communicating with the Ansible community][communication] to
-      get in touch and ask questions.
+      **Tip:** If you are seeking community support, please consider
+      [starting a mailing list thread or chatting in IRC][ML||IRC].
 
 
 
-      [communication]:
-      https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html
+      [ML||IRC]:
+      https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/community/communication.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--bug_report.yml#mailing-list-information
 
       [issue search]: ../search?q=is%3Aissue&type=issues
 
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ body:
           <em>Why?</em>
         </summary>
 
-        We would do it by ourselves but unfortunately, the current
+        We would do it by ourselves but unfortunatelly, the curent
         edition of GitHub Issue Forms Alpha does not support this yet 🤷
 
 
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ body:
 
 
       [collections org]: /ansible-collections
-    placeholder: dnf, apt, pip, user etc.
+    placeholder: dnf, apt, yum, pip, user etc.
   validations:
     required: true
 
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ body:
     label: Ansible Version
     description: >-
       Paste verbatim output from `ansible --version` below, under
-      the prompt line. Please don't wrap it with triple backticks — your
+      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: |
@@ -120,17 +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')
-      Please don't wrap it with triple backticks — your
+      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
@@ -194,7 +191,7 @@ body:
     description: |
       Describe what actually happened. If possible run with extra verbosity (`-vvvv`).
 
-      Paste verbatim command output and don't wrap it with triple backticks — your
+      Paste verbatim command output and don't wrap it with tripple backticks — your
       whole input will be turned into a code snippet automatically.
     render: console
     placeholder: >-
@@ -250,7 +247,7 @@ body:
 
 
       [ansibot help]:
-      /ansible/ansibotmini#ansibotmini
+      /ansible/ansibullbot/blob/master/ISSUE_HELP.md#for-issue-submitters
 
 
 - type: checkboxes
@@ -259,7 +256,7 @@ body:
     description: |
       Read the [Ansible Code of Conduct][CoC] first.
 
-      [CoC]: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--bug_report.yml
+      [CoC]: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--bug_report.yml
     options:
     - label: I agree to follow the Ansible Code of Conduct
       required: true

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 blank_issues_enabled: false  # default: true
 contact_links:
 - name: 🔐 Security bug report 🔥
-  url: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/reporting_bugs_and_features.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser
+  url: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/reporting_bugs_and_features.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser
   about: |
     Please learn how to report security vulnerabilities here.
 
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ contact_links:
     a prompt response.
 
     For more information, see
-    https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/reporting_bugs_and_features.html
+    https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/reporting_bugs_and_features.html
 - name: 📝 Ansible Code of Conduct
-  url: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser
+  url: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser
   about: ❤ Be nice to other members of the community. ☮ Behave.
-- name: 💬 Talk to the community
-  url: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser#mailing-list-information
+- name: 💬 Talks to the community
+  url: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/communication.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser#mailing-list-information
   about: Please ask and answer usage questions here
 - name: ⚡ Working groups
   url: https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/documentation_report.yml

@@ -22,46 +22,18 @@ body:
       Also test if the latest release and devel branch are affected too.
 
 
-      **Tip:** If you are seeking community support, please see
-      [Communicating with the Ansible community][communication] to
-      get in touch and ask questions.
+      **Tip:** If you are seeking community support, please consider
+      [starting a mailing list thread or chatting in IRC][ML||IRC].
 
 
-
-      [communication]:
-      https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html
+      [ML||IRC]:
+      https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/community/communication.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--documentation_report.yml#mailing-list-information
 
       [issue search]: ../search?q=is%3Aissue&type=issues
 
       [submit a pull request]:
       https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/community/documentation_contributions.html
 
-- type: markdown
-  attributes:
-    value: >
-      **Check the repository for your issue.**
-
-      Source files for Ansible community documentation are
-      hosted in different repositories. Please make sure to file an
-      issue in the correct project.
-
-      Documentation for modules/plugins/etc that are officially
-      supported by the Ansible Core Engineering team is available
-      in this (`ansible/ansible`) repository.
-
-      The Installation Guide, Playbook Guide, Developer Guide,
-      and other documentation is available in the
-      [ansible/ansible-documentation] repository.
-      Documentation for other modules/plugins/etc is likely to be
-      available in one of the [Ansible Collections][collections index].
-      If available in the collection documentation, select the
-      **Issue Tracker** button to go directly to the GitHub issues.
-
-
-      [ansible/ansible-documentation]: /ansible/ansible-documentation
-
-      [collections index]:
-      https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/index.html
 
 - type: textarea
   attributes:
@@ -92,6 +64,9 @@ body:
           <em>Why?</em>
         </summary>
 
+        We would do it by ourselves but unfortunatelly, the curent
+        edition of GitHub Issue Forms Alpha does not support this yet 🤷
+
 
         _We will make it easier in the future, once GitHub
         supports dropdown defaults. Promise!_
@@ -110,7 +85,19 @@ body:
       Write the short name of the rst file, module, plugin, task or
       feature below, *use your best guess if unsure*.
 
-    placeholder: lib/ansible/modules/copy.py
+
+      **Tip:** Be advised that the source for some parts of the
+      documentation are hosted outside of this repository. If the page
+      you are reporting describes modules/plugins/etc that are not
+      officially supported by the Ansible Core Engineering team, there
+      is a good chance that it is coming from one of the [Ansible
+      Collections maintained by the community][collections org]. If this
+      is the case, please make sure to file an issue under the
+      appropriate project there instead.
+
+
+      [collections org]: /ansible-collections
+    placeholder: docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/debugging.rst
   validations:
     required: true
 
@@ -119,7 +106,7 @@ body:
     label: Ansible Version
     description: >-
       Paste verbatim output from `ansible --version` below, under
-      the prompt line. Please don't wrap it with triple backticks — your
+      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: |
@@ -142,17 +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')
-      Please don't wrap it with triple backticks — your
+      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
@@ -198,7 +183,7 @@ body:
 
 
       [ansibot help]:
-      /ansible/ansibotmini#ansibotmini
+      /ansible/ansibullbot/blob/master/ISSUE_HELP.md#for-issue-submitters
 
 
 - type: checkboxes
@@ -207,7 +192,7 @@ body:
     description: |
       Read the [Ansible Code of Conduct][CoC] first.
 
