scaleway: fix NoneType error in get_resources() (#11918)

* scaleway: fix NoneType error in get_resources() when API returns empty or non-JSON response

* add changelog fragment for #11918

* Update changelogs/fragments/11361-scaleway-get-resources-none-type.yml

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

---------

Co-authored-by: RealCharlesChia <RealCharlesChia@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -29,21 +29,20 @@ schedules:
     always: true
     branches:
       include:
-        - stable-5
+        - stable-12
+        - stable-11
   - cron: 0 11 * * 0
     displayName: Weekly (old stable branches)
     always: true
     branches:
       include:
-        - stable-4
+        - stable-10
 
 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
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ variables:
 resources:
   containers:
     - container: default
-      image: quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:3.0.0
+      image: quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:7.0.0
 
 pool: Standard
 
@@ -71,54 +70,40 @@ stages:
             - test: 2
             - test: 3
             - test: 4
-            - test: extra
-  - stage: Sanity_2_14
-    displayName: Sanity 2.14
+  - stage: Sanity_2_21
+    displayName: Sanity 2.21
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: 2.14/sanity/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.21/sanity/{0}
           targets:
             - test: 1
             - test: 2
             - test: 3
             - test: 4
-  - stage: Sanity_2_13
-    displayName: Sanity 2.13
+  - stage: Sanity_2_20
+    displayName: Sanity 2.20
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: 2.13/sanity/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.20/sanity/{0}
           targets:
             - test: 1
             - test: 2
             - test: 3
             - test: 4
-  - stage: Sanity_2_12
-    displayName: Sanity 2.12
+  - stage: Sanity_2_19
+    displayName: Sanity 2.19
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: 2.12/sanity/{0}
-          targets:
-            - test: 1
-            - test: 2
-            - test: 3
-            - test: 4
-  - stage: Sanity_2_11
-    displayName: Sanity 2.11
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: 2.11/sanity/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.19/sanity/{0}
           targets:
             - test: 1
             - test: 2
@@ -134,60 +119,69 @@ stages:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
           testFormat: devel/units/{0}/1
           targets:
-            - test: 2.7
-            - test: 3.5
-            - test: 3.6
-            - test: 3.7
-            - test: 3.8
             - test: 3.9
             - test: '3.10'
             - test: '3.11'
-  - stage: Units_2_14
-    displayName: Units 2.14
+            - test: '3.12'
+            - test: '3.13'
+            - test: '3.14'
+            - test: '3.15'
+  - stage: Units_2_21
+    displayName: Units 2.21
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.14/units/{0}/1
+          testFormat: 2.21/units/{0}/1
           targets:
-            - test: 2.7
             - test: 3.9
-  - stage: Units_2_13
-    displayName: Units 2.13
+            - test: "3.12"
+            - test: "3.14"
+  - stage: Units_2_20
+    displayName: Units 2.20
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.13/units/{0}/1
+          testFormat: 2.20/units/{0}/1
+          targets:
+            - test: 3.9
+            - test: "3.12"
+            - test: "3.14"
+  - stage: Units_2_19
+    displayName: Units 2.19
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Python {0}
+          testFormat: 2.19/units/{0}/1
           targets:
-            - test: 2.7
             - test: 3.8
-  - stage: Units_2_12
-    displayName: Units 2.12
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.12/units/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 2.6
-            - test: 3.8
-  - stage: Units_2_11
-    displayName: Units 2.11
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.11/units/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 2.7
-            - test: 3.5
+            - test: "3.11"
+            - test: "3.13"
 
 ## Remote
+  - stage: Remote_devel_extra_vms
+    displayName: Remote devel extra VMs
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: devel/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: Alpine 3.23
+              test: alpine/3.23
+            # - name: Fedora 44
+            #   test: fedora/44
+            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
+              test: ubuntu/22.04
+            - name: Ubuntu 24.04
+              test: ubuntu/24.04
+          groups:
+            - vm
   - stage: Remote_devel
     displayName: Remote devel
     dependsOn: []
@@ -196,82 +190,70 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           testFormat: devel/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: macOS 12.0
-              test: macos/12.0
-            - name: RHEL 7.9
-              test: rhel/7.9
-            - name: RHEL 9.0
-              test: rhel/9.0
-            - name: FreeBSD 12.3
-              test: freebsd/12.3
-            - name: FreeBSD 13.1
-              test: freebsd/13.1
+            - name: macOS 26.3
+              test: macos/26.3
+            - name: RHEL 10.1
+              test: rhel/10.1
+            - name: RHEL 9.7
+              test: rhel/9.7
+            # TODO: enable this ASAP!
+            # - name: FreeBSD 15.0
+            #   test: freebsd/15.0
+            # TODO: enable this ASAP!
+            # - name: FreeBSD 14.4
+            #   test: freebsd/14.4
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
             - 3
-  - stage: Remote_2_14
-    displayName: Remote 2.14
+  - stage: Remote_2_21
+    displayName: Remote 2.21
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.14/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.21/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: RHEL 9.0
-              test: rhel/9.0
-            - name: FreeBSD 13.1
-              test: freebsd/13.1
+            # - name: macOS 26.3
+            #   test: macos/26.3
+            - name: RHEL 10.1
+              test: rhel/10.1
+            # - name: RHEL 9.7
+            #   test: rhel/9.7
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
             - 3
-  - stage: Remote_2_13
-    displayName: Remote 2.13
+  - stage: Remote_2_20
+    displayName: Remote 2.20
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.13/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.20/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: macOS 12.0
-              test: macos/12.0
-            - name: RHEL 8.5
-              test: rhel/8.5
+            - name: macOS 15.3
+              test: macos/15.3
+            - name: RHEL 10.1
+              test: rhel/10.1
+            - name: FreeBSD 14.3
+              test: freebsd/14.3
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
             - 3
-  - stage: Remote_2_12
-    displayName: Remote 2.12
+  - stage: Remote_2_19
+    displayName: Remote 2.19
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.12/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.19/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: macOS 11.1
-              test: macos/11.1
-            - name: RHEL 8.4
-              test: rhel/8.4
-            - name: FreeBSD 13.0
-              test: freebsd/13.0
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-            - 3
-  - stage: Remote_2_11
-    displayName: Remote 2.11
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.11/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: RHEL 7.9
-              test: rhel/7.9
-            - name: RHEL 8.3
-              test: rhel/8.3
+            - name: RHEL 10.1
+              test: rhel/10.1
+            - name: FreeBSD 14.2
+              test: freebsd/14.2
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
@@ -286,86 +268,66 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           testFormat: devel/linux/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: CentOS 7
-              test: centos7
-            - name: Fedora 36
-              test: fedora36
-            - name: openSUSE 15
-              test: opensuse15
-            - name: Ubuntu 20.04
-              test: ubuntu2004
+            - name: Fedora 44
+              test: fedora44
+            - name: Alpine 3.23
+              test: alpine323
             - name: Ubuntu 22.04
               test: ubuntu2204
-            - name: Alpine 3
-              test: alpine3
+            - name: Ubuntu 24.04
+              test: ubuntu2404
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
             - 3
-  - stage: Docker_2_14
-    displayName: Docker 2.14
+  - stage: Docker_2_21
+    displayName: Docker 2.21
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.14/linux/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.21/linux/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: Ubuntu 20.04
-              test: ubuntu2004
+            - name: Fedora 43
+              test: fedora43
+            # - name: Alpine 3.23
+            #   test: alpine323
+            # - name: Ubuntu 22.04
+            #   test: ubuntu2204
+            - name: Ubuntu 24.04
+              test: ubuntu2404
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
             - 3
-  - stage: Docker_2_13
-    displayName: Docker 2.13
+  - stage: Docker_2_20
+    displayName: Docker 2.20
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.13/linux/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.20/linux/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: Fedora 35
-              test: fedora35
-            - name: openSUSE 15 py2
-              test: opensuse15py2
-            - name: Alpine 3
-              test: alpine3
+            - name: Fedora 42
+              test: fedora42
+            - name: Alpine 3.22
+              test: alpine322
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
             - 3
-  - stage: Docker_2_12
-    displayName: Docker 2.12
+  - stage: Docker_2_19
+    displayName: Docker 2.19
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.12/linux/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.19/linux/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: CentOS 6
-              test: centos6
-            - name: Fedora 34
-              test: fedora34
-            - name: Ubuntu 18.04
-              test: ubuntu1804
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-            - 3
-  - stage: Docker_2_11
-    displayName: Docker 2.11
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.11/linux/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: Fedora 32
-              test: fedora32
-            - name: Fedora 33
-              test: fedora33
-            - name: Alpine 3
-              test: alpine3
+            - name: Fedora 41
+              test: fedora41
+            - name: Alpine 3.21
+              test: alpine321
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
@@ -380,99 +342,93 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           testFormat: devel/linux-community/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: Debian Bullseye
+            - name: Debian 11 Bullseye
               test: debian-bullseye/3.9
+            - name: Debian 12 Bookworm
+              test: debian-bookworm/3.11
+            - name: Debian 13 Trixie
+              test: debian-13-trixie/3.13
             - name: ArchLinux
-              test: archlinux/3.10
-            - name: CentOS Stream 8
-              test: centos-stream8/3.8
+              test: archlinux/3.14
           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_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: Generic_2_12
-    displayName: Generic 2.12
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.12/generic/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 3.8
-  - stage: Generic_2_11
-    displayName: Generic 2.11
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.11/generic/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 2.7
-            - test: 3.5
+# Right now all generic tests are disabled. Uncomment when at least one of them is re-enabled.
+#  - stage: Generic_devel
+#    displayName: Generic devel
+#    dependsOn: []
+#    jobs:
+#      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+#        parameters:
+#          nameFormat: Python {0}
+#          testFormat: devel/generic/{0}/1
+#          targets:
+#            - test: '3.9'
+#            - test: '3.13'
+#            - test: '3.15'
+#  - stage: Generic_2_21
+#    displayName: Generic 2.21
+#    dependsOn: []
+#    jobs:
+#      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+#        parameters:
+#          nameFormat: Python {0}
+#          testFormat: 2.21/generic/{0}/1
+#          targets:
+#            - test: '3.9'
+#            - test: '3.12'
+#            - test: '3.14'
+#  - stage: Generic_2_20
+#    displayName: Generic 2.20
+#    dependsOn: []
+#    jobs:
+#      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+#        parameters:
+#          nameFormat: Python {0}
+#          testFormat: 2.20/generic/{0}/1
+#          targets:
+#            - test: '3.10'
+#            - test: '3.14'
+#  - stage: Generic_2_19
+#    displayName: Generic 2.19
+#    dependsOn: []
+#    jobs:
+#      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+#        parameters:
+#          nameFormat: Python {0}
+#          testFormat: 2.19/generic/{0}/1
+#          targets:
+#            - test: '3.9'
+#            - test: '3.13'
 
   - stage: Summary
     condition: succeededOrFailed()
     dependsOn:
       - Sanity_devel
-      - Sanity_2_11
-      - Sanity_2_12
-      - Sanity_2_13
-      - Sanity_2_14
+      - Sanity_2_21
+      - Sanity_2_20
+      - Sanity_2_19
       - Units_devel
-      - Units_2_11
-      - Units_2_12
-      - Units_2_13
-      - Units_2_14
+      - Units_2_21
+      - Units_2_20
+      - Units_2_19
+      - Remote_devel_extra_vms
       - Remote_devel
-      - Remote_2_11
-      - Remote_2_12
-      - Remote_2_13
-      - Remote_2_14
+      - Remote_2_21
+      - Remote_2_20
+      - Remote_2_19
       - Docker_devel
-      - Docker_2_11
-      - Docker_2_12
-      - Docker_2_13
-      - Docker_2_14
+      - Docker_2_21
+      - Docker_2_20
+      - Docker_2_19
       - Docker_community_devel
-      - Generic_devel
-      - Generic_2_11
-      - Generic_2_12
-      - Generic_2_13
-      - Generic_2_14
+# Right now all generic tests are disabled. Uncomment when at least one of them is re-enabled.
+#      - Generic_devel
+#      - Generic_2_21
+#      - Generic_2_20
+#      - Generic_2_19
     jobs:
       - template: templates/coverage.yml

.azure-pipelines/scripts/combine-coverage.py

@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ Keep in mind that Azure Pipelines does not enforce unique job display names (onl
 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
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import os
 import re
@@ -24,12 +23,12 @@ def main():
     """Main program entry point."""
     source_directory = sys.argv[1]
 
-    if '/ansible_collections/' in os.getcwd():
+    if "/ansible_collections/" in os.getcwd():
         output_path = "tests/output"
     else:
         output_path = "test/results"
 
-    destination_directory = os.path.join(output_path, 'coverage')
+    destination_directory = os.path.join(output_path, "coverage")
 
     if not os.path.exists(destination_directory):
         os.makedirs(destination_directory)
@@ -38,27 +37,27 @@ def main():
     count = 0
 
     for name in os.listdir(source_directory):
-        match = re.search('^Coverage (?P<attempt>[0-9]+) (?P<label>.+)$', name)
-        label = match.group('label')
-        attempt = int(match.group('attempt'))
+        match = re.search("^Coverage (?P<attempt>[0-9]+) (?P<label>.+)$", 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)
+        name = f"Coverage {attempt} {label}"
         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))
+            destination_path = os.path.join(destination_directory, source_file + "." + label)
+            print(f'"{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)
+    print(f"Coverage file count: {count}")
+    print(f"##vso[task.setVariable variable=coverageFileCount]{count}")
+    print(f"##vso[task.setVariable variable=outputPath]{output_path}")
 
 
-if __name__ == '__main__':
+if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()

.azure-pipelines/scripts/publish-codecov.py

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import pathlib
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import tempfile
-import typing as t
 import urllib.request
 
 
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ import urllib.request
 class CoverageFile:
     name: str
     path: pathlib.Path
-    flags: t.List[str]
+    flags: list[str]
 
 
 @dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True)
@@ -34,8 +33,8 @@ class Args:
 
 def parse_args() -> Args:
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-    parser.add_argument('-n', '--dry-run', action='store_true')
-    parser.add_argument('path', type=pathlib.Path)
+    parser.add_argument("-n", "--dry-run", action="store_true")
+    parser.add_argument("path", type=pathlib.Path)
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
@@ -46,32 +45,36 @@ def parse_args() -> Args:
     return Args(**kwargs)
 
 
-def process_files(directory: pathlib.Path) -> t.Tuple[CoverageFile, ...]:
+def process_files(directory: pathlib.Path) -> tuple[CoverageFile, ...]:
     processed = []
-    for file in directory.joinpath('reports').glob('coverage*.xml'):
-        name = file.stem.replace('coverage=', '')
+    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
+        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:
+def upload_files(codecov_bin: pathlib.Path, files: tuple[CoverageFile, ...], dry_run: bool = False) -> None:
     for file in files:
         cmd = [
             str(codecov_bin),
-            '--name', file.name,
-            '--file', str(file.path),
+            "--name",
+            file.name,
+            "--file",
+            str(file.path),
         ]
         for flag in file.flags:
-            cmd.extend(['--flags', flag])
+            cmd.extend(["--flags", flag])
 
         if dry_run:
-            print(f'DRY-RUN: Would run command: {cmd}')
+            print(f"DRY-RUN: Would run command: {cmd}")
             continue
 
         subprocess.run(cmd, check=True)
@@ -79,11 +82,11 @@ def upload_files(codecov_bin: pathlib.Path, files: t.Tuple[CoverageFile, ...], d
 
 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}')
+        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:
+        with dest.open("w+b") as f:
             # Read data in chunks rather than all at once
             shutil.copyfileobj(resp, f, 64 * 1024)
 
@@ -92,14 +95,14 @@ def download_file(url: str, dest: pathlib.Path, flags: int, dry_run: bool = Fals
 
 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'
+    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__':
+if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()

.azure-pipelines/scripts/time-command.py

@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
 
 """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
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import sys
 import time
@@ -16,14 +15,14 @@ def main():
     """Main program entry point."""
     start = time.time()
 
-    sys.stdin.reconfigure(errors='surrogateescape')
-    sys.stdout.reconfigure(errors='surrogateescape')
+    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))
+        seconds = int(time.time() - start)
+        sys.stdout.write(f"{seconds // 60:02}:{seconds % 60:02} {line}")
         sys.stdout.flush()
 
 
-if __name__ == '__main__':
+if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()

.azure-pipelines/templates/coverage.yml

@@ -28,16 +28,6 @@ jobs:
       - 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)

.azure-pipelines/templates/matrix.yml

@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ jobs:
     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) }}
+                - 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) }}

.azure-pipelines/templates/test.yml

@@ -14,37 +14,37 @@ parameters:
 
 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) $(System.JobDisplayName)"
+      - job: test_${{ 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)"

