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--- a/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -1,413 +0,0 @@
 ---
 # Copyright (c) Ansible Project
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 trigger:
  batch: true
  branches:
    include:
      - main
      - stable-*
 pr:
  autoCancel: true
  branches:
    include:
      - main
      - stable-*
 schedules:
  - cron: 0 8 * * *
    displayName: Nightly (main)
    always: true
    branches:
      include:
        - main
  - cron: 0 10 * * *
    displayName: Nightly (active stable branches)
    always: true
    branches:
      include:
        - stable-7
        - stable-6
  - cron: 0 11 * * 0
    displayName: Weekly (old stable branches)
    always: true
    branches:
      include:
        - stable-5
 variables:
  - name: checkoutPath
    value: ansible_collections/community/general
  - name: coverageBranches
    value: main
  - name: pipelinesCoverage
    value: coverage
  - name: entryPoint
    value: tests/utils/shippable/shippable.sh
  - name: fetchDepth
    value: 0
 resources:
  containers:
    - container: default
      image: quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:3.0.0
 pool: Standard
 stages:
 ### Sanity
  - stage: Sanity_devel
    displayName: Sanity devel
    dependsOn: []
    jobs:
      - template: templates/matrix.yml
        parameters:
          nameFormat: Test {0}
          testFormat: devel/sanity/{0}
          targets:
            - test: 1
            - test: 2
            - test: 3
            - test: 4
            - test: extra
  - stage: Sanity_2_15
    displayName: Sanity 2.15
    dependsOn: []
    jobs:
      - template: templates/matrix.yml
        parameters:
          nameFormat: Test {0}
          testFormat: 2.15/sanity/{0}
          targets:
            - test: 1
            - test: 2
            - test: 3
            - test: 4
  - stage: Sanity_2_14
    displayName: Sanity 2.14
    dependsOn: []
    jobs:
      - template: templates/matrix.yml
        parameters:
          nameFormat: Test {0}
          testFormat: 2.14/sanity/{0}
          targets:
            - test: 1
            - test: 2
            - test: 3
            - test: 4
  - stage: Sanity_2_13
    displayName: Sanity 2.13
    dependsOn: []
    jobs:
      - template: templates/matrix.yml
        parameters:
          nameFormat: Test {0}
          testFormat: 2.13/sanity/{0}
          targets:
            - test: 1
            - test: 2
            - test: 3
            - test: 4
 ### Units
  - stage: Units_devel
    displayName: Units devel
    dependsOn: []
    jobs:
      - template: templates/matrix.yml
        parameters:
          nameFormat: Python {0}
          testFormat: devel/units/{0}/1
          targets:
            - test: 2.7
            - test: 3.6
            - test: 3.7
            - test: 3.8
            - test: 3.9
            - test: '3.10'
            - test: '3.11'
  - stage: Units_2_15
    displayName: Units 2.15
    dependsOn: []
    jobs:
      - template: templates/matrix.yml
        parameters:
          nameFormat: Python {0}
          testFormat: 2.15/units/{0}/1
          targets:
            - test: 3.5
            - test: "3.10"
  - stage: Units_2_14
    displayName: Units 2.14
    dependsOn: []
    jobs:
      - template: templates/matrix.yml
        parameters:
          nameFormat: Python {0}
          testFormat: 2.14/units/{0}/1
          targets:
            - test: 3.9
  - stage: Units_2_13
    displayName: Units 2.13
    dependsOn: []
    jobs:
      - template: templates/matrix.yml
        parameters:
          nameFormat: Python {0}
          testFormat: 2.13/units/{0}/1
          targets:
            - test: 2.7
            - test: 3.8
 ## Remote
  - stage: Remote_devel_extra_vms
    displayName: Remote devel extra VMs
    dependsOn: []
    jobs:
      - template: templates/matrix.yml
        parameters:
          testFormat: devel/{0}
          targets:
            - name: Alpine 3.17
              test: alpine/3.17
            # - name: Fedora 37
            #   test: fedora/37
            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
              test: ubuntu/22.04
          groups:
            - vm
  - stage: Remote_devel
    displayName: Remote devel
    dependsOn: []
    jobs:
      - template: templates/matrix.yml
        parameters:
          testFormat: devel/{0}
          targets:
            - name: macOS 13.2
              test: macos/13.2
            - name: RHEL 9.1
              test: rhel/9.1
            - name: FreeBSD 13.2
              test: freebsd/13.2
            - name: FreeBSD 12.4
              test: freebsd/12.4
          groups:
            - 1
            - 2
            - 3
  - stage: Remote_2_15
    displayName: Remote 2.15
    dependsOn: []
    jobs:
      - template: templates/matrix.yml
        parameters:
          testFormat: 2.15/{0}
          targets:
            - name: RHEL 7.9
              test: rhel/7.9
            - name: FreeBSD 13.1
              test: freebsd/13.1
          groups:
            - 1
            - 2
            - 3
  - stage: Remote_2_14
    displayName: Remote 2.14
    dependsOn: []
    jobs:
      - template: templates/matrix.yml
        parameters:
          testFormat: 2.14/{0}
          targets:
            - name: RHEL 9.0
              test: rhel/9.0
            - name: FreeBSD 12.3
              test: freebsd/12.3
          groups:
            - 1
            - 2
            - 3
  - stage: Remote_2_13
    displayName: Remote 2.13
    dependsOn: []
    jobs:
      - template: templates/matrix.yml
        parameters:
          testFormat: 2.13/{0}
          targets:
            - name: macOS 12.0
              test: macos/12.0
            - name: RHEL 8.5
              test: rhel/8.5
            - name: FreeBSD 13.0
              test: freebsd/13.0
          groups:
            - 1
            - 2
            - 3
 ### Docker
  - stage: Docker_devel
    displayName: Docker devel
    dependsOn: []
    jobs:
      - template: templates/matrix.yml
        parameters:
          testFormat: devel/linux/{0}
          targets:
            - name: Fedora 37
              test: fedora37
            - name: openSUSE 15
              test: opensuse15
            - name: Ubuntu 20.04
              test: ubuntu2004
            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
              test: ubuntu2204
            - name: Alpine 3
              test: alpine3
          groups:
            - 1
            - 2
            - 3
  - stage: Docker_2_15
    displayName: Docker 2.15
    dependsOn: []
    jobs:
      - template: templates/matrix.yml
        parameters:
          testFormat: 2.15/linux/{0}
          targets:
            - name: CentOS 7
              test: centos7
          groups:
            - 1
            - 2
            - 3
  - stage: Docker_2_14
    displayName: Docker 2.14
    dependsOn: []
    jobs:
      - template: templates/matrix.yml
        parameters:
          testFormat: 2.14/linux/{0}
          targets:
            - name: Fedora 36
              test: fedora36
          groups:
            - 1
            - 2
            - 3
  - stage: Docker_2_13
    displayName: Docker 2.13
    dependsOn: []
    jobs:
      - template: templates/matrix.yml
        parameters:
          testFormat: 2.13/linux/{0}
          targets:
            - name: Fedora 35
              test: fedora35
            - name: openSUSE 15 py2
              test: opensuse15py2
            - name: Alpine 3
              test: alpine3
          groups:
            - 1
            - 2
            - 3
 ### Community Docker
  - stage: Docker_community_devel
    displayName: Docker (community images) devel
    dependsOn: []
    jobs:
      - template: templates/matrix.yml
        parameters:
          testFormat: devel/linux-community/{0}
          targets:
            - name: Debian Bullseye
              test: debian-bullseye/3.9
            - name: ArchLinux
              test: archlinux/3.11
            - name: CentOS Stream 8
              test: centos-stream8/3.9
          groups:
            - 1
            - 2
            - 3
 ### Generic
  - stage: Generic_devel
    displayName: Generic devel
    dependsOn: []
    jobs:
      - template: templates/matrix.yml
        parameters:
          nameFormat: Python {0}
          testFormat: devel/generic/{0}/1
          targets:
            - test: 2.7
            - test: '3.11'
  - stage: Generic_2_15
    displayName: Generic 2.15
    dependsOn: []
    jobs:
      - template: templates/matrix.yml
        parameters:
          nameFormat: Python {0}
          testFormat: 2.15/generic/{0}/1
          targets:
            - test: 3.9
  - stage: Generic_2_14
    displayName: Generic 2.14
    dependsOn: []
    jobs:
      - template: templates/matrix.yml
        parameters:
          nameFormat: Python {0}
          testFormat: 2.14/generic/{0}/1
          targets:
            - test: '3.10'
  - stage: Generic_2_13
    displayName: Generic 2.13
    dependsOn: []
    jobs:
      - template: templates/matrix.yml
        parameters:
          nameFormat: Python {0}
          testFormat: 2.13/generic/{0}/1
          targets:
            - test: 3.9
  - stage: Summary
    condition: succeededOrFailed()
    dependsOn:
      - Sanity_devel
      - Sanity_2_13
      - Sanity_2_14
      - Sanity_2_15
      - Units_devel
      - Units_2_13
      - Units_2_14
      - Units_2_15
      - Remote_devel_extra_vms
      - Remote_devel
      - Remote_2_13
      - Remote_2_14
      - Remote_2_15
      - Docker_devel
      - Docker_2_13
      - Docker_2_14
      - Docker_2_15
      - Docker_community_devel
 # Right now all generic tests are disabled. Uncomment when at least one of them is re-enabled.
 #      - Generic_devel
 #      - Generic_2_13
 #      - Generic_2_14
 #      - Generic_2_15
    jobs:
      - template: templates/coverage.yml
--- a/.azure-pipelines/scripts/aggregate-coverage.sh
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/scripts/aggregate-coverage.sh
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # Copyright (c) Ansible Project
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 # Aggregate code coverage results for later processing.
 set -o pipefail -eu
 agent_temp_directory="$1"
 PATH="${PWD}/bin:${PATH}"
 mkdir "${agent_temp_directory}/coverage/"
 options=(--venv --venv-system-site-packages --color -v)
 ansible-test coverage combine --group-by command --export "${agent_temp_directory}/coverage/" "${options[@]}"
 if ansible-test coverage analyze targets generate --help >/dev/null 2>&1; then
    # Only analyze coverage if the installed version of ansible-test supports it.
    # Doing so allows this script to work unmodified for multiple Ansible versions.
    ansible-test coverage analyze targets generate "${agent_temp_directory}/coverage/coverage-analyze-targets.json" "${options[@]}"
 fi
--- a/.azure-pipelines/scripts/combine-coverage.py
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/scripts/combine-coverage.py
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # Copyright (c) Ansible Project
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 """
 Combine coverage data from multiple jobs, keeping the data only from the most recent attempt from each job.
 Coverage artifacts must be named using the format: "Coverage $(System.JobAttempt) {StableUniqueNameForEachJob}"
 The recommended coverage artifact name format is: Coverage $(System.JobAttempt) $(System.StageDisplayName) $(System.JobDisplayName)
 Keep in mind that Azure Pipelines does not enforce unique job display names (only names).
 It is up to pipeline authors to avoid name collisions when deviating from the recommended format.
 """
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 import os
 import re
 import shutil
 import sys
 def main():
    """Main program entry point."""
    source_directory = sys.argv[1]
    if '/ansible_collections/' in os.getcwd():
        output_path = "tests/output"
    else:
        output_path = "test/results"
    destination_directory = os.path.join(output_path, 'coverage')
    if not os.path.exists(destination_directory):
        os.makedirs(destination_directory)
    jobs = {}
    count = 0
    for name in os.listdir(source_directory):
        match = re.search('^Coverage (?P<attempt>[0-9]+) (?P<label>.+)$', name)
        label = match.group('label')
        attempt = int(match.group('attempt'))
        jobs[label] = max(attempt, jobs.get(label, 0))
    for label, attempt in jobs.items():
        name = 'Coverage {attempt} {label}'.format(label=label, attempt=attempt)
        source = os.path.join(source_directory, name)
        source_files = os.listdir(source)
        for source_file in source_files:
            source_path = os.path.join(source, source_file)
            destination_path = os.path.join(destination_directory, source_file + '.' + label)
            print('"%s" -> "%s"' % (source_path, destination_path))
            shutil.copyfile(source_path, destination_path)
            count += 1
    print('Coverage file count: %d' % count)
    print('##vso[task.setVariable variable=coverageFileCount]%d' % count)
    print('##vso[task.setVariable variable=outputPath]%s' % output_path)
 if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()
--- a/.azure-pipelines/scripts/process-results.sh
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/scripts/process-results.sh
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # Copyright (c) Ansible Project
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 # Check the test results and set variables for use in later steps.
 set -o pipefail -eu
 if [[ "$PWD" =~ /ansible_collections/ ]]; then
    output_path="tests/output"
 else
    output_path="test/results"
 fi
 echo "##vso[task.setVariable variable=outputPath]${output_path}"
 if compgen -G "${output_path}"'/junit/*.xml' > /dev/null; then
    echo "##vso[task.setVariable variable=haveTestResults]true"
 fi
 if compgen -G "${output_path}"'/bot/ansible-test-*' > /dev/null; then
    echo "##vso[task.setVariable variable=haveBotResults]true"
 fi
 if compgen -G "${output_path}"'/coverage/*' > /dev/null; then
    echo "##vso[task.setVariable variable=haveCoverageData]true"
 fi
--- a/.azure-pipelines/scripts/publish-codecov.py
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/scripts/publish-codecov.py
@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # Copyright (c) Ansible Project
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 """
 Upload code coverage reports to codecov.io.
 Multiple coverage files from multiple languages are accepted and aggregated after upload.
 Python coverage, as well as PowerShell and Python stubs can all be uploaded.
 """
 import argparse
 import dataclasses
 import pathlib
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import tempfile
 import typing as t
 import urllib.request
@dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True)
 class CoverageFile:
    name: str
    path: pathlib.Path
    flags: t.List[str]
@dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True)
 class Args:
    dry_run: bool
    path: pathlib.Path
 def parse_args() -> Args:
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument('-n', '--dry-run', action='store_true')
    parser.add_argument('path', type=pathlib.Path)
    args = parser.parse_args()
    # Store arguments in a typed dataclass
    fields = dataclasses.fields(Args)
    kwargs = {field.name: getattr(args, field.name) for field in fields}
    return Args(**kwargs)
 def process_files(directory: pathlib.Path) -> t.Tuple[CoverageFile, ...]:
    processed = []
    for file in directory.joinpath('reports').glob('coverage*.xml'):
        name = file.stem.replace('coverage=', '')
        # Get flags from name
        flags = name.replace('-powershell', '').split('=')  # Drop '-powershell' suffix
        flags = [flag if not flag.startswith('stub') else flag.split('-')[0] for flag in flags]  # Remove "-01" from stub files
        processed.append(CoverageFile(name, file, flags))
    return tuple(processed)
 def upload_files(codecov_bin: pathlib.Path, files: t.Tuple[CoverageFile, ...], dry_run: bool = False) -> None:
    for file in files:
        cmd = [
            str(codecov_bin),
            '--name', file.name,
            '--file', str(file.path),
        ]
        for flag in file.flags:
            cmd.extend(['--flags', flag])
        if dry_run:
            print(f'DRY-RUN: Would run command: {cmd}')
            continue
        subprocess.run(cmd, check=True)
 def download_file(url: str, dest: pathlib.Path, flags: int, dry_run: bool = False) -> None:
    if dry_run:
        print(f'DRY-RUN: Would download {url} to {dest} and set mode to {flags:o}')
        return
    with urllib.request.urlopen(url) as resp:
        with dest.open('w+b') as f:
            # Read data in chunks rather than all at once
            shutil.copyfileobj(resp, f, 64 * 1024)
    dest.chmod(flags)
 def main():
    args = parse_args()
    url = 'https://ansible-ci-files.s3.amazonaws.com/codecov/linux/codecov'
    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix='codecov-') as tmpdir:
        codecov_bin = pathlib.Path(tmpdir) / 'codecov'
        download_file(url, codecov_bin, 0o755, args.dry_run)
        files = process_files(args.path)
        upload_files(codecov_bin, files, args.dry_run)
 if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()
--- a/.azure-pipelines/scripts/report-coverage.sh
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/scripts/report-coverage.sh
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # Copyright (c) Ansible Project
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 # Generate code coverage reports for uploading to Azure Pipelines and codecov.io.
 set -o pipefail -eu
 PATH="${PWD}/bin:${PATH}"
 if ! ansible-test --help >/dev/null 2>&1; then
    # Install the devel version of ansible-test for generating code coverage reports.
    # This is only used by Ansible Collections, which are typically tested against multiple Ansible versions (in separate jobs).
    # Since a version of ansible-test is required that can work the output from multiple older releases, the devel version is used.
    pip install https://github.com/ansible/ansible/archive/devel.tar.gz --disable-pip-version-check
 fi
 ansible-test coverage xml --group-by command --stub --venv --venv-system-site-packages --color -v
--- a/.azure-pipelines/scripts/run-tests.sh
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/scripts/run-tests.sh
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # Copyright (c) Ansible Project
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 # Configure the test environment and run the tests.
 set -o pipefail -eu
 entry_point="$1"
 test="$2"
 read -r -a coverage_branches <<< "$3"  # space separated list of branches to run code coverage on for scheduled builds
 export COMMIT_MESSAGE
 export COMPLETE
 export COVERAGE
 export IS_PULL_REQUEST
 if [ "${SYSTEM_PULLREQUEST_TARGETBRANCH:-}" ]; then
    IS_PULL_REQUEST=true
    COMMIT_MESSAGE=$(git log --format=%B -n 1 HEAD^2)
 else
    IS_PULL_REQUEST=
    COMMIT_MESSAGE=$(git log --format=%B -n 1 HEAD)
 fi
 COMPLETE=
 COVERAGE=
 if [ "${BUILD_REASON}" = "Schedule" ]; then
    COMPLETE=yes
    if printf '%s\n' "${coverage_branches[@]}" | grep -q "^${BUILD_SOURCEBRANCHNAME}$"; then
        COVERAGE=yes
    fi
 fi
 "${entry_point}" "${test}" 2>&1 | "$(dirname "$0")/time-command.py"
--- a/.azure-pipelines/scripts/time-command.py
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/scripts/time-command.py
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # Copyright (c) Ansible Project
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 """Prepends a relative timestamp to each input line from stdin and writes it to stdout."""
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 import sys
 import time
 def main():
    """Main program entry point."""
    start = time.time()
    sys.stdin.reconfigure(errors='surrogateescape')
    sys.stdout.reconfigure(errors='surrogateescape')
    for line in sys.stdin:
        seconds = time.time() - start
        sys.stdout.write('%02d:%02d %s' % (seconds // 60, seconds % 60, line))
        sys.stdout.flush()
 if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()
--- a/.azure-pipelines/templates/coverage.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/templates/coverage.yml
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
 ---
 # Copyright (c) Ansible Project
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 # This template adds a job for processing code coverage data.
 # It will upload results to Azure Pipelines and codecov.io.
 # Use it from a job stage that completes after all other jobs have completed.
 # This can be done by placing it in a separate summary stage that runs after the test stage(s) have completed.
 jobs:
  - job: Coverage
    displayName: Code Coverage
    container: default
    workspace:
      clean: all
    steps:
      - checkout: self
        fetchDepth: $(fetchDepth)
        path: $(checkoutPath)
      - task: DownloadPipelineArtifact@2
        displayName: Download Coverage Data
        inputs:
          path: coverage/
          patterns: "Coverage */*=coverage.combined"
      - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/combine-coverage.py coverage/
        displayName: Combine Coverage Data
      - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/report-coverage.sh
        displayName: Generate Coverage Report
        condition: gt(variables.coverageFileCount, 0)
      - task: PublishCodeCoverageResults@1
        inputs:
          codeCoverageTool: Cobertura
          # Azure Pipelines only accepts a single coverage data file.
          # That means only Python or PowerShell coverage can be uploaded, but not both.
          # Set the "pipelinesCoverage" variable to determine which type is uploaded.
          # Use "coverage" for Python and "coverage-powershell" for PowerShell.
          summaryFileLocation: "$(outputPath)/reports/$(pipelinesCoverage).xml"
        displayName: Publish to Azure Pipelines
        condition: gt(variables.coverageFileCount, 0)
      - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/publish-codecov.py "$(outputPath)"
        displayName: Publish to codecov.io
        condition: gt(variables.coverageFileCount, 0)
        continueOnError: true
--- a/.azure-pipelines/templates/matrix.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/templates/matrix.yml
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
 ---
 # Copyright (c) Ansible Project
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 # This template uses the provided targets and optional groups to generate a matrix which is then passed to the test template.
 # If this matrix template does not provide the required functionality, consider using the test template directly instead.
 parameters:
  # A required list of dictionaries, one per test target.
  # Each item in the list must contain a "test" or "name" key.
  # Both may be provided. If one is omitted, the other will be used.
  - name: targets
    type: object
  # An optional list of values which will be used to multiply the targets list into a matrix.
  # Values can be strings or numbers.
  - name: groups
    type: object
    default: []
  # An optional format string used to generate the job name.
  # - {0} is the name of an item in the targets list.
  - name: nameFormat
    type: string
    default: "{0}"
  # An optional format string used to generate the test name.
  # - {0} is the name of an item in the targets list.
  - name: testFormat
    type: string
    default: "{0}"
  # An optional format string used to add the group to the job name.
  # {0} is the formatted name of an item in the targets list.
  # {{1}} is the group -- be sure to include the double "{{" and "}}".
  - name: nameGroupFormat
    type: string
    default: "{0} - {{1}}"
  # An optional format string used to add the group to the test name.
  # {0} is the formatted test of an item in the targets list.
  # {{1}} is the group -- be sure to include the double "{{" and "}}".
  - name: testGroupFormat
    type: string
    default: "{0}/{{1}}"
 jobs:
  - template: test.yml
    parameters:
      jobs:
        - ${{ if eq(length(parameters.groups), 0) }}:
          - ${{ each target in parameters.targets }}:
            - name: ${{ format(parameters.nameFormat, coalesce(target.name, target.test)) }}
              test: ${{ format(parameters.testFormat, coalesce(target.test, target.name)) }}
        - ${{ if not(eq(length(parameters.groups), 0)) }}:
          - ${{ each group in parameters.groups }}:
            - ${{ each target in parameters.targets }}:
              - name: ${{ format(format(parameters.nameGroupFormat, parameters.nameFormat), coalesce(target.name, target.test), group) }}
                test: ${{ format(format(parameters.testGroupFormat, parameters.testFormat), coalesce(target.test, target.name), group) }}
--- a/.azure-pipelines/templates/test.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/templates/test.yml
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
 ---
 # Copyright (c) Ansible Project
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 # This template uses the provided list of jobs to create test one or more test jobs.
 # It can be used directly if needed, or through the matrix template.
 parameters:
  # A required list of dictionaries, one per test job.
  # Each item in the list must contain a "job" and "name" key.
  - name: jobs
    type: object
 jobs:
  - ${{ each job in parameters.jobs }}:
    - job: test_${{ replace(replace(replace(job.test, '/', '_'), '.', '_'), '-', '_') }}
      displayName: ${{ job.name }}
      container: default
      workspace:
        clean: all
      steps:
        - checkout: self
          fetchDepth: $(fetchDepth)
          path: $(checkoutPath)
        - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/run-tests.sh "$(entryPoint)" "${{ job.test }}" "$(coverageBranches)"
          displayName: Run Tests
        - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/process-results.sh
          condition: succeededOrFailed()
          displayName: Process Results
        - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/aggregate-coverage.sh "$(Agent.TempDirectory)"
          condition: eq(variables.haveCoverageData, 'true')
          displayName: Aggregate Coverage Data
        - task: PublishTestResults@2
          condition: eq(variables.haveTestResults, 'true')
          inputs:
            testResultsFiles: "$(outputPath)/junit/*.xml"
          displayName: Publish Test Results
        - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@1
          condition: eq(variables.haveBotResults, 'true')
          displayName: Publish Bot Results
          inputs:
            targetPath: "$(outputPath)/bot/"
            artifactName: "Bot $(System.JobAttempt) $(System.StageDisplayName) $(System.JobDisplayName)"
        - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@1
          condition: eq(variables.haveCoverageData, 'true')
          displayName: Publish Coverage Data
          inputs:
            targetPath: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/coverage/"
            artifactName: "Coverage $(System.JobAttempt) $(System.StageDisplayName) $(System.JobDisplayName)"
--- a/.github/BOTMETA.yml
+++ b/.github/BOTMETA.yml
@@ -247,9 +247,11 @@ files:
    labels: onepassword
    maintainers: samdoran
  $lookups/onepassword.py:
-    maintainers: azenk scottsb
+    ignore: scottsb
    maintainers: azenk
  $lookups/onepassword_raw.py:
-    maintainers: azenk scottsb
+    ignore: scottsb
    maintainers: azenk
  $lookups/passwordstore.py: {}
  $lookups/random_pet.py:
    maintainers: Akasurde
@@ -527,6 +529,7 @@ files:
    keywords: gitlab source_control
    maintainers: $team_gitlab
    notify: jlozadad
    ignore: dj-wasabi
  $modules/gitlab_branch.py:
    maintainers: paytroff
  $modules/gitlab_project_variable.py:
@@ -669,9 +672,9 @@ files:
  $modules/jenkins_script.py:
    maintainers: hogarthj
  $modules/jira.py:
-    ignore: DWSR
+    ignore: DWSR tarka
    labels: jira
-    maintainers: Slezhuk tarka pertoft
+    maintainers: Slezhuk pertoft
  $modules/kdeconfig.py:
    maintainers: smeso
  $modules/kernel_blacklist.py:
@@ -1357,6 +1360,8 @@ files:
    ignore: matze
    labels: zypper
    maintainers: $team_suse
  $plugin_utils/unsafe.py:
    maintainers: felixfontein
  $tests/a_module.py:
    maintainers: felixfontein
 #########################
@@ -1376,7 +1381,6 @@ macros:
  becomes: plugins/become
  caches: plugins/cache
  callbacks: plugins/callback
  cliconfs: plugins/cliconf
  connections: plugins/connection
  doc_fragments: plugins/doc_fragments
  filters: plugins/filter
@@ -1384,7 +1388,7 @@ macros:
  lookups: plugins/lookup
  module_utils: plugins/module_utils
  modules: plugins/modules
-  terminals: plugins/terminal
+  plugin_utils: plugins/plugin_utils
  tests: plugins/test
  team_ansible_core:
  team_aix: MorrisA bcoca d-little flynn1973 gforster kairoaraujo marvin-sinister mator molekuul ramooncamacho wtcross
@@ -1393,7 +1397,7 @@ macros:
  team_cyberark_conjur: jvanderhoof ryanprior
  team_e_spirit: MatrixCrawler getjack
  team_flatpak: JayKayy oolongbrothers
-  team_gitlab: Lunik Shaps dj-wasabi marwatk waheedi zanssa scodeman metanovii sh0shin nejch lgatellier suukit
+  team_gitlab: Lunik Shaps marwatk waheedi zanssa scodeman metanovii sh0shin nejch lgatellier suukit
  team_hpux: bcoca davx8342
  team_huawei: QijunPan TommyLike edisonxiang freesky-edward hwDCN niuzhenguo xuxiaowei0512 yanzhangi zengchen1024 zhongjun2
  team_ipa: Akasurde Nosmoht fxfitz justchris1
--- a/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml
@@ -1,240 +0,0 @@
 ---
 # Copyright (c) Ansible Project
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 # For the comprehensive list of the inputs supported by the ansible-community/ansible-test-gh-action GitHub Action, see
 # https://github.com/marketplace/actions/ansible-test
 name: EOL CI
 on:
  # Run EOL CI against all pushes (direct commits, also merged PRs), Pull Requests
  push:
    branches:
      - main
      - stable-*
  pull_request:
  # Run EOL CI once per day (at 10:00 UTC)
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 10 * * *'
 concurrency:
  # Make sure there is at most one active run per PR, but do not cancel any non-PR runs
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ (github.head_ref && github.event.number) || github.run_id }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 jobs:
  sanity:
    name: EOL Sanity (Ⓐ${{ matrix.ansible }})
    strategy:
      matrix:
        ansible:
          - '2.11'
          - '2.12'
