Bump devel version to 2.20.0.dev0 (#85409)

* Limit askpass prompts to single attempt

OpenSSH client option NumberOfPasswordPrompts defaults to 3 so in case
an incorrect connection password is provided it is excessively tried 3
times. Not only that but running the `_ssh_askpass` entry point multiple
times (via ssh) results in `json.decoder.JSONDecodeError` as after the
first run the shared memory is zero'd and the subsequent runs end up
calling `json.loads` on empty data.

`json.decoder.JSONDecodeError` does not happen prior to Python 3.13 as
the share memory is unlinked automatically on `.close()` and the
`_ssh_askpass` entry point exits with return code 1 before attempting to
load zero'd memory.

Fixes #85359

* changelog and tests

* Update changelogs/fragments/85359-askpass-incorrect-password-retries.yml

Co-authored-by: Matt Davis <6775756+nitzmahone@users.noreply.github.com>

* Update lib/ansible/cli/_ssh_askpass.py

Co-authored-by: Martin Krizek <martin.krizek@gmail.com>

* Avoid race condition in second unlink

---------

Co-authored-by: Matt Davis <6775756+nitzmahone@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Matt Clay <matt@mystile.com>

.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ variables:
   - name: fetchDepth
     value: 500
   - name: defaultContainer
-    value: quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:4.0.1
+    value: quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:6.0.0
 
 pool: Standard
 
@@ -54,14 +54,12 @@ stages:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
           testFormat: units/{0}
           targets:
-            - test: 2.7
-            - 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:
@@ -70,43 +68,54 @@ stages:
           nameFormat: Server {0}
           testFormat: windows/{0}/1
           targets:
-            - test: 2016
-            - test: 2019
-            - test: 2022
+            - 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
+            - name: 2025 PSRP HTTP
+              test: 2025/psrp/http
+            - name: 2025 SSH Key
+              test: 2025/ssh/key
   - stage: Remote
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml  # context/target
         parameters:
           targets:
-            - name: macOS 13.2
-              test: macos/13.2
-            - name: RHEL 7.9
-              test: rhel/7.9
-            - name: RHEL 8.8 py36
-              test: rhel/8.8@3.6
-            - name: RHEL 8.8 py311
-              test: rhel/8.8@3.11
-            - name: RHEL 9.2 py39
-              test: rhel/9.2@3.9
-            - name: RHEL 9.2 py311
-              test: rhel/9.2@3.11
-            - name: FreeBSD 13.2
-              test: freebsd/13.2
+            - name: macOS 15.3
+              test: macos/15.3
+            - name: RHEL 9.5 py39
+              test: rhel/9.5@3.9
+            - name: RHEL 9.5 py312
+              test: rhel/9.5@3.12
+            - name: RHEL 10.0
+              test: rhel/10.0
+            - name: FreeBSD 13.5
+              test: freebsd/13.5
+            - name: FreeBSD 14.2
+              test: freebsd/14.2
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
       - template: templates/matrix.yml  # context/controller
         parameters:
           targets:
-            - name: macOS 13.2
-              test: macos/13.2
-            - name: RHEL 8.8
-              test: rhel/8.8
-            - name: RHEL 9.2
-              test: rhel/9.2
-            - name: FreeBSD 13.2
-              test: freebsd/13.2
+            - name: macOS 15.3
+              test: macos/15.3
+            - name: RHEL 9.5
+              test: rhel/9.5
+            - name: RHEL 10.0
+              test: rhel/10.0
+            - name: FreeBSD 13.5
+              test: freebsd/13.5
+            - name: FreeBSD 14.2
+              test: freebsd/14.2
           groups:
             - 3
             - 4
@@ -114,54 +123,58 @@ stages:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml  # context/controller (ansible-test container management)
         parameters:
           targets:
-            - name: Alpine 3.18
-              test: alpine/3.18
-            - name: Fedora 38
-              test: fedora/38
-            - name: RHEL 8.8
-              test: rhel/8.8
-            - name: RHEL 9.2
-              test: rhel/9.2
-            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
-              test: ubuntu/22.04
+            - name: Alpine 3.21
+              test: alpine/3.21
+            - name: Fedora 41
+              test: fedora/41
+            - name: RHEL 9.5
+              test: rhel/9.5
+            - 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
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml  # context/target
         parameters:
           testFormat: linux/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: Alpine 3
-              test: alpine3
-            - name: CentOS 7
-              test: centos7
-            - name: Fedora 38
-              test: fedora38
-            - name: openSUSE 15
-              test: opensuse15
-            - name: Ubuntu 20.04
-              test: ubuntu2004
+            - name: Alpine 3.21
+              test: alpine321
+            - name: Fedora 41
+              test: fedora41
             - name: Ubuntu 22.04
               test: ubuntu2204
+            - name: Ubuntu 24.04
+              test: ubuntu2404
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml  # context/controller
         parameters:
           testFormat: linux/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: Alpine 3
-              test: alpine3
-            - name: Fedora 38
-              test: fedora38
-            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
-              test: ubuntu2204
+            - name: Alpine 3.21
+              test: alpine321
+            - name: Fedora 41
+              test: fedora41
+            - name: Ubuntu 24.04
+              test: ubuntu2404
           groups:
             - 3
             - 4
             - 5
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml  # context/target (dnf-oldest, dnf-latest)
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: linux/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: Fedora 41
+              test: fedora41
+          groups:
+            - 7
   - stage: Galaxy
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
@@ -170,9 +183,9 @@ stages:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
           testFormat: galaxy/{0}/1
           targets:
-            - test: '3.10'
             - test: 3.11
             - test: 3.12
+            - test: 3.13
   - stage: Generic
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
@@ -181,9 +194,9 @@ stages:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
           testFormat: generic/{0}/1
           targets:
-            - test: '3.10'
             - test: 3.11
             - test: 3.12
+            - test: 3.13
   - stage: Incidental_Windows
     displayName: Incidental Windows
     dependsOn: []
@@ -193,9 +206,20 @@ stages:
           nameFormat: Server {0}
           testFormat: i/windows/{0}
           targets:
-            - test: 2016
-            - test: 2019
-            - test: 2022
+            - 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
+            - name: 2025 PSRP HTTP
+              test: 2025/psrp/http
+            - name: 2025 SSH Key
+              test: 2025/ssh/key
   - stage: Incidental
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
@@ -205,8 +229,6 @@ stages:
           targets:
             - name: IOS Python
               test: ios/csr1000v/
-            - name: VyOS Python
-              test: vyos/1.1.8/
   - stage: Summary
     condition: succeededOrFailed()
     dependsOn:

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

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-network.sh

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

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ declare -a args
 IFS='/:' read -ra args <<< "$1"
 
 version="${args[1]}"
+connection="${args[2]}"
+connection_setting="${args[3]}"
 
 target="shippable/windows/incidental/"
 
@@ -26,11 +28,7 @@ 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 multiple versions concurrently."
-
-    platforms=(
-        --windows "${version}"
-    )
+    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}"
@@ -39,14 +37,10 @@ else
         echo "Skipping this job since it is for: ${version}"
         exit 0
     fi
-
-    platforms=(
-        --windows "${version}"
-    )
 fi
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086
 ansible-test windows-integration --color -v --retry-on-error "${target}" ${COVERAGE:+"$COVERAGE"} ${CHANGED:+"$CHANGED"} ${UNSTABLE:+"$UNSTABLE"} \
-    "${platforms[@]}" \
-    --docker default --python "${python_default}" \
-    --remote-terminate always --remote-stage "${stage}" --remote-provider "${provider}"
+    --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/windows.sh

@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ declare -a args
 IFS='/:' read -ra args <<< "$1"
 
 version="${args[1]}"
-group="${args[2]}"
+connection="${args[2]}"
+connection_setting="${args[3]}"
+group="${args[4]}"
 
 target="shippable/windows/group${group}/"
 
@@ -31,11 +33,7 @@ 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 multiple versions concurrently."
-
-    platforms=(
-        --windows "${version}"
-    )
+    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}"
@@ -44,17 +42,13 @@ else
         echo "Skipping this job since it is for: ${version}"
         exit 0
     fi
-
-    platforms=(
-        --windows "${version}"
-    )
 fi
 
-for version in "${python_versions[@]}"; do
+for py_version in "${python_versions[@]}"; do
     changed_all_target="all"
     changed_all_mode="default"
 
-    if [ "${version}" == "${python_default}" ]; then
+    if [ "${py_version}" == "${python_default}" ]; then
         # smoketest tests
         if [ "${CHANGED}" ]; then
             # with change detection enabled run tests for anything changed
@@ -80,7 +74,7 @@ for version in "${python_versions[@]}"; do
     fi
 
     # terminate remote instances on the final python version tested
-    if [ "${version}" = "${python_versions[-1]}" ]; then
+    if [ "${py_version}" = "${python_versions[-1]}" ]; then
         terminate="always"
     else
         terminate="never"
@@ -88,7 +82,8 @@ for version in "${python_versions[@]}"; do
 
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
     ansible-test windows-integration --color -v --retry-on-error "${ci}" ${COVERAGE:+"$COVERAGE"} ${CHANGED:+"$CHANGED"} ${UNSTABLE:+"$UNSTABLE"} \
-        "${platforms[@]}" --changed-all-target "${changed_all_target}" --changed-all-mode "${changed_all_mode}" \
-        --docker default --python "${version}" \
-        --remote-terminate "${terminate}" --remote-stage "${stage}" --remote-provider "${provider}"
+        --changed-all-target "${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

@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ 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 (absolute_import, division, print_function)
-__metaclass__ = type
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import os
 import re