-      [CoC]: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--documentation_report.yml
+      [CoC]: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--documentation_report.yml
     options:
     - label: I agree to follow the Ansible Code of Conduct
       required: true

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml

@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ body:
 
       If unsure, consider filing a [new proposal] instead outlining your
       use-cases, the research and implementation considerations. Then,
-      start a discussion in the [Ansible forum][forum].
+      start a discussion on one of the public [IRC meetings] we have just
+      for this.
 
 
       <details>
@@ -43,22 +44,21 @@ body:
       Also test if the devel branch does not already implement this.
 
 
-      **Tip:** If you are seeking community support, please see
-      [Communicating with the Ansible community][communication] to
-      get in touch and ask questions.
+      **Tip:** If you are seeking community support, please consider
+      [starting a mailing list thread or chatting in IRC][ML||IRC].
 
 
 
       [contribute to collections]:
       https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/community/contributing_maintained_collections.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--feature_request.yml
 
-      [communication]:
-      https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html
+      [IRC meetings]:
+        https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/community/communication.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--feature_request.yml#irc-meetings
 
       [issue search]: ../search?q=is%3Aissue&type=issues
 
-      [forum help]:
-      https://forum.ansible.com/c/help/6
+      [ML||IRC]:
+      https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/community/communication.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--feature_request.yml#mailing-list-information
 
       [new proposal]: ../../proposals/issues/new
 
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ body:
           <em>Why?</em>
         </summary>
 
-        We would do it by ourselves but unfortunately, the current
+        We would do it by ourselves but unfortunatelly, the curent
         edition of GitHub Issue Forms Alpha does not support this yet 🤷
 
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ body:
 
 
       [collections org]: /ansible-collections
-    placeholder: dnf, apt, pip, user etc.
+    placeholder: dnf, apt, yum, pip, user etc.
   validations:
     required: true
 
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ body:
 
 
       [ansibot help]:
-      /ansible/ansibotmini#ansibotmini
+      /ansible/ansibullbot/blob/master/ISSUE_HELP.md#for-issue-submitters
 
 
 - type: checkboxes
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ body:
     description: |
       Read the [Ansible Code of Conduct][CoC] first.
 
-      [CoC]: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--feature_request.yml
+      [CoC]: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--feature_request.yml
     options:
     - label: I agree to follow the Ansible Code of Conduct
       required: true

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/Unclear purpose or motivation.md

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+##### SUMMARY
+<!--- Describe the change below, including rationale and design decisions -->
+
+<!--- HINT: Include "Fixes #nnn" if you are fixing an existing issue -->
+
+##### ISSUE TYPE
+<!--- Pick one below and delete the rest -->
+- Bugfix Pull Request
+- Docs Pull Request
+- Feature Pull Request
+- Test Pull Request
+
+##### COMPONENT NAME
+<!--- Write the short name of the module, plugin, task or feature below -->
+
+##### ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
+<!--- Include additional information to help people understand the change here -->
+<!--- A step-by-step reproduction of the problem is helpful if there is no related issue -->
+
+<!--- Paste verbatim command output below, e.g. before and after your change -->
+```paste below
+
+```

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/Bug fix.md

@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-##### SUMMARY
-
-<!--- Describe the change below, including rationale and design decisions -->
-
-<!--- HINT: Include "Fixes #nnn" if you are fixing an existing issue -->
-
-##### ISSUE TYPE
-
-- Bugfix Pull Request
-
-##### ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
-
-<!--- Include additional information to help people understand the change here -->
-<!--- A step-by-step reproduction of the problem is helpful if there is no related issue -->
-
-<!--- Paste verbatim command output below, e.g. before and after your change -->
-
-```paste below
-
-```

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/Documentation change.md

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-##### SUMMARY
-
-<!--- Describe the change below, including rationale -->
-
-<!--- HINT: Include "Closes #nnn" if you are fixing an existing issue -->
-
-##### ISSUE TYPE
-
-- Docs Pull Request
-
-##### ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
-
-<!--- Include additional information to help people understand the change here -->
-
-<!--- Paste verbatim command output below, e.g. before and after your change -->
-
-```paste below
-
-```

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/New feature.md

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-##### SUMMARY
-
-<!--- Describe the change below, including rationale and design decisions -->
-
-<!--- HINT: Include "Resolves #nnn" if you are fixing an existing issue -->
-
-##### ISSUE TYPE
-
-- Feature Pull Request
-
-##### ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
-
-<!--- Include additional information to help people understand the change here -->
-
-<!--- Paste verbatim command output below, e.g. before and after your change -->
-
-```paste below
-
-```

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Unclear purpose or motivation.md

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/Tests.md

@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-##### SUMMARY
-
-<!--- Describe the change below, including rationale and design decisions -->
-
-<!--- HINT: Include "Closes #nnn" if you are fixing an existing issue -->
-
-##### ISSUE TYPE
-
-- Test Pull Request
-
-##### ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
-
-<!--- Include additional information to help people understand the change here -->
-<!--- A step-by-step reproduction of the problem is helpful if there is no related issue -->
-
-<!--- Paste verbatim command output below, e.g. before and after your change -->
-
-```paste below
-
-```

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/Unclear purpose or motivation.md

