# Ansible 10 Release Notes
This changelog describes changes since Ansible 9\.0\.0\.
- v10\.0\.1
- Release Summary
- Ansible\-core
- Changed Collections
- Bugfixes
- Unchanged Collections
- v10\.0\.0
- Release Summary
- Removed Collections
- Added Collections
- Ansible\-core
- Included Collections
- Major Changes
- Minor Changes
- Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
- Deprecated Features
- Removed Features \(previously deprecated\)
- Security Fixes
- Bugfixes
- Known Issues
- New Plugins
- New Modules
- New Roles
- Unchanged Collections
## v10\.0\.1
- Release Summary
- Ansible\-core
- Changed Collections
- Bugfixes
- inspur\.ispim
- kaytus\.ksmanage
- Unchanged Collections
### Release Summary
Release Date\: 2024\-06\-06
[Porting Guide](https\://docs\.ansible\.com/ansible/devel/porting\_guides\.html)
This release updates 10\.0\.0 by removing binary files from a Windows venv that accidentally were included in two collection releases\.
### Ansible\-core
Ansible 10\.0\.1 contains ansible\-core version 2\.17\.0\.
This is the same version of ansible\-core as in the previous Ansible release\.
### Changed Collections
If not mentioned explicitly\, the changes are reported in the combined changelog below\.
| Collection | Ansible 10.0.0 | Ansible 10.0.1 | Notes |
| --------------- | -------------- | -------------- | ----- |
| inspur.ispim | 2.2.1 | 2.2.2 | |
| kaytus.ksmanage | 1.2.1 | 1.2.2 | |
### Bugfixes
#### inspur\.ispim
* Remove venv files that were accidentally bundled in 2\.2\.1 \([https\://github\.com/ispim/inspur\.ispim/pull/35](https\://github\.com/ispim/inspur\.ispim/pull/35)\)\.
#### kaytus\.ksmanage
* Remove venv files that were accidentally bundled in 1\.2\.2\([https\://github\.com/ieisystem/kaytus\.ksmanage/pull/23](https\://github\.com/ieisystem/kaytus\.ksmanage/pull/23)\)\.
### Unchanged Collections
* amazon\.aws \(still version 8\.0\.0\)
* ansible\.netcommon \(still version 6\.1\.2\)
* ansible\.posix \(still version 1\.5\.4\)
* ansible\.utils \(still version 4\.1\.0\)
* ansible\.windows \(still version 2\.3\.0\)
* arista\.eos \(still version 9\.0\.0\)
* awx\.awx \(still version 24\.3\.1\)
* azure\.azcollection \(still version 2\.3\.0\)
* check\_point\.mgmt \(still version 5\.2\.3\)
* chocolatey\.chocolatey \(still version 1\.5\.1\)
* cisco\.aci \(still version 2\.9\.0\)
* cisco\.asa \(still version 5\.0\.1\)
* cisco\.dnac \(still version 6\.13\.3\)
* cisco\.intersight \(still version 2\.0\.9\)
* cisco\.ios \(still version 8\.0\.0\)
* cisco\.iosxr \(still version 9\.0\.0\)
* cisco\.ise \(still version 2\.9\.1\)
* cisco\.meraki \(still version 2\.18\.1\)
* cisco\.mso \(still version 2\.6\.0\)
* cisco\.nxos \(still version 8\.0\.0\)
* cisco\.ucs \(still version 1\.10\.0\)
* cloud\.common \(still version 3\.0\.0\)
* cloudscale\_ch\.cloud \(still version 2\.3\.1\)
* community\.aws \(still version 8\.0\.0\)
* community\.ciscosmb \(still version 1\.0\.9\)
* community\.crypto \(still version 2\.20\.0\)
* community\.digitalocean \(still version 1\.26\.0\)
* community\.dns \(still version 3\.0\.0\)
* community\.docker \(still version 3\.10\.3\)
* community\.general \(still version 9\.0\.1\)
* community\.grafana \(still version 1\.9\.1\)
* community\.hashi\_vault \(still version 6\.2\.0\)
* community\.hrobot \(still version 2\.0\.0\)
* community\.library\_inventory\_filtering\_v1 \(still version 1\.0\.1\)
* community\.libvirt \(still version 1\.3\.0\)
* community\.mongodb \(still version 1\.7\.4\)
* community\.mysql \(still version 3\.9\.0\)
* community\.network \(still version 5\.0\.2\)
* community\.okd \(still version 3\.0\.1\)
* community\.postgresql \(still version 3\.4\.1\)
* community\.proxysql \(still version 1\.5\.1\)
* community\.rabbitmq \(still version 1\.3\.0\)
* community\.routeros \(still version 2\.15\.0\)
* community\.sap\_libs \(still version 1\.4\.2\)
* community\.sops \(still version 1\.6\.7\)
* community\.vmware \(still version 4\.4\.0\)
* community\.windows \(still version 2\.2\.0\)
* community\.zabbix \(still version 2\.4\.0\)
* containers\.podman \(still version 1\.13\.0\)
* cyberark\.conjur \(still version 1\.2\.2\)
* cyberark\.pas \(still version 1\.0\.25\)
* dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic \(still version 2\.4\.0\)
* dellemc\.openmanage \(still version 9\.2\.0\)
* dellemc\.powerflex \(still version 2\.4\.0\)
* dellemc\.unity \(still version 2\.0\.0\)
* f5networks\.f5\_modules \(still version 1\.28\.0\)
* fortinet\.fortimanager \(still version 2\.5\.0\)
* fortinet\.fortios \(still version 2\.3\.6\)
* frr\.frr \(still version 2\.0\.2\)
* google\.cloud \(still version 1\.3\.0\)
* grafana\.grafana \(still version 5\.2\.0\)
* hetzner\.hcloud \(still version 3\.1\.1\)
* ibm\.qradar \(still version 3\.0\.0\)
* ibm\.spectrum\_virtualize \(still version 2\.0\.0\)
* ibm\.storage\_virtualize \(still version 2\.3\.1\)
* infinidat\.infinibox \(still version 1\.4\.5\)
* infoblox\.nios\_modules \(still version 1\.6\.1\)
* inspur\.sm \(still version 2\.3\.0\)
* junipernetworks\.junos \(still version 8\.0\.0\)
* kubernetes\.core \(still version 3\.1\.0\)
* lowlydba\.sqlserver \(still version 2\.3\.2\)
* microsoft\.ad \(still version 1\.5\.0\)
* netapp\.cloudmanager \(still version 21\.22\.1\)
* netapp\.ontap \(still version 22\.11\.0\)
* netapp\.storagegrid \(still version 21\.12\.0\)
* netapp\_eseries\.santricity \(still version 1\.4\.0\)
* netbox\.netbox \(still version 3\.18\.0\)
* ngine\_io\.cloudstack \(still version 2\.3\.0\)
* ngine\_io\.exoscale \(still version 1\.1\.0\)
* openstack\.cloud \(still version 2\.2\.0\)
* openvswitch\.openvswitch \(still version 2\.1\.1\)
* ovirt\.ovirt \(still version 3\.2\.0\)
* purestorage\.flasharray \(still version 1\.28\.0\)
* purestorage\.flashblade \(still version 1\.17\.0\)
* sensu\.sensu\_go \(still version 1\.14\.0\)
* splunk\.es \(still version 3\.0\.0\)
* t\_systems\_mms\.icinga\_director \(still version 2\.0\.1\)
* telekom\_mms\.icinga\_director \(still version 2\.1\.2\)
* theforeman\.foreman \(still version 4\.0\.0\)
* vmware\.vmware\_rest \(still version 3\.0\.1\)
* vultr\.cloud \(still version 1\.12\.1\)
* vyos\.vyos \(still version 4\.1\.0\)
* wti\.remote \(still version 1\.0\.5\)
## v10\.0\.0
- Release Summary
- Removed Collections
- Added Collections
- Ansible\-core
- Included Collections
- Major Changes
- Ansible\-core
- ansible\.netcommon
- ansible\.utils
- arista\.eos
- cisco\.asa
- cisco\.ios
- cisco\.iosxr
- cisco\.nxos
- community\.dns
- community\.docker
- community\.hashi\_vault
- community\.hrobot
- community\.mysql
- containers\.podman
- dellemc\.openmanage
- dellemc\.unity
- fortinet\.fortios
- grafana\.grafana
- ibm\.qradar
- infoblox\.nios\_modules
- junipernetworks\.junos
- splunk\.es
- Minor Changes
- Ansible\-core
- amazon\.aws
- ansible\.netcommon
- ansible\.utils
- ansible\.windows
- arista\.eos
- check\_point\.mgmt
- cisco\.aci
- cisco\.dnac
- cisco\.ios
- cisco\.iosxr
- cisco\.ise
- cisco\.meraki
- cisco\.mso
- cisco\.nxos
- community\.aws
- community\.ciscosmb
- community\.crypto
- community\.digitalocean
- community\.dns
- community\.docker
- community\.general
- community\.grafana
- community\.hashi\_vault
- community\.hrobot
- community\.mysql
- community\.postgresql
- community\.rabbitmq
- community\.routeros
- community\.vmware
- community\.windows
- community\.zabbix
- containers\.podman
- dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic
- dellemc\.openmanage
- dellemc\.powerflex
- f5networks\.f5\_modules
- fortinet\.fortimanager
- google\.cloud
- grafana\.grafana
- hetzner\.hcloud
- ibm\.storage\_virtualize
- inspur\.ispim
- junipernetworks\.junos
- kubernetes\.core
- lowlydba\.sqlserver
- microsoft\.ad
- netapp\.ontap
- netapp\.storagegrid
- netbox\.netbox
- purestorage\.flasharray
- purestorage\.flashblade
- telekom\_mms\.icinga\_director
- theforeman\.foreman
- vmware\.vmware\_rest
- vultr\.cloud
- Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
- Ansible\-core
- amazon\.aws
- cloud\.common
- community\.aws
- community\.ciscosmb
- community\.dns
- community\.general
- community\.hrobot
- community\.okd
- hetzner\.hcloud
- kubernetes\.core
- theforeman\.foreman
- vmware\.vmware\_rest
- Deprecated Features
- Ansible\-core
- amazon\.aws
- community\.aws
- community\.crypto
- community\.dns
- community\.docker
- community\.general
- community\.hrobot
- community\.okd
- community\.vmware
- dellemc\.openmanage
- kubernetes\.core
- Removed Features \(previously deprecated\)
- Ansible\-core
- amazon\.aws
- arista\.eos
- cisco\.ios
- cisco\.iosxr
- cisco\.nxos
- community\.dns
- community\.general
- community\.grafana
- community\.hrobot
- junipernetworks\.junos
- Security Fixes
- Ansible\-core
- community\.dns
- community\.docker
- community\.general
- community\.hrobot
- Bugfixes
- Ansible\-core
- amazon\.aws
- ansible\.netcommon
- ansible\.utils
- ansible\.windows
- arista\.eos
- check\_point\.mgmt
- cisco\.aci
- cisco\.asa
- cisco\.ios
- cisco\.iosxr
- cisco\.ise
- cisco\.meraki
- cisco\.mso
- cisco\.nxos
- community\.aws
- community\.ciscosmb
- community\.crypto
- community\.digitalocean
- community\.dns
- community\.docker
- community\.general
- community\.grafana
- community\.hrobot
- community\.mysql
- community\.postgresql
- community\.routeros
- community\.sap\_libs
- community\.vmware
- community\.windows
- community\.zabbix
- containers\.podman
- dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic
- dellemc\.openmanage
- f5networks\.f5\_modules
- fortinet\.fortimanager
- fortinet\.fortios
- hetzner\.hcloud
- ibm\.qradar
- ibm\.storage\_virtualize
- infoblox\.nios\_modules
- junipernetworks\.junos
- kubernetes\.core
- lowlydba\.sqlserver
- microsoft\.ad
- netapp\.ontap
- netapp\.storagegrid
- netbox\.netbox
- purestorage\.flasharray
- purestorage\.flashblade
- splunk\.es
- telekom\_mms\.icinga\_director
- theforeman\.foreman
- vmware\.vmware\_rest
- vultr\.cloud
- Known Issues
- community\.docker
- dellemc\.openmanage
- New Plugins
- Become
- Callback
- Connection
- Filter
- Lookup
- Test
- New Modules
- amazon\.aws
- ansible\.netcommon
- check\_point\.mgmt
- cisco\.ios
- community\.aws
- community\.crypto
- community\.digitalocean
- community\.docker
- community\.general
- community\.hashi\_vault
- community\.zabbix
- containers\.podman
- dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic
- dellemc\.openmanage
- dellemc\.powerflex
- fortinet\.fortimanager
- hetzner\.hcloud
- infoblox\.nios\_modules
- netapp\.ontap
- netbox\.netbox
- purestorage\.flasharray
- purestorage\.flashblade
- theforeman\.foreman
- vultr\.cloud
- New Roles
- Unchanged Collections
### Release Summary
Release Date\: 2024\-06\-04
[Porting Guide](https\://docs\.ansible\.com/ansible/devel/porting\_guides\.html)
### Removed Collections
* community\.azure \(previously included version\: 2\.0\.0\)
* community\.sap \(previously included version\: 2\.0\.0\)
* gluster\.gluster \(previously included version\: 1\.0\.2\)
* hpe\.nimble \(previously included version\: 1\.1\.4\)
* netapp\.aws \(previously included version\: 21\.7\.1\)
* netapp\.azure \(previously included version\: 21\.10\.1\)
* netapp\.elementsw \(previously included version\: 21\.7\.0\)
* netapp\.um\_info \(previously included version\: 21\.8\.1\)
* purestorage\.fusion \(previously included version\: 1\.6\.0\)
### Added Collections
* community\.library\_inventory\_filtering\_v1 \(version 1\.0\.1\)
* kaytus\.ksmanage \(version 1\.2\.1\)
### Ansible\-core
Ansible 10\.0\.0 contains ansible\-core version 2\.17\.0\.
This is a newer version than version 2\.16\.0 contained in the previous Ansible release\.
The changes are reported in the combined changelog below\.
### Included Collections
If not mentioned explicitly\, the changes are reported in the combined changelog below\.
| Collection | Ansible 9.0.0 | Ansible 10.0.0 | Notes |
| ---------------------------------------- | ------------- | -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| amazon.aws | 7.0.0 | 8.0.0 | |
| ansible.netcommon | 5.3.0 | 6.1.2 | |
| ansible.utils | 2.11.0 | 4.1.0 | |
| ansible.windows | 2.1.0 | 2.3.0 | |
| arista.eos | 6.2.1 | 9.0.0 | |
| awx.awx | 23.3.1 | 24.3.1 | Unfortunately, this collection does not provide changelog data in a format that can be processed by the changelog generator. |
| azure.azcollection | 1.19.0 | 2.3.0 | Unfortunately, this collection does not provide changelog data in a format that can be processed by the changelog generator. |
| check_point.mgmt | 5.1.1 | 5.2.3 | |
| cisco.aci | 2.8.0 | 2.9.0 | |
| cisco.asa | 4.0.3 | 5.0.1 | |
| cisco.dnac | 6.7.6 | 6.13.3 | |
| cisco.intersight | 2.0.3 | 2.0.9 | Unfortunately, this collection does not provide changelog data in a format that can be processed by the changelog generator. |
| cisco.ios | 5.2.0 | 8.0.0 | |
| cisco.iosxr | 6.1.0 | 9.0.0 | |
| cisco.ise | 2.5.16 | 2.9.1 | |
| cisco.meraki | 2.16.14 | 2.18.1 | |
| cisco.mso | 2.5.0 | 2.6.0 | |
| cisco.nxos | 5.2.1 | 8.0.0 | |
| cloud.common | 2.1.4 | 3.0.0 | |
| community.aws | 7.0.0 | 8.0.0 | |
| community.ciscosmb | 1.0.7 | 1.0.9 | |
| community.crypto | 2.16.0 | 2.20.0 | |
| community.digitalocean | 1.24.0 | 1.26.0 | |
| community.dns | 2.6.3 | 3.0.0 | |
| community.docker | 3.4.11 | 3.10.3 | |
| community.general | 8.0.2 | 9.0.1 | |
| community.grafana | 1.6.1 | 1.9.1 | |
| community.hashi_vault | 6.0.0 | 6.2.0 | |
| community.hrobot | 1.8.2 | 2.0.0 | |
| community.library_inventory_filtering_v1 | | 1.0.1 | The collection was added to Ansible |
| community.mongodb | 1.6.3 | 1.7.4 | There are no changes recorded in the changelog. |
| community.mysql | 3.8.0 | 3.9.0 | |
| community.okd | 2.3.0 | 3.0.1 | |
| community.postgresql | 3.2.0 | 3.4.1 | |
| community.rabbitmq | 1.2.3 | 1.3.0 | |
| community.routeros | 2.10.0 | 2.15.0 | |
| community.sap_libs | 1.4.1 | 1.4.2 | |
| community.vmware | 4.0.0 | 4.4.0 | |
| community.windows | 2.0.0 | 2.2.0 | |
| community.zabbix | 2.1.0 | 2.4.0 | |
| containers.podman | 1.11.0 | 1.13.0 | |
| cyberark.pas | 1.0.23 | 1.0.25 | Unfortunately, this collection does not provide changelog data in a format that can be processed by the changelog generator. |
| dellemc.enterprise_sonic | 2.2.0 | 2.4.0 | |
| dellemc.openmanage | 8.4.0 | 9.2.0 | |
| dellemc.powerflex | 2.0.1 | 2.4.0 | |
| dellemc.unity | 1.7.1 | 2.0.0 | |
| f5networks.f5_modules | 1.27.0 | 1.28.0 | |
| fortinet.fortimanager | 2.3.0 | 2.5.0 | |
| fortinet.fortios | 2.3.4 | 2.3.6 | |
| google.cloud | 1.2.0 | 1.3.0 | |
| grafana.grafana | 2.2.3 | 5.2.0 | |
| hetzner.hcloud | 2.3.0 | 3.1.1 | |
| ibm.qradar | 2.1.0 | 3.0.0 | |
| ibm.storage_virtualize | 2.1.0 | 2.3.1 | |
| infinidat.infinibox | 1.3.12 | 1.4.5 | Unfortunately, this collection does not provide changelog data in a format that can be processed by the changelog generator. |
| infoblox.nios_modules | 1.5.0 | 1.6.1 | |
| inspur.ispim | 2.1.0 | 2.2.1 | |
| junipernetworks.junos | 5.3.0 | 8.0.0 | |
| kaytus.ksmanage | | 1.2.1 | The collection was added to Ansible |
| kubernetes.core | 2.4.0 | 3.1.0 | |
| lowlydba.sqlserver | 2.2.2 | 2.3.2 | |
| microsoft.ad | 1.3.0 | 1.5.0 | |
| netapp.ontap | 22.8.2 | 22.11.0 | |
| netapp.storagegrid | 21.11.1 | 21.12.0 | |
| netbox.netbox | 3.15.0 | 3.18.0 | |
| openstack.cloud | 2.1.0 | 2.2.0 | Unfortunately, this collection does not provide changelog data in a format that can be processed by the changelog generator. |
| purestorage.flasharray | 1.22.0 | 1.28.0 | |
| purestorage.flashblade | 1.14.0 | 1.17.0 | |
| splunk.es | 2.1.0 | 3.0.0 | |
| telekom_mms.icinga_director | 1.34.1 | 2.1.2 | |
| theforeman.foreman | 3.14.0 | 4.0.0 | |
| vmware.vmware_rest | 2.3.1 | 3.0.1 | |
| vultr.cloud | 1.10.0 | 1.12.1 | |
### Major Changes
#### Ansible\-core
* urls\.py \- Removed support for Python 2
#### ansible\.netcommon
* Bumping requires\_ansible to \>\=2\.14\.0\, since previous ansible\-core versions are EoL now\.
#### ansible\.utils
* Bumping netaddr to \>\=0\.10\.1\, means that starting from this release\, the minimum netaddr version this collection requires is \>\=0\.10\.1\.
* Bumping requires\_ansible to \>\=2\.14\.0\, since previous ansible\-core versions are EoL now\.
* This release mainly addresses the breaking changes in the netaddr library\.
* With the new release of netaddr 1\.0\.0\, the IPAddress\.is\_private\(\) method has been removed and instead\, the IPAddress\.is\_global\(\) method has been extended to support the same functionality\. This change has been reflected in the ipaddr filter plugin\.
#### arista\.eos
* Bumping requires\_ansible to \>\=2\.14\.0\, since previous ansible\-core versions are EoL now\.
* This release removes previously deprecated modules and attributes from this collection\. Please refer to the Removed Features section for details\.
* Update the netcommon base version 6\.1\.0 to support cli\_restore plugin\.
#### cisco\.asa
* Bumping requires\_ansible to \>\=2\.14\.0\, since previous ansible\-core versions are EoL now\.
#### cisco\.ios
* Bumping requires\_ansible to \>\=2\.14\.0\, since previous ansible\-core versions are EoL now\.
* Update the netcommon base version 6\.1\.0 to support cli\_restore plugin\.
* ios\_ntp \- Remove deprecated ntp legacy module
#### cisco\.iosxr
* Bumping requires\_ansible to \>\=2\.14\.0\, since previous ansible\-core versions are EoL now\.
* This release removes previously deprecated module and attributes from this collection\. Please refer to the Removed Features section for details\.
* Update the netcommon base version to support cli\_restore plugin\.
#### cisco\.nxos
* Bumping requires\_ansible to \>\=2\.14\.0\, since previous ansible\-core versions are EoL now\.
* This release removes four previously deprecated modules from this collection\. Please refer to the Removed Features section for details\.
* Updated the minimum required ansible\.netcommon version to 6\.1\.0 to support the cli\_restore module\.
#### community\.dns
* The community\.dns collection now depends on the community\.library\_inventory\_filtering\_v1 collection\. This utility collection provides host filtering functionality for inventory plugins\. If you use the Ansible community package\, both collections are included and you do not have to do anything special\. If you install the collection with ansible\-galaxy collection install\, it will be installed automatically\. If you install the collection by copying the files of the collection to a place where ansible\-core can find it\, for example by cloning the git repository\, you need to make sure that you also have to install the dependency if you are using the inventory plugins \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/196](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/196)\)\.
#### community\.docker
* The community\.docker collection now depends on the community\.library\_inventory\_filtering\_v1 collection\. This utility collection provides host filtering functionality for inventory plugins\. If you use the Ansible community package\, both collections are included and you do not have to do anything special\. If you install the collection with ansible\-galaxy collection install\, it will be installed automatically\. If you install the collection by copying the files of the collection to a place where ansible\-core can find it\, for example by cloning the git repository\, you need to make sure that you also have to install the dependency if you are using the inventory plugins \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/698](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/698)\)\.
#### community\.hashi\_vault
* requirements \- the requests package which is required by hvac now has a more restrictive range for this collection in certain use cases due to breaking security changes in ansible\-core that were backported \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.hashi\_vault/pull/416](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.hashi\_vault/pull/416)\)\.
#### community\.hrobot
* The community\.hrobot collection now depends on the community\.library\_inventory\_filtering\_v1 collection\. This utility collection provides host filtering functionality for inventory plugins\. If you use the Ansible community package\, both collections are included and you do not have to do anything special\. If you install the collection with ansible\-galaxy collection install\, it will be installed automatically\. If you install the collection by copying the files of the collection to a place where ansible\-core can find it\, for example by cloning the git repository\, you need to make sure that you also have to install the dependency if you are using the inventory plugin \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.hrobot/pull/101](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.hrobot/pull/101)\)\.
#### community\.mysql
* Collection version 2\.\*\.\* is EOL\, no more bugfixes will be backported\. Please consider upgrading to the latest version\.
#### containers\.podman
* Add quadlet support for Podman modules
#### dellemc\.openmanage
* All OME modules are enhanced to support the environment variables OME\_USERNAME and OME\_PASSWORD as fallback for credentials\.
* All iDRAC and Redfish modules are enhanced to support the environment variables IDRAC\_USERNAME and IDRAC\_PASSWORD as fallback for credentials\.
* idrac\_certificates \- The module is enhanced to support the import and export of CUSTOMCERTIFICATE\.
* idrac\_diagnostics \- The module is introduced to run and export diagnostics on iDRAC\.
* idrac\_gather\_facts \- This role is enhanced to support secure boot\.
* idrac\_license \- The module is introduced to configure iDRAC licenses\.
* idrac\_session \- This module allows you to create and delete the sessions on iDRAC\.
* idrac\_user \- This role is introduced to manage local users of iDRAC\.
#### dellemc\.unity
* Adding support for Unity Puffin v5\.4\.
#### fortinet\.fortios
* Add notes for backup modules in the documentation in both monitor and monitor\_fact modules\.
* Supported new FOS versions 7\.4\.2 and 7\.4\.3\, and support data type mac\_address in the collection\.
* Update all the boolean values to true/false in the documents and examples\.
* Update the document of log\_fact\.
* Update the documentation for the supported versions from latest to a fix version number\.
* Update the mismatched version message with version ranges\.
* Update the required ansible version to 2\.14\.
* Update the required ansible version to 2\.15\.
* Update the supported version ranges instead of concrete version numbers to reduce the collection size\.
#### grafana\.grafana
* Add Grafana Loki role by \@voidquark in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/188](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/188)
* Add Grafana Mimir role by \@GVengelen in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/183](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/183)
* Add a new config part to configure KeyCloak based auth by \@he0s in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/191](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/191)
* Add an Ansible role for Grafana Alloy by \@ishanjainn in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/169](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/169)
* Add an Ansible role for OpenTelemetry Collector by \@ishanjainn in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/138](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/138)
* Add promtail role by \@voidquark in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/197](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/197)
* Bump ansible\-lint from 24\.2\.2 to 24\.2\.3 by \@dependabot in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/195](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/195)
#### ibm\.qradar
* Bumping requires\_ansible to \>\=2\.14\.0\, since previous ansible\-core versions are EoL now\.
#### infoblox\.nios\_modules
* Upgrade Ansible version support from 2\.13 to 2\.16\.
* Upgrade Python version support from 3\.8 to 3\.10\.
#### junipernetworks\.junos
* Bumping requires\_ansible to \>\=2\.14\.0\, since previous ansible\-core versions are EoL now\.
* This release removes previously deprecated modules from this collection\. Please refer to the Removed Features section for details\.
* Update the netcommon base version 6\.1\.0 to support cli\_restore plugin\.
#### splunk\.es
* Bumping requires\_ansible to \>\=2\.14\.0\, since previous ansible\-core versions are EoL now\.
### Minor Changes
#### Ansible\-core
* Add dump and passno mount information to facts component \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80478](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80478)\)
* Added MIRACLE LINUX 9\.2 in RedHat OS Family\.
* Interpreter Discovery \- Remove hardcoded references to specific python interpreters to use for certain distro versions\, and modify logic for python3 to become the default\.
* Use Python\'s built\-in functools\.update\_wrapper instead an inline copy from Python 3\.7\.
* User can now set ansible\.log to record higher verbosity than what is specified for display via new configuration item LOG\_VERBOSITY\.
* DEFAULT\_PRIVATE\_ROLE\_VARS is now overridden by explicit setting of public for include\_roles and import\_roles\.
* ansible\-galaxy role\|collection init \- accept \-\-extra\-vars to supplement/override the variables ansible\-galaxy injects for templating \.j2 files in the skeleton\.
* import\_role action now also gets a public option that controls variable exports\, default depending on DEFAULT\_PRIVATE\_ROLE\_VARS \(if using defaults equates to public\=True\)\.
* added configuration item TARGET\_LOG\_INFO that allows the user/author to add an information string to the log output on targets\.
* ansible\-doc \- treat double newlines in documentation strings as paragraph breaks\. This is useful to create multi\-paragraph notes in module/plugin documentation \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/82465](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/82465)\)\.
* ansible\-doc output has been revamped to make it more visually pleasing when going to a terminal\, also more concise\, use \-v to show extra information\.
* ansible\-galaxy \- Started normalizing build directory with a trailing separator when building collections\, internally\. \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81619](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81619)\)\.
* ansible\-galaxy dependency resolution messages have changed the unexplained \'virtual\' collection for the specific type \(\'scm\'\, \'dir\'\, etc\) that is more user friendly
* ansible\-test \- Add Alpine 3\.19 container\.
* ansible\-test \- Add Alpine 3\.19 to remotes\.
* ansible\-test \- Add Fedora 39 container\.
* ansible\-test \- Add Fedora 39 remote\.
* ansible\-test \- Add a work\-around for permission denied errors when using pytest \>\= 8 on multi\-user systems with an installed version of ansible\-test\.
* ansible\-test \- Add support for RHEL 9\.3 remotes\.
* ansible\-test \- Added a macOS 14\.3 remote VM\.
* ansible\-test \- Bump the nios\-test\-container from version 2\.0\.0 to version 3\.0\.0\.
* ansible\-test \- Containers and remotes managed by ansible\-test will have their Python EXTERNALLY\-MANAGED marker \(PEP668\) removed\. This provides backwards compatibility for existing tests running in newer environments which mark their Python as externally managed\. A future version of ansible\-test may change this behavior\, requiring tests to be adapted to such environments\.
* ansible\-test \- Make Python 3\.12 the default version used in the base and default containers\.
* ansible\-test \- Remove Alpine 3\(\.18\) container\.
* ansible\-test \- Remove Alpine 3\.18 from remotes\.
* ansible\-test \- Remove Fedora 38 remote support\.
* ansible\-test \- Remove Fedora 38 test container\.
* ansible\-test \- Remove rhel/9\.2 test remote
* ansible\-test \- Remove the FreeBSD 13\.2 remote\.
* ansible\-test \- Removed fallback to virtualenv when \-m venv is non\-functional\.
* ansible\-test \- Removed test remotes\: macos/13\.2
* ansible\-test \- Removed the no\-basestring sanity test\. The test is no longer necessary now that Python 3 is required\.