    # Ansible-test on various stable branches does not yet work well with cgroups v2.
    # Since ubuntu-latest now uses Ubuntu 22.04, we need to fall back to the ubuntu-20.04
    # image for these stable branches. The list of branches where this is necessary will
    # shrink over time, check out https://github.com/ansible-collections/news-for-maintainers/issues/28
    # for the latest list.
    runs-on: >-
      ${{ contains(fromJson(
          '["2.9", "2.10", "2.11"]'
      ), matrix.ansible) && 'ubuntu-20.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
    steps:
      - name: Perform sanity testing
        uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
        with:
          ansible-core-github-repository-slug: ${{ contains(fromJson('["2.10", "2.11"]'), matrix.ansible) && 'felixfontein/ansible' || 'ansible/ansible' }}
          ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
          coverage: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'always' || 'never' }}
          pull-request-change-detection: 'true'
          testing-type: sanity
  units:
    # Ansible-test on various stable branches does not yet work well with cgroups v2.
    # Since ubuntu-latest now uses Ubuntu 22.04, we need to fall back to the ubuntu-20.04
    # image for these stable branches. The list of branches where this is necessary will
    # shrink over time, check out https://github.com/ansible-collections/news-for-maintainers/issues/28
    # for the latest list.
    runs-on: >-
      ${{ contains(fromJson(
          '["2.9", "2.10", "2.11"]'
      ), matrix.ansible) && 'ubuntu-20.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
    name: EOL Units (Ⓐ${{ matrix.ansible }}+py${{ matrix.python }})
    strategy:
      # As soon as the first unit test fails, cancel the others to free up the CI queue
      fail-fast: true
      matrix:
        ansible:
          - ''
        python:
          - ''
        exclude:
          - ansible: ''
        include:
          - ansible: '2.11'
            python: '2.7'
          - ansible: '2.11'
            python: '3.5'
          - ansible: '2.12'
            python: '2.6'
          - ansible: '2.12'
            python: '3.8'
    steps:
      - name: >-
          Perform unit testing against
          Ansible version ${{ matrix.ansible }}
        uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
        with:
          ansible-core-github-repository-slug: ${{ contains(fromJson('["2.10", "2.11"]'), matrix.ansible) && 'felixfontein/ansible' || 'ansible/ansible' }}
          ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
          coverage: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'always' || 'never' }}
          pre-test-cmd: >-
            mkdir -p ../../ansible
            ;
            git clone --depth=1 --single-branch https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.internal_test_tools.git ../../community/internal_test_tools
          pull-request-change-detection: 'true'
          target-python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
          testing-type: units
  integration:
    # Ansible-test on various stable branches does not yet work well with cgroups v2.
    # Since ubuntu-latest now uses Ubuntu 22.04, we need to fall back to the ubuntu-20.04
    # image for these stable branches. The list of branches where this is necessary will
    # shrink over time, check out https://github.com/ansible-collections/news-for-maintainers/issues/28
    # for the latest list.
    runs-on: >-
      ${{ contains(fromJson(
          '["2.9", "2.10", "2.11"]'
      ), matrix.ansible) && 'ubuntu-20.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
    name: EOL I (Ⓐ${{ matrix.ansible }}+${{ matrix.docker }}+py${{ matrix.python }}:${{ matrix.target }})
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
        ansible:
          - ''
        docker:
          - ''
        python:
          - ''
        target:
          - ''
        exclude:
          - ansible: ''
        include:
          # 2.11
          - ansible: '2.11'
            docker: fedora32
            python: ''
            target: azp/posix/1/
          - ansible: '2.11'
            docker: fedora32
            python: ''
            target: azp/posix/2/
          - ansible: '2.11'
            docker: fedora32
            python: ''
            target: azp/posix/3/
          - ansible: '2.11'
            docker: fedora33
            python: ''
            target: azp/posix/1/
          - ansible: '2.11'
            docker: fedora33
            python: ''
            target: azp/posix/2/
          - ansible: '2.11'
            docker: fedora33
            python: ''
            target: azp/posix/3/
          - ansible: '2.11'
            docker: alpine3
            python: ''
            target: azp/posix/1/
          - ansible: '2.11'
            docker: alpine3
            python: ''
            target: azp/posix/2/
          - ansible: '2.11'
            docker: alpine3
            python: ''
            target: azp/posix/3/
          # Right now all generic tests are disabled. Uncomment when at least one of them is re-enabled.
          # - ansible: '2.11'
          #   docker: default
          #   python: '2.7'
          #   target: azp/generic/1/
          # - ansible: '2.11'
          #   docker: default
          #   python: '3.5'
          #   target: azp/generic/1/
          # 2.12
          - ansible: '2.12'
            docker: centos6
            python: ''
            target: azp/posix/1/
          - ansible: '2.12'
            docker: centos6
            python: ''
            target: azp/posix/2/
          - ansible: '2.12'
            docker: centos6
            python: ''
            target: azp/posix/3/
          - ansible: '2.12'
            docker: fedora34
            python: ''
            target: azp/posix/1/
          - ansible: '2.12'
            docker: fedora34
            python: ''
            target: azp/posix/2/
          - ansible: '2.12'
            docker: fedora34
            python: ''
            target: azp/posix/3/
          - ansible: '2.12'
            docker: ubuntu1804
            python: ''
            target: azp/posix/1/
          - ansible: '2.12'
            docker: ubuntu1804
            python: ''
            target: azp/posix/2/
          - ansible: '2.12'
            docker: ubuntu1804
            python: ''
            target: azp/posix/3/
          # Right now all generic tests are disabled. Uncomment when at least one of them is re-enabled.
          # - ansible: '2.12'
          #   docker: default
          #   python: '3.8'
          #   target: azp/generic/1/
    steps:
      - name: >-
          Perform integration testing against
          Ansible version ${{ matrix.ansible }}
          under Python ${{ matrix.python }}
        uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
        with:
          ansible-core-github-repository-slug: ${{ contains(fromJson('["2.10", "2.11"]'), matrix.ansible) && 'felixfontein/ansible' || 'ansible/ansible' }}
          ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
          coverage: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'always' || 'never' }}
          docker-image: ${{ matrix.docker }}
          integration-continue-on-error: 'false'
          integration-diff: 'false'
          integration-retry-on-error: 'true'
          pre-test-cmd: >-
            mkdir -p ../../ansible
            ;
            git clone --depth=1 --single-branch https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix.git ../../ansible/posix
            ;
            git clone --depth=1 --single-branch https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto.git ../../community/crypto
            ;
            git clone --depth=1 --single-branch https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.internal_test_tools.git ../../community/internal_test_tools
          pull-request-change-detection: 'true'
          target: ${{ matrix.target }}
          target-python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
          testing-type: integration
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
 ---
 # Copyright (c) Ansible Project
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 name: "Code scanning - action"
 on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '26 19 * * 1'
 permissions:
  contents: read
 jobs:
  CodeQL-Build:
    permissions:
      actions: read  # for github/codeql-action/init to get workflow details
      contents: read  # for actions/checkout to fetch code
      security-events: write  # for github/codeql-action/autobuild to send a status report
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: Checkout repository
      uses: actions/checkout@v3
      with:
        # We must fetch at least the immediate parents so that if this is
        # a pull request then we can checkout the head.
        fetch-depth: 2
    # If this run was triggered by a pull request event, then checkout
    # the head of the pull request instead of the merge commit.
    - run: git checkout HEAD^2
      if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
    # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
    - name: Initialize CodeQL
      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
      # Override language selection by uncommenting this and choosing your languages
      # with:
      #   languages: go, javascript, csharp, python, cpp, java
    # Autobuild attempts to build any compiled languages  (C/C++, C#, or Java).
    # If this step fails, then you should remove it and run the build manually (see below)
    - name: Autobuild
      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v2
    # ℹ️ Command-line programs to run using the OS shell.
    # 📚 https://git.io/JvXDl
    # ✏️ If the Autobuild fails above, remove it and uncomment the following three lines
    #    and modify them (or add more) to build your code if your project
    #    uses a compiled language
    #- run: |
    #   make bootstrap
    #   make release
    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2
--- a/.github/workflows/reuse.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reuse.yml
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
 ---
 # Copyright (c) Ansible Project
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 name: Verify REUSE
 on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
  pull_request_target:
    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
    branches: [main]
  # Run CI once per day (at 07:30 UTC)
  schedule:
    - cron: '30 7 * * *'
 jobs:
  check:
    permissions:
      contents: read
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || '' }}
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: |
          pip install reuse
      - name: Check REUSE compliance
        run: |
          reuse lint
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
 ---
 # Copyright (c) Ansible Project
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 repos:
  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
    rev: v4.0.1
    hooks:
      - id: trailing-whitespace
      - id: end-of-file-fixer
      - id: mixed-line-ending
        args: [--fix=lf]
      - id: fix-encoding-pragma
      - id: check-ast
      - id: check-merge-conflict
      - id: check-symlinks
  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pygrep-hooks
    rev: v1.9.0
    hooks:
      - id: rst-backticks
        types: [file]
        files: changelogs/fragments/.*\.(yml|yaml)$
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,955 @@
 # Community General Release Notes
 **Topics**
 - <a href="#v6-6-9">v6\.6\.9</a>
    - <a href="#release-summary">Release Summary</a>
    - <a href="#security-fixes">Security Fixes</a>
    - <a href="#bugfixes">Bugfixes</a>
 - <a href="#v6-6-8">v6\.6\.8</a>
    - <a href="#release-summary-1">Release Summary</a>
    - <a href="#security-fixes-1">Security Fixes</a>
    - <a href="#bugfixes-1">Bugfixes</a>
 - <a href="#v6-6-7">v6\.6\.7</a>
    - <a href="#release-summary-2">Release Summary</a>
    - <a href="#bugfixes-2">Bugfixes</a>
 - <a href="#v6-6-6">v6\.6\.6</a>
    - <a href="#release-summary-3">Release Summary</a>
    - <a href="#bugfixes-3">Bugfixes</a>
 - <a href="#v6-6-5">v6\.6\.5</a>
    - <a href="#release-summary-4">Release Summary</a>
    - <a href="#minor-changes">Minor Changes</a>
    - <a href="#bugfixes-4">Bugfixes</a>
 - <a href="#v6-6-4">v6\.6\.4</a>
    - <a href="#release-summary-5">Release Summary</a>
    - <a href="#minor-changes-1">Minor Changes</a>
    - <a href="#bugfixes-5">Bugfixes</a>
 - <a href="#v6-6-3">v6\.6\.3</a>
    - <a href="#release-summary-6">Release Summary</a>
    - <a href="#minor-changes-2">Minor Changes</a>
    - <a href="#bugfixes-6">Bugfixes</a>
 - <a href="#v6-6-2">v6\.6\.2</a>
    - <a href="#release-summary-7">Release Summary</a>
    - <a href="#bugfixes-7">Bugfixes</a>
 - <a href="#v6-6-1">v6\.6\.1</a>
    - <a href="#release-summary-8">Release Summary</a>
    - <a href="#minor-changes-3">Minor Changes</a>
    - <a href="#bugfixes-8">Bugfixes</a>
 - <a href="#v6-6-0">v6\.6\.0</a>
    - <a href="#release-summary-9">Release Summary</a>
    - <a href="#minor-changes-4">Minor Changes</a>
    - <a href="#bugfixes-9">Bugfixes</a>
    - <a href="#new-modules">New Modules</a>
 - <a href="#v6-5-0">v6\.5\.0</a>
    - <a href="#release-summary-10">Release Summary</a>
    - <a href="#minor-changes-5">Minor Changes</a>
    - <a href="#bugfixes-10">Bugfixes</a>
    - <a href="#new-plugins">New Plugins</a>
        - <a href="#lookup">Lookup</a>
    - <a href="#new-modules-1">New Modules</a>
 - <a href="#v6-4-0">v6\.4\.0</a>
    - <a href="#release-summary-11">Release Summary</a>
    - <a href="#minor-changes-6">Minor Changes</a>
    - <a href="#deprecated-features">Deprecated Features</a>
    - <a href="#bugfixes-11">Bugfixes</a>
 - <a href="#v6-3-0">v6\.3\.0</a>
    - <a href="#release-summary-12">Release Summary</a>
    - <a href="#minor-changes-7">Minor Changes</a>
    - <a href="#breaking-changes--porting-guide">Breaking Changes / Porting Guide</a>
    - <a href="#deprecated-features-1">Deprecated Features</a>
    - <a href="#bugfixes-12">Bugfixes</a>
    - <a href="#new-modules-2">New Modules</a>
 - <a href="#v6-2-0">v6\.2\.0</a>
    - <a href="#release-summary-13">Release Summary</a>
    - <a href="#minor-changes-8">Minor Changes</a>
    - <a href="#deprecated-features-2">Deprecated Features</a>
    - <a href="#bugfixes-13">Bugfixes</a>
 - <a href="#v6-1-0">v6\.1\.0</a>
    - <a href="#release-summary-14">Release Summary</a>
    - <a href="#minor-changes-9">Minor Changes</a>
    - <a href="#deprecated-features-3">Deprecated Features</a>
    - <a href="#bugfixes-14">Bugfixes</a>
    - <a href="#new-modules-3">New Modules</a>
 - <a href="#v6-0-1">v6\.0\.1</a>
    - <a href="#release-summary-15">Release Summary</a>
    - <a href="#bugfixes-15">Bugfixes</a>
 - <a href="#v6-0-0">v6\.0\.0</a>
    - <a href="#release-summary-16">Release Summary</a>
    - <a href="#major-changes">Major Changes</a>
    - <a href="#minor-changes-10">Minor Changes</a>
    - <a href="#breaking-changes--porting-guide-1">Breaking Changes / Porting Guide</a>
    - <a href="#deprecated-features-4">Deprecated Features</a>
    - <a href="#removed-features-previously-deprecated">Removed Features \(previously deprecated\)</a>
    - <a href="#bugfixes-16">Bugfixes</a>
    - <a href="#new-plugins-1">New Plugins</a>
        - <a href="#filter">Filter</a>
        - <a href="#lookup-1">Lookup</a>
    - <a href="#new-modules-4">New Modules</a>
 This changelog describes changes after version 5\.0\.0\.
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 ## v6\.6\.9
 <a id="release-summary"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 Maintenance release\.
 This is the last 6\.x\.y release\. The 6\.x\.y release train is now effectively End of Life\.
 Thanks to everyone who contributed to the community\.general 6\.x\.y releases\!
 <a id="security-fixes"></a>
 ### Security Fixes
 * keycloak\_identity\_provider \- the client secret was not correctly sanitized by the module\. The return values <code>proposed</code>\, <code>existing</code>\, and <code>end\_state</code>\, as well as the diff\, did contain the client secret unmasked \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8355](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8355)\)\.
 <a id="bugfixes"></a>
 ### Bugfixes
 * inventory plugins \- add unsafe wrapper to avoid marking strings that do not contain <code>\{</code> or <code>\}</code> as unsafe\, to work around a bug in AWX \(\([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8212](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8212)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8225](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8225)\)\.
 * xml \- make module work with lxml 5\.1\.1\, which removed some internals that the module was relying on \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8169](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8169)\)\.
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 ## v6\.6\.8
 <a id="release-summary-1"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 Security and bugfix release\.
 <a id="security-fixes-1"></a>
 ### Security Fixes
 * 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 \([https\://www\.die\-welt\.net/2024/03/remote\-code\-execution\-in\-ansible\-dynamic\-inventory\-plugins/](https\://www\.die\-welt\.net/2024/03/remote\-code\-execution\-in\-ansible\-dynamic\-inventory\-plugins/)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8098](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8098)\)\.
 <a id="bugfixes-1"></a>
 ### Bugfixes
 * aix\_filesystem \- fix issue with empty list items in crfs logic and option order \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8052](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8052)\)\.
 * 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8050](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8050)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8057](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8057)\)\.
 <a id="v6-6-7"></a>
 ## v6\.6\.7
 <a id="release-summary-2"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 Bugfix release\.
 From now on\, community\.general 6\.x\.y will only receive major bugfixes and security fixes anymore\.
 <a id="bugfixes-2"></a>
 ### Bugfixes
 * composer \- fix impossible to run <code>working\_dir</code> dependent commands\. The module was throwing an error when trying to run a <code>working\_dir</code> dependent command\, because it tried to get the command help without passing the <code>working\_dir</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3787](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3787)\)\.
 * github\_deploy\_key \- fix pagination behaviour causing a crash when only a single page of deploy keys exist \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7375](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7375)\)\.
 * gitlab\_group\_members \- fix gitlab constants call in <code>gitlab\_group\_members</code> module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467)\)\.
 * gitlab\_project\_members \- fix gitlab constants call in <code>gitlab\_project\_members</code> 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 <code>gitlab\_protected\_branches</code> module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467)\)\.
 * gitlab\_user \- fix gitlab constants call in <code>gitlab\_user</code> module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467)\)\.
 * lxc connection plugin \- properly evaluate options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7369](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7369)\)\.
 * memset module utils \- make compatible with ansible\-core 2\.17 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7379](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7379)\)\.
 * redhat\_subscription \- use the right D\-Bus options for the consumer type when
  registering a RHEL system older than 9 or a RHEL 9 system older than 9\.2
  and using <code>consumer\_type</code>
  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7378](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7378)\)\.
 * selective callback plugin \- fix length of task name lines in output always being 3 characters longer than desired \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7374](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7374)\)\.
 <a id="v6-6-6"></a>
 ## v6\.6\.6
 <a id="release-summary-3"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 Regular bugfix release\.
 <a id="bugfixes-3"></a>
 ### Bugfixes
 * mail \- skip headers containing equals characters due to missing <code>maxsplit</code> on header key/value parsing \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7303](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7303)\)\.
 * onepassword \- fix KeyError exception when trying to access value of a field that is not filled out in OnePassword item \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7241](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7241)\)\.
 * terraform \- prevents <code>\-backend\-config</code> option double encapsulating with <code>shlex\_quote</code> function\. \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7301](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7301)\)\.
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 ## v6\.6\.5
 <a id="release-summary-4"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 Regular bugfix release\.
 <a id="minor-changes"></a>
 ### Minor Changes
 * make \- allows <code>params</code> to be used without value \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7180](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7180)\)\.
 * pritunl module utils \- ensure <code>validate\_certs</code> parameter is honoured in all methods \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7156](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7156)\)\.
 <a id="bugfixes-4"></a>
 ### Bugfixes
 * CmdRunner module utils \- does not attempt to resolve path if executable is a relative or absolute path \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7200](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7200)\)\.
 * lxc connection plugin \- now handles <code>remote\_addr</code> defaulting to <code>inventory\_hostname</code> correctly \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7104](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7104)\)\.
 * nsupdate \- fix a possible <code>list index out of range</code> exception \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/836](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/836)\)\.
 * oci\_utils module util \- fix inappropriate logical comparison expressions and makes them simpler\. The previous checks had logical short circuits \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7125](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7125)\)\.
 * pritunl module utils \- fix incorrect URL parameter for orgnization add method \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7161](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7161)\)\.
 <a id="v6-6-4"></a>
 ## v6\.6\.4
 <a id="release-summary-5"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 Regular bugfix release\.
 <a id="minor-changes-1"></a>
 ### Minor Changes
 * redfish\_utils \- use <code>Controllers</code> key in redfish data to obtain Storage controllers properties \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7081](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7081)\)\.
 <a id="bugfixes-5"></a>
 ### Bugfixes
 * bitwarden lookup plugin \- the plugin made assumptions about the structure of a Bitwarden JSON object which may have been broken by an update in the Bitwarden API\. Remove assumptions\, and allow queries for general fields such as <code>notes</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7061](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7061)\)\.
 * cmd\_runner module utils \- when a parameter in <code>argument\_spec</code> has no type\, meaning it is implicitly a <code>str</code>\, <code>CmdRunner</code> would fail trying to find the <code>type</code> key in that dictionary \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6968](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6968)\)\.
 * ejabberd\_user \- module was failing to detect whether user was already created and/or password was changed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7033](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7033)\)\.
 * ejabberd\_user \- provide meaningful error message when the <code>ejabberdctl</code> command is not found \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7028](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7028)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6949](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6949)\)\.
 * oci\_utils module utils \- avoid direct type comparisons \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7085](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7085)\)\.
 * proxmox module utils \- fix proxmoxer library version check \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6974](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6974)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6975](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6975)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6980](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6980)\)\.
 * proxmox\_kvm \- when <code>name</code> option is provided without <code>vmid</code> and VM with that name already exists then no new VM will be created \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6911](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6911)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6981](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6981)\)\.
 * proxmox\_user\_info \- avoid direct type comparisons \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7085](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7085)\)\.
 * rundeck \- fix <code>TypeError</code> on 404 API response \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6983](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6983)\)\.
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 ## v6\.6\.3
 <a id="release-summary-6"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 Regular bugfix release\.
 <a id="minor-changes-2"></a>
 ### Minor Changes
 * cobbler inventory plugin \- convert Ansible unicode strings to native Python unicode strings before passing user/password to XMLRPC client \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6923](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6923)\)\.
 * redfish\_info \- fix for <code>GetVolumeInventory</code>\, Controller name was getting populated incorrectly and duplicates were seen in the volumes retrieved \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6719](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6719)\)\.
 <a id="bugfixes-6"></a>
 ### Bugfixes
 * datadog\_downtime \- presence of <code>rrule</code> param lead to the Datadog API returning Bad Request due to a missing recurrence type \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6811](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6811)\)\.
 * icinga2\_host \- fix a key error when updating an existing host \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6748](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6748)\)\.
 * ipa\_dnszone \- fix \'idnsallowsyncptr\' key error for reverse zone \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6906](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6906)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6905](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6905)\)\.
 * locale\_gen \- now works for locales without the underscore character such as <code>C\.UTF\-8</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6774](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6774)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5142](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5142)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4305](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4305)\)\.
 * machinectl become plugin \- mark plugin as <code>require\_tty</code> to automatically disable pipelining\, with which this plugin is not compatible \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6932](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6932)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6935](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6935)\)\.
 * nmcli \- fix support for empty list \(in compare and scrape\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6769](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6769)\)\.
 * openbsd\_pkg \- the pkg\_info\(1\) behavior has changed in OpenBSD \>7\.3\. The error message <code>Can\'t find</code> should not lead to an error case \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6785](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6785)\)\.
 * pacman \- module recognizes the output of <code>yay</code> running as <code>root</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6713](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6713)\)\.
 * proxmox \- fix error when a configuration had no <code>template</code> field \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6838](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6838)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5372](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5372)\)\.
 * proxmox module utils \- add logic to detect whether an old Promoxer complains about the <code>token\_name</code> and <code>token\_value</code> parameters and provide a better error message when that happens \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6839](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6839)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5371](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5371)\)\.
 * proxmox\_disk \- fix unable to create <code>cdrom</code> media due to <code>size</code> always being appended \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6770](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6770)\)\.
 * proxmox\_kvm \- <code>absent</code> state with <code>force</code> specified failed to stop the VM due to the <code>timeout</code> value not being passed to <code>stop\_vm</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6827](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6827)\)\.
 * redfish\_info \- fix <code>ListUsers</code> to not show empty account slots \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6771](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6771)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6772](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6772)\)\.
 * refish\_utils module utils \- changing variable names to avoid issues occuring when fetching Volumes data \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6883](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6883)\)\.
 * rhsm\_repository \- when using the <code>purge</code> option\, the <code>repositories</code>
  dictionary element in the returned JSON is now properly updated according
  to the pruning operation
  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6676](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6676)\)\.
 <a id="v6-6-2"></a>
 ## v6\.6\.2
 <a id="release-summary-7"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 Regular bugfix release\.
 <a id="bugfixes-7"></a>
 ### Bugfixes
 * csv module utils \- detects and remove unicode BOM markers from incoming CSV content \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6662](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6662)\)\.
 * gitlab\_group \- the module passed parameters to the API call even when not set\. The module is now filtering out <code>None</code> values to remediate this \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6712](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6712)\)\.
 * ini\_file \- fix a bug where the inactive options were not used when possible \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6575](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6575)\)\.
 * keycloak module utils \- fix <code>is\_struct\_included</code> handling of lists of lists/dictionaries \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6688](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6688)\)\.
 * keycloak module utils \- the function <code>get\_user\_by\_username</code> now return the user representation or <code>None</code> as stated in the documentation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6758](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6758)\)\.
 <a id="v6-6-1"></a>
 ## v6\.6\.1
 <a id="release-summary-8"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 Regular bugfix release\.
 <a id="minor-changes-3"></a>
 ### Minor Changes
 * dconf \- if <code>gi\.repository\.GLib</code> is missing\, try to respawn in a Python interpreter that has it \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6491](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6491)\)\.
 <a id="bugfixes-8"></a>
 ### Bugfixes
 * deps module utils \- do not fail when dependency cannot be found \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6479](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6479)\)\.
 * nmcli \- fix bond option <code>xmit\_hash\_policy</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6527](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6527)\)\.
 * passwordstore lookup plugin \- make compatible with ansible\-core 2\.16 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6447](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6447)\)\.
 * portage \- fix <code>changed\_use</code> and <code>newuse</code> not triggering rebuilds \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6008](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6008)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6548](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6548)\)\.
 * portage \- update the logic for generating the emerge command arguments to ensure that <code>withbdeps\: false</code> results in a passing an <code>n</code> argument with the <code>\-\-with\-bdeps</code> emerge flag \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6451](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6451)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6456](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6456)\)\.
 * proxmox\_tasks\_info \- remove <code>api\_user</code> \+ <code>api\_password</code> constraint from <code>required\_together</code> as it causes to require <code>api\_password</code> even when API token param is used \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6201](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6201)\)\.
 * puppet \- handling <code>noop</code> parameter was not working at all\, now it is has been fixed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6452](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6452)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6458](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6458)\)\.
 * terraform \- fix broken <code>warn\(\)</code> call \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6497](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6497)\)\.
 * xfs\_quota \- in case of a project quota\, the call to <code>xfs\_quota</code> did not initialize/reset the project \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5143](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5143)\)\.
 * zypper \- added handling of zypper exitcode 102\. Changed state is set correctly now and rc 102 is still preserved to be evaluated by the playbook \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6534](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6534)\)\.
 <a id="v6-6-0"></a>
 ## v6\.6\.0
 <a id="release-summary-9"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 Bugfix and feature release\.
 <a id="minor-changes-4"></a>
 ### Minor Changes
 * cpanm \- minor change\, use feature from <code>ModuleHelper</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6385](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6385)\)\.
 * dconf \- be forgiving about boolean values\: convert them to GVariant booleans automatically \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6206](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6206)\)\.
 * dconf \- minor refactoring improving parameters and dependencies validation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6336](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6336)\)\.
 * deps module utils \- add function <code>failed\(\)</code> providing the ability to check the dependency check result without triggering an exception \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6383](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6383)\)\.
 * dig lookup plugin \- Support multiple domains to be queried as indicated in docs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6334](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6334)\)\.
 * gitlab\_project \- add new option <code>topics</code> for adding topics to GitLab projects \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6278](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6278)\)\.
 * homebrew\_cask \- allows passing <code>\-\-greedy</code> option to <code>upgrade\_all</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6267](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6267)\)\.
 * idrac\_redfish\_command \- add <code>job\_id</code> to <code>CreateBiosConfigJob</code> response \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5603](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5603)\)\.
 * ipa\_hostgroup \- add <code>append</code> parameter for adding a new hosts to existing hostgroups without changing existing hostgroup members \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6203](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6203)\)\.
