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Ansible 2.6
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**Core Engine Freeze:** Mid May 2018
**Core and Curated Module Freeze:** Mid May 2018
**Community Module Freeze:** Late May 2018
**Release Candidate:** Mid June 2018
**Target:** June/July 2018
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Engine improvements
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- Version 2.6 is largely going to be a stabilization release for Core code.
- Some of the items covered in this release, but are not limited to are the following:
- ``ansible-inventory``
- ``import_*``
- ``include_*``
- Test coverage
- Performance Testing
Core Modules
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- Adopt-a-module Campaign
- Review current status of all Core Modules
- Reduce backlog of open issues against these modules
Cloud Modules
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Network
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Connection work
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* New connection plugin: eAPI `proposal#102 <https://github.com/ansible/proposals/issues/102>`_
* New connection plugin: NX-API
* Support for configurable options for network_cli & netconf
* Stretch & tech preview: New connection plugin for gRPC
* Stretch: netconf plugin for IOS
* Stretch: netconf plugin for NXOS
Modules
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* New ``cli_config`` - platform agnostic module for sending text based config over network_cli
* New ``cli_command`` - platform agnostic command module
* New ``netconf_get`` - implements the standard netconf get rpc
* New ``netconf_rpc`` - calls any playbook defined rpc on the remote device and returns the results
Other Features
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* Stretch & tech preview: Configuration caching for network_cli. Opt-in feature to avoid ``show running`` performance hit
Windows
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