* ansible\-test \- Removed the no\-dict\-iteritems\, no\-dict\-iterkeys and no\-dict\-itervalues sanity tests\. The tests are no longer necessary since Python 3 is required\.
* ansible\-test \- Removed the no\-main\-display sanity test\. The unwanted pattern is unlikely to occur\, since the test has existed since Ansible 2\.8\.
* ansible\-test \- Removed the no\-unicode\-literals sanity test\. The test is unnecessary now that Python 3 is required and the unicode\_literals feature has no effect\.
* ansible\-test \- Special handling for installation of cryptography has been removed\, as it is no longer necessary\.
* ansible\-test \- The shellcheck sanity test no longer disables the SC2164 check\. In most cases\, seeing this error means the script is missing set \-e\.
* ansible\-test \- The unidiomatic\-typecheck rule has been enabled in the pylint sanity test\.
* ansible\-test \- The unidiomatic\-typecheck rule has been removed from the validate\-modules sanity test\.
* ansible\-test \- Update the base and default containers to use Ubuntu 22\.04 for the base image\. This also updates PowerShell to version 7\.4\.0 with \.NET 8\.0\.0 and ShellCheck to version 0\.8\.0\.
* ansible\-test \- Updated the CloudStack test container to version 1\.7\.0\.
* ansible\-test \- Updated the distro test containers to version 6\.3\.0 to include coverage 7\.3\.2 for Python 3\.8\+\. The alpine3 container is now based on 3\.18 instead of 3\.17 and includes Python 3\.11 instead of Python 3\.10\.
* ansible\-test \- Updated the distro test containers to version 7\.1\.0\.
* ansible\-test \- When ansible\-test installs requirements\, it now instructs pip to allow installs on externally managed environments as defined by PEP 668\. This only occurs in ephemeral environments managed by ansible\-test\, such as containers\, or when the \-\-requirements option is used\.
* ansible\-test \- When invoking sleep in containers during container setup\, the env command is used to avoid invoking the shell builtin\, if present\.
* ansible\-test \- document block name now included in error message for YAML parsing errors \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82353](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82353)\)\.
* ansible\-test \- sanity test allows EXAMPLES to be multi\-document YAML \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82353](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82353)\)\.
* ansible\-test now has FreeBSD 13\.3 and 14\.0 support
* ansible\.builtin\.user \- Remove user not found warning \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80267](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80267)\)
* apt\_repository\.py \- use api\.launchpad\.net endpoint instead of launchpad\.net/api
* async tasks can now also support check mode at the same time\.
* async\_status now supports check mode\.
* constructed inventory plugin \- Adding a note that only group\_vars of explicit groups are loaded \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/82580](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/82580)\)\.
* csvfile \- add a keycol parameter to specify in which column to search\.
* dnf \- add the best option
* dnf5 \- add the best option
* filter plugin \- Add the count and mandatory\_count parameters in the regex\_replace filter
* find \- add a encoding parameter to specify which encoding of the files to be searched\.
* git module \- gpg\_allowlist name was added in 2\.17 and we will eventually deprecate the gpg\_whitelist alias\.
* import\_role \- allow subdirectories with \_from options for parity with include\_role \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82584](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82584)\)\.
* module argument spec \- Allow module authors to include arbitrary additional context in the argument spec\, by making use of a new top level key called context\. This key should be a dict type\. This allows for users to customize what they place in the argument spec\, without having to ignore sanity tests that validate the schema\.
* modules \- Add the ability for an action plugin to call self\.\_execute\_module\(\*\, ignore\_unknown\_opts\=True\) to execute a module with options that may not be supported for the version being called\. This tells the module basic wrapper to ignore validating the options provided match the arg spec\.
* package action now has a configuration that overrides the detected package manager\, it is still overridden itself by the use option\.
* py3compat \- Remove ansible\.utils\.py3compat as it is no longer necessary
* removed the unused argument create\_new\_password from CLI\.build\_vault\_ids \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/82066](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/82066)\)\.
* urls \- Add support for TLS 1\.3 post handshake certificate authentication \- [https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81782](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81782)
* urls \- reduce complexity of Request\.open
* user \- accept yescrypt hash as user password
* validate\-modules tests now correctly handles choices in dictionary format\.
#### amazon\.aws
* AnsibeAWSModule \- added fail\_json\_aws\_error\(\) as a wrapper for fail\_json\(\) and fail\_json\_aws\(\) when passed an AnsibleAWSError exception \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1997](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1997)\)\.
* autoscaling\_group \- minor PEP8 whitespace sanity fixes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1846](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1846)\)\.
* autoscaling\_group \- removed unused code \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1996](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1996)\)\.
* backup\_plan \- Let user to set schedule\_expression\_timezone for backup plan rules when when using botocore \>\= 1\.31\.36 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/1952](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/1952)\)\.
* cloudformation \- apply automatic retries when paginating through stack events without a filter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2049](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2049)\)\.
* cloudtrail \- removed unused code \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1996](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1996)\)\.
* ec2\_ami\_info \- simplify parameters to get\_image\_attribute to only pass ID of image \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1846](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1846)\)\.
* ec2\_eip \- use ResourceTags to set initial tags upon creation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/1843](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/1843)\)
* ec2\_instance \- Add support for modifying metadata options of an existing instance \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1918](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1918)\)\.
* ec2\_instance \- add support for AdditionalInfo option when creating an instance \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1828](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1828)\)\.
* ec2\_instance \- add support for host option in placement\.tenancy \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2026](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2026)\)\.
* ec2\_instance \- removed unused code \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1996](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1996)\)\.
* ec2\_security\_group \- use ResourceTags to set initial tags upon creation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1844](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1844)\)
* ec2\_vol \- Ensure volume state is not one of deleted or deleting when trying to delete volume\, to guaranty idempotency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2052](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2052)\)\.
* ec2\_vol \- removed unused code \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1996](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1996)\)\.
* ec2\_vpc\_igw \- use ResourceTags to set initial tags upon creation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/1843](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/1843)\)
* ec2\_vpc\_route\_table \- use ResourceTags to set initial tags upon creation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/1843](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/1843)\)
* ec2\_vpc\_subnet \- the default value for tags has been changed from \{\} to None\, to remove tags from a subnet an empty map must be explicitly passed to the module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1876](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1876)\)\.
* ec2\_vpc\_subnet \- use ResourceTags to set initial tags upon creation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/1843](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/1843)\)
* ec2\_vpc\_subnet \- use wait\_timeout to also control maximum time to wait for initial creation of subnets \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1848](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1848)\)\.
* elb\_classic\_lb \- removed unused code \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1996](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1996)\)\.
* iam\_access\_key \- refactored code to use AnsibleIAMError and IAMErrorHandler as well as moving shared code into module\_utils\.iam \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1998](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1998)\)\.
* iam\_access\_key\_info \- refactored code to use AnsibleIAMError and IAMErrorHandler as well as moving shared code into module\_utils\.iam \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1998](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1998)\)\.
* iam\_group \- Basic testing of name and path has been added to improve error messages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933)\)\.
* iam\_group \- group\_name has been added as an alias to name for consistency with other IAM modules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933)\)\.
* iam\_group \- add support for setting group path \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1892](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1892)\)\.
* iam\_group \- adds attached\_policies return value \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1892](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1892)\)\.
* iam\_group \- code refactored to avoid single long function \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1892](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1892)\)\.
* iam\_group \- refactored code to use AnsibleIAMError and IAMErrorHandler as well as moving shared code into module\_utils\.iam \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1998](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1998)\)\.
* iam\_instance\_profile \- Basic testing of name and path has been added to improve error messages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933)\)\.
* iam\_instance\_profile \- attempting to change the path for an existing profile will now generate a warning\, previously this was silently ignored \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933)\)\.
* iam\_instance\_profile \- refactored code to use AnsibleIAMError and IAMErrorHandler as well as moving shared code into module\_utils\.iam \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1998](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1998)\)\.
* iam\_instance\_profile \- the prefix parameter has been renamed path for consistency with other IAM modules\, prefix remains as an alias\. No change to playbooks is required \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933)\)\.
* iam\_instance\_profile \- the default value for path has been removed\. New instances will still be created with a default path of /\. No change to playbooks is required \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933)\)\.
* iam\_instance\_profile\_info \- refactored code to use AnsibleIAMError and IAMErrorHandler as well as moving shared code into module\_utils\.iam \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1998](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1998)\)\.
* iam\_managed\_policy \- Basic testing of name and path has been added to improve error messages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933)\)\.
* iam\_managed\_policy \- description attempting to update the description now results in a warning\, previously it was simply ignored \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1936](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1936)\)\.
* iam\_managed\_policy \- policy is no longer a required parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1936](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1936)\)\.
* iam\_managed\_policy \- added support for tagging managed policies \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1936](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1936)\)\.
* iam\_managed\_policy \- more consistently perform retries on rate limiting errors \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1936](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1936)\)\.
* iam\_managed\_policy \- refactored code to use AnsibleIAMError and IAMErrorHandler as well as moving shared code into module\_utils\.iam \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1998](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1998)\)\.
* iam\_managed\_policy \- support for setting path \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1936](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1936)\)\.
* iam\_managed\_policy \- the policy\_description parameter has been renamed description for consistency with other IAM modules\, policy\_description remains as an alias\. No change to playbooks is required \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933)\)\.
* iam\_managed\_policy \- the policy\_name parameter has been renamed name for consistency with other IAM modules\, policy\_name remains as an alias\. No change to playbooks is required \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933)\)\.
* iam\_mfa\_device\_info \- refactored code to use AnsibleIAMError and IAMErrorHandler as well as moving shared code into module\_utils\.iam \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1998](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1998)\)\.
* iam\_role \- Basic testing of name and path has been added to improve error messages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933)\)\.
* iam\_role \- prefix and path\_prefix have been added as aliases to path for consistency with other IAM modules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933)\)\.
* iam\_role \- role\_name has been added as an alias to name for consistency with other IAM modules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933)\)\.
* iam\_role \- attempting to change the path for an existing profile will now generate a warning\, previously this was silently ignored \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933)\)\.
* iam\_role \- refactored code to use AnsibleIAMError and IAMErrorHandler as well as moving shared code into module\_utils\.iam \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1998](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1998)\)\.
* iam\_role \- the default value for path has been removed\. New roles will still be created with a default path of /\. No change to playbooks is required \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933)\)\.
* iam\_role\_info \- path and prefix have been added as aliases to path\_prefix for consistency with other IAM modules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933)\)\.
* iam\_role\_info \- refactored code to use AnsibleIAMError and IAMErrorHandler as well as moving shared code into module\_utils\.iam \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1998](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1998)\)\.
* iam\_user \- Basic testing of name and path has been added to improve error messages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933)\)\.
* iam\_user \- user\_name has been added as an alias to name for consistency with other IAM modules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933)\)\.
* iam\_user \- add boundary parameter to support managing boundary policy on users \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1912](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1912)\)\.
* iam\_user \- add path parameter to support managing user path \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1912](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1912)\)\.
* iam\_user \- added attached\_policies to return value \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1912](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1912)\)\.
* iam\_user \- refactored code to reduce complexity \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1912](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1912)\)\.
* iam\_user \- refactored code to use AnsibleIAMError and IAMErrorHandler as well as moving shared code into module\_utils\.iam \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1998](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1998)\)\.
* iam\_user \- refactored error handling to use a decorator \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1951](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1951)\)\.
* iam\_user\_info \- Add login\_profile to return info that is get from a user\, to know if they can login from AWS console \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2012](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2012)\)\.
* iam\_user\_info \- prefix has been added as an alias to path\_prefix for consistency with other IAM modules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933)\)\.
* iam\_user\_info \- refactored code to use AnsibleIAMError and IAMErrorHandler as well as moving shared code into module\_utils\.iam \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1998](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1998)\)\.
* iam\_user\_info \- the path parameter has been renamed path\_prefix for consistency with other IAM modules\, path remains as an alias\. No change to playbooks is required \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1933)\)\.
* kms\_key \- removed unused code \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1996](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1996)\)\.
* lambda \- added support for using ECR images for the function \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1939](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1939)\)\.
* lambda\_event \- Add support for setting the maximum\_batching\_window\_in\_seconds option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2025](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2025)\)\.
* module\_uils/botocore \- support sets and tuples of errors as well as lists \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1829](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1829)\)\.
* module\_utils\.errors \- added a basic error handler decorator \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1951](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1951)\)\.
* module\_utils\.iam \- refactored normalization functions to use boto3\_resource\_to\_ansible\_dict\(\) and boto3\_resource\_list\_to\_ansible\_dict\(\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2006](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2006)\)\.
* module\_utils\.transformations \- add boto3\_resource\_to\_ansible\_dict\(\) and boto3\_resource\_list\_to\_ansible\_dict\(\) helpers \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2006](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2006)\)\.
* module\_utils/elbv2 \- Add support for adding listener with multiple certificates during ALB creation\. Allows elb\_application\_elb module to handle mentioned use case\. \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1950](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1950)\)\.
* module\_utils/elbv2 \- Add the possibility to update SslPolicy\, Certificates and AlpnPolicy for TLS listeners \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/1198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/1198)\)\.
* rds\_cluster \- Add support for ServerlessV2ScalingConfiguration to create and modify cluster operations \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1839](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1839)\)\.
* rds\_instance \- Allow passing empty list to enable\_cloudwatch\_logs\_exports in order to remove all existing exports \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1917](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1917)\)\.
* rds\_instance\_snapshot \- minor PEP8 whitespace sanity fixes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1846](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1846)\)\.
* s3\_bucket \- refactor s3\_bucket module code for improved readability and maintainability \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2057](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2057)\)\.
* s3\_bucket\_info \- add parameter bucket\_versioning to return the versioning state of a bucket \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1919](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1919)\)\.
* s3\_object \- removed unused code \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1996](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1996)\)\.
* s3\_object\_info \- fix exception raised when listing objects from empty bucket \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1919](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1919)\)\.
#### ansible\.netcommon
* Add new module cli\_restore that exclusively handles restoring of backup configuration to target applaince\.
#### ansible\.utils
* Add support in fact\_diff filter plugin to show common lines\.\([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/ansible\.utils/issues/311](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/ansible\.utils/issues/311)\)
* Fact\_diff filter plugin \- Add fact\_diff filter plugin\. \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/ansible\.utils/issues/78](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/ansible\.utils/issues/78)\)\.
#### ansible\.windows
* Set minimum supported Ansible version to 2\.14 to align with the versions still supported by Ansible\.
* win\_share \- Added a new param called scope\_name that allows file shares to be scoped for Windows Server failover cluster roles\.
* win\_uri \- Max depth for json object conversion used to be 2\. Can now send json objects with up to 20 levels of nesting
#### arista\.eos
* Add support for cli\_restore functionality\.
* Please refer the PR to know more about core changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/ansible\.netcommon/pull/618](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/ansible\.netcommon/pull/618)\)\.
* cli\_restore module is part of netcommon\.
#### check\_point\.mgmt
* New resource modules for R81\.20 JHF Take 43
* meta/runtime\.yml \- update minimum Ansible version required to 2\.14\.0\.
#### cisco\.aci
* Add Authentification option for EIGRP interface profile\.
* Add L3out Floating SVI modules \(aci\_l3out\_floating\_svi\, aci\_l3out\_floating\_svi\_path\, aci\_l3out\_floating\_svi\_path\_secondary\_ip and aci\_l3out\_floating\_svi\_secondary\_ip\) \(\#478\)
* Add No\-verification flag option to reduce the number of API calls\. If true\, a verifying GET will not be sent after a POST update to APIC
* Add access spine interface selector and port block binding in aci\_access\_port\_block\_to\_access\_port
* Add aci\_access\_spine\_interface\_selector module
* Add aci\_action\_rule\_additional\_communities module
* Add aci\_action\_rule\_set\_as\_path and aci\_action\_rule\_set\_as\_path\_asn modules
* Add aci\_bgp\_peer\_prefix\_policy\, aci\_bgp\_route\_summarization\_policy and aci\_bgp\_address\_family\_context\_policy modules
* Add aci\_fabric\_pod\, aci\_fabric\_pod\_external\_tep\, aci\_fabric\_pod\_profile\, aci\_fabric\_pod\_remote\_pool modules \(\#558\)
* Add aci\_hsrp\_interface\_policy\, aci\_l3out\_hsrp\_group\, aci\_l3out\_hsrp\_interface\_profile and aci\_l3out\_hsrp\_secondary\_vip modules \(\#505\)
* Add aci\_interface\_policy\_eigrp \(class\:eigrpIfPol\) module
* Add aci\_interface\_policy\_pim module
* Add aci\_interface\_policy\_storm\_control module
* Add aci\_keychain\_policy and aci\_key\_policy modules
* Add aci\_l3out\_bfd\_multihop\_interface\_profile\, aci\_l3out\_bfd\_interface\_profile\, aci\_interface\_policy\_bfd\_multihop\, aci\_interface\_policy\_bfd and aci\_bfd\_multihop\_node\_policy modules \(\#492\)
* Add aci\_l3out\_dhcp\_relay\_label\, aci\_dhcp\_option\_policy and aci\_dhcp\_option modules
* Add aci\_l3out\_eigrp\_interface\_profile module
* Add aci\_listify filter plugin to flattens nested dictionaries
* Add aci\_netflow\_exporter\_policy module
* Add aci\_netflow\_monitor\_policy and aci\_netflow\_record\_policy modules
* Add aci\_netflow\_monitor\_to\_exporter module
* Add aci\_node\_block module
* Add aci\_pim\_route\_map\_policy and aci\_pim\_route\_map\_entry modules
* Add aci\_qos\_custom\_policy and aci\_qos\_dscp\_class modules
* Add aci\_qos\_dot1p\_class module
* Add action rules attributes to aci\_tenant\_action\_rule\_profile\.
* Add auto to speed attribute options in aci\_interface\_policy\_link\_level module \(\#577\)
* Add missing options to aci\_bd module
* Add modules aci\_bd\_to\_netflow\_monitor\_policy and aci\_bd\_rogue\_exception\_mac \(\#600\)
* Add modules for Fabric External Connection Policies and its childs
* Add option to set delimiter to \_ in aci\_epg\_to\_domain module
* Add qos\_custom\_policy\, pim\_interface\_policy and igmp\_interface\_policy as new child\_classes for aci\_l3out\_logical\_interface\_profile\.
* Add support for annotation in aci\_rest module \(\#437\)
* Add support for block statements in useg attributes with the aci\_epg\_useg\_attribute\_block\_statement module
* Add support for configuration of access switch policy groups with aci\_access\_switch\_policy\_group module
* Add support for configuration of certificate authorities in aci\_aaa\_certificate\_authority
* Add support for configuration of fabric management access policies in aci\_fabric\_management\_access
* Add support for configuration of vrf multicast with aci\_vrf\_multicast module
* Add support for configuring Azure cloud subnets using the aci\_cloud\_subnet module
* Add support for encap scope in aci\_l3out\_interface
* Add support for https ssl cipher configuration in aci\_fabric\_management\_access\_https\_cipher
* Add support for infra l3out nodes bgp\-evpn loopback\, mpls transport loopback and segment id in aci\_l3out\_logical\_node
* Add support for infra sr mpls micro bfd in aci\_l3out\_interface
* Add support for intra epg\, taboo\, and contract interface in aci\_epg\_to\_contract
* Add support for key ring configuration in aci\_aaa\_key\_ring
* Add support for mac and description in aci\_l3out\_interface
* Add support for mpls custom qos policy for infra sr mpls l3outs node profiles in aci\_l3out\_logical\_node\_profile
* Add support for security default settings configuration in aci\_aaa\_security\_default\_settings
* Add support for simple statements in useg attributes with the aci\_epg\_useg\_attribute\_simple\_statement module
* Add support for sr\-mpls bgpInfraPeerP and bgp\_password in aci\_l3out\_bgp\_peer module \(\#543\)
* Add support for sr\-mpls in aci\_l3out module
* Add support for sr\-mpls l3out to infra l3out in aci\_l3out\_to\_sr\_mpls\_infra\_l3out
* Add support for subject labels for EPG\, EPG Contract\, ESG\, Contract Subject\, L2Out External EPG\, L3out External EPG\, and L3out External EPG Contract with the aci\_subject\_label module
* Add support for taboo contract\, contract interface and intra\_epg contract in aci\_l3out\_extepg\_to\_contract
* Add support for useg default block statement configuration for useg epg in aci\_epg
* Modify child class node block conditions to be optional in aci\_switch\_leaf\_selector
#### cisco\.dnac
* Added a method to validate IP addresses\.
* Added attributes \'dnac\_api\_task\_timeout\' and \'dnac\_task\_poll\_interval\' in intent and workflow\_manager modules\.
* Added the op\_modifies\=True when calling SDK APIs in the workflow manager modules\.
* Adding support to importing a template using JSON file
* Addressed image un\-tagging issues in inherited site settings\.
* Changes in discovery workflow manager modules relating to different states of the discovery job
* Changes in inventory and swim workflow manager modules\.
* Changes the minimum supported version from Ansible v2\.9\.10 to v2\.14\.0
* Corrected site creation issues in the site module when optional parameters are missing\.
* Fixed a minor issue in the site workflow manager module\.
* Fixed management IP updates for devices on SNMP version v2\.
* Introduced sample playbooks for the discovery module\.
* Provided documentation for EWLC templates in Cisco Catalyst Center version 2\.3\.7\.x\.
* Resolved a \'NoneType\' error in discovery module credentials\.
* Updating galaxy\.yml ansible\.utils dependencies\.
* inventory\_workflow\_manager \- Added attributes \'add\_user\_defined\_field\'\, \'update\_interface\_details\'\, \'export\_device\_list\' and \'admin\_status\'
* inventory\_workflow\_manager \- Removed attributes \'provision\_wireless\_device\'\, \'reprovision\_wired\_device\'
#### cisco\.ios
* Add support for cli\_restore functionality\.
* Added ios\_evpn\_evi resource module\.
* Added ios\_evpn\_global resource module\.
* Added ios\_vxlan\_vtep resource module\.
* Fixed ios\_evpn\_evi resource module integration test failure \- code to remove VLAN config\.
* Please refer the PR to know more about core changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/ansible\.netcommon/pull/618](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/ansible\.netcommon/pull/618)\)\.
* cli\_restore module is part of netcommon\.
* ios\_bgp\_address\_family \- Fixed an issue with inherit peer\-policy CLI
* ios\_bgp\_address\_family \- added \'advertise\' key
* ios\_bgp\_global \- added \'bgp\.default\.ipv4\_unicast\' and \'bgp\.default\.route\_target\.filter\' key
* ios\_l3\_interfaces \- added \'autostate\'\, \'mac\_address\'\, \'ipv4\.source\_interface\'\, and \'ipv6\.enable\' key
* ios\_vlans \- Add purged state to deal with toplevel vlan and vlan configuration config\.
* ios\_vlans \- added vlan config CLI feature\.
* ios\_vrf \- added MDT related keys
#### cisco\.iosxr
* Add missing options in afi and safi in address\-family of bgp\_templates RM\.
* Add support for cli\_restore functionality\.
* Please refer the PR to know more about core changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/ansible\.netcommon/pull/618](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/ansible\.netcommon/pull/618)\)\.
* cli\_restore module is part of netcommon\.
* iosxr\_facts \- Add cdp neighbors in ansible\_net\_neighbors dictionary \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/cisco\.iosxr/pull/457](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/cisco\.iosxr/pull/457)\)\.
#### cisco\.ise
* Changes the minimum supported version from Ansible v2\.9\.10 to v2\.14\.0
* Services included configuration\, edda\, dataconnect\_services\, subscriber\.
* cisco\.ise collection now supports ansible\.utils v3
#### cisco\.meraki
* Adding support to ansible\.utils \"\>\=2\.0\.0\, \<4\.00\"\.
* Ansible collection now support v1\.44\.1 of Dashboard Api\.
* Fixing problem of naming in organizations\_appliance\_vpn\_third\_party\_vpnpeers\_info\.
* Removing state from allowed parameters for networks\_syslog\_servers module\.
* The id parameter is change type to an integer in networks\_appliance\_vlans module\.
* The id parameter is now required for networks\_appliance\_vlans module\.
* administered\_licensing\_subscription\_entitlements\_info \- new plugin\.
* administered\_licensing\_subscription\_subscriptions\_bind \- new plugin\.
* administered\_licensing\_subscription\_subscriptions\_claim \- new plugin\.
* administered\_licensing\_subscription\_subscriptions\_claim\_key\_validate \- new plugin\.
* administered\_licensing\_subscription\_subscriptions\_compliance\_statuses\_info \- new plugin\.
* administered\_licensing\_subscription\_subscriptions\_info \- new plugin\.
* devices\_appliance\_radio\_settings \- new plugin\.
* devices\_appliance\_radio\_settings\_info \- new plugin\.
* devices\_live\_tools\_arp\_table \- new plugin\.
* devices\_live\_tools\_arp\_table\_info \- new plugin\.
* devices\_live\_tools\_cable\_test \- new plugin\.
* devices\_live\_tools\_cable\_test\_info \- new plugin\.
* devices\_live\_tools\_throughput\_test \- new plugin\.
* devices\_live\_tools\_throughput\_test\_info \- new plugin\.
* devices\_live\_tools\_wake\_on\_lan \- new plugin\.
* devices\_live\_tools\_wake\_on\_lan\_info \- new plugin\.
* devices\_wireless\_alternate\_management\_interface\_ipv6 \- new plugin\.
* networks\_appliance\_rf\_profiles \- new plugin\.
* networks\_appliance\_rf\_profiles\_info \- new plugin\.
* networks\_appliance\_traffic\_shaping\_vpn\_exclusions \- new plugin\.
* networks\_sm\_devices\_install\_apps \- new plugin\.
* networks\_sm\_devices\_reboot \- new plugin\.
* networks\_sm\_devices\_shutdown \- new plugin\.
* networks\_sm\_devices\_uninstall\_apps \- new plugin\.
* networks\_vlan\_profiles \- new plugin\.
* networks\_vlan\_profiles\_assignments\_by\_device\_info \- new plugin\.
* networks\_vlan\_profiles\_assignments\_reassign \- new plugin\.
* networks\_vlan\_profiles\_info \- new plugin\.
* networks\_wireless\_ethernet\_ports\_profiles \- new plugin\.
* networks\_wireless\_ethernet\_ports\_profiles\_assign \- new plugin\.
* networks\_wireless\_ethernet\_ports\_profiles\_info \- new plugin\.
* networks\_wireless\_ethernet\_ports\_profiles\_set\_default \- new plugin\.
* organizations\_appliance\_traffic\_shaping\_vpn\_exclusions\_by\_network\_info \- new plugin\.
* organizations\_appliance\_uplinks\_statuses\_overview\_info \- new plugin\.
* organizations\_appliance\_uplinks\_usage\_by\_network\_info \- new plugin\.
* organizations\_camera\_boundaries\_areas\_by\_device\_info \- new plugin\.
* organizations\_camera\_boundaries\_lines\_by\_device\_info \- new plugin\.
* organizations\_camera\_detections\_history\_by\_boundary\_by\_interval\_info \- new plugin\.
* organizations\_camera\_permissions\_info \- new plugin\.
* organizations\_camera\_roles \- new plugin\.
* organizations\_camera\_roles\_info \- new plugin\.
* organizations\_devices\_availabilities\_change\_history\_info \- new plugin\.
* organizations\_devices\_boots\_history\_info \- new plugin\.
* organizations\_sm\_admins\_roles \- new plugin\.
* organizations\_sm\_admins\_roles\_info \- new plugin\.
* organizations\_sm\_sentry\_policies\_assignments \- new plugin\.
* organizations\_sm\_sentry\_policies\_assignments\_by\_network\_info \- new plugin\.
* organizations\_summary\_top\_networks\_by\_status\_info \- new plugin\.
* organizations\_webhooks\_callbacks\_statuses\_info \- new plugin\.
* organizations\_wireless\_devices\_channel\_utilization\_by\_device\_info \- new plugin\.
* organizations\_wireless\_devices\_channel\_utilization\_by\_network\_info \- new plugin\.
* organizations\_wireless\_devices\_channel\_utilization\_history\_by\_device\_by\_interval\_info \- new plugin\.
* organizations\_wireless\_devices\_channel\_utilization\_history\_by\_network\_by\_interval\_info \- new plugin\.
* organizations\_wireless\_devices\_packet\_loss\_by\_client\_info \- new plugin\.
* organizations\_wireless\_devices\_packet\_loss\_by\_device\_info \- new plugin\.
* organizations\_wireless\_devices\_packet\_loss\_by\_network\_info \- new plugin\.
#### cisco\.mso
* Add Azure Cloud site support to mso\_schema\_site\_contract\_service\_graph
* Add Azure Cloud site support to mso\_schema\_site\_service\_graph
* Add functionality to resolve same name in remote and local user\.
* Add l3out\_template and l3out\_schema arguments to mso\_schema\_site\_external\_epg \(\#394\)
* Add mso\_schema\_site\_contract\_service\_graph module to manage site contract service graph
* Add mso\_schema\_site\_contract\_service\_graph\_listener module to manage Azure site contract service graph listeners and update other modules
* Add new parameter remote\_user to add multiple remote users associated with multiple login domains
* Add support for replacing all existing contracts with new provided contracts in a single operation with one request and adding/removing multiple contracts in multiple operations with a single request in mso\_schema\_template\_anp\_epg\_contract module
* Add support for replacing all existing static ports with new provided static ports in a single operation with one request and adding/removing multiple static ports in multiple operations with a single request in mso\_schema\_template\_anp\_epg\_staticport module
* Add support for required attributes introduced in NDO 4\.2 for mso\_schema\_site\_anp\_epg\_domain
* Support for creation of schemas without templates with the mso\_schema module
#### cisco\.nxos
* Add support for cli\_restore functionality\.