@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-##### SUMMARY
-
-<!--- Describe the change below, including rationale and design decisions -->
-
-<!--- HINT: Include "Fixes #nnn" if you are fixing an existing issue -->
-
-##### ISSUE TYPE
-
-<!--- Pick one below and delete the rest -->
-
-- Bugfix Pull Request
-- Docs Pull Request
-- Feature Pull Request
-- Test Pull Request
-
-##### ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
-
-<!--- Include additional information to help people understand the change here -->
-<!--- A step-by-step reproduction of the problem is helpful if there is no related issue -->
-
-<!--- Paste verbatim command output below, e.g. before and after your change -->
-
-```paste below
-
-```

.github/RELEASE_NAMES.txt

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-2.18.0  Fool in the Rain
-2.17.0  Gallows Pole
-2.16.0  All My Love
-2.15.0  Ten Years Gone
-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
-2.10.0  When the Levee Breaks
-2.9.0   Immigrant Song
-2.8.0   How Many More Times
-2.7.0   In the Light
-2.6.0   Heartbreaker
-2.5.0   Kashmir
-2.4.0   Dancing Days
-2.3.0   Ramble On
-2.2.0   The Battle of Evermore
-2.1.0   The Song Remains the Same
-2.0.0   Over the Hills and Far Away

.github/RELEASE_NAMES.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+- 2.13.0  Nobody's Fault but Mine
+- 2.12.0  Dazed and Confused
+- 2.11.0  Hey Hey, What Can I Do
+- 2.10.0  When the Levee Breaks
+- 2.9.0   Immigrant Song
+- 2.8.0   How Many More Times
+- 2.7.0   In the Light
+- 2.6.0   Heartbreaker
+- 2.5.0   Kashmir
+- 2.4.0   Dancing Days
+- 2.3.0   Ramble On
+- 2.2.0   The Battle of Evermore
+- 2.1.0   The Song Remains the Same
+- 2.0.0   Over the Hills and Far Away

.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.
@@ -92,8 +82,6 @@ Vagrantfile
 /lib/ansible_base.egg-info/
 # First used in the `devel` branch during Ansible 2.11 development.
 /lib/ansible_core.egg-info/
-# First used in the `devel` branch during Ansible 2.18 development.
-/ansible_core.egg-info/
 # vendored lib dir
 lib/ansible/_vendor/*
 !lib/ansible/_vendor/__init__.py
@@ -101,6 +89,8 @@ lib/ansible/_vendor/*
 /test/integration/cloud-config-*.*
 !/test/integration/cloud-config-*.*.template
 .python-version
+/hacking/tests/selinux/*.mod
+/hacking/tests/selinux/*.pp
 # Release directory
 packaging/release/ansible_release
 /.cache/

COPYING

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
                     GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
                        Version 3, 29 June 2007
 
- Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <https://fsf.org/>
+ Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <http://fsf.org/>
  Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
  of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
 
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
     GNU General Public License for more details.
 
     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
 
@@ -664,11 +664,12 @@ might be different; for a GUI interface, you would use an "about box".
   You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school,
 if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if necessary.
 For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU GPL, see
-<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
   The GNU General Public License does not permit incorporating your program
 into proprietary programs.  If your program is a subroutine library, you
 may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with
 the library.  If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General
 Public License instead of this License.  But first, please read
-<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html>.
+<http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html>.
+

MANIFEST.in

@@ -1,10 +1,50 @@
+include README.rst
 include COPYING
+include SYMLINK_CACHE.json
+include requirements.txt
+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
+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
-include licenses/*.txt
-include requirements.txt
-recursive-include packaging *.py *.j2
-recursive-include test/integration *
-recursive-include test/sanity *.in *.json *.py *.txt *.ini
-recursive-include test/support *.py *.ps1 *.psm1 *.cs *.md
-recursive-include test/units *
+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)

README.md

@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-[![PyPI version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/ansible-core.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/ansible-core)
-[![Docs badge](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-latest-brightgreen.svg)](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/)
-[![Chat badge](https://img.shields.io/badge/chat-IRC-brightgreen.svg)](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html)
-[![Build Status](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/ansible/_apis/build/status/CI?branchName=devel)](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/ansible/_build/latest?definitionId=20&branchName=devel)
-[![Ansible Code of Conduct](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20of%20conduct-Ansible-silver.svg)](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/code_of_conduct.html)
-[![Ansible mailing lists](https://img.shields.io/badge/mailing%20lists-Ansible-orange.svg)](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html#mailing-list-information)
-[![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.
-
-## Communication
-
-Join the Ansible forum to ask questions, get help, and interact with the
-community.
-
-* [Get Help](https://forum.ansible.com/c/help/6): Find help or share your Ansible knowledge to help others.
-  Use tags to filter and subscribe to posts, such as the following:
-  * Posts tagged with [ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/tag/ansible)
-  * Posts tagged with [ansible-core](https://forum.ansible.com/tag/ansible-core)
-  * Posts tagged with [playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/tag/playbook)
-* [Social Spaces](https://forum.ansible.com/c/chat/4): Meet and interact with fellow enthusiasts.
-* [News & Announcements](https://forum.ansible.com/c/news/5): Track project-wide announcements including social events.
-* [Bullhorn newsletter](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html#the-bullhorn): Get release announcements and important changes.
-
-For more ways to get in touch, see [Communicating with the Ansible community](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html).
-
-## Contribute to Ansible
-
-* Check out the [Contributor's Guide](./.github/CONTRIBUTING.md).
-* Read [Community Information](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community) for all
-  kinds of ways to contribute to and interact with the project,
-  including how to submit bug reports and code to Ansible.
-* 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.
-
-## 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/devel/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.

