Release 8.2.0.

Prepare 8.2.0 release.
[PR #7792/0bfebde5 backport][stable-8] proxmox_kvm - state:template will check if template exists first (#7791 ) (#7806 )
2026-04-28 09:26:44 +00:00 · 2024-01-01 17:52:46 +01:00 · 2024-01-01 14:38:22 +01:00 · 2024-01-01 14:36:47 +01:00 · 2024-01-01 14:30:35 +01:00 · 2023-12-31 15:44:00 +01:00
1195 changed files with 37835 additions and 8920 deletions
--- a/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ schedules:
    always: true
    branches:
      include:
+        - stable-8
        - stable-7
-        - stable-6
  - cron: 0 11 * * 0
    displayName: Weekly (old stable branches)
    always: true
    branches:
      include:
-        - stable-5
+        - stable-6

 variables:
  - name: checkoutPath
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ variables:
 resources:
  containers:
    - container: default
-      image: quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:3.0.0
+      image: quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:4.0.1

 pool: Standard

@@ -73,6 +73,19 @@ stages:
            - test: 3
            - test: 4
            - test: extra
+  - stage: Sanity_2_16
+    displayName: Sanity 2.16
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Test {0}
+          testFormat: 2.16/sanity/{0}
+          targets:
+            - test: 1
+            - test: 2
+            - test: 3
+            - test: 4
  - stage: Sanity_2_15
    displayName: Sanity 2.15
    dependsOn: []
@@ -99,32 +112,6 @@ stages:
            - test: 2
            - test: 3
            - test: 4
-  - stage: Sanity_2_13
-    displayName: Sanity 2.13
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: 2.13/sanity/{0}
-          targets:
-            - test: 1
-            - test: 2
-            - test: 3
-            - test: 4
-  - stage: Sanity_2_12
-    displayName: Sanity 2.12
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: 2.12/sanity/{0}
-          targets:
-            - test: 1
-            - test: 2
-            - test: 3
-            - test: 4
 ### Units
  - stage: Units_devel
    displayName: Units devel
@@ -135,14 +122,24 @@ 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'
+            - test: '3.12'
+  - stage: Units_2_16
+    displayName: Units 2.16
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Python {0}
+          testFormat: 2.16/units/{0}/1
+          targets:
+            - test: 2.7
+            - test: 3.6
+            - test: "3.11"
  - stage: Units_2_15
    displayName: Units 2.15
    dependsOn: []
@@ -152,6 +149,7 @@ stages:
          nameFormat: Python {0}
          testFormat: 2.15/units/{0}/1
          targets:
+            - test: 3.5
            - test: "3.10"
  - stage: Units_2_14
    displayName: Units 2.14
@@ -163,28 +161,6 @@ stages:
          testFormat: 2.14/units/{0}/1
          targets:
            - test: 3.9
-  - stage: Units_2_13
-    displayName: Units 2.13
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.13/units/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 2.7
-            - test: 3.8
-  - 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

 ## Remote
  - stage: Remote_devel_extra_vms
@@ -195,12 +171,10 @@ stages:
        parameters:
          testFormat: devel/{0}
          targets:
-            - name: Alpine 3.17
-              test: alpine/3.17
-            # - name: Fedora 37
-            #   test: fedora/37
-            # - name: Ubuntu 20.04
-            #   test: ubuntu/20.04
+            - name: Alpine 3.18
+              test: alpine/3.18
+            # - name: Fedora 39
+            #   test: fedora/39
            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
              test: ubuntu/22.04
          groups:
@@ -215,12 +189,30 @@ stages:
          targets:
            - name: macOS 13.2
              test: macos/13.2
-            - name: RHEL 9.1
-              test: rhel/9.1
+            - name: RHEL 9.3
+              test: rhel/9.3
            - name: FreeBSD 13.2
              test: freebsd/13.2
-            - name: FreeBSD 12.4
-              test: freebsd/12.4
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+  - stage: Remote_2_16
+    displayName: Remote 2.16
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.16/{0}
+          targets:
+            #- name: macOS 13.2
+            #  test: macos/13.2
+            - name: RHEL 9.2
+              test: rhel/9.2
+            - name: RHEL 8.8
+              test: rhel/8.8
+            #- name: FreeBSD 13.2
+            #  test: freebsd/13.2
          groups:
            - 1
            - 2
@@ -233,10 +225,16 @@ stages:
        parameters:
          testFormat: 2.15/{0}
          targets:
+            - name: RHEL 9.1
+              test: rhel/9.1
+            - name: RHEL 8.7
+              test: rhel/8.7
            - name: RHEL 7.9
              test: rhel/7.9
-            - name: FreeBSD 13.1
-              test: freebsd/13.1
+            # - name: FreeBSD 13.1
+            #   test: freebsd/13.1
+            # - name: FreeBSD 12.4
+            #   test: freebsd/12.4
          groups:
            - 1
            - 2
@@ -249,44 +247,12 @@ stages:
        parameters:
          testFormat: 2.14/{0}
          targets:
+            #- name: macOS 12.0
+            #  test: macos/12.0
            - name: RHEL 9.0
              test: rhel/9.0
-            - name: FreeBSD 12.3
-              test: freebsd/12.3
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-            - 3
-  - stage: Remote_2_13
-    displayName: Remote 2.13
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.13/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: macOS 12.0
-              test: macos/12.0
-            - name: RHEL 8.5
-              test: rhel/8.5
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-            - 3
-  - stage: Remote_2_12
-    displayName: Remote 2.12
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.12/{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
+            #- name: FreeBSD 12.4
+            #  test: freebsd/12.4
          groups:
            - 1
            - 2
@@ -301,10 +267,8 @@ stages:
        parameters:
          testFormat: devel/linux/{0}
          targets:
-            - name: Fedora 37
-              test: fedora37
-            - name: openSUSE 15
-              test: opensuse15
+            - name: Fedora 39
+              test: fedora39
            - name: Ubuntu 20.04
              test: ubuntu2004
            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
@@ -315,6 +279,22 @@ stages:
            - 1
            - 2
            - 3
+  - stage: Docker_2_16
+    displayName: Docker 2.16
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.16/linux/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: Fedora 38
+              test: fedora38
+            - name: openSUSE 15
+              test: opensuse15
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
  - stage: Docker_2_15
    displayName: Docker 2.15
    dependsOn: []
@@ -323,6 +303,8 @@ stages:
        parameters:
          testFormat: 2.15/linux/{0}
          targets:
+            - name: Fedora 37
+              test: fedora37
            - name: CentOS 7
              test: centos7
          groups:
@@ -337,48 +319,12 @@ stages:
        parameters:
          testFormat: 2.14/linux/{0}
          targets:
-            - name: Fedora 36
-              test: fedora36
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-            - 3
-  - stage: Docker_2_13