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

@@ -4,15 +4,16 @@ 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
 import pathlib
-import shutil
+import shlex
 import subprocess
 import tempfile
 import typing as t
-import urllib.request
+import venv
 
 
 @dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True)
@@ -42,6 +43,27 @@ def parse_args() -> Args:
     return Args(**kwargs)
 
 
+def run(*args: str | pathlib.Path) -> None:
+    cmd = [str(arg) for arg in args]
+    print(f'==> {shlex.join(cmd)}', flush=True)
+    subprocess.run(cmd, check=True)
+
+
+def install_codecov(dest: pathlib.Path) -> pathlib.Path:
+    package = 'codecov-cli'
+    version = '11.0.3'
+
+    venv_dir = dest / 'venv'
+    python_bin = venv_dir / 'bin' / 'python'
+    codecov_bin = venv_dir / 'bin' / 'codecovcli'
+
+    venv.create(venv_dir, with_pip=True)
+
+    run(python_bin, '-m', 'pip', 'install', f'{package}=={version}', '--disable-pip-version-check')
+
+    return codecov_bin
+
+
 def process_files(directory: pathlib.Path) -> t.Tuple[CoverageFile, ...]:
     processed = []
     for file in directory.joinpath('reports').glob('coverage*.xml'):
@@ -56,45 +78,43 @@ def process_files(directory: pathlib.Path) -> t.Tuple[CoverageFile, ...]:
     return tuple(processed)
 
 
-def upload_files(codecov_bin: pathlib.Path, files: t.Tuple[CoverageFile, ...], dry_run: bool = False) -> None:
+def upload_files(codecov_bin: pathlib.Path, config_file: pathlib.Path, files: t.Tuple[CoverageFile, ...], dry_run: bool = False) -> None:
     for file in files:
         cmd = [
-            str(codecov_bin),
-            '--name', file.name,
-            '--file', str(file.path),
+            codecov_bin,
+            '--disable-telem',
+            '--codecov-yml-path',
+            config_file,
+            'upload-process',
+            '--disable-search',
+            '--disable-file-fixes',
+            '--plugin',
+            'noop',
+            '--name',
+            file.name,
+            '--file',
+            file.path,
         ]
+
         for flag in file.flags:
-            cmd.extend(['--flags', flag])
+            cmd.extend(['--flag', flag])
 
         if dry_run:
-            print(f'DRY-RUN: Would run command: {cmd}')
-            continue
+            cmd.append('--dry-run')
 
-        subprocess.run(cmd, check=True)
+        run(*cmd)
 
 
-def download_file(url: str, dest: pathlib.Path, flags: int, dry_run: bool = False) -> None:
-    if dry_run:
-        print(f'DRY-RUN: Would download {url} to {dest} and set mode to {flags:o}')
-        return
-
-    with urllib.request.urlopen(url) as resp:
-        with dest.open('w+b') as f:
-            # Read data in chunks rather than all at once
-            shutil.copyfileobj(resp, f, 64 * 1024)
-
-    dest.chmod(flags)
-
-
-def main():
+def main() -> None:
     args = parse_args()
-    url = 'https://ci-files.testing.ansible.com/codecov/linux/codecov'
-    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix='codecov-') as tmpdir:
-        codecov_bin = pathlib.Path(tmpdir) / 'codecov'
-        download_file(url, codecov_bin, 0o755, args.dry_run)
 
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix='codecov-') as tmpdir:
+        config_file = pathlib.Path(tmpdir) / 'config.yml'
+        config_file.write_text('')
+
+        codecov_bin = install_codecov(pathlib.Path(tmpdir))
         files = process_files(args.path)
-        upload_files(codecov_bin, files, args.dry_run)
+        upload_files(codecov_bin, config_file, files, args.dry_run)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':

.azure-pipelines/scripts/report-coverage.sh

@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ if ! ansible-test --help >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     pip install https://github.com/ansible/ansible/archive/devel.tar.gz --disable-pip-version-check
 fi
 
-# Generate stubs using docker (if supported) otherwise fall back to using a virtual environment instead.
-# The use of docker is required when Powershell code is present, but Ansible 2.12 was the first version to support --docker with coverage.
-ansible-test coverage xml --group-by command --stub --docker --color -v || ansible-test coverage xml --group-by command --stub --venv --color -v
+# Generate stubs using docker.
+# The use of docker is mandatory when Powershell code is present.
+ansible-test coverage xml --group-by command --stub --docker --color -v

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

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

.git-blame-ignore-revs

@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 # Bulk PowerShell sanity fixes
 6def4a3180fe03981ba64c6d8db28fed3bb39c0c
 716631189cb5a3f66b3add98f39e64e98bc17bf7
+# Bulk update of strings from triple single quotes to triple double quotes
+a0495fc31497798a7a833ba7406a9729e1528dd8

.github/CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -4,22 +4,75 @@ Hi! Nice to see you here!
 
