16 files changed, 117 insertions, 40 deletions
diff --git a/test/sanity/code-smell/ansible-requirements.py b/test/sanity/code-smell/ansible-requirements.py
index 4d1a652..25d4ec8 100644
--- a/test/sanity/code-smell/ansible-requirements.py
+++ b/test/sanity/code-smell/ansible-requirements.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import re
-import sys
 
 
 def read_file(path):
diff --git a/test/sanity/code-smell/deprecated-config.requirements.in b/test/sanity/code-smell/deprecated-config.requirements.in
index 859c4ee..4e859bb 100644
--- a/test/sanity/code-smell/deprecated-config.requirements.in
+++ b/test/sanity/code-smell/deprecated-config.requirements.in
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-jinja2  # ansible-core requirement
+jinja2
 pyyaml
diff --git a/test/sanity/code-smell/deprecated-config.requirements.txt b/test/sanity/code-smell/deprecated-config.requirements.txt
index 338e3f3..ae96cdf 100644
--- a/test/sanity/code-smell/deprecated-config.requirements.txt
+++ b/test/sanity/code-smell/deprecated-config.requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # edit "deprecated-config.requirements.in" and generate with: hacking/update-sanity-requirements.py --test deprecated-config
-# pre-build requirement: pyyaml == 6.0
-# pre-build constraint: Cython < 3.0
 Jinja2==3.1.2
-MarkupSafe==2.1.1
-PyYAML==6.0
+MarkupSafe==2.1.3
+PyYAML==6.0.1
diff --git a/test/sanity/code-smell/obsolete-files.json b/test/sanity/code-smell/obsolete-files.json
index 02d3920..3f69cdd 100644
--- a/test/sanity/code-smell/obsolete-files.json
+++ b/test/sanity/code-smell/obsolete-files.json
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 {
     "include_symlinks": true,
     "prefixes": [
+        "docs/",
+        "examples/",
         "test/runner/",
         "test/sanity/ansible-doc/",
         "test/sanity/compile/",
diff --git a/test/sanity/code-smell/package-data.requirements.in b/test/sanity/code-smell/package-data.requirements.in
index 3162feb..81b58bc 100644
--- a/test/sanity/code-smell/package-data.requirements.in
+++ b/test/sanity/code-smell/package-data.requirements.in
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 build  # required to build sdist
 wheel  # required to build wheel
 jinja2
-pyyaml  # ansible-core requirement
-resolvelib < 0.9.0
-rstcheck < 4  # match version used in other sanity tests
+pyyaml
+resolvelib < 1.1.0
+rstcheck < 6  # newer versions have too many dependencies
 antsibull-changelog
-setuptools == 45.2.0  # minimum supported setuptools
+setuptools == 66.1.0  # minimum supported setuptools
diff --git a/test/sanity/code-smell/package-data.requirements.txt b/test/sanity/code-smell/package-data.requirements.txt
index b66079d..ce0fb9c 100644
--- a/test/sanity/code-smell/package-data.requirements.txt
+++ b/test/sanity/code-smell/package-data.requirements.txt
@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
 # edit "package-data.requirements.in" and generate with: hacking/update-sanity-requirements.py --test package-data
-# pre-build requirement: pyyaml == 6.0
-# pre-build constraint: Cython < 3.0
-antsibull-changelog==0.16.0
-build==0.10.0
-docutils==0.17.1
+antsibull-changelog==0.23.0
+build==1.0.3
+docutils==0.18.1
 Jinja2==3.1.2
-MarkupSafe==2.1.1
-packaging==21.3
+MarkupSafe==2.1.3
+packaging==23.2
 pyproject_hooks==1.0.0
-pyparsing==3.0.9
-PyYAML==6.0
-resolvelib==0.8.1
-rstcheck==3.5.0
+PyYAML==6.0.1
+resolvelib==1.0.1
+rstcheck==5.0.0
 semantic-version==2.10.0
-setuptools==45.2.0
+setuptools==66.1.0
 tomli==2.0.1
-wheel==0.41.0
+types-docutils==0.18.3
+typing_extensions==4.8.0
+wheel==0.41.2
diff --git a/test/sanity/code-smell/pymarkdown.config.json b/test/sanity/code-smell/pymarkdown.config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afe83a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sanity/code-smell/pymarkdown.config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+    "plugins": {
+        "line-length": {
+            "line_length": 160,
+            "code_block_line_length": 160
+        },
+        "first-line-heading": {
+            "enabled": false
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/sanity/code-smell/pymarkdown.json b/test/sanity/code-smell/pymarkdown.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..986848d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sanity/code-smell/pymarkdown.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "output": "path-line-column-code-message",
+    "error_code": "ansible-test",
+    "extensions": [
+        ".md"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/test/sanity/code-smell/pymarkdown.py b/test/sanity/code-smell/pymarkdown.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..721c893
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sanity/code-smell/pymarkdown.py
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+"""Sanity test for Markdown files."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import pathlib
+import re
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+import typing as t
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    paths = sys.argv[1:] or sys.stdin.read().splitlines()
+
+    cmd = [
+        sys.executable,
+        '-m', 'pymarkdown',
+        '--config', pathlib.Path(__file__).parent / 'pymarkdown.config.json',
+        '--strict-config',
+        'scan',
+    ] + paths
+
+    process = subprocess.run(
+        cmd,
+        stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+        capture_output=True,
+        check=False,
+        text=True,
+    )
+
+    if process.stderr:
+        print(process.stderr.strip(), file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    if not (stdout := process.stdout.strip()):
+        return
+
+    pattern = re.compile(r'^(?P<path_line_column>[^:]*:[0-9]+:[0-9]+): (?P<code>[^:]*): (?P<message>.*) \((?P<aliases>.*)\)$')
+    matches = parse_to_list_of_dict(pattern, stdout)
+    results = [f"{match['path_line_column']}: {match['aliases'].split(', ')[0]}: {match['message']}" for match in matches]
+
+    print('\n'.join(results))
+
+
+def parse_to_list_of_dict(pattern: re.Pattern, value: str) -> list[dict[str, t.Any]]:
+    matched = []
+    unmatched = []
+
+    for line in value.splitlines():
+        match = re.search(pattern, line)
+
+        if match:
+            matched.append(match.groupdict())
+        else:
+            unmatched.append(line)
+
+    if unmatched:
+        raise Exception('Pattern {pattern!r} did not match values:\n' + '\n'.join(unmatched))
+
+    return matched
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/test/sanity/code-smell/pymarkdown.requirements.in b/test/sanity/code-smell/pymarkdown.requirements.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f007771
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sanity/code-smell/pymarkdown.requirements.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pymarkdownlnt
diff --git a/test/sanity/code-smell/pymarkdown.requirements.txt b/test/sanity/code-smell/pymarkdown.requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f906e14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sanity/code-smell/pymarkdown.requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# edit "pymarkdown.requirements.in" and generate with: hacking/update-sanity-requirements.py --test pymarkdown
+application-properties==0.8.1
+Columnar==1.4.1
+pymarkdownlnt==0.9.13.4
+PyYAML==6.0.1
+tomli==2.0.1
+toolz==0.12.0
+typing_extensions==4.8.0
+wcwidth==0.2.8
diff --git a/test/sanity/code-smell/release-names.py b/test/sanity/code-smell/release-names.py
index 81d90d8..cac3071 100644
--- a/test/sanity/code-smell/release-names.py
+++ b/test/sanity/code-smell/release-names.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Test that the release name is present in the list of used up release names
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from yaml import safe_load
+import pathlib
 