* Please refer the PR to know more about core changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/ansible\.netcommon/pull/618](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/ansible\.netcommon/pull/618)\)\. The cli\_restore module is a part of ansible\.netcommon\.
* nxos\_config \- Relax restrictions on I\(src\) parameter so it can be used more like I\(lines\)\. \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/cisco\.nxos/issues/89](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/cisco\.nxos/issues/89)\)\.
#### community\.aws
* api\_gateway \- use fstrings where appropriate \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1962](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1962)\)\.
* api\_gateway\_info \- use fstrings where appropriate \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1962](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1962)\)\.
* aws\_ssm \- Updated the documentation to explicitly state that an S3 bucket is required\, the behavior of the files in that bucket\, and requirements around that\. \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/issues/1775](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/issues/1775)\)\.
* cloudfront\_distribution \- added support for cache\_policy\_id and origin\_request\_policy\_id for behaviors \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/1589](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/1589)\)
* community\.aws collection \- apply isort code formatting to ensure consistent formatting of code \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/1962](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/1962)\)
* ecs\_taskdefinition \- Add parameter runtime\_platform \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/issues/1891](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/issues/1891)\)\.
* eks\_nodegroup \- ensure wait also waits for deletion to complete when wait\=\=True \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/1994](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/1994)\)\.
* elb\_network\_lb \- add support for Application\-Layer Protocol Negotiation \(ALPN\) policy AlpnPolicy for TLS listeners \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/issues/1566](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/issues/1566)\)\.
* elb\_network\_lb \- add the possibly to update SslPolicy and Certificates for TLS listeners \(\)\.
* glue\_job \- add support for 2 new instance types which are G\.4X and G\.8X \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/2048](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/2048)\)\.
* mq\_broker \- add support to wait for broker state via wait and wait\_timeout parameter values \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/1879](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/1879)\)\.
* msk\_cluster \- Support for additional m5 and m7g types of MSK clusters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/1947](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/1947)\)\.
#### community\.ciscosmb
* added additional attribute \- add interface \'bandwidth\' attribute
* docs \- addeed info about SG\-250 support and testing
* reverted attribute change \- keep interface \'bandwith\' attribute
#### community\.crypto
* When using cryptography \>\= 42\.0\.0\, use offset\-aware datetime\.datetime objects \(with timezone UTC\) instead of offset\-naive UTC timestamps \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/issues/726](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/issues/726)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/727](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/727)\)\.
* acme\_certificate \- add include\_renewal\_cert\_id option to allow requesting renewal of a specific certificate according to the current ACME Renewal Information specification draft \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/739](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/739)\)\.
* luks\_device \- add allow discards option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/693](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/693)\)\.
* openssh\_cert \- avoid UTC functions deprecated in Python 3\.12 when using Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/727](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/727)\)\.
* x509\_crl \- the new option serial\_numbers allow to configure in which format serial numbers can be provided to revoked\_certificates\[\]\.serial\_number\. The default is as integers \(serial\_numbers\=integer\) for backwards compatibility\; setting serial\_numbers\=hex\-octets allows to specify colon\-separated hex octet strings like 00\:11\:22\:FF \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/issues/687](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/issues/687)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/715](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/715)\)\.
#### community\.digitalocean
* digital\_ocean\_kubernetes \- add project\_name parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.digitalocean/issues/264](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.digitalocean/issues/264)\)\.
* fix sanity tests \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.digitalocean/issues/323](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.digitalocean/issues/323)\)\.
#### community\.dns
* hetzner\_dns\_records and hosttech\_dns\_records inventory plugins \- the filters option has been renamed to simple\_filters\. The old name still works until community\.hrobot 2\.0\.0\. Then it will change to allow more complex filtering with the community\.library\_inventory\_filtering\_v1 collection\'s functionality \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/181](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/181)\)\.
* inventory plugins \- add filter option which allows to include and exclude hosts based on Jinja2 conditions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/196](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/196)\)\.
* lookup\, lookup\_as\_dict \- it is now possible to configure whether the input should be treated as an absolute domain name \(search\=false\)\, or potentially as a relative domain name \(search\=true\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/issues/200](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/issues/200)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/201](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/201)\)\.
* nameserver\_info and nameserver\_record\_info \- add server parameter to specify custom DNS servers \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/168](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/168)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/178](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/178)\)\.
* wait\_for\_txt \- add server parameter to specify custom DNS servers \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/178](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/178)\)\.
#### community\.docker
* The EE requirements now include PyYAML\, since the docker\_compose\_v2\* modules depend on it when the definition option is used\. This should not have a noticable effect on generated EEs since ansible\-core itself depends on PyYAML as well\, and ansible\-builder explicitly ignores this dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/832](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/832)\)\.
* The ca\_cert option available to almost all modules and plugins has been renamed to ca\_path\. The name ca\_path is also used for similar options in ansible\-core and other collections\. The old name has been added as an alias and can still be used \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/744](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/744)\)\.
* The docker\_stack\* modules now use the common CLI\-based module code added for the docker\_image\_build and docker\_compose\_v2 modules\. This means that the modules now have various more configuration options with respect to talking to the Docker Daemon\, and now also are part of the community\.docker\.docker and docker module default groups \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/745](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/745)\)\.
* docker\_compose\_v2 \- add scale option to allow to explicitly scale services \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/776](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/776)\)\.
* docker\_compose\_v2 \- allow to wait until containers are running/health when running docker compose up with the new wait option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/794](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/794)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/796](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/796)\)\.
* docker\_compose\_v2\* \- the new option check\_files\_existing allows to disable the check for one of the files compose\.yaml\, compose\.yml\, docker\-compose\.yaml\, and docker\-compose\.yml in project\_src if files is not specified\. This is necessary if a non\-standard compose filename is specified through other means\, like the COMPOSE\_FILE environment variable \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/838](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/838)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/839](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/839)\)\.
* docker\_compose\_v2\* modules \- allow to provide an inline definition of the compose content instead of having to provide a project\_src directory with the compose file written into it \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/829](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/829)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/832](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/832)\)\.
* docker\_compose\_v2\, docker\_compose\_v2\_pull \- support files parameter to specify multiple Compose files \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/772](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/772)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/775](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/775)\)\.
* docker\_container \- add networks\[\]\.mac\_address option for Docker API 1\.44\+\. Note that Docker API 1\.44 no longer uses the global mac\_address option\, this new option is the only way to set the MAC address for a container \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/763](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/763)\)\.
* docker\_container \- adds healthcheck\.start\_interval to support healthcheck start interval setting on containers \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/848](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/848)\)\.
* docker\_container \- adds healthcheck\.test\_cli\_compatible to allow omit test option on containers without remove existing image test \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/847](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/847)\)\.
* docker\_container \- implement better platform string comparisons to improve idempotency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/654](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/654)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/705](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/705)\)\.
* docker\_container \- internal refactorings which allow comparisons to use more information like details of the current image or the Docker host config \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/713](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/713)\)\.
* docker\_container \- the pull\_check\_mode\_behavior option now allows to control the module\'s behavior in check mode when pull\=always \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/792](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/792)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/797](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/797)\)\.
* docker\_container \- the pull option now accepts the three values never\, missing\_image \(default\)\, and never\, next to the previously valid values true \(equivalent to always\) and false \(equivalent to missing\_image\)\. This allows the equivalent to \-\-pull\=never from the Docker command line \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/783](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/783)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/797](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/797)\)\.
* docker\_image \- allow to specify labels and /dev/shm size when building images \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/726](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/726)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/727](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/727)\)\.
* docker\_image \- allow to specify memory size and swap memory size in other units than bytes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/727](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/727)\)\.
* docker\_image\_build \- add outputs option to allow configuring outputs for the build \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/852](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/852)\)\.
* docker\_image\_build \- add secrets option to allow passing secrets to the build \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/852](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/852)\)\.
* docker\_image\_build \- allow platform to be a list of platforms instead of only a single platform for multi\-platform builds \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/852](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/852)\)\.
* docker\_network \- adds config\_only and config\_from to support creating and using config only networks \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/395](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/395)\)\.
* docker\_prune \- add new options builder\_cache\_all\, builder\_cache\_filters\, and builder\_cache\_keep\_storage\, and a new return value builder\_cache\_caches\_deleted for pruning build caches \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/844](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/844)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/845](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/845)\)\.
* docker\_swarm\_service \- adds sysctls to support sysctl settings on swarm services \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/190](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/190)\)\.
* inventory plugins \- add filter option which allows to include and exclude hosts based on Jinja2 conditions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/698](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/698)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/610](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/610)\)\.
* vendored Docker SDK for Python \- remove unused code that relies on functionality deprecated in Python 3\.12 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/834](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/834)\)\.
#### community\.general
* PythonRunner module utils \- specialisation of CmdRunner to execute Python scripts \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8289](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8289)\)\.
* Use offset\-aware datetime\.datetime objects \(with timezone UTC\) instead of offset\-naive UTC timestamps\, which are deprecated in Python 3\.12 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8222](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8222)\)\.
* aix\_lvol \- refactor module to pass list of arguments to module\.run\_command\(\) instead of relying on interpretation by a shell \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264)\)\.
* ansible\_galaxy\_install \- minor refactor in the module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8413](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8413)\)\.
* apt\_rpm \- add new states latest and present\_not\_latest\. The value latest is equivalent to the current behavior of present\, which will upgrade a package if a newer version exists\. present\_not\_latest does what most users would expect present to do\: it does not upgrade if the package is already installed\. The current behavior of present will be deprecated in a later version\, and eventually changed to that of present\_not\_latest \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8217](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8217)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8247](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8247)\)\.
* apt\_rpm \- refactor module to pass list of arguments to module\.run\_command\(\) instead of relying on interpretation by a shell \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264)\)\.
* bitwarden lookup plugin \- add bw\_session option\, to pass session key instead of reading from env \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7994](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7994)\)\.
* bitwarden lookup plugin \- add support to filter by organization ID \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8188](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8188)\)\.
* bitwarden lookup plugin \- allows to fetch all records of a given collection ID\, by allowing to pass an empty value for search\_value when collection\_id is provided \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8013](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8013)\)\.
* bitwarden lookup plugin \- when looking for items using an item ID\, the item is now accessed directly with bw get item instead of searching through all items\. This doubles the lookup speed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7468](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7468)\)\.
* btrfs\_subvolume \- refactor module to pass list of arguments to module\.run\_command\(\) instead of relying on interpretation by a shell \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264)\)\.
* cmd\_runner module\_utils \- add validation for minimum and maximum length in the value passed to cmd\_runner\_fmt\.as\_list\(\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8288](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8288)\)\.
* consul\_auth\_method\, consul\_binding\_rule\, consul\_policy\, consul\_role\, consul\_session\, consul\_token \- added action group community\.general\.consul \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7897](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7897)\)\.
* consul\_policy \- added support for diff and check mode \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878)\)\.
* consul\_policy\, consul\_role\, consul\_session \- removed dependency on requests and factored out common parts \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7826](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7826)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878)\)\.
* consul\_role \- node\_identities now expects a node\_name option to match the Consul API\, the old name is still supported as alias \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878)\)\.
* consul\_role \- service\_identities now expects a service\_name option to match the Consul API\, the old name is still supported as alias \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878)\)\.
* consul\_role \- added support for diff mode \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878)\)\.
* consul\_role \- added support for templated policies \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878)\)\.
* elastic callback plugin \- close elastic client to not leak resources \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7517](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7517)\)\.
* filesystem \- add bcachefs support \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8126](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8126)\)\.
* gandi\_livedns \- adds support for personal access tokens \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7639](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7639)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8337](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8337)\)\.
* gconftool2 \- use ModuleHelper with VarDict \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8226](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8226)\)\.
* git\_config \- allow multiple git configs for the same name with the new add\_mode option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7260](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7260)\)\.
* git\_config \- the after and before fields in the diff of the return value can be a list instead of a string in case more configs with the same key are affected \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7260](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7260)\)\.
* git\_config \- when a value is unset\, all configs with the same key are unset \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7260](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7260)\)\.
* gitlab modules \- add ca\_path option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7472](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7472)\)\.
* gitlab modules \- remove duplicate gitlab package check \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7486](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7486)\)\.
* gitlab\_deploy\_key\, gitlab\_group\_members\, gitlab\_group\_variable\, gitlab\_hook\, gitlab\_instance\_variable\, gitlab\_project\_badge\, gitlab\_project\_variable\, gitlab\_user \- improve API pagination and compatibility with different versions of python\-gitlab \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7790](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7790)\)\.
* gitlab\_hook \- adds releases\_events parameter for supporting Releases events triggers on GitLab hooks \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7956](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7956)\)\.
* gitlab\_runner \- add support for new runner creation workflow \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7199](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7199)\)\.
* homebrew \- adds force\_formula parameter to disambiguate a formula from a cask of the same name \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8274](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8274)\)\.
* homebrew\, homebrew\_cask \- refactor common argument validation logic into a dedicated homebrew module utils \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8323](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8323)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8324](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8324)\)\.
* icinga2 inventory plugin \- add Jinja2 templating support to url\, user\, and password paramenters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7074](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7074)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7996](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7996)\)\.
* icinga2 inventory plugin \- adds new parameter group\_by\_hostgroups in order to make grouping by Icinga2 hostgroups optional \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7998](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7998)\)\.
* ini\_file \- add an optional parameter section\_has\_values\. If the target ini file contains more than one section\, use section\_has\_values to specify which one should be updated \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7505)\)\.
* ini\_file \- support optional spaces between section names and their surrounding brackets \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8075](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8075)\)\.
* installp \- refactor module to pass list of arguments to module\.run\_command\(\) instead of relying on interpretation by a shell \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264)\)\.
* ipa\_config \- adds passkey choice to ipauserauthtype parameter\'s choices \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7588](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7588)\)\.
* ipa\_dnsrecord \- adds ability to manage NS record types \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7737](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7737)\)\.
* ipa\_pwpolicy \- refactor module and exchange a sequence if statements with a for loop \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7723](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7723)\)\.
* ipa\_pwpolicy \- update module to support maxrepeat\, maxsequence\, dictcheck\, usercheck\, gracelimit parameters in FreeIPA password policies \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7723](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7723)\)\.
* ipa\_sudorule \- adds options to include denied commands or command groups \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7415](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7415)\)\.
* ipa\_user \- adds idp and passkey choice to ipauserauthtype parameter\'s choices \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7589](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7589)\)\.
* irc \- add validate\_certs option\, and rename use\_ssl to use\_tls\, while keeping use\_ssl as an alias\. The default value for validate\_certs is false for backwards compatibility\. We recommend to every user of this module to explicitly set use\_tls\=true and validate\_certs\=true\` whenever possible\, especially when communicating to IRC servers over the internet \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7550](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7550)\)\.
* java\_cert \- add cert\_content argument \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8153](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8153)\)\.
* java\_cert \- enable owner\, group\, mode\, and other generic file arguments \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8116](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8116)\)\.
* kernel\_blacklist \- use ModuleHelper with VarDict \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8226](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8226)\)\.
* keycloak module utils \- expose error message from Keycloak server for HTTP errors in some specific situations \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7645](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7645)\)\.
* keycloak\_client\, keycloak\_clientscope\, keycloak\_clienttemplate \- added docker\-v2 protocol support\, enhancing alignment with Keycloak\'s protocol options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8215](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8215)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8216](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8216)\)\.
* keycloak\_realm\_key \- the config\.algorithm option now supports 8 additional key algorithms \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7698](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7698)\)\.
* keycloak\_realm\_key \- the config\.certificate option value is no longer defined with no\_log\=True \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7698](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7698)\)\.
* keycloak\_realm\_key \- the provider\_id option now supports RSA encryption key usage \(value rsa\-enc\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7698](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7698)\)\.
* keycloak\_user\_federation \- add option for krbPrincipalAttribute \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7538](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7538)\)\.
* keycloak\_user\_federation \- allow custom user storage providers to be set through provider\_id \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7789](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7789)\)\.
* ldap\_attrs \- module now supports diff mode\, showing which attributes are changed within an operation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8073](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8073)\)\.
* lvg \- refactor module to pass list of arguments to module\.run\_command\(\) instead of relying on interpretation by a shell \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264)\)\.
* lvol \- change pvs argument type to list of strings \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7676](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7676)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7504](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7504)\)\.
* lvol \- refactor module to pass list of arguments to module\.run\_command\(\) instead of relying on interpretation by a shell \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264)\)\.
* lxd connection plugin \- tighten the detection logic for lxd Instance not found errors\, to avoid false detection on unrelated errors such as /usr/bin/python3\: not found \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7521](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7521)\)\.
* lxd\_container \- uses /1\.0/instances API endpoint\, if available\. Falls back to /1\.0/containers or /1\.0/virtual\-machines\. Fixes issue when using Incus or LXD 5\.19 due to migrating to /1\.0/instances endpoint \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7980](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7980)\)\.
* macports \- refactor module to pass list of arguments to module\.run\_command\(\) instead of relying on interpretation by a shell \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264)\)\.
* mail \- add Message\-ID header\; which is required by some mail servers \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7740](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7740)\)\.
* mail module\, mail callback plugin \- allow to configure the domain name of the Message\-ID header with a new message\_id\_domain option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7765](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7765)\)\.
* mssql\_script \- adds transactional \(rollback/commit\) support via optional boolean param transaction \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7976](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7976)\)\.
* netcup\_dns \- adds support for record types OPENPGPKEY\, SMIMEA\, and SSHFP \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7489](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7489)\)\.
* nmcli \- add support for new connection type loopback \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6572](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6572)\)\.
* nmcli \- adds OpenvSwitch support with new type values ovs\-port\, ovs\-interface\, and ovs\-bridge\, and new slave\_type value ovs\-port \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8154](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8154)\)\.
* nmcli \- allow for infiniband slaves of bond interface types \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7569](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7569)\)\.
* nmcli \- allow for the setting of MTU for infiniband and bond interface types \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7499](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7499)\)\.
* nmcli \- allow setting MTU for bond\-slave interface types \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8118](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8118)\)\.
* onepassword lookup plugin \- support 1Password Connect with the opv2 client by setting the connect\_host and connect\_token parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7116](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7116)\)\.
* onepassword\_raw lookup plugin \- support 1Password Connect with the opv2 client by setting the connect\_host and connect\_token parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7116](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7116)\)
* opentelemetry \- add support for HTTP trace\_exporter and configures the behavior via OTEL\_EXPORTER\_OTLP\_TRACES\_PROTOCOL \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7888](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7888)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8321](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8321)\)\.
* opentelemetry \- add support for exporting spans in a file via ANSIBLE\_OPENTELEMETRY\_STORE\_SPANS\_IN\_FILE \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7888](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7888)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8363](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8363)\)\.
* opkg \- use ModuleHelper with VarDict \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8226](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8226)\)\.
* osx\_defaults \- add option check\_types to enable changing the type of existing defaults on the fly \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8173](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8173)\)\.
* parted \- refactor module to pass list of arguments to module\.run\_command\(\) instead of relying on interpretation by a shell \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264)\)\.
* passwordstore \- adds timestamp and preserve parameters to modify the stored password format \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7426](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7426)\)\.
* passwordstore lookup \- add missing\_subkey parameter defining the behavior of the lookup when a passwordstore subkey is missing \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8166](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8166)\)\.
* pipx \- use ModuleHelper with VarDict \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8226](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8226)\)\.
* pkg5 \- add support for non\-silent execution \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8379](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8379)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8382](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8382)\)\.
* pkgin \- refactor module to pass list of arguments to module\.run\_command\(\) instead of relying on interpretation by a shell \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264)\)\.
* portage \- adds the possibility to explicitely tell portage to write packages to world file \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6226](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6226)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8236](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8236)\)\.
* portinstall \- refactor module to pass list of arguments to module\.run\_command\(\) instead of relying on interpretation by a shell \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264)\)\.
* proxmox \- adds startup parameters to configure startup order\, startup delay and shutdown delay \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8038](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8038)\)\.
* proxmox \- adds template value to the state parameter\, allowing conversion of container to a template \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7143](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7143)\)\.
* proxmox \- adds update parameter\, allowing update of an already existing containers configuration \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7540](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7540)\)\.
* proxmox inventory plugin \- adds an option to exclude nodes from the dynamic inventory generation\. The new setting is optional\, not using this option will behave as usual \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6714](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6714)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7461](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7461)\)\.
* proxmox\* modules \- there is now a community\.general\.proxmox module defaults group that can be used to set default options for all Proxmox modules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8334](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8334)\)\.
* proxmox\_disk \- add ability to manipulate CD\-ROM drive \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7495](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7495)\)\.
* proxmox\_kvm \- add parameter update\_unsafe to avoid limitations when updating dangerous values \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7843](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7843)\)\.
* proxmox\_kvm \- adds template value to the state parameter\, allowing conversion of a VM to a template \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7143](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7143)\)\.
* proxmox\_kvm \- adds\`\`usb\`\` parameter for setting USB devices on proxmox KVM VMs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8199](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8199)\)\.
* proxmox\_kvm \- support the hookscript parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7600](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7600)\)\.
* proxmox\_ostype \- it is now possible to specify the ostype when creating an LXC container \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7462](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7462)\)\.
* proxmox\_vm\_info \- add ability to retrieve configuration info \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7485](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7485)\)\.
* puppet \- new feature to set \-\-waitforlock option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8282](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8282)\)\.
* redfish\_command \- add command ResetToDefaults to reset manager to default state \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8163](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8163)\)\.
* redfish\_config \- add command SetServiceIdentification to set service identification \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7916](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7916)\)\.
* redfish\_info \- add boolean return value MultipartHttpPush to GetFirmwareUpdateCapabilities \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8194](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8194)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8195](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8195)\)\.
* redfish\_info \- add command GetServiceIdentification to get service identification \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7882](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7882)\)\.
* redfish\_info \- adding the BootProgress property when getting Systems info \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7626](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7626)\)\.
* revbitspss lookup plugin \- removed a redundant unicode prefix\. The prefix was not necessary for Python 3 and has been cleaned up to streamline the code \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8087](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8087)\)\.
* rundeck module utils \- allow to pass Content\-Type to API requests \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7684](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7684)\)\.
* slackpkg \- refactor module to pass list of arguments to module\.run\_command\(\) instead of relying on interpretation by a shell \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264)\)\.
* ssh\_config \- adds controlmaster\, controlpath and controlpersist parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7456](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7456)\)\.
* ssh\_config \- allow accept\-new as valid value for strict\_host\_key\_checking \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8257](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8257)\)\.
* ssh\_config \- new feature to set AddKeysToAgent option to yes or no \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7703](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7703)\)\.
* ssh\_config \- new feature to set IdentitiesOnly option to yes or no \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7704](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7704)\)\.
* sudoers \- add support for the NOEXEC tag in sudoers rules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7983](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7983)\)\.
* svr4pkg \- refactor module to pass list of arguments to module\.run\_command\(\) instead of relying on interpretation by a shell \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264)\)\.
* swdepot \- refactor module to pass list of arguments to module\.run\_command\(\) instead of relying on interpretation by a shell \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264)\)\.
* terraform \- add support for diff\_mode for terraform resource\_changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7896](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7896)\)\.
* terraform \- fix diff\_mode in state absent and when terraform resource\_changes does not exist \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7963](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7963)\)\.
* xcc\_redfish\_command \- added support for raw POSTs \(command\=PostResource in category\=Raw\) without a specific action info \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7746](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7746)\)\.
* xfconf \- use ModuleHelper with VarDict \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8226](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8226)\)\.
* xfconf\_info \- use ModuleHelper with VarDict \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8226](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8226)\)\.
#### community\.grafana
* Add Quickwit search engine datasource \([https\://quickwit\.io](https\://quickwit\.io)\)\.
* Add new module grafana\_silence to create and delete silences through the API
* Add parameter org\_name to grafana\_dashboard
* Add parameter org\_name to grafana\_datasource
* Add parameter org\_name to grafana\_organization\_user
* Add role components for grafana\_silence module
* Add support for Grafana Tempo datasource type \([https\://grafana\.com/docs/grafana/latest/datasources/tempo/](https\://grafana\.com/docs/grafana/latest/datasources/tempo/)\)
* Manage grafana\_folder for organizations
* Merged ansible role telekom\-mms/ansible\-role\-grafana into ansible\-collections/community\.grafana
* added community\.grafana\.notification\_channel to role
* default to true/false in docs and code
* grafana\_dashboard \- add check\_mode support
* lookup \- grafana\_dashboards \- add validate\_certs and ca\_path options to plugin for custom certs validation
#### community\.hashi\_vault
* cert auth \- add option to set the cert\_auth\_public\_key and cert\_auth\_private\_key parameters using the variables ansible\_hashi\_vault\_cert\_auth\_public\_key and ansible\_hashi\_vault\_cert\_auth\_private\_key \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.hashi\_vault/issues/428](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.hashi\_vault/issues/428)\)\.
#### community\.hrobot
* robot inventory plugin \- add filter option which allows to include and exclude hosts based on Jinja2 conditions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.hrobot/pull/101](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.hrobot/pull/101)\)\.
* robot inventory plugin \- the filters option has been renamed to simple\_filters\. The old name still works until community\.hrobot 2\.0\.0\. Then it will change to allow more complex filtering with the community\.library\_inventory\_filtering\_v1 collection\'s functionality \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.hrobot/pull/94](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.hrobot/pull/94)\)\.
#### community\.mysql
* mysql\_user \- add the password\_expire and password\_expire\_interval arguments to implement the password expiration management for mysql user \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.mysql/pull/598](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.mysql/pull/598)\)\.
* mysql\_user \- add user attribute support via the attributes parameter and return value \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.mysql/pull/604](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.mysql/pull/604)\)\.
#### community\.postgresql
* postgresql\_db \- add the comment argument \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.postgresql/issues/614](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.postgresql/issues/614)\)\.
* postgresql\_db \- add the icu\_locale argument \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.postgresql/issues/666](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.postgresql/issues/666)\)\.
* postgresql\_db \- add the locale\_provider argument \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.postgresql/issues/666](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.postgresql/issues/666)\)\.
* postgresql\_ext \- add the comment argument \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.postgresql/issues/354](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.postgresql/issues/354)\)\.
* postgresql\_publication \- add the comment argument \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.postgresql/issues/354](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.postgresql/issues/354)\)\.
* postgresql\_schema \- add the comment argument \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.postgresql/issues/354](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.postgresql/issues/354)\)\.
* postgresql\_subscription \- add the comment argument \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.postgresql/issues/354](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.postgresql/issues/354)\)\.
* postgresql\_tablespace \- add the comment argument \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.postgresql/issues/354](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.postgresql/issues/354)\)\.
#### community\.rabbitmq
* rabbitmq\_user \- add support to user manipulation through RabbitMQ API \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.rabbitmq/issues/76](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.rabbitmq/issues/76)\)
#### community\.routeros
* api\_info\, api\_modify \- Add RouterOS 7\.x support to /mpls ldp path \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/271](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/271)\)\.
* api\_info\, api\_modify \- add /ip route rule path for RouterOS 6\.x \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/278](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/278)\)\.
* api\_info\, api\_modify \- add /routing filter path for RouterOS 6\.x \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/279](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/279)\)\.
* api\_info\, api\_modify \- add interface ovpn\-client path \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/issues/242](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/issues/242)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/244](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/244)\)\.
* api\_info\, api\_modify \- add radius path \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/issues/241](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/issues/241)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/245](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/245)\)\.
* api\_info\, api\_modify \- add routing rule path \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/issues/162](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/issues/162)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/246](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/246)\)\.
* api\_info\, api\_modify \- add default value for from\-pool field in /ipv6 address \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/270](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/270)\)\.
* api\_info\, api\_modify \- add missing DoH parameters doh\-max\-concurrent\-queries\, doh\-max\-server\-connections\, and doh\-timeout to the ip dns path \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/issues/230](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/issues/230)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/235](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/235)\)
* api\_info\, api\_modify \- add missing parameters address\-list\, address\-list\-timeout\, randomise\-ports\, and realm to subpaths of the ip firewall path \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/issues/236](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/issues/236)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/237](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/237)\)\.
* api\_info\, api\_modify \- add missing path /interface pppoe\-server server \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/273](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/273)\)\.
* api\_info\, api\_modify \- add missing path /ip dhcp\-relay \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/276](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/276)\)\.
* api\_info\, api\_modify \- add missing path /queue simple \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/269](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/269)\)\.
* api\_info\, api\_modify \- add missing path /queue type \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/274](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/274)\)\.
* api\_info\, api\_modify \- add missing path routing bgp template \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/243](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/243)\)\.
* api\_info\, api\_modify \- add missing paths /routing bgp aggregate\, /routing bgp network and /routing bgp peer \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/277](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/277)\)\.
* api\_info\, api\_modify \- add read\-only fields installed\-version\, latest\-version and status in system package update \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/263](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/263)\)\.
* api\_info\, api\_modify \- add support for paths /mpls interface\, /mpls ldp accept\-filter\, /mpls ldp advertise\-filter and mpls ldp interface \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/272](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/272)\)\.
* api\_info\, api\_modify \- add support for the tx\-power attribute in interface wireless \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/239](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/239)\)\.
* api\_info\, api\_modify \- added support for interface wifi and its sub\-paths \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/266](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/266)\)\.
* api\_info\, api\_modify \- make path user group modifiable and add comment attribute \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/issues/256](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/issues/256)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/257](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/257)\)\.
* api\_info\, api\_modify \- mark the interface wireless parameter running as read\-only \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/233](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/233)\)\.
* api\_info\, api\_modify \- remove default value for read\-only running field in interface wireless \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/264](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/264)\)\.
* api\_info\, api\_modify \- removed host primary key in tool netwatch path \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/248](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/248)\)\.
* api\_info\, api\_modify \- set the default value to false for the disabled parameter in some more paths where it can be seen in the documentation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/237](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/237)\)\.
* api\_modify \- add missing comment attribute to /routing id \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/234](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/234)\)\.