-    displayName: Docker 2.13
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.13/linux/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: Fedora 35
-              test: fedora35
-            - name: openSUSE 15 py2
-              test: opensuse15py2
            - name: Alpine 3
              test: alpine3
          groups:
            - 1
            - 2
            - 3
-  - stage: Docker_2_12
-    displayName: Docker 2.12
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.12/linux/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: CentOS 6
-              test: centos6
-            - name: Fedora 34
-              test: fedora34
-            - name: Ubuntu 18.04
-              test: ubuntu1804
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-            - 3

 ### Community Docker
  - stage: Docker_community_devel
@@ -391,10 +337,10 @@ stages:
          targets:
            - name: Debian Bullseye
              test: debian-bullseye/3.9
+            - name: Debian Bookworm
+              test: debian-bookworm/3.11
            - name: ArchLinux
              test: archlinux/3.11
-            - name: CentOS Stream 8
-              test: centos-stream8/3.9
          groups:
            - 1
            - 2
@@ -410,7 +356,19 @@ stages:
          nameFormat: Python {0}
          testFormat: devel/generic/{0}/1
          targets:
-            - test: 2.7
+            - test: '3.7'
+            - test: '3.12'
+  - stage: Generic_2_16
+    displayName: Generic 2.16
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Python {0}
+          testFormat: 2.16/generic/{0}/1
+          targets:
+            - test: '2.7'
+            - test: '3.6'
            - test: '3.11'
  - stage: Generic_2_15
    displayName: Generic 2.15
@@ -421,7 +379,7 @@ stages:
          nameFormat: Python {0}
          testFormat: 2.15/generic/{0}/1
          targets:
-            - test: 3.9
+            - test: '3.9'
  - stage: Generic_2_14
    displayName: Generic 2.14
    dependsOn: []
@@ -432,57 +390,32 @@ stages:
          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: Summary
    condition: succeededOrFailed()
    dependsOn:
      - Sanity_devel
-      - Sanity_2_12
-      - Sanity_2_13
-      - Sanity_2_14
+      - Sanity_2_16
      - Sanity_2_15
+      - Sanity_2_14
      - Units_devel
-      - Units_2_12
-      - Units_2_13
-      - Units_2_14
+      - Units_2_16
      - Units_2_15
+      - Units_2_14
      - Remote_devel_extra_vms
      - Remote_devel
-      - Remote_2_12
-      - Remote_2_13
-      - Remote_2_14
+      - Remote_2_16
      - Remote_2_15
+      - Remote_2_14
      - Docker_devel
-      - Docker_2_12
-      - Docker_2_13
-      - Docker_2_14
+      - Docker_2_16
      - Docker_2_15
+      - Docker_2_14
      - Docker_community_devel
 # Right now all generic tests are disabled. Uncomment when at least one of them is re-enabled.
 #      - Generic_devel
-#      - Generic_2_12
-#      - Generic_2_13
-#      - Generic_2_14
+#      - Generic_2_16
 #      - Generic_2_15
+#      - Generic_2_14
    jobs:
      - template: templates/coverage.yml
--- a/.github/BOTMETA.yml
+++ b/.github/BOTMETA.yml
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ files:
  $connections/funcd.py:
    maintainers: mscherer
  $connections/iocage.py: {}
+  $connections/incus.py:
+    labels: incus
+    maintainers: stgraber
  $connections/jail.py:
    maintainers: $team_ansible_core
  $connections/lxc.py: {}
@@ -119,7 +122,7 @@ files:
    labels: hwc
    maintainers: $team_huawei
  $doc_fragments/nomad.py:
-    maintainers: chris93111
+    maintainers: chris93111 apecnascimento
  $doc_fragments/xenserver.py:
    labels: xenserver
    maintainers: bvitnik
@@ -133,6 +136,8 @@ files:
    maintainers: giner
  $filters/from_csv.py:
    maintainers: Ajpantuso
+  $filters/from_ini.py:
+    maintainers: sscheib
  $filters/groupby_as_dict.py:
    maintainers: felixfontein
  $filters/hashids.py:
@@ -153,6 +158,8 @@ files:
    maintainers: resmo
  $filters/to_hours.yml:
    maintainers: resmo
+  $filters/to_ini.py:
+    maintainers: sscheib
  $filters/to_milliseconds.yml:
    maintainers: resmo
  $filters/to_minutes.yml:
@@ -204,6 +211,8 @@ files:
    maintainers: ddelnano shinuza
  $lookups/:
    labels: lookups
+  $lookups/bitwarden_secrets_manager.py:
+    maintainers: jantari
  $lookups/bitwarden.py:
    maintainers: lungj
  $lookups/cartesian.py: {}
@@ -232,6 +241,8 @@ files:
  $lookups/filetree.py:
    maintainers: dagwieers
  $lookups/flattened.py: {}
+  $lookups/github_app_access_token.py:
+    maintainers: weisheng-p
  $lookups/hiera.py:
    maintainers: jparrill
  $lookups/keyring.py: {}
@@ -247,9 +258,11 @@ files:
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    maintainers: samdoran
  $lookups/onepassword.py:
-    maintainers: azenk scottsb
+    ignore: scottsb
+    maintainers: azenk
  $lookups/onepassword_raw.py:
-    maintainers: azenk scottsb
+    ignore: scottsb
+    maintainers: azenk
  $lookups/passwordstore.py: {}
  $lookups/random_pet.py:
    maintainers: Akasurde
@@ -274,6 +287,8 @@ files:
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    maintainers: russoz
+  $module_utils/gio_mime.py:
+    maintainers: russoz
  $module_utils/gitlab.py:
    keywords: gitlab source_control
    labels: gitlab
@@ -326,6 +341,9 @@ files:
  $module_utils/scaleway.py:
    labels: cloud scaleway
    maintainers: $team_scaleway
+  $module_utils/snap.py:
+    labels: snap
+    maintainers: russoz
  $module_utils/ssh.py:
    maintainers: russoz
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@@ -333,6 +351,9 @@ files:
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    maintainers: $team_e_spirit
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  $module_utils/wdc_redfish_utils.py:
    labels: wdc_redfish_utils
    maintainers: $team_wdc
@@ -428,7 +449,7 @@ files:
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    maintainers: dmtrs
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-    ignore: colin-nolan
+    ignore: colin-nolan Hakon
    maintainers: $team_consul
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    maintainers: schlupov
@@ -463,6 +484,8 @@ files:
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@@ -485,6 +508,9 @@ files:
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    maintainers: $team_ansible_core gamethis
+  $modules/facter_facts.py:
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  $modules/filesystem.py:
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  $modules/github_deploy_key.py:
@@ -527,10 +557,17 @@ files:
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    maintainers: $team_gitlab
    notify: jlozadad
+    ignore: dj-wasabi
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+    maintainers: benibr
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@@ -623,6 +660,9 @@ files:
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    maintainers: $team_ipa
+    ignore: fxfitz
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+    maintainers: $team_ipa jwbernin
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    maintainers: dominikkukacka
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+    maintainers: brettmilford unnecessary-username juanmcasanova
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+    ignore: DWSR tarka
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+    maintainers: Slezhuk pertoft
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+  $modules/keycloak_realm_key.py:
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+    maintainers: agross mhuysamen Gaetan2907
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  $modules/keyring_info.py:
@@ -748,6 +806,8 @@ files:
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+    maintainers: lszomor
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+    maintainers: chris93111 apecnascimento
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+    maintainers: ApsOps xshen1
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+    maintainers: ColOfAbRiX jake2184
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    labels: pear
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+  $modules/pnpm.py:
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    keywords: kvm libvirt proxmox qemu
    labels: proxmox virt
-    maintainers: $team_virt
+    maintainers: $team_virt UnderGreen
+    ignore: tleguern
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    maintainers: UnderGreen
@@ -987,6 +1051,10 @@ files:
    maintainers: helldorado
  $modules/proxmox_nic.py:
    maintainers: Kogelvis
+  $modules/proxmox_node_info.py:
+    maintainers: jwbernin
+  $modules/proxmox_storage_contents_info.py:
+    maintainers: l00ptr
  $modules/proxmox_tasks_info:
    maintainers: paginabianca
  $modules/proxmox_template.py:
@@ -1174,6 +1242,8 @@ files:
    ignore: ryansb
  $modules/shutdown.py:
    maintainers: nitzmahone samdoran aminvakil
+  $modules/simpleinit_msb.py:
+    maintainers: vaygr
  $modules/sl_vm.py:
    maintainers: mcltn
  $modules/slack.py:
@@ -1186,7 +1256,7 @@ files:
    maintainers: $team_solaris
  $modules/snap.py:
    labels: snap
-    maintainers: angristan vcarceler
+    maintainers: angristan vcarceler russoz
  $modules/snap_alias.py:
    labels: snap
    maintainers: russoz
@@ -1355,6 +1425,41 @@ files:
    maintainers: $team_suse
  $tests/a_module.py:
    maintainers: felixfontein
+  $tests/fqdn_valid.py:
+    maintainers: vbotka
+#########################
+  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide.rst: {}
+  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations.rst: {}
+  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_counting_elements_in_sequence.rst:
+    maintainers: keilr
+  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_dictionaries.rst:
+    maintainers: felixfontein giner
+  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_grouping.rst:
+    maintainers: felixfontein
+  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_merging_lists_of_dictionaries.rst:
+    maintainers: vbotka
+  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_conversions.rst:
+    maintainers: Ajpantuso kellyjonbrazil
+  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_creating_identifiers.rst:
+    maintainers: Ajpantuso
+  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_paths.rst: {}
+  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_selecting_json_data.rst: {}
+  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_working_with_times.rst:
+    maintainers: resmo
+  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_working_with_unicode.rst:
+    maintainers: Ajpantuso
+  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_working_with_versions.rst:
+    maintainers: ericzolf
+  docs/docsite/rst/guide_alicloud.rst:
+    maintainers: xiaozhu36
+  docs/docsite/rst/guide_online.rst:
+    maintainers: remyleone
+  docs/docsite/rst/guide_packet.rst:
+    maintainers: baldwinSPC nurfet-becirevic t0mk teebes
+  docs/docsite/rst/guide_scaleway.rst:
+    maintainers: $team_scaleway
+  docs/docsite/rst/test_guide.rst:
+    maintainers: felixfontein
 #########################
  tests/:
    labels: tests
@@ -1389,10 +1494,10 @@ macros:
  team_cyberark_conjur: jvanderhoof ryanprior
  team_e_spirit: MatrixCrawler getjack
  team_flatpak: JayKayy oolongbrothers
-  team_gitlab: Lunik Shaps dj-wasabi marwatk waheedi zanssa scodeman metanovii sh0shin nejch lgatellier suukit
+  team_gitlab: Lunik Shaps marwatk waheedi zanssa scodeman metanovii sh0shin nejch lgatellier suukit
  team_hpux: bcoca davx8342
  team_huawei: QijunPan TommyLike edisonxiang freesky-edward hwDCN niuzhenguo xuxiaowei0512 yanzhangi zengchen1024 zhongjun2
-  team_ipa: Akasurde Nosmoht fxfitz justchris1
+  team_ipa: Akasurde Nosmoht justchris1
  team_jboss: Wolfant jairojunior wbrefvem
  team_keycloak: eikef ndclt mattock
  team_linode: InTheCloudDan decentral1se displague rmcintosh Charliekenney23 LBGarber
@@ -1408,5 +1513,5 @@ macros:
  team_scaleway: remyleone abarbare
  team_solaris: bcoca fishman jasperla jpdasma mator scathatheworm troy2914 xen0l
  team_suse: commel evrardjp lrupp toabctl AnderEnder alxgu andytom sealor
-  team_virt: joshainglis karmab tleguern Thulium-Drake Ajpantuso
+  team_virt: joshainglis karmab Thulium-Drake Ajpantuso
  team_wdc: mikemoerk
--- a/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml
@@ -29,21 +29,17 @@ jobs:
    strategy:
      matrix:
        ansible:
-          - '2.11'
+          - '2.13'
    # Ansible-test on various stable branches does not yet work well with cgroups v2.
    # Since ubuntu-latest now uses Ubuntu 22.04, we need to fall back to the ubuntu-20.04
    # image for these stable branches. The list of branches where this is necessary will
    # shrink over time, check out https://github.com/ansible-collections/news-for-maintainers/issues/28
    # for the latest list.
-    runs-on: >-
-      ${{ contains(fromJson(
-          '["2.9", "2.10", "2.11"]'
-      ), matrix.ansible) && 'ubuntu-20.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Perform sanity testing
        uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
        with:
-          ansible-core-github-repository-slug: felixfontein/ansible
          ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
          coverage: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'always' || 'never' }}
          pull-request-change-detection: 'true'
@@ -55,10 +51,7 @@ jobs:
    # image for these stable branches. The list of branches where this is necessary will
    # shrink over time, check out https://github.com/ansible-collections/news-for-maintainers/issues/28
    # for the latest list.
-    runs-on: >-
-      ${{ contains(fromJson(
-          '["2.9", "2.10", "2.11"]'
-      ), matrix.ansible) && 'ubuntu-20.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: EOL Units (Ⓐ${{ matrix.ansible }}+py${{ matrix.python }})
    strategy:
      # As soon as the first unit test fails, cancel the others to free up the CI queue
@@ -71,10 +64,14 @@ jobs:
        exclude:
          - ansible: ''
        include:
-          - ansible: '2.11'
+          - ansible: '2.13'
            python: '2.7'
-          - ansible: '2.11'
-            python: '3.5'
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            python: '3.8'
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            python: '2.7'
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            python: '3.8'

    steps:
      - name: >-
@@ -82,7 +79,6 @@ jobs:
          Ansible version ${{ matrix.ansible }}
        uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
        with:
-          ansible-core-github-repository-slug: felixfontein/ansible
          ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
          coverage: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'always' || 'never' }}
          pre-test-cmd: >-
@@ -99,10 +95,7 @@ jobs:
    # image for these stable branches. The list of branches where this is necessary will
    # shrink over time, check out https://github.com/ansible-collections/news-for-maintainers/issues/28
    # for the latest list.
-    runs-on: >-
-      ${{ contains(fromJson(
-          '["2.9", "2.10", "2.11"]'
-      ), matrix.ansible) && 'ubuntu-20.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: EOL I (Ⓐ${{ matrix.ansible }}+${{ matrix.docker }}+py${{ matrix.python }}:${{ matrix.target }})
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
@@ -118,52 +111,48 @@ jobs:
        exclude:
          - ansible: ''
        include:
-          # 2.11
-          - ansible: '2.11'
-            docker: fedora32
+          # 2.13
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            docker: fedora35
            python: ''
            target: azp/posix/1/
-          - ansible: '2.11'
-            docker: fedora32
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            docker: fedora35
            python: ''
            target: azp/posix/2/
-          - ansible: '2.11'
-            docker: fedora32
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            docker: fedora35
            python: ''
            target: azp/posix/3/
-          - ansible: '2.11'
-            docker: fedora33
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            docker: opensuse15py2
            python: ''
            target: azp/posix/1/
-          - ansible: '2.11'
-            docker: fedora33
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            docker: opensuse15py2
            python: ''
            target: azp/posix/2/
-          - ansible: '2.11'
-            docker: fedora33
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            docker: opensuse15py2
            python: ''
            target: azp/posix/3/
-          - ansible: '2.11'
+          - ansible: '2.13'
            docker: alpine3
            python: ''
            target: azp/posix/1/
-          - ansible: '2.11'
+          - ansible: '2.13'
            docker: alpine3
            python: ''
            target: azp/posix/2/
-          - ansible: '2.11'
+          - ansible: '2.13'
            docker: alpine3
            python: ''
            target: azp/posix/3/
          # Right now all generic tests are disabled. Uncomment when at least one of them is re-enabled.
-          # - ansible: '2.11'
+          # - ansible: '2.13'
          #   docker: default
-          #   python: '2.7'
+          #   python: '3.9'
          #   target: azp/generic/1/
-          # - ansible: '2.11'
-          #   docker: default
-          #   python: '3.5'
-          #   target: azp/generic/2/

    steps:
      - name: >-
@@ -172,7 +161,6 @@ jobs:
          under Python ${{ matrix.python }}
        uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
        with:
-          ansible-core-github-repository-slug: felixfontein/ansible
          ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
          coverage: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'always' || 'never' }}
          docker-image: ${{ matrix.docker }}
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ jobs:

    steps:
    - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4

    # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
    - name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
      with:
        languages: python

    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
--- a/.github/workflows/reuse.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reuse.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || '' }}

--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
---
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-repos:
-  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v4.0.1
-    hooks:
-      - id: trailing-whitespace
-      - id: end-of-file-fixer
-      - id: mixed-line-ending
-        args: [--fix=lf]
-      - id: fix-encoding-pragma
-      - id: check-ast
-      - id: check-merge-conflict
-      - id: check-symlinks
-  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pygrep-hooks
-    rev: v1.9.0
-    hooks:
-      - id: rst-backticks
-        types: [file]
-        files: changelogs/fragments/.*\.(yml|yaml)$
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,508 @@
-Placeholder changelog
-=====================
+===============================
+Community General Release Notes
+===============================

-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.
+.. contents:: Topics
+
+This changelog describes changes after version 7.0.0.
+
+v8.2.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- ipa_dnsrecord - adds ability to manage NS record types (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7737).
+- ipa_pwpolicy - refactor module and exchange a sequence ``if`` statements with a ``for`` loop (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7723).
+- ipa_pwpolicy - update module to support ``maxrepeat``, ``maxsequence``, ``dictcheck``, ``usercheck``, ``gracelimit`` parameters in FreeIPA password policies (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7723).
+- keycloak_realm_key - the ``config.algorithm`` option now supports 8 additional key algorithms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7698).
+- keycloak_realm_key - the ``config.certificate`` option value is no longer defined with ``no_log=True`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7698).
+- keycloak_realm_key - the ``provider_id`` option now supports RSA encryption key usage (value ``rsa-enc``) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7698).
+- keycloak_user_federation - allow custom user storage providers to be set through ``provider_id`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7789).
+- mail - add ``Message-ID`` header; which is required by some mail servers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7740).
+- mail module, mail callback plugin - allow to configure the domain name of the Message-ID header with a new ``message_id_domain`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7765).
+- ssh_config - new feature to set ``AddKeysToAgent`` option to ``yes`` or ``no`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7703).
+- ssh_config - new feature to set ``IdentitiesOnly`` option to ``yes`` or ``no`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7704).
+- xcc_redfish_command - added support for raw POSTs (``command=PostResource`` in ``category=Raw``) without a specific action info (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7746).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- keycloak_identity_provider - ``mappers`` processing was not idempotent if the mappers configuration list had not been sorted by name (in ascending order). Fix resolves the issue by sorting mappers in the desired state using the same key which is used for obtaining existing state (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7418).
+- keycloak_identity_provider - it was not possible to reconfigure (add, remove) ``mappers`` once they were created initially. Removal was ignored, adding new ones resulted in dropping the pre-existing unmodified mappers. Fix resolves the issue by supplying correct input to the internal update call (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7418).
+- keycloak_user - when ``force`` is set, but user does not exist, do not try to delete it (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7696).
+- proxmox_kvm - running ``state=template`` will first check whether VM is already a template (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7792).
+- statusio_maintenance - fix error caused by incorrectly formed API data payload. Was raising "Failed to create maintenance HTTP Error 400 Bad Request" caused by bad data type for date/time and deprecated dict keys (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7754).
+
+New Plugins
+-----------
+
+Connection
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- incus - Run tasks in Incus instances via the Incus CLI.
+
+Filter
+~~~~~~
+
+- from_ini - Converts INI text input into a dictionary
+- to_ini - Converts a dictionary to the INI file format
+
+Lookup
+~~~~~~
+
+- github_app_access_token - Obtain short-lived Github App Access tokens
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+- dnf_config_manager - Enable or disable dnf repositories using config-manager
+- keycloak_component_info - Retrive component info in Keycloak
+- keycloak_realm_rolemapping - Allows administration of Keycloak realm role mappings into groups with the Keycloak API
+- proxmox_node_info - Retrieve information about one or more Proxmox VE nodes
+- proxmox_storage_contents_info - List content from a Proxmox VE storage
+
+v8.1.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- bitwarden lookup plugin - when looking for items using an item ID, the item is now accessed directly with ``bw get item`` instead of searching through all items. This doubles the lookup speed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7468).
+- elastic callback plugin - close elastic client to not leak resources (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7517).
+- git_config - allow multiple git configs for the same name with the new ``add_mode`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7260).
+- git_config - the ``after`` and ``before`` fields in the ``diff`` of the return value can be a list instead of a string in case more configs with the same key are affected (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7260).
+- git_config - when a value is unset, all configs with the same key are unset (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7260).
+- gitlab modules - add ``ca_path`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7472).
+- gitlab modules - remove duplicate ``gitlab`` package check (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7486).
+- gitlab_runner - add support for new runner creation workflow (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7199).
+- ipa_config - adds ``passkey`` choice to ``ipauserauthtype`` parameter's choices (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7588).
+- ipa_sudorule - adds options to include denied commands or command groups (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7415).
+- ipa_user - adds ``idp`` and ``passkey`` choice to ``ipauserauthtype`` parameter's choices (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7589).