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{
+  "name": "community.general devcontainer",
+  "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/python:3.14-bookworm",
+  "features": {
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/docker-in-docker:2": {}
+  },
+  "customizations": {
+    "vscode": {
+      "settings": {
+        "terminal.integrated.shell.linux": "/bin/bash",
+        "python.pythonPath": "/usr/local/bin/python",
+        "editor.defaultFormatter": "charliermarsh.ruff",
+        "editor.formatOnSave": true,
+        "files.autoSave": "afterDelay",
+        "files.eol": "\n",
+        "files.insertFinalNewline": true,
+        "files.trimFinalNewlines": true,
+        "files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true
+      },
+      "extensions": [
+        "charliermarsh.ruff",
+        "ms-python.python",
+        "ms-python.vscode-pylance",
+        "redhat.ansible",
+        "redhat.vscode-yaml",
+        "trond-snekvik.simple-rst"
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "remoteUser": "vscode",
+  "postCreateCommand": ".devcontainer/setup.sh",
+  "workspaceFolder": "/workspace/ansible_collections/community/general",
+  "workspaceMount": "source=${localWorkspaceFolder},target=/workspace/ansible_collections/community/general,type=bind"
+}

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json.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: 2025 Alexei Znamensky <russoz@gmail.com>

.devcontainer/requirements-dev.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# 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: 2025 Alexei Znamensky <russoz@gmail.com>
+
+nox
+ruff
+antsibull-nox
+pre-commit
+ansible-core
+andebox

.devcontainer/setup.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/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
+
+set -x
+sudo chown -R vscode:vscode /workspace/
+
+pip install -U pip
+pip install -r .devcontainer/requirements-dev.txt
+pip install -r tests/unit/requirements.txt
+
+export ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH=/workspace:${ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH}
+ansible-galaxy collection install -v -r tests/unit/requirements.yml
+ansible-galaxy collection install -v -r tests/integration/requirements.yml
+
+pre-commit install

.git-blame-ignore-revs

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# 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
+
+# YAML reformatting
+d032de3b16eed11ea3a31cd3d96d78f7c46a2ee0
+e8f965fbf8154ea177c6622da149f2ae8533bd3c
+e938ca5f20651abc160ee6aba10014013d04dcc1
+eaa5e07b2866e05b6c7b5628ca92e9cb1142d008
+
+# Code reformatting
+340ff8586d4f1cb6a0f3c934eb42589bcc29c0ea
+d549baa5e1be8ef8734df63096d18925e8071e80
+236b9c0e0473f064d421f8af74f058e5a8970379
+24098cd63896107434cc82e4e769d720570cbba6

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml

@@ -7,147 +7,147 @@ name: Bug report
 description: Create a report to help us improve
 
 body:
-- type: markdown
-  attributes:
-    value: |
-      ⚠
-      Verify first that your issue is not [already reported on GitHub][issue search].
-      Also test if the latest release and devel branch are affected too.
-      *Complete **all** sections as described, this form is processed automatically.*
+  - type: markdown
+    attributes:
+      value: |
+        ⚠
+        Verify first that your issue is not [already reported on GitHub][issue search].
+        Also test if the latest release and devel branch are affected too.
+        *Complete **all** sections as described, this form is processed automatically.*
 
-      [issue search]: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/search?q=is%3Aissue&type=issues
+        [issue search]: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/search?q=is%3Aissue&type=issues
 
 
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Summary
-    description: Explain the problem briefly below.
-    placeholder: >-
-      When I try to do X with the collection from the main branch on GitHub, Y
-      breaks in a way Z under the env E. Here are all the details I know
-      about this problem...
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: dropdown
-  attributes:
-    label: Issue Type
-    # FIXME: Once GitHub allows defining the default choice, update this
-    options:
-    - Bug Report
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    # For smaller collections we could use a multi-select and hardcode the list
-    # May generate this list via GitHub action and walking files under https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/tree/main/plugins
-    # Select from list, filter as you type (`mysql` would only show the 3 mysql components)
-    # OR freeform - doesn't seem to be supported in adaptivecards
-    label: Component Name
-    description: >-
-      Write the short name of the module, plugin, task or feature below,
-      *use your best guess if unsure*.
-    placeholder: dnf, apt, yum, pip, user etc.
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Ansible Version
-    description: >-
-      Paste verbatim output from `ansible --version` between
-      tripple backticks.
-    value: |
-      ```console (paste below)
-      $ ansible --version
-
-      ```
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Community.general Version
-    description: >-
-      Paste verbatim output from "ansible-galaxy collection list community.general"
-      between tripple backticks.
-    value: |
-      ```console (paste below)
-      $ ansible-galaxy collection list community.general
-
-      ```
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Configuration
-    description: >-
-      If this issue has an example piece of YAML that can help to reproduce this problem, please provide it.
-      This can be a piece of YAML from, e.g., an automation, script, scene or configuration.
-      Paste verbatim output from `ansible-config dump --only-changed` between quotes
-    value: |
-      ```console (paste below)
-      $ ansible-config dump --only-changed
-
-      ```
-
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: OS / Environment
-    description: >-
-      Provide all relevant information below, e.g. target OS versions,
-      network device firmware, etc.
-    placeholder: RHEL 8, CentOS Stream etc.
-  validations:
-    required: false
-
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Steps to Reproduce
-    description: |
-      Describe exactly how to reproduce the problem, using a minimal test-case. It would *really* help us understand your problem if you could also passed any playbooks, configs and commands you used.
-
-      **HINT:** You can paste https://gist.github.com links for larger files.
-    value: |
-      <!--- Paste example playbooks or commands between quotes below -->
-      ```yaml (paste below)
-
-      ```
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Expected Results
-    description: >-
-      Describe what you expected to happen when running the steps above.
-    placeholder: >-
-      I expected X to happen because I assumed Y.
-      that it did not.
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Actual Results
-    description: |
-      Describe what actually happened. If possible run with extra verbosity (`-vvvv`).
-
-      Paste verbatim command output between quotes.
-    value: |
-      ```console (paste below)
-
-      ```
-- type: checkboxes
-  attributes:
-    label: Code of Conduct
-    description: |
-      Read the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--ansible-collections) first.
-    options:
-    - label: I agree to follow the Ansible Code of Conduct
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Summary
+      description: Explain the problem briefly below.
+      placeholder: >-
+        When I try to do X with the collection from the main branch on GitHub, Y
+        breaks in a way Z under the env E. Here are all the details I know
+        about this problem...
+    validations:
       required: true
+
+  - type: dropdown
+    attributes:
+      label: Issue Type
+      # FIXME: Once GitHub allows defining the default choice, update this
+      options:
+        - Bug Report
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      # For smaller collections we could use a multi-select and hardcode the list
+      # May generate this list via GitHub action and walking files under https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/tree/main/plugins
+      # Select from list, filter as you type (`mysql` would only show the 3 mysql components)
+      # OR freeform - doesn't seem to be supported in adaptivecards
+      label: Component Name
+      description: >-
+        Write the short name of the module, plugin, task or feature below,
+        *use your best guess if unsure*. Do not include `community.general.`!
+      placeholder: dnf, apt, yum, pip, user etc.
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Ansible Version
+      description: >-
+        Paste verbatim output from `ansible --version` between
+        tripple backticks.
+      value: |
+        ```console (paste below)
+        $ ansible --version
+
+        ```
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Community.general Version
+      description: >-
+        Paste verbatim output from "ansible-galaxy collection list community.general"
+        between tripple backticks.
+      value: |
+        ```console (paste below)
+        $ ansible-galaxy collection list community.general
+
+        ```
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Configuration
+      description: >-
+        If this issue has an example piece of YAML that can help to reproduce this problem, please provide it.
+        This can be a piece of YAML from, e.g., an automation, script, scene or configuration.
+        Paste verbatim output from `ansible-config dump --only-changed` between quotes
+      value: |
+        ```console (paste below)
+        $ ansible-config dump --only-changed
+
+        ```
+
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: OS / Environment
+      description: >-
+        Provide all relevant information below, e.g. target OS versions,
+        network device firmware, etc.
+      placeholder: RHEL 8, CentOS Stream etc.
+    validations:
+      required: false
+
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Steps to Reproduce
+      description: |
+        Describe exactly how to reproduce the problem, using a minimal test-case. It would *really* help us understand your problem if you could also passed any playbooks, configs and commands you used.
+
+        **HINT:** You can paste https://gist.github.com links for larger files.
+      value: |
+        <!--- Paste example playbooks or commands between quotes below -->
+        ```yaml (paste below)
+
+        ```
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Expected Results
+      description: >-
+        Describe what you expected to happen when running the steps above.
+      placeholder: >-
+        I expected X to happen because I assumed Y.
+        that it did not.
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Actual Results
+      description: |
+        Describe what actually happened. If possible run with extra verbosity (`-vvvv`).
+
+        Paste verbatim command output between quotes.
+      value: |
+        ```console (paste below)
+
+        ```
+  - type: checkboxes
+    attributes:
+      label: Code of Conduct
+      description: |
+        Read the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--ansible-collections) first.
+      options:
+        - label: I agree to follow the Ansible Code of Conduct
+          required: true
 ...

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml

@@ -6,26 +6,26 @@
 # Ref: https://help.github.com/en/github/building-a-strong-community/configuring-issue-templates-for-your-repository#configuring-the-template-chooser
 blank_issues_enabled: false  # default: true
 contact_links:
-- name: Security bug report
-  url: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/community/reporting_bugs_and_features.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser_ansible_collections
-  about: |
-    Please learn how to report security vulnerabilities here.
+  - name: Security bug report
+    url: https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible-core/devel/community/reporting_bugs_and_features.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser_ansible_collections
+    about: |
+      Please learn how to report security vulnerabilities here.
 
-    For all security related bugs, email security@ansible.com
-    instead of using this issue tracker and you will receive
-    a prompt response.
+      For all security related bugs, email security@ansible.com
+      instead of using this issue tracker and you will receive
+      a prompt response.
 
-    For more information, see
-    https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/reporting_bugs_and_features.html
-- name: Ansible Code of Conduct
-  url: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser_ansible_collections
-  about: Be nice to other members of the community.
-- name: Talks to the community
-  url: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/communication.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser#mailing-list-information
-  about: Please ask and answer usage questions here
-- name: Working groups
-  url: https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki
-  about: Interested in improving a specific area? Become a part of a working group!
-- name: For Enterprise
-  url: https://www.ansible.com/products/engine?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser_ansible_collections
-  about: Red Hat offers support for the Ansible Automation Platform
+      For more information, see
+      https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/community/reporting_bugs_and_features.html
+  - name: Ansible Code of Conduct
+    url: https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser_ansible_collections
+    about: Be nice to other members of the community.
+  - name: Talks to the community
+    url: https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/community/communication.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser#mailing-list-information
+    about: Please ask and answer usage questions here
+  - name: Working groups
+    url: https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki
+    about: Interested in improving a specific area? Become a part of a working group!
+  - name: For Enterprise
+    url: https://www.ansible.com/products/engine?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser_ansible_collections
+    about: Red Hat offers support for the Ansible Automation Platform

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/documentation_report.yml

@@ -8,122 +8,122 @@ description: Ask us about docs
 # NOTE: issue body is enabled to allow screenshots
 
 body:
-- type: markdown
-  attributes:
-    value: |
-      ⚠
-      Verify first that your issue is not [already reported on GitHub][issue search].
-      Also test if the latest release and devel branch are affected too.
-      *Complete **all** sections as described, this form is processed automatically.*
+  - type: markdown
+    attributes:
+      value: |
+        ⚠
+        Verify first that your issue is not [already reported on GitHub][issue search].
+        Also test if the latest release and devel branch are affected too.
+        *Complete **all** sections as described, this form is processed automatically.*
 
-      [issue search]: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/search?q=is%3Aissue&type=issues
+        [issue search]: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/search?q=is%3Aissue&type=issues
 
 
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Summary
-    description: |
-      Explain the problem briefly below, add suggestions to wording or structure.
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Summary
+      description: |
+        Explain the problem briefly below, add suggestions to wording or structure.
 
-      **HINT:** Did you know the documentation has an `Edit on GitHub` link on every page?
-    placeholder: >-
-      I was reading the Collection documentation of version X and I'm having
-      problems understanding Y. It would be very helpful if that got
-      rephrased as Z.
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: dropdown
-  attributes:
-    label: Issue Type
-    # FIXME: Once GitHub allows defining the default choice, update this
-    options:
-    - Documentation Report
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: input
-  attributes:
-    label: Component Name
-    description: >-
-      Write the short name of the rst file, module, plugin, task or
-      feature below, *use your best guess if unsure*.
-    placeholder: mysql_user
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Ansible Version
-    description: >-
-      Paste verbatim output from `ansible --version` between
-      tripple backticks.
-    value: |
-      ```console (paste below)
-      $ ansible --version
-
-      ```
-  validations:
-    required: false
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Community.general Version
-    description: >-
-      Paste verbatim output from "ansible-galaxy collection list community.general"
-      between tripple backticks.
-    value: |
-      ```console (paste below)
-      $ ansible-galaxy collection list community.general
-
-      ```
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Configuration
-    description: >-
-      Paste verbatim output from `ansible-config dump --only-changed` between quotes.
-    value: |
-      ```console (paste below)
-      $ ansible-config dump --only-changed
-
-      ```
-  validations:
-    required: false
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: OS / Environment
-    description: >-
-      Provide all relevant information below, e.g. OS version,
-      browser, etc.
-    placeholder: Fedora 33, Firefox etc.
-  validations:
-    required: false
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Additional Information
-    description: |
-      Describe how this improves the documentation, e.g. before/after situation or screenshots.
-
-      **Tip:** It's not possible to upload the screenshot via this field directly but you can use the last textarea in this form to attach them.
-
-      **HINT:** You can paste https://gist.github.com links for larger files.
-    placeholder: >-
-      When the improvement is applied, it makes it more straightforward
-      to understand X.
-  validations:
-    required: false
-
-- type: checkboxes
-  attributes:
-    label: Code of Conduct
-    description: |
-      Read the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--ansible-collections) first.
-    options:
-    - label: I agree to follow the Ansible Code of Conduct
+        **HINT:** Did you know the documentation has an `Edit on GitHub` link on every page?
+      placeholder: >-
+        I was reading the Collection documentation of version X and I'm having
+        problems understanding Y. It would be very helpful if that got
+        rephrased as Z.
+    validations:
       required: true
+
+  - type: dropdown
+    attributes:
+      label: Issue Type
+      # FIXME: Once GitHub allows defining the default choice, update this
+      options:
+        - Documentation Report
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: input
+    attributes:
+      label: Component Name
+      description: >-
+        Write the short name of the file, module, plugin, task or feature below,
+        *use your best guess if unsure*. Do not include `community.general.`!
+      placeholder: mysql_user
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Ansible Version
+      description: >-
+        Paste verbatim output from `ansible --version` between
+        tripple backticks.
+      value: |
+        ```console (paste below)
+        $ ansible --version
+
+        ```
+    validations:
+      required: false
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Community.general Version
+      description: >-
+        Paste verbatim output from "ansible-galaxy collection list community.general"
+        between tripple backticks.
+      value: |
+        ```console (paste below)
+        $ ansible-galaxy collection list community.general
+
+        ```
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Configuration
+      description: >-
+        Paste verbatim output from `ansible-config dump --only-changed` between quotes.
+      value: |
+        ```console (paste below)
+        $ ansible-config dump --only-changed
+
+        ```
+    validations:
+      required: false
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: OS / Environment
+      description: >-
+        Provide all relevant information below, e.g. OS version,
+        browser, etc.
+      placeholder: Fedora 33, Firefox etc.
+    validations:
+      required: false
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Additional Information
+      description: |
+        Describe how this improves the documentation, e.g. before/after situation or screenshots.
+
+        **Tip:** It's not possible to upload the screenshot via this field directly but you can use the last textarea in this form to attach them.
+
+        **HINT:** You can paste https://gist.github.com links for larger files.
+      placeholder: >-
+        When the improvement is applied, it makes it more straightforward
+        to understand X.
+    validations:
+      required: false
+
+  - type: checkboxes
+    attributes:
+      label: Code of Conduct
+      description: |
+        Read the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--ansible-collections) first.
+      options:
+        - label: I agree to follow the Ansible Code of Conduct
+          required: true
 ...