 from ansible.release import __codename__
 
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ from ansible.release import __codename__
 def main():
     """Entrypoint to the script"""
 
-    with open('.github/RELEASE_NAMES.yml') as f:
-        releases = safe_load(f.read())
+    releases = pathlib.Path('.github/RELEASE_NAMES.txt').read_text().splitlines()
 
     # Why this format?  The file's sole purpose is to be read by a human when they need to know
     # which release names have already been used.  So:
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ def main():
         if __codename__ == name:
             break
     else:
-        print('.github/RELEASE_NAMES.yml: Current codename was not present in the file')
+        print(f'.github/RELEASE_NAMES.txt: Current codename {__codename__!r} not present in the file')
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/test/sanity/code-smell/release-names.requirements.in b/test/sanity/code-smell/release-names.requirements.in
deleted file mode 100644
index c3726e8..0000000
--- a/test/sanity/code-smell/release-names.requirements.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-pyyaml
diff --git a/test/sanity/code-smell/release-names.requirements.txt b/test/sanity/code-smell/release-names.requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index bb6a130..0000000
--- a/test/sanity/code-smell/release-names.requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# edit "release-names.requirements.in" and generate with: hacking/update-sanity-requirements.py --test release-names
-# pre-build requirement: pyyaml == 6.0
-# pre-build constraint: Cython < 3.0
-PyYAML==6.0
diff --git a/test/sanity/code-smell/test-constraints.py b/test/sanity/code-smell/test-constraints.py
index df30fe1..ac5bb4e 100644
--- a/test/sanity/code-smell/test-constraints.py
+++ b/test/sanity/code-smell/test-constraints.py
@@ -65,12 +65,6 @@ def main():
                     # keeping constraints for tests other than sanity tests in one file helps avoid conflicts
                     print('%s:%d:%d: put the constraint (%s%s) in `%s`' % (path, lineno, 1, name, raw_constraints, constraints_path))
 
-    for name, requirements in frozen_sanity.items():
-        if len(set(req[3].group('constraints').strip() for req in requirements)) != 1:
-            for req in requirements:
-                print('%s:%d:%d: sanity constraint (%s) does not match others for package `%s`' % (
-                    req[0], req[1], req[3].start('constraints') + 1, req[3].group('constraints'), name))
-
 
 def check_ansible_test(path: str, requirements: list[tuple[int, str, re.Match]]) -> None:
     sys.path.insert(0, str(pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent.joinpath('lib')))
diff --git a/test/sanity/code-smell/update-bundled.requirements.txt b/test/sanity/code-smell/update-bundled.requirements.txt
index d9785e7..53f1e43 100644
--- a/test/sanity/code-smell/update-bundled.requirements.txt
+++ b/test/sanity/code-smell/update-bundled.requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 # edit "update-bundled.requirements.in" and generate with: hacking/update-sanity-requirements.py --test update-bundled
-packaging==21.3
-pyparsing==3.0.9
+packaging==23.2