* api\_modify \- add missing attributes to the routing bgp connection path \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/234](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/234)\)\.
* api\_modify \- add versioning to the /tool e\-mail path \(RouterOS 7\.12 release\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/234](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/234)\)\.
* api\_modify \- make /ip traffic\-flow target a multiple value attribute \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/234](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/234)\)\.
* api\_modify\, api\_info \- add support for the ip vrf path in RouterOS 7 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/259)\)
* api\_modify\, api\_info \- added support for interface wifiwave2 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/226](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/226)\)\.
#### community\.vmware
* Add standard function vmware\_argument\_spec\(\) from module\_utils for using default env fallback function\. [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/issues/1977](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/issues/1977)
* Document that all parameters and VMware object names are case sensitive \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/issues/2019](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/issues/2019)\)\.
* Drop the outdated \(and actually unmaintained\) scenario guides \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/2022](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/2022)\)\.
* vmware\_dvs\_portgroup \- Make state default to present instead of having it as a required parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/2055](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/2055)\)\.
* vmware\_dvswitch \- Add switchIpAddress/switch\_ip parameter for netflow config
* vmware\_first\_class\_disk\_info \- Add a module to gather informations about first class disks\. \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/1996](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/1996)\)\. \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/issues/1988](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/issues/1988)\)\.
* vmware\_guest \- Add IPv6 support for VM network interfaces \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/1937](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/1937)\)\.
* vmware\_guest\_sendkey \- Add Windows key \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/issues/1959](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/issues/1959)\)\.
* vmware\_guest\_tools\_info \- Use toolsVersionStatus2 instead of toolsVersionStatus \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/issues/2033](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/issues/2033)\)\.
* vmware\_guest\_tools\_upgrade \- Add parameter installer\_options to pass command line options to the installer to modify the installation procedure for tools \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/1059](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/1059)\)\.
* vmware\_host\_facts \- Add the possibility to get the related datacenter\. \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/1994](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/1994)\)\.
* vmware\_vm\_inventory \- Add parameter subproperties \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/1972](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/1972)\)\.
* vmware\_vmkernel \- Add the function to set the enable\_backup\_nfc setting \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/1978](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/1978)\)
* vsphere\_copy \- Add parameter to tell vsphere\_copy which diskformat is being uploaded \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/1995](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/1995)\)\.
#### community\.windows
* Set minimum supported Ansible version to 2\.14 to align with the versions still supported by Ansible\.
* win\_regmerge \- Add content \'content\' parameter for specifying registry file contents directly
#### community\.zabbix
* Add slash at the end of the location directives\, to prevent path traversal attacks\.
* Added active\_since and active\_till in zabbix\_maintenance
* Added content\_type for email in zabbix\_mediatypes
* Added zabbix\_group\_events\_info module
* Introduce flag enable\_version\_check to allow installations on non\-supported platforms\.
* action module \- Added notify\_if\_canceled property
* agent and proxy roles \- Set default zabbix\_api\_server\_port to 80 or 443 based on zabbix\_api\_use\_ssl
* agent role \- Removed duplicative Windows agent task
* agent role \- Standardized default yum priority to 99
* agent\, javagateway\, proxy\, server\, and web role \- added the http\_proxy and https\_proxy environment variables to \"Debian \| Download gpg key\" analog to other tasks
* agent\, javagateway\, proxy\, server\, and web role \- introduced default variable zabbix\_repo\_deb\_gpg\_key\_url with value [http\://repo\.zabbix\.com/zabbix\-official\-repo\.key](http\://repo\.zabbix\.com/zabbix\-official\-repo\.key)
* agent\, javagateway\, proxy\, server\, and web role \- introduced default variable zabbix\_repo\_deb\_include\_deb\_src with value true
* agent\, javagateway\, proxy\, server\, and web role \- removed superfluous slash in zabbix\_gpg\_key of the Debian vars and renamed key to zabbix\-repo instead of zabbix\-official\-repo
* agent\, javagateway\, proxy\, server\, and web role \- used variable zabbix\_repo\_deb\_include\_deb\_src in \"Debian \| Installing repository\" to determine whether deb\-src should be added to /etc/apt/sources\.list\.d/zabbix\.sources
* agent\, javagateway\, proxy\, server\, and web role \- used zabbix\_repo\_deb\_gpg\_key\_url in \"Debian \| Download gpg key\" instead of hardcoded url
* all roles \- Re\-added ability to override Debian repo source
* all roles \- Updated Debian repository format to 822 standard
* api\_requests \- Handled error from depricated CertificateError class
* multiple roles \- Removed unneeded Apt Clean commands\.
* proxy role \- Updated MariaDB version for Centos 7 to 10\.11
* various \- updated testing modules
* various \- updated to fully qualified module names
* zabbix agent \- Added capability to add additional configuration includes
* zabbix web \- Allowed the independent configuration of php\-fpm without creating vhost\.
* zabbix\_api\_info module added
* zabbix\_correlation module added
* zabbix\_host\_info \- added ability to get all the hosts configured in Zabbix
* zabbix\_proxy role \- Add variable zabbix\_proxy\_dbpassword\_hash\_method to control whether you want postgresql user password to be hashed with md5 or want to use db default\. When zabbix\_proxy\_dbpassword\_hash\_method is set to anything other than md5 then do not hash the password with md5 so you could use postgresql scram\-sha\-256 hashing method\.
* zabbix\_server role \- Add variable zabbix\_server\_dbpassword\_hash\_method to control whether you want postgresql user password to be hashed with md5 or want to use db default\. When zabbix\_server\_dbpassword\_hash\_method is set to anything other than md5 then do not hash the password with md5 so you could use postgresql scram\-sha\-256 hashing method\.
* zabbix\_service\_info module added
* zabbix\_template \- Add template\_yaml parameter\.
* zabbix\_templategroup module added
* zabbix\_user module \- add current\_passwd optional parameter to enable password updating of the currently logged in user \([https\://www\.zabbix\.com/documentation/6\.4/en/manual/api/reference/user/update](https\://www\.zabbix\.com/documentation/6\.4/en/manual/api/reference/user/update)\)
* zabbix\_web role\, Refactored zabbix\_selinux variable names to correlate with selinux boolean names\.
#### containers\.podman
* Add log\_opt and annotaion options to podman\_play module
* Add option to parse CreateCommand easily for diff calc
* Add support for setting underlying interface in podman\_network
* Alias generate systemd options stop\_timeout and time
* CI \- Fix rootfs test in CI
* CI \- add custom podman path to tasks
* CI \- add parametrized executables to tests
* Fix CI rootfs for podman\_container
* Fix broken conmon version in CI install
* Improve security\_opt comparison between existing container
* podman\_container \- Add new arguments to podman status commands
* podman\_container \- Add pasta as default network mode after v5
* podman\_container \- Update env\_file to accept a list of files instead of a single file
* podman\_container\_exec \- Return data for podman exec module
* podman\_generate\_systemd \- Fix broken example for podman\_generate\_systemd \(\#708\)
* podman\_login \- Update podman\_login\.py
* podman\_play \- Add support for kube yaml files with multi\-documents \(\#724\)
* podman\_play \- Update the logic for deleting pods/containers in podman\_play
* podman\_pod\_info \- handle return being list in Podman 5 \(\#713\)
* podman\_secret\_info \- Add secrets info module
#### dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic
* sonic\_aaa \- Add support for playbook check and diff modes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/304](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/304)\)\.
* sonic\_aaa \- Enhance config diff generation function \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318)\)\.
* sonic\_acl\_interfaces \- Add support for playbook check and diff modes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/306](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/306)\)\.
* sonic\_acl\_interfaces \- Enhance config diff generation function \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318)\)\.
* sonic\_bgp\_as\_paths \- Add support for replaced and overridden states \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/290](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/290)\)\.
* sonic\_bgp\_communities \- Add support for replaced and overridden states \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/251](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/251)\)\.
* sonic\_bgp\_ext\_communities \- Add support for replaced and overridden states \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/252](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/252)\)\.
* sonic\_interfaces \- Add support for playbook check and diff modes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/301](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/301)\)\.
* sonic\_interfaces \- Add support for replaced and overridden states \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/314](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/314)\)\.
* sonic\_interfaces \- Change deleted design for interfaces module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/310](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/310)\)\.
* sonic\_interfaces \- Enhance config diff generation function \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318)\)\.
* sonic\_ip\_neighbor \- Add support for playbook check and diff modes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/285](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/285)\)\.
* sonic\_ip\_neighbor \- Enhance config diff generation function \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318)\)\.
* sonic\_l2\_acls \- Add support for playbook check and diff modes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/306](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/306)\)\.
* sonic\_l2\_acls \- Enhance config diff generation function \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318)\)\.
* sonic\_l2\_interfaces \- Add support for playbook check and diff modes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/303](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/303)\)\.
* sonic\_l2\_interfaces \- Enhance config diff generation function \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318)\)\.
* sonic\_l3\_acls \- Add support for playbook check and diff modes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/306](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/306)\)\.
* sonic\_l3\_acls \- Enhance config diff generation function \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318)\)\.
* sonic\_l3\_interfaces \- Add support for replaced and overridden states \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/241](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/241)\)\.
* sonic\_lag\_interfaces \- Add support for playbook check and diff modes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/303](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/303)\)\.
* sonic\_lag\_interfaces \- Enhance config diff generation function \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318)\)\.
* sonic\_logging \- Add support for playbook check and diff modes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/285](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/285)\)\.
* sonic\_logging \- Enhance config diff generation function \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318)\)\.
* sonic\_mclag \- Add VLAN range support for \'unique\_ip\' and \'peer\_gateway\' options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/288](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/288)\)\.
* sonic\_mclag \- Add support for replaced and overridden states \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/288](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/288)\)\.
* sonic\_ntp \- Add support for playbook check and diff modes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/281](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/281)\)\.
* sonic\_ntp \- Enhance config diff generation function \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318)\)\.
* sonic\_port\_breakout \- Add Ansible support for all port breakout modes now allowed in Enterprise SONiC \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/276](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/276)\)\.
* sonic\_port\_breakout \- Add support for replaced and overridden states \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/291](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/291)\)\.
* sonic\_port\_group \- Add support for playbook check and diff modes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/284](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/284)\)\.
* sonic\_port\_group \- Enhance config diff generation function \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318)\)\.
* sonic\_radius\_server \- Add support for playbook check and diff modes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/279](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/279)\)\.
* sonic\_radius\_server \- Enhance config diff generation function \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318)\)\.
* sonic\_static\_routes \- Add playbook check and diff modes support for static routes resource module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/313](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/313)\)\.
* sonic\_static\_routes \- Enhance config diff generation function \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318)\)\.
* sonic\_system \- Add support for playbook check and diff modes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/284](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/284)\)\.
* sonic\_system \- Enhance config diff generation function \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318)\)\.
* sonic\_tacacs\_server \- Add support for playbook check and diff modes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/281](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/281)\)\.
* sonic\_tacacs\_server \- Enhance config diff generation function \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318)\)\.
* sonic\_users \- Add support for playbook check and diff modes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/304](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/304)\)\.
* sonic\_users \- Enhance config diff generation function \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318)\)\.
* sonic\_vlans \- Add support for playbook check and diff modes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/301](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/301)\)\.
* sonic\_vlans \- Enhance config diff generation function \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318)\)\.
* sonic\_vrfs \- Add mgmt VRF replaced state handling to sonic\_vrfs module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/298](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/298)\)\.
* sonic\_vrfs \- Add mgmt VRF support to sonic\_vrfs module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/293](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/293)\)\.
* sonic\_vrfs \- Add support for playbook check and diff modes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/285](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/285)\)\.
* sonic\_vrfs \- Enhance config diff generation function \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/318)\)\.
* tests \- Add UTs for BFD\, COPP\, and MAC modules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/287](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/287)\)\.
* tests \- Enable contiguous execution of all regression integration tests on an S5296f \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/277](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/277)\)\.
* tests \- Fix the bgp CLI test base\_cfg\_path derivation of the bgp role\_path by avoiding relative pathing from the possibly external playbook\_dir \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/283](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/283)\)\.
#### dellemc\.openmanage
* Ansible lint issues are fixed for the collections\.
* For idrac\_certificate role\, added support for import operation of HTTPS certificate with the SSL key\.
* For idrac\_certificates module\, below enhancements are made\: Added support for import operation of HTTPS certificate with the SSL key\. The email\_address has been made as an optional parameter\.
* For idrac\_gather\_facts role\, added storage controller details in the role output\.
* Module redfish\_storage\_volume is enhanced to support reboot options and job tracking operation\.
* idrac\_reset \- This module allows you to reset the iDRAC to factory default settings\.
* redfish\_storage\_volume \- This module is enhanced to support iDRAC8\.
#### dellemc\.powerflex
* Added support for PowerFlex Denver version\(4\.5\.x\) to TB and Config role\.
* Added support for PowerFlex ansible modules and roles on Azure\.
* Added support for executing Ansible PowerFlex modules and roles on AWS environment\.
* Added support for resource group provisioning to validate\, deploy\, edit\, add nodes and delete a resource group\.
* The Info module is enhanced to list the firmware repositories\.
* The Info module is enhanced to retrieve lists related to fault sets\, service templates\, deployments\, and managed devices\.
* The SDS module has been enhanced to facilitate SDS creation within a fault set\.
#### f5networks\.f5\_modules
* bigiq\_device\_discovery \- Changes in documentation related to Provider block
#### fortinet\.fortimanager
* Added deprecated warning to invalid argument name\, please change the invalid argument name such as \"var\-name\"\, \"var name\" to \"var\_name\"\.
* Renamed the input argument \"message\" to \"fmgr\_message\" to comply with Ansible requirements\.
* Supported fortimanager 7\.4\.2\, 21 new modules\.
#### google\.cloud
* anisble\-test \- integration tests are now run against 2\.14\.0 and 2\.15\.0
* ansible \- 2\.14\.0 is now the minimum version supported
* ansible\-lint \- fixed over a thousand reported errors
* ansible\-lint \- upgraded to 6\.22
* ansible\-test \- add support for GCP application default credentials \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/google\.cloud/issues/359](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/google\.cloud/issues/359)\)\.
* gcp\_serviceusage\_service \- added backoff when checking for operation completion\.
* gcp\_serviceusage\_service \- use alloyb API for the integration test as spanner conflicts with other tests
* gcp\_sql\_ssl\_cert \- made sha1\_fingerprint optional\, which enables resource creation
* gcp\_storage\_default\_object\_acl \- removed non\-existent fields\; the resource is not usable\.
#### grafana\.grafana
* Add \'run\_once\' to download\&unzip tasks by \@v\-zhuravlev in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/136](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/136)
* Adding oauth\_allow\_insecure\_email\_lookup to fix oauth user sync error by \@hypery2k in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/132](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/132)
* Bump ansible\-core from 2\.15\.4 to 2\.15\.8 by \@dependabot in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/137](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/137)
* Bump ansible\-lint from 24\.2\.0 to 24\.2\.1 by \@dependabot in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/164](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/164)
* Bump ansible\-lint from 24\.2\.0 to 24\.2\.1 by \@dependabot in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/168](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/168)
* Bump ansible\-lint from 6\.13\.1 to 6\.14\.3 by \@dependabot in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/139](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/139)
* Bump ansible\-lint from 6\.14\.3 to 6\.22\.2 by \@dependabot in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/142](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/142)
* Bump ansible\-lint from 6\.22\.2 to 24\.2\.0 by \@dependabot in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/150](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/150)
* Bump black from 24\.1\.1 to 24\.3\.0 by \@dependabot in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/165](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/165)
* Bump cryptography from 41\.0\.4 to 41\.0\.6 by \@dependabot in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/126](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/126)
* Bump jinja2 from 3\.1\.2 to 3\.1\.3 by \@dependabot in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/129](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/129)
* Bump pylint from 2\.16\.2 to 3\.0\.3 by \@dependabot in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/141](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/141)
* Bump pylint from 3\.0\.3 to 3\.1\.0 by \@dependabot in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/158](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/158)
* Bump pylint from 3\.0\.3 to 3\.1\.0 by \@dependabot in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/161](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/161)
* Bump the pip group across 1 directories with 1 update by \@dependabot in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/156](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/156)
* Bump yamllint from 1\.29\.0 to 1\.33\.0 by \@dependabot in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/140](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/140)
* Bump yamllint from 1\.29\.0 to 1\.33\.0 by \@dependabot in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/143](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/143)
* Bump yamllint from 1\.33\.0 to 1\.34\.0 by \@dependabot in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/151](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/151)
* Bump yamllint from 1\.33\.0 to 1\.35\.1 by \@dependabot in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/155](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/155)
* Bump yamllint from 1\.33\.0 to 1\.35\.1 by \@dependabot in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/159](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/159)
* Change handler to systemd by \@v\-zhuravlev in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/135](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/135)
* Clarify grafana\-server configuration in README by \@VGerris in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/177](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/177)
* Drop curl check by \@v\-zhuravlev in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/120](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/120)
* ExecStartPre and EnvironmentFile settings to system unit file by \@fabiiw05 in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/157](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/157)
* Fix check mode for grafana role by \@Boschung\-Mecatronic\-AG\-Infrastructure in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/125](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/125)
* Fix check mode in Grafana Agent by \@AmandaCameron in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/124](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/124)
* Fix links in grafana\_agent/defaults/main\.yaml by \@PabloCastellano in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/134](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/134)
* Topic/grafana agent idempotency by \@ohdearaugustin in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/147](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/147)
* Update description to match module by \@brmurphy in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/179](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/179)
* Update tags in README by \@ishanjainn in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/121](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/121)
* datasources url parameter fix by \@dergudzon in [https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/162](https\://github\.com/grafana/grafana\-ansible\-collection/pull/162)
#### hetzner\.hcloud
* Add the hetzner\.hcloud\.all group to configure all the modules using module\_defaults\.
* Allow to set the api\_endpoint module argument using the HCLOUD\_ENDPOINT environment variable\.
* Removed the hcloud\_ prefix from all modules names\, e\.g\. hetzner\.hcloud\.hcloud\_firewall was renamed to hetzner\.hcloud\.firewall\. Old module names will continue working\.
* Renamed the endpoint module argument to api\_endpoint\, backward compatibility is maintained using an alias\.
* Replace deprecated ansible\.netcommon ip utils with python ipaddress module\. The ansible\.netcommon collection is no longer required by the collections\.
* firewall \- Allow forcing the deletion of firewalls that are still in use\.
* firewall \- Do not silence \'firewall still in use\' delete failures\.
* firewall \- Return resources the firewall is applied\_to\.
* firewall\_info \- Add new firewall\_info module to gather firewalls info\.
* firewall\_resource \- Add new firewall\_resource module to manage firewalls resources\.
* hcloud inventory \- Add the api\_endpoint option\.
* hcloud inventory \- Deprecate the api\_token\_env option\, suggest using a lookup plugin \(\{\{ lookup\(\'ansible\.builtin\.env\'\, \'YOUR\_ENV\_VAR\'\) \}\}\) or use the well\-known HCLOUD\_TOKEN environment variable name\.
* hcloud inventory \- Rename the token\_env option to api\_token\_env\, use aliases for backward compatibility\.
* hcloud inventory \- Rename the token option to api\_token\, use aliases for backward compatibility\.
* inventory \- Add hostname option used to template the hostname of the instances\.
* inventory \- Add hostvars\_prefix and hostvars\_suffix\` options to customize the inventory host variables keys\.
* network \- Allow renaming networks\.
* primary\_ip \- Use the server option to assign a Primary IP being created to a server\.
* server \- Allow passing Datacenter name or ID to the datacenter argument\.
* server \- Allow passing Image name or ID to the image argument\.
* server \- Allow passing Location name or ID to the location argument\.
* server \- Allow passing SSH Keys names or IDs to the ssh\_keys argument\.
* server \- Allow passing Volume names or IDs to the volumes argument\.
* server \- Renamed the allow\_deprecated\_image option to image\_allow\_deprecated\.
#### ibm\.storage\_virtualize
* ibm\_sv\_manage\_replication\_policy \- Added support to configure a 2\-site\-ha policy\.
* ibm\_sv\_manage\_snapshot \- Added support to restore entire volumegroup from a snapshot of that volumegroup\.
* ibm\_sv\_manage\_snapshot \- Added support to restore subset of volumes of a volumegroup from a snapshot
* ibm\_svc\_host \- Added support to create nvmetcp host\.
* ibm\_svc\_info \- Added support to display information about partition\, quorum\, IO group\, VG replication and enclosure\, snmp server and ldap server
* ibm\_svc\_info \- Added support to display information about thinclone/clone volumes and volumegroups\.
* ibm\_svc\_manage\_volume \- Added support to create clone or thinclone from snapshot
* ibm\_svc\_manage\_volumgroup \- Added support to create clone or thinkclone volumegroup from snapshot from a subset of volumes
* ibm\_svc\_manage\_volumgroup \- Added support to delete volumegroups keeping volumes via \'evictvolumes\'\.
#### inspur\.ispim
* Modify ansible\-test\.yml to add the ansible 2\.17 test [https\://github\.com/ispim/inspur\.ispim/pull/33](https\://github\.com/ispim/inspur\.ispim/pull/33)\.
* Modify ansible\-test\.yml to add the ansible2\.16 test\.
* Modify edit\_smtp\_com and add description information\.
#### junipernetworks\.junos
* Add support for cli\_restore functionality\.
* Please refer the PR to know more about core changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/ansible\.netcommon/pull/618](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/ansible\.netcommon/pull/618)\)\.
* cli\_restore module is part of netcommon\.
#### kubernetes\.core
* helm \- add reuse\_values and reset\_values support to helm module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/issues/394](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/issues/394)\)\.
* k8s \- add new option delete\_all to support deletion of all resources when state is set to absent\. \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/issues/504](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/issues/504)\)
* k8s\, k8s\_info \- add a hidden\_fields option to allow fields to be hidden in the results of k8s and k8s\_info
* k8s\_drain \- add ability to filter the list of pods to be drained by a pod label selector \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/issues/474](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/issues/474)\)\.
* kubectl \- added support of local enviroment variable that will be used for kubectl and may be requried for establishing connections ifself \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/pull/702](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/pull/702)\)
* kustomize \- new parameter added to \-\-enable\-helm \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/issues/568](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/issues/568)\)
#### lowlydba\.sqlserver
* Add ability to prevent changing login\'s password\, even if password supplied\.
* Add new input strings to be compatible with dbops v0\.9\.x \([https\://github\.com/lowlydba/lowlydba\.sqlserver/pull/231](https\://github\.com/lowlydba/lowlydba\.sqlserver/pull/231)\)
#### microsoft\.ad
* Added group/microsoft\.ad\.domain module defaults group for the computer\, group\, object\_info\, object\, ou\, and user module\. Users can use this defaults group to set common connection options for these modules such as the domain\_server\, domain\_username\, and domain\_password options\.
* Added support for Jinja2 templating in ldap inventory\.
* Make name an optional parameter for the AD modules\. Either name or identity needs to be set with their respective behaviours\. If creating a new AD user and only identity is set\, that will be the value used for the name of the object\.
* Set minimum supported Ansible version to 2\.14 to align with the versions still supported by Ansible\.
* object\_info \- Add ActiveDirectory module import
#### netapp\.ontap
* na\_ontap\_cifs \- new option offline\_files added in REST\, requires ONTAP 9\.10 or later\.
* na\_ontap\_cifs\_server \- new option is\_multichannel\_enabled added in REST\, requires ONTAP 9\.10 or later\.
* na\_ontap\_cifs\_server \- new option lm\_compatibility\_level added in REST\, requires ONTAP 9\.8 or later\.
* na\_ontap\_cluster \- new option certificate\.uuid added in REST\, requires ONTAP 9\.10 or later\.
* na\_ontap\_cluster\_peer \- added REST only support for modifying remote intercluster addresses in cluster peer relation\.
* na\_ontap\_ems\_destination \- new options syslog\, port\, transport\, message\_format\, timestamp\_format\_override and hostname\_format\_override added in REST\, requires ONTAP 9\.12\.1 or later\.
* na\_ontap\_export\_policy\_rule \- added actions and modify in module output\.
* na\_ontap\_file\_security\_permissions\_acl \- added actions and modify in module output\.
* na\_ontap\_igroup\_initiator \- added actions in module output\.
* na\_ontap\_lun\_map \- added actions in module output\.
* na\_ontap\_lun\_map\_reporting\_nodes \- added actions in module output\.
* na\_ontap\_name\_mappings \- added actions and modify in module output\.
* na\_ontap\_net\_ifgrp \- updated documentation for parameter name\.
* na\_ontap\_node \- added modify in module output\.
* na\_ontap\_rest\_info \- added warning message if given subset doesn\'t support option owning\_resource\.
* na\_ontap\_s3\_services \- create\, modify S3 service returns s3\_service\_info in module output\.
* na\_ontap\_snapmirror \- updated resync and resume operation for synchronous snapmirror relationship in REST\.
* na\_ontap\_storage\_auto\_giveback \- added information on modified attributes in module output\.
* na\_ontap\_vscan\_scanner\_pool \- added REST support to Vscan Scanner Pools Configuration module\, requires ONTAP 9\.6 or later\.
* na\_ontap\_vserver\_audit \- new options schedule\.\* added under log\.rotation\, requires ONTAP 9\.6 or later\.
#### netapp\.storagegrid
* na\_sg\_grid\_account \- New option allow\_select\_object\_content for enabling use of the S3 SelectObjectContent API\.
* na\_sg\_grid\_account \- New option description for setting additional identifying information for the tenant account\.
#### netbox\.netbox
* CI \- CI adjustments \[\#1154\]\([https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1154](https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1154)\) \[\#1155\]\([https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1155](https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1155)\) \[\#1157\]\([https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1157](https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1157)\)
* nb\_inventory \- Add Virtual Disks to inventory \[\#1188\]\([https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1188](https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1188)\)
* nb\_inventory \- Add facility group\_by option \[\#1059\]\([https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1059](https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1059)\)
* nb\_inventory \- Don\'t extract null values from custom fields \[\#1184\]\([https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1184](https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1184)\)
* nb\_inventory \- Enable ansible\-vault strings in config\-context data \[\#1114\]\([https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1114](https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1114)\)
* nb\_inventory \- Improve documentation for oob\_ip\_as\_primary\_ip \[\#1218\]\([https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1218](https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1218)\)
* nb\_inventory \- Make oob\_ip available regardless of oob\_ip\_as\_primary\_ip option \[\#1211\]\([https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1211](https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1211)\)
* nb\_lookup \- Add custom field choice set \[\#1186\]\([https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1186](https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1186)\)
* nb\_lookup \- Add endpoint for Virtual Disks \[\#1177\]\([https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1177](https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1177)\)
* nb\_lookup \- Add new VPN endpoints for NetBox 3\.7 support \[\#1162\]\([https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1162](https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1162)\)
* netbox\_device\_type and netbox\_rack \- Change u\_height to float \[\#1200\]\([https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1200](https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1200)\)
* netbox\_export\_templates \- Update documentation \[\#1214\]\([https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1214](https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1214)\)
* netbox\_platform \- Add config\_template option to netbox\_platform \[\#1119\]\([https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1119](https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1119)\)
* netbox\_power\_port \- Add label \[\#1202\]\([https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1202](https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1202)\)
* netbox\_power\_port\_template \- Add option module\_type to netbox\_power\_port\_template \[\#1105\]\([https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1105](https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1105)\)
* netbox\_rack\_role \- Add description option \[\#1143\]\([https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1143](https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1143)\)
* netbox\_virtual\_disk \- New module \[\#1153\]\([https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1153](https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1153)\)
* netbox\_virtual\_machine and netbox\_device \- Add option config\_template \[\#1171\]\([https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1171](https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1171)\)
#### purestorage\.flasharray
* all \- distro package added as a pre\-requisite
* multiple \- Remove packaging pre\-requisite\.
* multiple \- Where only REST 2\.x endpoints are used\, convert to REST 2\.x methodology\.
* purefa\_arrayname \- Convert to REST v2
* purefa\_dns \- Added facility to add a CA certifcate to management DNS and check peer\.
* purefa\_eula \- Only sign if not previously signed\. From REST 2\.30 name\, title and company are no longer required
* purefa\_hg \- Add support to rename existing hostgroup
* purefa\_info \- Add NSID value for NVMe namespace in hosts response
* purefa\_info \- Add is\_local parameter for snapshots
* purefa\_info \- Add performance data for some subsets
* purefa\_info \- Add service\_mode to identify if array is Evergreen//One or standard FlashArray
* purefa\_info \- Add support for controller uptime from Purity//FA 6\.6\.3
* purefa\_info \- Expose NFS security flavor for policies
* purefa\_info \- Expose cloud capacity details if array is a Cloud Block Store\.
* purefa\_info \- Subset pgroups now also provides a new dict called deleted\_pgroups
* purefa\_inventory \- Convert to REST v2
* purefa\_ntp \- Convert to REST v2
* purefa\_offload \- Convert to REST v2
* purefa\_offload \- Remove nfs as an option when Purity//FA 6\.6\.0 or higher is detected
* purefa\_pg \- Enhance state absent to work on volumes\, hosts and hostgroups
* purefa\_pgsnap \- Module now requires minimum FlashArray Purity//FA 6\.1\.0
* purefa\_policy \- Add SMB user based enumeration parameter
* purefa\_policy \- Added NFS security flavors for accessing files in the mount point\.
* purefa\_policy \- Remove default setting for nfs\_version to allow for change of version at policy level
* purefa\_ra \- Add present and absent as valid state options
* purefa\_ra \- Add connecting as valid status of RA to perform operations on
* purefa\_ra \- Convert to REST v2
* purefa\_snap \- Add created\_epoch parameter in response
* purefa\_snap \- Add support for suffix on remote offload snapshots
* purefa\_syslog \- name becomes a required parameter as module converts to full REST 2 support
* purefa\_vnc \- Convert to REST v2
#### purestorage\.flashblade
* purefb\_bucket \- Add support for public buckets
* purefb\_bucket \- Add support for strict 17a\-4 WORM compliance\.