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml

@@ -7,67 +7,67 @@ name: Feature request
 description: Suggest an idea for this project
 
 body:
-- type: markdown
-  attributes:
-    value: |
-      ⚠
-      Verify first that your issue is not [already reported on GitHub][issue search].
-      Also test if the latest release and devel branch are affected too.
-      *Complete **all** sections as described, this form is processed automatically.*
+  - type: markdown
+    attributes:
+      value: |
+        ⚠
+        Verify first that your issue is not [already reported on GitHub][issue search].
+        Also test if the latest release and devel branch are affected too.
+        *Complete **all** sections as described, this form is processed automatically.*
 
-      [issue search]: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/search?q=is%3Aissue&type=issues
+        [issue search]: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/search?q=is%3Aissue&type=issues
 
 
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Summary
-    description: Describe the new feature/improvement briefly below.
-    placeholder: >-
-      I am trying to do X with the collection from the main branch on GitHub and
-      I think that implementing a feature Y would be very helpful for me and
-      every other user of community.general because of Z.
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: dropdown
-  attributes:
-    label: Issue Type
-    # FIXME: Once GitHub allows defining the default choice, update this
-    options:
-    - Feature Idea
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: input
-  attributes:
-    label: Component Name
-    description: >-
-      Write the short name of the module, plugin, task or feature below,
-      *use your best guess if unsure*.
-    placeholder: dnf, apt, yum, pip, user etc.
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Additional Information
-    description: |
-      Describe how the feature would be used, why it is needed and what it would solve.
-
-      **HINT:** You can paste https://gist.github.com links for larger files.
-    value: |
-      <!--- Paste example playbooks or commands between quotes below -->
-      ```yaml (paste below)
-
-      ```
-  validations:
-    required: false
-- type: checkboxes
-  attributes:
-    label: Code of Conduct
-    description: |
-      Read the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--ansible-collections) first.
-    options:
-    - label: I agree to follow the Ansible Code of Conduct
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Summary
+      description: Describe the new feature/improvement briefly below.
+      placeholder: >-
+        I am trying to do X with the collection from the main branch on GitHub and
+        I think that implementing a feature Y would be very helpful for me and
+        every other user of community.general because of Z.
+    validations:
       required: true
+
+  - type: dropdown
+    attributes:
+      label: Issue Type
+      # FIXME: Once GitHub allows defining the default choice, update this
+      options:
+        - Feature Idea
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: input
+    attributes:
+      label: Component Name
+      description: >-
+        Write the short name of the module or plugin, or which other part(s) of the collection this feature affects.
+        *use your best guess if unsure*. Do not include `community.general.`!
+      placeholder: dnf, apt, yum, pip, user etc.
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Additional Information
+      description: |
+        Describe how the feature would be used, why it is needed and what it would solve.
+
+        **HINT:** You can paste https://gist.github.com links for larger files.
+      value: |
+        <!--- Paste example playbooks or commands between quotes below -->
+        ```yaml (paste below)
+
+        ```
+    validations:
+      required: false
+  - type: checkboxes
+    attributes:
+      label: Code of Conduct
+      description: |
+        Read the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--ansible-collections) first.
+      options:
+        - label: I agree to follow the Ansible Code of Conduct
+          required: true
 ...

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@ updates:
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
+    groups:
+      ci:
+        patterns:
+          - "*"

.github/pull_request_template.md

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+##### SUMMARY
+<!--- Describe the change below, including rationale and design decisions -->
+
+<!--- HINT: Include "Fixes #nnn" if you are fixing an existing issue -->
+
+<!--- Please do not forget to include a changelog fragment:
+      https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/community/collection_development_process.html#creating-changelog-fragments
+      No need to include one for docs-only or test-only PR, and for new plugin/module PRs.
+      Read about more details in CONTRIBUTING.md.
+      -->
+
+##### ISSUE TYPE
+<!--- Pick one or more below and delete the rest.
+      'Test Pull Request' is for PRs that add/extend tests without code changes. -->
+- Bugfix Pull Request
+- Docs Pull Request
+- Feature Pull Request
+- New Module/Plugin Pull Request
+- Refactoring Pull Request
+- Test Pull Request
+
+##### COMPONENT NAME
+<!--- Write the SHORT NAME of the module, plugin, task or feature below. -->
+
+##### ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
+<!--- Include additional information to help people understand the change here -->
+<!--- A step-by-step reproduction of the problem is helpful if there is no related issue -->
+
+<!--- Paste verbatim command output below, e.g. before and after your change -->
+```paste below
+
+```

.github/pull_request_template.md.license

@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-{#
 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
-#}
-list3:
-{{ list3|to_nice_yaml(indent=0) }}

.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+---
+# 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 08:00 UTC)
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 8 * * *'
+
+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 (Ⓐ${{ matrix.ansible }})
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        ansible:
+          - '2.18'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Perform sanity testing
+        uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
+        with:
+          ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          codecov-token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+          coverage: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'always' || 'never' }}
+          pull-request-change-detection: 'true'
+          testing-type: sanity
+          pre-test-cmd: >-
+            git clone --depth=1 --single-branch https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.internal_test_tools.git ../../community/internal_test_tools
+
+  units:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: EOL Units (Ⓐ${{ 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: '2.18'
+            python: '3.8'
+          - ansible: '2.18'
+            python: '3.11'
+          - ansible: '2.18'
+            python: '3.13'
+
+    steps:
+      - name: >-
+          Perform unit testing against
+          Ansible version ${{ matrix.ansible }}
+        uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
+        with:
+          ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          codecov-token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+          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: ${{ matrix.python }}
+          testing-type: units
+
+  integration:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: EOL I (Ⓐ${{ matrix.ansible }}+${{ matrix.docker }}+py${{ matrix.python }}:${{ matrix.target }})
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        ansible:
+          - ''
+        docker:
+          - ''
+        python:
+          - ''
+        target:
+          - ''
+        exclude:
+          - ansible: ''
+        include:
+          # 2.18
+          - ansible: '2.18'
+            docker: fedora40
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/1/
+          - ansible: '2.18'
+            docker: fedora40
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/2/
+          - ansible: '2.18'
+            docker: fedora40
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/3/
+          - ansible: '2.18'
+            docker: ubuntu2404
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/1/
+          - ansible: '2.18'
+            docker: ubuntu2404
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/2/
+          - ansible: '2.18'
+            docker: ubuntu2404
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/3/
+          - ansible: '2.18'
+            docker: alpine320
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/1/
+          - ansible: '2.18'
+            docker: alpine320
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/2/
+          - ansible: '2.18'
+            docker: alpine320
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/3/
+          # Right now all generic tests are disabled. Uncomment when at least one of them is re-enabled.
+          # - ansible: '2.18'
+          #   docker: default
+          #   python: '3.8'
+          #   target: azp/generic/1/
+          # - ansible: '2.18'
+          #   docker: default
+          #   python: '3.13'
+          #   target: azp/generic/1/
+
+    steps:
+      - name: >-
+          Perform integration testing against
+          Ansible version ${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          under Python ${{ matrix.python }}
+        uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
+        with:
+          ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          codecov-token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+          coverage: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'always' || 'never' }}
+          docker-image: ${{ matrix.docker }}
+          integration-continue-on-error: 'false'
+          integration-diff: 'false'
+          integration-retry-on-error: 'true'
+          # TODO: remove "--branch stable-2" from community.crypto install once we're only using ansible-core 2.17 or newer!
+          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 --branch stable-2 https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto.git ../../community/crypto
+            ;
+            git clone --depth=1 --single-branch https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker.git ../../community/docker
+            ;
+            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

.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml

@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@
 
 name: "Code scanning - action"
 
-on:
+"on":
   schedule:
     - cron: '26 19 * * 1'
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -22,40 +23,16 @@ jobs:
     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
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
 
-    # 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@v4
+        with:
+          languages: python
 
-    # 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
+      - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v4

.github/workflows/docs-pr.yml

@@ -1,93 +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: Collection Docs
-concurrency:
-  group: docs-${{ github.head_ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-on:
-  pull_request_target:
-    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, closed]
-    paths-ignore:
-      - '.azure-pipelines/**'
-      - 'changelogs/**'
-      - 'meta/**'
-      - 'tests/**'
-
-jobs:
-  build-docs:
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-    name: Build Ansible Docs
-    uses: ansible-community/github-docs-build/.github/workflows/_shared-docs-build-pr.yml@main
-    with:
-      init-fail-on-error: true
-      provide-link-targets: |
-        ansible_collections.ansible.builtin.dict2items_filter
-        ansible_collections.ansible.builtin.items_lookup
-        ansible_collections.ansible.builtin.path_join_filter
-        ansible_collections.community.kubevirt.kubevirt_cdi_upload_module
-        ansible_collections.community.kubevirt.kubevirt_inventory
-        ansible_collections.community.kubevirt.kubevirt_preset_module
-        ansible_collections.community.kubevirt.kubevirt_pvc_module
-        ansible_collections.community.kubevirt.kubevirt_rs_module
-        ansible_collections.community.kubevirt.kubevirt_template_module
-        ansible_collections.community.kubevirt.kubevirt_vm_module
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_a_record_module
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_aaaa_record_module
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_cname_record_module
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_dns_view_module
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_fixed_address_module
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_host_record_module
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_lookup_lookup
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_member_module
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_mx_record_module
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_naptr_record_module
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_network_module
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_network_view_module
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_next_ip_lookup
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_next_network_lookup
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_nsgroup_module
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_ptr_record_module
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_srv_record_module
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_txt_record_module
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_zone_module
-
-  comment:
-    permissions:
-      pull-requests: write
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: build-docs
-    name: PR comments
-    steps:
-      - name: PR comment
-        uses: ansible-community/github-docs-build/actions/ansible-docs-build-comment@main
-        with:
-          body-includes: '## Docs Build'
-          reactions: heart
-          action: ${{ needs.build-docs.outputs.changed != 'true' && 'remove' || '' }}
-          on-closed-body: |
-            ## Docs Build 📝
-
-            This PR is closed and any previously published docsite has been unpublished.
-          on-merged-body: |
-            ## Docs Build 📝
-
-            Thank you for contribution!✨
-
-            This PR has been merged and your docs changes will be incorporated when they are next published.
-          body: |
-            ## Docs Build 📝
-
-            Thank you for contribution!✨
-
-            The docsite for **this PR** is available for download as an artifact from this run:
-            ${{ needs.build-docs.outputs.artifact-url }}
-
-            File changes:
-
-            ${{ needs.build-docs.outputs.diff-files-rendered }}
-
-            ${{ needs.build-docs.outputs.diff-rendered }}

.github/workflows/docs.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+---
+# 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: nox
+'on':
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - stable-*
+    paths:
+      - docs/**
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - docs/**
+  # Run CI once per day (at 08:00 UTC)
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 8 * * *'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  nox:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: "Validate generated Ansible output"
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out collection
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: Run nox
+        uses: ansible-community/antsibull-nox@main
+        with:
+          sessions: ansible-output

.github/workflows/nox.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+---
+# 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: nox
+'on':
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - stable-*
+  pull_request:
+  # Run CI once per day (at 08:00 UTC)
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 8 * * *'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  nox:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: "Run extra sanity tests"
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out collection
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: Run nox
+        uses: ansible-community/antsibull-nox@main

.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

.gitignore

@@ -383,6 +383,16 @@ cython_debug/
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
 #.idea/
 
+### Python Patch ###
+# Poetry local configuration file - https://python-poetry.org/docs/configuration/#local-configuration
+poetry.toml
+
+# ruff
+.ruff_cache/
+
+# LSP config files
+pyrightconfig.json
+
 ### Vim ###
 # Swap
 [._]*.s[a-v][a-z]
@@ -482,6 +492,10 @@ tags
 # https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/12206-codestream
 .idea/codestream.xml
 
+# Azure Toolkit for IntelliJ plugin
+# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/8053-azure-toolkit-for-intellij
+.idea/**/azureSettings.xml
+
 ### Windows ###
 # Windows thumbnail cache files
 Thumbs.db
@@ -512,3 +526,8 @@ $RECYCLE.BIN/
 
 # Integration tests cloud configs
 tests/integration/cloud-config-*.ini
+
+
+# VSCode specific extensions
+.vscode/settings.json
+.ansible

.mypy.ini

@@ -0,0 +1,242 @@
+# 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
+
+[mypy]
+# check_untyped_defs = True
+# disallow_untyped_defs = True
+
+# strict = True -- only try to enable once everything (including dependencies!) is typed
+strict_equality = True
+strict_bytes = True
+
+warn_redundant_casts = True
+# warn_return_any = True
+warn_unreachable = True
+
+exclude = tests/integration/targets/django_.*/files/.*
+
+[mypy-ansible.*]
+# ansible-core has partial typing information
+follow_untyped_imports = True
+
+# The following imports are Python packages that:
+# 1. We do not install (we can't install everything!);
+# 2. That have type stubs, but we don't install them (again, we can't install everything!); or
+# 3. That have no types and type stubs.
+[mypy-aerospike.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-antsibull_nox.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-asyncore.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-boto3.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-bs4.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-cgi.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-chef.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-consul.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-credstash.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-crypt.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-daemon.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-datadog.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-dbus.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-delinea.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-dnf.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-dnsimple.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-etcd3.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-flatdict.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-footmark.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-fqdn.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-func.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-gi.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-github3.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-gssapi.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-hashids.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-heroku3.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-hpe3parclient.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-hpe3par_sdk.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-hpilo.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-hpOneView.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-httmock.*]  # TODO!
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-influxdb.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-jc.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-jenkins.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-jmespath.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-jsonpatch.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-kazoo.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-keyring.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-keystoneauth1.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-layman.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-ldap.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-legacycrypt.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-libcloud.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-linode.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-linode_api4.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-lmdb.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-logdna.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-logstash.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-lxc.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-manageiq_client.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-matrix_client.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-memcache.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-nc_dnsapi.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-nomad.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-nopackagewiththisname.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-nox.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-oci.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-oneandone.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-opentelemetry.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-ovh.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-ovirtsdk.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-packet.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-paho.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-pam.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-pdpyras.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-petname.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-pingdom.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-pkg_resources.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-portage.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-potatoes_that_will_never_be_there.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-prettytable.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-pubnub_blocks_client.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-pushbullet.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-pycdlib.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-pyghmi.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-pylxca.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-pymssql.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-pyodbc.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-pyone.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-pypureomapi.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-pysnmp.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-pyxcli.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-rpm.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-ruamel.yaml.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-salt.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-selinux.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-semantic_version.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-sendgrid.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-seobject.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-sha.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-smtpd.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-smtpd_tls.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-SoftLayer.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-spotinst_sdk.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-statsd.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-storops.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-taiga.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-thycotic.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-tomlkit.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-univention.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-vexatapi.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-voluptuous.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-websocket.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-XenAPI.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-xkcdpass.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-xmljson.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-xmltodict.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-xmpp.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -1,23 +1,13 @@
----
-# 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
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Alexei Znamensky <russoz@gmail.com>
 
 repos:
-  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v4.0.1
+  - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
+    # Ruff version.
+    rev: v0.15.9
     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)$
+      # Run the linter.
+      - id: ruff-check
+      # Run the formatter.
+      - id: ruff-format

.reuse/dep5

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
-
-Files: changelogs/fragments/*
-Copyright: Ansible Project
-License: GPL-3.0-or-later

.yamllint

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+---
+# 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
+
+extends: default
+
+ignore: |
+  /changelogs/
+
+rules:
+  line-length:
+    max: 1000
+    level: error
+  document-start: disable
+  document-end: disable
+  truthy:
+    level: error
+    allowed-values:
+      - 'true'
+      - 'false'
+  indentation:
+    spaces: 2
+    indent-sequences: true
+  key-duplicates: enable
+  trailing-spaces: enable
+  new-line-at-end-of-file: disable
+  hyphens:
+    max-spaces-after: 1
+  empty-lines:
+    max: 2
+    max-start: 0
+    max-end: 0
+  commas:
+    max-spaces-before: 0
+    min-spaces-after: 1
+    max-spaces-after: 1
+  colons:
+    max-spaces-before: 0
+    max-spaces-after: 1
+  brackets:
+    min-spaces-inside: 0
+    max-spaces-inside: 0
+  braces:
+    min-spaces-inside: 0
+    max-spaces-inside: 1
+  octal-values:
+    forbid-implicit-octal: true
+    forbid-explicit-octal: true
+  comments:
+    min-spaces-from-content: 1
+  comments-indentation: false

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Placeholder changelog
+
+This file is a placeholder; a version-specific `CHANGELOG-vX.md` will be generated during releases from fragments
+under `changelogs/fragments`. On release branches once a release has been created, consult the branch's version-specific
+file for changes that have occurred in that branch.