+- irc - add ``validate_certs`` option, and rename ``use_ssl`` to ``use_tls``, while keeping ``use_ssl`` as an alias. The default value for ``validate_certs`` is ``false`` for backwards compatibility. We recommend to every user of this module to explicitly set ``use_tls=true`` and `validate_certs=true`` whenever possible, especially when communicating to IRC servers over the internet (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7550).
+- keycloak module utils - expose error message from Keycloak server for HTTP errors in some specific situations (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7645).
+- keycloak_user_federation - add option for ``krbPrincipalAttribute`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7538).
+- lvol - change ``pvs`` argument type to list of strings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7676, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7504).
+- lxd connection plugin - tighten the detection logic for lxd ``Instance not found`` errors, to avoid false detection on unrelated errors such as ``/usr/bin/python3: not found`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7521).
+- netcup_dns - adds support for record types ``OPENPGPKEY``, ``SMIMEA``, and ``SSHFP`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7489).
+- nmcli - add support for new connection type ``loopback`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6572).
+- nmcli - allow for ``infiniband`` slaves of ``bond`` interface types (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7569).
+- nmcli - allow for the setting of ``MTU`` for ``infiniband`` and ``bond`` interface types (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7499).
+- onepassword lookup plugin - support 1Password Connect with the opv2 client by setting the connect_host and connect_token parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7116).
+- onepassword_raw lookup plugin - support 1Password Connect with the opv2 client by setting the connect_host and connect_token parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7116)
+- passwordstore - adds ``timestamp`` and ``preserve`` parameters to modify the stored password format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7426).
+- proxmox - adds ``template`` value to the ``state`` parameter, allowing conversion of container to a template (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7143).
+- proxmox - adds ``update`` parameter, allowing update of an already existing containers configuration (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7540).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - adds an option to exclude nodes from the dynamic inventory generation. The new setting is optional, not using this option will behave as usual (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6714, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7461).
+- proxmox_disk - add ability to manipulate CD-ROM drive (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7495).
+- proxmox_kvm - adds ``template`` value to the ``state`` parameter, allowing conversion of a VM to a template (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7143).
+- proxmox_kvm - support the ``hookscript`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7600).
+- proxmox_ostype - it is now possible to specify the ``ostype`` when creating an LXC container (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7462).
+- proxmox_vm_info - add ability to retrieve configuration info (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7485).
+- redfish_info - adding the ``BootProgress`` property when getting ``Systems`` info (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7626).
+- ssh_config - adds ``controlmaster``, ``controlpath`` and ``controlpersist`` parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7456).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- apt-rpm - the module did not upgrade packages if a newer version exists. Now the package will be reinstalled if the candidate is newer than the installed version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7414).
+- cloudflare_dns - fix Cloudflare lookup of SHFP records (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7652).
+- interface_files - also consider ``address_family`` when changing ``option=method`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7610, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7612).
+- irc - replace ``ssl.wrap_socket`` that was removed from Python 3.12 with code for creating a proper SSL context (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7542).
+- keycloak_* - fix Keycloak API client to quote ``/`` properly (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7641).
+- keycloak_authz_permission - resource payload variable for scope-based permission was constructed as a string, when it needs to be a list, even for a single item (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7151).
+- log_entries callback plugin - replace ``ssl.wrap_socket`` that was removed from Python 3.12 with code for creating a proper SSL context (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7542).
+- lvol - test for output messages in both ``stdout`` and ``stderr`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7601, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7182).
+- onepassword lookup plugin - field and section titles are now case insensitive when using op CLI version two or later. This matches the behavior of version one (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7564).
+- redhat_subscription - use the D-Bus registration on RHEL 7 only on 7.4 and
+  greater; older versions of RHEL 7 do not have it
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7622,
+  https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7624).
+- terraform - fix multiline string handling in complex variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7535).
+
+New Plugins
+-----------
+
+Lookup
+~~~~~~
+
+- onepassword_doc - Fetch documents stored in 1Password
+
+Test
+~~~~
+
+- fqdn_valid - Validates fully-qualified domain names against RFC 1123
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+- git_config_info - Read git configuration
+- gitlab_issue - Create, update, or delete GitLab issues
+- nomad_token - Manage Nomad ACL tokens
+
+v8.0.2
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Bugfix release for inclusion in Ansible 9.0.0rc1.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- ocapi_utils, oci_utils, redfish_utils module utils - replace ``type()`` calls with ``isinstance()`` calls (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7501).
+- pipx module utils - change the CLI argument formatter for the ``pip_args`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7497, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7506).
+
+v8.0.1
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Bugfix release for inclusion in Ansible 9.0.0b1.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- gitlab_group_members - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_group_members`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).
+- gitlab_project_members - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_project_members`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).
+- gitlab_protected_branches - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_protected_branches`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).
+- gitlab_user - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_user`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).
+- proxmox_pool_member - absent state for type VM did not delete VMs from the pools (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7464).
+- redfish_command - fix usage of message parsing in ``SimpleUpdate`` and ``MultipartHTTPPushUpdate`` commands to treat the lack of a ``MessageId`` as no message (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7465, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7471).
+
+v8.0.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+This is release 8.0.0 of ``community.general``, released on 2023-11-01.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- The collection will start using semantic markup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6539).
+- VarDict module utils - add method ``VarDict.as_dict()`` to convert to a plain ``dict`` object (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6602).
+- apt_rpm - extract package name from local ``.rpm`` path when verifying
+  installation success. Allows installing packages from local ``.rpm`` files
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7396).
+- cargo - add option ``executable``, which allows user to specify path to the cargo binary (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7352).
+- cargo - add option ``locked`` which allows user to specify install the locked version of dependency instead of latest compatible version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6134).
+- chroot connection plugin - add ``disable_root_check`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7099).
+- cloudflare_dns - add CAA record support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7399).
+- cobbler inventory plugin - add ``exclude_mgmt_classes`` and ``include_mgmt_classes`` options to exclude or include hosts based on management classes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7184).
+- cobbler inventory plugin - add ``inventory_hostname`` option to allow using the system name for the inventory hostname (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6502).
+- cobbler inventory plugin - add ``want_ip_addresses`` option to collect all interface DNS name to IP address mapping (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6711).
+- cobbler inventory plugin - add primary IP addess to ``cobbler_ipv4_address`` and IPv6 address to ``cobbler_ipv6_address`` host variable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6711).
+- cobbler inventory plugin - add warning for systems with empty profiles (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6502).
+- cobbler inventory plugin - convert Ansible unicode strings to native Python unicode strings before passing user/password to XMLRPC client (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6923).
+- consul_session - drops requirement for the ``python-consul`` library to communicate with the Consul API, instead relying on the existing ``requests`` library requirement (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6755).
+- copr - respawn module to use the system python interpreter when the ``dnf`` python module is not available in ``ansible_python_interpreter`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6522).
+- cpanm - minor refactor when creating the ``CmdRunner`` object (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7231).
+- datadog_monitor - adds ``notification_preset_name``, ``renotify_occurrences`` and ``renotify_statuses`` parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6521,https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5823).
+- dig lookup plugin - add TCP option to enable the use of TCP connection during DNS lookup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7343).