* purefb\_bucket \- From REST 2\.12 the mode parameter default changes to multi\-site\-writable\.
* purefb\_connect \- Increase Fan\-In and Fan\-Out maximums
* purefb\_ds \- Add force\_bind\_password parameter to allow module to be idempotent\.
* purefb\_fs \- Add group\_ownership parameter from Purity//FB 4\.4\.0\.
* purefb\_fs \- Added SMB Continuous Availability parameter\. Requires REST 2\.12 or higher\.
* purefb\_info \- Added enhanced information for buckets\, filesystems and snapshots\, based on new features in REST 2\.12
* purefb\_info \- Show array network access policy from Purity//FB 4\.4\.0
* purefb\_policy \- Add support for network access policies from Purity//FB 4\.4\.0
* purefb\_s3acc \- Add support for public buckets
* purefb\_s3acc \- Remove default requirements for hard\_limit and default\_hard\_limit
#### telekom\_mms\.icinga\_director
* Extended docs and examples for multiple assign\_filter conditions \([https\://github\.com/telekom\-mms/ansible\-collection\-icinga\-director/pull/227](https\://github\.com/telekom\-mms/ansible\-collection\-icinga\-director/pull/227)\)
* Increase sleep to 5 seconds \([https\://github\.com/telekom\-mms/ansible\-collection\-icinga\-director/pull/245](https\://github\.com/telekom\-mms/ansible\-collection\-icinga\-director/pull/245)\)
#### theforeman\.foreman
* content\_view\_publish role \- allow passing async and poll to the module \([https\://github\.com/theforeman/foreman\-ansible\-modules/pull/1676](https\://github\.com/theforeman/foreman\-ansible\-modules/pull/1676)\)
* convert2rhel role \- install convert2rhel from cdn\-public\.redhat\.com\, dropping the requirement of a custom CA cert
#### vmware\.vmware\_rest
* Add requires\_ansible to manifest \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-community/ansible\.content\_builder/pull/76](https\://github\.com/ansible\-community/ansible\.content\_builder/pull/76)\)\.
* Generate action\_groups for the vmware\.vmware\_rest collection \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-community/ansible\.content\_builder/issues/75](https\://github\.com/ansible\-community/ansible\.content\_builder/issues/75)\)\.
* Use 7\.0 U3 API spec to build the modules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/vmware\.vmware\_rest/pull/449](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/vmware\.vmware\_rest/pull/449)\)\.
* Use folder attribute for host and dc module only \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-community/ansible\.content\_builder/pull/79](https\://github\.com/ansible\-community/ansible\.content\_builder/pull/79)\)\.
#### vultr\.cloud
* Added retry on HTTP 504 returned by the API \([https\://github\.com/vultr/ansible\-collection\-vultr/pull/104](https\://github\.com/vultr/ansible\-collection\-vultr/pull/104)\)\.
* Implemented a feature to distinguish resources by region if available\. This allows to have identical name per region e\.g\. a VPC named default in each region\. \([https\://github\.com/vultr/ansible\-collection\-vultr/pull/98](https\://github\.com/vultr/ansible\-collection\-vultr/pull/98)\)\.
* instance \- Added a new param user\_scheme to change user scheme to non\-root on Linux while creating the instance \([https\://github\.com/vultr/ansible\-collection\-vultr/issues/96](https\://github\.com/vultr/ansible\-collection\-vultr/issues/96)\)\.
### Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
#### Ansible\-core
* assert \- Nested templating may result in an inability for the conditional to be evaluated\. See the porting guide for more information\.
#### amazon\.aws
* amazon\.aws collection \- Support for ansible\-core \< 2\.15 has been dropped \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2093](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2093)\)\.
* iam\_role \- iam\_role\.assume\_role\_policy\_document is no longer converted from CamelCase to snake\_case \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2040](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2040)\)\.
* iam\_role\_info \- iam\_role\.assume\_role\_policy\_document is no longer converted from CamelCase to snake\_case \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2040](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2040)\)\.
* kms\_key \- the policies return value has been renamed to key\_policies the contents has not been changed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2040](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2040)\)\.
* kms\_key\_info \- the policies return value has been renamed to key\_policies the contents has not been changed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2040](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2040)\)\.
* lambda\_event \- \| batch\_size no longer defaults to 100\. According to the boto3 API \([https\://boto3\.amazonaws\.com/v1/documentation/api/1\.26\.78/reference/services/lambda\.html\#Lambda\.Client\.create\_event\_source\_mapping](https\://boto3\.amazonaws\.com/v1/documentation/api/1\.26\.78/reference/services/lambda\.html\#Lambda\.Client\.create\_event\_source\_mapping)\)\, batch\_size defaults to 10 for sqs sources and to 100 for stream sources \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2025](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2025)\)\.
#### cloud\.common
* Bump minimum Python supported version to 3\.9\.
* Remove support for ansible\-core \< 2\.14\.
#### community\.aws
* The community\.aws collection has dropped support for botocore\<1\.29\.0 and boto3\<1\.26\.0\. Most modules will continue to work with older versions of the AWS SDK\, however compatability with older versions of the SDK is not guaranteed and will not be tested\. When using older versions of the SDK a warning will be emitted by Ansible \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1763](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1763)\)\.
* aws\_region\_info \- The module has been migrated from the community\.aws collection\. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use amazon\.aws\.aws\_region\_info\.
* aws\_s3\_bucket\_info \- The module has been migrated from the community\.aws collection\. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use amazon\.aws\.aws\_s3\_bucket\_info\.
* community\.aws collection \- Support for ansible\-core \< 2\.15 has been dropped \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/2074](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/2074)\)\.
* community\.aws collection \- due to the AWS SDKs announcing the end of support for Python less than 3\.7 \([https\://aws\.amazon\.com/blogs/developer/python\-support\-policy\-updates\-for\-aws\-sdks\-and\-tools/](https\://aws\.amazon\.com/blogs/developer/python\-support\-policy\-updates\-for\-aws\-sdks\-and\-tools/)\) support for Python less than 3\.7 by this collection wss been deprecated in release 6\.0\.0 and removed in release 7\.0\.0\. \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1763](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1763)\)\.
* iam\_access\_key \- The module has been migrated from the community\.aws collection\. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use amazon\.aws\.iam\_access\_key\.
* iam\_access\_key\_info \- The module has been migrated from the community\.aws collection\. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use amazon\.aws\.iam\_access\_key\_info\.
* iam\_group \- The module has been migrated from the community\.aws collection\. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use amazon\.aws\.iam\_group \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/1945](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/1945)\)\.
* iam\_managed\_policy \- The module has been migrated from the community\.aws collection\. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use amazon\.aws\.iam\_managed\_policy \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/1954](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/1954)\)\.
* iam\_mfa\_device\_info \- The module has been migrated from the community\.aws collection\. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use amazon\.aws\.iam\_mfa\_device\_info \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/1953](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/1953)\)\.
* iam\_password\_policy \- The module has been migrated from the community\.aws collection\. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use amazon\.aws\.iam\_password\_policy\.
* iam\_role \- The module has been migrated from the community\.aws collection\. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use amazon\.aws\.iam\_role \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/1948](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/1948)\)\.
* iam\_role\_info \- The module has been migrated from the community\.aws collection\. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use amazon\.aws\.iam\_role\_info \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/1948](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/1948)\)\.
* s3\_bucket\_info \- The module has been migrated from the community\.aws collection\. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use amazon\.aws\.s3\_bucket\_info\.
* sts\_assume\_role \- The module has been migrated from the community\.aws collection\. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use amazon\.aws\.sts\_assume\_role\.
#### community\.ciscosmb
* in facts of interface \'bandwith\' changed to \'bandwidth\'
#### community\.dns
* The default for the txt\_character\_encoding options in various modules and plugins changed from octal to decimal \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/196](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/196)\)\.
* inventory plugins \- filters is now no longer an alias of simple\_filters\, but a new\, different option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/196](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/196)\)\.
* inventory plugins \- the plugin option is now required \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/196](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/196)\)\.
* lookup\, lookup\_as\_dict \- the default for search changed from false \(implicit default for community\.dns 2\.x\.y\) to true \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/issues/200](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/issues/200)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/201](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/201)\)\.
#### community\.general
* cpanm \- the default of the mode option changed from compatibility to new \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198)\)\.
* django\_manage \- the module now requires Django \>\= 4\.1 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198)\)\.
* django\_manage \- the module will now fail if virtualenv is specified but no virtual environment exists at that location \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198)\)\.
* redfish\_command\, redfish\_config\, redfish\_info \- change the default for timeout from 10 to 60 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198)\)\.
#### community\.hrobot
* robot inventory plugin \- filters is now no longer an alias of simple\_filters\, but a new\, different option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.hrobot/pull/101](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.hrobot/pull/101)\)\.
#### community\.okd
* Bump minimum Python suupported version to 3\.9 \([https\://github\.com/openshift/community\.okd/pull/202](https\://github\.com/openshift/community\.okd/pull/202)\)\.
* Remove support for ansible\-core \< 2\.14 \([https\://github\.com/openshift/community\.okd/pull/202](https\://github\.com/openshift/community\.okd/pull/202)\)\.
#### hetzner\.hcloud
* Drop support for ansible\-core 2\.13\.
* certificate \- The not\_valid\_before and not\_valid\_after values are now returned as ISO\-8601 formatted strings\.
* certificate\_info \- The not\_valid\_before and not\_valid\_after values are now returned as ISO\-8601 formatted strings\.
* inventory \- Remove the deprecated api\_token\_env option\, you may use the ansible\.builtin\.env lookup as alternative\.
* iso\_info \- The deprecated value is now returned as ISO\-8601 formatted strings\.
#### kubernetes\.core
* Remove support for ansible\-core \< 2\.14
* Update python kubernetes library to 24\.2\.0\, helm/kind\-action to 1\.8\.0\, kubernetes \>\= 1\.24\.
#### theforeman\.foreman
* content\_view\_filter \- stop managing rules from this module\, content\_view\_filter\_rule should be used for that
* inventory plugin \- do not default to http\://localhost\:3000 as the Foreman URL\, providing a URL is now mandatory
#### vmware\.vmware\_rest
* Remove support for ansible\-core \< 2\.14
### Deprecated Features
* The inspur\.sm collection is considered unmaintained and will be removed from Ansible 11 if no one starts maintaining it again before Ansible 11\. See [the removal process for details on how this works](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/overview/blob/main/removal\_from\_ansible\.rst\#cancelling\-removal\-of\-an\-unmaintained\-collection) \([https\://forum\.ansible\.com/t/2854](https\://forum\.ansible\.com/t/2854)\)\.
* The netapp\.storagegrid collection is considered unmaintained and will be removed from Ansible 11 if no one starts maintaining it again before Ansible 11\. See [the removal process for details on how this works](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/overview/blob/main/removal\_from\_ansible\.rst\#cancelling\-removal\-of\-an\-unmaintained\-collection) \([https\://forum\.ansible\.com/t/2811](https\://forum\.ansible\.com/t/2811)\)\.
#### Ansible\-core
* Old style vars plugins which use the entrypoints get\_host\_vars or get\_group\_vars are deprecated\. The plugin should be updated to inherit from BaseVarsPlugin and define a get\_vars method as the entrypoint\.
* The \'required\' parameter in \'ansible\.module\_utils\.common\.process\.get\_bin\_path\' API is deprecated \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82464](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82464)\)\.
* module\_utils \- importing the following convenience helpers from ansible\.module\_utils\.basic has been deprecated\: get\_exception\, literal\_eval\, \_literal\_eval\, datetime\, signal\, types\, chain\, repeat\, PY2\, PY3\, b\, binary\_type\, integer\_types\, iteritems\, string\_types\, test\_type\, map and shlex\_quote\.
* ansible\-doc \- role entrypoint attributes are deprecated and eventually will no longer be shown in ansible\-doc from ansible\-core 2\.20 on \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82639](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82639)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/82678](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/82678)\)\.
* paramiko connection plugin\, configuration items in the global scope are being deprecated and will be removed in favor or the existing same options in the plugin itself\. Users should not need to change anything \(how to configure them are the same\) but plugin authors using the global constants should move to using the plugin\'s get\_option\(\)\.
#### amazon\.aws
* aws\_ec2 inventory plugin \- removal of the previously deprecated include\_extra\_api\_calls option has been assigned to release 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2040](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2040)\)\.
* cloudformation \- the template parameter has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2026\-05\-01\. The template\_body parameter can be used in conjungtion with the lookup plugin \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2048](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2048)\)\.
* iam\_policy \- removal of the previously deprecated policies return key has been assigned to release 9\.0\.0\. Use the policy\_names return key instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2040](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2040)\)\.
* iam\_role\_info \- in a release after 2026\-05\-01 paths must begin and end with / \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1998](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1998)\)\.
* module\_utils\.botocore \- the boto3 parameter for get\_aws\_connection\_info\(\) will be removed in a release after 2025\-05\-01\. The boto3 parameter has been ignored since release 4\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2047](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2047)\)\.
* module\_utils\.botocore \- the boto3 parameter for get\_aws\_region\(\) will be removed in a release after 2025\-05\-01\. The boto3 parameter has been ignored since release 4\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2047](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2047)\)\.
* module\_utils\.ec2 \- the boto3 parameter for get\_ec2\_security\_group\_ids\_from\_names\(\) will be removed in a release after 2025\-05\-01\. The boto3 parameter has been ignored since release 4\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2047](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2047)\)\.
* rds\_param\_group \- the rds\_param\_group module has been renamed to rds\_instance\_param\_group\. The usage of the module has not changed\. The rds\_param\_group alias will be removed in version 10\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2058](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2058)\)\.
#### community\.aws
* aws\_glue\_connection \- updated the deprecation for removal of the connection\_parameters return key from after 2024\-06\-01 to release version 9\.0\.0\, it is being replaced by the raw\_connection\_parameters key \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/518](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/518)\)\.
* ecs\_cluster \- updated the deprecation for updated default of purge\_capacity\_providers\, the current default of False will be changed to True in release 9\.0\.0\. To maintain the current behaviour explicitly set purge\_capacity\_providers\=False \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/1640](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/1640)\)\.
* ecs\_service \- updated the deprecation for updated default of purge\_placement\_constraints\, the current default of False will be changed to True in release 9\.0\.0\. To maintain the current behaviour explicitly set purge\_placement\_constraints\=False \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/1716](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/1716)\)\.
* ecs\_service \- updated the deprecation for updated default of purge\_placement\_strategy\, the current default of False will be changed to True in release 9\.0\.0\. To maintain the current behaviour explicitly set purge\_placement\_strategy\=False \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/1716](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/1716)\)\.
#### community\.crypto
* acme documentation fragment \- the default community\.crypto\.acme\[\.documentation\] docs fragment is deprecated and will be removed from community\.crypto 3\.0\.0\. Replace it with both the new community\.crypto\.acme\.basic and community\.crypto\.acme\.account fragments \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/735](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/735)\)\.
* acme\.backends module utils \- from community\.crypto on\, all implementations of CryptoBackend must override get\_ordered\_csr\_identifiers\(\)\. The current default implementation\, which simply sorts the result of get\_csr\_identifiers\(\)\, will then be removed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/725](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/725)\)\.
* acme\.backends module utils \- the get\_cert\_information\(\) method for a ACME crypto backend must be implemented from community\.crypto 3\.0\.0 on \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/736](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/736)\)\.
* crypto\.module\_backends\.common module utils \- the crypto\.module\_backends\.common module utils is deprecated and will be removed from community\.crypto 3\.0\.0\. Use the improved argspec module util instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/749](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/749)\)\.
* openssl\_csr\_pipe\, openssl\_privatekey\_pipe\, x509\_certificate\_pipe \- the current behavior of check mode is deprecated and will change in community\.crypto 3\.0\.0\. The current behavior is similar to the modules without \_pipe\: if the object needs to be \(re\-\)generated\, only the changed status is set\, but the object is not updated\. From community\.crypto 3\.0\.0 on\, the modules will ignore check mode and always act as if check mode is not active\. This behavior can already achieved now by adding check\_mode\: false to the task\. If you think this breaks your use\-case of this module\, please [create an issue in the community\.crypto repository](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/issues/new/choose) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/issues/712](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/issues/712)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/714](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/714)\)\.
#### community\.dns
* hetzner\_dns\_records and hosttech\_dns\_records inventory plugins \- the filters option has been renamed to simple\_filters\. The old name will stop working in community\.hrobot 2\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/181](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/181)\)\.
#### community\.docker
* docker\_compose \- the Docker Compose v1 module is deprecated and will be removed from community\.docker 4\.0\.0\. Please migrate to the community\.docker\.docker\_compose\_v2 module\, which works with Docker Compose v2 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/823](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/823)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/833](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/833)\)\.
* docker\_container \- the default ignore for the image\_name\_mismatch parameter has been deprecated and will switch to recreate in community\.docker 4\.0\.0\. A deprecation warning will be printed in situations where the default value is used and where a behavior would change once the default changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/703](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/703)\)\.
* various modules and plugins \- the ssl\_version option has been deprecated and will be removed from community\.docker 4\.0\.0\. It has already been removed from Docker SDK for Python 7\.0\.0\, and was only necessary in the past to work around SSL/TLS issues \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/853](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/853)\)\.
#### community\.general
* MH DependencyCtxMgr module\_utils \- deprecate module\_utils\.mh\.mixin\.deps\.DependencyCtxMgr in favour of module\_utils\.deps \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8280](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8280)\)\.
* ModuleHelper module\_utils \- deprecate plugins\.module\_utils\.module\_helper\.AnsibleModule \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8280](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8280)\)\.
* ModuleHelper module\_utils \- deprecate plugins\.module\_utils\.module\_helper\.DependencyCtxMgr \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8280](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8280)\)\.
* ModuleHelper module\_utils \- deprecate plugins\.module\_utils\.module\_helper\.StateMixin \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8280](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8280)\)\.
* ModuleHelper module\_utils \- deprecate plugins\.module\_utils\.module\_helper\.VarDict\, \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8280](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8280)\)\.
* ModuleHelper module\_utils \- deprecate plugins\.module\_utils\.module\_helper\.VarMeta \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8280](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8280)\)\.
* ModuleHelper module\_utils \- deprecate plugins\.module\_utils\.module\_helper\.VarsMixin \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8280](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8280)\)\.
* ModuleHelper module\_utils \- deprecate use of VarsMixin in favor of using the VardDict module\_utils \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8226](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8226)\)\.
* ModuleHelper vars module\_utils \- bump deprecation of VarMeta\, VarDict and VarsMixin to version 11\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8226](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8226)\)\.
* apt\_rpm \- the behavior of state\=present and state\=installed is deprecated and will change in community\.general 11\.0\.0\. Right now the module will upgrade a package to the latest version if one of these two states is used\. You should explicitly use state\=latest if you want this behavior\, and switch to state\=present\_not\_latest if you do not want to upgrade the package if it is already installed\. In community\.general 11\.0\.0 the behavior of state\=present and state\=installed will change to that of state\=present\_not\_latest \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8217](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8217)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8285](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8285)\)\.
* consul\_acl \- the module has been deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 10\.0\.0\. consul\_token and consul\_policy can be used instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7901](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7901)\)\.
* django\_manage \- the ack\_venv\_creation\_deprecation option has no more effect and will be removed from community\.general 11\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198)\)\.
* gitlab modules \- the basic auth method on GitLab API have been deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 10\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8383](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8383)\)\.
* hipchat callback plugin \- the hipchat service has been discontinued and the self\-hosted variant has been End of Life since 2020\. The callback plugin is therefore deprecated and will be removed from community\.general 10\.0\.0 if nobody provides compelling reasons to still keep it \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8184](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8184)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8189](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8189)\)\.
* irc \- the defaults false for use\_tls and validate\_certs have been deprecated and will change to true in community\.general 10\.0\.0 to improve security\. You can already improve security now by explicitly setting them to true\. Specifying values now disables the deprecation warning \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7578](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7578)\)\.
#### community\.hrobot
* robot inventory plugin \- the filters option has been renamed to simple\_filters\. The old name will stop working in community\.hrobot 2\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.hrobot/pull/94](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.hrobot/pull/94)\)\.
#### community\.okd
* openshift \- the openshift inventory plugin has been deprecated and will be removed in release 4\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/issues/31](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/issues/31)\)\.
#### community\.vmware
* vmware\_guest\_tools\_info \- vm\_tools\_install\_status will be removed from next major version \(5\.0\.0\) of the collection since the API call that provides this information has been deprecated by VMware\. Use vm\_tools\_running\_status / vm\_tools\_version\_status instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/issues/2033](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/issues/2033)\)\.
#### dellemc\.openmanage
* The dellemc\_idrac\_storage\_volume module is deprecated and replaced with idrac\_storage\_volume\.
#### kubernetes\.core
* k8s \- the k8s inventory plugin has been deprecated and will be removed in release 4\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/issues/31](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/issues/31)\)\.
### Removed Features \(previously deprecated\)
* The gluster\.gluster collection was considered unmaintained and removed from Ansible 10 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-community/community\-topics/issues/225](https\://github\.com/ansible\-community/community\-topics/issues/225)\)\. Users can still install this collection with ansible\-galaxy collection install gluster\.gluster\.
* The hpe\.nimble collection was considered unmaintained and removed from Ansible 10 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-community/community\-topics/issues/254](https\://github\.com/ansible\-community/community\-topics/issues/254)\)\. Users can still install this collection with ansible\-galaxy collection install hpe\.nimble\.
* The netapp\.aws collection was considered unmaintained and removed from Ansible 10 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-community/community\-topics/issues/223](https\://github\.com/ansible\-community/community\-topics/issues/223)\)\. Users can still install this collection with ansible\-galaxy collection install netapp\.aws\.
* The netapp\.azure collection was considered unmaintained and removed from Ansible 10 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-community/community\-topics/issues/234](https\://github\.com/ansible\-community/community\-topics/issues/234)\)\. Users can still install this collection with ansible\-galaxy collection install netapp\.azure\.
* The netapp\.elementsw collection was considered unmaintained and removed from Ansible 10 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-community/community\-topics/issues/235](https\://github\.com/ansible\-community/community\-topics/issues/235)\)\. Users can still install this collection with ansible\-galaxy collection install netapp\.elementsw\.
* The netapp\.um\_info collection was considered unmaintained and removed from Ansible 10 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-community/community\-topics/issues/244](https\://github\.com/ansible\-community/community\-topics/issues/244)\)\. Users can still install this collection with ansible\-galaxy collection install netapp\.um\_info\.
* The deprecated community\.azure collection has been removed\. There is a successor collection azure\.azcollection in the community package which should cover the same functionality\.
* The deprecated community\.sap collection has been removed from Ansible 10 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-community/community\-topics/issues/247](https\://github\.com/ansible\-community/community\-topics/issues/247)\)\. There is a successor collection community\.sap\_libs in the community package which should cover the same functionality\.
* The deprecated purestorage\.fusion collection has been removed \([https\://forum\.ansible\.com/t/3712](https\://forum\.ansible\.com/t/3712)\)\.
#### Ansible\-core
* Remove deprecated APIs from ansible\-docs \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81716](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81716)\)\.
* Remove deprecated JINJA2\_NATIVE\_WARNING environment variable \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81714](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81714)\)
* Remove deprecated scp\_if\_ssh from ssh connection plugin \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81715](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81715)\)\.
* Remove deprecated crypt support from ansible\.utils\.encrypt \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81717](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81717)\)
* Removed Python 2\.7 and Python 3\.6 as a supported remote version\. Python 3\.7\+ is now required for target execution\.
* With the removal of Python 2 support\, the yum module and yum action plugin are removed and redirected to dnf\.
#### amazon\.aws
* iam\_role \- the iam\_role\.assume\_role\_policy\_document\_raw return value has been deprecated\. iam\_role\.assume\_role\_policy\_document now returns the same format as iam\_role\.assume\_role\_policy\_document\_raw \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2040](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2040)\)\.
* iam\_role\_info \- the iam\_role\.assume\_role\_policy\_document\_raw return value has been deprecated\. iam\_role\.assume\_role\_policy\_document now returns the same format as iam\_role\.assume\_role\_policy\_document\_raw \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2040](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2040)\)\.
* module\_utils\.policy \- the previously deprecated sort\_json\_policy\_dict\(\) function has been removed\, consider using compare\_policies\(\) instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2052](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2052)\)\.
#### arista\.eos
* Remove depreacted eos\_bgp module which is replaced with eos\_bgp\_global and eos\_bgp\_address\_family\.
* Remove deprecated eos\_logging module which is replaced with eos\_logging\_global resource module\.
* Remove deprecated timers\.throttle attribute\.
#### cisco\.ios
* Deprecated ios\_ntp module in favor of ios\_ntp\_global\.
* Removed previously deprecated ios\_bgp module in favor of ios\_bgp\_global and ios\_bgp\_address\_family\.
#### cisco\.iosxr
* Remove deprecated iosxr\_logging module which is replaced with iosxr\_logging\_global resource module\.
#### cisco\.nxos
* The nxos\_logging module has been removed with this release\.
* The nxos\_ntp module has been removed with this release\.
* The nxos\_ntp\_auth module has been removed with this release\.
* The nxos\_ntp\_options module has been removed with this release\.
#### community\.dns
* The collection no longer supports Ansible\, ansible\-base\, and ansible\-core releases that are currently End of Life at the time of the 3\.0\.0 release\. This means that Ansible 2\.9\, ansible\-base 2\.10\, ansible\-core 2\.11\, ansible\-core 2\.12\, ansible\-core 2\.13\, and ansible\-core 2\.14 are no longer supported\. The collection might still work with these versions\, but it can stop working at any moment without advance notice\, and this will not be considered a bug \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/196](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/196)\)\.
* hetzner\_dns\_record\_set\, hetzner\_dns\_record \- the deprecated alias name of the prefix option was removed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/196](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/196)\)\.
* hosttech\_dns\_records \- the redirect to the hosttech\_dns\_record\_sets module has been removed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/196](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/196)\)\.
#### community\.general
* The deprecated redirects for internal module names have been removed\. These internal redirects were extra\-long FQCNs like community\.general\.packaging\.os\.apt\_rpm that redirect to the short FQCN community\.general\.apt\_rpm\. They were originally needed to implement flatmapping\; as various tooling started to recommend users to use the long names flatmapping was removed from the collection and redirects were added for users who already followed these incorrect recommendations \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7835](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7835)\)\.
* ansible\_galaxy\_install \- the ack\_ansible29 and ack\_min\_ansiblecore211 options have been removed\. They no longer had any effect \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198)\)\.
* cloudflare\_dns \- remove support for SPF records\. These are no longer supported by CloudFlare \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7782](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7782)\)\.
* django\_manage \- support for the command values cleanup\, syncdb\, and validate were removed\. Use clearsessions\, migrate\, and check instead\, respectively \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198)\)\.
* flowdock \- this module relied on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore and was thus removed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198)\)\.
* mh\.mixins\.deps module utils \- the DependencyMixin has been removed\. Use the deps module utils instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198)\)\.
* proxmox \- the proxmox\_default\_behavior option has been removed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198)\)\.
* rax\* modules\, rax module utils\, rax docs fragment \- the Rackspace modules relied on the deprecated package pyrax and were thus removed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198)\)\.
* redhat module utils \- the classes Rhsm\, RhsmPool\, and RhsmPools have been removed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198)\)\.
* redhat\_subscription \- the alias autosubscribe of the auto\_attach option was removed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198)\)\.
* stackdriver \- this module relied on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore and was thus removed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198)\)\.
* webfaction\_\* modules \- these modules relied on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore and were thus removed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198)\)\.
#### community\.grafana
* removed deprecated message argument in grafana\_dashboard
#### community\.hrobot
* The collection no longer supports Ansible\, ansible\-base\, and ansible\-core releases that are currently End of Life at the time of the 2\.0\.0 release\. This means that Ansible 2\.9\, ansible\-base 2\.10\, ansible\-core 2\.11\, ansible\-core 2\.12\, ansible\-core 2\.13\, and ansible\-core 2\.14 are no longer supported\. The collection might still work with these versions\, but it can stop working at any moment without advance notice\, and this will not be considered a bug \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.hrobot/pull/101](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.hrobot/pull/101)\)\.
#### junipernetworks\.junos
* Remove deprected junos\_logging module which is replaced by junos\_logging\_global resource module\.
### Security Fixes
#### Ansible\-core
* ANSIBLE\_NO\_LOG \- Address issue where ANSIBLE\_NO\_LOG was ignored \(CVE\-2024\-0690\)
* ansible\-galaxy \- Prevent roles from using symlinks to overwrite files outside of the installation directory \(CVE\-2023\-5115\)
* templating \- Address issues where internal templating can cause unsafe variables to lose their unsafe designation \(CVE\-2023\-5764\)
#### community\.dns
* hosttech\_dns\_records and hetzner\_dns\_records inventory plugins \- make sure all data received from the remote servers is marked as unsafe\, so remote code execution by obtaining texts that can be evaluated as templates is not possible \([https\://www\.die\-welt\.net/2024/03/remote\-code\-execution\-in\-ansible\-dynamic\-inventory\-plugins/](https\://www\.die\-welt\.net/2024/03/remote\-code\-execution\-in\-ansible\-dynamic\-inventory\-plugins/)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/189](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/189)\)\.
#### community\.docker
* docker\_containers\, docker\_machine\, and docker\_swarm inventory plugins \- make sure all data received from the Docker daemon / Docker machine is marked as unsafe\, so remote code execution by obtaining texts that can be evaluated as templates is not possible \([https\://www\.die\-welt\.net/2024/03/remote\-code\-execution\-in\-ansible\-dynamic\-inventory\-plugins/](https\://www\.die\-welt\.net/2024/03/remote\-code\-execution\-in\-ansible\-dynamic\-inventory\-plugins/)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/815](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/815)\)\.