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -1,236 +1,6 @@
-===============================
-Community General Release Notes
-===============================
+Placeholder changelog
+=====================
 
-.. contents:: Topics
-
-This changelog describes changes after version 5.0.0.
-
-v6.0.0-a1
-=========
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-This is a pre-release for the upcoming 6.0.0 major release. The main objective of this pre-release is to make it possible to test the large stuctural changes by flattening the directory structure. See the corresponding entry in the changelog for details.
-
-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 *assuming they did not use internal FQCNs*. 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).
-- newrelic_deployment - removed New Relic v1 API, added support for v2 API (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5341).
-
-Minor Changes
--------------
-
-- Added MIT license as ``LICENSES/MIT.txt`` for tests/unit/plugins/modules/packaging/language/test_gem.py (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5065).
-- All software licenses are now in the ``LICENSES/`` directory of the collection root (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/5080, 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/5095, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5098, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5106).
-- ModuleHelper module utils - added property ``verbosity`` to base class (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5035).
-- ModuleHelper module utils - improved ``ModuleHelperException``, using ``to_native()`` for the exception message (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).
-- ali_instance - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (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).
-- alternatives - add ``state=absent`` to be able to remove an alternative (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4654).
-- alternatives - add ``subcommands`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4654).
-- ansible_galaxy_install - minor refactoring using latest ``ModuleHelper`` updates (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4752).
-- apk - add ``world`` parameter for supporting a custom world file (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4976).
-- bitwarden lookup plugin - add option ``search`` to search for other attributes than name (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).
-- cmd_runner module util - added parameters ``check_mode_skip`` and ``check_mode_return`` to ``CmdRunner.context()``, so that the command is not executed when ``check_mode=True`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4736).
-- cmd_runner module utils - add ``__call__`` method to invoke context (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4791).
-- consul - adds ``ttl`` parameter for session  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4996).
-- consul - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5367).
-- consul_session - adds ``token`` parameter for session (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5193).
-- cpanm - using ``do_raise()`` to raise exceptions in ``ModuleHelper`` derived modules (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).
-- dependent lookup plugin - start using Ansible's configuration manager to parse options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5440).
-- dig lookup plugin - add option ``fail_on_error`` to allow stopping execution on lookup failures (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).
-- dnstxt lookup plugin - start using Ansible's configuration manager to parse options (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).
-- flattened lookup plugin - start using Ansible's configuration manager to parse options (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).
-- gitlab_branch - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (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).
-- gitlab_group - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (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).
-- gitlab_group_variable - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (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).
-- gitlab_hook - minor refactoring (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).
-- gitlab_project_members - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (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).
-- gitlab_protected_branch - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (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).
-- gitlab_user - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (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).
-- homebrew, homebrew_tap - added Homebrew on Linux path to defaults (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5241).
-- keycloak_* modules - add ``http_agent`` parameter with default value ``Ansible`` (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).
-- lastpass - use config manager for handling plugin options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5022).
-- linode inventory plugin - simplify option handling (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5438).
-- listen_ports_facts - add new ``include_non_listening`` option which adds ``-a`` option to ``netstat`` and ``ss``. This shows both listening and non-listening (for TCP this means established connections) sockets, and returns ``state`` and ``foreign_address`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4762, 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).
-- lxc_container - minor refactoring (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).
-- 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).
-- manifold lookup plugin - start using Ansible's configuration manager to parse options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5440).
-- maven_artifact - add a new ``unredirected_headers`` option that can be used with ansible-core 2.12 and above. The default value is to not use ``Authorization`` and ``Cookie`` 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).
-- mksysb - using ``do_raise()`` to raise exceptions in ``ModuleHelper`` derived modules (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).
-- netcup_dnsapi - add ``timeout`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5301).
-- nmcli - add ``transport_mode`` configuration for Infiniband devices (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5361).
-- nmcli - add bond option ``xmit_hash_policy`` to bond options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5148).
-- nmcli - adds ``vpn`` type and parameter for supporting VPN with service type L2TP and PPTP (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4746).
-- nmcli - honor IP options for VPNs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5228).
-- opentelemetry callback plugin - allow configuring opentelementry callback via config file (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4916).
-- opentelemetry callback plugin - send logs. This can be disabled by setting ``disable_logs=false`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4175).
-- pacman - added parameters ``reason`` and ``reason_for`` to set/change the install reason of packages (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).
-- 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).
-- passwordstore lookup plugin - improve error messages to include stderr (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5436)
-- pipx - added state ``latest`` to the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5105).
-- pipx - changed implementation to use ``cmd_runner`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5085).
-- pipx - module fails faster when ``name`` is missing for states ``upgrade`` and ``reinstall`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5100).
-- pipx - using ``do_raise()`` to raise exceptions in ``ModuleHelper`` derived modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4674).
-- pipx module utils - created new module util ``pipx`` providing a ``cmd_runner`` specific for the ``pipx`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5085).
-- portage - add knobs for Portage's ``--backtrack`` and ``--with-bdeps`` options (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).
-- proxmox inventory plugin - added new flag ``qemu_extended_statuses`` and new groups ``<group_prefix>prelaunch``, ``<group_prefix>paused``. They will be populated only when ``want_facts=true``, ``qemu_extended_statuses=true`` and only for ``QEMU`` machines (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).
-- proxmox module utils, the proxmox* modules - add ``api_task_ok`` helper to standardize API task status checks across all proxmox modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5274).
-- proxmox_kvm - allow ``agent`` argument to be a string (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5107).
-- proxmox_snap - add ``unbind`` param to support snapshotting containers with configured mountpoints (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5274).
-- puppet - adds ``confdir`` parameter to configure a custom confir location (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).
-- redfish_config - add ``SetSessionService`` to set default session timeout policy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5008).
-- redfish_info - add ``GetManagerInventory`` to report list of Manager inventory information (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4899).
-- seport - added new argument ``local`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5203)
-- snap - using ``do_raise()`` to raise exceptions in ``ModuleHelper`` derived modules (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/issues/4745).
-- terraform - adds capability to handle complex variable structures for ``variables`` parameter in the module. This must be enabled with the new ``complex_vars`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4797).
-- terraform - run ``terraform init`` with ``-no-color`` not to mess up the stdout of the task (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5147).
-- wdc_redfish_command - add ``IndicatorLedOn`` and ``IndicatorLedOff`` commands for ``Chassis`` category (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5059).
-- wdc_redfish_command - add ``PowerModeLow`` and ``PowerModeNormal`` commands for ``Chassis`` category (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5145).
-- xfconf - add ``stdout``, ``stderr`` and ``cmd`` to the module results (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5037).
-- xfconf - changed implementation to use ``cmd_runner`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4776).
-- xfconf - use ``do_raise()`` instead of defining custom exception class (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4975).
-- xfconf - using ``do_raise()`` to raise exceptions in ``ModuleHelper`` derived modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4674).
-- xfconf module utils - created new module util ``xfconf`` providing a ``cmd_runner`` specific for ``xfconf`` modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4776).
-- xfconf_info - changed implementation to use ``cmd_runner`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4776).
-- xfconf_info - use ``do_raise()`` instead of defining custom exception class (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).
-
-Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
---------------------------------
-
-- newrelic_deployment - ``revision`` is required for v2 API (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5341).
-
-Deprecated Features
--------------------
-
-- ArgFormat module utils - deprecated along ``CmdMixin``, in favor of the ``cmd_runner_fmt`` module util (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5370).
-- CmdMixin module utils - deprecated in favor of the ``CmdRunner`` module util (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5370).
-- CmdModuleHelper module utils - deprecated in favor of the ``CmdRunner`` module util (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5370).
-- CmdStateModuleHelper module utils - deprecated in favor of the ``CmdRunner`` module util (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5370).
-- cmd_runner module utils - deprecated ``fmt`` in favour of ``cmd_runner_fmt`` as the parameter format object (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).
-- django_manage - support for the commands ``cleanup``, ``syncdb`` and ``validate`` 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).
-- 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).
-- gconftool2 - deprecates ``state=get`` in favor of using the module ``gconftool2_info`` (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).
-- newrelic_deployment - ``appname`` and ``environment`` 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).
-- proxmox - deprecated the current ``unprivileged`` default value, will be changed to ``true`` in community.general 7.0.0 (https://github.com/pull/5224).
-- xfconf - deprecated parameter ``disable_facts``, as since version 4.0.0 it only allows value ``true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4520).
-
-Removed Features (previously deprecated)
-----------------------------------------
-
-- bitbucket* modules - ``username`` is no longer an alias of ``workspace``, but of ``user`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5326).
-- gem - the default of the ``norc`` option changed from ``false`` to ``true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5326).
-- gitlab_group_members - ``gitlab_group`` must now always contain the full path, and no longer just the name or path (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5326).
-- keycloak_authentication - the return value ``flow`` has been removed. Use ``end_state`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5326).
-- keycloak_group - the return value ``group`` has been removed. Use ``end_state`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5326).
-- lxd_container - the default of the ``ignore_volatile_options`` option changed from ``true`` to ``false`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5326).
-- mail callback plugin - the ``sender`` option is now required (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5326).
-- module_helper module utils - remove the ``VarDict`` attribute from ``ModuleHelper``. Import ``VarDict`` from ``ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.mixins.vars`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5326).
-- proxmox inventory plugin - the default of the ``want_proxmox_nodes_ansible_host`` option changed from ``true`` to ``false`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5326).
-- vmadm - the ``debug`` option has been removed. It was not used anyway (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5326).
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Include ``PSF-license.txt`` file for ``plugins/module_utils/_mount.py``.
-- Include ``simplified_bsd.txt`` license file for various module utils, the ``lxca_common`` docs fragment, and the ``utm_utils`` 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).
-- 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/4804, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4836).
-- alternatives - when ``subcommands`` is specified, ``link`` 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).
-- 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).
-- archive - avoid crash when ``lzma`` is not present and ``format`` is not ``xz`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5393).
-- cmd_runner module utils - fix bug caused by using the ``command`` variable instead of ``self.command`` when looking for binary path (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).
-- 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).
-- dig lookup plugin - add option to return empty result without empty strings, and return empty list instead of ``NXDOMAIN`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5439, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5428).
-- dig lookup plugin - fix evaluation of falsy values for boolean parameters ``fail_on_error`` and ``retry_servfail`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5129).
-- dnsimple_info - correctly report missing library as ``requests`` and not ``another_library`` (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 ``NXDOMAIN`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5457, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5428).
-- dsv lookup plugin - do not ignore the ``tld`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4911).
-- filesystem - handle ``fatresize --info`` output lines without ``:`` (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).
-- funcd connection plugin - fix signature of ``exec_command`` (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).
-- keycloak_realm - fix default groups and roles (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).
-- ldap_attrs - fix ordering issue by ignoring the ``{x}`` prefix on attribute values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/977, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5385).
-- listen_ports_facts - removed leftover ``EnvironmentError`` . The ``else`` clause had a wrong indentation. The check is now handled in the ``split_pid_name`` function (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5202).
-- locale_gen - fix support for Ubuntu (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).
-- lxd connection plugin - fix incorrect ``inventory_hostname`` in ``remote_addr``. This is needed for compatibility with ansible-core 2.13 (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).
-- nmcli - avoid changed status for most cases with VPN connections (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/pull/4813).
-- nmcli - fix error when setting previously unset MAC address, ``gsm.apn`` or ``vpn.data``: current values were being normalized without checking if they might be ``None`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5291).
-- nmcli - fix int options idempotence (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4998).
-- nsupdate - compatibility with NS records (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5112).
-- nsupdate - fix silent failures when updating ``NS`` entries from Bind9 managed DNS zones (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4657).
-- opentelemetry callback plugin - support opentelemetry-api 1.13.0 that removed support for ``_time_ns`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5342).
-- osx_defaults - no longer expand ``~`` in ``value`` 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/pull/5243).
-- packet_ip_subnet - fix error reporting in case of invalid CIDR prefix lengths (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).
-- passwordstore lookup plugin - fix ``returnall`` for gopass (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).
-- 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/pull/3889).
-- pip_package_info - remove usage of global variable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5111).
-- pkgng - fix case when ``pkg`` fails when trying to upgrade all packages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5363).
-- proxmox - fix error handling when getting VM by name when ``state=absent`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4945).
-- proxmox inventory plugin - fix crash when ``enabled=1`` is used in agent config string (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).
-- proxmox_kvm - fix ``agent`` parameter when boolean value is specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5198).
-- proxmox_kvm - fix error handling when getting VM by name when ``state=absent`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4945).
-- proxmox_kvm - fix exception when no ``agent`` argument is specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5194).
-- proxmox_kvm - fix wrong condition (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5108).
-- proxmox_kvm - replace new condition with proper condition to allow for using ``vmid`` on update (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).
-- redfish_command - fix the check if a virtual media is unmounted to just check for ``instered= false`` caused by Supermicro hardware that does not clear the ``ImageName`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4839).
-- redfish_command - the Supermicro Redfish implementation only supports the ``image_url`` parameter in the underlying API calls to ``VirtualMediaInsert`` and ``VirtualMediaEject``. Any values set (or the defaults) for ``write_protected`` or ``inserted`` will be ignored (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4839).
-- redfish_info - fix to ``GetChassisPower`` 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).
-- redfish_utils module utils - centralize payload checking when performing modification requests to a Redfish service (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).
-- redhat_subscription - make module idempotent when ``pool_ids`` are used (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5313).
-- redis* modules - fix call to ``module.fail_json`` when failing because of missing Python libraries (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4733).
-- slack - fix incorrect channel prefix ``#`` caused by incomplete pattern detection by adding ``G0`` and ``GF`` as channel ID patterns (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5019).
-- slack - fix message update for channels which start with ``CP``. When ``message-id`` was passed it failed for channels which started with ``CP`` because the ``#`` symbol was added before the ``channel_id`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5249).
-- sudoers - ensure sudoers config files are created with the permissions requested by sudoers (0440) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4814).
-- sudoers - fix incorrect handling of ``state: absent`` (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/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/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).
-- xenserver_facts - fix broken ``AnsibleModule`` call that prevented the module from working at all (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/pull/5007).
-- zfs - fix wrong quoting of properties (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4707, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4726).
-
-New Modules
------------
-
-- scaleway_function_namespace - Scaleway Function namespace management
-- scaleway_function_namespace_info - Retrieve information on Scaleway Function namespace
+This file is a placeholder; a version-specific ``CHANGELOG-vX.rst`` will be generated during releases from fragments
+under ``changelogs/fragments``. On release branches once a release has been created, consult the branch's version-specific
+file for changes that have occurred in that branch.

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
 # Contributing
 
-We follow [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html) in all our contributions and interactions within this repository.
+We follow [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html) in all our contributions and interactions within this repository.
 
 If you are a committer, also refer to the [collection's committer guidelines](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/commit-rights.md).
 
@@ -20,31 +20,93 @@ so you can cooperate to create a better solution together.
 * If you are interested in starting with an easy issue, look for [issues with an `easyfix` label](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/labels/easyfix).
 * Often issues that are waiting for contributors to pick up have [the `waiting_on_contributor` label](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/labels/waiting_on_contributor).
 
-## Open pull requests
+## Review pull requests
 
 Look through currently [open pull requests](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pulls).
+
 You can help by reviewing them. Reviews help move pull requests to merge state. Some good pull requests cannot be merged only due to a lack of reviews. And it is always worth saying that good reviews are often more valuable than pull requests themselves.
-Note that reviewing does not only mean code review, but also offering comments on new interfaces added to existing plugins/modules, interfaces of new plugins/modules, improving language (not everyone is a native english speaker), or testing bugfixes and new features!
+Note that reviewing does not only mean code review, but also offering comments on new interfaces added to existing plugins/modules, interfaces of new plugins/modules, improving language (not everyone is a native English speaker), or testing bugfixes and new features!
 
 Also, consider taking up a valuable, reviewed, but abandoned pull request which you could politely ask the original authors to complete yourself.
 
+## Open pull requests
+
+Please read our ['Contributing to collections'](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_collections_contributing.html#contributing-to-a-collection-community-general) guide.
+
 * Try committing your changes with an informative but short commit message.
 * Do not squash your commits and force-push to your branch if not needed. Reviews of your pull request are much easier with individual commits to comprehend the pull request history. All commits of your pull request branch will be squashed into one commit by GitHub upon merge.
-* Do not add merge commits to your PR. The bot will complain and you will have to rebase ([instructions for rebasing](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/dev_guide/developing_rebasing.html)) to remove them before your PR can be merged. To avoid that git automatically does merges during pulls, you can configure it to do rebases instead by running `git config pull.rebase true` inside the repository checkout.
-* Make sure your PR includes a [changelog fragment](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/development_process.html#changelogs-how-to). (You must not include a fragment for new modules or new plugins, except for test and filter plugins. Also you shouldn't include one for docs-only changes. If you're not sure, simply don't include one, we'll tell you whether one is needed or not :) )
-* Avoid reformatting unrelated parts of the codebase in your PR. These types of changes will likely be requested for reversion, create additional work for reviewers, and may cause approval to be delayed.
+* Do not add merge commits to your PR. The bot will complain and you will have to rebase ([instructions for rebasing](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/dev_guide/developing_rebasing.html)) to remove them before your PR can be merged. To avoid that git automatically does merges during pulls, you can configure it to do rebases instead by running `git config pull.rebase true` inside the repository checkout.
+* Make sure your PR includes a [changelog fragment](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/community/collection_development_process.html#creating-a-changelog-fragment).
+  * You must not include a fragment for new modules or new plugins. Also you shouldn't include one for docs-only changes. (If you're not sure, simply don't include one, we'll tell you whether one is needed or not :) )
+  * Please always include a link to the pull request itself, and if the PR is about an issue, also a link to the issue. Also make sure the fragment ends with a period, and begins with a lower-case letter after `-`. (Again, if you don't do this, we'll add suggestions to fix it, so don't worry too much :) )
+* Note that we format the code with `ruff format`. If your change does not match the formatters expectations, CI will fail and your PR will not get merged. See below for how to format code with antsibull-nox.
 
-You can also read [our Quick-start development guide](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/main/create_pr_quick_start_guide.rst).
+You can also read the Ansible community's [Quick-start development guide](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/community/create_pr_quick_start.html).
 
 ## Test pull requests
 
-If you want to test a PR locally, refer to [our testing guide](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/main/test_pr_locally_guide.rst) for instructions on how do it quickly.
+If you want to test a PR locally, refer to [our testing guide](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/community/collection_contributors/collection_test_pr_locally.html) for instructions on how do it quickly.
 