README.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+|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

bin/ansible-connection

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../lib/ansible/cli/scripts/ansible_connection_cli_stub.py

changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.13.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,322 @@
+=========================================================
+ansible-core 2.13 "Nobody's Fault but Mine" Release Notes
+=========================================================
+
+.. contents:: Topics
+
+
+v2.13.0
+=======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+| Release Date: 2022-05-16
+| `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 ``default`` containers to version 5.9.0.
+- 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)
+- Prevent losing unsafe on results returned from lookups (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77535)
+- 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 - Exclude Python 2.6 from Python interpreter discovery.
+- 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)
+- arg_spec - Fix incorrect ``no_log`` warning when a parameter alias is used (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77576)
+- 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).
+- variablemanager, more efficient read of vars files
+- 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 2.18 "Fool in the Rain" Release Notes
-==================================================
-
-.. contents:: Topics
-
-v2.18.6
-=======
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-| Release Date: 2025-05-19
-| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.18/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.18.html>`__
-
-Minor Changes
--------------
-
-- ansible-test - Use the ``-t`` option to set the stop timeout when stopping a container. This avoids use of the ``--time`` option which was deprecated in Docker v28.0.
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Ansible will now ensure predictable permissions on remote artifacts, until now it only ensured executable and relied on system masks for the rest.
-- ansible-doc - fix indentation for first line of descriptions of suboptions and sub-return values (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/84690).
-- ansible-doc - fix line wrapping for first line of description of options and return values (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/84690).
-- dnf5 - avoid generating excessive transaction entries in the dnf5 history (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/85046)
-- dnf5 - when ``bugfix`` and/or ``security`` is specified, skip packages that do not have any such updates, even for new versions of libdnf5 where this functionality changed and it is considered failure
-- script - Fix up become support for Windows scripts when become was set through host variables and not on the task directly - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/85076
-
-v2.18.5
-=======
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-| Release Date: 2025-04-21
-| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.18/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.18.html>`__
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- build - Pin ``wheel`` in ``pyproject.toml`` to ensure compatibility with supported ``setuptools`` versions.
-- dnf5 - Handle forwarded exceptions from dnf5-5.2.13 where a generic ``RuntimeError`` was previously raised
-- find - skip ENOENT error code while recursively enumerating files. find module will now be tolerant to race conditions that remove files or directories from the target it is currently inspecting. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84873).
-- gather_facts action, will now add setup when 'smart' appears with other modules in the FACTS_MODULES setting (#84750).
-- uri - Form location correctly when the server returns a relative redirect (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84540)
-
-v2.18.4
-=======
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-| Release Date: 2025-03-25
-| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.18/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.18.html>`__
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Windows - add support for running on system where WDAC is in audit mode with ``Dynamic Code Security`` enabled.
-- dnf5 - fix ``is_installed`` check for packages that are not installed but listed as provided by an installed package (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84578)
-- dnf5 - libdnf5 - use ``conf.pkg_gpgcheck`` instead of deprecated ``conf.gpgcheck`` which is used only as a fallback
-- facts - gather pagesize and calculate respective values depending upon architecture (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84773).
-- module respawn - limit to supported Python versions
-
-v2.18.3
-=======
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-| Release Date: 2025-02-24
-| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.18/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.18.html>`__
-
-Minor Changes
--------------
-
-- ansible-test - Automatically retry HTTP GET/PUT/DELETE requests on exceptions.
-- ansible-test - Use Python's ``urllib`` instead of ``curl`` for HTTP requests.
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- include_vars - fixed erroneous warning if an unreserved variable name contains a single character that matches a reserved variable. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84623)
-- linear strategy - fix executing ``end_role`` meta tasks for each host, instead of handling these as implicit run_once tasks (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84660).
-
-v2.18.2
-=======
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-| Release Date: 2025-01-27
-| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.18/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.18.html>`__
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Ansible will now also warn when reserved keywords are set via a module (set_fact, include_vars, etc).
-- Ansible.Basic - Fix ``required_if`` check when the option value to check is unset or set to null.
-- Use consistent multiprocessing context for action write locks
-- ansible-test - Fix up coverage reporting to properly translate the temporary path of integration test modules to the expected static test module path.
-- ansible-vault will now correctly handle `--prompt`, previously it would issue an error about stdin if no 2nd argument was passed
-- copy action now prevents user from setting internal options.
-- gather_facts action now defaults to `ansible.legacy.setup` if `smart` was set, no network OS was found and no other alias for `setup` was present.
-- gather_facts action will now issues errors and warnings as appropriate if a network OS is detected but no facts modules are defined for it.
-- ssh - Improve the logic for parsing CLIXML data in stderr when working with Windows host. This fixes issues when the raw stderr contains invalid UTF-8 byte sequences and improves embedded CLIXML sequences.
-- ssh - connection options were incorrectly templated during ``reset_connection`` tasks (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/84238).
-
-v2.18.1
-=======
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-| Release Date: 2024-12-02
-| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.18/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.18.html>`__
-
-Minor Changes
--------------
-
-- ansible-test - When detection of the current container network fails, a warning is now issued and execution continues. This simplifies usage in cases where the current container cannot be inspected, such as when running in GitHub Codespaces.
-
-Security Fixes
---------------
-
-- Templating will not prefer AnsibleUnsafe when a variable is referenced via hostvars - CVE-2024-11079
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix returning 'unreachable' for the overall task result. This prevents false positives when a looped task has unignored unreachable items (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84019).
-- ansible-test - Fix traceback that occurs after an interactive command fails.
-- dnf5 - fix installing a package using ``state=latest`` when a binary of the same name as the package is already installed (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84259)
-- dnf5 - matching on a binary can be achieved only by specifying a full path (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84334)
-- runas become - Fix up become logic to still get the SYSTEM token with the most privileges when running as SYSTEM.
-
-v2.18.0
-=======
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-| Release Date: 2024-11-04
-| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.18/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.18.html>`__
-
-Minor Changes
--------------
-
-- Add ``gid_min``, ``gid_max`` to the group plugin to overwrite the defaults provided by the ``/etc/login.defs`` file (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81770).
-- Add ``python3.13`` to the default ``INTERPRETER_PYTHON_FALLBACK`` list.
-- Add ``uid_min``, ``uid_max`` to the user plugin to overwrite the defaults provided by the ``/etc/login.defs`` file (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81770).
-- Add a new meta task ``end_role`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/22286)
-- Add a new mount_facts module to support gathering information about mounts that are excluded by default fact gathering.
-- Introducing COLOR_INCLUDED parameter. This can set a specific color for "included" events.
-- Removed the shell ``environment`` config entry as this is already covered by the play/task directives documentation and the value itself is not used in the shell plugins. This should remove any confusion around how people set the environment for a task.
-- Suppress cryptography deprecation warnings for Blowfish and TripleDES when the ``paramiko`` Python module is installed.
-- The minimum supported Python version on targets is now Python 3.8.
-- ``ansible-galaxy collection publish`` - add configuration options for the initial poll interval and the exponential when checking the import status of a collection, since the default is relatively slow.
-- ansible-config has new 'validate' option to find mispelled/forgein configurations in ini file or environment variables.
-- ansible-doc - show examples in role entrypoint argument specs (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/82671).
-- ansible-galaxy - Handle authentication errors and token expiration
-- ansible-test - Add Ubuntu 24.04 remote.
-- ansible-test - Add support for Python 3.13.
-- ansible-test - An ``ansible_core.egg-info`` directory is no longer generated when running tests.
-- ansible-test - Connection options can be set for ansible-test managed remote Windows instances.
-- ansible-test - Default to Python 3.13 in the ``base`` and ``default`` containers.
-- ansible-test - Disable the ``deprecated-`` prefixed ``pylint`` rules as their results vary by Python version.
-- 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 - Improve the error message shown when an unknown ``--remote`` or ``--docker`` option is given.
-- ansible-test - Remove Python 2.7 compatibility imports.
-- ansible-test - Removed the ``vyos/1.1.8`` network remote as it is no longer functional.
-- ansible-test - Replace Alpine 3.19 container and remote with Alpine 3.20.
-- ansible-test - Replace Fedora 39 container and remote with Fedora 40.
-- ansible-test - Replace FreeBSD 14.0 remote with FreeBSD 14.1.
-- ansible-test - Replace RHEL 9.3 remote with RHEL 9.4.
-- ansible-test - Replace Ubuntu 20.04 container with Ubuntu 24.04 container.
-- ansible-test - The ``empty-init`` sanity test no longer applies to ``module_utils`` packages.
-- ansible-test - Update ``ansible-test-utility-container`` to version 3.1.0.
-- ansible-test - Update ``base`` and ``default`` containers to omit Python 3.7.
-- ansible-test - Update ``coverage`` to version 7.6.1.
-- ansible-test - Update ``http-test-container`` to version 3.0.0.
-- ansible-test - Update ``nios-test-container`` to version 5.0.0.
-- ansible-test - Update ``pylint`` sanity test to use version 3.3.1.
-- ansible-test - Update ``pypi-test-container`` to version 3.2.0.
-- ansible-test - Update the ``base`` and ``default`` containers.
-- ansible-test - Updated the frozen requirements for all sanity tests.
-- ansible-test - Upgrade ``pip`` used in ansible-test managed virtual environments from version 24.0 to 24.2.
-- ansible-test - Virtual environments created by ansible-test no longer include the ``wheel`` or ``setuptools`` packages.
-- ansible-test - update HTTP test container to 3.2.0 (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/83469).
-- ansible.log now also shows log severity field
-- distribution.py - Added SL-Micro in Suse OS Family. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/83541)
-- dnf - minor internal changes in how the errors from the dnf API are handled; rely solely on the exceptions rather than inspecting text embedded in them
-- dnf - remove legacy code for unsupported dnf versions
-- dnf5 - implement ``enable_plugin`` and ``disable_plugin`` options
-- fact gathering - Gather /proc/sysinfo facts on s390 Linux on Z
-- facts - add systemd version and features
-- find - change the datatype of ``elements`` to ``path`` in option ``paths`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/83575).
-- ini lookup - add new ``interpolation`` option (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83755)
-- isidentifier - remove unwanted Python 2 specific code.
-- loop_control - add a break_when option to to break out of a task loop early based on Jinja2 expressions (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83442).
-- package_facts module now supports using aliases for supported package managers, for example managers=yum or managers=dnf will resolve to using the underlying rpm.
-- plugins, deprecations and warnings concerning configuration are now displayed to the user, technical issue that prevented 'de-duplication' have been resolved.
-- psrp - Remove connection plugin extras vars lookup. This should have no affect on existing users as all options have been documented.
-- remove extraneous selinux import (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83657).
-- replace random with secrets library.
-- rpm_key - allow validation of gpg key with a subkey fingerprint
-- rpm_key - enable gpg validation that requires presence of multiple fingerprints
-- service_mgr - add support for dinit service manager (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/83489).
-- task timeout now returns timedout key with frame/code that was in execution when the timeout is triggered.
-- timedout test for checking if a task result represents a 'timed out' task.
-- unarchive - Remove Python 2.7 compatibility imports.
-- validate-modules sanity test - detect if names of an option (option name + aliases) do not match between argument spec and documentation (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83598, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/83599).
-- validate-modules sanity test - reject option/aliases names that are identical up to casing but belong to different options (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/83530).
-- vaulted_file test filter added, to test if the provided path is an 'Ansible vaulted' file
-- yum_repository - add ``excludepkgs`` alias to the ``exclude`` option.
-
-Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
---------------------------------
-
-- Stopped wrapping all commands sent over SSH on a Windows target with a ``powershell.exe`` executable. This results in one less process being started on each command for Windows to improve efficiency, simplify the code, and make ``raw`` an actual raw command run with the default shell configured on the Windows sshd settings. This should have no affect on most tasks except for ``raw`` which now is not guaranteed to always be running in a PowerShell shell and from having the console output codepage set to UTF-8. To avoid this issue either swap to using ``ansible.windows.win_command``, ``ansible.windows.win_shell``, ``ansible.windows.win_powershell`` or manually wrap the raw command with the shell commands needed to set the output console encoding.
-- persistent connection plugins - The ``ANSIBLE_CONNECTION_PATH`` config option no longer has any effect.
-
-Deprecated Features
--------------------
-
-- Deprecate ``ansible.module_utils.basic.AnsibleModule.safe_eval`` and ``ansible.module_utils.common.safe_eval`` as they are no longer used.
-- persistent connection plugins - The ``ANSIBLE_CONNECTION_PATH`` config option no longer has any effect, and will be removed in a future release.
-- yum_repository - deprecate ``async`` option as it has been removed in RHEL 8 and will be removed in ansible-core 2.22.
-- yum_repository - the following options are deprecated: ``deltarpm_metadata_percentage``, ``gpgcakey``, ``http_caching``, ``keepalive``, ``metadata_expire_filter``, ``mirrorlist_expire``, ``protect``, ``ssl_check_cert_permissions``, ``ui_repoid_vars`` as they have no effect for dnf as an underlying package manager. The options will be removed in ansible-core 2.22.
-
-Removed Features (previously deprecated)
-----------------------------------------
-
-- Play - removed deprecated ``ROLE_CACHE`` property in favor of ``role_cache``.
-- Remove deprecated `VariableManager._get_delegated_vars` method (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82950)