 * keycloak\_authentication \- add flow type option to sub flows to allow the creation of \'form\-flow\' sub flows like in Keycloak\'s built\-in registration flow \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6318)\)\.
 * mksysb \- improved the output of the module in case of errors \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6263](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6263)\)\.
 * nmap inventory plugin \- added environment variables for configure <code>address</code> and <code>exclude</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6351](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6351)\)\.
 * nmcli \- add <code>macvlan</code> connection type \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6312](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6312)\)\.
 * pipx \- add <code>system\_site\_packages</code> parameter to give application access to system\-wide packages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6308](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6308)\)\.
 * pipx \- ensure <code>include\_injected</code> parameter works with <code>state\=upgrade</code> and <code>state\=latest</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6212](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6212)\)\.
 * puppet \- add new options <code>skip\_tags</code> to exclude certain tagged resources during a puppet agent or apply \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6293](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6293)\)\.
 * terraform \- remove state file check condition and error block\, because in the native implementation of terraform will not cause errors due to the non\-existent file \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6296](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6296)\)\.
 * udm\_dns\_record \- minor refactor to the code \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6382](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6382)\)\.
 <a id="bugfixes-9"></a>
 ### Bugfixes
 * archive \- reduce RAM usage by generating CRC32 checksum over chunks \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6274](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6274)\)\.
 * flatpak \- fixes idempotency detection issues\. In some cases the module could fail to properly detect already existing Flatpaks because of a parameter witch only checks the installed apps \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6289](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6289)\)\.
 * icinga2\_host \- fix the data structure sent to Icinga to make use of host templates and template vars \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6286](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6286)\)\.
 * idrac\_redfish\_command \- allow user to specify <code>resource\_id</code> for <code>CreateBiosConfigJob</code> to specify an exact manager \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/2090](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/2090)\)\.
 * ini\_file \- make <code>section</code> parameter not required so it is possible to pass <code>null</code> as a value\. This only was possible in the past due to a bug in ansible\-core that now has been fixed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6404](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6404)\)\.
 * keycloak \- improve error messages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6318)\)\.
 * one\_vm \- fix syntax error when creating VMs with a more complex template \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6225](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6225)\)\.
 * pipx \- fixed handling of <code>install\_deps\=true</code> with <code>state\=latest</code> and <code>state\=upgrade</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6303](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6303)\)\.
 * redhat\_subscription \- do not use D\-Bus for registering when <code>environment</code> is specified\, so it possible to specify again the environment names for registering\, as the D\-Bus APIs work only with IDs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6319](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6319)\)\.
 * redhat\_subscription \- try to unregister only when already registered when <code>force\_register</code> is specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6258](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6258)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6259)\)\.
 * redhat\_subscription \- use the right D\-Bus options for environments when registering a CentOS Stream 8 system and using <code>environment</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6275](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6275)\)\.
 * rhsm\_release \- make <code>release</code> parameter not required so it is possible to pass <code>null</code> as a value\. This only was possible in the past due to a bug in ansible\-core that now has been fixed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6401](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6401)\)\.
 * rundeck module utils \- fix errors caused by the API empty responses \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6300](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6300)\)
 * rundeck\_acl\_policy \- fix <code>TypeError \- byte indices must be integers or slices\, not str</code> error caused by empty API response\. Update the module to use <code>module\_utils\.rundeck</code> functions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5887](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5887)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6300](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6300)\)\.
 * rundeck\_project \- update the module to use <code>module\_utils\.rundeck</code> functions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5742](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5742)\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6300](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6300)\)
 * snap\_alias \- module would only recognize snap names containing letter\, numbers or the underscore character\, failing to identify valid snap names such as <code>lxd\.lxc</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6361](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6361)\)\.
 <a id="new-modules"></a>
 ### New Modules
 * btrfs\_info \- Query btrfs filesystem info
 * btrfs\_subvolume \- Manage btrfs subvolumes
 * ilo\_redfish\_command \- Manages Out\-Of\-Band controllers using Redfish APIs
 * keycloak\_authz\_authorization\_scope \- Allows administration of Keycloak client authorization scopes via Keycloak API
 * keycloak\_clientscope\_type \- Set the type of aclientscope in realm or client via Keycloak API
 <a id="v6-5-0"></a>
 ## v6\.5\.0
 <a id="release-summary-10"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 Feature and bugfix release\.
 <a id="minor-changes-5"></a>
 ### Minor Changes
 * apt\_rpm \- adds <code>clean</code>\, <code>dist\_upgrade</code> and <code>update\_kernel</code>  parameters for clear caches\, complete upgrade system\, and upgrade kernel packages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5867](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5867)\)\.
 * dconf \- parse GVariants for equality comparison when the Python module <code>gi\.repository</code> is available \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6049](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6049)\)\.
 * gitlab\_runner \- allow to register group runner \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/3935](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/3935)\)\.
 * jira \- add worklog functionality \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6209](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6209)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6210](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6210)\)\.
 * ldap modules \- add <code>ca\_path</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6185](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6185)\)\.
 * make \- add <code>command</code> return value to the module output \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6160](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6160)\)\.
 * nmap inventory plugin \- add new option <code>open</code> for only returning open ports \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6200](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6200)\)\.
 * nmap inventory plugin \- add new option <code>port</code> for port specific scan \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6165](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6165)\)\.
 * nmcli \- add <code>default</code> and <code>default\-or\-eui64</code> to the list of valid choices for <code>addr\_gen\_mode6</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5974](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5974)\)\.
 * nmcli \- add support for <code>team\.runner\-fast\-rate</code> parameter for <code>team</code> connections \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6065](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6065)\)\.
 * openbsd\_pkg \- set <code>TERM</code> to <code>\'dumb\'</code> in <code>execute\_command\(\)</code> to make module less dependant on the <code>TERM</code> environment variable set on the Ansible controller \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6149](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6149)\)\.
 * pipx \- optional <code>install\_apps</code> parameter added to install applications from injected packages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6198)\)\.
 * proxmox\_kvm \- add new <code>archive</code> parameter\. This is needed to create a VM from an archive \(backup\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6159](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6159)\)\.
 * redfish\_info \- adds commands to retrieve the HPE ThermalConfiguration and FanPercentMinimum settings from iLO \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6208](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6208)\)\.
 * redhat\_subscription \- credentials \(<code>username</code>\, <code>activationkey</code>\, and so on\) are required now only if a system needs to be registered\, or <code>force\_register</code> is specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5664](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5664)\)\.
 * redhat\_subscription \- the registration is done using the D\-Bus <code>rhsm</code> service instead of spawning a <code>subscription\-manager register</code> command\, if possible\; this avoids passing plain\-text credentials as arguments to <code>subscription\-manager register</code>\, which can be seen while that command runs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6122](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6122)\)\.
 * ssh\_config \- add <code>proxyjump</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5970](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5970)\)\.
 * ssh\_config \- vendored StormSSH\'s config parser to avoid having to install StormSSH to use the module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6117](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6117)\)\.
 * znode module \- optional <code>use\_tls</code> parameter added for encrypted communication \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6154](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6154)\)\.
 <a id="bugfixes-10"></a>
 ### Bugfixes
 * archive \- avoid deprecated exception class on Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6180](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6180)\)\.
 * gitlab\_runner \- fix <code>KeyError</code> on runner creation and update \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6112](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6112)\)\.
 * influxdb\_user \- fix running in check mode when the user does not exist yet \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6111](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6111)\)\.
 * interfaces\_file \- fix reading options in lines not starting with a space \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6120](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6120)\)\.
 * jail connection plugin \- add <code>inventory\_hostname</code> to vars under <code>remote\_addr</code>\. This is needed for compatibility with ansible\-core 2\.13 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6118](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6118)\)\.
 * memset \- fix memset urlerror handling \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6114](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6114)\)\.
 * nmcli \- fixed idempotency issue for bridge connections\. Module forced default value of <code>bridge\.priority</code> to nmcli if not set\; if <code>bridge\.stp</code> is disabled nmcli ignores it and keep default \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3216](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3216)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4683](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4683)\)\.
 * nmcli \- fixed idempotency issue when module params is set to <code>may\_fail4\=false</code> and <code>method4\=disabled</code>\; in this case nmcli ignores change and keeps their own default value <code>yes</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6106](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6106)\)\.
 * nmcli \- implemented changing mtu value on vlan interfaces \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4387](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4387)\)\.
 * opkg \- fixes bug when using <code>update\_cache\=true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6004](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6004)\)\.
 * redhat\_subscription\, rhsm\_release\, rhsm\_repository \- cleanly fail when not running as root\, rather than hanging on an interactive <code>console\-helper</code> prompt\; they all interact with <code>subscription\-manager</code>\, which already requires to be run as root \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/734](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/734)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6211](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6211)\)\.
 * xenorchestra inventory plugin \- fix failure to receive objects from server due to not checking the id of the response \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6227](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6227)\)\.
 * yarn \- fix <code>global\=true</code> to not fail when <em class="title-reference">executable</em> wasn\'t specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6132](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6132)\)
 * yarn \- fixes bug where yarn module tasks would fail when warnings were emitted from Yarn\. The <code>yarn\.list</code> method was not filtering out warnings \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6127](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6127)\)\.
 <a id="new-plugins"></a>
 ### New Plugins
 <a id="lookup"></a>
 #### Lookup
 * merge\_variables \- merge variables with a certain suffix
 <a id="new-modules-1"></a>
 ### New Modules
 * kdeconfig \- Manage KDE configuration files
 <a id="v6-4-0"></a>
 ## v6\.4\.0
 <a id="release-summary-11"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 Regular feature and bugfix release\.
 <a id="minor-changes-6"></a>
 ### Minor Changes
 * dnsimple \- set custom User\-Agent for API requests to DNSimple \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5927](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5927)\)\.
 * flatpak\_remote \- add new boolean option <code>enabled</code>\. It controls\, whether the remote is enabled or not \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5926](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5926)\)\.
 * gitlab\_project \- add <code>releases\_access\_level</code>\, <code>environments\_access\_level</code>\, <code>feature\_flags\_access\_level</code>\, <code>infrastructure\_access\_level</code>\, <code>monitor\_access\_level</code>\, and <code>security\_and\_compliance\_access\_level</code> options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5986](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5986)\)\.
 * jc filter plugin \- added the ability to use parser plugins \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6043](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6043)\)\.
 * keycloak\_group \- add new optional module parameter <code>parents</code> to properly handle keycloak subgroups \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5814](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5814)\)\.
 * keycloak\_user\_federation \- make <code>org\.keycloak\.storage\.ldap\.mappers\.LDAPStorageMapper</code> the default value for mappers <code>providerType</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5863](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5863)\)\.
 * ldap modules \- add <code>xorder\_discovery</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6045](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6045)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6109](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6109)\)\.
 * lxd\_container \- add diff and check mode \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5866](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5866)\)\.
 * mattermost\, rocketchat\, slack \- replace missing default favicon with docs\.ansible\.com favicon \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5928](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5928)\)\.
 * modprobe \- add <code>persistent</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4028](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4028)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/542](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/542)\)\.
 * osx\_defaults \- include stderr in error messages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6011](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6011)\)\.
 * proxmox \- suppress urllib3 <code>InsecureRequestWarnings</code> when <code>validate\_certs</code> option is <code>false</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5931](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5931)\)\.
 * redfish\_command \- adding <code>EnableSecureBoot</code> functionality \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5899](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5899)\)\.
 * redfish\_command \- adding <code>VerifyBiosAttributes</code> functionality \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5900](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5900)\)\.
 * sefcontext \- add support for path substitutions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/1193](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/1193)\)\.
 <a id="deprecated-features"></a>
 ### Deprecated Features
 * gitlab\_runner \- the option <code>access\_level</code> will lose its default value in community\.general 8\.0\.0\. From that version on\, you have set this option to <code>ref\_protected</code> explicitly\, if you want to have a protected runner \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5925](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5925)\)\.
 <a id="bugfixes-11"></a>
 ### Bugfixes
 * cartesian and flattened lookup plugins \- adjust to parameter deprecation in ansible\-core 2\.14\'s <code>listify\_lookup\_plugin\_terms</code> helper function \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6074](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6074)\)\.
 * cloudflare\_dns \- fixed the idempotency for SRV DNS records \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5972](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5972)\)\.
 * cloudflare\_dns \- fixed the possiblity of setting a root\-level SRV DNS record \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5972](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5972)\)\.
 * github\_webhook \- fix always changed state when no secret is provided \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5994](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5994)\)\.
 * jenkins\_plugin \- fix error due to undefined variable when updates file is not downloaded \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6100](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6100)\)\.
 * keycloak\_client \- fix accidental replacement of value for attribute <code>saml\.signing\.private\.key</code> with <code>no\_log</code> in wrong contexts \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5934](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5934)\)\.
 * lxd\_\* modules\, lxd inventory plugin \- fix TLS/SSL certificate validation problems by using the correct purpose when creating the TLS context \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5616](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5616)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6034](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6034)\)\.
 * nmcli \- fix change handling of values specified as an integer 0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5431](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5431)\)\.
 * nmcli \- fix failure to handle WIFI settings when connection type not specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5431](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5431)\)\.
 * nmcli \- fix improper detection of changes to <code>wifi\.wake\-on\-wlan</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5431](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5431)\)\.
 * nmcli \- order is significant for lists of addresses \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6048](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6048)\)\.
 * onepassword lookup plugin \- Changed to ignore errors from \"op account get\" calls\. Previously\, errors would prevent auto\-signin code from executing \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5942](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5942)\)\.
 * terraform and timezone \- slight refactoring to avoid linter reporting potentially undefined variables \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5933](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5933)\)\.
 * various plugins and modules \- remove unnecessary imports \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5940](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5940)\)\.
 * yarn \- fix <code>global\=true</code> to check for the configured global folder instead of assuming the default \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5829](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5829)\)
 * yarn \- fix <code>state\=absent</code> not working with <code>global\=true</code> when the package does not include a binary \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5829](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5829)\)
 * yarn \- fix <code>state\=latest</code> not working with <code>global\=true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5712](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5712)\)\.
 * zfs\_delegate\_admin \- zfs allow output can now be parsed when uids/gids are not known to the host system \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5943](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5943)\)\.
 * zypper \- make package managing work on readonly filesystem of openSUSE MicroOS \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5615](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5615)\)\.
 <a id="v6-3-0"></a>
 ## v6\.3\.0
 <a id="release-summary-12"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 Regular bugfix and feature release\.
 <a id="minor-changes-7"></a>
 ### Minor Changes
 * apache2\_module \- add module argument <code>warn\_mpm\_absent</code> to control whether warning are raised in some edge cases \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5793](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5793)\)\.
 * bitwarden lookup plugin \- can now retrieve secrets from custom fields \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5694](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5694)\)\.
 * bitwarden lookup plugin \- implement filtering results by <code>collection\_id</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5849](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5849)\)\.
 * dig lookup plugin \- support CAA record type \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5913](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5913)\)\.
 * gitlab\_project \- add <code>builds\_access\_level</code>\, <code>container\_registry\_access\_level</code> and <code>forking\_access\_level</code> options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5706](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5706)\)\.
 * gitlab\_runner \- add new boolean option <code>access\_level\_on\_creation</code>\. It controls\, whether the value of <code>access\_level</code> is used for runner registration or not\. The option <code>access\_level</code> has been ignored on registration so far and was only used on updates \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5907](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5907)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5908](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5908)\)\.
 * ilo\_redfish\_utils module utils \- change implementation of DNS Server IP and NTP Server IP update \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5804](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5804)\)\.
 * ipa\_group \- allow to add and remove external users with the <code>external\_user</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5897](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5897)\)\.
 * iptables\_state \- minor refactoring within the module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5844](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5844)\)\.
 * one\_vm \- add a new <code>updateconf</code> option which implements the <code>one\.vm\.updateconf</code> API call \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5812](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5812)\)\.
 * opkg \- refactored module to use <code>CmdRunner</code> for executing <code>opkg</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5718](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5718)\)\.
 * redhat\_subscription \- adds <code>token</code> parameter for subscription\-manager authentication using Red Hat API token \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5725](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5725)\)\.
 * snap \- minor refactor when executing module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5773](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5773)\)\.
 * snap\_alias \- refactored module to use <code>CmdRunner</code> to execute <code>snap</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5486](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5486)\)\.
 * sudoers \- add <code>setenv</code> parameters to support passing environment variables via sudo\. \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5883](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5883)\)
 <a id="breaking-changes--porting-guide"></a>
 ### Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
 * ModuleHelper module utils \- when the module sets output variables named <code>msg</code>\, <code>exception</code>\, <code>output</code>\, <code>vars</code>\, or <code>changed</code>\, the actual output will prefix those names with <code>\_</code> \(underscore symbol\) only when they clash with output variables generated by ModuleHelper itself\, which only occurs when handling exceptions\. Please note that this breaking change does not require a new major release since before this release\, it was not possible to add such variables to the output [due to a bug](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5755) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5765](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5765)\)\.
 <a id="deprecated-features-1"></a>
 ### Deprecated Features
 * consul \- deprecate using parameters unused for <code>state\=absent</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5772](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5772)\)\.
 * gitlab\_runner \- the default of the new option <code>access\_level\_on\_creation</code> will change from <code>false</code> to <code>true</code> in community\.general 7\.0\.0\. This will cause <code>access\_level</code> to be used during runner registration as well\, and not only during updates \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5908](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5908)\)\.
 <a id="bugfixes-12"></a>
 ### Bugfixes
 * ModuleHelper \- fix bug when adjusting the name of reserved output variables \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5755](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5755)\)\.
 * alternatives \- support subcommands on Fedora 37\, which uses <code>follower</code> instead of <code>slave</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5794](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5794)\)\.
 * bitwarden lookup plugin \- clarify what to do\, if the bitwarden vault is not unlocked \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5811](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5811)\)\.
 * dig lookup plugin \- correctly handle DNSKEY record type\'s <code>algorithm</code> field \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5914](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5914)\)\.
 * gem \- fix force parameter not being passed to gem command when uninstalling \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5822](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5822)\)\.
 * gem \- fix hang due to interactive prompt for confirmation on specific version uninstall \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5751](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5751)\)\.
 * gitlab\_deploy\_key \- also update <code>title</code> and not just <code>can\_push</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5888](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5888)\)\.
 * keycloak\_user\_federation \- fixes federation creation issue\. When a new federation was created and at the same time a default / standard mapper was also changed / updated the creation process failed as a bad None set variable led to a bad malformed url request \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5750](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5750)\)\.
 * keycloak\_user\_federation \- fixes idempotency detection issues\. In some cases the module could fail to properly detect already existing user federations because of a buggy seemingly superflous extra query parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5732](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5732)\)\.
 * loganalytics callback plugin \- adjust type of callback to <code>notification</code>\, it was incorrectly classified as <code>aggregate</code> before \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761)\)\.
 * logdna callback plugin \- adjust type of callback to <code>notification</code>\, it was incorrectly classified as <code>aggregate</code> before \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761)\)\.
 * logstash callback plugin \- adjust type of callback to <code>notification</code>\, it was incorrectly classified as <code>aggregate</code> before \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761)\)\.
 * nsupdate \- fix zone lookup\. The SOA record for an existing zone is returned as an answer RR and not as an authority RR \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5817](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5817)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5818](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5818)\)\.
 * proxmox\_disk \- fixed issue with read timeout on import action \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5803](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5803)\)\.
 * redfish\_utils \- removed basic auth HTTP header when performing a GET on the service root resource and when performing a POST to the session collection \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5886](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5886)\)\.
 * splunk callback plugin \- adjust type of callback to <code>notification</code>\, it was incorrectly classified as <code>aggregate</code> before \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761)\)\.
 * sumologic callback plugin \- adjust type of callback to <code>notification</code>\, it was incorrectly classified as <code>aggregate</code> before \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761)\)\.
 * syslog\_json callback plugin \- adjust type of callback to <code>notification</code>\, it was incorrectly classified as <code>aggregate</code> before \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761)\)\.
 * terraform \- fix <code>current</code> workspace never getting appended to the <code>all</code> key in the <code>workspace\_ctf</code> object \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5735](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5735)\)\.
 * terraform \- fix <code>terraform init</code> failure when there are multiple workspaces on the remote backend and when <code>default</code> workspace is missing by setting <code>TF\_WORKSPACE</code> environmental variable to the value of <code>workspace</code> when used \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5735](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5735)\)\.
 * terraform module \- disable ANSI escape sequences during validation phase \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5843](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5843)\)\.
 * xml \- fixed a bug where empty <code>children</code> list would not be set \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5808](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5808)\)\.
 <a id="new-modules-2"></a>
 ### New Modules
 * ocapi\_command \- Manages Out\-Of\-Band controllers using Open Composable API \(OCAPI\)
 * ocapi\_info \- Manages Out\-Of\-Band controllers using Open Composable API \(OCAPI\)
 <a id="v6-2-0"></a>
 ## v6\.2\.0
 <a id="release-summary-13"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 Regular bugfix and feature release\.
 <a id="minor-changes-8"></a>
 ### Minor Changes
 * opkg \- allow installing a package in a certain version \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5688](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5688)\)\.
 * proxmox \- added new module parameter <code>tags</code> for use with PVE 7\+ \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5714](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5714)\)\.
 * puppet \- refactored module to use <code>CmdRunner</code> for executing <code>puppet</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5612](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5612)\)\.
 * redhat\_subscription \- add a <code>server\_proxy\_scheme</code> parameter to configure the scheme for the proxy server \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5662](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5662)\)\.
 * ssh\_config \- refactor code to module util to fix sanity check \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5720](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5720)\)\.
 * sudoers \- adds <code>host</code> parameter for setting hostname restrictions in sudoers rules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5702](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5702)\)\.
 <a id="deprecated-features-2"></a>
 ### Deprecated Features
 * manageiq\_policies \- deprecate <code>state\=list</code> in favour of using <code>community\.general\.manageiq\_policies\_info</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5721](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5721)\)\.
 * rax \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
 * rax\_cbs \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
 * rax\_cbs\_attachments \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
 * rax\_cdb \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
 * rax\_cdb\_database \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
 * rax\_cdb\_user \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
 * rax\_clb \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
 * rax\_clb\_nodes \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
 * rax\_clb\_ssl \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
 * rax\_dns \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
 * rax\_dns\_record \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
 * rax\_facts \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
 * rax\_files \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
 * rax\_files\_objects \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
 * rax\_identity \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
 * rax\_keypair \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
 * rax\_meta \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
 * rax\_mon\_alarm \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
 * rax\_mon\_check \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
 * rax\_mon\_entity \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
 * rax\_mon\_notification \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
 * rax\_mon\_notification\_plan \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
 * rax\_network \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
 * rax\_queue \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
 * rax\_scaling\_group \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
 * rax\_scaling\_policy \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
 <a id="bugfixes-13"></a>
 ### Bugfixes
 * ansible\_galaxy\_install \- set default to raise exception if command\'s return code is different from zero \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5680](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5680)\)\.
 * ansible\_galaxy\_install \- try <code>C\.UTF\-8</code> and then fall back to <code>en\_US\.UTF\-8</code> before failing \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5680](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5680)\)\.
 * gitlab\_group\_variables \- fix dropping variables accidentally when GitLab introduced new properties \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5667](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5667)\)\.
 * gitlab\_project\_variables \- fix dropping variables accidentally when GitLab introduced new properties \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5667](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5667)\)\.
 * lxc\_container \- fix the arguments of the lxc command which broke the creation and cloning of containers \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5578](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5578)\)\.
 * opkg \- fix issue that <code>force\=reinstall</code> would not reinstall an existing package \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5705](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5705)\)\.
 * proxmox\_disk \- fixed possible issues with redundant <code>vmid</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5672](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5672)\)\.
 * proxmox\_nic \- fixed possible issues with redundant <code>vmid</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5672](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5672)\)\.
 * unixy callback plugin \- fix typo introduced when updating to use Ansible\'s configuration manager for handling options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5600](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5600)\)\.
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 ## v6\.1\.0
 <a id="release-summary-14"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 Regular bugfix and feature release\.
 <a id="minor-changes-9"></a>
 ### Minor Changes
 * cmd\_runner module utils \- <code>cmd\_runner\_fmt\.as\_bool\(\)</code> can now take an extra parameter to format when value is false \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5647](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5647)\)\.
 * gconftool2 \- refactor using <code>ModuleHelper</code> and <code>CmdRunner</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5545](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5545)\)\.
 * java\_certs \- add more detailed error output when extracting certificate from PKCS12 fails \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5550](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5550)\)\.
 * jenkins\_plugin \- refactor code to module util to fix sanity check \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5565](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5565)\)\.
 * lxd\_project \- refactored code out to module utils to clear sanity check \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5549](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5549)\)\.
 * nmap inventory plugin \- add new options <code>udp\_scan</code>\, <code>icmp\_timestamp</code>\, and <code>dns\_resolve</code> for different types of scans \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5566](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5566)\)\.
 * rax\_scaling\_group \- refactored out code to the <code>rax</code> module utils to clear the sanity check \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5563](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5563)\)\.
 * redfish\_command \- add <code>PerformRequestedOperations</code> command to perform any operations necessary to continue the update flow \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4276](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4276)\)\.
 * redfish\_command \- add <code>update\_apply\_time</code> to <code>SimpleUpdate</code> command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3910](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3910)\)\.
 * redfish\_command \- add <code>update\_status</code> to output of <code>SimpleUpdate</code> command to allow a user monitor the update in progress \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4276](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4276)\)\.
 * redfish\_info \- add <code>GetUpdateStatus</code> command to check the progress of a previous update request \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4276](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4276)\)\.
 * redfish\_utils module utils \- added PUT \(<code>put\_request\(\)</code>\) functionality \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5490](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5490)\)\.
 * slack \- add option <code>prepend\_hash</code> which allows to control whether a <code>\#</code> is prepended to <code>channel\_id</code>\. The current behavior \(value <code>auto</code>\) is to prepend <code>\#</code> unless some specific prefixes are found\. That list of prefixes is incomplete\, and there does not seem to exist a documented condition on when exactly <code>\#</code> must not be prepended\. We recommend to explicitly set <code>prepend\_hash\=always</code> or <code>prepend\_hash\=never</code> to avoid any ambiguity \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5629](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5629)\)\.
 * spotinst\_aws\_elastigroup \- add <code>elements</code> attribute when missing in <code>list</code> parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5553](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5553)\)\.
 * ssh\_config \- add <code>host\_key\_algorithms</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5605](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5605)\)\.
 * udm\_share \- added <code>elements</code> attribute to <code>list</code> type parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5557](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5557)\)\.
 * udm\_user \- add <code>elements</code> attribute when missing in <code>list</code> parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5559](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5559)\)\.
 <a id="deprecated-features-3"></a>
 ### Deprecated Features
 * The <code>sap</code> modules <code>sapcar\_extract</code>\, <code>sap\_task\_list\_execute</code>\, and <code>hana\_query</code>\, will be removed from this collection in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and replaced with redirects to <code>community\.sap\_libs</code>\. If you want to continue using these modules\, make sure to also install <code>community\.sap\_libs</code> \(it is part of the Ansible package\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5614](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5614)\)\.
 <a id="bugfixes-14"></a>
 ### Bugfixes
 * chroot connection plugin \- add <code>inventory\_hostname</code> to vars under <code>remote\_addr</code>\. This is needed for compatibility with ansible\-core 2\.13 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5570](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5570)\)\.
 * cmd\_runner module utils \- fixed bug when handling default cases in <code>cmd\_runner\_fmt\.as\_map\(\)</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5538](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5538)\)\.
 * cmd\_runner module utils \- formatting arguments <code>cmd\_runner\_fmt\.as\_fixed\(\)</code> was expecting an non\-existing argument \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5538](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5538)\)\.