+- ejabberd_user - module now using ``CmdRunner`` to execute external command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7075).
+- filesystem - add ``uuid`` parameter for UUID change feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6680).
+- gitlab_group - add option ``force_delete`` (default: false) which allows delete group even if projects exists in it (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7364).
+- gitlab_group_variable - add support for ``raw`` variables suboption (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7132).
+- gitlab_project_variable - add support for ``raw`` variables suboption (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7132).
+- gitlab_project_variable - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6928).
+- gitlab_runner - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6927).
+- htpasswd - minor code improvements in the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6901).
+- htpasswd - the parameter ``crypt_scheme`` is being renamed as ``hash_scheme`` and added as an alias to it (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6841).
+- icinga2_host - the ``ip`` option is no longer required, since Icinga 2 allows for an empty address attribute (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7452).
+- ini_file - add ``ignore_spaces`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7273).
+- ini_file - add ``modify_inactive_option`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7401).
+- ipa_config - add module parameters to manage FreeIPA user and group objectclasses (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7019).
+- ipa_config - adds ``idp`` choice to ``ipauserauthtype`` parameter's choices (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7051).
+- jenkins_build - add new ``detach`` option, which allows the module to exit successfully as long as the build is created (default functionality is still waiting for the build to end before exiting) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7204).
+- jenkins_build - add new ``time_between_checks`` option, which allows to configure the wait time between requests to the Jenkins server (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7204).
+- keycloak_authentication - added provider ID choices, since Keycloak supports only those two specific ones (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6763).
+- keycloak_client_rolemapping - adds support for subgroups with additional parameter ``parents`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6687).
+- keycloak_role - add composite roles support for realm and client roles (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6469).
+- keyring - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6927).
+- ldap_* - add new arguments ``client_cert`` and ``client_key`` to the LDAP modules in order to allow certificate authentication (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6668).
+- ldap_search - add a new ``page_size`` option to enable paged searches (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6648).
+- locale_gen - module has been refactored to use ``ModuleHelper`` and ``CmdRunner`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6903).
+- locale_gen - module now using ``CmdRunner`` to execute external commands (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6820).
+- lvg - add ``active`` and ``inactive`` values to the ``state`` option for active state management feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6682).
+- lvg - add ``reset_vg_uuid``, ``reset_pv_uuid`` options for UUID reset feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6682).
+- lxc connection plugin - properly handle a change of the ``remote_addr`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7373).
+- lxd connection plugin - automatically translate ``remote_addr`` from FQDN to (short) hostname (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7360).
+- lxd connection plugin - update error parsing to work with newer messages mentioning instances (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7360).
+- lxd inventory plugin - add ``server_cert`` option for trust anchor to use for TLS verification of server certificates (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7392).
+- lxd inventory plugin - add ``server_check_hostname`` option to disable hostname verification of server certificates (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7392).
+- make - add new ``targets`` parameter allowing multiple targets to be used with ``make`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6882, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4919).
+- make - allows ``params`` to be used without value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7180).
+- mas - disable sign-in check for macOS 12+ as ``mas account`` is non-functional (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6520).
+- newrelic_deployment - add option ``app_name_exact_match``, which filters results for the exact app_name provided (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7355).
+- nmap inventory plugin - now has a ``use_arp_ping`` option to allow the user to disable the default ARP ping query for a more reliable form (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7119).
+- nmcli - add support for ``ipv4.dns-options`` and ``ipv6.dns-options`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6902).
+- nomad_job, nomad_job_info - add ``port`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7412).
+- npm - minor improvement on parameter validation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6848).
+- npm - module now using ``CmdRunner`` to execute external commands (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6989).
+- onepassword lookup plugin - add service account support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6635, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6660).
+- onepassword lookup plugin - introduce ``account_id`` option which allows specifying which account to use (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7308).
+- onepassword_raw lookup plugin - add service account support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6635, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6660).
+- onepassword_raw lookup plugin - introduce ``account_id`` option which allows specifying which account to use (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7308).
+- opentelemetry callback plugin - add span attributes in the span event (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6531).
+- opkg - add ``executable`` parameter allowing to specify the path of the ``opkg`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6862).
+- opkg - remove default value ``""`` for parameter ``force`` as it causes the same behaviour of not having that parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6513).
+- pagerduty - adds in option to use v2 API for creating pagerduty incidents (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6151)
+- parted - on resize, use ``--fix`` option if available (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7304).
+- pnpm - set correct version when state is latest or version is not mentioned. Resolves previous idempotency problem (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7339).
+- pritunl module utils - ensure ``validate_certs`` parameter is honoured in all methods (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7156).
+- proxmox - add ``vmid`` (and ``taskid`` when possible) to return values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7263).
+- proxmox - support ``timezone`` parameter at container creation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6510).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - add composite variables support for Proxmox nodes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6640).
+- proxmox_kvm - added support for ``tpmstate0`` parameter to configure TPM (Trusted Platform Module) disk. TPM is required for Windows 11 installations (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6533).
+- proxmox_kvm - enabled force restart of VM, bringing the ``force`` parameter functionality in line with what is described in the docs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6914).
+- proxmox_kvm - re-use ``timeout`` module param to forcefully shutdown a virtual machine when ``state`` is ``stopped`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6257).
+- proxmox_snap - add ``retention`` parameter to delete old snapshots (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6576).
+- proxmox_vm_info - ``node`` parameter is no longer required. Information can be obtained for the whole cluster (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6976).
+- proxmox_vm_info - non-existing provided by name/vmid VM would return empty results instead of failing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7049).
+- pubnub_blocks - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6928).
+- random_string - added new ``ignore_similar_chars`` and ``similar_chars`` option to ignore certain chars (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7242).
+- redfish_command - add ``MultipartHTTPPushUpdate`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6471, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6612).
+- redfish_command - add ``account_types`` and ``oem_account_types`` as optional inputs to ``AddUser`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6823, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6871).
+- redfish_command - add new option ``update_oem_params`` for the ``MultipartHTTPPushUpdate`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7331).
+- redfish_config - add ``CreateVolume`` command to allow creation of volumes on servers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6813).
+- redfish_config - add ``DeleteAllVolumes`` command to allow deletion of all volumes on servers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6814).
+- redfish_config - adding ``SetSecureBoot`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7129).
+- redfish_info - add ``AccountTypes`` and ``OEMAccountTypes`` to the output of ``ListUsers`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6823, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6871).
+- redfish_info - add support for ``GetBiosRegistries`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7144).
+- redfish_info - adds ``LinkStatus`` to NIC inventory (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7318).
+- redfish_info - adds ``ProcessorArchitecture`` to CPU inventory (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6864).
+- redfish_info - fix for ``GetVolumeInventory``, Controller name was getting populated incorrectly and duplicates were seen in the volumes retrieved (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6719).
+- redfish_info - report ``Id`` in the output of ``GetManagerInventory`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7140).
+- redfish_utils - use ``Controllers`` key in redfish data to obtain Storage controllers properties (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7081).
+- redfish_utils module utils - add support for ``PowerCycle`` reset type for ``redfish_command`` responses feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7083).