 ## QUESTIONS ?
 
-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.
+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.
 
-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.
+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.
 
 ## CONTRIBUTING ?
 
-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.
+By contributing to this project you agree to the [Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO)](#developer-certificate-of-origin-dco).
 
-Please review the [Community Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/index.html) for more information on contributing to Ansible.
+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.
 
 ## BUG TO REPORT ?
 
-First and foremost, also check the [Community Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/index.html).
+First and foremost, also check the [Community Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/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

@@ -19,13 +19,14 @@ body:
       Also test if the latest release and devel branch are affected too.
 
 
-      **Tip:** If you are seeking community support, please consider
-      [starting a mailing list thread or chatting in IRC][ML||IRC].
+      **Tip:** If you are seeking community support, please see
+      [Communicating with the Ansible community][communication] to
+      get in touch and ask questions.
 
 
 
-      [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
+      [communication]:
+      https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html
 
       [issue search]: ../search?q=is%3Aissue&type=issues
 
@@ -46,23 +47,7 @@ body:
 - type: dropdown
   attributes:
     label: Issue Type
-    description: >
-      Please select the single available option in the drop-down.
-
-      <details>
-        <summary>
-          <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!_
-
-      </details>
-    # FIXME: Once GitHub allows defining the default choice, update this
+    description: This is a marker for our automatic bot. Do not change it.
     options:
     - Bug Report
   validations:
@@ -87,7 +72,7 @@ body:
 
 
       [collections org]: /ansible-collections
-    placeholder: dnf, apt, yum, pip, user etc.
+    placeholder: dnf, apt, pip, user etc.
   validations:
     required: true
 
@@ -151,7 +136,7 @@ body:
   attributes:
     label: Steps to Reproduce
     description: |
-      Describe exactly how to reproduce the problem, using a minimal test-case. It would *really* help us understand your problem if you could also pased any playbooks, configs and commands you used.
+      Describe exactly how to reproduce the problem, using a minimal test-case. It would *really* help us understand your problem if you could also provide any playbooks, configs and commands you used.
 
       **HINT:** You can paste https://gist.github.com links for larger files.
     value: |
@@ -258,7 +243,7 @@ body:
     description: |
       Read the [Ansible Code of Conduct][CoC] first.
 
-      [CoC]: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--bug_report.yml
+      [CoC]: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/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/latest/community/reporting_bugs_and_features.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser
+  url: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/reporting_bugs_and_features.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser
   about: |
     Please learn how to report security vulnerabilities here.
 
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ contact_links:
     a prompt response.
 
     For more information, see
-    https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/reporting_bugs_and_features.html
+    https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/reporting_bugs_and_features.html
 - name: 📝 Ansible Code of Conduct
-  url: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser
+  url: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser
   about: ❤ Be nice to other members of the community. ☮ Behave.
-- 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
+- name: 💬 Talk to the community
+  url: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser#forum
   about: Please ask and answer usage questions here
 - name: ⚡ Working groups
-  url: https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki
+  url: https://forum.ansible.com/g?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser
   about: Interested in improving a specific area? Become a part of a working group!
 - name: 💼 For Enterprise
   url: https://www.ansible.com/products/engine?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/documentation_report.yml

@@ -22,12 +22,14 @@ body:
       Also test if the latest release and devel branch are affected too.
 
 
-      **Tip:** If you are seeking community support, please consider
-      [starting a mailing list thread or chatting in IRC][ML||IRC].
+      **Tip:** If you are seeking community support, please see
+      [Communicating with the Ansible community][communication] to
+      get in touch and ask questions.
 
 
-      [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
+
+      [communication]:
+      https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html
 
       [issue search]: ../search?q=is%3Aissue&type=issues
 
@@ -82,20 +84,7 @@ body:
 - type: dropdown
   attributes:
     label: Issue Type
-    description: >
-      Please select the single available option in the drop-down.
-
-      <details>
-        <summary>
-          <em>Why?</em>
-        </summary>
-
-
-        _We will make it easier in the future, once GitHub
-        supports dropdown defaults. Promise!_
-
-      </details>
-    # FIXME: Once GitHub allows defining the default choice, update this
+    description: This is a marker for our automatic bot. Do not change it.
     options:
     - Documentation Report
   validations:
@@ -205,7 +194,7 @@ body:
     description: |
       Read the [Ansible Code of Conduct][CoC] first.
 
-      [CoC]: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--documentation_report.yml
+      [CoC]: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/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

@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ body:
 
       If unsure, consider filing a [new proposal] instead outlining your
       use-cases, the research and implementation considerations. Then,
-      start a discussion on one of the public [IRC meetings] we have just
-      for this.
+      start a discussion in the [Ansible forum][forum].
 
 
       <details>
@@ -44,21 +43,22 @@ body:
       Also test if the devel branch does not already implement this.
 