 * keycloak\_client\_rolemapping \- calculate <code>proposed</code> and <code>after</code> return values properly \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5619](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5619)\)\.
 * keycloak\_client\_rolemapping \- remove only listed mappings with <code>state\=absent</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5619](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5619)\)\.
 * proxmox inventory plugin \- fix bug while templating when using templates for the <code>url</code>\, <code>user</code>\, <code>password</code>\, <code>token\_id</code>\, or <code>token\_secret</code> options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5640](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5640)\)\.
 * proxmox inventory plugin \- handle tags delimited by semicolon instead of comma\, which happens from Proxmox 7\.3 on \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5602](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5602)\)\.
 * redhat\_subscription \- do not ignore <code>consumer\_name</code> and other variables if <code>activationkey</code> is specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3486](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3486)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5627](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5627)\)\.
 * redhat\_subscription \- do not pass arguments to <code>subscription\-manager register</code> for things already configured\; now a specified <code>rhsm\_baseurl</code> is properly set for subscription\-manager \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5583)\)\.
 * unixy callback plugin \- fix plugin to work with ansible\-core 2\.14 by using Ansible\'s configuration manager for handling options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5600](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5600)\)\.
 * vdo \- now uses <code>yaml\.safe\_load\(\)</code> to parse command output instead of the deprecated <code>yaml\.load\(\)</code> which is potentially unsafe\. Using <code>yaml\.load\(\)</code> without explicitely setting a <code>Loader\=</code> is also an error in pyYAML 6\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5632](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5632)\)\.
 * vmadm \- fix for index out of range error in <code>get\_vm\_uuid</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5628](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5628)\)\.
 <a id="new-modules-3"></a>
 ### New Modules
 * gitlab\_project\_badge \- Manage project badges on GitLab Server
 * keycloak\_clientsecret\_info \- Retrieve client secret via Keycloak API
 * keycloak\_clientsecret\_regenerate \- Regenerate Keycloak client secret via Keycloak API
 <a id="v6-0-1"></a>
 ## v6\.0\.1
 <a id="release-summary-15"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 Bugfix release for Ansible 7\.0\.0\.
 <a id="bugfixes-15"></a>
 ### Bugfixes
 * dependent lookup plugin \- avoid warning on deprecated parameter for <code>Templar\.template\(\)</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5543](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5543)\)\.
 * jenkins\_build \- fix the logical flaw when deleting a Jenkins build \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5514](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5514)\)\.
 * one\_vm \- avoid splitting labels that are <code>None</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5489](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5489)\)\.
 * onepassword\_raw \- add missing parameter to plugin documentation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5506](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5506)\)\.
 * proxmox\_disk \- avoid duplicate <code>vmid</code> reference \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5493](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5493)\)\.
 <a id="v6-0-0"></a>
 ## v6\.0\.0
 <a id="release-summary-16"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 New major release of community\.general with lots of bugfixes\, new features\, some removed deprecated features\, and some other breaking changes\. Please check the coresponding sections of the changelog for more details\.
 <a id="major-changes"></a>
 ### Major Changes
 * The internal structure of the collection was changed for modules and action plugins\. These no longer live in a directory hierarchy ordered by topic\, but instead are now all in a single \(flat\) directory\. This has no impact on users <em>assuming they did not use internal FQCNs</em>\. These will still work\, but result in deprecation warnings\. They were never officially supported and thus the redirects are kept as a courtsey\, and this is not labelled as a breaking change\. Note that for example the Ansible VScode plugin started recommending these internal names\. If you followed its recommendation\, you will now have to change back to the short names to avoid deprecation warnings\, and potential errors in the future as these redirects will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5461](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5461)\)\.
 * newrelic\_deployment \- removed New Relic v1 API\, added support for v2 API \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5341](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5341)\)\.
 <a id="minor-changes-10"></a>
 ### Minor Changes
 * Added MIT license as <code>LICENSES/MIT\.txt</code> for tests/unit/plugins/modules/packaging/language/test\_gem\.py \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5065](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5065)\)\.
 * All software licenses are now in the <code>LICENSES/</code> directory of the collection root \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5065](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5065)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5079](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5079)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5080](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5080)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5083](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5083)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5087](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5087)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5095](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5095)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5098](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5098)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5106](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5106)\)\.
 * ModuleHelper module utils \- added property <code>verbosity</code> to base class \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5035](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5035)\)\.
 * ModuleHelper module utils \- improved <code>ModuleHelperException</code>\, using <code>to\_native\(\)</code> for the exception message \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4755](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4755)\)\.
 * The collection repository conforms to the [REUSE specification](https\://reuse\.software/spec/) except for the changelog fragments \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5138](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5138)\)\.
 * ali\_instance \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5240](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5240)\)\.
 * ali\_instance\_info \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5240](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5240)\)\.
 * alternatives \- add <code>state\=absent</code> to be able to remove an alternative \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4654](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4654)\)\.
 * alternatives \- add <code>subcommands</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4654](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4654)\)\.
 * ansible\_galaxy\_install \- minor refactoring using latest <code>ModuleHelper</code> updates \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4752)\)\.
 * ansible\_galaxy\_install \- refactored module to use <code>CmdRunner</code> to execute <code>ansible\-galaxy</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5477](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5477)\)\.
 * apk \- add <code>world</code> parameter for supporting a custom world file \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4976](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4976)\)\.
 * bitwarden lookup plugin \- add option <code>search</code> to search for other attributes than name \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5297](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5297)\)\.
 * cartesian lookup plugin \- start using Ansible\'s configuration manager to parse options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
 * cmd\_runner module util \- added parameters <code>check\_mode\_skip</code> and <code>check\_mode\_return</code> to <code>CmdRunner\.context\(\)</code>\, so that the command is not executed when <code>check\_mode\=True</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4736](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4736)\)\.
 * cmd\_runner module utils \- add <code>\_\_call\_\_</code> method to invoke context \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4791](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4791)\)\.
 * consul \- adds <code>ttl</code> parameter for session  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4996](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4996)\)\.
 * consul \- minor refactoring \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5367](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5367)\)\.
 * consul\_session \- adds <code>token</code> parameter for session \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5193](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5193)\)\.
 * cpanm \- refactored module to use <code>CmdRunner</code> to execute <code>cpanm</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5485](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5485)\)\.
 * cpanm \- using <code>do\_raise\(\)</code> to raise exceptions in <code>ModuleHelper</code> derived modules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4674](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4674)\)\.
 * credstash lookup plugin \- start using Ansible\'s configuration manager to parse options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
 * dependent lookup plugin \- start using Ansible\'s configuration manager to parse options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
 * dig lookup plugin \- add option <code>fail\_on\_error</code> to allow stopping execution on lookup failures \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4973](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4973)\)\.
 * dig lookup plugin \- start using Ansible\'s configuration manager to parse options\. All documented options can now also be passed as lookup parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
 * dnstxt lookup plugin \- start using Ansible\'s configuration manager to parse options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
 * filetree lookup plugin \- start using Ansible\'s configuration manager to parse options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
 * flattened lookup plugin \- start using Ansible\'s configuration manager to parse options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
 * gitlab module util \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
 * gitlab\_branch \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
 * gitlab\_deploy\_key \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
 * gitlab\_group \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
 * gitlab\_group\_members \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
 * gitlab\_group\_variable \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
 * gitlab\_hook \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
 * gitlab\_hook \- minor refactoring \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5271](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5271)\)\.
 * gitlab\_project \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
 * gitlab\_project\_members \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
 * gitlab\_project\_variable \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
 * gitlab\_protected\_branch \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
 * gitlab\_runner \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
 * gitlab\_user \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
 * hiera lookup plugin \- start using Ansible\'s configuration manager to parse options\. The Hiera executable and config file can now also be passed as lookup parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
 * homebrew\, homebrew\_tap \- added Homebrew on Linux path to defaults \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5241](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5241)\)\.
 * hponcfg \- refactored module to use <code>CmdRunner</code> to execute <code>hponcfg</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5483](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5483)\)\.
 * keycloak\_\* modules \- add <code>http\_agent</code> parameter with default value <code>Ansible</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5023](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5023)\)\.
 * keyring lookup plugin \- start using Ansible\'s configuration manager to parse options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
 * lastpass \- use config manager for handling plugin options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5022](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5022)\)\.
 * ldap\_attrs \- allow for DNs to have <code>\{x\}</code> prefix on first RDN \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/977](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/977)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5450](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5450)\)\.
 * linode inventory plugin \- simplify option handling \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5438](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5438)\)\.
 * listen\_ports\_facts \- add new <code>include\_non\_listening</code> option which adds <code>\-a</code> option to <code>netstat</code> and <code>ss</code>\. This shows both listening and non\-listening \(for TCP this means established connections\) sockets\, and returns <code>state</code> and <code>foreign\_address</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4762](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4762)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4953](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4953)\)\.
 * lmdb\_kv lookup plugin \- start using Ansible\'s configuration manager to parse options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
 * lxc\_container \- minor refactoring \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5358](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5358)\)\.
 * machinectl become plugin \- can now be used with a password from another user than root\, if a polkit rule is present \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4849](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4849)\)\.
 * machinectl become plugin \- combine the success command when building the become command to be consistent with other become plugins \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5287](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5287)\)\.
 * manifold lookup plugin \- start using Ansible\'s configuration manager to parse options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
 * maven\_artifact \- add a new <code>unredirected\_headers</code> option that can be used with ansible\-core 2\.12 and above\. The default value is to not use <code>Authorization</code> and <code>Cookie</code> headers on redirects for security reasons\. With ansible\-core 2\.11\, all headers are still passed on for redirects \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4812](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4812)\)\.
 * mksysb \- refactored module to use <code>CmdRunner</code> to execute <code>mksysb</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5484](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5484)\)\.
 * mksysb \- using <code>do\_raise\(\)</code> to raise exceptions in <code>ModuleHelper</code> derived modules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4674](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4674)\)\.
 * nagios \- minor refactoring on parameter validation for different actions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5239](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5239)\)\.
 * netcup\_dnsapi \- add <code>timeout</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5301](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5301)\)\.
 * nmcli \- add <code>transport\_mode</code> configuration for Infiniband devices \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5361](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5361)\)\.
 * nmcli \- add bond option <code>xmit\_hash\_policy</code> to bond options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5148](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5148)\)\.
 * nmcli \- adds <code>vpn</code> type and parameter for supporting VPN with service type L2TP and PPTP \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4746](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4746)\)\.
 * nmcli \- honor IP options for VPNs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5228](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5228)\)\.
 * onepassword \- support version 2 of the OnePassword CLI \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4728](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4728)\)
 * opentelemetry callback plugin \- allow configuring opentelementry callback via config file \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4916](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4916)\)\.
 * opentelemetry callback plugin \- send logs\. This can be disabled by setting <code>disable\_logs\=false</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4175](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4175)\)\.
 * pacman \- added parameters <code>reason</code> and <code>reason\_for</code> to set/change the install reason of packages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4956](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4956)\)\.
 * passwordstore lookup plugin \- allow options to be passed lookup options instead of being part of the term strings \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5444](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5444)\)\.
 * passwordstore lookup plugin \- allow using alternative password managers by detecting wrapper scripts\, allow explicit configuration of pass and gopass backends \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4766](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4766)\)\.
 * passwordstore lookup plugin \- improve error messages to include stderr \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5436](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5436)\)
 * pipx \- added state <code>latest</code> to the module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5105](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5105)\)\.
 * pipx \- changed implementation to use <code>cmd\_runner</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5085](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5085)\)\.
 * pipx \- module fails faster when <code>name</code> is missing for states <code>upgrade</code> and <code>reinstall</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5100](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5100)\)\.
 * pipx \- using <code>do\_raise\(\)</code> to raise exceptions in <code>ModuleHelper</code> derived modules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4674](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4674)\)\.
 * pipx module utils \- created new module util <code>pipx</code> providing a <code>cmd\_runner</code> specific for the <code>pipx</code> module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5085](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5085)\)\.
 * portage \- add knobs for Portage\'s <code>\-\-backtrack</code> and <code>\-\-with\-bdeps</code> options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5349](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5349)\)\.
 * portage \- use Portage\'s python module instead of calling gentoolkit\-provided program in shell \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5349](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5349)\)\.
 * proxmox inventory plugin \- added new flag <code>qemu\_extended\_statuses</code> and new groups <code>\<group\_prefix\>prelaunch</code>\, <code>\<group\_prefix\>paused</code>\. They will be populated only when <code>want\_facts\=true</code>\, <code>qemu\_extended\_statuses\=true</code> and only for <code>QEMU</code> machines \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4723](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4723)\)\.
 * proxmox inventory plugin \- simplify option handling code \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5437](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5437)\)\.
 * proxmox module utils\, the proxmox\* modules \- add <code>api\_task\_ok</code> helper to standardize API task status checks across all proxmox modules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5274](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5274)\)\.
 * proxmox\_kvm \- allow <code>agent</code> argument to be a string \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5107](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5107)\)\.
 * proxmox\_snap \- add <code>unbind</code> param to support snapshotting containers with configured mountpoints \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5274](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5274)\)\.
 * puppet \- adds <code>confdir</code> parameter to configure a custom confir location \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4740](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4740)\)\.
 * redfish \- added new command GetVirtualMedia\, VirtualMediaInsert and VirtualMediaEject to Systems category due to Redfish spec changes the virtualMedia resource location from Manager to System \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5124](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5124)\)\.
 * redfish\_config \- add <code>SetSessionService</code> to set default session timeout policy \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5008](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5008)\)\.
 * redfish\_info \- add <code>GetManagerInventory</code> to report list of Manager inventory information \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4899](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4899)\)\.
 * seport \- added new argument <code>local</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5203](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5203)\)
 * snap \- using <code>do\_raise\(\)</code> to raise exceptions in <code>ModuleHelper</code> derived modules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4674](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4674)\)\.
 * sudoers \- will attempt to validate the proposed sudoers rule using visudo if available\, optionally skipped\, or required \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4794](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4794)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4745](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4745)\)\.
 * terraform \- adds capability to handle complex variable structures for <code>variables</code> parameter in the module\. This must be enabled with the new <code>complex\_vars</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4797](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4797)\)\.
 * terraform \- run <code>terraform init</code> with <code>\-no\-color</code> not to mess up the stdout of the task \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5147](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5147)\)\.
 * wdc\_redfish\_command \- add <code>IndicatorLedOn</code> and <code>IndicatorLedOff</code> commands for <code>Chassis</code> category \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5059](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5059)\)\.
 * wdc\_redfish\_command \- add <code>PowerModeLow</code> and <code>PowerModeNormal</code> commands for <code>Chassis</code> category \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5145](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5145)\)\.
 * xfconf \- add <code>stdout</code>\, <code>stderr</code> and <code>cmd</code> to the module results \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5037](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5037)\)\.
 * xfconf \- changed implementation to use <code>cmd\_runner</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4776](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4776)\)\.
 * xfconf \- use <code>do\_raise\(\)</code> instead of defining custom exception class \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4975](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4975)\)\.
 * xfconf \- using <code>do\_raise\(\)</code> to raise exceptions in <code>ModuleHelper</code> derived modules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4674](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4674)\)\.
 * xfconf module utils \- created new module util <code>xfconf</code> providing a <code>cmd\_runner</code> specific for <code>xfconf</code> modules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4776](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4776)\)\.
 * xfconf\_info \- changed implementation to use <code>cmd\_runner</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4776](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4776)\)\.
 * xfconf\_info \- use <code>do\_raise\(\)</code> instead of defining custom exception class \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4975](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4975)\)\.
 * znode \- possibility to use ZooKeeper ACL authentication \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5306](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5306)\)\.
 <a id="breaking-changes--porting-guide-1"></a>
 ### Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
 * newrelic\_deployment \- <code>revision</code> is required for v2 API \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5341](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5341)\)\.
 * scaleway\_container\_registry\_info \- no longer replace <code>secret\_environment\_variables</code> in the output by <code>SENSITIVE\_VALUE</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5497](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5497)\)\.
 <a id="deprecated-features-4"></a>
 ### Deprecated Features
 * ArgFormat module utils \- deprecated along <code>CmdMixin</code>\, in favor of the <code>cmd\_runner\_fmt</code> module util \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5370](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5370)\)\.
 * CmdMixin module utils \- deprecated in favor of the <code>CmdRunner</code> module util \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5370](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5370)\)\.
 * CmdModuleHelper module utils \- deprecated in favor of the <code>CmdRunner</code> module util \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5370](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5370)\)\.
 * CmdStateModuleHelper module utils \- deprecated in favor of the <code>CmdRunner</code> module util \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5370](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5370)\)\.
 * cmd\_runner module utils \- deprecated <code>fmt</code> in favour of <code>cmd\_runner\_fmt</code> as the parameter format object \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4777](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4777)\)\.
 * django\_manage \- support for Django releases older than 4\.1 has been deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5400](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5400)\)\.
 * django\_manage \- support for the commands <code>cleanup</code>\, <code>syncdb</code> and <code>validate</code> that have been deprecated in Django long time ago will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5400](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5400)\)\.
 * django\_manage \- the behavior of \"creating the virtual environment when missing\" is being deprecated and will be removed in community\.general version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5405](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5405)\)\.
 * gconftool2 \- deprecates <code>state\=get</code> in favor of using the module <code>gconftool2\_info</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4778](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4778)\)\.
 * lxc\_container \- the module will no longer make any effort to support Python 2 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5304](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5304)\)\.
 * newrelic\_deployment \- <code>appname</code> and <code>environment</code> are no longer valid options in the v2 API\. They will be removed in community\.general 7\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5341](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5341)\)\.
 * proxmox \- deprecated the current <code>unprivileged</code> default value\, will be changed to <code>true</code> in community\.general 7\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/pull/5224](https\://github\.com/pull/5224)\)\.
 * xfconf \- deprecated parameter <code>disable\_facts</code>\, as since version 4\.0\.0 it only allows value <code>true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4520](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4520)\)\.
 <a id="removed-features-previously-deprecated"></a>
 ### Removed Features \(previously deprecated\)
 * bitbucket\* modules \- <code>username</code> is no longer an alias of <code>workspace</code>\, but of <code>user</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326)\)\.
 * gem \- the default of the <code>norc</code> option changed from <code>false</code> to <code>true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326)\)\.
 * gitlab\_group\_members \- <code>gitlab\_group</code> must now always contain the full path\, and no longer just the name or path \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326)\)\.
 * keycloak\_authentication \- the return value <code>flow</code> has been removed\. Use <code>end\_state</code> instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326)\)\.
 * keycloak\_group \- the return value <code>group</code> has been removed\. Use <code>end\_state</code> instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326)\)\.
 * lxd\_container \- the default of the <code>ignore\_volatile\_options</code> option changed from <code>true</code> to <code>false</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326)\)\.
 * mail callback plugin \- the <code>sender</code> option is now required \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326)\)\.
 * module\_helper module utils \- remove the <code>VarDict</code> attribute from <code>ModuleHelper</code>\. Import <code>VarDict</code> from <code>ansible\_collections\.community\.general\.plugins\.module\_utils\.mh\.mixins\.vars</code> instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326)\)\.
 * proxmox inventory plugin \- the default of the <code>want\_proxmox\_nodes\_ansible\_host</code> option changed from <code>true</code> to <code>false</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326)\)\.
 * vmadm \- the <code>debug</code> option has been removed\. It was not used anyway \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326)\)\.
 <a id="bugfixes-16"></a>
 ### Bugfixes
 * Include <code>PSF\-license\.txt</code> file for <code>plugins/module\_utils/\_mount\.py</code>\.
 * Include <code>simplified\_bsd\.txt</code> license file for various module utils\, the <code>lxca\_common</code> docs fragment\, and the <code>utm\_utils</code> unit tests\.
 * alternatives \- do not set the priority if the priority was not set by the user \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4810](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4810)\)\.
 * alternatives \- only pass subcommands when they are specified as module arguments \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4803](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4803)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4804](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4804)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4836](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4836)\)\.
 * alternatives \- when <code>subcommands</code> is specified\, <code>link</code> must be given for every subcommand\. This was already mentioned in the documentation\, but not enforced by the code \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4836](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4836)\)\.
 * apache2\_mod\_proxy \- avoid crash when reporting inability to parse balancer\_member\_page HTML caused by using an undefined variable in the error message \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111)\)\.
 * archive \- avoid crash when <code>lzma</code> is not present and <code>format</code> is not <code>xz</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5393](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5393)\)\.
 * cmd\_runner module utils \- fix bug caused by using the <code>command</code> variable instead of <code>self\.command</code> when looking for binary path \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4903](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4903)\)\.
 * consul \- fixed bug introduced in PR 4590 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4680](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4680)\)\.
 * credstash lookup plugin \- pass plugin options to credstash for all terms\, not just for the first \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
 * dig lookup plugin \- add option to return empty result without empty strings\, and return empty list instead of <code>NXDOMAIN</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5439](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5439)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5428](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5428)\)\.
 * dig lookup plugin \- fix evaluation of falsy values for boolean parameters <code>fail\_on\_error</code> and <code>retry\_servfail</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5129](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5129)\)\.
 * dnsimple\_info \- correctly report missing library as <code>requests</code> and not <code>another\_library</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111)\)\.
 * dnstxt lookup plugin \- add option to return empty result without empty strings\, and return empty list instead of <code>NXDOMAIN</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5457](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5457)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5428](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5428)\)\.
 * dsv lookup plugin \- do not ignore the <code>tld</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4911](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4911)\)\.
 * filesystem \- handle <code>fatresize \-\-info</code> output lines without <code>\:</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4700](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4700)\)\.
 * filesystem \- improve error messages when output cannot be parsed by including newlines in escaped form \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4700](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4700)\)\.
 * funcd connection plugin \- fix signature of <code>exec\_command</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111)\)\.
 * ini\_file \- minor refactor fixing a python lint error \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5307](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5307)\)\.
 * iso\_create \- the module somtimes failed to add folders for Joliet and UDF formats \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5275](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5275)\)\.
 * keycloak\_realm \- fix default groups and roles \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4241](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4241)\)\.
 * keyring\_info \- fix the result from the keyring library never getting returned \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4964](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4964)\)\.
 * ldap\_attrs \- fix bug which caused a <code>Bad search filter</code> error\. The error was occuring when the ldap attribute value contained special characters such as <code>\(</code> or <code>\*</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5434](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5434)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5435](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5435)\)\.
 * ldap\_attrs \- fix ordering issue by ignoring the <code>\{x\}</code> prefix on attribute values \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/977](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/977)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5385](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5385)\)\.
 * listen\_ports\_facts \- removed leftover <code>EnvironmentError</code> \. The <code>else</code> clause had a wrong indentation\. The check is now handled in the <code>split\_pid\_name</code> function \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5202](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5202)\)\.
 * locale\_gen \- fix support for Ubuntu \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5281](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5281)\)\.
 * lxc\_container \- the module has been updated to support Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5304](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5304)\)\.
 * lxd connection plugin \- fix incorrect <code>inventory\_hostname</code> in <code>remote\_addr</code>\. This is needed for compatibility with ansible\-core 2\.13 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4886](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4886)\)\.
 * manageiq\_alert\_profiles \- avoid crash when reporting unknown profile caused by trying to return an undefined variable \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111)\)\.
 * nmcli \- avoid changed status for most cases with VPN connections \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5126](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5126)\)\.
 * nmcli \- fix error caused by adding undefined module arguments for list options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4373](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4373)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4813](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4813)\)\.
 * nmcli \- fix error when setting previously unset MAC address\, <code>gsm\.apn</code> or <code>vpn\.data</code>\: current values were being normalized without checking if they might be <code>None</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5291](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5291)\)\.
 * nmcli \- fix int options idempotence \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4998](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4998)\)\.
 * nsupdate \- compatibility with NS records \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5112](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5112)\)\.
 * nsupdate \- fix silent failures when updating <code>NS</code> entries from Bind9 managed DNS zones \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4657](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4657)\)\.
 * opentelemetry callback plugin \- support opentelemetry\-api 1\.13\.0 that removed support for <code>\_time\_ns</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5342](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5342)\)\.
 * osx\_defaults \- no longer expand <code>\~</code> in <code>value</code> to the user\'s home directory\, or expand environment variables \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5234](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5234)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5243](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5243)\)\.
 * packet\_ip\_subnet \- fix error reporting in case of invalid CIDR prefix lengths \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111)\)\.
 * pacman \- fixed name resolution of URL packages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4959](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4959)\)\.
 * passwordstore lookup plugin \- fix <code>returnall</code> for gopass \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5027](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5027)\)\.
 * passwordstore lookup plugin \- fix password store path detection for gopass \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4955](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4955)\)\.
 * pfexec become plugin \- remove superflous quotes preventing exe wrap from working as expected \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3671](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3671)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/3889](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/3889)\)\.
 * pip\_package\_info \- remove usage of global variable \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111)\)\.
 * pkgng \- fix case when <code>pkg</code> fails when trying to upgrade all packages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5363](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5363)\)\.
 * proxmox \- fix error handling when getting VM by name when <code>state\=absent</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4945](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4945)\)\.
 * proxmox inventory plugin \- fix crash when <code>enabled\=1</code> is used in agent config string \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4910](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4910)\)\.
 * proxmox inventory plugin \- fixed extended status detection for qemu \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4816](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4816)\)\.
 * proxmox\_kvm \- fix <code>agent</code> parameter when boolean value is specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5198)\)\.
 * proxmox\_kvm \- fix error handling when getting VM by name when <code>state\=absent</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4945](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4945)\)\.
 * proxmox\_kvm \- fix exception when no <code>agent</code> argument is specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5194](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5194)\)\.
 * proxmox\_kvm \- fix wrong condition \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5108](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5108)\)\.
 * proxmox\_kvm \- replace new condition with proper condition to allow for using <code>vmid</code> on update \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5206](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5206)\)\.
 * rax\_clb\_nodes \- fix code to be compatible with Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4933](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4933)\)\.
 * redfish\_command \- fix the check if a virtual media is unmounted to just check for <code>instered\= false</code> caused by Supermicro hardware that does not clear the <code>ImageName</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4839](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4839)\)\.
 * redfish\_command \- the Supermicro Redfish implementation only supports the <code>image\_url</code> parameter in the underlying API calls to <code>VirtualMediaInsert</code> and <code>VirtualMediaEject</code>\. Any values set \(or the defaults\) for <code>write\_protected</code> or <code>inserted</code> will be ignored \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4839](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4839)\)\.
 * redfish\_info \- fix to <code>GetChassisPower</code> to correctly report power information when multiple chassis exist\, but not all chassis report power information \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4901](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4901)\)\.
 * redfish\_utils module utils \- centralize payload checking when performing modification requests to a Redfish service \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5210/](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5210/)\)\.
 * redhat\_subscription \- fix unsubscribing on RHEL 9 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4741](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4741)\)\.
 * redhat\_subscription \- make module idempotent when <code>pool\_ids</code> are used \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5313](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5313)\)\.
 * redis\* modules \- fix call to <code>module\.fail\_json</code> when failing because of missing Python libraries \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4733)\)\.
 * slack \- fix incorrect channel prefix <code>\#</code> caused by incomplete pattern detection by adding <code>G0</code> and <code>GF</code> as channel ID patterns \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5019](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5019)\)\.
 * slack \- fix message update for channels which start with <code>CP</code>\. When <code>message\-id</code> was passed it failed for channels which started with <code>CP</code> because the <code>\#</code> symbol was added before the <code>channel\_id</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5249](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5249)\)\.
 * snap \- allow values in the <code>options</code> parameter to contain whitespaces \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5475](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5475)\)\.
 * sudoers \- ensure sudoers config files are created with the permissions requested by sudoers \(0440\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4814](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4814)\)\.
 * sudoers \- fix incorrect handling of <code>state\: absent</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4852](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4852)\)\.