 If you find any inconsistencies or places in this document which can be improved, feel free to raise an issue or pull request to fix it.
 
-## Run sanity, unit or integration tests locally
+## Format code; and run sanity or unit tests locally (with antsibull-nox)
 
-You have to check out the repository into a specific path structure to be able to run `ansible-test`. The path to the git checkout must end with `.../ansible_collections/community/general`. Please see [our testing guide](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/main/test_pr_locally_guide.rst) for instructions on how to check out the repository into a correct path structure. The short version of these instructions is:
+The easiest way to format the code, and to run sanity and unit tests locally is to use [antsibull-nox](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/antsibull-nox/).
+(If you have [nox](https://nox.thea.codes/en/stable/) installed, it will automatically install antsibull-nox in a virtual environment for you.)
+
+### Format code
+
+The following commands show how to run ruff format:
+
+```.bash
+# Run all configured formatters:
+nox -Re formatters
+
+# If you notice discrepancies between your local formatter and CI, you might
+# need to re-generate the virtual environment:
+nox -e formatters
+```
+
+### Sanity tests
+
+The following commands show how to run ansible-test sanity tests:
+
+```.bash
+# Run basic sanity tests for all files in the collection:
+nox -Re ansible-test-sanity-devel
+
+# Run basic sanity tests for the given files and directories:
+nox -Re ansible-test-sanity-devel -- plugins/modules/system/pids.py tests/integration/targets/pids/
+
+# Run all other sanity tests for all files in the collection:
+nox -R
+```
+
+If you replace `-Re` with `-e`, respectively. If you leave `-R` away, then the virtual environments will be re-created. The `-R` re-uses them (if they already exist).
+
+### Unit tests
+
+The following commands show how to run unit tests:
+
+```.bash
+# Run all unit tests:
+nox -Re ansible-test-units-devel
+
+# Run all unit tests for one Python version (a lot faster):
+nox -Re ansible-test-units-devel -- --python 3.13
+
+# Run a specific unit test (for the nmcli module) for one Python version:
+nox -Re ansible-test-units-devel -- --python 3.13 tests/unit/plugins/modules/net_tools/test_nmcli.py
+```
+
+If you replace `-Re` with `-e`, then the virtual environments will be re-created. The `-R` re-uses them (if they already exist).
+
+## Run basic sanity, unit or integration tests locally (with ansible-test)
+
+Instead of using antsibull-nox, you can also run sanity and unit tests with ansible-test directly.
+This also allows you to run integration tests.
+
+You have to check out the repository into a specific path structure to be able to run `ansible-test`. The path to the git checkout must end with `.../ansible_collections/community/general`. Please see [our testing guide](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/community/collection_contributors/collection_test_pr_locally.html) for instructions on how to check out the repository into a correct path structure. The short version of these instructions is:
 
 ```.bash
 mkdir -p ~/dev/ansible_collections/community
@@ -54,16 +116,28 @@ cd ~/dev/ansible_collections/community/general
 
 Then you can run `ansible-test` (which is a part of [ansible-core](https://pypi.org/project/ansible-core/)) inside the checkout. The following example commands expect that you have installed Docker or Podman. Note that Podman has only been supported by more recent ansible-core releases. If you are using Docker, the following will work with Ansible 2.9+.
 
-The following commands show how to run sanity tests:
+### Basic sanity tests
+
+The following commands show how to run basic sanity tests:
 
 ```.bash
-# Run sanity tests for all files in the collection:
+# Run basic sanity tests for all files in the collection:
 ansible-test sanity --docker -v
 
-# Run sanity tests for the given files and directories:
+# Run basic sanity tests for the given files and directories:
 ansible-test sanity --docker -v plugins/modules/system/pids.py tests/integration/targets/pids/
 ```
 
+### Unit tests
+
+Note that for running unit tests, you need to install required collections in the same folder structure that `community.general` is checked out in.
+Right now, you need to install [`community.internal_test_tools`](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.internal_test_tools).
+If you want to use the latest version from GitHub, you can run:
+
+```
+git clone https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.internal_test_tools.git ~/dev/ansible_collections/community/internal_test_tools
+```
+
 The following commands show how to run unit tests:
 
 ```.bash
@@ -77,19 +151,76 @@ ansible-test units --docker -v --python 3.8
 ansible-test units --docker -v --python 3.8 tests/unit/plugins/modules/net_tools/test_nmcli.py
 ```
 
+### Integration tests
+
+Note that for running integration tests, you need to install required collections in the same folder structure that `community.general` is checked out in.
+Right now, depending on the test, you need to install [`ansible.posix`](https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix), [`community.crypto`](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto), and [`community.docker`](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker):
+If you want to use the latest versions from GitHub, you can run:
+
+```
+mkdir -p ~/dev/ansible_collections/ansible
+git clone https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix.git ~/dev/ansible_collections/ansible/posix
+git clone https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto.git ~/dev/ansible_collections/community/crypto
+git clone https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker.git ~/dev/ansible_collections/community/docker
+```
+
 The following commands show how to run integration tests:
 
-```.bash
-# Run integration tests for the interfaces_files module in a Docker container using the
-# fedora35 operating system image (the supported images depend on your ansible-core version):
-ansible-test integration --docker fedora35 -v interfaces_file
+#### In Docker
 
+Integration tests on Docker have the following parameters:
+
+- `image_name` (required): The name of the Docker image. To get the list of supported Docker images, run
+  `ansible-test integration --help` and look for _target docker images_.
+- `test_name` (optional): The name of the integration test.
+  For modules, this equals the short name of the module; for example, `pacman` in case of `community.general.pacman`.
+  For plugins, the plugin type is added before the plugin's short name, for example `callback_yaml` for the `community.general.yaml` callback.
+
+```.bash
+# Test all plugins/modules on fedora40
+ansible-test integration -v --docker fedora40
+
+# Template
+ansible-test integration -v --docker image_name test_name
+
+# Example community.general.ini_file module on fedora40 Docker image:
+ansible-test integration -v --docker fedora40 ini_file
+```
+
+#### Without isolation
+
+```.bash
 # Run integration tests for the flattened lookup **without any isolation**:
 ansible-test integration -v lookup_flattened
 ```
 
 If you are unsure about the integration test target name for a module or plugin, you can take a look in `tests/integration/targets/`. Tests for plugins have the plugin type prepended.
 
+## Devcontainer
+
+Since community.general 12.2.0, the project repository supports [devcontainers](https://containers.dev/). In short, it is a standard mechanism to
+create a container that is then used during the development cycle. Many tools are pre-installed in the container and will be already available
+to you as a developer. A number of different IDEs support that configuration, the most prominent ones being VSCode and PyCharm.
+
+See the files under [.devcontainer](.devcontainer) for details on what is deployed inside that container.
+
+Beware of:
+
+- By default, the devcontainer installs the latest version of `ansible-core`.
+  When testing your changes locally, keep in mind that the collection must support older versions of
+  `ansible-core` and, depending on what is being tested, results may vary.
+- Integration tests executed directly inside the devcontainer without isolation (see above) may fail if
+  they expected to be run in full fledged VMs. On the other hand, the devcontainer setup allows running
+  containers inside the container (the `docker-in-docker` feature).
+- The devcontainer is built with a directory structure such that
+  `.../ansible_collections/community/general` contains the project repository, so `ansible-test` and
+  other standard tools should work without any additional setup
+- By default, the devcontainer installs `pre-commit` and configures it to perform `ruff check` and
+  `ruff format` on the Python files, prior to commiting. That configuration is going to be used by
+  `git` even outside the devcontainer. To prevent errors, you have to either install `pre-commit` in
+  your computer, outside the devcontainer, or run `pre-commit uninstall` from within the devcontainer
+  before quitting it.
+
 ## Creating new modules or plugins
 
 Creating new modules and plugins requires a bit more work than other Pull Requests.
@@ -99,14 +230,14 @@ Creating new modules and plugins requires a bit more work than other Pull Reques
 
 2. Please do not add more than one plugin/module in one PR, especially if it is the first plugin/module you are contributing.
    That makes it easier for reviewers, and increases the chance that your PR will get merged. If you plan to contribute a group
-   of plugins/modules (say, more than a module and a corresponding ``_info`` module), please mention that in the first PR. In
+   of plugins/modules (say, more than a module and a corresponding `_info` module), please mention that in the first PR. In
    such cases, you also have to think whether it is better to publish the group of plugins/modules in a new collection.
 
 3. When creating a new module or plugin, please make sure that you follow various guidelines:
 
-   - Follow [development conventions](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_modules_best_practices.html);
-   - Follow [documentation standards](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_modules_documenting.html) and
-     the [Ansible style guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/style_guide/index.html#style-guide);
+   - Follow [development conventions](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_modules_best_practices.html);
+   - Follow [documentation standards](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_modules_documenting.html) and
+     the [Ansible style guide](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/dev_guide/style_guide/index.html#style-guide);
    - Make sure your modules and plugins are [GPL-3.0-or-later](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0-standalone.html) licensed
      (new module_utils can also be [BSD-2-clause](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause) licensed);
    - Make sure that new plugins and modules have tests (unit tests, integration tests, or both); it is preferable to have some tests
@@ -121,19 +252,3 @@ 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`.

LICENSES/PSF-2.0.txt

@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-PYTHON SOFTWARE FOUNDATION LICENSE VERSION 2
---------------------------------------------
-
-1. This LICENSE AGREEMENT is between the Python Software Foundation
-("PSF"), and the Individual or Organization ("Licensee") accessing and
-otherwise using this software ("Python") in source or binary form and
-its associated documentation.
-
-2. Subject to the terms and conditions of this License Agreement, PSF hereby
-grants Licensee a nonexclusive, royalty-free, world-wide license to reproduce,
-analyze, test, perform and/or display publicly, prepare derivative works,
-distribute, and otherwise use Python alone or in any derivative version,
-provided, however, that PSF's License Agreement and PSF's notice of copyright,
-i.e., "Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010,
-2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Python Software Foundation;
-All Rights Reserved" are retained in Python alone or in any derivative version
-prepared by Licensee.
-
-3. In the event Licensee prepares a derivative work that is based on
-or incorporates Python or any part thereof, and wants to make
-the derivative work available to others as provided herein, then
-Licensee hereby agrees to include in any such work a brief summary of
-the changes made to Python.
-
-4. PSF is making Python available to Licensee on an "AS IS"
-basis.  PSF MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED.  BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, BUT NOT LIMITATION, PSF MAKES NO AND
-DISCLAIMS ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS
-FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THAT THE USE OF PYTHON WILL NOT
-INFRINGE ANY THIRD PARTY RIGHTS.
-
-5. PSF SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO LICENSEE OR ANY OTHER USERS OF PYTHON
-FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR LOSS AS
-A RESULT OF MODIFYING, DISTRIBUTING, OR OTHERWISE USING PYTHON,
-OR ANY DERIVATIVE THEREOF, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF.
-
-6. This License Agreement will automatically terminate upon a material
-breach of its terms and conditions.
-
-7. Nothing in this License Agreement shall be deemed to create any
-relationship of agency, partnership, or joint venture between PSF and
-Licensee.  This License Agreement does not grant permission to use PSF
-trademarks or trade name in a trademark sense to endorse or promote
-products or services of Licensee, or any third party.
-
-8. By copying, installing or otherwise using Python, Licensee
-agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this License
-Agreement.

README.md

@@ -6,26 +6,40 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
 # Community General Collection
 
+[![Documentation](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-brightgreen.svg)](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/collections/community/general/)
 [![Build Status](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_apis/build/status/CI?branchName=main)](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_build?definitionId=31)
+[![EOL CI](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/actions/workflows/ansible-test.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/actions)
+[![Nox CI](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/actions/workflows/nox.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](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.
 
-You can find [documentation for this collection on the Ansible docs site](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/).
+You can find [documentation for this collection on the Ansible docs site](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/).
 
 Please note that this collection does **not** support Windows targets. Only connection plugins included in this collection might support Windows targets, and will explicitly mention that in their documentation if they do so.
 
 ## Code of Conduct
 
-We follow [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html) in all our interactions within this project.
+We follow [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html) in all our interactions within this project.
 
-If you encounter abusive behavior violating the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html), please refer to the [policy violations](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html#policy-violations) section of the Code of Conduct for information on how to raise a complaint.
+If you encounter abusive behavior violating the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html), please refer to the [policy violations](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html#policy-violations) section of the Code of Conduct for information on how to raise a complaint.
+
+## Communication
+
+* Join the Ansible forum:
+  * [Get Help](https://forum.ansible.com/c/help/6): get help or help others. This is for questions about modules or plugins in the collection. Please add appropriate tags if you start new discussions.
+  * [Tag `community-general`](https://forum.ansible.com/tag/community-general): discuss the *collection itself*, instead of specific modules or plugins.
+  * [Social Spaces](https://forum.ansible.com/c/chat/4): gather and interact with fellow enthusiasts.
+  * [News & Announcements](https://forum.ansible.com/c/news/5): track project-wide announcements including social events.
+
+* The Ansible [Bullhorn newsletter](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/community/communication.html#the-bullhorn): used to announce releases and important changes.
+
+For more information about communication, see the [Ansible communication guide](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/community/communication.html).
 
 ## 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.
-
-Parts of this collection will not work with ansible-core 2.11 on Python 3.12+.
+Tested with the current ansible-core 2.18, ansible-core 2.19, ansible-core 2.20, ansible-core 2.21 releases and the current development version of ansible-core. Ansible-core versions before 2.18.0 are not supported. This includes all ansible-base 2.10 and Ansible 2.9 releases.
 
 ## External requirements
 
@@ -33,13 +47,13 @@ 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/projects/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
 