 
-      **Tip:** If you are seeking community support, please consider
-      [starting a mailing list thread or chatting in IRC][ML||IRC].
+      **Tip:** If you are seeking community support, please see
+      [Communicating with the Ansible community][communication] to
+      get in touch and ask questions.
 
 
 
       [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
 
-      [IRC meetings]:
-        https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/community/communication.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--feature_request.yml#irc-meetings
+      [communication]:
+      https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html
 
       [issue search]: ../search?q=is%3Aissue&type=issues
 
-      [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
+      [forum help]:
+      https://forum.ansible.com/c/help/6
 
       [new proposal]: ../../proposals/issues/new
 
@@ -101,23 +101,7 @@ body:
 - type: dropdown
   attributes:
     label: Issue Type
-    description: >
-      Please select the single available option in the drop-down.
-
-      <details>
-        <summary>
-          <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!_
-
-      </details>
-    # FIXME: Once GitHub allows defining the default choice, update this
+    description: This is a marker for our automatic bot. Do not change it.
     options:
     - Feature Idea
   validations:
@@ -139,7 +123,7 @@ body:
 
 
       [collections org]: /ansible-collections
-    placeholder: dnf, apt, yum, pip, user etc.
+    placeholder: dnf, apt, pip, user etc.
   validations:
     required: true
 
@@ -185,7 +169,7 @@ body:
     description: |
       Read the [Ansible Code of Conduct][CoC] first.
 
-      [CoC]: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--feature_request.yml
+      [CoC]: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/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/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/internal_issue.md

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+name: Internal Issue
+about: Free-form issue creation for core maintainer use only.
+title: ''
+labels: [core-internal]
+assignees: ''
+---
+
+
+@ansibot bot_skip

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/pre_release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: Pre-Release Bug Report
+description: File a bug report against a pre-release version
+labels:
+  - bug
+  - pre_release
+assignees:
+  - nitzmahone
+  - mattclay
+body:
+  - type: markdown
+    attributes:
+      value: |
+        ## Bug Report
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Ansible Version
+      description: Paste the full output from `ansible --version` below.
+      render: console
+      placeholder: $ ansible --version
+    validations:
+      required: true
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Summary
+      description: Describe the issue with any relevant steps to reproduce.
+    validations:
+      required: true
+  - type: dropdown
+    attributes:
+      label: <!-- Bot instructions (ignore this) -->
+      options:
+        - |
+          <!--
+          ### Component Name
+          bin/ansible
+          ### Issue Type
+          Bug Report
+          ### Configuration
+          ### OS / Environment
+          -->
+    validations:
+      required: true

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.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/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md

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

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/Bug fix.md

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+##### SUMMARY
+
+<!--- Describe the change below, including rationale and design decisions -->
+
+<!--- Add "Fixes #1234" or steps to reproduce the problem if there is no corresponding issue -->
+
+##### ISSUE TYPE
+
+- Bugfix Pull Request

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/Documentation change.md

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+##### SUMMARY
+
+<!--- Describe the change below, including rationale -->
+
+<!--- Add "Fixes #1234" if there is a corresponding issue -->
+
+##### ISSUE TYPE
+
+- Docs Pull Request

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/New feature.md

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+##### SUMMARY
+
+<!--- Describe the change below, including rationale and design decisions -->
+
+<!--- Add "Fixes #1234" if there is a corresponding issue -->
+
+##### ISSUE TYPE
+
+- Feature Pull Request

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md

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

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/Tests.md

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+##### SUMMARY
+
+<!--- Describe the change below, including rationale and design decisions -->
+
+<!--- Add "Fixes #1234" if there is a corresponding issue -->
+
+##### ISSUE TYPE
+
+- Test Pull Request

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/Unclear purpose or motivation.md

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+##### SUMMARY
+
+<!--- Describe the change below, including rationale and design decisions -->
+
+<!--- Add "Fixes #1234" or steps to reproduce the problem if there is no corresponding issue -->
+
+##### ISSUE TYPE
+
+<!--- Pick one below and delete the rest -->
+
+- Bugfix Pull Request
+- Docs Pull Request
+- Feature Pull Request
+- Test Pull Request

.github/RELEASE_NAMES.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2.20.0  TBD
+2.19.0  What Is and What Should Never Be
+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

.gitignore

@@ -92,9 +92,14 @@ 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
+# PowerShell signed hashlist
+lib/ansible/config/powershell_signatures.psd1
+*.authenticode
 # test stuff
 /test/integration/cloud-config-*.*
 !/test/integration/cloud-config-*.*.template

MANIFEST.in

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 include COPYING
-include bin/*
 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
+recursive-include test/sanity *.in *.json *.py *.txt *.ini
 recursive-include test/support *.py *.ps1 *.psm1 *.cs *.md
 recursive-include test/units *

README.md

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 [![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/latest/community/communication.html)
+[![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/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html)
-[![Ansible mailing lists](https://img.shields.io/badge/mailing%20lists-Ansible-orange.svg)](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/communication.html#mailing-list-information)
+[![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)
 
@@ -40,21 +40,33 @@ features and fixes, directly. Although it is reasonably stable, you are more lik
 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
+## Communication
 
-* Read [Community Information](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community) for all
+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 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.
+  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.
-* 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
 
@@ -67,7 +79,7 @@ We document our Coding Guidelines in the [Developer Guide](https://docs.ansible.
 