 * tss lookup plugin \- adding support for updated Delinea library \([https\://github\.com/DelineaXPM/python\-tss\-sdk/issues/9](https\://github\.com/DelineaXPM/python\-tss\-sdk/issues/9)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5151](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5151)\)\.
 * virtualbox inventory plugin \- skip parsing values with keys that have both a value and nested data\. Skip parsing values that are nested more than two keys deep \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5332](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5332)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5348](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5348)\)\.
 * xcc\_redfish\_command \- for compatibility due to Redfish spec changes the virtualMedia resource location changed from Manager to System \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4682](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4682)\)\.
 * xenserver\_facts \- fix broken <code>AnsibleModule</code> call that prevented the module from working at all \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5383](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5383)\)\.
 * xfconf \- fix setting of boolean values \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4999](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4999)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5007](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5007)\)\.
 * zfs \- fix wrong quoting of properties \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4707](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4707)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4726](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4726)\)\.
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 ### New Plugins
 <a id="filter"></a>
 #### Filter
 * counter \- Counts hashable elements in a sequence
 <a id="lookup-1"></a>
 #### Lookup
 * bitwarden \- Retrieve secrets from Bitwarden
 <a id="new-modules-4"></a>
 ### New Modules
 * gconftool2\_info \- Retrieve GConf configurations
 * iso\_customize \- Add/remove/change files in ISO file
 * keycloak\_user\_rolemapping \- Allows administration of Keycloak user\_rolemapping with the Keycloak API
 * keyring \- Set or delete a passphrase using the Operating System\'s native keyring
 * keyring\_info \- Get a passphrase using the Operating System\'s native keyring
 * manageiq\_policies\_info \- Listing of resource policy\_profiles in ManageIQ
 * manageiq\_tags\_info \- Retrieve resource tags in ManageIQ
 * pipx\_info \- Rretrieves information about applications installed with pipx
 * proxmox\_disk \- Management of a disk of a Qemu\(KVM\) VM in a Proxmox VE cluster\.
 * scaleway\_compute\_private\_network \- Scaleway compute \- private network management
 * scaleway\_container \- Scaleway Container management
 * scaleway\_container\_info \- Retrieve information on Scaleway Container
 * scaleway\_container\_namespace \- Scaleway Container namespace management
 * scaleway\_container\_namespace\_info \- Retrieve information on Scaleway Container namespace
 * scaleway\_container\_registry \- Scaleway Container registry management module
 * scaleway\_container\_registry\_info \- Scaleway Container registry info module
 * scaleway\_function \- Scaleway Function management
 * scaleway\_function\_info \- Retrieve information on Scaleway Function
 * scaleway\_function\_namespace \- Scaleway Function namespace management
 * scaleway\_function\_namespace\_info \- Retrieve information on Scaleway Function namespace
 * wdc\_redfish\_command \- Manages WDC UltraStar Data102 Out\-Of\-Band controllers using Redfish APIs
 * wdc\_redfish\_info \- Manages WDC UltraStar Data102 Out\-Of\-Band controllers using Redfish APIs
--- a/CHANGELOG.md.license
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md.license
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
 GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Ansible Project
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,175 @@ Community General Release Notes
 This changelog describes changes after version 5.0.0.
 v6.6.9
 ======
 Release Summary
 ---------------
 Maintenance release.
 This is the last 6.x.y release. The 6.x.y release train is now effectively End of Life.
 Thanks to everyone who contributed to the community.general 6.x.y releases!
 Security Fixes
 --------------
 - 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).
 Bugfixes
 --------
 - 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/pull/8225).
 - 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).
 v6.6.8
 ======
 Release Summary
 ---------------
 Security and bugfix release.
 Security Fixes
 --------------
 - 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://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8098).
 Bugfixes
 --------
 - aix_filesystem - fix issue with empty list items in crfs logic and option order (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8052).
 - 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).
 - 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/pull/8057).
 v6.6.7
 ======
 Release Summary
 ---------------
 Bugfix release.
 From now on, community.general 6.x.y will only receive major bugfixes and security fixes anymore.
 Bugfixes
 --------
 - composer - fix impossible to run ``working_dir`` dependent commands. The module was throwing an error when trying to run a ``working_dir`` dependent command, because it tried to get the command help without passing the ``working_dir`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3787).
 - github_deploy_key - fix pagination behaviour causing a crash when only a single page of deploy keys exist (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7375).
 - gitlab_group_members - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_group_members`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).
 - gitlab_project_members - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_project_members`` module (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).
 - gitlab_user - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_user`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).
 - lxc connection plugin - properly evaluate options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7369).
 - memset module utils - make compatible with ansible-core 2.17 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7379).
 - redhat_subscription - use the right D-Bus options for the consumer type when
  registering a RHEL system older than 9 or a RHEL 9 system older than 9.2
  and using ``consumer_type``
  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7378).
 - selective callback plugin - fix length of task name lines in output always being 3 characters longer than desired (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7374).
 v6.6.6
 ======
 Release Summary
 ---------------
 Regular bugfix release.
 Bugfixes
 --------
 - mail - skip headers containing equals characters due to missing ``maxsplit`` on header key/value parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7303).
 - onepassword - fix KeyError exception when trying to access value of a field that is not filled out in OnePassword item (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7241).
 - terraform - prevents ``-backend-config`` option double encapsulating with ``shlex_quote`` function. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7301).
 v6.6.5
 ======
 Release Summary
 ---------------
 Regular bugfix release.
 Minor Changes
 -------------
 - make - allows ``params`` to be used without value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7180).
 - pritunl module utils - ensure ``validate_certs`` parameter is honoured in all methods (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7156).
 Bugfixes
 --------
 - CmdRunner module utils - does not attempt to resolve path if executable is a relative or absolute path (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7200).
 - lxc connection plugin - now handles ``remote_addr`` defaulting to ``inventory_hostname`` correctly (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7104).
 - nsupdate - fix a possible ``list index out of range`` exception (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/836).
 - oci_utils module util - fix inappropriate logical comparison expressions and makes them simpler. The previous checks had logical short circuits (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7125).
 - pritunl module utils - fix incorrect URL parameter for orgnization add method (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7161).
 v6.6.4
 ======
 Release Summary
 ---------------
 Regular bugfix release.
 Minor Changes
 -------------
 - redfish_utils - use ``Controllers`` key in redfish data to obtain Storage controllers properties (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7081).
 Bugfixes
 --------
 - bitwarden lookup plugin - the plugin made assumptions about the structure of a Bitwarden JSON object which may have been broken by an update in the Bitwarden API. Remove assumptions, and allow queries for general fields such as ``notes`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7061).
 - cmd_runner module utils - when a parameter in ``argument_spec`` has no type, meaning it is implicitly a ``str``, ``CmdRunner`` would fail trying to find the ``type`` key in that dictionary (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6968).
 - ejabberd_user - module was failing to detect whether user was already created and/or password was changed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7033).
 - ejabberd_user - provide meaningful error message when the ``ejabberdctl`` command is not found (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7028, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6949).
 - oci_utils module utils - avoid direct type comparisons (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7085).
 - proxmox module utils - fix proxmoxer library version check (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6974, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6975, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6980).
 - proxmox_kvm - when ``name`` option is provided without ``vmid`` and VM with that name already exists then no new VM will be created (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6911, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6981).
 - proxmox_user_info - avoid direct type comparisons (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7085).
 - rundeck - fix ``TypeError`` on 404 API response (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6983).
 v6.6.3
 ======
 Release Summary
 ---------------
 Regular bugfix release.
 Minor Changes
 -------------
 - cobbler inventory plugin - convert Ansible unicode strings to native Python unicode strings before passing user/password to XMLRPC client (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6923).
 - redfish_info - fix for ``GetVolumeInventory``, Controller name was getting populated incorrectly and duplicates were seen in the volumes retrieved (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6719).
 Bugfixes
 --------
 - datadog_downtime - presence of ``rrule`` param lead to the Datadog API returning Bad Request due to a missing recurrence type (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6811).
 - icinga2_host - fix a key error when updating an existing host (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6748).
 - ipa_dnszone - fix 'idnsallowsyncptr' key error for reverse zone (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6906, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6905).
 - locale_gen - now works for locales without the underscore character such as ``C.UTF-8`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6774, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5142, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4305).
 - machinectl become plugin - mark plugin as ``require_tty`` to automatically disable pipelining, with which this plugin is not compatible (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6932, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6935).
 - nmcli - fix support for empty list (in compare and scrape) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6769).
 - openbsd_pkg - the pkg_info(1) behavior has changed in OpenBSD >7.3. The error message ``Can't find`` should not lead to an error case (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6785).
 - pacman - module recognizes the output of ``yay`` running as ``root`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6713).
 - proxmox - fix error when a configuration had no ``template`` field (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6838, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5372).
 - proxmox module utils - add logic to detect whether an old Promoxer complains about the ``token_name`` and ``token_value`` parameters and provide a better error message when that happens (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6839, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5371).
 - proxmox_disk - fix unable to create ``cdrom`` media due to ``size`` always being appended (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6770).
 - proxmox_kvm - ``absent`` state with ``force`` specified failed to stop the VM due to the ``timeout`` value not being passed to ``stop_vm`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6827).
 - redfish_info - fix ``ListUsers`` to not show empty account slots (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6771, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6772).
 - refish_utils module utils - changing variable names to avoid issues occuring when fetching Volumes data (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6883).
 - rhsm_repository - when using the ``purge`` option, the ``repositories``
  dictionary element in the returned JSON is now properly updated according
  to the pruning operation
  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6676).
 v6.6.2
 ======
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -121,19 +121,3 @@ Creating new modules and plugins requires a bit more work than other Pull Reques
   listed as `maintainers` will be pinged for new issues and PRs that modify the module/plugin or its tests.
   When you add a new plugin/module, we expect that you perform maintainer duty for at least some time after contributing it.
 ## pre-commit
 To help ensure high-quality contributions this repository includes a [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com) configuration which
 corrects and tests against common issues that would otherwise cause CI to fail. To begin using these pre-commit hooks see
 the [Installation](#installation) section below.
 This is optional and not required to contribute to this repository.
 ### Installation
 Follow the [instructions](https://pre-commit.com/#install) provided with pre-commit and run `pre-commit install` under the repository base. If for any reason you would like to disable the pre-commit hooks run `pre-commit uninstall`.
 This is optional to run it locally.
 You can trigger it locally with `pre-commit run --all-files` or even to run only for a given file `pre-commit run --files YOUR_FILE`.
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 [![Build Status](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_apis/build/status/CI?branchName=stable-6)](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_build?definitionId=31)
 [![EOL CI](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/workflows/EOL%20CI/badge.svg?event=push)](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/actions)
 [![Codecov](https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/ansible-collections/community.general)](https://codecov.io/gh/ansible-collections/community.general)
 [![REUSE status](https://api.reuse.software/badge/github.com/ansible-collections/community.general)](https://api.reuse.software/info/github.com/ansible-collections/community.general)
 This repository contains the `community.general` Ansible Collection. The collection is a part of the Ansible package and includes many modules and plugins supported by Ansible community which are not part of more specialized community collections.
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ If you encounter abusive behavior violating the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https:
 ## Tested with Ansible
-Tested with the current ansible-core 2.11, ansible-core 2.12, ansible-core 2.13, ansible-core 2.14 releases and the current development version of ansible-core. Ansible-core versions before 2.11.0 are not supported. This includes all ansible-base 2.10 and Ansible 2.9 releases.
+Tested with the current ansible-core 2.11, ansible-core 2.12, ansible-core 2.13, ansible-core 2.14, ansible-core 2.15, and ansible-core 2.16 releases. Ansible-core versions before 2.11.0 are not supported. This includes all ansible-base 2.10 and Ansible 2.9 releases.
 Parts of this collection will not work with ansible-core 2.11 on Python 3.12+.
@@ -34,13 +35,13 @@ Some modules and plugins require external libraries. Please check the requiremen
 ## Included content
-Please check the included content on the [Ansible Galaxy page for this collection](https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/general) or the [documentation on the Ansible docs site](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/).
+Please check the included content on the [Ansible Galaxy page for this collection](https://galaxy.ansible.com/ui/repo/published/community/general/) or the [documentation on the Ansible docs site](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/).
 ## Using this collection
 This collection is shipped with the Ansible package. So if you have it installed, no more action is required.
-If you have a minimal installation (only Ansible Core installed) or you want to use the latest version of the collection along with the whole Ansible package, you need to install the collection from [Ansible Galaxy](https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/general) manually with the `ansible-galaxy` command-line tool:
+If you have a minimal installation (only Ansible Core installed) or you want to use the latest version of the collection along with the whole Ansible package, you need to install the collection from [Ansible Galaxy](https://galaxy.ansible.com/ui/repo/published/community/general/) manually with the `ansible-galaxy` command-line tool:
    ansible-galaxy collection install community.general
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ Note that if you install the collection manually, it will not be upgraded automa
 ansible-galaxy collection install community.general --upgrade
 ```
-You can also install a specific version of the collection, for example, if you need to downgrade when something is broken in the latest version (please report an issue in this repository). Use the following syntax where `X.Y.Z` can be any [available version](https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/general):
+You can also install a specific version of the collection, for example, if you need to downgrade when something is broken in the latest version (please report an issue in this repository). Use the following syntax where `X.Y.Z` can be any [available version](https://galaxy.ansible.com/ui/repo/published/community/general/):
 ```bash
 ansible-galaxy collection install community.general:==X.Y.Z
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ See the [Releasing guidelines](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/ma
 ## Release notes
-See the [changelog](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-6/CHANGELOG.rst).
+See the [changelog](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-6/CHANGELOG.md).
 ## Roadmap
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
@@ -1424,3 +1424,250 @@ releases:
    - 6712-gitlab_group-filtered-for-none-values.yml
    - ini_file-use-inactive-options-when-possible.yml
    release_date: '2023-06-19'
  6.6.3:
    changes:
      bugfixes:
      - datadog_downtime - presence of ``rrule`` param lead to the Datadog API returning
        Bad Request due to a missing recurrence type (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6811).
      - icinga2_host - fix a key error when updating an existing host (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6748).
      - ipa_dnszone - fix 'idnsallowsyncptr' key error for reverse zone (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6906,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6905).
      - locale_gen - now works for locales without the underscore character such as
        ``C.UTF-8`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6774,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5142, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4305).
      - machinectl become plugin - mark plugin as ``require_tty`` to automatically
        disable pipelining, with which this plugin is not compatible (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6932,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6935).
      - nmcli - fix support for empty list (in compare and scrape) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6769).
      - openbsd_pkg - the pkg_info(1) behavior has changed in OpenBSD >7.3. The error
        message ``Can't find`` should not lead to an error case (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6785).
      - pacman - module recognizes the output of ``yay`` running as ``root`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6713).
      - proxmox - fix error when a configuration had no ``template`` field (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6838,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5372).
      - proxmox module utils - add logic to detect whether an old Promoxer complains
        about the ``token_name`` and ``token_value`` parameters and provide a better
        error message when that happens (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6839,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5371).
      - proxmox_disk - fix unable to create ``cdrom`` media due to ``size`` always
        being appended (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6770).
      - proxmox_kvm - ``absent`` state with ``force`` specified failed to stop the
        VM due to the ``timeout`` value not being passed to ``stop_vm`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6827).
      - redfish_info - fix ``ListUsers`` to not show empty account slots (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6771,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6772).
      - refish_utils module utils - changing variable names to avoid issues occuring
        when fetching Volumes data (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6883).
      - 'rhsm_repository - when using the ``purge`` option, the ``repositories``
        dictionary element in the returned JSON is now properly updated according
        to the pruning operation
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6676).
        '
      minor_changes:
      - cobbler inventory plugin - convert Ansible unicode strings to native Python
        unicode strings before passing user/password to XMLRPC client (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6923).
      - redfish_info - fix for ``GetVolumeInventory``, Controller name was getting
        populated incorrectly and duplicates were seen in the volumes retrieved (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6719).
      release_summary: Regular bugfix release.
    fragments:
    - 6.6.3.yml
    - 6676-rhsm_repository-fix-returned-repositories-with-purge.yml
    - 6713-yay-become.yml
    - 6719-redfish-utils-fix-for-get-volume-inventory.yml
    - 6748-icinga2_host-datafix.yml
    - 6769-nmcli-fix-empty-list.yml
    - 6770-proxmox_disk_create_cdrom.yml
    - 6771-redfish-filter-empty-account-slots.yml
    - 6774-locale-gen-fix.yml
    - 6785-openbsd_pkg_pkg_info_handling.yml
    - 6811-datadog-downtime-rrule-type.yaml
    - 6827-proxmox_kvm-force-delete-bug-fix.yaml
    - 6838-proxmox-dict-template.yml
    - 6839-promoxer-tokens.yml
    - 6883-redfish-utils-changing-variable-names-in-get-volume-inventory.yml
    - 6905-ipa_dnszone-key-error-fix.yml
    - 6923-cobbler-inventory_unicode.yml
    - 6935-machinectl-become.yml
    release_date: '2023-07-16'
  6.6.4:
    changes:
      bugfixes:
      - bitwarden lookup plugin - the plugin made assumptions about the structure
        of a Bitwarden JSON object which may have been broken by an update in the
        Bitwarden API. Remove assumptions, and allow queries for general fields such
        as ``notes`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7061).
      - cmd_runner module utils - when a parameter in ``argument_spec`` has no type,
        meaning it is implicitly a ``str``, ``CmdRunner`` would fail trying to find
        the ``type`` key in that dictionary (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6968).
      - ejabberd_user - module was failing to detect whether user was already created
        and/or password was changed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7033).
      - ejabberd_user - provide meaningful error message when the ``ejabberdctl``
        command is not found (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7028,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6949).
      - oci_utils module utils - avoid direct type comparisons (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7085).
      - proxmox module utils - fix proxmoxer library version check (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6974,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6975, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6980).
      - proxmox_kvm - when ``name`` option is provided without ``vmid`` and VM with
        that name already exists then no new VM will be created (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6911,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6981).
      - proxmox_user_info - avoid direct type comparisons (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7085).
      - rundeck - fix ``TypeError`` on 404 API response (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6983).
      minor_changes:
      - redfish_utils - use ``Controllers`` key in redfish data to obtain Storage
        controllers properties (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7081).
      release_summary: Regular bugfix release.
    fragments:
    - 6.6.4.yml
    - 6949-ejabberdctl-error.yml
    - 6968-cmdrunner-implicit-type.yml
    - 6980-proxmox-fix-token-auth.yml
    - 6981-proxmox-fix-vm-creation-when-only-name-provided.yml
    - 6983-rundeck-fix-typerrror-on-404-api-response.yml
    - 7033-ejabberd-user-bugs.yml
    - 7061-fix-bitwarden-get_field.yml
    - 7081-redfish-utils-fix-for-storagecontrollers-deprecated-key.yaml
    - 7085-sanity.yml
    release_date: '2023-08-13'
  6.6.5:
    changes:
      bugfixes:
      - CmdRunner module utils - does not attempt to resolve path if executable is
        a relative or absolute path (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7200).
      - lxc connection plugin - now handles ``remote_addr`` defaulting to ``inventory_hostname``
        correctly (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7104).
      - nsupdate - fix a possible ``list index out of range`` exception (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/836).
      - oci_utils module util - fix inappropriate logical comparison expressions and
        makes them simpler. The previous checks had logical short circuits (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7125).
      - pritunl module utils - fix incorrect URL parameter for orgnization add method
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7161).
      minor_changes:
      - make - allows ``params`` to be used without value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7180).
      - pritunl module utils - ensure ``validate_certs`` parameter is honoured in
        all methods (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7156).
      release_summary: Regular bugfix release.
    fragments:
    - 6.6.5.yml
    - 7104_fix_lxc_remoteaddr_default.yml
    - 7125-fix-inappropriate-comparison.yml
    - 7156-ensure-validate-certs-parameter-is-honoured.yml
    - 7161-fix-incorrect-post-parameter.yml
    - 7180-make_params_without_value.yml
    - 7200-cmd-runner-abs-path.yml
    - 7219-fix-nsupdate-cname.yaml
    release_date: '2023-09-11'
  6.6.6:
    changes:
      bugfixes:
      - mail - skip headers containing equals characters due to missing ``maxsplit``
        on header key/value parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7303).
      - onepassword - fix KeyError exception when trying to access value of a field
        that is not filled out in OnePassword item (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7241).
      - terraform - prevents ``-backend-config`` option double encapsulating with
        ``shlex_quote`` function. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7301).
      release_summary: Regular bugfix release.
    fragments:
    - 6.6.6.yml
    - 7241-prevent-key-error-when-value-does-not-exist.yml
    - 7301-fix-backend-config-string-encapsulation.yml
    - 7303-mail-incorrect-header-parsing.yml
    release_date: '2023-10-08'
  6.6.7:
    changes:
      bugfixes:
      - composer - fix impossible to run ``working_dir`` dependent commands. The module
        was throwing an error when trying to run a ``working_dir`` dependent command,
        because it tried to get the command help without passing the ``working_dir``
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3787).
      - github_deploy_key - fix pagination behaviour causing a crash when only a single
        page of deploy keys exist (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7375).
      - gitlab_group_members - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_group_members``
        module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).
      - gitlab_project_members - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_project_members``
        module (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).
      - gitlab_user - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_user`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).
      - lxc connection plugin - properly evaluate options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7369).
      - memset module utils - make compatible with ansible-core 2.17 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7379).
      - 'redhat_subscription - use the right D-Bus options for the consumer type when
        registering a RHEL system older than 9 or a RHEL 9 system older than 9.2
        and using ``consumer_type``
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7378).
        '
      - selective callback plugin - fix length of task name lines in output always
        being 3 characters longer than desired (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7374).
      release_summary: 'Bugfix release.
        From now on, community.general 6.x.y will only receive major bugfixes and
        security fixes anymore.
        '
    fragments:
    - 3787-pass-composer-working-dir.yml
    - 6.6.7.yml
    - 7369-fix-lxc-options.yml
    - 7374-fix-selective-callback-taskname-length.yml
    - 7375-fix-github-deploy-key-pagination.yml
    - 7378-redhat_subscription-dbus-consumer-type.yaml
    - 7379-url.yml
    - 7467-fix-gitlab-constants-calls.yml
    release_date: '2023-11-04'
  6.6.8:
    changes:
      bugfixes:
      - aix_filesystem - fix issue with empty list items in crfs logic and option
        order (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8052).
      - 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).
      - 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/pull/8057).
      release_summary: Security and bugfix release.
      security_fixes:
      - 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://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8098).
    fragments:
    - 6.6.8.yml
    - 8057-pam_limits-check-mode.yml
    - aix_filesystem-crfs-issue.yml
    - inventory-rce.yml
    - pacemaker-cluster.yml
    release_date: '2024-03-25'
  6.6.9:
    changes:
      bugfixes:
      - 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/pull/8225).
      - 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).
      release_summary: 'Maintenance release.
        This is the last 6.x.y release. The 6.x.y release train is now effectively
        End of Life.
        Thanks to everyone who contributed to the community.general 6.x.y releases!
        '
      security_fixes:
      - 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).
    fragments:
    - 6.6.9.yml
    - 8169-lxml.yml
    - 8225-unsafe.yml
    - 8355-keycloak-idp-sanitize.yaml
    release_date: '2024-05-19'
--- a/changelogs/config.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/config.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ mention_ancestor: true
 flatmap: true
 new_plugins_after_name: removed_features
 notesdir: fragments
 output_formats:
  - md
  - rst
 prelude_section_name: release_summary
 prelude_section_title: Release Summary
 sections:
--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 namespace: community
 name: general
-version: 6.6.2
+version: 6.6.9
 readme: README.md
 authors:
  - Ansible (https://github.com/ansible)
--- a/plugins/become/machinectl.py
+++ b/plugins/become/machinectl.py
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ class BecomeModule(BecomeBase):
    prompt = 'Password: '
    fail = ('==== AUTHENTICATION FAILED ====',)
    success = ('==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE ====',)
    require_tty = True  # see https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6932
    @staticmethod
    def remove_ansi_codes(line):
--- a/plugins/callback/selective.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/selective.py
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
            line_length = 120
            if self.last_skipped:
                print()
-            msg = colorize("# {0} {1}".format(task_name,
+            line = "# {0} ".format(task_name)
-                                              '*' * (line_length - len(task_name))), 'bold')
+            msg = colorize("{0}{1}".format(line, '*' * (line_length - len(line))), 'bold')
            print(msg)
    def _indent_text(self, text, indent_level):
--- a/plugins/connection/chroot.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/chroot.py
@@ -48,6 +48,27 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
        default: chroot
 '''
 EXAMPLES = r"""
 # Plugin requires root privileges for chroot, -E preserves your env (and location of ~/.ansible):
 # sudo -E ansible-playbook ...
 #
 # Static inventory file
 # [chroots]
 # /path/to/debootstrap
 # /path/to/feboostrap
 # /path/to/lxc-image
 # /path/to/chroot
 # playbook
 ---
 - hosts: chroots
  connection: community.general.chroot
  tasks:
    - debug:
        msg: "This is coming from chroot environment"
 """
 import os
 import os.path
 import subprocess
--- a/plugins/connection/lxc.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/lxc.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
            - Container identifier
        default: inventory_hostname
        vars:
            - name: inventory_hostname
            - name: ansible_host
            - name: ansible_lxc_host
      executable:
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
    def __init__(self, play_context, new_stdin, *args, **kwargs):
        super(Connection, self).__init__(play_context, new_stdin, *args, **kwargs)
-        self.container_name = self._play_context.remote_addr
+        self.container_name = None
        self.container = None
    def _connect(self):
@@ -67,12 +68,14 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
        super(Connection, self)._connect()
        if not HAS_LIBLXC:
-            msg = "lxc bindings for python2 are not installed"
+            msg = "lxc python bindings are not installed"
            raise errors.AnsibleError(msg)
        if self.container:
            return
        self.container_name = self.get_option('remote_addr')
        self._display.vvv("THIS IS A LOCAL LXC DIR", host=self.container_name)
        self.container = _lxc.Container(self.container_name)
        if self.container.state == "STOPPED":
@@ -117,7 +120,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
        super(Connection, self).exec_command(cmd, in_data=in_data, sudoable=sudoable)
        # python2-lxc needs bytes. python3-lxc needs text.
-        executable = to_native(self._play_context.executable, errors='surrogate_or_strict')
+        executable = to_native(self.get_option('executable'), errors='surrogate_or_strict')
        local_cmd = [executable, '-c', to_native(cmd, errors='surrogate_or_strict')]
        read_stdout, write_stdout = None, None
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/proxmox.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/proxmox.py
@@ -29,11 +29,13 @@ options:
  api_token_id:
    description:
      - Specify the token ID.
      - Requires C(proxmoxer>=1.1.0) to work.
    type: str
    version_added: 1.3.0
  api_token_secret:
    description:
      - Specify the token secret.