#### community\.general
* cobbler\, gitlab\_runners\, icinga2\, linode\, lxd\, nmap\, online\, opennebula\, proxmox\, scaleway\, stackpath\_compute\, virtualbox\, and xen\_orchestra inventory plugin \- make sure all data received from the remote servers is marked as unsafe\, so remote code execution by obtaining texts that can be evaluated as templates is not possible \([https\://www\.die\-welt\.net/2024/03/remote\-code\-execution\-in\-ansible\-dynamic\-inventory\-plugins/](https\://www\.die\-welt\.net/2024/03/remote\-code\-execution\-in\-ansible\-dynamic\-inventory\-plugins/)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8098](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8098)\)\.
* keycloak\_identity\_provider \- the client secret was not correctly sanitized by the module\. The return values proposed\, existing\, and end\_state\, as well as the diff\, did contain the client secret unmasked \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8355](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8355)\)\.
#### community\.hrobot
* robot inventory plugin \- make sure all data received from the Hetzner robot service server is marked as unsafe\, so remote code execution by obtaining texts that can be evaluated as templates is not possible \([https\://www\.die\-welt\.net/2024/03/remote\-code\-execution\-in\-ansible\-dynamic\-inventory\-plugins/](https\://www\.die\-welt\.net/2024/03/remote\-code\-execution\-in\-ansible\-dynamic\-inventory\-plugins/)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.hrobot/pull/99](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.hrobot/pull/99)\)\.
### Bugfixes
#### Ansible\-core
* Add a version ceiling constraint for pypsrp to avoid potential breaking changes in the 1\.0\.0 release\.
* All core lookups now use set\_option\(s\) even when doing their own custom parsing\. This ensures that the options are always the proper type\.
* Allow for searching handler subdir for included task via include\_role \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81722](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81722)\)
* AnsibleModule\.atomic\_move \- fix preserving extended ACLs of the destination when it exists \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/72929](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/72929)\)\.
* Cache host\_group\_vars after instantiating it once and limit the amount of repetitive work it needs to do every time it runs\.
* Call PluginLoader\.all\(\) once for vars plugins\, and load vars plugins that run automatically or are enabled specifically by name subsequently\.
* Consolidate systemd detection logic into one place \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80975](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80975)\)\.
* Consolidated the list of internal static vars\, centralized them as constant and completed from some missing entries\.
* Do not print undefined error message twice \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78703](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78703)\)\.
* Enable file cache for vaulted files during vars lookup to fix a strong performance penalty in huge and complex playbboks\.
* Fix NEVRA parsing of package names that include digit\(s\) in them \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76463](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76463)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81018](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81018)\)
* Fix force\_handlers not working with any\_errors\_fatal \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/36308](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/36308)\)
* Fix run\_once being incorrectly interpreted on handlers \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81666](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81666)\)
* Fix an issue when setting a plugin name from an unsafe source resulted in ValueError\: unmarshallable object \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82708](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82708)\)
* Fix check for missing \_sub\_plugin attribute in older connection plugins \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/82954](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/82954)\)
* Fix condition for unquoting configuration strings from ini files \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82387](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82387)\)\.
* Fix for when any\_errors\_fatal was ignored if error occurred in a block with always \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/31543](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/31543)\)
* Fix handlers not being executed in lockstep using the linear strategy in some cases \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82307](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82307)\)
* Fix handling missing urls in ansible\.module\_utils\.urls\.fetch\_file for Python 3\.
* Fix issue where an include\_tasks handler in a role was not able to locate a file in tasks/ when tasks\_from was used as a role entry point and main\.yml was not present \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82241](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82241)\)
* Fix issues when tasks withing nested blocks wouldn\'t run when force\_handlers is set \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81533](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81533)\)
* Fix loading vars\_plugins in roles \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82239](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82239)\)\.
* Fix notifying role handlers by listen keyword topics with the \"role\_name \: \" prefix \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82849](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82849)\)\.
* Fix setting proper locale for git executable when running on non english systems\, ensuring git output can always be parsed\.
* Fix tasks in always section not being executed for nested blocks with any\_errors\_fatal \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/73246](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/73246)\)
* Fixes permission for cache json file from 600 to 644 \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82683](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82683)\)\.
* Give the tombstone error for include pre\-fork like other tombstoned action/module plugins\.
* Harden python templates for respawn and ansiballz around str literal quoting
* Include the task location when a module or action plugin is deprecated \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82450](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82450)\)\.
* Interpreter discovery \- Add Amzn to OS\_FAMILY\_MAP for correct family fallback for interpreter discovery \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80882](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80882)\)\.
* Mirror the behavior of dnf on the command line when handling NEVRAs with omitted epoch \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/71808](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/71808)\)
* Plugin loader does not dedupe nor cache filter/test plugins by file basename\, but full path name\.
* Properly template tags in parent blocks \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81053](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81053)\)
* Provide additional information about the alternative plugin in the deprecation message \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80561](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80561)\)\.
* Remove the galaxy\_info field platforms from the role templates \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82453](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82453)\)\.
* Restoring the ability of filters/tests can have same file base name but different tests/filters defined inside\.
* Reword the error message when the module fails to parse parameters in JSON format \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81188](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81188)\)\.
* Reword warning if the reserved keyword \_ansible\_ used as a module parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82514](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82514)\)\.
* Run all handlers with the same listen topic\, even when notified from another handler \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82363](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82363)\)\.
* Slight optimization to hostvars \(instantiate template only once per host\, vs per call to var\)\.
* Stopped misleadingly advertising async mode support in the reboot module \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/71517](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/71517)\)\.
* ansible\-galaxy role import \- fix using the role\_name in a standalone role\'s galaxy\_info metadata by disabling automatic removal of the ansible\-role\- prefix\. This matches the behavior of the Galaxy UI which also no longer implicitly removes the ansible\-role\- prefix\. Use the \-\-role\-name option or add a role\_name to the galaxy\_info dictionary in the role\'s meta/main\.yml to use an alternate role name\.
* ansible\-test sanity \-\-test runtime\-metadata \- add action\_plugin as a valid field for modules in the schema \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/82562](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/82562)\)\.
* ansible\.module\_utils\.service \- ensure binary data transmission in daemonize\(\)
* any\_errors\_fatal should fail all hosts and rescue all of them when a rescue section is specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80981](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80981)\)
* include\_role \- properly execute v2\_playbook\_on\_include and v2\_runner\_on\_failed callbacks as well as increase ok and failed stats in the play recap\, when appropriate \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77336](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77336)\)
* allow\_duplicates \- fix evaluating if the current role allows duplicates instead of using the initial value from the duplicate\'s cached role\.
* ansible\-config init will now dedupe ini entries from plugins\.
* ansible\-config will now properly template defaults before dumping them\.
* ansible\-doc \- fixed \"inicates\" typo in output
* ansible\-doc \- format top\-level descriptions with multiple paragraphs as multiple paragraphs\, instead of concatenating them \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/83155](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/83155)\)\.
* ansible\-galaxy \- Deprecate use of the Galaxy v2 API \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81781](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81781)\)
* ansible\-galaxy \- Provide a better error message when using a requirements file with an invalid format \- [https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81901](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81901)
* ansible\-galaxy \- Resolve issue with the dataclass used for galaxy\.yml manifest caused by using future annotations
* ansible\-galaxy \- ensure path to ansible collection when installing or downloading doesn\'t have a backslash \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/79705](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/79705)\)\.
* ansible\-galaxy \- started allowing the use of pre\-releases for collections that do not have any stable versions published\. \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81606](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81606)\)
* ansible\-galaxy \- started allowing the use of pre\-releases for dependencies on any level of the dependency tree that specifically demand exact pre\-release versions of collections and not version ranges\. \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81606](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81606)\)
* ansible\-galaxy error on dependency resolution will not error itself due to \'virtual\' collections not having a name/namespace\.
* ansible\-galaxy info \- fix reporting no role found when lookup\_role\_by\_name returns None\.
* ansible\-galaxy role import \- exit with 1 when the import fails \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82175](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82175)\)\.
* ansible\-galaxy role install \- fix installing roles from Galaxy that have version None \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81832](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81832)\)\.
* ansible\-galaxy role install \- fix symlinks \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82702](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82702)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81965](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81965)\)\.
* ansible\-galaxy role install \- normalize tarfile paths and symlinks using ansible\.utils\.path\.unfrackpath and consider them valid as long as the realpath is in the tarfile\'s role directory \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81965](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81965)\)\.
* ansible\-inventory \- index available\_hosts for major performance boost when dumping large inventories
* ansible\-pull now will expand relative paths for the \-d\|\-\-directory option is now expanded before use\.
* ansible\-pull will now correctly handle become and connection password file options for ansible\-playbook\.
* ansible\-test \- Add a pylint plugin to work around a known issue on Python 3\.12\.
* ansible\-test \- Explicitly supply ControlPath\=none when setting up port forwarding over SSH to address the scenario where the local ssh configuration uses ControlPath for all hosts\, and would prevent ports to be forwarded after the initial connection to the host\.
* ansible\-test \- Fix parsing of cgroup entries which contain a \: in the path \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81977](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81977)\)\.
* ansible\-test \- Include missing pylint requirements for Python 3\.10\.
* ansible\-test \- Properly detect docker host when using ssh\:// protocol for connecting to the docker daemon\.
* ansible\-test \- The libexpat package is automatically upgraded during remote bootstrapping to maintain compatibility with newer Python packages\.
* ansible\-test \- The validate\-modules sanity test no longer attempts to process files with unrecognized extensions as Python \(resolves [https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82604](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82604)\)\.
* ansible\-test \- Update pylint to version 3\.0\.1\.
* ansible\-test ansible\-doc sanity test \- do not remove underscores from plugin names in collections before calling ansible\-doc \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/82574](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/82574)\)\.
* ansible\-test validate\-modules sanity test \- do not treat leading underscores for plugin names in collections as an attempted deprecation \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/82575](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/82575)\)\.
* ansible\-test — Python 3\.8–3\.12 will use coverage v7\.3\.2\.
* ansible\.builtin\.apt \- calling clean \= true does not properly clean certain cache files such as /var/cache/apt/pkgcache\.bin and /var/cache/apt/pkgcache\.bin \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82611](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82611)\)
* ansible\.builtin\.uri \- the module was ignoring the force parameter and always requesting a cached copy \(via the If\-Modified\-Since header\) when downloading to an existing local file\. Disable caching when force is true\, as documented \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82166](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82166)\)\.
* ansible\_managed restored it\'s \'templatability\' by ensuring the possible injection routes are cut off earlier in the process\.
* apt \- honor install\_recommends and dpkg\_options while installing python3\-apt library \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/40608](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/40608)\)\.
* apt \- install recommended packages when installing package via deb file \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/29726](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/29726)\)\.
* apt\_repository \- do not modify repo files if the file is a symlink \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/49809](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/49809)\)\.
* apt\_repository \- update PPA URL to point to https URL \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82463](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82463)\)\.
* assemble \- fixed missing parameter \'content\' in \_get\_diff\_data API \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82359](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82359)\)\.
* async \- Fix bug that stopped running async task in \-\-check when check\_mode\: False was set as a task attribute \- [https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82811](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82811)
* blockinfile \- when create\=true is used with a filename without path\, the module crashed \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81638](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81638)\)\.
* check if there are attributes to set before attempting to set them \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76727](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76727)\)
* copy action now also generates temprary files as hidden \(\'\.\' prefixed\) to avoid accidental pickup by running services that glob by extension\.
* copy action now ensures that tempfiles use the same suffix as destination\, to allow for validate to work with utilities that check extensions\.
* deb822\_repository \- handle idempotency if the order of parameters is changed \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82454](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82454)\)\.
* debconf \- allow user to specify a list for value when vtype is multiselect \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81345](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81345)\)\.
* delegate\_to when set to an empty or undefined variable will now give a proper error\.
* distribution\.py \- Recognize ALP\-Dolomite as part of the SUSE OS family in Ansible\, fixing its previous misidentification \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/82496](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/82496)\)\.
* distro \- bump bundled distro version from 1\.6\.0 to 1\.8\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81713](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81713)\)\.
* dnf \- fix an issue when cached RPMs were left in the cache directory even when the keepcache setting was unset \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81954](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81954)\)
* dnf \- fix an issue when installing a package by specifying a file it provides could result in installing a different package providing the same file than the package already installed resulting in resolution failure \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82461](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82461)\)
* dnf \- properly set gpg check options on enabled repositories according to the disable\_gpg\_check option \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80110](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80110)\)
* dnf \- properly skip unavailable packages when skip\_broken is enabled \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80590](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80590)\)
* dnf \- the nobest option only overrides the distribution default when explicitly used\, and is used for all supported operations \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82616](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82616)\)
* dnf5 \- replace removed API calls
* dnf5 \- respect allow\_downgrade when installing packages directly from rpm files
* dnf5 \- the nobest option only overrides the distribution default when used
* dwim functions for lookups should be better at detectging role context even in abscense of tasks/main\.
* ensure we have logger before we log when we have increased verbosity\.
* expect \- fix argument spec error using timeout\=null \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80982](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80982)\)\.
* fact gathering on linux now handles thread count by using rounding vs dropping decimals\, it should give slightly more accurate numbers\.
* facts \- add a generic detection for VMware in product name\.
* facts \- detect VMware ESXi 8\.0 virtualization by product name VMware20\,1
* fetch \- Do not calculate the file size for Windows fetch targets to improve performance\.
* fetch \- add error message when using dest with a trailing slash that becomes a local directory \- [https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82878](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82878)
* find \- do not fail on Permission errors \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82027](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82027)\)\.
* first\_found lookup now always returns a full \(absolute\) and normalized path
* first\_found lookup now always takes into account k\=v options
* flush\_handlers \- properly handle a handler failure in a nested block when force\_handlers is set \([http\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81532](http\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81532)\)
* galaxy \- skip verification for unwanted Python compiled bytecode files \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81628](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81628)\)\.
* handle exception raised while validating with elements\=\'int\' and value is not within choices \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82776](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82776)\)\.
* include\_tasks \- include ansible\_loop\_var and ansible\_index\_var in a loop \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82655](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82655)\)\.
* include\_vars \- fix calculating depth relative to the root and ensure all files are included \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80987](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80987)\)\.
* interpreter\_discovery \- handle AnsibleError exception raised while interpreter discovery \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78264](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78264)\)\.
* iptables \- add option choices \'src\,src\' and \'dst\,dst\' in match\_set\_flags \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81281](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81281)\)\.
* iptables \- set jump to DSCP when set\_dscp\_mark or set\_dscp\_mark\_class is set \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77077](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77077)\)\.
* known\_hosts \- Fix issue with \@cert\-authority entries in known\_hosts incorrectly being removed\.
* module no\_log will no longer affect top level booleans\, for example no\_log\_module\_parameter\=\'a\' will no longer hide changed\=False as a \'no log value\' \(matches \'a\'\)\.
* moved assemble\, raw\, copy\, fetch\, reboot\, script and wait\_for\_connection to query task instead of play\_context ensuring they get the lastest and most correct data\.
* reboot action now handles connections with \'timeout\' vs only \'connection\_timeout\' settings\.
* role params now have higher precedence than host facts again\, matching documentation\, this had unintentionally changed in 2\.15\.
* roles\, code cleanup and performance optimization of dependencies\, now cached\, and public setting is now determined once\, at role instantiation\.
* roles\, the static property is now correctly set\, this will fix issues with public and DEFAULT\_PRIVATE\_ROLE\_VARS controls on exporting vars\.
* set\_option method for plugins to update config now properly passes through type casting and validation\.
* ssh \- add tests for the SSH connection plugin\.
* support url\-encoded credentials in URLs like [http\://x\%40\:\%40\@example\.com](http\://x\%40\:\%40\@example\.com) \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/82552](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/82552)\)
* syslog \- Handle ValueError exception raised when sending Null Characters to syslog with Python 3\.12\.
* systemd\_services \- update documentation regarding required\_one\_of and required\_by parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82914](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82914)\)\.
* template \- Fix error when templating an unsafe string which corresponds to an invalid type in Python \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82600](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82600)\)\.
* template action will also inherit the behavior from copy \(as it uses it internally\)\.
* templating \- ensure syntax errors originating from a template being compiled into Python code object result in a failure \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82606](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82606)\)
* unarchive \- add support for 8 character permission strings for zip archives \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81705](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81705)\)\.
* unarchive \- force unarchive if symlink target changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/30420](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/30420)\)\.
* unarchive modules now uses zipinfo options without relying on implementation defaults\, making it more compatible with all OS/distributions\.
* unsafe data \- Address an incompatibility when iterating or getting a single index from AnsibleUnsafeBytes
* unsafe data \- Address an incompatibility with AnsibleUnsafeText and AnsibleUnsafeBytes when pickling with protocol\=0
* unsafe data \- Enable directly using AnsibleUnsafeText with Python pathlib \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82414](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82414)\)
* uri \- update the documentation for follow\_redirects\.
* uri action plugin now skipped during check mode \(not supported\) instead of even trying to execute the module\, which already skipped\, this does not really change the result\, but returns much faster\.
* vars \- handle exception while combining VarsWithSources and dict \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81659](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81659)\)\.
* wait\_for should not handle \'non mmapable files\' again\.
* winrm \- Better handle send input failures when communicating with hosts under load
* winrm \- Do not raise another exception during cleanup when a task is timed out \- [https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81095](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81095)
* winrm \- does not hang when attempting to get process output when stdin write failed
#### amazon\.aws
* backup\_plan \- Fix idempotency issue when using botocore \>\= 1\.31\.36 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/1952](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/1952)\)\.
* cloudwatchevent\_rule \- Fix to avoid adding quotes to JSON input for provided input\_template \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1883](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1883)\)\.
* cloudwatchlogs\_log\_group\_info \- Implement exponential backoff when making API calls to prevent throttling exceptions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/2011](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/2011)\)\.
* ec2\_vpc\_subnet \- cleanly handle failure when subnet isn\'t created in time \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1848](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1848)\)\.
* elb\_classic\_lb \- fixes bug where proxy\_protocol not being set or being set to None may result in unexpected behaviour or errors \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2049](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2049)\)\.
* iam\_managed\_policy \- fixed an issue where only partial results were returned \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1936](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1936)\)\.
* iam\_managed\_policy \- fixes bug that causes ParamValidationError when attempting to delete a policy that\'s attached to a role or a user \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/2067](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/2067)\)\.
* iam\_role\_info \- fixes bug in handling paths missing the / prefix and/or suffix \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/2065](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/2065)\)\.
* lambda\_event \- Fix when batch\_size is greater than 10\, by enabling support for setting maximum\_batching\_window\_in\_seconds \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2025](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/2025)\)\.
* lambda\_event \- Retrieve function ARN using AWS API \(get\_function\) instead of building it with AWS account information \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/1859](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/1859)\)\.
* lookup/secretsmanager\_secret \- fix the issue when the nested secret is missing and on\_missing is set to warn\, the lookup was raising an error instead of a warning message \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/1781](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/1781)\)\.
* module\_utils/elbv2 \- Fix issue when creating or modifying Load balancer rule type authenticate\-oidc using ClientSecret parameter and UseExistingClientSecret\=true \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/1877](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/1877)\)\.
* plugin\_utils\.inventory \- Ensure templated options in lookup plugins are converted \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/1955](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/1955)\)\.
* plugins/inventory/aws\_ec2 \- Fix failure when retrieving information for more than 40 instances with use\_ssm\_inventory \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/1713](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/1713)\)\.
* s3\_object \- Fix the issue when copying an object with overriding metadata\. \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/1991](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/1991)\)\.
* s3\_object \- Fix typo that caused false deprecation warning when setting overwrite\=latest \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1847](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/pull/1847)\)\.
* s3\_object \- fix idempotency issue when copying object uploaded using multipart upload \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/2016](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/2016)\)\.
* s3\_object \- when doing a put and specifying Content\-Type in metadata\, this module \(since 6\.0\.0\) erroneously set the Content\-Type to None causing the put to fail\. Fix now correctly honours the specified Content\-Type \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/1881](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/amazon\.aws/issues/1881)\)\.
#### ansible\.netcommon
* Added guidance for users to open an issue for the respective platform if plugin support is needed\.
* Improved module execution to gracefully handle cases where plugin support is required\, providing a clear error message to the user\.
* libssh connection plugin \- stop using deprecated PlayContext\.verbosity property that is no longer present in ansible\-core 2\.18 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/ansible\.netcommon/pull/626](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/ansible\.netcommon/pull/626)\)\.
* network\_cli \- removed deprecated play\_context\.verbosity property\.
#### ansible\.utils
* Avoid unnecessary use of persistent connection in cli\_parse\, fact\_diff\, update\_fact and validate as this action does not require a connection\.
#### ansible\.windows
* Process\.cs \- Fix up the ProcessCreationFlags\.CreateProtectedProcess typo in the enum name
* setup \- Fix up typo collection \-\> collect when a timeout occurred during a fact subset
* win\_acl \- Fix broken path in case of volume junction
* win\_get\_url \- Fix Tls1\.3 getting removed from the list of security protocols
* win\_powershell \- Remove unecessary using in code causing stray error records in output \- [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/ansible\.windows/issues/571](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/ansible\.windows/issues/571)
* win\_service\_info \- Warn and not fail if ERROR\_FILE\_NOT\_FOUND when trying to query a service \- [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/ansible\.windows/issues/556](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/ansible\.windows/issues/556)
* win\_updates \- Fix up typo for Download progress event messages \- [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/ansible\.windows/issues/554](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/ansible\.windows/issues/554)
#### arista\.eos
* This fix is needed because static\_routes and vlans are not returning anything when resources are not configured\.
* This got noticed in this issue \([https\://github\.com/network\-automation/toolkit/issues/47](https\://github\.com/network\-automation/toolkit/issues/47)\)
* correct a missing whitespace and add \'auth\' string\.
* correct the parsing of the elements in \'name\_servers\' in \'eos\_system\' module\.
* correct the reference of string attribute \'reference\_bandwith\'\.
* when static\_routes and vlans are not confirgured then return empty list\.
#### check\_point\.mgmt
* httpapi/checkpoint\.py \- Raise a fatal error if login wasn\'t successful\.
#### cisco\.aci
* Fix auto logout issue in aci connection plugin to keep connection active between tasks
* Fix idempotency for l3out configuration when l3protocol is used in aci\_l3out
* Fix issues with new attributes in aci\_interface\_policy\_leaf\_policy\_group module by adding conditions to include attributes in the payload only when they are specified by the user \(\#578\)
* Fix query in aci\_vmm\_controller
#### cisco\.asa
* Prevents module\_defaults from were being incorrectly applied to the platform action\, instead of the concerned module\.
#### cisco\.ios
* Prevents module\_defaults from were being incorrectly applied to the platform action\, instead of the concerned module\.
* Updated the ios\_ping ping module to support size param\.
* ios\_acls \- Adds back existing remarks for an ace entry when updated with replaced or overridden state\, as all remarks for a specific sequence gets removed when ace entry is updated\.
* ios\_acls \- Fix replaced state to consider remarks and ace entries while comparing configuration\.
* ios\_acls \- correctly match the different line for ACL without sequence number
* ios\_acls \- make sequence optional for rendering of standard acls\.
* ios\_acls \- take correctly in case where we want to push an ACL from a different type
* ios\_acls \- update module to apply remarks entry with sequence numbers\.
* ios\_bgp\_address\_family \- description attribute\, evalutated as complex object casted to string\.
* ios\_bgp\_global \- Explicitly add neighbor address to every parser\.
* ios\_bgp\_global \- Shutdown attributes generates negate command on set as false\.
* ios\_bgp\_global \- description attribute\, evalutated as complex object casted to string\.
* ios\_bgp\_global \- fix template attribute to generate configuration commands\.
* ios\_bgp\_global \- remote\_as not mendatory for neighbors\.
* ios\_interfaces \- description attribute\, evalutated as complex object casted to string\.
* ios\_l3\_interfaces \- remove validation from ipv6 address parameter\.
* ios\_ospfv2 \- Fix improper rendering of admin\_distance attribute\.
* ios\_prefix\_lists \- description attribute\, evalutated as complex object casted to string\.
* ios\_route\_maps \- description attribute\, evalutated as complex object casted to string\.
* ios\_snmp\_server \- fix group and user IPv6 ACL commands\.
* ios\_snmp\_server \- fixed config issue with snmp user password update being idempotent on consecutive runs\.
* ios\_user \- Fix configuration of hashed passwords and secrets\.
* ios\_user \- fix configuration of user with hashed password\.
* ios\_user \- fixed configuration removal of ssh users using purge\.
* ios\_vlans \- Make behaviour of the action states consistent\.
* ios\_vlans \- Top level configuration attribute is not required\, the module works with vlan and vlan configuration both\.
* ios\_vlans \- fixes behaviour of shutdown attribute with action states\.
* ios\_vrf \- Update and add missing argspec keys that define the attributes\.
* ios\_vrf \- added MDT related keys
#### cisco\.iosxr
* Fix \'afi\' value in bgp\_templates RM to valid values\.
* Fix issue in gathered state of interfaces and l3\_interfaces RMs\([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/cisco\.iosxr/issues/452](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/cisco\.iosxr/issues/452)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/cisco\.iosxr/issues/451](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/cisco\.iosxr/issues/451)\)
#### cisco\.ise
* Added missing import re in endpoint module
* Service included active\_directories\.
* Service included ad\_groups\.
* Service included custom\_attributes\.
* Service included duo\_identity\_sync\.
* Service included duo\_mfa\.
* Service included enable\_mfa\.
* Service included endpoint\_stop\_replication\_service\.
* Service included endpoints\.
* Service included full\_upgrade\.
* Service included is\_mfa\_enabled\.
* Service included native\_ipsec\.
* Service included px\_grid\_direct\.
* Service included sgt\_range\_reservation\.
* Service included user\_equipment\.
* Updated to use ciscoisesdk v2\.1\.1 or newer fixing ciscoisesdk problem\.
* ansible\.utils changes to \"\>\=2\.0\.0\,\<5\.0\" in galaxy\.yml dependencies\.
* network\_device\_group \- change parameter name from ndgtype to othername\.
* network\_device\_group\_info \- change parameter name from ndgtype to othername\.
#### cisco\.meraki
* Adding network\_clients\_info and network\_client\_info\.
* Adding platform\_meraki\.rst to docs\.
* Adding product\_types for update request on networks\.
* Adding smartquotes \= False to conf\.py and romoving \' from rst files\.
* Adding build\_ignore property to galaxy file\.
* Adding support to ansible\.utils \>\=3\.0
* Idempotency bugs fixed in devices\_switch\_ports\.
* Parameter\`organization\_id\` change to organizationId organizations\_claim\.
* Parameter\`organization\_id\` change to organizationId organizations\_clone\.
* Parameter\`organization\_id\` change to organizationId organizations\_inventory\_claim\.
* Parameter\`organization\_id\` change to organizationId organizations\_inventory\_onboarding\_cloud\_monitoring\_export\_events\.
* Parameter\`organization\_id\` change to organizationId organizations\_inventory\_onboarding\_cloud\_monitoring\_prepare\.
* Parameter\`organization\_id\` change to organizationId organizations\_inventory\_release\.
* Parameter\`organization\_id\` change to organizationId organizations\_licenses\_assign\_seats\.
* Parameter\`organization\_id\` change to organizationId organizations\_licenses\_move\.
* Parameter\`organization\_id\` change to organizationId organizations\_licenses\_move\_seats\.
* Parameter\`organization\_id\` change to organizationId organizations\_licenses\_renew\_seats\.
* Parameter\`organization\_id\` change to organizationId organizations\_licensing\_coterm\_licenses\_move\.
* Parameter\`organization\_id\` change to organizationId organizations\_networks\_combine\.
* Parameter\`organization\_id\` change to organizationId organizations\_switch\_devices\_clone\.
* Parameter\`organization\_id\` change to organizationId organizations\_users\.
* Removing logs in meraki\.py\.
* networks\_syslog\_servers is now just an Update action to API\.
#### cisco\.mso
* Fix TypeError for iteration on NoneType in mso\_schema\_template
* Fixed the useg\_subnet logic in mso\_schema\_template\_anp\_epg\_useg\_attribute
#### cisco\.nxos
* Prevents module\_defaults from were being incorrectly applied to the platform action\, instead of the concerned module\.
* nxos\_acls \- Fix parsing of ace entries with range in it\. \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/cisco\.nxos/issues/788](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/cisco\.nxos/issues/788)\)
* nxos\_facts \- correct parse JSON output when multiple interfaces have IPv6 address assigned \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/cisco\.nxos/issues/771](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/cisco\.nxos/issues/771)\)\.
* nxos\_file\_copy \- correctly set file\_pull\_timeout/persistent\_command\_timeout value\.
* nxos\_interfaces \- Correctly enable L3 interfaces on supported N3K platforms \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/cisco\.nxos/issues/749](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/cisco\.nxos/issues/749)\)\.
#### community\.aws
* aws\_ssm \- disable enable\-bracketed\-paste to fix issue with amazon linux 2023 and other OSes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/issues/1756](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/issues/1756)\)
* mq\_broker \- ensure broker is created with tags when passed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/issues/1832](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/issues/1832)\)\.
* opensearch \- Don\'t try to read a non existing key from the domain config \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/1910](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/1910)\)\.
* ssm\(connection\) \- fix bucket region logic when region is us\-east\-1 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/1908](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.aws/pull/1908)\)\.
#### community\.ciscosmb
* issue
* solved issue
* typo in changelog fragment template
* typo in test script
#### community\.crypto
* acme\_\* modules \- also retry requests in case of socket errors\, bad status lines\, and unknown connection errors\; improve error messages in these cases \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/issues/680](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/issues/680)\)\.