 * 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.
+* 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

bin/ansible-connection

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

changelogs/changelog.yaml

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-ancestor: 2.15.0
+ancestor: 2.18.0
 releases: {}

changelogs/fragments/20802-until-default.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - tasks - the ``retries`` keyword can be specified without ``until`` in which case the task is retried until it succeeds but at most ``retries`` times (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/20802)

changelogs/fragments/22396-indicate-which-args-are-multi.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-- CLI argument parsing - Automatically prepend to the help of CLI arguments that support being specified multiple times.
-  (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/22396)

changelogs/fragments/27816-fetch-unreachable.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- fetch - Handle unreachable errors properly (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/27816)

changelogs/fragments/50603-tty-check.yaml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - "ansible-vault create: Now raises an error when opening the editor without
-    tty. The flag --skip-tty-check restores previous behaviour."

changelogs/fragments/71916-user-expires-int.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - user - set expiration value correctly when unable to retrieve the current value from the system (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/71916)

changelogs/fragments/73643-handlers-prevent-multiple-runs.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - Prevent running same handler multiple times when included via ``include_role`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/73643)

changelogs/fragments/74723-support-wildcard-win_fetch.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- win_fetch - Add support for using file with wildcards in file name.
-  (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/73128)

changelogs/fragments/75063-allow-dev-nul-as-skeleton-for-new-homedir.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - modules/user.py - Add check for valid directory when creating new user homedir (allows /dev/null as skeleton) (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75063)
-  

changelogs/fragments/76372-fix-pip-virtualenv-command-parsing.yml

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - >-
-    Fixed `pip` module failure in case of usage quotes for
-    `virtualenv_command` option for the venv command.
-    (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76372)

changelogs/fragments/78487-galaxy-collections-path-warnings.yml

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-- >-
-  Add ``GALAXY_COLLECTIONS_PATH_WARNING`` option to disable the warning
-  given by ``ansible-galaxy collection install`` when installing a collection
-  to a path that isn't in the configured collection paths.

changelogs/fragments/79129-ansible-managed-filename-format.yaml

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - template - Fix for formatting issues when a template path contains
-    valid jinja/strftime pattern (especially line break one) and
-    using the template path in ansible_managed
-    (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/79129)

changelogs/fragments/79364_replace.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- replace - handle exception when bad escape character is provided in replace (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79364).

changelogs/fragments/79677-fix-argspec-type-check.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - module/role argument spec - validate the type for options that are None when the option is required or has a non-None default (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79656).

changelogs/fragments/79734-ansible-test-change-detection.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "ansible-test local change detection - use ``git merge-base <branch> HEAD`` instead of ``git merge-base --fork-point <branch>`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/79734)."

changelogs/fragments/79844-fix-timeout-mounts-linux.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - setup gather_timeout - Fix timeout in get_mounts_facts for linux.

changelogs/fragments/79999-ansible-user-tweak-macos-defaults.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - 'ansible_user_module - tweaked macos user defaults to reflect expected defaults (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/44316)'

changelogs/fragments/80089-prevent-module-build-date-issue.yml

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- ansiballz - Prevent issue where the time on the control host could
-  change part way through building the ansiballz file, potentially causing
-  a pre-1980 date to be used during ansiballz unpacking leading to a zip
-  file error (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80089)

changelogs/fragments/80128-symbolic-modes-X-use-computed.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - file modules - Make symbolic modes with X use the computed permission, not original file (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80128)
-  - copy unit tests - Fixing "dir all perms" documentation and formatting for easier reading.

changelogs/fragments/80257-iptables-chain-creation-does-not-populate-a-rule.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - iptables - remove default rule creation when creating iptables chain to be more similar to the command line utility (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80256).

changelogs/fragments/80258-defensive-display-non-utf8.yml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- Display - Defensively configure writing to stdout and stderr with a custom encoding error handler that will replace invalid characters
-  while providing a deprecation warning that non-utf8 text will result in an error in a future version.
-- module responses - Ensure that module responses are utf-8 adhereing to JSON RFC and expectations of the core code.

changelogs/fragments/80334-reduce-ansible-galaxy-api-calls.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - ansible-galaxy - reduce API calls to servers by fetching signatures only for final candidates.

changelogs/fragments/80406-validate-modules-semantic-markup.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "validate-modules sanity test - replace semantic markup parsing and validating code with the code from `antsibull-docs-parser 0.2.0 <https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull-docs-parser/releases/tag/0.2.0>`__ (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/80406)."