      - Requires C(proxmoxer>=1.1.0) to work.
    type: str
    version_added: 1.3.0
  validate_certs:
--- a/plugins/filter/from_csv.py
+++ b/plugins/filter/from_csv.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 - name: Parse a CSV file's contents
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: >-
-      {{ csv_data | community.genera.from_csv(dialect='unix') }}
+      {{ csv_data | community.general.from_csv(dialect='unix') }}
  vars:
    csv_data: |
      Column 1,Value
--- a/plugins/inventory/cobbler.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/cobbler.py
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.six import iteritems
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Cacheable, to_safe_group_name
 from ansible.module_utils.six import text_type
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
 # xmlrpc
 try:
@@ -128,7 +131,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Cacheable):
            self.connection = xmlrpc_client.Server(self.cobbler_url, allow_none=True)
            self.token = None
            if self.get_option('user') is not None:
-                self.token = self.connection.login(self.get_option('user'), self.get_option('password'))
+                self.token = self.connection.login(text_type(self.get_option('user')), text_type(self.get_option('password')))
        return self.connection
    def _init_cache(self):
@@ -238,7 +241,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Cacheable):
        for host in self._get_systems():
            # Get the FQDN for the host and add it to the right groups
-            hostname = host['hostname']  # None
+            hostname = make_unsafe(host['hostname'])  # None
            interfaces = host['interfaces']
            if self._exclude_profile(host['profile']):
@@ -251,7 +254,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Cacheable):
                    if ivalue['management'] or not ivalue['static']:
                        this_dns_name = ivalue.get('dns_name', None)
                        if this_dns_name is not None and this_dns_name != "":
-                            hostname = this_dns_name
+                            hostname = make_unsafe(this_dns_name)
                            self.display.vvvv('Set hostname to %s from %s\n' % (hostname, iname))
            if hostname == '':
@@ -282,6 +285,6 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Cacheable):
            # Add host variables
            if self.get_option('want_facts'):
                try:
-                    self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, 'cobbler', host)
+                    self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, 'cobbler', make_unsafe(host))
                except ValueError as e:
                    self.display.warning("Could not set host info for %s: %s" % (hostname, to_text(e)))
--- a/plugins/inventory/gitlab_runners.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/gitlab_runners.py
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleParserError
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
 try:
    import gitlab
    HAS_GITLAB = True
@@ -106,11 +108,11 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
            else:
                runners = gl.runners.all()
            for runner in runners:
-                host = str(runner['id'])
+                host = make_unsafe(str(runner['id']))
                ip_address = runner['ip_address']
-                host_attrs = vars(gl.runners.get(runner['id']))['_attrs']
+                host_attrs = make_unsafe(vars(gl.runners.get(runner['id']))['_attrs'])
                self.inventory.add_host(host, group='gitlab_runners')
-                self.inventory.set_variable(host, 'ansible_host', ip_address)
+                self.inventory.set_variable(host, 'ansible_host', make_unsafe(ip_address))
                if self.get_option('verbose_output', True):
                    self.inventory.set_variable(host, 'gitlab_runner_attributes', host_attrs)
--- a/plugins/inventory/icinga2.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/icinga2.py
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import open_url
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.error import HTTPError
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
 class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
    ''' Host inventory parser for ansible using Icinga2 as source. '''
@@ -233,15 +235,15 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
        """Convert Icinga2 API data to JSON format for Ansible"""
        groups_dict = {"_meta": {"hostvars": {}}}
        for entry in json_data:
-            host_attrs = entry['attrs']
+            host_attrs = make_unsafe(entry['attrs'])
            if self.inventory_attr == "name":
-                host_name = entry.get('name')
+                host_name = make_unsafe(entry.get('name'))
            if self.inventory_attr == "address":
                # When looking for address for inventory, if missing fallback to object name
                if host_attrs.get('address', '') != '':
-                    host_name = host_attrs.get('address')
+                    host_name = make_unsafe(host_attrs.get('address'))
                else:
-                    host_name = entry.get('name')
+                    host_name = make_unsafe(entry.get('name'))
            if self.inventory_attr == "display_name":
                host_name = host_attrs.get('display_name')
            if host_attrs['state'] == 0:
@@ -257,7 +259,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
            # If the address attribute is populated, override ansible_host with the value
            if host_attrs.get('address') != '':
                self.inventory.set_variable(host_name, 'ansible_host', host_attrs.get('address'))
-            self.inventory.set_variable(host_name, 'hostname', entry.get('name'))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(host_name, 'hostname', make_unsafe(entry.get('name')))
            self.inventory.set_variable(host_name, 'display_name', host_attrs.get('display_name'))
            self.inventory.set_variable(host_name, 'state',
                                        host_attrs['state'])
--- a/plugins/inventory/linode.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/linode.py
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ compose:
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
 try:
    from linode_api4 import LinodeClient
@@ -199,20 +201,21 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
    def _add_instances_to_groups(self):
        """Add instance names to their dynamic inventory groups."""
        for instance in self.instances:
-            self.inventory.add_host(instance.label, group=instance.group)
+            self.inventory.add_host(make_unsafe(instance.label), group=instance.group)
    def _add_hostvars_for_instances(self):
        """Add hostvars for instances in the dynamic inventory."""
        ip_style = self.get_option('ip_style')
        for instance in self.instances:
            hostvars = instance._raw_json
            hostname = make_unsafe(instance.label)
            for hostvar_key in hostvars:
                if ip_style == 'api' and hostvar_key in ['ipv4', 'ipv6']:
                    continue
                self.inventory.set_variable(
-                    instance.label,
+                    hostname,
                    hostvar_key,
-                    hostvars[hostvar_key]
+                    make_unsafe(hostvars[hostvar_key])
                )
            if ip_style == 'api':
                ips = instance.ips.ipv4.public + instance.ips.ipv4.private
@@ -221,9 +224,9 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
                for ip_type in set(ip.type for ip in ips):
                    self.inventory.set_variable(
-                        instance.label,
+                        hostname,
                        ip_type,
-                        self._ip_data([ip for ip in ips if ip.type == ip_type])
+                        make_unsafe(self._ip_data([ip for ip in ips if ip.type == ip_type]))
                    )
    def _ip_data(self, ip_list):
@@ -254,21 +257,22 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
        self._add_instances_to_groups()
        self._add_hostvars_for_instances()
        for instance in self.instances:
-            variables = self.inventory.get_host(instance.label).get_vars()
+            hostname = make_unsafe(instance.label)
            variables = self.inventory.get_host(hostname).get_vars()
            self._add_host_to_composed_groups(
                self.get_option('groups'),
                variables,
-                instance.label,
+                hostname,
                strict=strict)
            self._add_host_to_keyed_groups(
                self.get_option('keyed_groups'),
                variables,
-                instance.label,
+                hostname,
                strict=strict)
            self._set_composite_vars(
                self.get_option('compose'),
                variables,
-                instance.label,
+                hostname,
                strict=strict)
    def verify_file(self, path):
--- a/plugins/inventory/lxd.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/lxd.py
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.six import raise_from
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleParserError
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlencode
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.lxd import LXDClient, LXDClientException
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
 try:
    import ipaddress
@@ -656,7 +657,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
        if self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/network_interfaces'.format(instance_name)):  # instance have network interfaces
            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_connection', 'ssh')
-            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_host', interface_selection(instance_name))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_host', make_unsafe(interface_selection(instance_name)))
        else:
            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_connection', 'local')
@@ -682,31 +683,39 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
                if self.filter.lower() != instance_state:
                    continue
            # add instance
            instance_name = make_unsafe(instance_name)
            self.inventory.add_host(instance_name)
            # add network informations
            self.build_inventory_network(instance_name)
            # add os
            v = self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/os'.format(instance_name))
            if v:
-                self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_os', v.lower())
+                self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_os', make_unsafe(v.lower()))
            # add release
            v = self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/release'.format(instance_name))
            if v:
-                self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_release', v.lower())
+                self.inventory.set_variable(
                    instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_release', make_unsafe(v.lower()))
            # add profile
-            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_profile', self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/profile'.format(instance_name)))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(
                instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_profile', make_unsafe(self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/profile'.format(instance_name))))
            # add state
-            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_state', instance_state)
+            self.inventory.set_variable(
                instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_state', make_unsafe(instance_state))
            # add type
-            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_type', self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/type'.format(instance_name)))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(
                instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_type', make_unsafe(self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/type'.format(instance_name))))
            # add location information
            if self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/location'.format(instance_name)) != "none":  # wrong type by lxd 'none' != 'None'
-                self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_location', self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/location'.format(instance_name)))
+                self.inventory.set_variable(
                    instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_location', make_unsafe(self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/location'.format(instance_name))))
            # add VLAN_ID information
            if self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/vlan_ids'.format(instance_name)):
-                self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_vlan_ids', self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/vlan_ids'.format(instance_name)))
+                self.inventory.set_variable(
                    instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_vlan_ids', make_unsafe(self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/vlan_ids'.format(instance_name))))
            # add project
-            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_project', self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/project'.format(instance_name)))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(
                instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_project', make_unsafe(self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/project'.format(instance_name))))
    def build_inventory_groups_location(self, group_name):
        """create group by attribute: location
@@ -979,7 +988,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
            for group_name in self.groupby:
                if not group_name.isalnum():
                    raise AnsibleParserError('Invalid character(s) in groupname: {0}'.format(to_native(group_name)))
-                group_type(group_name)
+                group_type(make_unsafe(group_name))
    def build_inventory(self):
        """Build dynamic inventory
--- a/plugins/inventory/nmap.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/nmap.py
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native, to_text
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable
 from ansible.module_utils.common.process import get_bin_path
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
 class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
@@ -138,6 +140,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
        strict = self.get_option('strict')
        for host in hosts:
            host = make_unsafe(host)
            hostname = host['name']
            self.inventory.add_host(hostname)
            for var, value in host.items():
--- a/plugins/inventory/online.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/online.py
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.ansible_release import __version__ as ansible_version
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urljoin
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
 class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
    NAME = 'community.general.online'
@@ -169,20 +171,20 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
            "support"
        )
        for attribute in targeted_attributes:
-            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, attribute, host_infos[attribute])
+            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, attribute, make_unsafe(host_infos[attribute]))
        if self.extract_public_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos):
-            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "public_ipv4", self.extract_public_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "public_ipv4", make_unsafe(self.extract_public_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos)))
-            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "ansible_host", self.extract_public_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "ansible_host", make_unsafe(self.extract_public_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos)))
        if self.extract_private_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos):
-            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "public_ipv4", self.extract_private_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "public_ipv4", make_unsafe(self.extract_private_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos)))
        if self.extract_os_name(host_infos=host_infos):
-            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "os_name", self.extract_os_name(host_infos=host_infos))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "os_name", make_unsafe(self.extract_os_name(host_infos=host_infos)))
        if self.extract_os_version(host_infos=host_infos):
-            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "os_version", self.extract_os_name(host_infos=host_infos))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "os_version", make_unsafe(self.extract_os_name(host_infos=host_infos)))
    def _filter_host(self, host_infos, hostname_preferences):
@@ -201,6 +203,8 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
        if not hostname:
            return
        hostname = make_unsafe(hostname)
        self.inventory.add_host(host=hostname)
        self._fill_host_variables(hostname=hostname, host_infos=host_infos)
@@ -210,6 +214,8 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
            if not group:
                return
            group = make_unsafe(group)
            self.inventory.add_group(group=group)
            self.inventory.add_host(group=group, host=hostname)
--- a/plugins/inventory/opennebula.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/opennebula.py
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
 from collections import namedtuple
 import os
@@ -215,6 +217,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
        filter_by_label = self.get_option('filter_by_label')
        servers = self._retrieve_servers(filter_by_label)
        for server in servers:
            server = make_unsafe(server)
            hostname = server['name']
            # check for labels
            if group_by_labels and server['LABELS']:
--- a/plugins/inventory/proxmox.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/proxmox.py
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlencode
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
 # 3rd party imports
 try:
@@ -330,7 +331,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
            self._cache[self.cache_key][url] = data
-        return self._cache[self.cache_key][url]
+        return make_unsafe(self._cache[self.cache_key][url])
    def _get_nodes(self):
        return self._get_json("%s/api2/json/nodes" % self.proxmox_url)
--- a/plugins/inventory/scaleway.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/scaleway.py
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ else:
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.scaleway import SCALEWAY_LOCATION, parse_pagination_link
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import open_url
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native, to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.six import raise_from
@@ -279,7 +280,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
        zone_info = SCALEWAY_LOCATION[zone]
        url = _build_server_url(zone_info["api_endpoint"])
-        raw_zone_hosts_infos = _fetch_information(url=url, token=token)
+        raw_zone_hosts_infos = make_unsafe(_fetch_information(url=url, token=token))
        for host_infos in raw_zone_hosts_infos:
@@ -341,4 +342,4 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
        hostname_preference = self.get_option("hostnames")
        for zone in self._get_zones(config_zones):
-            self.do_zone_inventory(zone=zone, token=token, tags=tags, hostname_preferences=hostname_preference)
+            self.do_zone_inventory(zone=make_unsafe(zone), token=token, tags=tags, hostname_preferences=hostname_preference)
--- a/plugins/inventory/stackpath_compute.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/stackpath_compute.py
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ from ansible.plugins.inventory import (
 )
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
 display = Display()
@@ -271,7 +273,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
        if not cache or cache_needs_update:
            results = self._query()
-        self._populate(results)
+        self._populate(make_unsafe(results))
        # If the cache has expired/doesn't exist or
        # if refresh_inventory/flush cache is used
--- a/plugins/inventory/virtualbox.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/virtualbox.py
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ from ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat import MutableMapping
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable
 from ansible.module_utils.common.process import get_bin_path
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
 class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
    ''' Host inventory parser for ansible using local virtualbox. '''
@@ -116,6 +118,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
            self._add_host_to_keyed_groups(self.get_option('keyed_groups'), hostvars[host], host, strict=strict)
    def _populate_from_cache(self, source_data):
        source_data = make_unsafe(source_data)
        hostvars = source_data.pop('_meta', {}).get('hostvars', {})
        for group in source_data:
            if group == 'all':
@@ -162,7 +165,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
            v = v.strip()
            # found host
            if k.startswith('Name') and ',' not in v:  # some setting strings appear in Name
-                current_host = v
+                current_host = make_unsafe(v)
                if current_host not in hostvars:
                    hostvars[current_host] = {}
                    self.inventory.add_host(current_host)
@@ -170,12 +173,13 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
                # try to get network info
                netdata = self._query_vbox_data(current_host, netinfo)
                if netdata:
-                    self.inventory.set_variable(current_host, 'ansible_host', netdata)
+                    self.inventory.set_variable(current_host, 'ansible_host', make_unsafe(netdata))
            # found groups
            elif k == 'Groups':
                for group in v.split('/'):
                    if group:
                        group = make_unsafe(group)
                        group = self.inventory.add_group(group)
                        self.inventory.add_child(group, current_host)
                        if group not in cacheable_results:
@@ -185,17 +189,17 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
            else:
                # found vars, accumulate in hostvars for clean inventory set
-                pref_k = 'vbox_' + k.strip().replace(' ', '_')
+                pref_k = make_unsafe('vbox_' + k.strip().replace(' ', '_'))
                leading_spaces = len(k) - len(k.lstrip(' '))
                if 0 < leading_spaces <= 2:
                    if prevkey not in hostvars[current_host] or not isinstance(hostvars[current_host][prevkey], dict):
                        hostvars[current_host][prevkey] = {}
-                    hostvars[current_host][prevkey][pref_k] = v
+                    hostvars[current_host][prevkey][pref_k] = make_unsafe(v)
                elif leading_spaces > 2:
                    continue
                else:
                    if v != '':
-                        hostvars[current_host][pref_k] = v
+                        hostvars[current_host][pref_k] = make_unsafe(v)
                if self._ungrouped_host(current_host, cacheable_results):
                    if 'ungrouped' not in cacheable_results:
                        cacheable_results['ungrouped'] = {'hosts': []}
--- a/plugins/inventory/xen_orchestra.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/xen_orchestra.py
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
 # 3rd party imports
 try:
@@ -347,4 +348,4 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
            self.protocol = 'ws'
        objects = self._get_objects()
-        self._populate(objects)
+        self._populate(make_unsafe(objects))
--- a/plugins/lookup/bitwarden.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/bitwarden.py
@@ -132,20 +132,29 @@ class Bitwarden(object):
        If field is None, return the whole record for each match.
        """
        matches = self._get_matches(search_value, search_field, collection_id)
-
+        if not field:
        if field in ['autofillOnPageLoad', 'password', 'passwordRevisionDate', 'totp', 'uris', 'username']:
            return [match['login'][field] for match in matches]
        elif not field:
            return matches
-        else:
+        field_matches = []
-            custom_field_matches = []
+        for match in matches:
-            for match in matches:
+            # if there are no custom fields, then `match` has no key 'fields'
            if 'fields' in match:
                custom_field_found = False
                for custom_field in match['fields']:
-                    if custom_field['name'] == field:
+                    if field == custom_field['name']:
-                        custom_field_matches.append(custom_field['value'])
+                        field_matches.append(custom_field['value'])
-            if matches and not custom_field_matches:
+                        custom_field_found = True
-                raise AnsibleError("Custom field {field} does not exist in {search_value}".format(field=field, search_value=search_value))
+                        break
-            return custom_field_matches
+                if custom_field_found:
                    continue
            if 'login' in match and field in match['login']:
                field_matches.append(match['login'][field])
                continue
            if field in match:
                field_matches.append(match[field])
                continue
        if matches and not field_matches:
            raise AnsibleError("field {field} does not exist in {search_value}".format(field=field, search_value=search_value))
        return field_matches
 class LookupModule(LookupBase):
--- a/plugins/lookup/onepassword.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/onepassword.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright (c) 2018, Scott Buchanan <sbuchanan@ri.pn>
+# Copyright (c) 2018, Scott Buchanan <scott@buchanan.works>
 # Copyright (c) 2016, Andrew Zenk <azenk@umn.edu> (lastpass.py used as starting point)
 # Copyright (c) 2018, Ansible Project
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
@@ -74,18 +74,18 @@ EXAMPLES = """
 - name: Retrieve password for HAL when not signed in to 1Password
  ansible.builtin.debug:
-    var: lookup('community.general.onepassword'
+    var: lookup('community.general.onepassword',
-                'HAL 9000'
+                'HAL 9000',
-                subdomain='Discovery'
+                subdomain='Discovery',
                master_password=vault_master_password)
 - name: Retrieve password for HAL when never signed in to 1Password
  ansible.builtin.debug:
-    var: lookup('community.general.onepassword'
+    var: lookup('community.general.onepassword',
-                'HAL 9000'
+                'HAL 9000',
-                subdomain='Discovery'
+                subdomain='Discovery',
-                master_password=vault_master_password
+                master_password=vault_master_password,
-                username='tweety@acme.com'
+                username='tweety@acme.com',
                secret_key=vault_secret_key)
 """
@@ -451,10 +451,10 @@ class OnePassCLIv2(OnePassCLIBase):
                # If the field name doesn't exist in the section, match on the value of "label"
                # then "id" and return "value"
                if field.get("label") == field_name:
-                    return field["value"]
+                    return field.get("value", "")
                if field.get("id") == field_name:
-                    return field["value"]
+                    return field.get("value", "")
            # Look at the section data and get an indentifier. The value of 'id' is either a unique ID
            # or a human-readable string. If a 'label' field exists, prefer that since
@@ -464,10 +464,10 @@ class OnePassCLIv2(OnePassCLIBase):
            if section_title == current_section_title:
                # In the correct section. Check "label" then "id" for the desired field_name
                if field.get("label") == field_name:
-                    return field["value"]
+                    return field.get("value", "")
                if field.get("id") == field_name:
-                    return field["value"]
+                    return field.get("value", "")
        return ""
--- a/plugins/lookup/random_string.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/random_string.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r"""
    version_added: '3.2.0'
    description:
      - Generates random string based upon the given constraints.
      - Uses L(random.SystemRandom,https://docs.python.org/3/library/random.html#random.SystemRandom),
        so should be strong enough for cryptographic purposes.
    options:
      length:
        description: The length of the string.
--- a/plugins/module_utils/cmd_runner.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/cmd_runner.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 __metaclass__ = type
 import os
 from functools import wraps
 from ansible.module_utils.common.collections import is_sequence
@@ -199,11 +200,16 @@ class CmdRunner(object):
            environ_update = {}
        self.environ_update = environ_update
-        self.command[0] = module.get_bin_path(self.command[0], opt_dirs=path_prefix, required=True)
+        _cmd = self.command[0]
        self.command[0] = _cmd if (os.path.isabs(_cmd) or '/' in _cmd) else module.get_bin_path(_cmd, opt_dirs=path_prefix, required=True)
        for mod_param_name, spec in iteritems(module.argument_spec):
            if mod_param_name not in self.arg_formats:
-                self.arg_formats[mod_param_name] = _Format.as_default_type(spec['type'], mod_param_name)
+                self.arg_formats[mod_param_name] = _Format.as_default_type(spec.get('type', 'str'), mod_param_name)
    @property
    def binary(self):
        return self.command[0]
    def __call__(self, args_order=None, output_process=None, ignore_value_none=True, check_mode_skip=False, check_mode_return=None, **kwargs):
        if output_process is None:
--- a/plugins/module_utils/memset.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/memset.py
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlencode
-from ansible.module_utils.urls import open_url, urllib_error
+from ansible.module_utils.urls import open_url
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import json
 import ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.error as urllib_error
 class Response(object):
--- a/plugins/module_utils/net_tools/pritunl/api.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/net_tools/pritunl/api.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def _post_pritunl_organization(
        api_secret=api_secret,
        base_url=base_url,
        method="POST",
-        path="/organization/%s",
+        path="/organization",
        headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
        data=json.dumps(organization_data),
        validate_certs=validate_certs,
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ def post_pritunl_organization(
        api_secret=api_secret,
        base_url=base_url,
        organization_data={"name": organization_name},
-        validate_certs=True,
+        validate_certs=validate_certs,
    )
    if response.getcode() != 200:
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ def post_pritunl_user(
            base_url=base_url,
            organization_id=organization_id,
            user_data=user_data,
-            validate_certs=True,
+            validate_certs=validate_certs,
        )
        if response.getcode() != 200:
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ def post_pritunl_user(
            organization_id=organization_id,
            user_data=user_data,
            user_id=user_id,
-            validate_certs=True,
+            validate_certs=validate_certs,
        )
        if response.getcode() != 200:
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ def delete_pritunl_organization(
        api_secret=api_secret,
        base_url=base_url,
        organization_id=organization_id,
-        validate_certs=True,
+        validate_certs=validate_certs,
    )
    if response.getcode() != 200:
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ def delete_pritunl_user(
        base_url=base_url,
        organization_id=organization_id,
        user_id=user_id,
-        validate_certs=True,
+        validate_certs=validate_certs,
    )
    if response.getcode() != 200:
--- a/plugins/module_utils/oracle/oci_utils.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/oracle/oci_utils.py
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ def are_lists_equal(s, t):
    if s is None and t is None:
        return True
-    if (s is None and len(t) >= 0) or (t is None and len(s) >= 0) or (len(s) != len(t)):
+    if s is None or t is None or (len(s) != len(t)):
        return False
    if len(s) == 0:
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ def are_lists_equal(s, t):
    s = to_dict(s)
    t = to_dict(t)
-    if type(s[0]) == dict:
+    if isinstance(s[0], dict):
        # Handle list of dicts. Dictionary returned by the API may have additional keys. For example, a get call on
        # service gateway has an attribute `services` which is a list of `ServiceIdResponseDetails`. This has a key
        # `service_name` which is not provided in the list of `services` by a user while making an update call; only
@@ -604,9 +604,9 @@ def get_attr_to_update(get_fn, kwargs_get, module, update_attributes):
        user_provided_attr_value = module.params.get(attr, None)
        unequal_list_attr = (
-            type(resources_attr_value) == list or type(user_provided_attr_value) == list
+            isinstance(resources_attr_value, list) or isinstance(user_provided_attr_value, list)
        ) and not are_lists_equal(user_provided_attr_value, resources_attr_value)
-        unequal_attr = type(resources_attr_value) != list and to_dict(
+        unequal_attr = not isinstance(resources_attr_value, list) and to_dict(
            resources_attr_value
        ) != to_dict(user_provided_attr_value)
        if unequal_list_attr or unequal_attr:
@@ -936,9 +936,9 @@ def tuplize(d):
    list_of_tuples = []
    key_list = sorted(list(d.keys()))
    for key in key_list:
-        if type(d[key]) == list:
+        if isinstance(d[key], list):
            # Convert a value which is itself a list of dict to a list of tuples.
-            if d[key] and type(d[key][0]) == dict:
+            if d[key] and isinstance(d[key][0], dict):
                sub_tuples = []
                for sub_dict in d[key]:
                    sub_tuples.append(tuplize(sub_dict))
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ def tuplize(d):
                list_of_tuples.append((sub_tuples is None, key, sub_tuples))
            else:
                list_of_tuples.append((d[key] is None, key, d[key]))
-        elif type(d[key]) == dict:
+        elif isinstance(d[key], dict):
            tupled_value = tuplize(d[key])
            list_of_tuples.append((tupled_value is None, key, tupled_value))
        else:
@@ -969,13 +969,13 @@ def sort_dictionary(d):
    """
    sorted_d = {}
    for key in d:
-        if type(d[key]) == list:
+        if isinstance(d[key], list):
-            if d[key] and type(d[key][0]) == dict:
+            if d[key] and isinstance(d[key][0], dict):
                sorted_value = sort_list_of_dictionary(d[key])
                sorted_d[key] = sorted_value
            else:
                sorted_d[key] = sorted(d[key])
-        elif type(d[key]) == dict:
+        elif isinstance(d[key], dict):
            sorted_d[key] = sort_dictionary(d[key])
        else:
            sorted_d[key] = d[key]
@@ -1026,10 +1026,7 @@ def check_if_user_value_matches_resources_attr(
            return
        if (
-            resources_value_for_attr is None
+            resources_value_for_attr is None or user_provided_value_for_attr is None
            and len(user_provided_value_for_attr) >= 0
            or user_provided_value_for_attr is None
            and len(resources_value_for_attr) >= 0
        ):
            res[0] = False
            return
@@ -1044,7 +1041,7 @@ def check_if_user_value_matches_resources_attr(
        if (
            user_provided_value_for_attr
-            and type(user_provided_value_for_attr[0]) == dict
+            and isinstance(user_provided_value_for_attr[0], dict)
        ):
            # Process a list of dict
            sorted_user_provided_value_for_attr = sort_list_of_dictionary(
@@ -1547,7 +1544,7 @@ def delete_and_wait(
    except ServiceError as ex:
        # DNS API throws a 400 InvalidParameter when a zone id is provided for zone_name_or_id and if the zone
        # resource is not available, instead of the expected 404. So working around this for now.
-        if type(client) == oci.dns.DnsClient:
+        if isinstance(client, oci.dns.DnsClient):
            if ex.status == 400 and ex.code == "InvalidParameter":
                _debug(
                    "Resource {0} with {1} already deleted. So returning changed=False".format(
--- a/plugins/module_utils/proxmox.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/proxmox.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import traceback
 PROXMOXER_IMP_ERR = None
 try:
    from proxmoxer import ProxmoxAPI
    from proxmoxer import __version__ as proxmoxer_version
    HAS_PROXMOXER = True
 except ImportError:
    HAS_PROXMOXER = False
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ class ProxmoxAnsible(object):
            module.fail_json(msg=missing_required_lib('proxmoxer'), exception=PROXMOXER_IMP_ERR)
        self.module = module
        self.proxmoxer_version = proxmoxer_version
        self.proxmox_api = self._connect()
        # Test token validity
        try:
@@ -98,6 +100,8 @@ class ProxmoxAnsible(object):
        if api_password:
            auth_args['password'] = api_password
        else:
            if self.proxmoxer_version < LooseVersion('1.1.0'):
                self.module.fail_json('Using "token_name" and "token_value" require proxmoxer>=1.1.0')
            auth_args['token_name'] = api_token_id
            auth_args['token_value'] = api_token_secret
--- a/plugins/module_utils/redfish_utils.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/redfish_utils.py
@@ -652,7 +652,8 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
        properties = ['CacheSummary', 'FirmwareVersion', 'Identifiers',
                      'Location', 'Manufacturer', 'Model', 'Name', 'Id',
                      'PartNumber', 'SerialNumber', 'SpeedGbps', 'Status']
-        key = "StorageControllers"
+        key = "Controllers"
        deprecated_key = "StorageControllers"
        # Find Storage service
        response = self.get_request(self.root_uri + systems_uri)
@@ -680,7 +681,30 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
                data = response['data']
                if key in data:
-                    controller_list = data[key]
+                    controllers_uri = data[key][u'@odata.id']
                    response = self.get_request(self.root_uri + controllers_uri)
                    if response['ret'] is False:
                        return response
                    result['ret'] = True
                    data = response['data']
                    if data[u'Members']:
                        for controller_member in data[u'Members']:
                            controller_member_uri = controller_member[u'@odata.id']
                            response = self.get_request(self.root_uri + controller_member_uri)
                            if response['ret'] is False:
                                return response
                            result['ret'] = True
                            data = response['data']
                            controller_result = {}
                            for property in properties:
                                if property in data:
                                    controller_result[property] = data[property]
                            controller_results.append(controller_result)
                elif deprecated_key in data:
                    controller_list = data[deprecated_key]
                    for controller in controller_list:
                        controller_result = {}
                        for property in properties:
@@ -735,7 +759,25 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
                        return response
                    data = response['data']
                    controller_name = 'Controller 1'
-                    if 'StorageControllers' in data:
+                    if 'Controllers' in data:
                        controllers_uri = data['Controllers'][u'@odata.id']
                        response = self.get_request(self.root_uri + controllers_uri)
                        if response['ret'] is False:
                            return response
                        result['ret'] = True
                        cdata = response['data']
                        if cdata[u'Members']:
                            controller_member_uri = cdata[u'Members'][0][u'@odata.id']
                            response = self.get_request(self.root_uri + controller_member_uri)
                            if response['ret'] is False:
                                return response
                            result['ret'] = True
                            cdata = response['data']
                            controller_name = cdata['Name']
                    elif 'StorageControllers' in data:
                        sc = data['StorageControllers']
                        if sc:
                            if 'Name' in sc[0]:
@@ -832,14 +874,32 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
            if data.get('Members'):
                for controller in data[u'Members']:
                    controller_list.append(controller[u'@odata.id'])
-                for c in controller_list:
+                for idx, c in enumerate(controller_list):
                    uri = self.root_uri + c
                    response = self.get_request(uri)
                    if response['ret'] is False:
                        return response
                    data = response['data']
-                    controller_name = 'Controller 1'
+                    controller_name = 'Controller %s' % str(idx)
-                    if 'StorageControllers' in data:
+                    if 'Controllers' in data:
                        response = self.get_request(self.root_uri + data['Controllers'][u'@odata.id'])
                        if response['ret'] is False:
                            return response
                        c_data = response['data']
                        if c_data.get('Members') and c_data['Members']:
                            response = self.get_request(self.root_uri + c_data['Members'][0][u'@odata.id'])
                            if response['ret'] is False:
                                return response
                            member_data = response['data']
                            if member_data:
                                if 'Name' in member_data:
                                    controller_name = member_data['Name']
                                else:
                                    controller_id = member_data.get('Id', '1')
                                    controller_name = 'Controller %s' % controller_id
                    elif 'StorageControllers' in data:
                        sc = data['StorageControllers']
                        if sc:
                            if 'Name' in sc[0]:
@@ -848,6 +908,7 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
                                sc_id = sc[0].get('Id', '1')
                                controller_name = 'Controller %s' % sc_id
                    volume_results = []
                    volume_list = []
                    if 'Volumes' in data:
                        # Get a list of all volumes and build respective URIs
                        volumes_uri = data[u'Volumes'][u'@odata.id']
@@ -1079,6 +1140,12 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
                if property in data:
                    user[property] = data[property]
            # Filter out empty account slots
            # An empty account slot can be detected if the username is an empty
            # string and if the account is disabled
            if user.get('UserName', '') == '' and not user.get('Enabled', False):
                continue
            users_results.append(user)
        result["entries"] = users_results
        return result
--- a/plugins/module_utils/rundeck.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/rundeck.py
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ def api_request(module, endpoint, data=None, method="GET"):
    if info["status"] == 403:
        module.fail_json(msg="Token authorization failed",
                         execution_info=json.loads(info["body"]))
-    if info["status"] == 409:
+    elif info["status"] == 404:
        return None, info
    elif info["status"] == 409:
        module.fail_json(msg="Job executions limit reached",
                         execution_info=json.loads(info["body"]))
    elif info["status"] >= 500:
--- a/plugins/modules/aix_filesystem.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/aix_filesystem.py
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ options:
    type: list
    elements: str
    default:
-      - agblksize='4096'
+      - agblksize=4096
-      - isnapshot='no'
+      - isnapshot=no
  auto_mount:
    description:
      - File system is automatically mounted at system restart.
@@ -365,7 +365,53 @@ def create_fs(
        # Creates a LVM file system.
        crfs_cmd = module.get_bin_path('crfs', True)
        if not module.check_mode:
-            cmd = [crfs_cmd, "-v", fs_type, "-m", filesystem, vg, device, mount_group, auto_mount, account_subsystem, "-p", permissions, size, "-a", attributes]
+            cmd = [crfs_cmd]
            cmd.append("-v")
            cmd.append(fs_type)
            if vg:
                (flag, value) = vg.split()
                cmd.append(flag)
                cmd.append(value)
            if device:
                (flag, value) = device.split()
                cmd.append(flag)
                cmd.append(value)
            cmd.append("-m")
            cmd.append(filesystem)
            if mount_group:
                (flag, value) = mount_group.split()
                cmd.append(flag)
                cmd.append(value)
            if auto_mount:
                (flag, value) = auto_mount.split()
                cmd.append(flag)
                cmd.append(value)
            if account_subsystem:
                (flag, value) = account_subsystem.split()
                cmd.append(flag)
                cmd.append(value)
            cmd.append("-p")
            cmd.append(permissions)
            if size:
                (flag, value) = size.split()
                cmd.append(flag)
                cmd.append(value)
            if attributes:
                splitted_attributes = attributes.split()
                cmd.append("-a")
                for value in splitted_attributes:
                    cmd.append(value)
            rc, crfs_out, err = module.run_command(cmd)
            if rc == 10:
@@ -461,7 +507,7 @@ def main():
    module = AnsibleModule(
        argument_spec=dict(
            account_subsystem=dict(type='bool', default=False),
-            attributes=dict(type='list', elements='str', default=["agblksize='4096'", "isnapshot='no'"]),
+            attributes=dict(type='list', elements='str', default=["agblksize=4096", "isnapshot=no"]),
            auto_mount=dict(type='bool', default=True),
            device=dict(type='str'),
            filesystem=dict(type='str', required=True),
--- a/plugins/modules/apache2_module.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/apache2_module.py
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def _get_ctl_binary(module):
        if ctl_binary is not None:
            return ctl_binary
-    module.fail_json(msg="Neither of apache2ctl nor apachctl found. At least one apache control binary is necessary.")
+    module.fail_json(msg="Neither of apache2ctl nor apachectl found. At least one apache control binary is necessary.")
 def _module_is_enabled(module):
--- a/plugins/modules/composer.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/composer.py
@@ -170,10 +170,15 @@ def get_available_options(module, command='install'):
    return command_help_json['definition']['options']
-def composer_command(module, command, arguments="", options=None, global_command=False):
+def composer_command(module, command, arguments="", options=None):
    if options is None:
        options = []
    global_command = module.params['global_command']
    if not global_command:
        options.extend(['--working-dir', "'%s'" % module.params['working_dir']])
    if module.params['executable'] is None:
        php_path = module.get_bin_path("php", True, ["/usr/local/bin"])
    else:
@@ -217,7 +222,6 @@ def main():
        module.fail_json(msg="Use the 'arguments' param for passing arguments with the 'command'")
    arguments = module.params['arguments']
    global_command = module.params['global_command']
    available_options = get_available_options(module=module, command=command)
    options = []
@@ -234,9 +238,6 @@ def main():
            option = "--%s" % option
            options.append(option)
    if not global_command:
        options.extend(['--working-dir', "'%s'" % module.params['working_dir']])
    option_params = {
        'prefer_source': 'prefer-source',
        'prefer_dist': 'prefer-dist',
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ def main():
        else:
            module.exit_json(skipped=True, msg="command '%s' does not support check mode, skipping" % command)
-    rc, out, err = composer_command(module, command, arguments, options, global_command)
+    rc, out, err = composer_command(module, command, arguments, options)
    if rc != 0:
        output = parse_out(err)
--- a/plugins/modules/datadog_downtime.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/datadog_downtime.py
@@ -248,7 +248,8 @@ def build_downtime(module):
        downtime.timezone = module.params["timezone"]
    if module.params["rrule"]:
        downtime.recurrence = DowntimeRecurrence(
-            rrule=module.params["rrule"]
+            rrule=module.params["rrule"],
            type="rrule",
        )
    return downtime
--- a/plugins/modules/ejabberd_user.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ejabberd_user.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class EjabberdUser(object):
        changed.   It will return True if the user does not match the supplied
        credentials and False if it does not
        """
-        return self.run_command('check_password', [self.user, self.host, self.pwd])
+        return bool(self.run_command('check_password', [self.user, self.host, self.pwd])[0])
    @property
    def exists(self):
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class EjabberdUser(object):
        host specified.  If the user exists True is returned, otherwise False
        is returned
        """
-        return self.run_command('check_account', [self.user, self.host])
+        return not bool(self.run_command('check_account', [self.user, self.host])[0])
    def log(self, entry):
        """ This method will log information to the local syslog facility """
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class EjabberdUser(object):
        """ This method will run the any command specified and return the
        returns using the Ansible common module
        """
-        cmd = [self.module.get_bin_path('ejabberdctl'), cmd] + options
+        cmd = [self.module.get_bin_path('ejabberdctl', required=True), cmd] + options
        self.log('command: %s' % " ".join(cmd))
        return self.module.run_command(cmd)
--- a/plugins/modules/github_deploy_key.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/github_deploy_key.py
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ class GithubDeployKey(object):
                yield self.module.from_json(resp.read())
                links = {}
-                for x, y in findall(r'<([^>]+)>;\s*rel="(\w+)"', info["link"]):
+                for x, y in findall(r'<([^>]+)>;\s*rel="(\w+)"', info.get("link", '')):
                    links[y] = x
                url = links.get('next')
--- a/plugins/modules/github_key.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/github_key.py
@@ -82,8 +82,14 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
    name: Access Key for Some Machine
    token: '{{ github_access_token }}'
    pubkey: '{{ ssh_pub_key.stdout }}'
 '''
 # Alternatively, a single task can be used reading a key from a file on the controller
 - name: Authorize key with GitHub
  community.general.github_key:
    name: Access Key for Some Machine
    token: '{{ github_access_token }}'
    pubkey: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.file', '/home/foo/.ssh/id_rsa.pub') }}"
 '''
 import json
 import re
--- a/plugins/modules/gitlab_group_members.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/gitlab_group_members.py
@@ -276,11 +276,11 @@ def main():
    ensure_gitlab_package(module)
    access_level_int = {
-        'guest': gitlab.GUEST_ACCESS,
+        'guest': gitlab.const.GUEST_ACCESS,
-        'reporter': gitlab.REPORTER_ACCESS,
+        'reporter': gitlab.const.REPORTER_ACCESS,
-        'developer': gitlab.DEVELOPER_ACCESS,
+        'developer': gitlab.const.DEVELOPER_ACCESS,
-        'maintainer': gitlab.MAINTAINER_ACCESS,
+        'maintainer': gitlab.const.MAINTAINER_ACCESS,
-        'owner': gitlab.OWNER_ACCESS,
+        'owner': gitlab.const.OWNER_ACCESS,
    }
    gitlab_group = module.params['gitlab_group']
--- a/plugins/modules/gitlab_project_members.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/gitlab_project_members.py
@@ -282,10 +282,10 @@ def main():
    ensure_gitlab_package(module)
    access_level_int = {
-        'guest': gitlab.GUEST_ACCESS,
+        'guest': gitlab.const.GUEST_ACCESS,
-        'reporter': gitlab.REPORTER_ACCESS,
+        'reporter': gitlab.const.REPORTER_ACCESS,
-        'developer': gitlab.DEVELOPER_ACCESS,
+        'developer': gitlab.const.DEVELOPER_ACCESS,
-        'maintainer': gitlab.MAINTAINER_ACCESS,
+        'maintainer': gitlab.const.MAINTAINER_ACCESS,
    }
    gitlab_project = module.params['project']
--- a/plugins/modules/gitlab_protected_branch.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/gitlab_protected_branch.py
@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ class GitlabProtectedBranch(object):
        self._module = module
        self.project = self.get_project(project)
        self.ACCESS_LEVEL = {
-            'nobody': gitlab.NO_ACCESS,
+            'nobody': gitlab.const.NO_ACCESS,
-            'developer': gitlab.DEVELOPER_ACCESS,
+            'developer': gitlab.const.DEVELOPER_ACCESS,
-            'maintainer': gitlab.MAINTAINER_ACCESS
+            'maintainer': gitlab.const.MAINTAINER_ACCESS
        }
    def get_project(self, project_name):
--- a/plugins/modules/gitlab_user.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/gitlab_user.py
@@ -244,12 +244,12 @@ class GitLabUser(object):
        self._gitlab = gitlab_instance
        self.user_object = None
        self.ACCESS_LEVEL = {
-            'guest': gitlab.GUEST_ACCESS,
+            'guest': gitlab.const.GUEST_ACCESS,
-            'reporter': gitlab.REPORTER_ACCESS,
+            'reporter': gitlab.const.REPORTER_ACCESS,
-            'developer': gitlab.DEVELOPER_ACCESS,
+            'developer': gitlab.const.DEVELOPER_ACCESS,
-            'master': gitlab.MAINTAINER_ACCESS,
+            'master': gitlab.const.MAINTAINER_ACCESS,
-            'maintainer': gitlab.MAINTAINER_ACCESS,
+            'maintainer': gitlab.const.MAINTAINER_ACCESS,
-            'owner': gitlab.OWNER_ACCESS,
+            'owner': gitlab.const.OWNER_ACCESS,
        }
    '''
--- a/plugins/modules/icinga2_host.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/icinga2_host.py
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ def main():
                module.exit_json(changed=False, name=name, data=data)
            # Template attribute is not allowed in modification
-            del data['attrs']['templates']
+            del data['templates']
            ret = icinga.modify(name, data)
--- a/plugins/modules/ipa_dnszone.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ipa_dnszone.py
@@ -152,7 +152,8 @@ def ensure(module, client):
            changed = True
            if not module.check_mode:
                client.dnszone_add(zone_name=zone_name, details={'idnsallowdynupdate': dynamicupdate, 'idnsallowsyncptr': allowsyncptr})
-        elif ipa_dnszone['idnsallowdynupdate'][0] != str(dynamicupdate).upper() or ipa_dnszone['idnsallowsyncptr'][0] != str(allowsyncptr).upper():
+        elif ipa_dnszone['idnsallowdynupdate'][0] != str(dynamicupdate).upper() or \
                ipa_dnszone.get('idnsallowsyncptr') and ipa_dnszone['idnsallowsyncptr'][0] != str(allowsyncptr).upper():
            changed = True
            if not module.check_mode:
                client.dnszone_mod(zone_name=zone_name, details={'idnsallowdynupdate': dynamicupdate, 'idnsallowsyncptr': allowsyncptr})
--- a/plugins/modules/ipa_user.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ipa_user.py
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ options:
    default: 'always'
    choices: [ always, on_create ]
  givenname:
-    description: First name.
+    description:
    - First name.
    - If user does not exist and I(state=present), the usage of I(givenname) is required.
    type: str
  krbpasswordexpiration:
    description:
@@ -54,7 +56,9 @@ options:
    - Will not be set for an existing user unless I(update_password=always), which is the default.
    type: str
  sn:
-    description: Surname.
+    description:
    - Surname.
    - If user does not exist and I(state=present), the usage of I(sn) is required.
    type: str
  sshpubkey:
    description:
--- a/plugins/modules/jenkins_plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/jenkins_plugin.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ options:
  group:
    type: str
    description:
-      - Name of the Jenkins group on the OS.
+      - GID or name of the Jenkins group on the OS.
    default: jenkins
  jenkins_home:
    type: path
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ options:
  owner:
    type: str
    description:
-      - Name of the Jenkins user on the OS.
+      - UID or name of the Jenkins user on the OS.
    default: jenkins
  state:
    type: str
@@ -195,6 +195,29 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
    url_password: p4ssw0rd
    url: http://localhost:8888
 #
 # Example of how to authenticate with serverless deployment
 #
 - name: Update plugins on ECS Fargate Jenkins instance
  community.general.jenkins_plugin:
    # plugin name and version
    name: ws-cleanup
    version: '0.45'
    # Jenkins home path mounted on ec2-helper VM (example)
    jenkins_home: "/mnt/{{ jenkins_instance }}"
    # matching the UID/GID to one in official Jenkins image
    owner: 1000
    group: 1000
    # Jenkins instance URL and admin credentials
    url: "https://{{ jenkins_instance }}.com/"
    url_username: admin
    url_password: p4ssw0rd
  # make module work from EC2 which has local access
  # to EFS mount as well as Jenkins URL
  delegate_to: ec2-helper
  vars:
    jenkins_instance: foobar
 #
 # Example of a Play which handles Jenkins restarts during the state changes
 #
--- a/plugins/modules/keycloak_clientscope_type.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/keycloak_clientscope_type.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ author:
 EXAMPLES = '''
 - name: Set default client scopes on realm level
-  community.general.keycloak_clientsecret_info:
+  community.general.keycloak_clientscope_type:
    auth_client_id: admin-cli
    auth_keycloak_url: https://auth.example.com/auth
    auth_realm: master
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 - name: Set default and optional client scopes on client level with token auth
-  community.general.keycloak_clientsecret_info:
+  community.general.keycloak_clientscope_type:
    auth_client_id: admin-cli
    auth_keycloak_url: https://auth.example.com/auth
    token: TOKEN
--- a/plugins/modules/keycloak_identity_provider.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/keycloak_identity_provider.py
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ def sanitize(idp):
    idpcopy = deepcopy(idp)
    if 'config' in idpcopy:
        if 'clientSecret' in idpcopy['config']:
-            idpcopy['clientSecret'] = '**********'
+            idpcopy['config']['clientSecret'] = '**********'
    return idpcopy
--- a/plugins/modules/locale_gen.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/locale_gen.py
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ options:
            - Whether the locale shall be present.
        choices: [ absent, present ]
        default: present
 notes:
    - This module does not support RHEL-based systems.
 '''
 EXAMPLES = '''
@@ -74,11 +76,10 @@ def is_available(name, ubuntuMode):
    checking either :
    * if the locale is present in /etc/locales.gen
    * or if the locale is present in /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED"""
    __regexp = r'^#?\s*(?P<locale>\S+[\._\S]*) (?P<charset>\S+)\s*$'
    if ubuntuMode:
        __regexp = r'^(?P<locale>\S+_\S+) (?P<charset>\S+)\s*$'
        __locales_available = '/usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED'
    else:
        __regexp = r'^#{0,1}\s*(?P<locale>\S+_\S+) (?P<charset>\S+)\s*$'
        __locales_available = '/etc/locale.gen'
    re_compiled = re.compile(__regexp)
@@ -88,7 +89,8 @@ def is_available(name, ubuntuMode):
        if result and result.group('locale') == name:
            return True
    fd.close()
-    return False
+    # locale may be installed but not listed in the file, for example C.UTF-8 in some systems
    return is_present(name)
 def is_present(name):
@@ -106,20 +108,6 @@ def fix_case(name):
    return name
 def replace_line(existing_line, new_line):
    """Replaces lines in /etc/locale.gen"""
    try:
        f = open("/etc/locale.gen", "r")
        lines = [line.replace(existing_line, new_line) for line in f]
    finally:
        f.close()
    try:
        f = open("/etc/locale.gen", "w")
        f.write("".join(lines))
    finally:
        f.close()
 def set_locale(name, enabled=True):
    """ Sets the state of the locale. Defaults to enabled. """
    search_string = r'#{0,1}\s*%s (?P<charset>.+)' % name
@@ -209,7 +197,7 @@ def main():
            # We found the common way to manage locales.
            ubuntuMode = False
        else:
-            module.fail_json(msg="/etc/locale.gen and /var/lib/locales/supported.d/local are missing. Is the package \"locales\" installed?")
+            module.fail_json(msg="/etc/locale.gen and /var/lib/locales/supported.d/local are missing. Is the package 'locales' installed?")
    else:
        # Ubuntu created its own system to manage locales.
        ubuntuMode = True
--- a/plugins/modules/mail.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/mail.py
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ def main():
        # NOTE: Backward compatible with old syntax using '|' as delimiter
        for hdr in [x.strip() for x in header.split('|')]:
            try:
-                h_key, h_val = hdr.split('=')
+                h_key, h_val = hdr.split('=', 1)
                h_val = to_native(Header(h_val, charset))
                msg.add_header(h_key, h_val)
            except Exception:
--- a/plugins/modules/make.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/make.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ options:
  params:
    description:
      - Any extra parameters to pass to make.
      - If the value is empty, only the key will be used. For example, C(FOO:) will produce C(FOO), not C(FOO=).
    type: dict
  target:
    description:
@@ -81,6 +82,18 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
    chdir: /home/ubuntu/cool-project
    target: all
    file: /some-project/Makefile
 - name: build arm64 kernel on FreeBSD, with 16 parallel jobs
  community.general.make:
    chdir: /usr/src
    jobs: 16
    target: buildkernel
    params:
      # This adds -DWITH_FDT to the command line:
      -DWITH_FDT:
      # The following adds TARGET=arm64 TARGET_ARCH=aarch64 to the command line:
      TARGET: arm64
      TARGET_ARCH: aarch64
 '''
 RETURN = r'''
@@ -174,7 +187,7 @@ def main():
            make_path = module.get_bin_path('make', required=True)
    make_target = module.params['target']
    if module.params['params'] is not None:
-        make_parameters = [k + '=' + str(v) for k, v in iteritems(module.params['params'])]
+        make_parameters = [k + (('=' + str(v)) if v is not None else '') for k, v in iteritems(module.params['params'])]
    else:
        make_parameters = []
--- a/plugins/modules/nmcli.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/nmcli.py
@@ -2104,7 +2104,10 @@ class Nmcli(object):
            if key and len(pair) > 1:
                raw_value = pair[1].lstrip()
                if raw_value == '--':
-                    conn_info[key] = None
+                    if key_type == list:
                        conn_info[key] = []
                    else:
                        conn_info[key] = None
                elif key == 'bond.options':
                    # Aliases such as 'miimon', 'downdelay' are equivalent to the +bond.options 'option=value' syntax.
                    opts = raw_value.split(',')
@@ -2191,7 +2194,7 @@ class Nmcli(object):
            # We can't just do `if not value` because then if there's a value
            # of 0 specified as an integer it'll be interpreted as empty when
            # it actually isn't.
-            if value != 0 and not value:
+            if value not in (0, []) and not value:
                continue
            if key in conn_info:
--- a/plugins/modules/nsupdate.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/nsupdate.py
@@ -467,10 +467,8 @@ class RecordManager(object):
        if lookup.rcode() != dns.rcode.NOERROR:
            self.module.fail_json(msg='Failed to lookup TTL of existing matching record.')
-        if self.module.params['type'] == 'NS':
+        current_ttl = lookup.answer[0].ttl if lookup.answer else lookup.authority[0].ttl
-            current_ttl = lookup.answer[0].ttl if lookup.answer else lookup.authority[0].ttl
+
        else:
            current_ttl = lookup.answer[0].ttl
        return current_ttl != self.module.params['ttl']
--- a/plugins/modules/openbsd_pkg.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/openbsd_pkg.py
@@ -169,7 +169,11 @@ def get_package_state(names, pkg_spec, module):
        rc, stdout, stderr = execute_command(command, module)
        if stderr:
-            module.fail_json(msg="failed in get_package_state(): " + stderr)
+            match = re.search(r"^Can't find inst:%s$" % re.escape(name), stderr)
            if match:
                pkg_spec[name]['installed_state'] = False
            else:
                module.fail_json(msg="failed in get_package_state(): " + stderr)
        if stdout:
            # If the requested package name is just a stem, like "python", we may
--- a/plugins/modules/pacemaker_cluster.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/pacemaker_cluster.py
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ def main():
            if cluster_state == state:
                module.exit_json(changed=changed, out=cluster_state)
            else:
                if module.check_mode:
                    module.exit_json(changed=True)
                set_cluster(module, state, timeout, force)
                cluster_state = get_cluster_status(module)
                if cluster_state == state:
@@ -201,12 +203,16 @@ def main():
                if node_state[1].strip().lower() == state:
                    module.exit_json(changed=changed, out=cluster_state)
                else:
                    if module.check_mode:
                        module.exit_json(changed=True)
                    # Set cluster status if needed
                    set_cluster(module, state, timeout, force)
                    cluster_state = get_node_status(module, node)
                    module.exit_json(changed=True, out=cluster_state)
    if state in ['restart']:
        if module.check_mode:
            module.exit_json(changed=True)
        set_cluster(module, 'offline', timeout, force)
        cluster_state = get_cluster_status(module)
        if cluster_state == 'offline':
@@ -220,6 +226,8 @@ def main():
            module.fail_json(msg="Failed during the restart of the cluster, the cluster can't be stopped")
    if state in ['cleanup']:
        if module.check_mode:
            module.exit_json(changed=True)
        clean_cluster(module, timeout)
        cluster_state = get_cluster_status(module)
        module.exit_json(changed=True,
--- a/plugins/modules/pacman.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/pacman.py
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ notes:
    it is much more efficient to pass the list directly to the I(name) option.
  - To use an AUR helper (I(executable) option), a few extra setup steps might be required beforehand.
    For example, a dedicated build user with permissions to install packages could be necessary.
  - >
    In the tests, while using C(yay) as the I(executable) option, the module failed to install AUR packages
    with the error: C(error: target not found: <pkg>).