* acme\_\* modules \- directly react on bad return data for account creation/retrieval/updating requests \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/682](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/682)\)\.
* acme\_\* modules \- fix improved error reporting in case of socket errors\, bad status lines\, and unknown connection errors \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/684](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/684)\)\.
* acme\_\* modules \- increase number of retries from 5 to 10 to increase stability with unstable ACME endpoints \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/685](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/685)\)\.
* acme\_\* modules \- make account registration handling more flexible to accept 404 instead of 400 send by DigiCert\'s ACME endpoint when an account does not exist \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/681](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/681)\)\.
* acme\_certificate \- respect the order of the CNAME and SAN identifiers that are passed on when creating an ACME order \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/issues/723](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/issues/723)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/725](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/725)\)\.
* crypto\.math module utils \- change return values for quick\_is\_not\_prime\(\) and convert\_int\_to\_bytes\(0\, 0\) for special cases that do not appear when using the collection \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/733)\)\.
* ecs\_certificate \- fixed csr option to be empty and allow renewal of a specific certificate according to the Renewal Information specification \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/740](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/740)\)\.
* luks\_device \- fixed module a bug that prevented using remove\_keyslot with the value 0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/710](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/710)\)\.
* luks\_device \- fixed module falsely outputting changed\=false when trying to add a new slot with a key that is already present in another slot\. The module now rejects adding keys that are already present in another slot \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/710](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/710)\)\.
* luks\_device \- fixed testing of LUKS passphrases in when specifying a keyslot for cryptsetup version 2\.0\.3\. The output of this cryptsetup version slightly differs from later versions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/710](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/710)\)\.
* openssl\_dhparam \- was using an internal function instead of the public API to load DH param files when using the cryptography backend\. The internal function was removed in cryptography 42\.0\.0\. The module now uses the public API\, which has been available since support for DH params was added to cryptography \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/698](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/698)\)\.
* openssl\_privatekey\_info \- check\_consistency\=true no longer works for RSA keys with cryptography 42\.0\.0\+ \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/701](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/701)\)\.
* openssl\_privatekey\_info \- check\_consistency\=true now reports a warning if it cannot determine consistency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/705](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/705)\)\.
* x509\_certificate \- since community\.crypto 2\.19\.0 the module was no longer idempotent with respect to not\_before and not\_after times\. This is now fixed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/issues/753](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/issues/753)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/754](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/754)\)\.
* x509\_crl\, x509\_certificate\, x509\_certificate\_info \- when parsing absolute timestamps which omitted the second count\, the first digit of the minutes was used as a one\-digit minutes count\, and the second digit of the minutes as a one\-digit second count \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/745](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.crypto/pull/745)\)\.
#### community\.digitalocean
* The C\(project\_name\) parameter for many modules was used by alias C\(project\) internally in the codebase\, but to work properly C\(project\_name\) must be used in the code\. Replace self\.module\.params\.get\(\"project\"\) with self\.module\.params\.get\(\"project\_name\"\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.digitalocean/issues/326](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.digitalocean/issues/326)\)\.
* digital\_ocean\_kubernetes \- module didn\'t return kubeconfig properly\, return documentation was invalid\. Fixed version returns data with the same structure all the time\, also it is aligned with M\(community\.digitalocean\.digital\_ocean\_kubernetes\_info\) documentation return data now\. \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.digitalocean/issues/322](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.digitalocean/issues/322)\)\.
* inventory plugin \- restore reading auth token from env variables \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.digitalocean/pull/315](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.digitalocean/pull/315)\)\.
#### community\.dns
* DNS record modules\, inventory plugins \- fix the TXT entry encoder to avoid splitting up escape sequences for quotes and backslashes over multiple TXT strings \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/issues/190](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/issues/190)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/191](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/191)\)\.
* Update Public Suffix List\.
* inventory plugins \- add unsafe wrapper to avoid marking strings that do not contain \{ or \} as unsafe\, to work around a bug in AWX \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/197](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/197)\)\.
* nameserver\_record\_info \- fix crash when more than one record is retrieved \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/172](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/172)\)\.
* wait\_for\_txt\, nameserver\_info\, nameserver\_record\_info \- when looking up nameservers for a domain\, do not treat NXDOMAIN as a fatal error \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/177](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.dns/pull/177)\)\.
#### community\.docker
* Use unix\:///var/run/docker\.sock instead of the legacy unix\://var/run/docker\.sock as default for docker\_host \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/736](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/736)\)\.
* docker and nsenter connection plugins\, docker\_container\_exec module \- avoid using the deprecated ansible\.module\_utils\.compat\.selectors module util with Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/870](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/870)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/871](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/871)\)\.
* docker\_compose\_v2 \- do not consider a Waiting event as an action/change \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/804](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/804)\)\.
* docker\_compose\_v2 \- do not fail when non\-fatal errors occur\. This can happen when pulling an image fails\, but then the image can be built for another service\. Docker Compose emits an error in that case\, but docker compose up still completes successfully \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/807](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/807)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/810](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/810)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/811](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/811)\)\.
* docker\_compose\_v2 \- do not treat service\-level pull events as changes to avoid incorrect changed\=true return value of pull\=always \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/802](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/802)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/803](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/803)\)\.
* docker\_compose\_v2 \- properly parse dry\-run build events from stderr \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/778](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/778)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/779](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/779)\)\.
* docker\_compose\_v2\* \- allow project\_src to be a relative path\, by converting it to an absolute path before using it \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/827](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/827)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/828](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/828)\)\.
* docker\_compose\_v2\* modules \- abort with a nice error message instead of crash when the Docker Compose CLI plugin version is dev \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/825](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/825)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/826](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/826)\)\.
* docker\_compose\_v2\* modules \- correctly parse Warning events emitted by Docker Compose \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/807](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/807)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/811](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/811)\)\.
* docker\_compose\_v2\* modules \- parse logfmt warnings emitted by Docker Compose \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/787](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/787)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/811](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/811)\)\.
* docker\_compose\_v2\, docker\_compose\_v2\_pull \- fix parsing of pull messages for Docker Compose 2\.20\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/785](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/785)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/786](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/786)\)\.
* docker\_compose\_v2\_pull \- fixing idempotence by checking actual pull progress events instead of service\-level pull request when policy\=always\. This stops the module from reporting changed\=true if no actual change happened when pulling\. In check mode\, it has to assume that a change happens though \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/813](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/813)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/814](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/814)\)\.
* docker\_compose\_v2\_pull \- the module was documented as part of the community\.docker\.docker action group\, but was not actually part of it\. That has now been fixed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/773](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/773)\)\.
* docker\_image \- fix archiving idempotency with Docker API 1\.44 or later \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/765](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/765)\)\.
* inventory plugins \- add unsafe wrapper to avoid marking strings that do not contain \{ or \} as unsafe\, to work around a bug in AWX \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/835](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/835)\)\.
* modules and plugins using the Docker SDK for Python \- remove ssl\_version from the parameters passed to Docker SDK for Python 7\.0\.0\+\. Explicitly fail with a nicer error message if it was explicitly set in this case \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/715](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/715)\)\.
* modules and plugins using the Docker SDK for Python \- remove tls\_hostname from the parameters passed to Docker SDK for Python 7\.0\.0\+\. Explicitly fail with a nicer error message if it was explicitly set in this case \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/721](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/721)\)\.
* vendored Docker SDK for Python \- avoid passing on ssl\_version and tls\_hostname if they were not provided by the user\. Remove dead code\. \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/722](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/722)\)\.
* vendored Docker SDK for Python \- include a fix requests 2\.32\.2\+ compatibility \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/860](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/860)\, [https\://github\.com/psf/requests/issues/6707](https\://github\.com/psf/requests/issues/6707)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/864](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/864)\)\.
* vendored Docker SDK for Python \- include a hotfix for requests 2\.32\.0 compatibility \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/860](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/issues/860)\, [https\://github\.com/docker/docker\-py/issues/3256](https\://github\.com/docker/docker\-py/issues/3256)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/861](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.docker/pull/861)\)\.
#### community\.general
* aix\_filesystem \- fix \_validate\_vg not passing VG name to lsvg\_cmd \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8151](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8151)\)\.
* aix\_filesystem \- fix issue with empty list items in crfs logic and option order \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8052](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8052)\)\.
* apt\-rpm \- the module did not upgrade packages if a newer version exists\. Now the package will be reinstalled if the candidate is newer than the installed version \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7414](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7414)\)\.
* apt\_rpm \- when checking whether packages were installed after running apt\-get \-y install \\, only the last package name was checked \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8263](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8263)\)\.
* bitwarden\_secrets\_manager lookup plugin \- implements retry with exponential backoff to avoid lookup errors when Bitwardn\'s API rate limiting is encountered \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8230](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8230)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8238](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8238)\)\.
* cargo \- fix idempotency issues when using a custom installation path for packages \(using the \-\-path parameter\)\. The initial installation runs fine\, but subsequent runs use the get\_installed\(\) function which did not check the given installation location\, before running cargo install\. This resulted in a false changed state\. Also the removal of packeges using state\: absent failed\, as the installation check did not use the given parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7970](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7970)\)\.
* cloudflare\_dns \- fix Cloudflare lookup of SHFP records \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7652](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7652)\)\.
* consul\_token \- fix token creation without accessor\_id \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8091](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8091)\)\.
* cpanm \- use new VarDict to prevent deprecation warning \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411)\)\.
* django module utils \- use new VarDict to prevent deprecation warning \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411)\)\.
* from\_ini filter plugin \- disabling interpolation of ConfigParser to allow converting values with a \% sign \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8183](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8183)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8185](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8185)\)\.
* gconftool2\_info \- use new VarDict to prevent deprecation warning \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411)\)\.
* gitlab\_group\_members \- fix gitlab constants call in gitlab\_group\_members module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467)\)\.
* gitlab\_issue \- fix behavior to search GitLab issue\, using search keyword instead of title \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7846](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7846)\)\.
* gitlab\_issue\, gitlab\_label\, gitlab\_milestone \- avoid crash during version comparison when the python\-gitlab Python module is not installed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8158](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8158)\)\.
* gitlab\_project\_members \- fix gitlab constants call in gitlab\_project\_members module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467)\)\.
* gitlab\_protected\_branches \- fix gitlab constants call in gitlab\_protected\_branches module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467)\)\.
* gitlab\_runner \- fix pagination when checking for existing runners \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7790](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7790)\)\.
* gitlab\_user \- fix gitlab constants call in gitlab\_user module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467)\)\.
* haproxy \- fix an issue where HAProxy could get stuck in DRAIN mode when the backend was unreachable \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8092](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8092)\)\.
* homebrew \- detect already installed formulae and casks using JSON output from brew info \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/864](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/864)\)\.
* homebrew \- do not fail when brew prints warnings \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8406](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8406)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7044](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7044)\)\.
* homebrew \- error returned from brew command was ignored and tried to parse empty JSON\. Fix now checks for an error and raises it to give accurate error message to users \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8047](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8047)\)\.
* hponcfg \- use new VarDict to prevent deprecation warning \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411)\)\.
* incus connection plugin \- treats inventory\_hostname as a variable instead of a literal in remote connections \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7874](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7874)\)\.
* interface\_files \- also consider address\_family when changing option\=method \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7610](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7610)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7612](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7612)\)\.
* inventory plugins \- add unsafe wrapper to avoid marking strings that do not contain \{ or \} as unsafe\, to work around a bug in AWX \(\([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8212](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8212)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8225](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8225)\)\.
* ipa \- fix get version regex in IPA module\_utils \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8175](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8175)\)\.
* ipa\_hbacrule \- the module uses a string for ipaenabledflag for new FreeIPA versions while the returned value is a boolean \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7880](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7880)\)\.
* ipa\_otptoken \- the module expect ipatokendisabled as string but the ipatokendisabled value is returned as a boolean \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7795](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7795)\)\.
* ipa\_sudorule \- the module uses a string for ipaenabledflag for new FreeIPA versions while the returned value is a boolean \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7880](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7880)\)\.
* iptables\_state \- fix idempotency issues when restoring incomplete iptables dumps \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8029](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8029)\)\.
* irc \- replace ssl\.wrap\_socket that was removed from Python 3\.12 with code for creating a proper SSL context \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7542](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7542)\)\.
* kernel\_blacklist \- use new VarDict to prevent deprecation warning \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411)\)\.
* keycloak\_\* \- fix Keycloak API client to quote / properly \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7641](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7641)\)\.
* keycloak\_authz\_permission \- resource payload variable for scope\-based permission was constructed as a string\, when it needs to be a list\, even for a single item \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7151](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7151)\)\.
* keycloak\_client \- add sorted defaultClientScopes and optionalClientScopes to normalizations \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8223](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8223)\)\.
* keycloak\_client \- fix TypeError when sanitizing the saml\.signing\.private\.key attribute in the module\'s diff or state output\. The sanitize\_cr function expected a dict where in some cases a list might occur \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8403](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8403)\)\.
* keycloak\_client \- fixes issue when metadata is provided in desired state when task is in check mode \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/1226](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/1226)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7881](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7881)\)\.
* keycloak\_identity\_provider \- mappers processing was not idempotent if the mappers configuration list had not been sorted by name \(in ascending order\)\. Fix resolves the issue by sorting mappers in the desired state using the same key which is used for obtaining existing state \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7418](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7418)\)\.
* keycloak\_identity\_provider \- it was not possible to reconfigure \(add\, remove\) mappers once they were created initially\. Removal was ignored\, adding new ones resulted in dropping the pre\-existing unmodified mappers\. Fix resolves the issue by supplying correct input to the internal update call \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7418](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7418)\)\.
* keycloak\_realm \- add normalizations for enabledEventTypes and supportedLocales \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8224](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8224)\)\.
* keycloak\_user \- when force is set\, but user does not exist\, do not try to delete it \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7696](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7696)\)\.
* keycloak\_user\_federation \- fix diff of empty krbPrincipalAttribute \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8320](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8320)\)\.
* ldap \- previously the order number \(if present\) was expected to follow an equals sign in the DN\. This makes it so the order number string is identified correctly anywhere within the DN \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7646](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7646)\)\.
* linode inventory plugin \- add descriptive error message for linode inventory plugin \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8133](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8133)\)\.
* locale\_gen \- use new VarDict to prevent deprecation warning \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411)\)\.
* log\_entries callback plugin \- replace ssl\.wrap\_socket that was removed from Python 3\.12 with code for creating a proper SSL context \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7542](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7542)\)\.
* lvol \- test for output messages in both stdout and stderr \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7601](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7601)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7182](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7182)\)\.
* merge\_variables lookup plugin \- fixing cross host merge\: providing access to foreign hosts variables to the perspective of the host that is performing the merge \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8303](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8303)\)\.
* mksysb \- use new VarDict to prevent deprecation warning \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411)\)\.
* modprobe \- listing modules files or modprobe files could trigger a FileNotFoundError if /etc/modprobe\.d or /etc/modules\-load\.d did not exist\. Relevant functions now return empty lists if the directories do not exist to avoid crashing the module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7717](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7717)\)\.
* mssql\_script \- make the module work with Python 2 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7818](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7818)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7821](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7821)\)\.
* nmcli \- fix connection\.slave\-type wired to bond and not with parameter slave\_type in case of connection type wifi \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7389](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7389)\)\.
* ocapi\_utils\, oci\_utils\, redfish\_utils module utils \- replace type\(\) calls with isinstance\(\) calls \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7501](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7501)\)\.
* onepassword lookup plugin \- failed for fields that were in sections and had uppercase letters in the label/ID\. Field lookups are now case insensitive in all cases \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7919](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7919)\)\.
* onepassword lookup plugin \- field and section titles are now case insensitive when using op CLI version two or later\. This matches the behavior of version one \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7564](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7564)\)\.
* opentelemetry callback plugin \- close spans always \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8367](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8367)\)\.
* opentelemetry callback plugin \- honour the disable\_logs option to avoid storing task results since they are not used regardless \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8373](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8373)\)\.
* pacemaker\_cluster \- actually implement check mode\, which the module claims to support\. This means that until now the module also did changes in check mode \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8081](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8081)\)\.
* pam\_limits \- when the file does not exist\, do not create it in check mode \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8050](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8050)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8057](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8057)\)\.
* pipx module utils \- change the CLI argument formatter for the pip\_args parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7497](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7497)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7506](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7506)\)\.
* pipx\_info \- use new VarDict to prevent deprecation warning \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411)\)\.
* pkgin \- pkgin \(pkgsrc package manager used by SmartOS\) raises erratic exceptions and spurious changed\=true \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7971](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7971)\)\.
* proxmox \- fix updating a container config if the setting does not already exist \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7872](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7872)\)\.
* proxmox\_kvm \- fixed status check getting from node\-specific API endpoint \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7817](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7817)\)\.
* proxmox\_kvm \- running state\=template will first check whether VM is already a template \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7792](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7792)\)\.
* proxmox\_pool\_member \- absent state for type VM did not delete VMs from the pools \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7464](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7464)\)\.
* puppet \- add option environment\_lang to set the environment language encoding\. Defaults to lang C\. It is recommended to set it to C\.UTF\-8 or en\_US\.UTF\-8 depending on what is available on your system\. \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8000](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8000)\)
* redfish\_command \- fix usage of message parsing in SimpleUpdate and MultipartHTTPPushUpdate commands to treat the lack of a MessageId as no message \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7465](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7465)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7471](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7471)\)\.
* redfish\_info \- allow for a GET operation invoked by GetUpdateStatus to allow for an empty response body for cases where a service returns 204 No Content \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8003](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8003)\)\.
* redfish\_info \- correct uncaught exception when attempting to retrieve Chassis information \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7952](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7952)\)\.
* redhat\_subscription \- use the D\-Bus registration on RHEL 7 only on 7\.4 and
greater\; older versions of RHEL 7 do not have it
\([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7622](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7622)\,
[https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7624](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7624)\)\.
* riak \- support riak admin sub\-command in newer Riak KV versions beside the legacy riak\-admin main command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8211](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8211)\)\.
* snap \- use new VarDict to prevent deprecation warning \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411)\)\.
* snap\_alias \- use new VarDict to prevent deprecation warning \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411)\)\.
* statusio\_maintenance \- fix error caused by incorrectly formed API data payload\. Was raising \"Failed to create maintenance HTTP Error 400 Bad Request\" caused by bad data type for date/time and deprecated dict keys \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7754](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7754)\)\.
* terraform \- fix multiline string handling in complex variables \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7535](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7535)\)\.
* to\_ini filter plugin \- disabling interpolation of ConfigParser to allow converting values with a \% sign \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8183](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8183)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8185](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8185)\)\.
* xml \- make module work with lxml 5\.1\.1\, which removed some internals that the module was relying on \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8169](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8169)\)\.
#### community\.grafana
* Add grafana\_organiazion\_user to action\_groups\.grafana
* Fixed orgId handling in diff comparison for grafana\_datasource if using org\_name
* Handling of desired default state for first grafana\_datasource
* Ignore type argument for diff comparison if grafana\-postgresq\-datasource alias postgres is used
* Set umask for grafana\_plugin command
* test\: replace deprecated TestCase\.assertEquals to support Python 3\.12
* undo removed deprecated message argument in grafana\_dashboard
#### community\.hrobot
* inventory plugins \- add unsafe wrapper to avoid marking strings that do not contain \{ or \} as unsafe\, to work around a bug in AWX \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.hrobot/pull/102](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.hrobot/pull/102)\)\.
#### community\.mysql
* mysql\_info \- the slave\_status filter was returning an empty list on MariaDB with multiple replication channels\. It now returns all channels by running SHOW ALL SLAVES STATUS for MariaDB servers \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.mysql/issues/603](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.mysql/issues/603)\)\.
#### community\.postgresql
* postgresql\_db \- restore custom format as file instead of stdin to allow the use of \-\-job flag in target\_opts \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.postgresql/issues/594](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.postgresql/issues/594)\)\.
* postgresql\_ext \- Reconnect before upgrade to avoid accidental load of the upgraded extension \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.postgresql/pull/689](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.postgresql/pull/689)\)\.
* postgresql\_idx \- consider schema name when checking for index \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.postgresql/issues/692](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.postgresql/issues/692)\)\. Index names are only unique within a schema\. This allows using the same index name in multiple schemas\.
* postgresql\_privs \- Enables the ability to revoke functions from user \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.postgresql/issues/687](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.postgresql/issues/687)\)\.
* postgresql\_privs \- fix a failure when altering privileges with grant\_option\: true \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.postgresql/issues/668](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.postgresql/issues/668)\)\.
* postgresql\_query \- now reports not changed for queries starting with \"SHOW\" \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.postgresql/pull/592](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.postgresql/pull/592)\)\.
* postgresql\_user \- module failed when running against an SQL\_ASCII encoded database as the user\'s current password was returned as bytes as opposed to a str\. Fix now checks for this case and decodes the bytes as an ascii encoded string\. \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.postgresql/issues/584](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.postgresql/issues/584)\)\.
#### community\.routeros
* facts \- fix date not getting removed for idempotent config export \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/262](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.routeros/pull/262)\)\.
#### community\.sap\_libs
* fixes failures in sanity test for all modules
#### community\.vmware
* Clarify pyVmomi requirement \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/2071](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/2071)\)\.
* Fix InsecureRequestWarning for modules based on the VmwareRestClient module util when setting validate\_certs to False \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/1969](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/1969)\)\.
* Use isinstance\(\) instead of type\(\) for a typecheck \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/2011](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/2011)\)\.
* module\_utils/vmware\.py \- remove ssl\.wrap\_socet\(\) function\. Replaced for code based on ssl\.get\_server\_certificate \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/issues/1930](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/issues/1930)\)\.
* vmware\_cluster\_dpm \- Handle case where DPM config has not been initialized yet and is None \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/2057](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/2057)\)\.
* vmware\_dvs\_portgroup \- Fix erroneously reporting a change when port\_binding is static and num\_ports not specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/2053](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/2053)\)\.
* vmware\_guest \- Fix a error while updating the VM by adding a new disk\. While adding a disk to an existing VM\, it leaves it in invalid state\. \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/2044](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/2044)\)\.
* vmware\_guest \- Fix a missing error message while setting a template parameter with inconsistency guest\_os ID \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/2036](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/2036)\)\.
* vmware\_guest \- Fix failure of vm reconfiguration with enabled virt\_based\_security \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/1848](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/1848)\)\.
* vmware\_vm\_info \- Fix an AttributeError when gathering network information \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/1919](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.vmware/pull/1919)\)\.
#### community\.windows
* Remove some code which is no longer valid for dotnet 5\+
* community\.windows\.win\_psmodule\_info \- exception thrown when host has no Installed Module\. Fix now checks that variable \$installedModules is not null before calling the \.Contains\(\.\.\) function on it\.
* win\_format\, win\_partition \- Add support for Windows failover cluster disks
* win\_psmodule \- Fix up error message with state\=latest
* win\_rabbitmq\_plugin \- Avoid using Invoke\-Expression when running external commands
* win\_rds\_rap \- The module crashed when creating a RAP with Gateway Managed Computer Group \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.windows/issues/184](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.windows/issues/184)\)\.
* win\_robocopy \- Fix up cmd return value to include the executable robocopy
#### community\.zabbix
* Avoid to update user\-directory configuration in dry run\.
* api module \- Fixed certificiate errors
* proxy and server roles \- Defaulted location of fping and fping6 based on OS\.
* proxy role \- Removed requirement for mysql group definition\.
* server role \- typo in configuration var StasAllowedIP to StatsAllowedIP
* zabbix\-\{agent\, javagateway\, proxy\, server\, web\} \- support raspberry pi without repository url specification
* zabbix\_agent \- Fixed IPMI authentication algorithm default setting
* zabbix\_agent \- Fixed issue to where scripts can be deployed alongside userparameters
* zabbix\_host \- Don\'t reset IPMI setting when update inventory data of a host
* zabbix\_host \- Finish task with failed if host\_group parameter is empty list
* zabbix\_inventory \- fixed handeling of add\_zabbix\_groups option
* zabbix\_server \- proper indentaion of become in selinux\.yaml
* zabbix\_template \- fix template export when template\'s content has \"error\" word
* zabbix\_web \- Added missing semicolon to nginx vhost template\.
* zabbix\_web role \- fix variable naming issues \(undefined\) to zabbix\_web\_version and zabbix\_web\_apt\_repository
* zabbix\_web role\, Add missing selinux\.yml tasks\.
#### containers\.podman
* Add idempotency for podman\_secret module
* Catch exceptions when no JSON output in podman\_image
* Fail if systemd generation failed and it\'s explicitly set
* Fix example name
* Fix idempotency for podman\_network
* Fix idempotency when using 0\.0\.0\.0 in ports
* Fix multi\-image support for podman\_save
* Fix pod info for non\-existant pods
* Fix volume inspection by name in podman\_volume
* Recreate stopped containers if recreate flag is enabled
* podman\_container \- Add check and fixed for v5 network diff
* podman\_container \- Fix pasta networking idempotency for v5 \(\#728\)
* podman\_container\_exec \- Remove unnecessary quotes in podman\_container\_exec module
* podman\_image\_info \- Fix wrong return data type in podman\_image\_info
* podman\_play \- Fix kube play annotations
* podman\_pod \- Fix broken info of pods in Podman v5
* podman\_pod \- Fix pod for Podman v5
* podman\_pod \- Fix podman pod v5 broken info issue
#### dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic
* requirements \- Update requires\_ansible version in meta/runtime\.yml to the oldest supported version \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/321](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/321)\)\.
* sonic\_bgp\_communities \- Fix incorrect \"facts\" handling for parsing of a BGP community list configured with an empty \"members\" list \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/319](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/319)\)\.
* sonic\_bgp\_neighbors \- Fix prefix\-limit issue \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/289](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/289)\)\.
* sonic\_interfaces \- Add warnings when speed and auto\_negotiate is configured at same time \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/314](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/314)\)\.
* sonic\_interfaces \- Fix support for standard naming interfaces \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/314](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/314)\)\.
* sonic\_interfaces \- Prevent configuring speed in port group interfaces \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/314](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/314)\)\.
* sonic\_stp \- Correct the commands list for STP delete state \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/302](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic/pull/302)\)\.
#### dellemc\.openmanage
* Added support for RAID creation using NVMe disks\.\([https\://github\.com/dell/dellemc\-openmanage\-ansible\-modules/issues/635](https\://github\.com/dell/dellemc\-openmanage\-ansible\-modules/issues/635)\)
* Fixed the issue for ignoring the environment variable NO\_PROXY earlier\. \([https\://github\.com/dell/dellemc\-openmanage\-ansible\-modules/issues/554](https\://github\.com/dell/dellemc\-openmanage\-ansible\-modules/issues/554)\)
* For idrac\_certificates module\, the email\_address has been made as an optional parameter\. \([https\://github\.com/dell/dellemc\-openmanage\-ansible\-modules/issues/582](https\://github\.com/dell/dellemc\-openmanage\-ansible\-modules/issues/582)\)\.
* Issue is fixed for deploying a new configuration on quick deploy slot when IPv6 is disabled\.\([https\://github\.com/dell/dellemc\-openmanage\-ansible\-modules/issues/533](https\://github\.com/dell/dellemc\-openmanage\-ansible\-modules/issues/533)\)
* idrac\_network\_attributes \- Issue\(279049\) \- If unsupported values are provided for the parameter ome\_network\_attributes\, then this module does not provide a correct error message\.
* ome\_device\_network\_services \- Issue\(212681\) \- The module does not provide a proper error message if unsupported values are provided for the following parameters\- port\_number\, community\_name\, max\_sessions\, max\_auth\_retries\, and idle\_timeout\.
* ome\_device\_power\_settings \- Issue\(212679\) \- The module displays the following message if the value provided for the parameter power\_cap is not within the supported range of 0 to 32767\, Unable to complete the request because PowerCap does not exist or is not applicable for the resource URI\.
* ome\_inventory \- The plugin returns 50 results when a group is specified\. No results are shown when a group is not specified\. \([https\://github\.com/dell/dellemc\-openmanage\-ansible\-modules/issues/575](https\://github\.com/dell/dellemc\-openmanage\-ansible\-modules/issues/575)\)\.
* redfish\_storage\_volume is enhanced to support iDRAC8\.\([https\://github\.com/dell/dellemc\-openmanage\-ansible\-modules/issues/625](https\://github\.com/dell/dellemc\-openmanage\-ansible\-modules/issues/625)\)
#### f5networks\.f5\_modules
* bigip\_gtm\_monitor\_bigip \- fixed an issue where IP and port were not applied correctly when creating new monitor\.
* bigip\_gtm\_monitor\_firepass \- fixed an issue where IP and port were not applied correctly when creating new monitor\.
* bigip\_gtm\_monitor\_http \- fixed an issue where IP and port were not applied correctly when creating new monitor\.
* bigip\_gtm\_monitor\_https\- fixed an issue where IP and port were not applied correctly when creating new monitor\.
* bigip\_gtm\_monitor\_tcp \- fixed an issue where IP and port were not applied correctly when creating new monitor\.
* bigip\_gtm\_monitor\_tcp\_half\_open \- fixed an issue where IP and port were not applied correctly when creating new monitor\.
* bigip\_gtm\_topology\_region \- fixed an issue where if multiple states with spaces in values were defined\, module would throw invalid command error
* bigip\_gtm\_topology\_region \- fixed an issue where states names that contained spaces caused the idempotency to break\.
* bigip\_ssl\_key\_cert \- fixed an issue where the passphrase was not being properly send to the BIG\-IP\.
#### fortinet\.fortimanager
* Added missing enum values for some arguments\.
* Change minimum required ansible\-core version to 2\.14\.0
* Changed revision to v\_range to reduce the size of the code\.
* Fixed a bug where ansible may skip update incorrectly\.
* Fixed the behavior of module fmgr\_firewall\_internetservicecustom\.