@@ -56,13 +70,13 @@ 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
 ```
 
-See [Ansible Using collections](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/collections_using.html) for more details.
+See [Ansible Using collections](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/user_guide/collections_using.html) for more details.
 
 ## Contributing to this collection
 
@@ -76,13 +90,13 @@ You don't know how to start? Refer to our [contribution guide](https://github.co
 
 The current maintainers are listed in the [commit-rights.md](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/commit-rights.md#people) file. If you have questions or need help, feel free to mention them in the proposals.
 
-You can find more information in the [developer guide for collections](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_collections.html#contributing-to-collections), and in the [Ansible Community Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/index.html).
+You can find more information in the [developer guide for collections](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_collections.html#contributing-to-collections), and in the [Ansible Community Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/community/index.html).
 
 Also for some notes specific to this collection see [our CONTRIBUTING documentation](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
 ### Running tests
 
-See [here](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_collections.html#testing-collections).
+See [here](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_collections.html#testing-collections).
 
 ## Collection maintenance
 
@@ -96,19 +110,7 @@ It is necessary for maintainers of this collection to be subscribed to:
 * The collection itself (the `Watch` button → `All Activity` in the upper right corner of the repository's homepage).
 * The "Changes Impacting Collection Contributors and Maintainers" [issue](https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview/issues/45).
 
-They also should be subscribed to Ansible's [The Bullhorn newsletter](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html#the-bullhorn).
-
-## Communication
-
-We announce important development changes and releases through Ansible's [The Bullhorn newsletter](https://eepurl.com/gZmiEP). If you are a collection developer, be sure you are subscribed.
-
-Join us in the `#ansible` (general use questions and support), `#ansible-community` (community and collection development questions), and other [IRC channels](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html#irc-channels) on [Libera.chat](https://libera.chat).
-
-We take part in the global quarterly [Ansible Contributor Summit](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/Contributor-Summit) virtually or in-person. Track [The Bullhorn newsletter](https://eepurl.com/gZmiEP) and join us.
-
-For more information about communities, meetings and agendas see [Community Wiki](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/Community).
-
-For more information about communication, refer to Ansible's the [Communication guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html).
+They also should be subscribed to Ansible's [The Bullhorn newsletter](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/community/communication.html#the-bullhorn).
 
 ## Publishing New Version
 
@@ -116,7 +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/main/CHANGELOG.rst).
+See the [changelog](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md).
 
 ## Roadmap
 
@@ -127,9 +129,9 @@ See [this issue](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues
 ## More information
 
 - [Ansible Collection overview](https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview)
-- [Ansible User guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/index.html)
-- [Ansible Developer guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/dev_guide/index.html)
-- [Ansible Community code of conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html)
+- [Ansible User guide](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/user_guide/index.html)
+- [Ansible Developer guide](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/dev_guide/index.html)
+- [Ansible Community code of conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html)
 
 ## Licensing
 
@@ -137,6 +139,6 @@ This collection is primarily licensed and distributed as a whole under the GNU G
 
 See [LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/COPYING) for the full text.
 
-Parts of the collection are licensed under the [BSD 2-Clause license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/LICENSES/BSD-2-Clause.txt), the [MIT license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/LICENSES/MIT.txt), and the [PSF 2.0 license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/LICENSES/PSF-2.0.txt).
+Parts of the collection are licensed under the [BSD 2-Clause license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/LICENSES/BSD-2-Clause.txt) and the [MIT license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/LICENSES/MIT.txt).
 
-All files have a machine readable `SDPX-License-Identifier:` comment denoting its respective license(s) or an equivalent entry in an accompanying `.license` file. Only changelog fragments (which will not be part of a release) are covered by a blanket statement in `.reuse/dep5`. This conforms to the [REUSE specification](https://reuse.software/spec/).
+All files have a machine readable `SDPX-License-Identifier:` comment denoting its respective license(s) or an equivalent entry in an accompanying `.license` file. Only changelog fragments (which will not be part of a release) are covered by a blanket statement in `REUSE.toml`. This conforms to the [REUSE specification](https://reuse.software/spec/).

REUSE.toml

@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
----
 # 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
 
-postgresql_packages:
-  - "postgresql-server"
-  - "python3-psycopg2"
-  - "bzip2"
-  - "xz"
+version = 1
 
-pg_hba_location: "/var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf"
-pg_dir: "/var/lib/pgsql/data"
+[[annotations]]
+path = "changelogs/fragments/**"
+precedence = "aggregate"
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText = "Ansible Project"
+SPDX-License-Identifier = "GPL-3.0-or-later"

antsibull-nox.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+# 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: 2025 Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
+
+[collection_sources]
+"ansible.posix" = "git+https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix.git,main"
+"community.crypto" = "git+https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto.git,main"
+"community.docker" = "git+https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker.git,main"
+"community.internal_test_tools" = "git+https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.internal_test_tools.git,main"
+
+[vcs]
+vcs = "git"
+development_branch = "main"
+stable_branches = [ "stable-*" ]
+
+[sessions]
+
+[sessions.lint]
+code_files = ["."]  # consider all Python files in the collection
+run_isort = false
+run_black = false
+run_ruff_autofix = true
+ruff_autofix_config = "ruff.toml"
+ruff_autofix_select = [
+    "I",
+    "RUF022",
+]
+run_ruff_check = true
+ruff_check_config = "ruff.toml"
+run_ruff_format = true
+ruff_format_config = "ruff.toml"
+run_flake8 = false
+run_pylint = false
+run_yamllint = true
+yamllint_config = ".yamllint"
+# yamllint_config_plugins = ".yamllint-docs"
+# yamllint_config_plugins_examples = ".yamllint-examples"
+run_mypy = true
+mypy_ansible_core_package = "ansible-core>=2.19.0"
+mypy_config = ".mypy.ini"
+mypy_extra_deps = [
+    "cryptography",
+    "dnspython",
+    "lxml-stubs",
+    "types-mock",
+    "types-paramiko",
+    "types-passlib",
+    "types-psutil",
+    "types-PyYAML",
+    "types-requests",
+]
+
+[sessions.docs_check]
+validate_collection_refs="all"
+codeblocks_restrict_types = [
+    "ansible-output",
+    "console",
+    "ini",
+    "json",
+    "python",
+    "shell",
+    "yaml",
+    "yaml+jinja",
+    "text",
+]
+codeblocks_restrict_type_exact_case = true
+codeblocks_allow_without_type = false
+codeblocks_allow_literal_blocks = false
+
+[sessions.license_check]
+
+[sessions.extra_checks]
+run_no_unwanted_files = true
+no_unwanted_files_module_extensions = [".py"]
+no_unwanted_files_yaml_extensions = [".yml"]
+run_action_groups = true
+run_no_trailing_whitespace = true
+no_trailing_whitespace_skip_paths = [
+    "tests/integration/targets/iso_extract/files/test.iso",
+    "tests/integration/targets/java_cert/files/testpkcs.p12",
+    "tests/integration/targets/one_host/files/testhost/tmp/opennebula-fixtures.json.gz",
+    "tests/integration/targets/one_template/files/testhost/tmp/opennebula-fixtures.json.gz",
+    "tests/integration/targets/setup_flatpak_remote/files/repo.tar.xz",
+]
+no_trailing_whitespace_skip_directories = [
+    "tests/unit/plugins/modules/interfaces_file/interfaces_file_fixtures/golden_output/",
+    "tests/unit/plugins/modules/interfaces_file/interfaces_file_fixtures/input/",
+]
+
+[[sessions.extra_checks.action_groups_config]]
+name = "consul"
+pattern = "^consul_.*$"
+exclusions = [
+    "consul_acl_bootstrap",
+    "consul_kv",
+]
+doc_fragment = "community.general._consul.actiongroup_consul"
+
+[[sessions.extra_checks.action_groups_config]]
+name = "keycloak"
+pattern = "^keycloak_.*$"
+exclusions = [
+    "keycloak_realm_info",
+]
+doc_fragment = "community.general._keycloak.actiongroup_keycloak"
+
+[[sessions.extra_checks.action_groups_config]]
+name = "scaleway"
+pattern = "^scaleway_.*$"
+doc_fragment = "community.general._scaleway.actiongroup_scaleway"
+
+[sessions.build_import_check]
+run_galaxy_importer = true
+
+[sessions.ansible_test_sanity]
+include_devel = true
+
+[sessions.ansible_test_units]
+include_devel = true

changelogs/changelog.yaml

@@ -1,517 +1,3 @@
-ancestor: 5.0.0
-releases:
-  6.0.0-a1:
-    changes:
-      breaking_changes:
-      - newrelic_deployment - ``revision`` is required for v2 API (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5341).
-      bugfixes:
-      - Include ``PSF-license.txt`` file for ``plugins/module_utils/_mount.py``.
-      - Include ``simplified_bsd.txt`` license file for various module utils, the
-        ``lxca_common`` docs fragment, and the ``utm_utils`` 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).
-      - 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/4804,
-        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4836).
-      - alternatives - when ``subcommands`` is specified, ``link`` 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).
-      - 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).
-      - archive - avoid crash when ``lzma`` is not present and ``format`` is not ``xz``
-        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5393).
-      - cmd_runner module utils - fix bug caused by using the ``command`` variable
-        instead of ``self.command`` when looking for binary path (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).
-      - 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).
-      - dig lookup plugin - add option to return empty result without empty strings,
-        and return empty list instead of ``NXDOMAIN`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5439,
-        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5428).
-      - dig lookup plugin - fix evaluation of falsy values for boolean parameters
-        ``fail_on_error`` and ``retry_servfail`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5129).
-      - dnsimple_info - correctly report missing library as ``requests`` and not ``another_library``
-        (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 ``NXDOMAIN`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5457,
-        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5428).
-      - dsv lookup plugin - do not ignore the ``tld`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4911).
-      - filesystem - handle ``fatresize --info`` output lines without ``:`` (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).
-      - funcd connection plugin - fix signature of ``exec_command`` (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).
-      - keycloak_realm - fix default groups and roles (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).
-      - ldap_attrs - fix ordering issue by ignoring the ``{x}`` prefix on attribute
-        values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/977,
-        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5385).
-      - listen_ports_facts - removed leftover ``EnvironmentError`` . The ``else``
-        clause had a wrong indentation. The check is now handled in the ``split_pid_name``
-        function (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5202).
-      - locale_gen - fix support for Ubuntu (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).
-      - lxd connection plugin - fix incorrect ``inventory_hostname`` in ``remote_addr``.
-        This is needed for compatibility with ansible-core 2.13 (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).
-      - nmcli - avoid changed status for most cases with VPN connections (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/pull/4813).
-      - 'nmcli - fix error when setting previously unset MAC address, ``gsm.apn``
-        or ``vpn.data``: current values were being normalized without checking if
-        they might be ``None`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5291).'
-      - nmcli - fix int options idempotence (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4998).
-      - nsupdate - compatibility with NS records (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5112).
-      - nsupdate - fix silent failures when updating ``NS`` entries from Bind9 managed
-        DNS zones (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4657).
-      - opentelemetry callback plugin - support opentelemetry-api 1.13.0 that removed
-        support for ``_time_ns`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5342).
-      - osx_defaults - no longer expand ``~`` in ``value`` 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/pull/5243).
-      - packet_ip_subnet - fix error reporting in case of invalid CIDR prefix lengths
-        (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).
-      - passwordstore lookup plugin - fix ``returnall`` for gopass (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).
-      - 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/pull/3889).
-      - pip_package_info - remove usage of global variable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5111).
-      - pkgng - fix case when ``pkg`` fails when trying to upgrade all packages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5363).
-      - proxmox - fix error handling when getting VM by name when ``state=absent``
-        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4945).
-      - proxmox inventory plugin - fix crash when ``enabled=1`` is used in agent config
-        string (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).
-      - proxmox_kvm - fix ``agent`` parameter when boolean value is specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5198).
-      - proxmox_kvm - fix error handling when getting VM by name when ``state=absent``
-        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4945).
-      - proxmox_kvm - fix exception when no ``agent`` argument is specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5194).
-      - proxmox_kvm - fix wrong condition (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5108).
-      - proxmox_kvm - replace new condition with proper condition to allow for using
-        ``vmid`` on update (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).
-      - redfish_command - fix the check if a virtual media is unmounted to just check
-        for ``instered= false`` caused by Supermicro hardware that does not clear
-        the ``ImageName`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4839).
-      - redfish_command - the Supermicro Redfish implementation only supports the
-        ``image_url`` parameter in the underlying API calls to ``VirtualMediaInsert``
-        and ``VirtualMediaEject``. Any values set (or the defaults) for ``write_protected``
-        or ``inserted`` will be ignored (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4839).
-      - redfish_info - fix to ``GetChassisPower`` 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).
-      - redfish_utils module utils - centralize payload checking when performing modification
-        requests to a Redfish service (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).
-      - redhat_subscription - make module idempotent when ``pool_ids`` are used (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5313).
-      - redis* modules - fix call to ``module.fail_json`` when failing because of
-        missing Python libraries (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4733).
-      - slack - fix incorrect channel prefix ``#`` caused by incomplete pattern detection
-        by adding ``G0`` and ``GF`` as channel ID patterns (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5019).
-      - slack - fix message update for channels which start with ``CP``. When ``message-id``
-        was passed it failed for channels which started with ``CP`` because the ``#``
-        symbol was added before the ``channel_id`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5249).
-      - sudoers - ensure sudoers config files are created with the permissions requested
-        by sudoers (0440) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4814).
-      - 'sudoers - fix incorrect handling of ``state: absent`` (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/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/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).
-      - xenserver_facts - fix broken ``AnsibleModule`` call that prevented the module
-        from working at all (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/pull/5007).
-      - zfs - fix wrong quoting of properties (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4707,
-        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4726).
-      deprecated_features:
-      - ArgFormat module utils - deprecated along ``CmdMixin``, in favor of the ``cmd_runner_fmt``
-        module util (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5370).
-      - CmdMixin module utils - deprecated in favor of the ``CmdRunner`` module util
-        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5370).
-      - CmdModuleHelper module utils - deprecated in favor of the ``CmdRunner`` module
-        util (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5370).
-      - CmdStateModuleHelper module utils - deprecated in favor of the ``CmdRunner``
-        module util (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5370).
-      - cmd_runner module utils - deprecated ``fmt`` in favour of ``cmd_runner_fmt``
-        as the parameter format object (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).
-      - django_manage - support for the commands ``cleanup``, ``syncdb`` and ``validate``
-        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).
-      - 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).
-      - gconftool2 - deprecates ``state=get`` in favor of using the module ``gconftool2_info``
-        (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).
-      - newrelic_deployment - ``appname`` and ``environment`` 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).
-      - proxmox - deprecated the current ``unprivileged`` default value, will be changed
-        to ``true`` in community.general 7.0.0 (https://github.com/pull/5224).
-      - xfconf - deprecated parameter ``disable_facts``, as since version 4.0.0 it
-        only allows value ``true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4520).
-      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
-        *assuming they did not use internal FQCNs*. 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).
-      - newrelic_deployment - removed New Relic v1 API, added support for v2 API (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5341).
-      minor_changes:
-      - Added MIT license as ``LICENSES/MIT.txt`` for tests/unit/plugins/modules/packaging/language/test_gem.py
-        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5065).
-      - All software licenses are now in the ``LICENSES/`` directory of the collection
-        root (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/5080,
-        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/5095, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5098,
-        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5106).
-      - ModuleHelper module utils - added property ``verbosity`` to base class (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5035).
-      - ModuleHelper module utils - improved ``ModuleHelperException``, using ``to_native()``
-        for the exception message (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).
-      - ali_instance - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (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).
-      - alternatives - add ``state=absent`` to be able to remove an alternative (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4654).
-      - alternatives - add ``subcommands`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4654).
-      - ansible_galaxy_install - minor refactoring using latest ``ModuleHelper`` updates
-        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4752).
-      - apk - add ``world`` parameter for supporting a custom world file (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4976).
-      - bitwarden lookup plugin - add option ``search`` to search for other attributes
-        than name (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).
-      - cmd_runner module util - added parameters ``check_mode_skip`` and ``check_mode_return``
-        to ``CmdRunner.context()``, so that the command is not executed when ``check_mode=True``
-        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4736).
-      - cmd_runner module utils - add ``__call__`` method to invoke context (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4791).
-      - consul - adds ``ttl`` parameter for session  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4996).
-      - consul - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5367).
-      - consul_session - adds ``token`` parameter for session (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5193).
-      - cpanm - using ``do_raise()`` to raise exceptions in ``ModuleHelper`` derived
-        modules (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).
-      - dependent lookup plugin - start using Ansible's configuration manager to parse
-        options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5440).
-      - dig lookup plugin - add option ``fail_on_error`` to allow stopping execution
-        on lookup failures (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).
-      - dnstxt lookup plugin - start using Ansible's configuration manager to parse
-        options (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).
-      - flattened lookup plugin - start using Ansible's configuration manager to parse
-        options (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).
-      - gitlab_branch - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (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).
-      - gitlab_group - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (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).
-      - gitlab_group_variable - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency
-        (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).
-      - gitlab_hook - minor refactoring (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).
-      - gitlab_project_members - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency
-        (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).
-      - gitlab_protected_branch - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency
-        (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).
-      - gitlab_user - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (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).
-      - homebrew, homebrew_tap - added Homebrew on Linux path to defaults (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5241).
-      - keycloak_* modules - add ``http_agent`` parameter with default value ``Ansible``
-        (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).
-      - lastpass - use config manager for handling plugin options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5022).
-      - linode inventory plugin - simplify option handling (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5438).
-      - listen_ports_facts - add new ``include_non_listening`` option which adds ``-a``
-        option to ``netstat`` and ``ss``. This shows both listening and non-listening
-        (for TCP this means established connections) sockets, and returns ``state``
-        and ``foreign_address`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4762,
-        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).
-      - lxc_container - minor refactoring (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).
-      - 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).
-      - manifold lookup plugin - start using Ansible's configuration manager to parse
-        options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5440).
-      - maven_artifact - add a new ``unredirected_headers`` option that can be used
-        with ansible-core 2.12 and above. The default value is to not use ``Authorization``
-        and ``Cookie`` 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).
-      - mksysb - using ``do_raise()`` to raise exceptions in ``ModuleHelper`` derived
-        modules (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).
-      - netcup_dnsapi - add ``timeout`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5301).
-      - nmcli - add ``transport_mode`` configuration for Infiniband devices (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5361).
-      - nmcli - add bond option ``xmit_hash_policy`` to bond options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5148).
-      - nmcli - adds ``vpn`` type and parameter for supporting VPN with service type
-        L2TP and PPTP (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4746).
-      - nmcli - honor IP options for VPNs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5228).
-      - opentelemetry callback plugin - allow configuring opentelementry callback
-        via config file (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4916).
-      - opentelemetry callback plugin - send logs. This can be disabled by setting
-        ``disable_logs=false`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4175).
-      - pacman - added parameters ``reason`` and ``reason_for`` to set/change the
-        install reason of packages (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).
-      - 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).
-      - passwordstore lookup plugin - improve error messages to include stderr (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5436)
-      - pipx - added state ``latest`` to the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5105).
-      - pipx - changed implementation to use ``cmd_runner`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5085).
-      - pipx - module fails faster when ``name`` is missing for states ``upgrade``
-        and ``reinstall`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5100).
-      - pipx - using ``do_raise()`` to raise exceptions in ``ModuleHelper`` derived
-        modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4674).
-      - pipx module utils - created new module util ``pipx`` providing a ``cmd_runner``
-        specific for the ``pipx`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5085).
-      - portage - add knobs for Portage's ``--backtrack`` and ``--with-bdeps`` options
-        (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).
-      - proxmox inventory plugin - added new flag ``qemu_extended_statuses`` and new
-        groups ``<group_prefix>prelaunch``, ``<group_prefix>paused``. They will be
-        populated only when ``want_facts=true``, ``qemu_extended_statuses=true`` and
-        only for ``QEMU`` machines (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).
-      - proxmox module utils, the proxmox* modules - add ``api_task_ok`` helper to
-        standardize API task status checks across all proxmox modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5274).
-      - proxmox_kvm - allow ``agent`` argument to be a string (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5107).
-      - proxmox_snap - add ``unbind`` param to support snapshotting containers with
-        configured mountpoints (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5274).
-      - puppet - adds ``confdir`` parameter to configure a custom confir location
-        (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).
-      - redfish_config - add ``SetSessionService`` to set default session timeout
-        policy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5008).
-      - redfish_info - add ``GetManagerInventory`` to report list of Manager inventory