 """
 RETURN = """
@@ -263,6 +266,7 @@ EXAMPLES = """
    reason_for: all
 """
 import re
 import shlex
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 from collections import defaultdict, namedtuple
@@ -418,7 +422,7 @@ class Pacman(object):
            for p in name_ver:
                # With Pacman v6.0.1 - libalpm v13.0.1, --upgrade outputs "loading packages..." on stdout. strip that.
                # When installing from URLs, pacman can also output a 'nothing to do' message. strip that too.
-                if "loading packages" in p or "there is nothing to do" in p:
+                if "loading packages" in p or "there is nothing to do" in p or 'Avoid running' in p:
                    continue
                name, version = p.split()
                if name in self.inventory["installed_pkgs"]:
@@ -706,11 +710,12 @@ class Pacman(object):
        installed_pkgs = {}
        dummy, stdout, dummy = self.m.run_command([self.pacman_path, "--query"], check_rc=True)
        # Format of a line: "pacman 6.0.1-2"
        query_re = re.compile(r'^\s*(?P<pkg>\S+)\s+(?P<ver>\S+)\s*$')
        for l in stdout.splitlines():
-            l = l.strip()
+            query_match = query_re.match(l)
-            if not l:
+            if not query_match:
                continue
-            pkg, ver = l.split()
+            pkg, ver = query_match.groups()
            installed_pkgs[pkg] = ver
        installed_groups = defaultdict(set)
@@ -721,11 +726,12 @@ class Pacman(object):
        #     base-devel file
        #     base-devel findutils
        #     ...
        query_groups_re = re.compile(r'^\s*(?P<group>\S+)\s+(?P<pkg>\S+)\s*$')
        for l in stdout.splitlines():
-            l = l.strip()
+            query_groups_match = query_groups_re.match(l)
-            if not l:
+            if not query_groups_match:
                continue
-            group, pkgname = l.split()
+            group, pkgname = query_groups_match.groups()
            installed_groups[group].add(pkgname)
        available_pkgs = {}
@@ -747,11 +753,12 @@ class Pacman(object):
        #     vim-plugins vim-airline-themes
        #     vim-plugins vim-ale
        #     ...
        sync_groups_re = re.compile(r'^\s*(?P<group>\S+)\s+(?P<pkg>\S+)\s*$')
        for l in stdout.splitlines():
-            l = l.strip()
+            sync_groups_match = sync_groups_re.match(l)
-            if not l:
+            if not sync_groups_match:
                continue
-            group, pkg = l.split()
+            group, pkg = sync_groups_match.groups()
            available_groups[group].add(pkg)
        upgradable_pkgs = {}
@@ -759,9 +766,14 @@ class Pacman(object):
            [self.pacman_path, "--query", "--upgrades"], check_rc=False
        )
        stdout = stdout.splitlines()
        if stdout and "Avoid running" in stdout[0]:
            stdout = stdout[1:]
        stdout = "\n".join(stdout)
        # non-zero exit with nothing in stdout -> nothing to upgrade, all good
        # stderr can have warnings, so not checked here
-        if rc == 1 and stdout == "":
+        if rc == 1 and not stdout:
            pass  # nothing to upgrade
        elif rc == 0:
            # Format of lines:
@@ -771,7 +783,7 @@ class Pacman(object):
                l = l.strip()
                if not l:
                    continue
-                if "[ignored]" in l:
+                if "[ignored]" in l or "Avoid running" in l:
                    continue
                s = l.split()
                if len(s) != 4:
--- a/plugins/modules/pam_limits.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/pam_limits.py
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ def main():
    limits_conf = '/etc/security/limits.conf'
    module = AnsibleModule(
        # not checking because of daisy chain to file module
        argument_spec=dict(
            domain=dict(required=True, type='str'),
            limit_type=dict(required=True, type='str', choices=pam_types),
@@ -201,6 +200,7 @@ def main():
    new_comment = module.params['comment']
    changed = False
    does_not_exist = False
    if os.path.isfile(limits_conf):
        if not os.access(limits_conf, os.W_OK):
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ def main():
    else:
        limits_conf_dir = os.path.dirname(limits_conf)
        if os.path.isdir(limits_conf_dir) and os.access(limits_conf_dir, os.W_OK):
-            open(limits_conf, 'a').close()
+            does_not_exist = True
            changed = True
        else:
            module.fail_json(msg="directory %s is not writable (check presence, access rights, use sudo)" % limits_conf_dir)
@@ -224,15 +224,20 @@ def main():
    space_pattern = re.compile(r'\s+')
    if does_not_exist:
        lines = []
    else:
        with open(limits_conf, 'rb') as f:
            lines = list(f)
    message = ''
    f = open(limits_conf, 'rb')
    # Tempfile
    nf = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode='w+')
    found = False
    new_value = value
-    for line in f:
+    for line in lines:
        line = to_native(line, errors='surrogate_or_strict')
        if line.startswith('#'):
            nf.write(line)
@@ -323,17 +328,17 @@ def main():
        message = new_limit
        nf.write(new_limit)
    f.close()
    nf.flush()
    with open(limits_conf, 'r') as content:
        content_current = content.read()
    with open(nf.name, 'r') as content:
        content_new = content.read()
    if not module.check_mode:
-        # Copy tempfile to newfile
+        if does_not_exist:
            with open(limits_conf, 'a'):
                pass
        # Move tempfile to newfile
        module.atomic_move(nf.name, limits_conf)
    try:
@@ -344,7 +349,7 @@ def main():
    res_args = dict(
        changed=changed,
        msg=message,
-        diff=dict(before=content_current, after=content_new),
+        diff=dict(before=b''.join(lines), after=content_new),
    )
    if backup:
--- a/plugins/modules/proxmox.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/proxmox.py
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ class ProxmoxLxcAnsible(ProxmoxAnsible):
        """Check if the specified container is a template."""
        proxmox_node = self.proxmox_api.nodes(node)
        config = getattr(proxmox_node, VZ_TYPE)(vmid).config.get()
-        return config['template']
+        return config.get('template', False)
    def create_instance(self, vmid, node, disk, storage, cpus, memory, swap, timeout, clone, **kwargs):
--- a/plugins/modules/proxmox_disk.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/proxmox_disk.py
@@ -505,7 +505,9 @@ class ProxmoxDiskAnsible(ProxmoxAnsible):
                timeout_str = "Reached timeout while importing VM disk. Last line in task before timeout: %s"
                ok_str = "Disk %s imported into VM %s"
            else:
-                config_str = "%s:%s" % (self.module.params["storage"], self.module.params["size"])
+                config_str = self.module.params["storage"]
                if self.module.params.get("media") != "cdrom":
                    config_str += ":%s" % (self.module.params["size"])
                ok_str = "Disk %s created in VM %s"
                timeout_str = "Reached timeout while creating VM disk. Last line in task before timeout: %s"
--- a/plugins/modules/proxmox_kvm.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/proxmox_kvm.py
@@ -281,8 +281,9 @@ options:
    type: int
  name:
    description:
-      - Specifies the VM name. Only used on the configuration web interface.
+      - Specifies the VM name. Name could be non-unique across the cluster.
-      - Required only for C(state=present).
+      - Required only for I(state=present).
      - With I(state=present) if I(vmid) not provided and VM with name exists in the cluster then no changes will be made.
    type: str
  nameservers:
    description:
@@ -407,6 +408,14 @@ options:
  smbios:
    description:
      - Specifies SMBIOS type 1 fields.
      - "Comma separated, Base64 encoded (optional) SMBIOS properties:"
      - C([base64=<1|0>] [,family=<Base64 encoded string>])
      - C([,manufacturer=<Base64 encoded string>])
      - C([,product=<Base64 encoded string>])
      - C([,serial=<Base64 encoded string>])
      - C([,sku=<Base64 encoded string>])
      - C([,uuid=<UUID>])
      - C([,version=<Base64 encoded string>])
    type: str
  snapname:
    description:
@@ -763,6 +772,15 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
    node: sabrewulf
    state: absent
 - name: Get VM current state
  community.general.proxmox_kvm:
    api_user: root@pam
    api_password: secret
    api_host: helldorado
    name: spynal
    node: sabrewulf
    state: current
 - name: Update VM configuration
  community.general.proxmox_kvm:
    api_user: root@pam
@@ -1201,10 +1219,14 @@ def main():
    # the cloned vm name or retrieve the next free VM id from ProxmoxAPI.
    if not vmid:
        if state == 'present' and not update and not clone and not delete and not revert:
-            try:
+            existing_vmid = proxmox.get_vmid(name, ignore_missing=True)
-                vmid = proxmox.get_nextvmid()
+            if existing_vmid:
-            except Exception:
+                vmid = existing_vmid
-                module.fail_json(msg="Can't get the next vmid for VM {0} automatically. Ensure your cluster state is good".format(name))
+            else:
                try:
                    vmid = proxmox.get_nextvmid()
                except Exception:
                    module.fail_json(msg="Can't get the next vmid for VM {0} automatically. Ensure your cluster state is good".format(name))
        else:
            clone_target = clone or name
            vmid = proxmox.get_vmid(clone_target, ignore_missing=True)
@@ -1404,7 +1426,7 @@ def main():
            status['status'] = vm['status']
            if vm['status'] == 'running':
                if module.params['force']:
-                    proxmox.stop_vm(vm, True)
+                    proxmox.stop_vm(vm, True, timeout=module.params['timeout'])
                else:
                    module.exit_json(changed=False, vmid=vmid, msg="VM %s is running. Stop it before deletion or use force=true." % vmid)
            taskid = proxmox_node.qemu.delete(vmid)
--- a/plugins/modules/proxmox_tasks_info.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/proxmox_tasks_info.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ extends_documentation_fragment:
 EXAMPLES = '''
 - name: List tasks on node01
-  community.general.proxmox_task_info:
+  community.general.proxmox_tasks_info:
    api_host: proxmoxhost
    api_user: root@pam
    api_password: '{{ password | default(omit) }}'
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
  register: result
 - name: Retrieve information about specific tasks on node01
-  community.general.proxmox_task_info:
+  community.general.proxmox_tasks_info:
    api_host: proxmoxhost
    api_user: root@pam
    api_password: '{{ password | default(omit) }}'
--- a/plugins/modules/proxmox_user_info.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/proxmox_user_info.py
@@ -193,14 +193,14 @@ class ProxmoxUser:
                self.user[k] = v
            elif k in ['groups', 'tokens'] and (v == '' or v is None):
                self.user[k] = []
-            elif k == 'groups' and type(v) == str:
+            elif k == 'groups' and isinstance(v, str):
                self.user['groups'] = v.split(',')
-            elif k == 'tokens' and type(v) == list:
+            elif k == 'tokens' and isinstance(v, list):
                for token in v:
                    if 'privsep' in token:
                        token['privsep'] = proxmox_to_ansible_bool(token['privsep'])
                self.user['tokens'] = v
-            elif k == 'tokens' and type(v) == dict:
+            elif k == 'tokens' and isinstance(v, dict):
                self.user['tokens'] = list()
                for tokenid, tokenvalues in v.items():
                    t = tokenvalues
--- a/plugins/modules/redhat_subscription.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/redhat_subscription.py
@@ -588,7 +588,34 @@ class Rhsm(RegistrationBase):
        register_opts = {}
        if consumer_type:
-            register_opts['consumer_type'] = consumer_type
+            # The option for the consumer type used to be 'type' in versions
            # of RHEL before 9 & in RHEL 9 before 9.2, and then it changed to
            # 'consumer_type'; since the Register*() D-Bus functions reject
            # unknown options, we have to pass the right option depending on
            # the version -- funky.
            def supports_option_consumer_type():
                # subscription-manager in any supported Fedora version
                # has the new option.
                if distro_id == 'fedora':
                    return True
                # Check for RHEL 9 >= 9.2, or RHEL >= 10.
                if distro_id == 'rhel' and \
                   ((distro_version[0] == 9 and distro_version[1] >= 2) or
                       distro_version[0] >= 10):
                    return True
                # CentOS: since the change was only done in EL 9, then there is
                # only CentOS Stream for 9, and thus we can assume it has the
                # latest version of subscription-manager.
                if distro_id == 'centos' and distro_version[0] >= 9:
                    return True
                # Unknown or old distro: assume it does not support
                # the new option.
                return False
            consumer_type_key = 'type'
            if supports_option_consumer_type():
                consumer_type_key = 'consumer_type'
            register_opts[consumer_type_key] = consumer_type
        if consumer_name:
            register_opts['name'] = consumer_name
        if consumer_id:
--- a/plugins/modules/rhsm_repository.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/rhsm_repository.py
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ def repository_modify(module, state, name, purge=False):
                diff_after.join("Repository '{repoid}' is disabled for this system\n".format(repoid=repoid))
                results.append("Repository '{repoid}' is disabled for this system".format(repoid=repoid))
                rhsm_arguments.extend(['--disable', repoid])
            for updated_repo in updated_repo_list:
                if updated_repo['id'] in difference:
                    updated_repo['enabled'] = False
    diff = {'before': diff_before,
            'after': diff_after,
--- a/plugins/modules/terraform.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/terraform.py
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ def init_plugins(bin_path, project_path, backend_config, backend_config_files, i
        for key, val in backend_config.items():
            command.extend([
                '-backend-config',
-                shlex_quote('{0}={1}'.format(key, val))
+                '{0}={1}'.format(key, val)
            ])
    if backend_config_files:
        for f in backend_config_files:
--- a/plugins/modules/xml.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/xml.py
@@ -436,11 +436,16 @@ def is_attribute(tree, xpath, namespaces):
    """ Test if a given xpath matches and that match is an attribute
    An xpath attribute search will only match one item"""
    # lxml 5.1.1 removed etree._ElementStringResult, so we can no longer simply assume it's there
    # (https://github.com/lxml/lxml/commit/eba79343d0e7ad1ce40169f60460cdd4caa29eb3)
    ElementStringResult = getattr(etree, '_ElementStringResult', None)
    if xpath_matches(tree, xpath, namespaces):
        match = tree.xpath(xpath, namespaces=namespaces)
-        if isinstance(match[0], etree._ElementStringResult):
+        if isinstance(match[0], etree._ElementUnicodeResult):
            return True
-        elif isinstance(match[0], etree._ElementUnicodeResult):
+        elif ElementStringResult is not None and isinstance(match[0], ElementStringResult):
            return True
    return False
--- a/plugins/plugin_utils/unsafe.py
+++ b/plugins/plugin_utils/unsafe.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2023, Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 import re
 from ansible.module_utils.six import binary_type, text_type
 from ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat import Mapping, Set
 from ansible.module_utils.common.collections import is_sequence
 from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import (
    AnsibleUnsafe,
    wrap_var as _make_unsafe,
 )
 _RE_TEMPLATE_CHARS = re.compile(u'[{}]')
 _RE_TEMPLATE_CHARS_BYTES = re.compile(b'[{}]')
 def make_unsafe(value):
    if value is None or isinstance(value, AnsibleUnsafe):
        return value
    if isinstance(value, Mapping):
        return dict((make_unsafe(key), make_unsafe(val)) for key, val in value.items())
    elif isinstance(value, Set):
        return set(make_unsafe(elt) for elt in value)
    elif is_sequence(value):
        return type(value)(make_unsafe(elt) for elt in value)
    elif isinstance(value, binary_type):
        if _RE_TEMPLATE_CHARS_BYTES.search(value):
            value = _make_unsafe(value)
        return value
    elif isinstance(value, text_type):
        if _RE_TEMPLATE_CHARS.search(value):
            value = _make_unsafe(value)
        return value
    return value
--- a/tests/galaxy-importer.cfg
+++ b/tests/galaxy-importer.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
 # Copyright (c) Ansible Project
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 [galaxy-importer]
 # This is only needed to make Zuul's third-party-check happy.
 # It is not needed by anything else.
 run_ansible_doc=false
--- a/tests/integration/targets/alternatives/tasks/tests_set_priority.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/alternatives/tasks/tests_set_priority.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  assert:
    that:
      - 'alternative is changed'
-      - 'cmd.stdout == "dummy{{ item }}"'
+      - 'cmd.stdout == "dummy" ~ item'
 - name: check that alternative has been updated
  command: "grep -Pzq '/bin/dummy{{ item }}\\n{{ 60 + item|int }}' '{{ alternatives_dir }}/dummy'"
--- a/tests/integration/targets/archive/tests/core.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/archive/tests/core.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
    that:
      - archive_no_options is changed
      - "archive_no_options.dest_state == 'archive'"
-      - "{{ archive_no_options.archived | length }} == 3"
+      - "archive_no_options.archived | length == 3"
 - name: Remove the archive - no options ({{ format }})
  file:
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
    that:
      - archive_file_options_stat is not changed
      - "archive_file_options.mode == '0600'"
-      - "{{ archive_file_options.archived | length }} == 3"
+      - "archive_file_options.archived | length == 3"
 - name: Remove the archive - file options ({{ format }})
  file:
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
  assert:
    that:
      - archive_path_list is changed
-      - "{{ archive_path_list.archived | length }} == 3"
+      - "archive_path_list.archived | length == 3"
 - name: Remove archive - path list ({{ format }})
  file:
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@
    that:
      - archive_missing_paths is changed
      - "archive_missing_paths.dest_state == 'incomplete'"
-      - "'{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/dne.txt' in archive_missing_paths.missing"
+      - "(remote_tmp_dir ~ '/dne.txt') in archive_missing_paths.missing"
-      - "'{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/foo.txt' not in archive_missing_paths.missing"
+      - "(remote_tmp_dir ~ '/foo.txt') not in archive_missing_paths.missing"
 - name: Remove archive - missing paths ({{ format }})
  file:
--- a/tests/integration/targets/archive/tests/remove.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/archive/tests/remove.yml
@@ -20,21 +20,28 @@
  assert:
    that:
      - archive_remove_source_files is changed
-      - "{{ archive_remove_source_files.archived | length }} == 3"
+      - "archive_remove_source_files.archived | length == 3"
 - name: Remove Archive - remove source files ({{ format }})
  file:
    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/archive_remove_source_files.{{ format }}"
    state: absent
- name: Assert that source files were removed - remove source files ({{ format }})
+- name: Remove source files in check mode ({{ format }})
-  assert:
+  file:
-    that:
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/{{ item }}"
-      - "'{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/{{ item }}' is not exists"
+    state: absent
  check_mode: true
  with_items:
    - foo.txt
    - bar.txt
    - empty.txt
  register: remove_files
 - name: Assert that source files were removed - remove source files ({{ format }})
  assert:
    that:
      - remove_files is not changed
 - name: Copy source files - remove source directory ({{ format }})
  copy:
@@ -76,17 +83,24 @@
  assert:
    that:
      - archive_remove_source_directory is changed
-      - "{{ archive_remove_source_directory.archived | length }} == 3"
+      - "archive_remove_source_directory.archived | length == 3"
 - name: Remove archive - remove source directory ({{ format }})
  file:
    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/archive_remove_source_directory.{{ format }}"
    state: absent
 - name: Remove source source directory in check mode ({{ format }})
  file:
    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/tmpdir"
    state: absent
  check_mode: true
  register: remove_dir
 - name: Verify source directory was removed - remove source directory ({{ format }})
  assert:
    that:
-      - "'{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/tmpdir' is not exists"
+      - remove_dir is not changed
 - name: Create temporary directory - remove source excluding path ({{ format }})
  file:
@@ -120,7 +134,7 @@
  assert:
    that:
      - archive_remove_source_excluding_path is changed
-      - "{{ archive_remove_source_excluding_path.archived | length }} == 2"
+      - "archive_remove_source_excluding_path.archived | length == 2"
 - name: Remove archive - remove source excluding path ({{ format }})
  file:
--- a/tests/integration/targets/cloud_init_data_facts/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/cloud_init_data_facts/tasks/main.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 - name: Help debugging
  debug:
    msg: >-
      distribution={{ ansible_distribution }},
      distribution major version={{ ansible_distribution_major_version }},
      os_family={{ ansible_os_family }},
      Python version={{ ansible_python.version.major }}
 - name: test cloud-init
  # TODO: check for a workaround
  # install 'cloud-init'' failed: dpkg-divert: error: `diversion of /etc/init/ureadahead.conf
@@ -15,10 +23,11 @@
  # /etc/init/ureadahead.conf to /etc/init/ureadahead.conf.distrib
  # https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ureadahead/+bug/997838
  # Will also have to skip on OpenSUSE when running on Python 2 on newer Leap versions
-  # (!= 42 and >= 15) ascloud-init will install the Python 3 package, breaking our build on py2.
+  # (!= 42 and >= 15) as cloud-init will install the Python 3 package, breaking our build on py2.
  when:
  - not (ansible_distribution == "Ubuntu" and ansible_distribution_major_version|int == 14)
  - not (ansible_os_family == "Suse" and ansible_distribution_major_version|int != 42 and ansible_python.version.major != 3)
  - not (ansible_os_family == "Suse" and ansible_distribution_major_version|int == 15)
  - not (ansible_distribution == "CentOS" and ansible_distribution_major_version|int == 8)  # TODO: cannot start service
  - not (ansible_distribution == 'Archlinux')  # TODO: package seems to be broken, cannot be downloaded from mirrors?
  - not (ansible_distribution == 'Alpine')  # TODO: not sure what's wrong here, the module doesn't return what the tests expect
--- a/tests/integration/targets/cmd_runner/action_plugins/_unsafe_assert.py
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/cmd_runner/action_plugins/_unsafe_assert.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
 # Copyright 2012, Dag Wieers <dag@wieers.com>
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.playbook.conditional import Conditional
 from ansible.plugins.action import ActionBase
 class ActionModule(ActionBase):
    ''' Fail with custom message '''
    _requires_connection = False
    _VALID_ARGS = frozenset(('msg', 'that'))
    def _make_safe(self, text):
        # A simple str(text) won't do it since AnsibleUnsafeText is clever :-)
        return ''.join(chr(ord(x)) for x in text)
    def run(self, tmp=None, task_vars=None):
        if task_vars is None:
            task_vars = dict()
        result = super(ActionModule, self).run(tmp, task_vars)
        del tmp  # tmp no longer has any effect
        if 'that' not in self._task.args:
            raise AnsibleError('conditional required in "that" string')
        fail_msg = 'Assertion failed'
        success_msg = 'All assertions passed'
        thats = self._task.args['that']
        cond = Conditional(loader=self._loader)
        result['_ansible_verbose_always'] = True
        for that in thats:
            cond.when = [str(self._make_safe(that))]
            test_result = cond.evaluate_conditional(templar=self._templar, all_vars=task_vars)
            if not test_result:
                result['failed'] = True
                result['evaluated_to'] = test_result
                result['assertion'] = that
                result['msg'] = fail_msg
                return result
        result['changed'] = False
        result['msg'] = success_msg
        return result
--- a/tests/integration/targets/cmd_runner/library/cmd_echo.py
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/cmd_runner/library/cmd_echo.py
@@ -21,11 +21,14 @@ from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.cmd_runner impor
 def main():
    module = AnsibleModule(
        argument_spec=dict(
            cmd=dict(type="str", default="echo"),
            path_prefix=dict(type="str"),
            arg_formats=dict(type="dict", default={}),
            arg_order=dict(type="raw", required=True),
            arg_values=dict(type="dict", default={}),
            check_mode_skip=dict(type="bool", default=False),
            aa=dict(type="raw"),
            tt=dict(),
        ),
        supports_check_mode=True,
    )
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@ def main():
        arg_formats[arg] = func(*args)
-    runner = CmdRunner(module, ['echo', '--'], arg_formats=arg_formats)
+    runner = CmdRunner(module, [module.params["cmd"], '--'], arg_formats=arg_formats, path_prefix=module.params["path_prefix"])
    with runner.context(p['arg_order'], check_mode_skip=p['check_mode_skip']) as ctx:
        result = ctx.run(**p['arg_values'])
--- a/tests/integration/targets/cmd_runner/meta/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/cmd_runner/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
 ---
 # Copyright (c) Ansible Project
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 dependencies:
  - setup_remote_tmp_dir
--- a/tests/integration/targets/cmd_runner/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/cmd_runner/tasks/main.yml
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@
  ansible.builtin.include_tasks:
    file: test_cmd_echo.yml
  loop: "{{ cmd_echo_tests }}"
  when: item.condition | default(true) | bool
--- a/tests/integration/targets/cmd_runner/tasks/test_cmd_echo.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/cmd_runner/tasks/test_cmd_echo.yml
@@ -3,17 +3,27 @@
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
- name: test cmd_echo [{{ item.name }}]
+- name: create copy of /bin/echo ({{ item.name }})
-  cmd_echo:
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
-    arg_formats: "{{ item.arg_formats|default(omit) }}"
+    src: /bin/echo
-    arg_order: "{{ item.arg_order }}"
+    dest: "{{ item.copy_to }}/echo"
-    arg_values: "{{ item.arg_values|default(omit) }}"
+    mode: "0755"
-    check_mode_skip: "{{ item.check_mode_skip|default(omit) }}"
+    remote_src: true
-    aa: "{{ item.aa|default(omit) }}"
+  when: item.copy_to is defined
  register: test_result
  check_mode: "{{ item.check_mode|default(omit) }}"
  ignore_errors: "{{ item.expect_error|default(omit) }}"
- name: check results [{{ item.name }}]
+- name: test cmd_echo module ({{ item.name }})
-  assert:
+  cmd_echo:
    cmd: "{{ item.cmd | default(omit) }}"
    path_prefix: "{{ item.path_prefix | default(omit) }}"
    arg_formats: "{{ item.arg_formats | default(omit) }}"
    arg_order: "{{ item.arg_order }}"
    arg_values: "{{ item.arg_values | default(omit) }}"
    check_mode_skip: "{{ item.check_mode_skip | default(omit) }}"
    aa: "{{ item.aa | default(omit) }}"
  register: test_result
  check_mode: "{{ item.check_mode | default(omit) }}"
  ignore_errors: "{{ item.expect_error | default(omit) }}"
 - name: check results ({{ item.name }})
  _unsafe_assert:
    that: "{{ item.assertions }}"
--- a/tests/integration/targets/cmd_runner/vars/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/cmd_runner/vars/main.yml
@@ -121,3 +121,142 @@ cmd_echo_tests:
      - test_result.rc == None
      - test_result.out == None
      - test_result.err == None
  - name: set aa and tt value
    arg_formats:
      aa:
        func: as_opt_eq_val
        args: [--answer]
      tt:
        func: as_opt_val
        args: [--tt-arg]
    arg_order: 'aa tt'
    arg_values:
      tt: potatoes
    aa: 11
    assertions:
      - test_result.rc == 0
      - test_result.out == "-- --answer=11 --tt-arg potatoes\n"
      - test_result.err == ""
  - name: use cmd echo
    cmd: echo
    arg_formats:
      aa:
        func: as_opt_eq_val
        args: [--answer]
      tt:
        func: as_opt_val
        args: [--tt-arg]
    arg_order: 'aa tt'
    arg_values:
      tt: potatoes
    aa: 11
    assertions:
      - test_result.rc == 0
      - test_result.out == "-- --answer=11 --tt-arg potatoes\n"
      - test_result.err == ""
  - name: use cmd /bin/echo
    cmd: /bin/echo
    arg_formats:
      aa:
        func: as_opt_eq_val
        args: [--answer]
      tt:
        func: as_opt_val
        args: [--tt-arg]
    arg_order: 'aa tt'
    arg_values:
      tt: potatoes
    aa: 11
    assertions:
      - test_result.rc == 0
      - test_result.out == "-- --answer=11 --tt-arg potatoes\n"
      - test_result.err == ""
  # this will not be in the regular set of paths get_bin_path() searches
  - name: use cmd {{ remote_tmp_dir }}/echo
    condition: >
      {{
        ansible_distribution != "MacOSX" and
        not (ansible_distribution == "CentOS" and ansible_distribution_major_version is version('7.0', '<'))
      }}
    copy_to: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}"
    cmd: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/echo"
    arg_formats:
      aa:
        func: as_opt_eq_val
        args: [--answer]
      tt:
        func: as_opt_val
        args: [--tt-arg]
    arg_order: 'aa tt'
    arg_values:
      tt: potatoes
    aa: 11
    assertions:
      - test_result.rc == 0
      - test_result.out == "-- --answer=11 --tt-arg potatoes\n"
      - test_result.err == ""
  - name: use cmd echo with path_prefix {{ remote_tmp_dir }}
    cmd: echo
    condition: >
      {{
        ansible_distribution != "MacOSX" and
        not (ansible_distribution == "CentOS" and ansible_distribution_major_version is version('7.0', '<'))
      }}
    copy_to: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}"
    path_prefix: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}"
    arg_formats:
      aa:
        func: as_opt_eq_val
        args: [--answer]
      tt:
        func: as_opt_val
        args: [--tt-arg]
    arg_order: 'aa tt'
    arg_values:
      tt: potatoes
    aa: 11
    assertions:
      - test_result.rc == 0
      - test_result.out == "-- --answer=11 --tt-arg potatoes\n"
      - test_result.err == ""
  - name: use cmd never-existed
    cmd: never-existed
    arg_formats:
      aa:
        func: as_opt_eq_val
        args: [--answer]
      tt:
        func: as_opt_val
        args: [--tt-arg]
    arg_order: 'aa tt'
    arg_values:
      tt: potatoes
    aa: 11
    expect_error: true
    assertions:
      - >
        "Failed to find required executable" in test_result.msg
  - name: use cmd /usr/bin/never-existed
    cmd: /usr/bin/never-existed
    arg_formats:
      aa:
        func: as_opt_eq_val
        args: [--answer]
      tt:
        func: as_opt_val
        args: [--tt-arg]
    arg_order: 'aa tt'
    arg_values:
      tt: potatoes
    aa: 11
    expect_error: true
    assertions:
      - >
        "No such file or directory" in test_result.msg
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