- ansible-test - Update the pylint sanity test to pylint 4.0.2.
Bugfixes
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- Windows - ignore temporary file cleanup warning when using AnsibleModule to compile C# utils. This should reduce the number of warnings that can safely be ignored when running PowerShell modules - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/85976
- config lookup now properly factors in variables and show_origin when checking entries from the global configuration.
- option argument deprecations now have a proper alternative help text.
- package_facts - typecast bytes to string while returning facts (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/85937).
- DataLoader - Update ``DataLoader.get_basedir`` to be an abspath
- known_hosts - return rc and stderr when ssh-keygen command fails for further debugging (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/85850).
Removed Features (previously deprecated)
----------------------------------------
- ansible-galaxy - remove support for resolvelib >= 0.5.3, < 0.8.0.
Bugfixes
--------
- Fix issue where play tags prevented executing notified handlers (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/85475)
- Fix issues with keywords being incorrectly validated on ``import_tasks`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/85855, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/85856)
- Fix traceback when trying to import non-existing file via nested ``import_tasks`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/69882)
- ansible-doc - prevent crash when scanning collections in paths that have more than one ``ansible_collections`` in it (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84909, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/85361).
- fetch - also return ``file`` in the result when changed is ``True`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/85729).
- Add tech preview play argument spec validation, which can be enabled by setting the play keyword ``validate_argspec`` to ``True`` or the name of an argument spec. When ``validate_argspec`` is set to ``True``, a play ``name`` is required and used as the argument spec name. When enabled, the argument spec is loaded from a file matching the pattern <playbook_name>.meta.yml. At minimum, this file should contain ``{"argument_specs": {"name": {"options": {}}}}``, where "name" is the name of the play or configured argument spec.
- Added Univention Corporate Server as a part of Debian OS distribution family (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/85490).
- AnsibleModule - Add temporary internal monkeypatch-able hook to alter module result serialization by splitting serialization from ``_return_formatted`` into ``_record_module_result``.
- DataLoader - Update ``DataLoader.get_basedir`` to be an abspath
- Python type hints applied to ``to_text`` and ``to_bytes`` functions for better type hint interactions with code utilizing these functions.
- ansible now warns if you use reserved tags that were only meant for selection and not for use in play.
- ansible-doc - Return a more verbose error message when the ``description`` field is missing.
- ansible-doc - show ``notes``, ``seealso``, and top-level ``version_added`` for role entrypoints (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81796).
- ansible-doc adds support for RETURN documentation to support doc fragment plugins
- ansible-test - Default to Python 3.14 in the ``base`` and ``default`` test containers.
- ansible-test - Filter out pylint messages for invalid filenames and display a notice when doing so.
- ansible-test - Implement new authentication methods for accessing the Ansible Core CI service.
- ansible-test - Improve formatting of generated coverage config file.
- ansible-test - Removed support for automatic provisioning of obsolete instances for network-integration tests.
- ansible-test - Replace FreeBSD 14.2 with 14.3.
- ansible-test - Replace RHEL 9.5 with 9.6.
- ansible-test - Update Ubuntu containers.
- ansible-test - Update astroid imports in custom pylint checkers.
- ansible-test - Update base/default containers to include Python 3.14.0.
- ansible-test - Update default containers.
- ansible-test - Update pinned ``pip`` version to 25.2.
- ansible-test - Update pinned sanity test requirements, including upgrading to pylint 4.0.0.
- ansible-test - Update pinned sanity test requirements.
- ansible-test - Update test containers.
- ansible-test - Update the pylint sanity test to pylint 4.0.2.
- ansible-test - Upgrade Alpine 3.21 to 3.22.
- ansible-test - Upgrade Fedora 41 to Fedora 42.
- ansible-test - Upgrade to ``coverage`` version 7.10.7 for Python 3.9 and later.
@ -141,6 +60,7 @@ Minor Changes
- fetch_file - add ca_path and cookies parameter arguments (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/85172).
- include_vars - Raise an error if 'extensions' is not specified as a list.
- include_vars - Raise an error if 'ignore_files' is not specified as a list.
- known_hosts - return rc and stderr when ssh-keygen command fails for further debugging (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/85850).
- lineinfile - add new module option ``encoding`` to support files in encodings other than UTF-8 (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/84999).
- regex - Document the match_type fullmatch.
- regex - Ensure that match_type is one of match, fullmatch, or search (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/85629).
@ -173,6 +93,7 @@ Removed Features (previously deprecated)
- Removed the option to set the ``DEFAULT_TRANSPORT`` configuration to ``smart`` that selects the default transport as either ``ssh`` or ``paramiko`` based on the underlying platform configuraton.
- ``vault``/``unvault`` filters - remove the deprecated ``vaultid`` parameter.
- ansible-doc - role entrypoint attributes are no longer shown
- ansible-galaxy - remove support for resolvelib >= 0.5.3, < 0.8.0.
- ansible-galaxy - removed the v2 Galaxy server API. Galaxy servers hosting collections must support v3.
- Do not re-add ``tags`` on blocks from within ``import_tasks``.
- Fix issue where play tags prevented executing notified handlers (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/85475)
- Fix issues with keywords being incorrectly validated on ``import_tasks`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/85855, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/85856)
- Fix traceback when trying to import non-existing file via nested ``import_tasks`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/69882)
- SIGINT/SIGTERM Handling - Make SIGINT/SIGTERM handling more robust by splitting concerns between forks and the parent.
- The ``ansible_failed_task`` variable is now correctly exposed in a rescue section, even when a failing handler is triggered by the ``flush_handlers`` task in the corresponding ``block`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/85682)
- Windows - ignore temporary file cleanup warning when using AnsibleModule to compile C# utils. This should reduce the number of warnings that can safely be ignored when running PowerShell modules - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/85976
- Windows async - Handle running PowerShell modules with trailing data after the module result
- ``ansible-galaxy collection list`` - fail when none of the configured collection paths exist.
- ansible-doc - prevent crash when scanning collections in paths that have more than one ``ansible_collections`` in it (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84909, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/85361).
- conditionals - When displaying a broken conditional error or deprecation warning, the origin of the non-boolean result is included (if available), and the raw result is omitted.
- config lookup now properly factors in variables and show_origin when checking entries from the global configuration.
- display - Fixed reference to undefined `_DeferredWarningContext` when issuing early warnings during startup. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/85886)
- dnf - Check if installroot is directory or not (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/85680).
- failed_when - When using ``failed_when`` to suppress an error, the ``exception`` key in the result is renamed to ``failed_when_suppressed_exception``. This prevents the error from being displayed by callbacks after being suppressed. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/85505)
- fetch - also return ``file`` in the result when changed is ``True`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/85729).
- import_tasks - fix templating parent include arguments.
- include_role - allow host specific values in all ``*_from`` arguments (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/66497)
- option argument deprecations now have a proper alternative help text.
- package_facts - typecast bytes to string while returning facts (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/85937).
- pip - Fix pip module output so that it returns changed when the only operation is initializing a venv.
- plugins config, get_option_and_origin now correctly displays the value and origin of the option.
- psrp - ReadTimeout exceptions now mark host as unreachable instead of fatal (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/85966)
- run_command - Fixed premature selector unregistration on empty read from stdout/stderr that caused truncated output or hangs in rare situations.
- script inventory plugin will now show correct 'incorrect' type when doing implicit conversions on groups.
- ssh connection - fix documented variables for the ``host`` option. Connection options can be configured with delegated variables in general.
Matt Davis
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