-        information (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4899).
-      - seport - added new argument ``local`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5203)
-      - snap - using ``do_raise()`` to raise exceptions in ``ModuleHelper`` derived
-        modules (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/issues/4745).
-      - terraform - adds capability to handle complex variable structures for ``variables``
-        parameter in the module. This must be enabled with the new ``complex_vars``
-        parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4797).
-      - terraform - run ``terraform init`` with ``-no-color`` not to mess up the stdout
-        of the task (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5147).
-      - wdc_redfish_command - add ``IndicatorLedOn`` and ``IndicatorLedOff`` commands
-        for ``Chassis`` category (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5059).
-      - wdc_redfish_command - add ``PowerModeLow`` and ``PowerModeNormal`` commands
-        for ``Chassis`` category (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5145).
-      - xfconf - add ``stdout``, ``stderr`` and ``cmd`` to the module results (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5037).
-      - xfconf - changed implementation to use ``cmd_runner`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4776).
-      - xfconf - use ``do_raise()`` instead of defining custom exception class (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4975).
-      - xfconf - using ``do_raise()`` to raise exceptions in ``ModuleHelper`` derived
-        modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4674).
-      - xfconf module utils - created new module util ``xfconf`` providing a ``cmd_runner``
-        specific for ``xfconf`` modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4776).
-      - xfconf_info - changed implementation to use ``cmd_runner`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4776).
-      - xfconf_info - use ``do_raise()`` instead of defining custom exception class
-        (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).
-      release_summary: This is a pre-release for the upcoming 6.0.0 major release.
-        The main objective of this pre-release is to make it possible to test the
-        large stuctural changes by flattening the directory structure. See the corresponding
-        entry in the changelog for details.
-      removed_features:
-      - bitbucket* modules - ``username`` is no longer an alias of ``workspace``,
-        but of ``user`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5326).
-      - gem - the default of the ``norc`` option changed from ``false`` to ``true``
-        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5326).
-      - gitlab_group_members - ``gitlab_group`` must now always contain the full path,
-        and no longer just the name or path (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5326).
-      - keycloak_authentication - the return value ``flow`` has been removed. Use
-        ``end_state`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5326).
-      - keycloak_group - the return value ``group`` has been removed. Use ``end_state``
-        instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5326).
-      - lxd_container - the default of the ``ignore_volatile_options`` option changed
-        from ``true`` to ``false`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5326).
-      - mail callback plugin - the ``sender`` option is now required (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5326).
-      - module_helper module utils - remove the ``VarDict`` attribute from ``ModuleHelper``.
-        Import ``VarDict`` from ``ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.mixins.vars``
-        instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5326).
-      - proxmox inventory plugin - the default of the ``want_proxmox_nodes_ansible_host``
-        option changed from ``true`` to ``false`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5326).
-      - vmadm - the ``debug`` option has been removed. It was not used anyway (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5326).
-    fragments:
-    - 3671-illumos-pfexec.yml
-    - 4175-opentelemetry_logs.yml
-    - 4520-xfconf-deprecate-disable-facts.yml
-    - 4654-alternatives-add-subcommands.yml
-    - 4674-use-mh-raise.yaml
-    - 4682-compatibility-virtualmedia-resource-location.yaml
-    - 4700-code-changes.yml
-    - 4712-consul-bugfix.yaml
-    - 4719-fix-keycloak-realm.yaml
-    - 4724-proxmox-qemu-extend.yaml
-    - 4726-zfs.yml
-    - 4733-redis-fail.yml
-    - 4736-cmd-runner-skip-if-check.yml
-    - 4740-puppet-feature.yaml
-    - 4746-add-vpn-support-nmcli.yaml
-    - 4752-ansible-galaxy-install-mh-updates.yml
-    - 4755-mhexception-improvement.yml
-    - 4776-xfconf-cmd-runner.yaml
-    - 4777-cmd-runner-deprecate-fmt.yaml
-    - 4778-gconftool2-deprecate-state-get.yaml
-    - 4780-passwordstore-wrapper-compat.yml
-    - 4791-cmd-runner-callable.yaml
-    - 4794-sudoers-validation.yml
-    - 4797-terraform-complex-variables.yml
-    - 4809-redhat_subscription-unsubscribe.yaml
-    - 4810-alternatives-bug.yml
-    - 4812-expose-unredirected-headers.yml
-    - 4813-fix-nmcli-convert-list.yaml
-    - 4814-sudoers-file-permissions.yml
-    - 4816-proxmox-fix-extended-status.yaml
-    - 4836-alternatives.yml
-    - 4839-fix-VirtualMediaInsert-Supermicro.yml
-    - 4849-add-password-prompt-support-for-machinectl.yml
-    - 4852-sudoers-state-absent.yml
-    - 4886-fix-lxd-inventory-hostname.yml
-    - 4899-add-GetManagerInventory-for-redfish_info.yml
-    - 4901-fix-redfish-chassispower.yml
-    - 4903-cmdrunner-bugfix.yaml
-    - 4910-fix-for-agent-enabled.yml
-    - 4911-dsv-honor-tld-option.yml
-    - 4916-opentelemetry-ini-options.yaml
-    - 4933-fix-rax-clb-nodes.yaml
-    - 4945-fix-get_vm-int-parse-handling.yaml
-    - 4953-listen-ports-facts-extend-output.yaml
-    - 4955-fix-path-detection-for-gopass.yaml
-    - 4956-pacman-install-reason.yaml
-    - 4959-pacman-fix-url-packages-name.yaml
-    - 4964-fix-keyring-info.yml
-    - 4973-introduce-dig-lookup-argument.yaml
-    - 4975-xfconf-use-do-raise.yaml
-    - 4976-apk-add-support-for-a-custom-world-file.yaml
-    - 4996-consul-session-ttl.yml
-    - 4998-nmcli-fix-int-options-idempotence.yml
-    - 4999-xfconf-bool.yml
-    - 5008-addSetSessionService.yml
-    - 5019-slack-support-more-groups.yml
-    - 5022-lastpass-lookup-cleanup.yml
-    - 5023-http-agent-param-keycloak.yml
-    - 5027-fix-returnall-for-gopass.yaml
-    - 5035-mh-base-verbosity.yaml
-    - 5037-xfconf-add-cmd-output.yaml
-    - 5059-wdc_redfish_command-indicator-leds.yml
-    - 5085-pipx-use-cmd-runner.yaml
-    - 5100-pipx-req-if.yaml
-    - 5105-pipx-state-latest.yaml
-    - 5107-proxmox-agent-argument.yaml
-    - 5108-proxmox-node-name-condition.yml
-    - 5111-fixes.yml
-    - 5112-fix-nsupdate-ns-entry.yaml
-    - 5124-compatibility-virtualmedia-resource-location.yaml
-    - 5126-nmcli-remove-diffs.yml
-    - 5129-dig-boolean-params-fix.yml
-    - 5145-wdc-redfish-enclosure-power-state.yml
-    - 5147-terraform-init-no-color.yml
-    - 5149-nmcli-bond-option.yml
-    - 5151-add-delinea-support-tss-lookup.yml
-    - 5193-consul-session-token.yaml
-    - 5194-fix-proxmox-agent-exception.yaml
-    - 5198-proxmox.yml
-    - 5202-bugfix-environmentError-wrong-indentation.yaml
-    - 5203-seport-add-local-argument.yaml
-    - 5206-proxmox-conditional-vmid.yml
-    - 5210-redfish_utils-cleanup-of-configuration-logic-and-oem-checks.yaml
-    - 5224-proxmox-unprivileged-default.yaml
-    - 5228-nmcli-ip-options.yaml
-    - 5239-nagios-refactor.yaml
-    - 5240-unused-imports.yaml
-    - 5241-homebrew-add-linux-path.yaml
-    - 5243-osx-defaults-expand-user-flags.yml
-    - 5249-add-new-channel-prefix.yml
-    - 5259-gitlab-imports.yaml
-    - 5271-gitlab_hook-refactor.yaml
-    - 5274-proxmox-snap-container-with-mountpoints.yml
-    - 5280-lxc_container-py3.yaml
-    - 5282-locale_gen.yaml
-    - 5287-machinectl-become-success.yml
-    - 5291-fix-nmcli-error-when-setting-unset-mac-address.yaml
-    - 5297-bitwarden-add-search-field.yml
-    - 5301-netcup_dnsapi-timeout.yml
-    - 5306-add-options-for-authentication.yml
-    - 5307-ini_file-lint.yaml
-    - 5313-fix-redhat_subscription-idempotency-pool_ids.yml
-    - 5341-newrelic-v2-api-changes.yml
-    - 5342-opentelemetry_bug_fix_opentelemetry-api-1.13.yml
-    - 5348-fix-vbox-deeply-nested-hostvars.yml
-    - 5349-drop-gentoolkit-more-knobs.yml
-    - 5358-lxc-container-refactor.yml
-    - 5361-nmcli-add-infiniband-transport-mode.yaml
-    - 5367-consul-refactor.yaml
-    - 5369-pkgng-fix-update-all.yaml
-    - 5370-mh-cmdmixin-deprecation.yaml
-    - 5377-nsupdate-ns-records-with-bind.yml
-    - 5383-xenserver_facts.yml
-    - 5385-search_s-based-_is_value_present.yaml
-    - 5393-archive.yml
-    - 5400-django-manage-deprecations.yml
-    - 5404-django-manage-venv-deprecation.yml
-    - 5436-passwordstore-errors.yml
-    - 5437-proxmox.yml
-    - 5438-linode.yml
-    - 5439-dig-return-empty-result.yml
-    - 5444-passwordstore-options.yml
-    - 5457-dnstxt-empty.yml
-    - 6.0.0-a1.yml
-    - deprecation-removals.yml
-    - licenses-2.yml
-    - licenses.yml
-    - lookup-options.yml
-    - psf-license.yml
-    - simplified-bsd-license.yml
-    - unflatmap.yml
-    modules:
-    - description: Scaleway Function namespace management
-      name: scaleway_function_namespace
-      namespace: ''
-    - description: Retrieve information on Scaleway Function namespace
-      name: scaleway_function_namespace_info
-      namespace: ''
-    release_date: '2022-11-02'
+---
+ancestor: 12.0.0
+releases: {}

changelogs/config.yaml

@@ -7,28 +7,37 @@ changelog_filename_template: ../CHANGELOG.rst
 changelog_filename_version_depth: 0
 changes_file: changelog.yaml
 changes_format: combined
+ignore_other_fragment_extensions: true
 keep_fragments: false
 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:
-- - major_changes
-  - Major Changes
-- - minor_changes
-  - Minor Changes
-- - breaking_changes
-  - Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
-- - deprecated_features
-  - Deprecated Features
-- - removed_features
-  - Removed Features (previously deprecated)
-- - security_fixes
-  - Security Fixes
-- - bugfixes
-  - Bugfixes
-- - known_issues
-  - Known Issues
+  - - major_changes
+    - Major Changes
+  - - minor_changes
+    - Minor Changes
+  - - breaking_changes
+    - Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
+  - - deprecated_features
+    - Deprecated Features
+  - - removed_features
+    - Removed Features (previously deprecated)
+  - - security_fixes
+    - Security Fixes
+  - - bugfixes
+    - Bugfixes
+  - - known_issues
+    - Known Issues
 title: Community General
+trivial_section_name: trivial
+use_fqcn: true
+add_plugin_period: true
+changelog_nice_yaml: true
+changelog_sort: version
+vcs: auto

changelogs/fragments/10786-jira-cloud-search.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - jira - add ``cloud`` option to support Jira Cloud's
+    new search endpoint ``/rest/api/2/search/jql``, since
+    the legacy ``/rest/api/2/search`` endpoint has been
+    removed on Jira Cloud
+    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10786, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11701).

changelogs/fragments/11029-extra-whitespace.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - infinity - consolidate double and triple whitespaces (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11029).
+  - ipa_otptoken - consolidate double and triple whitespaces (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11029).
+  - rhevm - consolidate double and triple whitespaces (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11029).
+  - slack - consolidate double and triple whitespaces (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11029).

changelogs/fragments/11030-wsl-typing.yml

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+bugfixes:
+  - "wsl connection plugin - rename variable to fix type checking (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11030)."

changelogs/fragments/11031-tss-lookup-delinea-rebranding.yml

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+minor_changes:
+  - "tss lookup plugin - fixed ``AccessTokenAuthorizer`` initialization to include ``base_url`` parameter for proper token authentication (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11031)."

changelogs/fragments/11043-ruff-check.yml

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+bugfixes:
+  - timestamp callback plugin - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - wsl connection plugin - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - json_patch filter plugin - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - to_* time filter plugins - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - linode inventory plugin - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - _filelock module utils - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - btrfs module utils - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - module_helper module utils - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - oneandone module utils - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - opennebula module utils - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - ali_instance - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - ali_instance_info - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - apt_rpm - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - btrfs_subvolume - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - consul - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - cronvar - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - dnf_versionlock - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - dnsmadeeasy - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - gitlab_issue - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - gitlab_merge_request - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - gitlab_project - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - gitlab_user - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - haproxy - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - homebrew - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - homebrew_services - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - hpilo_boot - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - ini_file - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - ipa_otptoken - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - jenkins_credential - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - jenkins_plugin - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - kea_command - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - keycloak_authz_permission - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - keycloak_clientscope_type - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - keycloak_user_execute_actions_email - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - keycloak_user_federation - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - listen_ports_facts - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - lxc_container - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - lxd_container - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - matrix - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - maven_artifact - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - monit - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - netcup_dns - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - nmcli - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - nomad_job - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - npm - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - one_host - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - one_image - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - one_template - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - one_vm - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - one_vnet - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - onepassword_info - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - pamd - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - pkgin - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - pulp_repo - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - redhat_subscription - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - rhevm - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - sensu_check - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - simpleinit_msb - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - sorcery - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - terraform - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - timezone - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - xenserver_guest - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
+  - zypper_repository - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

changelogs/fragments/11045-check-cobbler-version.yml

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+bugfixes:
+  - cobbler_system - compare the version as a float which is the type returned by the Cobbler API (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11044).

changelogs/fragments/11046-locale-gen-usrlocal.yml

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+minor_changes:
+  - locale_gen - extend the search for available locales to include ``/usr/local/share/i18n/SUPPORTED`` in Debian and Ubuntu systems (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10964, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11046).

changelogs/fragments/11048-py3-cond.yml

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+minor_changes:
+  - datetime module utils - remove code for unsupported Python version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11048).
+  - jenkins_node - remove code for unsupported Python version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11048).

changelogs/fragments/11049-ruff-check.yml

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+bugfixes:
+  - elastic callback plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - logentries callback plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - opentelemetry callback plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - syslog_json callback plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - to_prettytable filter plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - online inventory plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - xen_orchestra inventory plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - chef_databag lookup plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - consul_kv lookup plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - btrfs module utils - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - gitlab module utils - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - redfish_utils module utils - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - scaleway module utils - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - xenserver module utils - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - aerospike_migrations - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - aix_lvol - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - ali_instance - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - apt_rpm - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - btrfs_subvolume - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - discord - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - dpkg_divert - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - gitlab_branch - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - gitlab_group_members - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - gitlab_project_members - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - gitlab_protected_branch - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - infinity - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - interfaces_file - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - ipa_group - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - ipa_vault - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - ipmi_boot - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - jenkins_build - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - jenkins_build_info - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - jenkins_plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - keycloak_component - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - keycloak_realm_key - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - keycloak_userprofile - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - launchd - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - listen_ports_facts - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - manageiq_alert_profiles - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - manageiq_provider - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - manageiq_tenant - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - memset_memstore_info - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - memset_server_info - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - memset_zone - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - nosh - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - odbc - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - one_service - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - one_vm - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - opendj_backendprop - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - ovh_monthly_billing - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - portinstall - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - redhat_subscription - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - redis_data_incr - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - scaleway_sshkey - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - spectrum_model_attrs - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - spotinst_aws_elastigroup - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - svc - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - vmadm - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - xenserver_guest - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - xfs_quota - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
+  - xml - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

changelogs/fragments/11052-dnsimple-info-improves.yml

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+minor_changes:
+  - dnsimple_info - use Ansible construct to validate parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11052).

changelogs/fragments/11054-zfs-facts-checkrc.yml

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+minor_changes:
+  - zfs_facts - use Ansible construct to check result of external command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11054).

changelogs/fragments/11070-deprecate-layman.yml

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+deprecated_features:
+  - layman - Gentoo deprecated ``layman`` in mid-2023; the module will be removed from community.general 14.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11070).

changelogs/fragments/11072-opendj-checkrc.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - opendj_backendprop - use Ansible construct to perform check for external commands (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11072).

changelogs/fragments/11076-irc-true.yml

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+minor_changes:
+  - irc - use proper boolean value in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11076).

changelogs/fragments/11078-py2-ssl.yml

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+minor_changes:
+  - cobbler_sync - remove conditional code handling SSL for unsupported versions of Python (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11078).
+  - cobbler_system - remove conditional code handling SSL for unsupported versions of Python (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11078).
+  - jenkins_job_info - remove conditional code handling SSL for unsupported versions of Python (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11078).

changelogs/fragments/11087-deprecate-swupd.yml

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+deprecated_features:
+  - layman - ClearLinux was made EOL in July 2025.; the module will be removed from community.general 15.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11087).

changelogs/fragments/11088-deprecate-dconf-fallback.yml

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+deprecated_features:
+  - dconf - deprecate fallback mechanism when ``gi.repository`` is not available; fallback will be removed in community.general 15.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11088).

changelogs/fragments/11093-yum-versionlock-to-native.yml

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+minor_changes:
+  - yum_versionlock - remove redundant conversion to unicode in command output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11093).

changelogs/fragments/11095-raise-from.yml

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+minor_changes:
+  - shutdown action plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - redis cache plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - chroot connection plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - jail connection plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - lxc connection plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - lxd connection plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - wsl connection plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - zone connection plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - counter filter plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - from_csv filter plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - from_ini filter plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - hashids filter plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - jc filter plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - json_query filter plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - to_ini filter plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - gitlab_runners inventory plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - icinga2 inventory plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - linode inventory plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - lxd inventory plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - nmap inventory plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - online inventory plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - opennebula inventory plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - scaleway inventory plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - virtualbox inventory plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - binary_file lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - chef_databag lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - collection_version lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - consul_kv lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - credstash lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - cyberarkpassword lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - dependent lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - dig lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - dnstxt lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - dsv lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - etcd3 lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - github_app_access_token lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - lmdb_kv lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - onepassword lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - passwordstore lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - redis lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - revbitspss lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - shelvefile lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - tss lookup plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).
+  - keys_filter plugin_utils plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11095).

changelogs/fragments/11097-raise-from.yml

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+minor_changes:
+  - cmd_runner module utils - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).
+  - csv module utils - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).
+  - database module utils - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).
+  - hwc_utils module utils - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).
+  - identity.keycloak.keycloak module utils - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).
+  - ipa module utils - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).
+  - lxd module utils - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).
+  - net_tools.pritunl.api module utils - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).
+  - cronvar - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).
+  - jenkins_plugin - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).
+  - jira - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).
+  - layman - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).
+  - listen_ports_facts - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).
+  - osx_defaults - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).
+  - packet_ip_subnet - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).
+  - packet_sshkey - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).