+- redfish_utils module utils - add support for following ``@odata.nextLink`` pagination in ``software_inventory`` responses feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7020).
+- redfish_utils module utils - support ``Volumes`` in response for ``GetDiskInventory`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6819).
+- redhat_subscription - the internal ``RegistrationBase`` class was folded
+  into the other internal ``Rhsm`` class, as the separation had no purpose
+  anymore
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6658).
+- redis_info - refactor the redis_info module to use the redis module_utils enabling to pass TLS parameters to the Redis client (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7267).
+- rhsm_release - improve/harden the way ``subscription-manager`` is run;
+  no behaviour change is expected
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6669).
+- rhsm_repository - the interaction with ``subscription-manager`` was
+  refactored by grouping things together, removing unused bits, and hardening
+  the way it is run; also, the parsing of ``subscription-manager repos --list``
+  was improved and made slightly faster; no behaviour change is expected
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6783,
+  https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6837).
+- scaleway_security_group_rule - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6928).
+- shutdown - use ``shutdown -p ...`` with FreeBSD to halt and power off machine (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7102).
+- snap - add option ``dangerous`` to the module, that will map into the command line argument ``--dangerous``, allowing unsigned snap files to be installed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6908, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5715).
+- snap - module is now aware of channel when deciding whether to install or refresh the snap (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6435, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1606).
+- sorcery - add grimoire (repository) management support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7012).
+- sorcery - minor refactor (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6525).
+- supervisorctl - allow to stop matching running processes before removing them with ``stop_before_removing=true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7284).
+- tss lookup plugin - allow to fetch secret IDs which are in a folder based on folder ID. Previously, we could not fetch secrets based on folder ID but now use ``fetch_secret_ids_from_folder`` option to indicate to fetch secret IDs based on folder ID (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6223).
+- tss lookup plugin - allow to fetch secret by path. Previously, we could not fetch secret by path but now use ``secret_path`` option to indicate to fetch secret by secret path (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6881).
+- unixy callback plugin - add support for ``check_mode_markers`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7179).
+- vardict module utils - added convenience methods to ``VarDict`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6647).
+- xenserver_guest_info - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6928).
+- xenserver_guest_powerstate - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6928).
+- yum_versionlock - add support to pin specific package versions instead of only the package itself (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6861, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4470).
+
+Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
+--------------------------------
+
+- collection_version lookup plugin - remove compatibility code for ansible-base 2.10 and ansible-core 2.11 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7269).
+- gitlab_project - add ``default_branch`` support for project update. If you used the module so far with ``default_branch`` to update a project, the value of ``default_branch`` was ignored. Make sure that you either do not pass a value if you are not sure whether it is the one you want to have to avoid unexpected breaking changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7158).
+- selective callback plugin - remove compatibility code for Ansible 2.9 and ansible-core 2.10 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7269).
+- vardict module utils - ``VarDict`` will no longer accept variables named ``_var``, ``get_meta``, and ``as_dict`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6647).
+- version module util - remove fallback for ansible-core 2.11. All modules and plugins that do version collections no longer work with ansible-core 2.11 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7269).
+
+Deprecated Features
+-------------------
+
+- CmdRunner module utils - deprecate ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_default_type()`` formatter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6601).
+- MH VarsMixin module utils - deprecates ``VarsMixin`` and supporting classes in favor of plain ``vardict`` module util (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6649).
+- ansible_galaxy_install - the ``ack_ansible29`` and ``ack_min_ansiblecore211`` options have been deprecated and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
+- consul - the ``ack_params_state_absent`` option has been deprecated and will be removed in community.general 10.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
+- cpanm - value ``compatibility`` is deprecated as default for parameter ``mode`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6512).
+- ejabberd_user - deprecate the parameter ``logging`` in favour of producing more detailed information in the module output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7043).
+- flowdock - module relies entirely on no longer responsive API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6930).
+- proxmox - old feature flag ``proxmox_default_behavior`` will be removed in community.general 10.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6836).
+- proxmox_kvm - deprecate the option ``proxmox_default_behavior`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7377).
+- redfish_info, redfish_config, redfish_command - the default value ``10`` for the ``timeout`` option is deprecated and will change to ``60`` in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7295).
+- redhat module utils - the ``module_utils.redhat`` module is deprecated, as
+  effectively unused: the ``Rhsm``, ``RhsmPool``, and ``RhsmPools`` classes
+  will be removed in community.general 9.0.0; the ``RegistrationBase`` class
+  will be removed in community.general 10.0.0 together with the
+  ``rhn_register`` module, as it is the only user of this class; this means
+  that the whole ``module_utils.redhat`` module will be dropped in
+  community.general 10.0.0, so importing it without even using anything of it
+  will fail
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6663).
+- redhat_subscription - the ``autosubscribe`` alias for the ``auto_attach`` option has been
+  deprecated for many years, although only in the documentation. Officially mark this alias
+  as deprecated, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6646).
+- redhat_subscription - the ``pool`` option is deprecated in favour of the
+  more precise and flexible ``pool_ids`` option
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6650).
+- rhsm_repository - ``state=present`` has not been working as expected for many years,
+  and it seems it was not noticed so far; also, "presence" is not really a valid concept
+  for subscription repositories, which can only be enabled or disabled. Hence, mark the
+  ``present`` and ``absent`` values of the ``state`` option as deprecated, slating them
+  for removal in community.general 10.0.0
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6673).
+- stackdriver - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6887).
+- webfaction_app - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).
+- webfaction_db - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).
+- webfaction_domain - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).
+- webfaction_mailbox - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).
+- webfaction_site - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).
+
+Removed Features (previously deprecated)
+----------------------------------------
+
+- The collection no longer supports ansible-core 2.11 and ansible-core 2.12. Parts of the collection might still work on these ansible-core versions, but others might not (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7269).
+- ansible_galaxy_install - support for Ansible 2.9 and ansible-base 2.10 has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
+- consul - when ``state=absent``, the options ``script``, ``ttl``, ``tcp``, ``http``, and ``interval`` can no longer be specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
+- gconftool2 - ``state=get`` has been removed. Use the module ``community.general.gconftool2_info`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
+- gitlab_runner - remove the default value for the ``access_level`` option. To restore the previous behavior, explicitly set it to ``ref_protected`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
+- htpasswd - removed code for passlib <1.6 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6901).
+- manageiq_polices - ``state=list`` has been removed. Use the module ``community.general.manageiq_policies_info`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
+- manageiq_tags - ``state=list`` has been removed. Use the module ``community.general.manageiq_tags_info`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
+- mh.mixins.cmd module utils - the ``ArgFormat`` class has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
+- mh.mixins.cmd module utils - the ``CmdMixin`` mixin has been removed. Use ``community.general.plugins.module_utils.cmd_runner.CmdRunner`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
+- mh.mixins.cmd module utils - the mh.mixins.cmd module utils has been removed after all its contents were removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
+- mh.module_helper module utils - the ``CmdModuleHelper`` and ``CmdStateModuleHelper`` classes have been removed. Use ``community.general.plugins.module_utils.cmd_runner.CmdRunner`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
+- proxmox module utils - removed unused imports (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6873).