* Fixed the behavior of some modules that contain the argument policyid\.
* Improved bypass\_validation\. If you now set bypass\_validation to true\, it will allow you to send parameters that are not defined in the schema\.
* Improved documentation\, added description for all \"no description\" modules\.
* Improved documentation\.
* Improved example ansible playbooks\.
* Improved the logic of fmgr\_fact\, fmgr\_clone\, fmgr\_rename\, fmgr\_move\. Usage remains unchanged\.
* Reduced the size of module\_arg\_spec in each module\.
* Removed most of the sanity test ignores\.
* Support FortiManager 7\.0\.10
* Supported \"state\:absent\" for all modules end with \"\_objectmember\"\, \"\_scopemember\"\, and \"\_scetionvalue\"\.
* Supported FortiManager 6\.4\.14\, 7\.0\.11\, 7\.0\.12\, 7\.2\.5\.
#### fortinet\.fortios
* Fix the issue that ssl\-certificate cannot be set in fortios\_firewall\_vip and fortios\_firewall\_vip6\.
* Github issue
* mantis issue
#### hetzner\.hcloud
* hcloud inventory \- Ensure the API client use a new cache for every cached session\.
* inventory \- Ensure inventory host variables are serializable and can be cached\.
* load\_balancer\_info \- Correctly return the cookie\_lifetime value\.
* load\_balancer\_service \- Correctly return the cookie\_lifetime value\.
* primary\_ip \- Added the missing auto\_delete field to the return values\.
* primary\_ip \- The auto\_delete option is now used when creating or updating a Primary IP\.
* primary\_ip\_info \- Added the missing auto\_delete field to the return values\.
* server \- Do not remove the server from its placement group when the placement\_group argument is not specified\.
* server \- Pass an empty string to the placement\_group argument to remove a server from its placement group\.
* server\_network \- The returned alias\_ips list is now sorted\.
#### ibm\.qradar
* A bunch of ansible\-lint and ansible\-test sanity issues have been fixed\.
#### ibm\.storage\_virtualize
* ibm\_svc\_info \- Command and release mapping to remove errors in gather\_subset\=all
* ibm\_svc\_info \- Return error in listing entities that require object name
#### infoblox\.nios\_modules
* Fixes environment variable max\_results using INFOBLOX\_MAX\_RESULTS [\#209](https\://github\.com/infobloxopen/infoblox\-ansible/pull/209)
* Fixes index error for transform fields in DTC LBDN \(auth\_zone and Pool\) and DTC POOL \(servers and monitors\) [\#209](https\://github\.com/infobloxopen/infoblox\-ansible/pull/209)
* Fixes typo for environment variable INFOBLOX\_WAPI\_VERSION [\#209](https\://github\.com/infobloxopen/infoblox\-ansible/pull/209)
#### junipernetworks\.junos
* Fix the empty facts list placement
* Prevents module\_defaults from were being incorrectly applied to the platform action\, instead of the concerned module\.
* acls
* fix to gather l2\_interfaces facts with default port\-mode access\.
* initialize facts dictionary with empty containers for respective resources mentioned below
* lldp\_global
* lldp\_interfaces
* logging\_global
* ntp\_global
* ospf\_interfaces
* ospfv2
* ospfv3
* prefix\_lists
* routing\_instances
* routing\_options
* security\_policies
* security\_policies\_global
* security\_zones
* snmp\_server
* static\_routes
* vlans
#### kubernetes\.core
* Resolve Collections util resource discovery fails when complex subresources present \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/pull/676](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/pull/676)\)\.
* align helmdiff\_check\(\) function commandline rendering with the deploy\(\) function \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/pull/670](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/pull/670)\)\.
* helm \- Put the chart\_ref into quotes when running helm show chart\, helm upgrade and helm dependency update commands \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/issues/653](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/issues/653)\)\.
* helm \- delete temporary file created when deploying chart with option release\_values set \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/issues/530](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/issues/530)\)\.
* helm \- expand kubeconfig path with user\'s home directory for consistency with k8s
* helm \- fix issue occurring when uninstalling chart with statues others than deployed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/issues/319](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/issues/319)\)\.
* helm \- fix post\_renderer argument breaking the helm deploy\_command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/pull/586](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/pull/586)\)\.
* helm \- use reuse\-values when running helm diff command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/issues/680](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/issues/680)\)\.
* helm \- use post\_renderer when checking changed status for a helm release \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/pull/588](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/pull/588)\)\.
* integrations test helm\_kubeconfig \- set helm version to v3\.10\.3 to avoid incompatability with new bitnami charts \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/pull/670](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/pull/670)\)\.
* k8s\_json\_patch \- rename action symlink to ensure k8s action plugin is used \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/pull/652](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/pull/652)\)\.
* k8s\_scale \- clean handling of ResourceTimeout exception \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/issues/583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/issues/583)\)\.
* k8s\_scale \- fix issue when scaling StatefulSets with updateStrategy\=OnDelete \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/issues/579](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/kubernetes\.core/issues/579)\)\.
#### lowlydba\.sqlserver
* Add ActiveStartDate to the compare properties so this item is marked accurately as changed\.
* Fixed the formatting of the SPN by updating the backslash to a forward\-slash for the \$spn var \(lowlydba\.sqlserver\.spn\)
* Update documentation for agent\_job\_schedule to reflect proper input formatting\. \([https\://github\.com/lowlydba/lowlydba\.sqlserver/pull/229](https\://github\.com/lowlydba/lowlydba\.sqlserver/pull/229)\)
#### microsoft\.ad
* debug\_ldap\_client \- handle failures when attempting to get the krb5 context and default CCache rather than fail with a traceback
* microsoft\.ad\.group \- Support membership lookup of groups that are longer than 20 characters long
* microsoft\.ad\.membership \- Add helpful hint when the failure was due to a missing/invalid domain\_ou\_path \- [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/microsoft\.ad/issues/88](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/microsoft\.ad/issues/88)
#### netapp\.ontap
* na\_ontap\_dns \- fix issue with modifying DNS servers in REST\.
* na\_ontap\_ems\_destination \- fix field error with certificate\.name for ONTAP 9\.11\.1 or later in REST\.
* na\_ontap\_fpolicy\_policy \- fixed issue with idempotency in REST\.
* na\_ontap\_igroup\_initiator \- fixed issue with idempotency\.
* na\_ontap\_nfs \- fix error with windows in REST for ONTAP 9\.10 or earlier\.
* na\_ontap\_quotas \- fixed issue with idempotency in REST\.
* na\_ontap\_security\_certificates \- fix error with ontap\_info returned in module output in REST\.
* na\_ontap\_security\_config \- added warning for missing supported\_cipher\_suites to maintain idempotency in REST\.
* na\_ontap\_snapshot\_policy \- fix issue with modifying snapshot policy in REST\.
* na\_ontap\_volume \- modified type to be case insensitive in REST\.
* na\_ontap\_vserver\_peer \- fix issue with peering multiple clusters with same vserver name in REST\.
#### netapp\.storagegrid
* Removed fetch limit in API request and implemented pagination\.
#### netbox\.netbox
* Improve error reporting for missing module \[\#1126\]\([https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1126](https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1126)\)
* nb\_inventory \- Fix API cache failure \[\#1111\]\([https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1111](https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1111)\)
* nb\_lookup \- Allow multiple IDs in nb\_lookup \[\#1042\]\([https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1042](https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1042)\)
* netbox\_vlan \- Fix documentation of vlan\_group \[\#1138\]\([https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1138](https\://github\.com/netbox\-community/ansible\_modules/pull/1138)\)
#### purestorage\.flasharray
* purefa\_cert \- Fixed issue where parts of the subject where not included in the CSR if they did not exist in the currently used cert\.
* purefa\_certs \- Allow certificates of over 3000 characters to be imported\.
* purefa\_dns \- Fixed attribute error on deletion of management DNS
* purefa\_ds \- Fix issue with SDK returning empty data for data directory services even when it does exist
* purefa\_host \- Allows all current host inititators to be correctly removed
* purefa\_host \- Fix idempotency issue with connected volume
* purefa\_info \- Resolved issue with KeyError when LACP bonds are in use
* purefa\_inventory \- Fix issue with iSCSI\-only FlashArrays
* purefa\_pg \- Allows a protection group to be correctly created when target is specified as well as other objects\, such as volumes or hosts
* purefa\_pgsched \- Fixed issue with disabling schedules
* purefa\_pgsnap \- Add support for restoring volumes connected to hosts in a host\-based protection group and hosts in a hostgroup\-based protection group\.
* purefa\_pgsnap \- Fixed incorrect parameter name
* purefa\_policy \- Fix incorrect call of psot instead of patch for NFS policies
* purefa\_volume \- Ensure module response for creation of volume and rerun are the same
* purefa\_volume \- Fix idempotency issue with delete volume
#### purestorage\.flashblade
* purefb\_bucket \- Changed logic to allow complex buckets to be created in a single call\, rather than having to split into two tasks\.
* purefb\_info \- Added missing object lock retention details if enabledd
* purefb\_lag \- Enable LAG port configuration with multi\-chassis
* purefb\_timeout \- Fixed arithmetic error that resulted in module incorrectly reporting changed when no change was required\.
#### splunk\.es
* Fixed argspec validation for plugins with empty task attributes when run with Ansible 2\.9\.
#### telekom\_mms\.icinga\_director
* Fixes \#190 \- Workaround for service apply bug \([https\://github\.com/telekom\-mms/ansible\-collection\-icinga\-director/pull/239](https\://github\.com/telekom\-mms/ansible\-collection\-icinga\-director/pull/239)\)
* change notification interval variable to int\-type \([https\://github\.com/telekom\-mms/ansible\-collection\-icinga\-director/pull/254](https\://github\.com/telekom\-mms/ansible\-collection\-icinga\-director/pull/254)\)
* set user\_groups in notification to empty list \([https\://github\.com/telekom\-mms/ansible\-collection\-icinga\-director/pull/255](https\://github\.com/telekom\-mms/ansible\-collection\-icinga\-director/pull/255)\)
#### theforeman\.foreman
* compute\_profile\, host \- refer to VMware storage pods by name\, not id \([https\://github\.com/theforeman/foreman\-ansible\-modules/issues/1247](https\://github\.com/theforeman/foreman\-ansible\-modules/issues/1247)\)
* content\_view\_filter\_rule \- handle multiple rules for the same package but different architectures and versions correctly \([https\://bugzilla\.redhat\.com/show\_bug\.cgi\?id\=2189687](https\://bugzilla\.redhat\.com/show\_bug\.cgi\?id\=2189687)\)
#### vmware\.vmware\_rest
* content\_library\_item\_info \- fixed error with unsupported property
* lookup plugins \- Refactor to use native options configuration via doc\_fragment\, which ensures that vcenter\_validate\_certs\=false is honored \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/vmware\.vmware\_rest/issues/425](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/vmware\.vmware\_rest/issues/425)\)\.
#### vultr\.cloud
* Fixed an error while waiting for a specific state and the API returns an empty response\. \([https\://github\.com/vultr/ansible\-collection\-vultr/issues/108](https\://github\.com/vultr/ansible\-collection\-vultr/issues/108)\)\.
* Fixed an issue with waiting for state \([https\://github\.com/vultr/ansible\-collection\-vultr/pull/102](https\://github\.com/vultr/ansible\-collection\-vultr/pull/102)\)\.
* instance \- Fixed an issue detecting the instance state returned by the API \([https\://github\.com/vultr/ansible\-collection\-vultr/pull/89](https\://github\.com/vultr/ansible\-collection\-vultr/pull/89)\)\.
* instance\_info \- Fixed the alias name being was used on the wrong argument\. \([https\://github\.com/vultr/ansible\-collection\-vultr/issues/105](https\://github\.com/vultr/ansible\-collection\-vultr/issues/105)\)\.
* reserved\_ip \- Fixed an issue which caused the module to fail\, also enabled integration tests \([https\://github\.com/vultr/ansible\-collection\-vultr/issues/92](https\://github\.com/vultr/ansible\-collection\-vultr/issues/92)\)\.
### Known Issues
#### community\.docker
* Please note that the fix for requests 2\.32\.0 included in community\.docker 3\.10\.1 only
fixes problems with the vendored Docker SDK for Python code\. Modules and plugins that
use Docker SDK for Python can still fail due to the SDK currently being incompatible
with requests 2\.32\.0\.
If you still experience problems with requests 2\.32\.0\, such as error messages like
Not supported URL scheme http\+docker\, please restrict requests to \<2\.32\.0\.
#### dellemc\.openmanage
* idrac\_diagnostics \- Issue\(285322\) \- This module doesn\'t support export of diagnostics file to HTTP and HTTPS share via SOCKS proxy\.
* idrac\_firmware \- Issue\(279282\) \- This module does not support firmware update using HTTP\, HTTPS\, and FTP shares with authentication on iDRAC8\.
* idrac\_network\_attributes \- Issue\(279049\) \- If unsupported values are provided for the parameter ome\_network\_attributes\, then this module does not provide a correct error message\.
* idrac\_storage\_volume \- Issue\(290766\) \- The module will report success instead of showing failure for new virtual creation on the BOSS\-N1 controller if a virtual disk is already present on the same controller\.
* ome\_device\_network\_services \- Issue\(212681\) \- The module does not provide a proper error message if unsupported values are provided for the following parameters\- port\_number\, community\_name\, max\_sessions\, max\_auth\_retries\, and idle\_timeout\.
* ome\_device\_power\_settings \- Issue\(212679\) \- The module displays the following message if the value provided for the parameter power\_cap is not within the supported range of 0 to 32767\, Unable to complete the request because PowerCap does not exist or is not applicable for the resource URI\.
* ome\_device\_quick\_deploy \- Issue\(275231\) \- This module does not deploy a new configuration to a slot that has disabled IPv6\.
* ome\_diagnostics \- Issue\(279193\) \- Export of SupportAssist collection logs to the share location fails on OME version 4\.0\.0\.
* ome\_smart\_fabric\_uplink \- Issue\(186024\) \- The module supported by OpenManage Enterprise Modular\, however it does not allow the creation of multiple uplinks of the same name\. If an uplink is created using the same name as an existing uplink\, then the existing uplink is modified\.
### New Plugins
#### Become
* community\.general\.run0 \- Systemd\'s run0\.
#### Callback
* community\.general\.default\_without\_diff \- The default ansible callback without diff output\.
* community\.general\.timestamp \- Adds simple timestamp for each header\.
#### Connection
* community\.general\.incus \- Run tasks in Incus instances via the Incus CLI\.
#### Filter
* ansible\.utils\.fact\_diff \- Find the difference between currently set facts
* community\.crypto\.parse\_serial \- Convert a serial number as a colon\-separated list of hex numbers to an integer
* community\.crypto\.to\_serial \- Convert an integer to a colon\-separated list of hex numbers
* community\.dns\.quote\_txt \- Quotes a string to use as a TXT record entry
* community\.dns\.unquote\_txt \- Unquotes a TXT record entry to a string
* community\.general\.from\_ini \- Converts INI text input into a dictionary\.
* community\.general\.lists\_difference \- Difference of lists with a predictive order\.
* community\.general\.lists\_intersect \- Intersection of lists with a predictive order\.
* community\.general\.lists\_symmetric\_difference \- Symmetric Difference of lists with a predictive order\.
* community\.general\.lists\_union \- Union of lists with a predictive order\.
* community\.general\.to\_ini \- Converts a dictionary to the INI file format\.
* microsoft\.ad\.dn\_escape \- Escape an LDAP DistinguishedName value string\.
* microsoft\.ad\.parse\_dn \- Parses an LDAP DistinguishedName string into an object\.
#### Lookup
* community\.general\.github\_app\_access\_token \- Obtain short\-lived Github App Access tokens\.
* community\.general\.onepassword\_doc \- Fetch documents stored in 1Password\.
#### Test
* community\.general\.fqdn\_valid \- Validates fully\-qualified domain names against RFC 1123\.
### New Modules
#### amazon\.aws
* amazon\.aws\.rds\_cluster\_param\_group \- Manage RDS cluster parameter groups
* amazon\.aws\.rds\_cluster\_param\_group\_info \- Describes the properties of specific RDS cluster parameter group\.
* amazon\.aws\.rds\_engine\_versions\_info \- Describes the properties of specific versions of DB engines\.
#### ansible\.netcommon
* ansible\.netcommon\.cli\_restore \- Restore device configuration to network devices over network\_cli
#### check\_point\.mgmt
* check\_point\.mgmt\.cp\_mgmt\_add\_central\_license \- Add central license\.
* check\_point\.mgmt\.cp\_mgmt\_central\_license\_facts \- Get central\-license objects facts on Checkpoint over Web Services API\.
* check\_point\.mgmt\.cp\_mgmt\_delete\_central\_license \- Delete central license\.
* check\_point\.mgmt\.cp\_mgmt\_distribute\_cloud\_licenses \- Distribute licenses to target CloudGuard gateways\.
* check\_point\.mgmt\.cp\_mgmt\_show\_cloud\_licenses\_usage \- Show attached licenses usage\.
* check\_point\.mgmt\.cp\_mgmt\_show\_ha\_status \- Retrieve domain high availability status\.
#### cisco\.ios
* cisco\.ios\.ios\_evpn\_evi \- Resource module to configure L2VPN EVPN EVI\.
* cisco\.ios\.ios\_evpn\_global \- Resource module to configure L2VPN EVPN\.
* cisco\.ios\.ios\_vxlan\_vtep \- Resource module to configure VXLAN VTEP interface\.
#### community\.aws
* community\.aws\.dynamodb\_table\_info \- Returns information about a Dynamo DB table
#### community\.crypto
* community\.crypto\.acme\_ari\_info \- Retrieves ACME Renewal Information \(ARI\) for a certificate\.
* community\.crypto\.acme\_certificate\_deactivate\_authz \- Deactivate all authz for an ACME v2 order\.
* community\.crypto\.acme\_certificate\_renewal\_info \- Determine whether a certificate should be renewed or not\.
* community\.crypto\.x509\_certificate\_convert \- Convert X\.509 certificates
#### community\.digitalocean
* community\.digitalocean\.digital\_ocean\_project\_resource\_info \- Gather information about DigitalOcean Project Resources
#### community\.docker
* community\.docker\.docker\_compose\_v2 \- Manage multi\-container Docker applications with Docker Compose CLI plugin
* community\.docker\.docker\_compose\_v2\_pull \- Pull a Docker compose project
* community\.docker\.docker\_image\_build \- Build Docker images using Docker buildx
* community\.docker\.docker\_image\_export \- Export \(archive\) Docker images
* community\.docker\.docker\_image\_pull \- Pull Docker images from registries
* community\.docker\.docker\_image\_push \- Push Docker images to registries
* community\.docker\.docker\_image\_remove \- Remove Docker images
* community\.docker\.docker\_image\_tag \- Tag Docker images with new names and/or tags
#### community\.general
* community\.general\.consul\_acl\_bootstrap \- Bootstrap ACLs in Consul\.
* community\.general\.consul\_auth\_method \- Manipulate Consul auth methods\.
* community\.general\.consul\_binding\_rule \- Manipulate Consul binding rules\.
* community\.general\.consul\_token \- Manipulate Consul tokens\.
* community\.general\.django\_command \- Run Django admin commands\.
* community\.general\.dnf\_config\_manager \- Enable or disable dnf repositories using config\-manager\.
* community\.general\.git\_config\_info \- Read git configuration\.
* community\.general\.gitlab\_group\_access\_token \- Manages GitLab group access tokens\.
* community\.general\.gitlab\_issue \- Create\, update\, or delete GitLab issues\.
* community\.general\.gitlab\_label \- Creates/updates/deletes GitLab Labels belonging to project or group\.
* community\.general\.gitlab\_milestone \- Creates/updates/deletes GitLab Milestones belonging to project or group\.
* community\.general\.gitlab\_project\_access\_token \- Manages GitLab project access tokens\.
* community\.general\.keycloak\_client\_rolescope \- Allows administration of Keycloak client roles scope to restrict the usage of certain roles to a other specific client applications\.
* community\.general\.keycloak\_component\_info \- Retrive component info in Keycloak\.
* community\.general\.keycloak\_realm\_rolemapping \- Allows administration of Keycloak realm role mappings into groups with the Keycloak API\.
* community\.general\.nomad\_token \- Manage Nomad ACL tokens\.
* community\.general\.proxmox\_node\_info \- Retrieve information about one or more Proxmox VE nodes\.
* community\.general\.proxmox\_storage\_contents\_info \- List content from a Proxmox VE storage\.
* community\.general\.usb\_facts \- Allows listing information about USB devices\.
#### community\.hashi\_vault
* community\.hashi\_vault\.vault\_database\_connection\_configure \- Configures the database engine
* community\.hashi\_vault\.vault\_database\_connection\_delete \- Delete a Database Connection
* community\.hashi\_vault\.vault\_database\_connection\_read \- Returns the configuration settings for a O\(connection\_name\)
* community\.hashi\_vault\.vault\_database\_connection\_reset \- Closes a O\(connection\_name\) and its underlying plugin and restarts it with the configuration stored
* community\.hashi\_vault\.vault\_database\_connections\_list \- Returns a list of available connections
* community\.hashi\_vault\.vault\_database\_role\_create \- Creates or updates a \(dynamic\) role definition
* community\.hashi\_vault\.vault\_database\_role\_delete \- Delete a role definition
* community\.hashi\_vault\.vault\_database\_role\_read \- Queries a dynamic role definition
* community\.hashi\_vault\.vault\_database\_roles\_list \- Returns a list of available \(dynamic\) roles
* community\.hashi\_vault\.vault\_database\_rotate\_root\_credentials \- Rotates the root credentials stored for the database connection\. This user must have permissions to update its own password\.
* community\.hashi\_vault\.vault\_database\_static\_role\_create \- Create or update a static role
* community\.hashi\_vault\.vault\_database\_static\_role\_get\_credentials \- Returns the current credentials based on the named static role
* community\.hashi\_vault\.vault\_database\_static\_role\_read \- Queries a static role definition
* community\.hashi\_vault\.vault\_database\_static\_role\_rotate\_credentials \- Trigger the credential rotation for a static role
* community\.hashi\_vault\.vault\_database\_static\_roles\_list \- Returns a list of available static roles
#### community\.zabbix
* community\.zabbix\.zabbix\_correlation \- Create/update/delete Zabbix correlation
#### containers\.podman
* containers\.podman\.podman\_secret\_info \- Secrets info module
#### dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic
* dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic\.sonic\_dhcp\_snooping \- Manage DHCP Snooping on SONiC
* dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic\.sonic\_pki \- Manages PKI attributes of Enterprise Sonic
* dellemc\.enterprise\_sonic\.sonic\_stp \- Manage STP configuration on SONiC
#### dellemc\.openmanage
* dellemc\.openmanage\.idrac\_diagnostics \- This module allows to run and export diagnostics on iDRAC\.
* dellemc\.openmanage\.idrac\_license \- This module allows to import\, export\, and delete licenses on iDRAC\.
* dellemc\.openmanage\.idrac\_session \- Allows you to create and delete the sessions on iDRAC\.
* dellemc\.openmanage\.idrac\_storage\_volume \- Configures the RAID configuration attributes\.
#### dellemc\.powerflex
* dellemc\.powerflex\.fault\_set \- Manage Fault Sets on Dell PowerFlex
* dellemc\.powerflex\.resource\_group \- Manage resource group deployments on Dell PowerFlex
#### fortinet\.fortimanager
* fortinet\.fortimanager\.fmgr\_diameterfilter\_profile \- Configure Diameter filter profiles\.
* fortinet\.fortimanager\.fmgr\_firewall\_accessproxysshclientcert \- Configure Access Proxy SSH client certificate\.
* fortinet\.fortimanager\.fmgr\_firewall\_accessproxysshclientcert\_certextension \- Configure certificate extension for user certificate\.
* fortinet\.fortimanager\.fmgr\_firewall\_vip6\_quic \- QUIC setting\.
* fortinet\.fortimanager\.fmgr\_firewall\_vip\_gslbpublicips \- Publicly accessible IP addresses for the FortiGSLB service\.
* fortinet\.fortimanager\.fmgr\_sctpfilter\_profile \- Configure SCTP filter profiles\.
* fortinet\.fortimanager\.fmgr\_sctpfilter\_profile\_ppidfilters \- PPID filters list\.
* fortinet\.fortimanager\.fmgr\_switchcontroller\_managedswitch\_vlan \- Configure VLAN assignment priority\.
* fortinet\.fortimanager\.fmgr\_system\_admin\_profile\_writepasswdprofiles \- Profile list\.
* fortinet\.fortimanager\.fmgr\_system\_admin\_profile\_writepasswduserlist \- User list\.
* fortinet\.fortimanager\.fmgr\_system\_npu\_nputcam \- Configure NPU TCAM policies\.
* fortinet\.fortimanager\.fmgr\_system\_npu\_nputcam\_data \- Data fields of TCAM\.
* fortinet\.fortimanager\.fmgr\_system\_npu\_nputcam\_mask \- Mask fields of TCAM\.
* fortinet\.fortimanager\.fmgr\_system\_npu\_nputcam\_miract \- Mirror action of TCAM\.
* fortinet\.fortimanager\.fmgr\_system\_npu\_nputcam\_priact \- Priority action of TCAM\.
* fortinet\.fortimanager\.fmgr\_system\_npu\_nputcam\_sact \- Source action of TCAM\.
* fortinet\.fortimanager\.fmgr\_system\_npu\_nputcam\_tact \- Target action of TCAM\.
* fortinet\.fortimanager\.fmgr\_videofilter\_keyword \- Configure video filter keywords\.
* fortinet\.fortimanager\.fmgr\_videofilter\_keyword\_word \- List of keywords\.
* fortinet\.fortimanager\.fmgr\_videofilter\_profile\_filters \- YouTube filter entries\.
* fortinet\.fortimanager\.fmgr\_videofilter\_youtubekey \- Configure YouTube API keys\.
#### hetzner\.hcloud
* hetzner\.hcloud\.firewall\_resource \- Manage Resources a Hetzner Cloud Firewall is applied to\.
#### infoblox\.nios\_modules
* infoblox\.nios\_modules\.nios\_dtc\_monitor\_http \- Configures the Infoblox NIOS DTC HTTP monitor\.
* infoblox\.nios\_modules\.nios\_dtc\_monitor\_icmp \- Configures the Infoblox NIOS DTC ICMP monitor
* infoblox\.nios\_modules\.nios\_dtc\_monitor\_pdp \- Configures the Infoblox NIOS DTC PDP monitor
* infoblox\.nios\_modules\.nios\_dtc\_monitor\_sip \- Configures the Infoblox NIOS DTC SIP monitor
* infoblox\.nios\_modules\.nios\_dtc\_monitor\_snmp \- Configures the Infoblox NIOS DTC SNMP monitor
* infoblox\.nios\_modules\.nios\_dtc\_monitor\_tcp \- Configures the Infoblox NIOS DTC TCP monitor
* infoblox\.nios\_modules\.nios\_dtc\_topology \- Configures the Infoblox NIOS DTC Topology
#### netapp\.ontap
* netapp\.ontap\.na\_ontap\_cifs\_unix\_symlink\_mapping \- NetApp ONTAP module to manage UNIX symbolic link mapping for CIFS clients\.
* netapp\.ontap\.na\_ontap\_cli\_timeout \- NetApp ONTAP module to set the CLI inactivity timeout value\.
* netapp\.ontap\.na\_ontap\_snmp\_config \- NetApp ONTAP module to modify SNMP configuration\.
#### netbox\.netbox
* netbox\.netbox\.netbox\_custom\_field\_choice\_set \- Create\, updates\, or removes Custom Field Choice sets
* netbox\.netbox\.netbox\_module\_bay \- Create\, updates\, or removes Module Bay
* netbox\.netbox\.netbox\_virtual\_disk \- Create\, updates\, or removes a disk from a Virtual Machine
#### purestorage\.flasharray
* purestorage\.flasharray\.purefa\_hardware \- Manage FlashArray Hardware Identification
#### purestorage\.flashblade
* purestorage\.flashblade\.purefb\_hardware \- Manage FlashBlade Hardware
#### theforeman\.foreman
* theforeman\.foreman\.registration\_command \- Manage Registration Command
* theforeman\.foreman\.webhook \- Manage Webhooks
#### vultr\.cloud
* vultr\.cloud\.object\_storage \- Manages object storages on Vultr
### New Roles
* dellemc\.openmanage\.idrac\_user \- Role to manage local users of iDRAC\.
### Unchanged Collections
* ansible\.posix \(still version 1\.5\.4\)
* chocolatey\.chocolatey \(still version 1\.5\.1\)
* cisco\.ucs \(still version 1\.10\.0\)
* cloudscale\_ch\.cloud \(still version 2\.3\.1\)
* community\.libvirt \(still version 1\.3\.0\)
* community\.network \(still version 5\.0\.2\)
* community\.proxysql \(still version 1\.5\.1\)
* community\.sops \(still version 1\.6\.7\)
* cyberark\.conjur \(still version 1\.2\.2\)
* frr\.frr \(still version 2\.0\.2\)
* ibm\.spectrum\_virtualize \(still version 2\.0\.0\)
* inspur\.sm \(still version 2\.3\.0\)
* netapp\.cloudmanager \(still version 21\.22\.1\)
* netapp\_eseries\.santricity \(still version 1\.4\.0\)
* ngine\_io\.cloudstack \(still version 2\.3\.0\)
* ngine\_io\.exoscale \(still version 1\.1\.0\)
* openvswitch\.openvswitch \(still version 2\.1\.1\)
* ovirt\.ovirt \(still version 3\.2\.0\)
* sensu\.sensu\_go \(still version 1\.14\.0\)
* t\_systems\_mms\.icinga\_director \(still version 2\.0\.1\)
* vyos\.vyos \(still version 4\.1\.0\)
* wti\.remote \(still version 1\.0\.5\)