changelogs/fragments/80449-fix-symbolic-mode-error-msg.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - file modules - fix validating invalid symbolic modes.

changelogs/fragments/80459-handlers-nested-includes-vars.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - include_role - expose variables from parent roles to role's handlers (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80459)

changelogs/fragments/80460-add-symbolic-links-with-dir.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - include_vars - os.walk now follows symbolic links when traversing directories (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/80460)

changelogs/fragments/80476-fix-loop-task-post-validation.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - Fix post-validating looped task fields so the strategy uses the correct values after task execution.

changelogs/fragments/80488-pip-pkg-resources.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- pip module - Update module to prefer use of the python ``packaging`` and ``importlib.metadata`` modules due to ``pkg_resources`` being deprecated
-  (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80488)

changelogs/fragments/80506-syntax-check-playbook-only.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- syntax check - Limit ``--syntax-check`` to ``ansible-playbook`` only, as that is the only CLI affected by this argument
-  (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80506)

changelogs/fragments/80520-fix-current-hostname-openbsd.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - The ``hostname`` module now also updates both current and permanent hostname on OpenBSD. Before it only updated the permanent hostname (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80520).

changelogs/fragments/80523_-_adding_short_option_for_--ask-vault-pass.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - cli - Added short option '-J' for asking for vault password (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80523).

changelogs/fragments/80605-template-overlay-native-jinja.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "Properly disable ``jinja2_native`` in the template module when jinja2 override is used in the template (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80605)"

changelogs/fragments/80648-fix-ansible-galaxy-cache-signatures-bug.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - ansible-galaxy - fix installing signed collections (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80648).
-  - ansible-galaxy collection verify - fix verifying signed collections when the keyring is not configured.

changelogs/fragments/80721-ansible-galaxy.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-- ansible-galaxy - Remove internal configuration argument ``v3`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/80721)

changelogs/fragments/80738-abs-unarachive-src.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - unarchive - fix unarchiving sources that are copied to the remote node using a relative temporory directory path (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80710).

changelogs/fragments/80841-display-type-annotation.yml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - Add Python type hints to the Display class (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80841)
-bugfixes:
-  - vars_prompt - internally convert the ``unsafe`` value to ``bool``

changelogs/fragments/80880-register-handlers-immediately-if-iterating-handlers.yml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- "From issue https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80880, when notifying a
-  handler from another handler, handler notifications must be registered
-  immediately as the flush_handler call is not recursive."

changelogs/fragments/80887-dnf5-api-change.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- dnf5 - Update dnf5 module to handle API change for setting the download directory
-  (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80887)

changelogs/fragments/80943-ansible-galaxy-collection-subdir-install.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- ansible-galaxy - Fix variable type error when installing subdir collections
-  (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80943)

changelogs/fragments/80968-replace-deprecated-ast-attr.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - Fix ``ast`` deprecation warnings for ``Str`` and ``value.s`` when using Python 3.12.

changelogs/fragments/80985-fix-smgl-family-mapping.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - distribution facts - fix Source Mage family mapping

changelogs/fragments/81005-use-overlay-overrides.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- templating - In the template action and lookup, use local jinja2 environment overlay overrides instead of mutating the templars environment

changelogs/fragments/81013-handlers-listen-last-defined-only.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - handlers - the ``listen`` keyword can affect only one handler with the same name, the last one defined as it is a case with the ``notify`` keyword (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81013)

changelogs/fragments/81029-connection-types.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "paramiko_ssh, psrp, and ssh connection plugins - ensure that all values for options that should be strings are actually converted to strings (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81029)."

changelogs/fragments/81064-daemonize-fixes.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "``ansible.module_utils.service`` - fix inter-process communication in ``daemonize()``"

changelogs/fragments/81082-deprecated-importlib-abc.yml

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - Use ``importlib.resources.abc.TraversableResources`` instead of deprecated
-    ``importlib.abc.TraversableResources`` where available
-    (https:/github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81082).

changelogs/fragments/81083-add-blockinfile-append-and-prepend-new-line-options.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - blockinfile - add append_newline and prepend_newline options (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80835).

changelogs/fragments/81104-inventory-script-plugin-raise-execution-error.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- Inventory scripts parser not treat exception when getting hostsvar (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81103)

changelogs/fragments/81319-cloudstack-test-container-bump-version.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ansible-test - Updated the CloudStack test container to version 1.6.1.

changelogs/fragments/81332-fix-pkg-mgr-in-kylin.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - pkg_mgr.py - Fix `ansible_pkg_mgr` is unknown in Kylin Linux (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81332)

changelogs/fragments/81450-list-filters.yml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "ansible-console - fix filtering by collection names when a collection search path was set (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81450)."
-minor_changes:
-  - "ansible-doc - allow to filter listing of collections and metadata dump by more than one collection (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81450)."