-- Removed Python 3.10 as a supported version on the controller. Python 3.11 or newer is required.
-- Removed support for setting the ``vars`` keyword to lists of dictionaries. It is now required to be a single dictionary.
-- loader - remove deprecated non-inclusive words (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82947).
-- paramiko_ssh - removed deprecated ssh_args from the paramiko_ssh connection plugin (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82939).
-- paramiko_ssh - removed deprecated ssh_common_args from the paramiko_ssh connection plugin (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82940).
-- paramiko_ssh - removed deprecated ssh_extra_args from the paramiko_ssh connection plugin (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82941).
-- play_context - remove deprecated PlayContext.verbosity property (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82945).
-- utils/listify - remove deprecated 'loader' argument from listify_lookup_plugin_terms API (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82949).
-
-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
---------
-
-- -> runas become - Generate new token for the SYSTEM token to use for become. This should result in the full SYSTEM token being used and problems starting the process that fails with ``The process creation has been blocked``.
-- Add a version ceiling constraint for pypsrp to avoid potential breaking changes in the 1.0.0 release.
-- Add descriptions for ``ansible-galaxy install --help` and ``ansible-galaxy role|collection install --help``.
-- Avoid truncating floats when casting into int, as it can lead to truncation and unexpected results. 0.99999 will be 0, not 1.
-- COLOR_SKIP will not alter "included" events color display anymore.
-- Callbacks now correctly get the resolved connection plugin name as the connection used.
-- Darwin - add unit tests for Darwin hardware fact gathering.
-- Errors now preserve stacked error messages even when YAML is involved.
-- Fix ``SemanticVersion.parse()`` to store the version string so that ``__repr__`` reports it instead of ``None`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/83831).
-- Fix a traceback when an environment variable contains certain special characters (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83498)
-- Fix an issue when setting a plugin name from an unsafe source resulted in ``ValueError: unmarshallable object`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82708)
-- Fix an issue where registered variable was not available for templating in ``loop_control.label`` on skipped looped tasks (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83619)
-- Fix disabling SSL verification when installing collections and roles from git repositories. If ``--ignore-certs`` isn't provided, the value for the ``GALAXY_IGNORE_CERTS`` configuration option will be used (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83326).
-- Fix for ``meta`` tasks breaking host/fork affinity with ``host_pinned`` strategy (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83294)
-- Fix handlers not being executed in lockstep using the linear strategy in some cases (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82307)
-- Fix rapid memory usage growth when notifying handlers using the ``listen`` keyword (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83392)
-- Fix the task attribute ``resolved_action`` to show the FQCN instead of ``None`` when ``action`` or ``local_action`` is used in the playbook.
-- Fix using ``module_defaults`` with ``local_action``/``action`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81905).
-- Fix using the current task's directory for looking up relative paths within roles (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82695).
-- Improve performance on large inventories by reducing the number of implicit meta tasks.
-- Remove deprecated config options DEFAULT_FACT_PATH, DEFAULT_GATHER_SUBSET, and DEFAULT_GATHER_TIMEOUT in favor of setting ``fact_path``, ``gather_subset`` and ``gather_timeout`` as ``module_defaults`` for ``ansible.builtin.setup``.
-  These will apply to both the ``gather_facts`` play keyword, and any ``ansible.builtin.setup`` tasks.
-  To configure these options only for the ``gather_facts`` keyword, set these options as play keywords also.
-- Set LANGUAGE environment variable is set to a non-English locale (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83608).
-- Use the requested error message in the ansible.module_utils.facts.timeout timeout function instead of hardcoding one.
-- ``ansible-galaxy install --help`` - Fix the usage text and document that the requirements file passed to ``-r`` can include collections and roles.
-- ``ansible-galaxy role install`` - update the default timeout to download archive URLs from 20 seconds to 60 (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83521).
-- ``end_host`` - fix incorrect return code when executing ``end_host`` in the ``rescue`` section (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83447)
-- ``package``/``dnf`` action plugins - provide the reason behind the failure to gather the ``ansible_pkg_mgr`` fact to identify the package backend
-- addressed issue of trailing text been ignored, non-ASCII characters are parsed, enhance white space handling and fixed overly permissive issue of human_to_bytes filter(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82075)
-- ansible-config will now properly template defaults before dumping them.
-- ansible-doc - fixed "inicates" typo in output
-- ansible-doc - format top-level descriptions with multiple paragraphs as multiple paragraphs, instead of concatenating them (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/83155).
-- ansible-doc - handle no_fail condition for role.
-- ansible-doc - make colors configurable.
-- ansible-galaxy collection install - remove old installation info when installing collections (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83182).
-- ansible-galaxy role install - fix symlinks (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82702, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81965).
-- ansible-test - Enable the ``sys.unraisablehook`` work-around for the ``pylint`` sanity test on Python 3.11. Previously the work-around was only enabled for Python 3.12 and later. However, the same issue has been discovered on Python 3.11.
-- ansible-test - The ``pylint`` sanity test now includes the controller/target context of files when grouping them. This allows the ``--py-version`` option to be passed to ``pylint`` to indicate the minimum supported Python version for each test context, preventing ``pylint`` from defaulting to the Python version used to invoke the test.
-- ansible-test action-plugin-docs - Fix to check for sidecar documentation for action plugins
-- ansible_managed restored it's 'templatability' by ensuring the possible injection routes are cut off earlier in the process.
-- apt - report changed=True when some packages are being removed (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/46314).
-- apt_* - add more info messages raised while updating apt cache (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77941).
-- assemble - update argument_spec with 'decrypt' option which is required by action plugin (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80840).
-- atomic_move - fix using the setgid bit on the parent directory when creating files (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/46742, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67177).
-- config, restored the ability to set module compression via a variable
-- connection plugins using the 'extras' option feature would need variables to match the plugin's loaded name, sometimes requiring fqcn, which is not the same as the documented/declared/expected variables. Now we fall back to the 'basename' of the fqcn, but plugin authors can still set the expected value directly.
-- copy - mtime/atime not updated. Fix now update mtime/atime(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83013)
-- csvfile lookup - give an error when no search term is provided using modern config syntax (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83689).
-- debconf - fix normalization of value representation for boolean vtypes in new packages (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83594)
-- debconf - set empty password values (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83214).
-- delay keyword is now a float, matching the underlying 'time' API and user expectations.
-- display - warn user about empty log filepath (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79959).
-- display now does a better job of mapping warnings/errors to the proper log severity when using ansible.log. We still use color as a fallback mapping (now prioritiezed by severity) but mostly rely on it beind directly set by warnning/errors calls.