+  - pids - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).
+  - rhevm - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).
+  - vertica_schema - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).
+  - vertica_user - use ``raise ... from ...`` when passing on exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11097).

changelogs/fragments/11098-tonative-1.yml

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+minor_changes:
+
+  - atomic_host - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - atomic_image - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - bigpanda - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - datadog_event - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - datadog_monitor - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - hpilo_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - htpasswd - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - idrac_redfish_config - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - influxdb_query - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - influxdb_user - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - influxdb_write - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - ipa_config - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - ipa_dnsrecord - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - ipa_dnszone - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - ipa_group - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - ipa_hbacrule - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - ipa_host - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - ipa_hostgroup - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - ipa_otpconfig - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - ipa_otptoken - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - ipa_pwpolicy - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - ipa_role - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - ipa_service - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - ipa_sudocmd - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - ipa_sudocmdgroup - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - ipa_sudorule - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - ipa_user - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - ipa_vault - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - listen_ports_facts - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - modprobe - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - nomad_job - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - nomad_job_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - nomad_token - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - pids - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - pritunl_org - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - pritunl_org_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - pritunl_user - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - pritunl_user_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - read_csv - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - selinux_permissive - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - sensu_check - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - sensu_subscription - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - sudoers - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - utm_aaa_group - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - utm_aaa_group_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - utm_ca_host_key_cert - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - utm_ca_host_key_cert_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - utm_dns_host - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - utm_network_interface_address - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - utm_network_interface_address_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - utm_proxy_auth_profile - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - utm_proxy_exception - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - utm_proxy_frontend - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - utm_proxy_frontend_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - utm_proxy_location - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - utm_proxy_location_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - vertica_configuration - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - vertica_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - vertica_role - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - vertica_schema - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - vertica_user - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).
+  - wakeonlan - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11098).

changelogs/fragments/11102-tonative-2.yml

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+minor_changes:
+  - atomic_container - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11102).
+  - circonus_annotation - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11102).
+  - dimensiondata_network - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11102).
+  - idrac_redfish_config - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11102).
+  - jenkins_plugin - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11102).
+  - ldap_attrs - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11102).
+  - ldap_entry - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11102).
+  - ldap_inc - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11102).
+  - onepassword_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11102).
+  - sensu_subscription - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11102).
+  - statusio_maintenance - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11102).
+  - vmadm - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11102).

changelogs/fragments/11104-tonative-3.yml

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+minor_changes:
+  - filesize - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11104).
+  - ip_netns - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11104).
+  - ipa_subca - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11104).
+  - jira - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11104).
+  - ldap_search - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11104).

changelogs/fragments/11105-tonative-4.yml

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+minor_changes:
+  - cobbler_sync - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11105).
+  - cobbler_system - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11105).
+  - ip_netns - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11105).

changelogs/fragments/11106-tonative-5.yml

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+minor_changes:
+  - filesize - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11106).
+  - flatpak_remote - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11106).
+  - hg - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11106).
+  - ip_netns - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11106).
+  - ipa_pwpolicy - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11106).
+  - iso_customize - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11106).
+  - ldap_search - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11106).
+  - nomad_job - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11106).
+  - nosh - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11106).
+  - ocapi_command - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11106).
+  - ocapi_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11106).
+  - packet_project - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11106).
+  - packet_volume - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11106).
+  - portage - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11106).
+  - redhat_subscription - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11106).
+  - xml - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11106).

changelogs/fragments/11107-extend-merge-variables-failure-message.yml

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+minor_changes:
+  - merge_variables - extend type detection failure message to allow users for easier failure debugging (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11107).

changelogs/fragments/11110-tonative-6.yml

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+minor_changes:
+  - idrac_redfish_command - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11110).
+  - idrac_redfish_config - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11110).
+  - idrac_redfish_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11110).
+  - ilo_redfish_command - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11110).
+  - ilo_redfish_config - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11110).
+  - ocapi_command - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11110).
+  - redfish_command - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11110).
+  - redfish_config - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11110).
+  - wdc_redfish_command - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11110).
+  - wdc_redfish_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11110).
+  - xcc_redfish_command - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11110).

changelogs/fragments/11112-tonative-7.yml

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+minor_changes:
+  - csv module utils - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11112).
+  - deps module utils - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11112).
+  - gandi_livedns_api module utils - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11112).
+  - ibm_sa_utils module utils - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11112).
+  - keycloak module utils - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11112).
+  - ipa module utils - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11112).
+  - ldap module utils - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11112).
+  - lxd module utils - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11112).
+  - exceptions module utils - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11112).
+  - ocapi_utils module utils - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11112).
+  - oneview module utils - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11112).
+  - redfish_utils module utils - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11112).
+  - bitbucket module utils - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11112).
+  - utm_utils module utils - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11112).

changelogs/fragments/11114-nmcli-idempotency.yml

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+---
+minor_changes:
+  - nmcli - add idempotency check (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11114).

changelogs/fragments/11115-ruff-cases-1.yml

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+minor_changes:
+  - elastic callback plugin - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).
+  - opentelemetry callback plugin - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).
+  - wsl connection plugin - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).
+  - cobbler inventory plugin - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).
+  - iocage inventory plugin - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).
+  - _stormssh module utils - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).
+  - keycloak module utils - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).
+  - redfish_utils module utils - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).
+  - ali_instance - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).
+  - apt_rpm - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).
+  - dnf_config_manager - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).
+  - haproxy - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).
+  - hpilo_info - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).
+  - hwc_ecs_instance - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).
+  - hwc_vpc_port - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).
+  - influxdb_user - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).
+  - keycloak_authentication - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).
+  - keycloak_client_rolemapping - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).
+  - keycloak_component - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).
+  - keycloak_realm_key - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).
+  - keycloak_realm_rolemapping - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).
+  - keycloak_user_rolemapping - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).
+  - keycloak_userprofile - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).
+  - nmcli - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).
+  - pear - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).
+  - xbps - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).
+  - xcc_redfish_command - fix cases of unused variables in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11115).

changelogs/fragments/11119-ruff-cases-2.yml

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+minor_changes:
+  - merge_variables lookup plugin - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - _mount module utils - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - xenserver module utils - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - aerospike_migrations - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - apk - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - apt_rpm - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - awall - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - beadm - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - crypttab - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - gitlab_group_access_token - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - gitlab_project_access_token - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - hg - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - icinga2_host - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - jenkins_job - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - logentries - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - macports - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - oneandone_firewall_policy - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - oneandone_load_balancer - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - oneandone_monitoring_policy - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - oneandone_private_network - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - pamd - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - parted - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - redhat_subscription - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - riak - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - slack - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - slackpkg - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - solaris_zone - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - svr4pkg - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - swupd - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - urpmi - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - vertica_configuration - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - vertica_role - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - vertica_schema - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - vertica_user - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - xbps - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - xml - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).
+  - zfs - simplify return of boolean values in functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11119).

changelogs/fragments/11121-ruff-cases-3.yml

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+minor_changes:
+  - nmcli - fix comparison of type (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11121).

changelogs/fragments/11122-yield-from-ignore.yml

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+minor_changes:
+  - univention_umc module utils - update code to Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11122).

changelogs/fragments/11143-tonative-8.yml

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+minor_changes:
+  - cloudflare_dns - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
+  - dconf - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
+  - idrac_redfish_command - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
+  - idrac_redfish_config - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
+  - idrac_redfish_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
+  - ilo_redfish_command - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
+  - ilo_redfish_config - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
+  - jenkins_plugin - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
+  - jenkins_script - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
+  - jira - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
+  - mail - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
+  - maven_artifact - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
+  - onepassword_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
+  - packet_volume - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
+  - redfish_command - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
+  - redfish_config - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
+  - sensu_silence - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
+  - svc - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
+  - wdc_redfish_command - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
+  - wdc_redfish_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
+  - xcc_redfish_command - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).

changelogs/fragments/11144-xcc-redfish-command-listkeys.yml

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+bugfixes:
+  - xcc_redfish_command - fix templating of dictionary keys as list (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11144).

changelogs/fragments/11145-ruff-cases-4.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - ipinfoio_facts - fix handling of HTTP errors consulting the service (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11145).

changelogs/fragments/11148-snmp-facts-improve.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - snmp_facts - simplify and improve code using standard Ansible validations (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11148).

changelogs/fragments/11149-rv-exception.yml

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+minor_changes:
+  - rundeck module utils - improve handling the return value ``exception``. It now contains the full stack trace of the exception, while the message is included in ``msg`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11149).
+  - vmadm - in case of failure, the module no longer returns the stderr output as ``exception``, but instead as ``stderr``. Other information (``stdout``, ``rc``) is now also returned (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11149).

changelogs/fragments/11167-typing.yml

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+minor_changes:
+  - "iptables_state action plugin - add type hints (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11167)."
+  - "shutdown action plugin - add type hints (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11167)."
+  - "ansible_type plugin utils - add type hints (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11167)."
+  - "keys_filter.py plugin utils - add type hints (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11167)."
+  - "unsafe.py plugin utils - add type hints (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11167)."
+  - "a_module test plugin - add proper parameter checking and type hints (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11167)."
+  - "ansible_type test plugin - add type hints (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11167)."
+  - "fqdn_valid test plugin - add proper parameter checking, and add type hints (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11167)."
+bugfixes:
+  - "keys_filter.py plugin utils - fixed requirements check so that other sequences than lists and strings are checked,
+     and corrected broken formatting during error reporting
+     (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11167)."
+  - "ansible_type test plugin - fix parameter checking (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11167)."
+  - "ansible_type plugin utils - avoid potential concatenation of non-strings when ``alias`` has non-string values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11167)."

changelogs/fragments/11168-homebrew_service.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "homebrew_service - slightly refactor code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11168)."

changelogs/fragments/11172-zfs-changed-extra-props.yml

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+---
+bugfixes:
+  - zfs - mark change correctly when updating properties whose current value differs, even if they already have a non-default value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11019, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11172).

changelogs/fragments/11174-gitlab-runner-timeout.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - gitlab_runner - allow maximum timeout to be disabled by passing ``0`` to ``maximum_timeout``  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11174).

changelogs/fragments/11179-mas-list-parsing.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - mas - parse CLI output correctly when listing installed apps with mas 3.0.0+ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11179).

changelogs/fragments/11182-vxlan-parent-bridging.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - nmcli module - add ``vxlan_parent`` option required for multicast ``vxlan_remote`` addresses; add ``vxlan`` to list of bridgeable devices (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11182).

changelogs/fragments/11189-ruff-cases-6.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - dependent lookup plugin - improve templating of strings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11189).
+  - oci_utils module utils - improve templating of strings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11189).
+  - snap - improve templating of strings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11189).

changelogs/fragments/11190-ruff-cases-7.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - wsl connection plugin - adjust variable name for integration tests (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11190).

changelogs/fragments/11192-solaris-zone-os-system.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - solaris_zone - execute external commands using Ansible construct (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11192).

changelogs/fragments/11193-onepassword-info-popen.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - onepassword_info - execute external commands using Ansible construct (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11193).

changelogs/fragments/11197-keycloak-realm-webauthnpolicypasswordlesspasskeysenabled.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - keycloak_realm - add ``webAuthnPolicyPasswordlessPasskeysEnabled`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11197).

changelogs/fragments/11199-incus-windows.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - incus connection plugin - add support for Windows virtual machines (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11199).

changelogs/fragments/11204-lxc-container-popen.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - lxc_container - refactor function ``create_script``, using ``subprocess.Popen()``, to a new module_utils ``_lxc`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11204).

changelogs/fragments/11206-datetime.yml

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+bugfixes:
+  - "datetime module utils - fix bug in ``fromtimestamp()`` that caused the function to crash.
+     This function is not used in community.general (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11206)."

changelogs/fragments/11215-ruff-cases-8.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - database module utils - improve code by using native Python construct (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11215).
+  - hwc_utils module utils - improve code by using native Python construct (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11215).
+  - known_hosts module utils - improve code by using native Python construct (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11215).
+  - oci_utils module utils - improve code by using native Python construct (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11215).
+  - utm_utils module utils - improve code by using native Python construct (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11215).
+  - xenserver module utils - improve code by using native Python construct (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11215).
+  - aix_filesystem - improve code by using native Python construct (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11215).
+  - composer - improve code by using native Python construct (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11215).
+  - flatpak - improve code by using native Python construct (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11215).
+  - gitlab_group_members - improve code by using native Python construct (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11215).
+  - gitlab_project_members - improve code by using native Python construct (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11215).
+  - lxd_container - improve code by using native Python construct (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11215).

changelogs/fragments/11222-typing.yml

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+bugfixes:
+  - "_filelock module utils - add type hints. Fix bug if ``set_lock()`` is called with ``lock_timeout=None`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11222)."
+  - "gitlab module utils - add type hints. Pass API version to python-gitlab as string and not as integer (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11222)."

changelogs/fragments/11223-ruff-cases-9.yml

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+minor_changes:
+  - hashids filter - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
+  - keycloak module_utils - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
+  - atomic_container modules - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
+  - atomic_image modules - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
+  - bitbucket_access_key modules - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
+  - bitbucket_pipeline_key_pair modules - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
+  - bitbucket_pipeline_known_host modules - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
+  - bitbucket_pipeline_variable modules - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
+  - dimensiondata_network modules - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
+  - imc_rest modules - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
+  - jenkins_plugin modules - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
+  - nmcli modules - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
+  - oneandone_server modules - mark ``%`` templating as ``noqa`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
+  - packet_device modules - mark ``%`` templating as ``noqa`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
+  - pushbullet modules - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
+  - scaleway_user_data modules - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
+  - sensu_silence modules - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
+  - xenserver_guest modules - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).

changelogs/fragments/11229-fstr-mishaps.yml

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+bugfixes:
+  - pam_limits - remove ``%`` templating no longer used in f-string (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11229).
+minor_changes:
+  - spectrum_model_attrs - convert ``%`` templating to f-string (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11229).

changelogs/fragments/11231-perc-format.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - oneandone_server - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11231).
+  - packet_device - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11231).

changelogs/fragments/11232-mount.yml

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+bugfixes:
+  - "aix_filesystem - remove compatibility code for ancient Python versions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11232)."
+minor_changes:
+  - "The last code included in the collection that was licensed under the PSF 2.0 license was removed form the collection.
+     This means that now all code is either GPLv3+ licensed, MIT licensed, or BSD-2-clause licensed
+     (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11232)."

changelogs/fragments/11240-btrfs-run-command.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - btrfs module utils - make execution of external commands safer by passing arguments as list (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11240).