changelogs/fragments/81494-remove-duplicated-file-attribute-constant.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - Import ``FILE_ATTRIBUTES`` from ``ansible.module_utils.common.file`` in ``ansible.module_utils.basic`` instead of defining it twice.

changelogs/fragments/81555-add-warning-for-illegal-filenames-in-roles.yaml

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ansible-galaxy - used to crash out with a "Errno 20 Not a directory" error when extracting files from a role when hitting a file with an illegal name (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81553). Now it gives a warning identifying the culprit file and the rule violation (e.g., ``my$class.jar`` has a ``$`` in the name) before crashing out, giving the user a chance to remove the invalid file and try again. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81555).
-
-known_issues:
-  - ansible-galaxy - dies in the middle of installing a role when that role contains Java inner classes (files with $ in the file name).  This is by design, to exclude temporary or backup files. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81553).

changelogs/fragments/81613-remove-unusued-private-lock.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - lib/ansible/utils/encrypt.py - remove unused private ``_LOCK`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81613)

changelogs/fragments/81656-cf_readfp-deprecated.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - Replace uses of ``configparser.ConfigParser.readfp()`` which was removed in Python 3.12 with ``configparser.ConfigParser.read_file()`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81656)

changelogs/fragments/81662-blockinfile-exc.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "blockinfile - avoid crash with Python 3 if creating the directory fails when ``create=true`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81662)."

changelogs/fragments/CleansingNodeVisitor-removal.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - Remove the ``CleansingNodeVisitor`` class and its usage due to the templating changes that made it superfluous. Also simplify the ``Conditional`` class.

changelogs/fragments/a-g-col-install-directory-with-trailing-sep.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - ansible-galaxy - fix installing collections from directories that have a trailing path separator (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77803).

changelogs/fragments/a-g-col-prevent-reinstalling-satisfied-req.yml

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- >-
-  ``ansible-galaxy`` now considers all collection paths when identifying which collection requirements are already installed.
-  Use the ``COLLECTIONS_PATHS`` and ``COLLECTIONS_SCAN_SYS_PATHS`` config options to modify these.
-  Previously only the install path was considered when resolving the candidates.
-  The install path will remain the only one potentially modified.
-  (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79767, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81163)

changelogs/fragments/a_test_rmv_alpine_317.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ansible-test - remove Alpine 3.17 from remotes

changelogs/fragments/add-missing-cli-docs.yml

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - The ``ansible-config init`` command now has a documentation description.
-  - The ``ansible-galaxy collection download`` command now has a documentation description.
-  - The ``ansible-galaxy collection verify`` command now has a documentation description.
-  - The ``ansible-inventory`` command command now has a documentation description (previously used as the epilog).
-  - The ``ansible-galaxy collection install`` command documentation is now visible (previously hidden by a decorator).
-  - The ``ansible-galaxy role install`` command documentation is now visible (previously hidden by a decorator).
-  - Fix ``ansible-config init`` man page option indentation.

changelogs/fragments/ag-ignore-multiple-signature-statuses.yml

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - >-
-    ansible-galaxy - Add a plural option to improve ignoring multiple signature error status codes
-    when installing or verifying collections. A space-separated list of error codes can follow
-    --ignore-signature-status-codes in addition to specifying --ignore-signature-status-code
-    multiple times (for example, ``--ignore-signature-status-codes NO_PUBKEY UNEXPECTED``).

changelogs/fragments/ansible-galaxy-server-timeout.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - Add a general ``GALAXY_SERVER_TIMEOUT`` config option for distribution servers (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79833).

changelogs/fragments/ansible-runtime-metadata-removal-date.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - Record ``removal_date`` in runtime metadata as a string instead of a date.

changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-added-fedora-38.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ansible-test - Add Fedora 38 remote.
-  - ansible-test - Add Fedora 38 container.

changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-argcomplete-3.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - ansible-test - Add support for ``argcomplete`` version 3.

changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-atexit.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ansible-test - Use a context manager to perform cleanup at exit instead of using the built-in ``atexit`` module.

changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-coverage-update.yml

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
----
-
-minor_changes:
-- ansible-test — Python 3.8–3.12 will use ``coverage`` v7.3.0.
-- ansible-test — ``coverage`` v6.5.0 is to be used only under Python 3.7.
-
-...

changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-default-containers.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ansible-test - Update the ``default`` containers.

changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-deprecated-cleanup.yml

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ansible-test - Removed the deprecated ``--docker-no-pull`` option.
-  - ansible-test - Removed the deprecated ``--no-pip-check`` option.
-  - ansible-test - Removed the deprecated ``foreman`` test plugin.
-  - ansible-test - Removed the deprecated ``govcsim`` support from the ``vcenter`` test plugin.

changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-distro-containers.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ansible-test - The openSUSE test container has been updated to openSUSE Leap 15.5.