From 357ba68b7679baff427556e37b9dcb941aed3d7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Martz <matt@sivel.net>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2023 15:04:29 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] New release v2.15.6rc1 (#82092)

---
 changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.15.rst              | 27 +++++++++++++++
 changelogs/changelog.yaml                   | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++
 changelogs/fragments/2.15.6rc1_summary.yaml |  3 ++
 lib/ansible/release.py                      |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/2.15.6rc1_summary.yaml

diff --git a/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.15.rst b/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.15.rst
index 04f40c08994..278185799da 100644
--- a/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.15.rst
+++ b/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.15.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,33 @@ ansible-core 2.15 "Ten Years Gone" Release Notes
 .. contents:: Topics
 
 
+v2.15.6rc1
+==========
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+| Release Date: 2023-10-30
+| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.15/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.15.html>`__
+
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- ansible-test - Windows 2012 and 2012-R2 instances are now requested from Azure instead of AWS.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix ``run_once`` being incorrectly interpreted on handlers (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81666)
+- Plugin loader does not dedupe nor cache filter/test plugins by file basename, but full path name.
+- Properly template tags in parent blocks (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81053)
+- Restoring the ability of filters/tests can have same file base name but different tests/filters defined inside.
+- ``import_role`` reverts to previous behavior of exporting vars at compile time.
+- ansible-galaxy - Provide a better error message when using a requirements file with an invalid format - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81901
+- ansible-inventory - index available_hosts for major performance boost when dumping large inventories
+- ansible-test - Fix parsing of cgroup entries which contain a ``:`` in the path (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81977).
+
 v2.15.5
 =======
 
diff --git a/changelogs/changelog.yaml b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
index 8609dfdff3d..cea5ca74d2f 100644
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
@@ -1180,3 +1180,40 @@ releases:
     - role-deduplication-condition.yml
     - winrm-send-input.yml
     release_date: '2023-10-03'
+  2.15.6rc1:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - Fix ``run_once`` being incorrectly interpreted on handlers (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81666)
+      - Plugin loader does not dedupe nor cache filter/test plugins by file basename,
+        but full path name.
+      - Properly template tags in parent blocks (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81053)
+      - Restoring the ability of filters/tests can have same file base name but different
+        tests/filters defined inside.
+      - '``import_role`` reverts to previous behavior of exporting vars at compile
+        time.'
+      - ansible-galaxy - Provide a better error message when using a requirements
+        file with an invalid format - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81901
+      - ansible-inventory - index available_hosts for major performance boost when
+        dumping large inventories
+      - ansible-test - Fix parsing of cgroup entries which contain a ``:`` in the
+        path (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81977).
+      minor_changes:
+      - ansible-test - Windows 2012 and 2012-R2 instances are now requested from Azure
+        instead of AWS.
+      release_summary: '| Release Date: 2023-10-30
+
+        | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.15/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.15.html>`__
+
+        '
+    codename: Ten Years Gone
+    fragments:
+    - 2.15.6rc1_summary.yaml
+    - 81053-templated-tags-inheritance.yml
+    - 81666-handlers-run_once.yml
+    - 81901-galaxy-requirements-format.yml
+    - ansible-test-cgroup-split.yml
+    - ansible-test-windows-2012-and-2012-R2.yml
+    - import_role_goes_public.yml
+    - inv_available_hosts_to_frozenset.yml
+    - j2_load_fix.yml
+    release_date: '2023-10-30'
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2.15.6rc1_summary.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/2.15.6rc1_summary.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bd216583774
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/2.15.6rc1_summary.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+release_summary: |
+   | Release Date: 2023-10-30
+   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.15/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.15.html>`__
diff --git a/lib/ansible/release.py b/lib/ansible/release.py
index f11d7b563d7..7e599aa9358 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/release.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/release.py
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
-__version__ = '2.15.5.post0'
+__version__ = '2.15.6rc1'
 __author__ = 'Ansible, Inc.'
 __codename__ = "Ten Years Gone"