-- distro package - update the distro package version from 1.8.0 to 1.9.0  (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82935)
-- dnf - Ensure that we are handling DownloadError properly in the dnf module
-- dnf - Substitute variables in DNF cache path (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/80094).
-- dnf - fix an issue where two packages of the same ``evr`` but different arch failed to install (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83406)
-- dnf - honor installroot for ``cachedir``, ``logdir`` and ``persistdir``
-- dnf - perform variable substitutions in ``logdir`` and ``persistdir``
-- dnf, dnf5 - fix for installing a set of packages by specifying them using a wildcard character (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83373)
-- dnf5 - fix traceback when ``enable_plugins``/``disable_plugins`` is used on ``python3-libdnf5`` versions that do not support this functionality
-- dnf5 - re-introduce the ``state: installed`` alias to ``state: present`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83960)
-- dnf5 - replace removed API calls
-- ensure we have logger before we log when we have increased verbosity.
-- facts - `support_discard` now returns `0` if either `discard_granularity` or `discard_max_hw_bytes` is zero; otherwise it returns the value of `discard_granularity`, as before (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/83480).
-- facts - add a generic detection for VMware in product name.
-- facts - add facts about x86_64 flags to detect microarchitecture (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83331).
-- facts - skip if distribution file path is directory, instead of raising error (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84006).
-- fetch - add error message when using ``dest`` with a trailing slash that becomes a local directory - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82878
-- file - retrieve the link's full path when hard linking a soft link with follow (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/33911).
-- fixed the issue of creating user directory using tilde(~) always reported "changed".(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82490)
-- fixed unit test test_borken_cowsay to address mock not been properly applied when existing unix system already have cowsay installed.
-- freebsd - refactor dmidecode fact gathering code for simplicity.
-- freebsd - update disk and slices regex for fact gathering (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/82081).
-- get_url - Verify checksum using tmpsrc, not dest (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/64092)
-- git - check if git version is available or not before using it for comparison (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/72321).
-- include_tasks - Display location when attempting to load a task list where ``include_*`` did not specify any value - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83874
-- known_hosts - the returned module invocation now accurately reflects the module arguments.
-- linear strategy now provides a properly templated task name to the v2_runner_on_started callback event.
-- linear strategy: fix handlers included via ``include_tasks`` handler to be executed in lockstep (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83019)
-- linux - remove extraneous get_bin_path API call.
-- local - handle error while parsing values in ini files (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82717).
-- lookup - Fixed examples of csv lookup plugin (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83031).
-- module_defaults - do not display action/module deprecation warnings when using an action_group that contains a deprecated plugin (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83490).
-- module_utils atomic_move (used by most file based modules), now correctly handles permission copy and setting mtime correctly across all paths
-- package_facts - apk fix when cache is empty (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83126).
-- package_facts - no longer fails silently when the selected package manager is unable to list packages.
-- package_facts - returns the correct warning when package listing fails.
-- persistent connection plugins - The correct Ansible persistent connection helper is now always used. Previously, the wrong script could be used, depending on the value of the ``PATH`` environment variable. As a result, users were sometimes required to set ``ANSIBLE_CONNECTION_PATH`` to use the correct script.
-- powershell - Implement more robust deletion mechanism for C# code compilation temporary files. This should avoid scenarios where the underlying temporary directory may be temporarily locked by antivirus tools or other IO problems. A failure to delete one of these temporary directories will result in a warning rather than an outright failure.
-- powershell - Improve CLIXML decoding to decode all control characters and unicode characters that are encoded as surrogate pairs.
-- psrp - Fix bug when attempting to fetch a file path that contains special glob characters like ``[]``
-- replace - Updated before/after example (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83390).
-- runtime-metadata sanity test - do not crash on deprecations if ``galaxy.yml`` contains an empty ``version`` field (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/83831).
-- service - fix order of CLI arguments on FreeBSD (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81377).
-- service_facts - don't crash if OpenBSD rcctl variable contains '=' character (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83457)
-- service_facts will now detect failed services more accurately across systemd implementations.
-- setup module (fact gathering), added fallbcak code path to handle mount fact gathering in linux when threading is not available
-- setup/gather_facts will skip missing ``sysctl`` instead of being a fatal error (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81297).
-- shell plugin - properly quote all needed components of shell commands (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82535)
-- ssh - Fix bug when attempting to fetch a file path with characters that should be quoted when using the ``piped`` transfer method
-- support the countme option when using yum_repository
-- systemd - extend systemctl is-enabled check to handle "enabled-runtime" (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77754).
-- systemd facts - handle AttributeError raised while gathering facts on non-systemd hosts.
-- systemd_service - handle mask operation failure (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81649).
-- templating hostvars under native jinja will not cause serialization errors anymore.
-- the raw arguments error now just displays the short names of modules instead of every possible variation
-- unarchive - Better handling of files with an invalid timestamp in zip file (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81092).
-- unarchive - trigger change when size and content differ when other properties are unchanged (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/83454).
-- 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``
-- unsafe data - Enable directly using ``AnsibleUnsafeText`` with Python ``pathlib`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82414)
-- uri - deprecate 'yes' and 'no' value for 'follow_redirects' parameter.
-- 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.
-- user module now avoids changing ownership of files symlinked in provided home dir skeleton
-- vault - handle vault password file value when it is directory (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/42960).
-- vault.is_encrypted_file is now optimized to be called in runtime and not for being called in tests
-- vault_encrypted test documentation, name and examples have been fixed, other parts were clarified
-- winrm - Add retry after exceeding commands per user quota that can occur in loops and action plugins running multiple commands.
-
-Known Issues
-------------
-
-- ansible-test - When using ansible-test containers with Podman on a Ubuntu 24.04 host, ansible-test must be run as a non-root user to avoid permission issues caused by AppArmor.
-- ansible-test - When using the Fedora 40 container with Podman on a Ubuntu 24.04 host, the ``unix-chkpwd`` AppArmor profile must be disabled on the host to allow SSH connections to the container.
-
-New Plugins
------------
-
-Test
-~~~~
-
-- timedout - did the task time out
-- vaulted_file - Is this file an encrypted vault
-
-New Modules
------------
-
-Lib
-~~~
-
-ansible.modules
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-- mount_facts - Retrieve mount information.

changelogs/CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Placeholder changelog
+=====================
+
+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.

changelogs/README.md

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-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/2.18.0_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2024-11-04
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.18/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.18.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.18.0b1_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2024-09-24
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.18/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.18.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.18.0rc1_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2024-10-14
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.18/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.18.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.18.0rc2_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2024-10-29
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.18/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.18.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.18.1_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2024-12-02
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.18/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.18.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.18.1rc1_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2024-11-25
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.18/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.18.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.18.2_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2025-01-27
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.18/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.18.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.18.2rc1_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2025-01-20
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.18/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.18.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.18.3_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2025-02-24
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.18/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.18.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.18.3rc1_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2025-02-17
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.18/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.18.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.18.4_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2025-03-25
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.18/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.18.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.18.4rc1_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2025-03-17
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.18/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.18.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.18.5_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2025-04-21
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.18/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.18.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.18.5rc1_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2025-04-14
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.18/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.18.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.18.6_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2025-05-19
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.18/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.18.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.18.6rc1_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2025-05-12
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.18/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.18.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/42960_vault_password.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-- vault - handle vault password file value when it is directory (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/42960).

changelogs/fragments/46314.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - apt - report changed=True when some packages are being removed (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/46314).

changelogs/fragments/46742-atomic_move-fix-setgid.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - atomic_move - fix using the setgid bit on the parent directory when creating files (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/46742, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67177).

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/62151-loop_control-until.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - loop_control - add a break_when option to to break out of a task loop early based on Jinja2 expressions (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83442).

changelogs/fragments/64092-get_url_verify_tmpsrc_checksum.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - get_url - Verify checksum using tmpsrc, not dest (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/64092)

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/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/72321_git.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-- git - check if git version is available or not before using it for comparison (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/72321).

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/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/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/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/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/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/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)"

changelogs/fragments/75881-jinja2-3-min.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+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)

changelogs/fragments/76009-validate-modules-choices-return-value.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - "ansible-test validate_modules - allow ``choices`` for return values (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/76009)."

changelogs/fragments/76011-loop-variable-in-use-warning.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bugfixes:
+- _run_loop - Add the task name to the warning
+  (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76011)

changelogs/fragments/76049-task-debugger-run_once.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "Fix task debugger to work with ``run_once`` using ``linear`` strategy (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76049)"

changelogs/fragments/76069-fix-unarchive-file-listing-in-zip.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bugfixes:
+- unarchive - Fix zip archive file listing that caused issues with content
+  postprocessing (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76067).

changelogs/fragments/76108-fix-ansible-galaxy-collection-verify-help.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - 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).