+- xfconf - the deprecated ``disable_facts`` option was removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- CmdRunner module utils - does not attempt to resolve path if executable is a relative or absolute path (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7200).
+- MH DependencyMixin module utils - deprecation notice was popping up for modules not using dependencies (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6644, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6639).
+- bitwarden lookup plugin - the plugin made assumptions about the structure of a Bitwarden JSON object which may have been broken by an update in the Bitwarden API. Remove assumptions, and allow queries for general fields such as ``notes`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7061).
+- cmd_runner module utils - when a parameter in ``argument_spec`` has no type, meaning it is implicitly a ``str``, ``CmdRunner`` would fail trying to find the ``type`` key in that dictionary (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6968).
+- cobbler inventory plugin - fix calculation of cobbler_ipv4/6_address (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6925).
+- composer - fix impossible to run ``working_dir`` dependent commands. The module was throwing an error when trying to run a ``working_dir`` dependent command, because it tried to get the command help without passing the ``working_dir`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3787).
+- csv module utils - detects and remove unicode BOM markers from incoming CSV content (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6662).
+- datadog_downtime - presence of ``rrule`` param lead to the Datadog API returning Bad Request due to a missing recurrence type (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6811).
+- ejabberd_user - module was failing to detect whether user was already created and/or password was changed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7033).
+- ejabberd_user - provide meaningful error message when the ``ejabberdctl`` command is not found (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7028, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6949).
+- github_deploy_key - fix pagination behaviour causing a crash when only a single page of deploy keys exist (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7375).
+- gitlab_group - the module passed parameters to the API call even when not set. The module is now filtering out ``None`` values to remediate this (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6712).
+- gitlab_group_variable - deleted all variables when used with ``purge=true`` due to missing ``raw`` property in KNOWN attributes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7250).
+- gitlab_project_variable - deleted all variables when used with ``purge=true`` due to missing ``raw`` property in KNOWN attributes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7250).
+- icinga2_host - fix a key error when updating an existing host (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6748).
+- ini_file - add the ``follow`` paramter to follow the symlinks instead of replacing them (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6546).
+- ini_file - fix a bug where the inactive options were not used when possible (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6575).
+- ipa_dnszone - fix 'idnsallowsyncptr' key error for reverse zone (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6906, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6905).
+- kernel_blacklist - simplified the mechanism to update the file, fixing the error (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7382, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7362).
+- keycloak module util - fix missing ``http_agent``, ``timeout``, and ``validate_certs`` ``open_url()`` parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7067).
+- keycloak module utils - fix ``is_struct_included`` handling of lists of lists/dictionaries (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6688).
+- keycloak module utils - the function ``get_user_by_username`` now return the user representation or ``None`` as stated in the documentation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6758).
+- keycloak_authentication - fix Keycloak authentication flow (step or sub-flow) indexing during update, if not specified by the user (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6734).
+- keycloak_client inventory plugin - fix missing client secret (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6931).
+- ldap_search - fix string normalization and the ``base64_attributes`` option on Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5704, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7264).
+- locale_gen - now works for locales without the underscore character such as ``C.UTF-8`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6774, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5142, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4305).
+- lvol - add support for percentage of origin size specification when creating snapshot volumes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1630, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7053).
+- lxc connection plugin - now handles ``remote_addr`` defaulting to ``inventory_hostname`` correctly (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7104).
+- lxc connection plugin - properly evaluate options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7369).
+- machinectl become plugin - mark plugin as ``require_tty`` to automatically disable pipelining, with which this plugin is not compatible (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6932, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6935).
+- mail - skip headers containing equals characters due to missing ``maxsplit`` on header key/value parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7303).
+- memset module utils - make compatible with ansible-core 2.17 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7379).
+- nmap inventory plugin - fix ``get_option`` calls (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7323).
+- nmap inventory plugin - now uses ``get_option`` in all cases to get its configuration information (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7119).
+- nmcli - fix bond option ``xmit_hash_policy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6527).
+- nmcli - fix support for empty list (in compare and scrape) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6769).
+- nsupdate - fix a possible ``list index out of range`` exception (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/836).
+- oci_utils module util - fix inappropriate logical comparison expressions and makes them simpler. The previous checks had logical short circuits (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7125).
+- oci_utils module utils - avoid direct type comparisons (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7085).
+- onepassword - fix KeyError exception when trying to access value of a field that is not filled out in OnePassword item (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7241).
+- openbsd_pkg - the pkg_info(1) behavior has changed in OpenBSD >7.3. The error message ``Can't find`` should not lead to an error case (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6785).
+- pacman - module recognizes the output of ``yay`` running as ``root`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6713).
+- portage - fix ``changed_use`` and ``newuse`` not triggering rebuilds (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6008, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6548).
+- pritunl module utils - fix incorrect URL parameter for orgnization add method (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7161).
+- proxmox - fix error when a configuration had no ``template`` field (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6838, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5372).
+- proxmox module utils - add logic to detect whether an old Promoxer complains about the ``token_name`` and ``token_value`` parameters and provide a better error message when that happens (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6839, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5371).
+- proxmox module utils - fix proxmoxer library version check (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6974, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6975, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6980).
+- proxmox_disk - fix unable to create ``cdrom`` media due to ``size`` always being appended (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6770).
+- proxmox_kvm - ``absent`` state with ``force`` specified failed to stop the VM due to the ``timeout`` value not being passed to ``stop_vm`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6827).
+- proxmox_kvm - ``restarted`` state did not actually restart a VM in some VM configurations. The state now uses the Proxmox reboot endpoint instead of calling the ``stop_vm`` and ``start_vm`` functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6773).
+- proxmox_kvm - allow creation of VM with existing name but new vmid (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6155, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6709).
+- proxmox_kvm - when ``name`` option is provided without ``vmid`` and VM with that name already exists then no new VM will be created (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6911, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6981).
+- proxmox_tasks_info - remove ``api_user`` + ``api_password`` constraint from ``required_together`` as it causes to require ``api_password`` even when API token param is used (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6201).
+- proxmox_template - require ``requests_toolbelt`` module to fix issue with uploading large templates (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5579, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6757).
+- proxmox_user_info - avoid direct type comparisons (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7085).
+- redfish_info - fix ``ListUsers`` to not show empty account slots (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6771, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6772).
+- redhat_subscription - use the right D-Bus options for the consumer type when
+  registering a RHEL system older than 9 or a RHEL 9 system older than 9.2
+  and using ``consumer_type``
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7378).
+- refish_utils module utils - changing variable names to avoid issues occuring when fetching Volumes data (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6883).
+- rhsm_repository - when using the ``purge`` option, the ``repositories``
+  dictionary element in the returned JSON is now properly updated according
+  to the pruning operation
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6676).
+- rundeck - fix ``TypeError`` on 404 API response (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6983).
+- selective callback plugin - fix length of task name lines in output always being 3 characters longer than desired (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7374).
+- snap - an exception was being raised when snap list was empty (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7124, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7120).
+- snap - assume default track ``latest`` in parameter ``channel`` when not specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6835, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6821).
+- snap - change the change detection mechanism from "parsing installation" to "comparing end state with initial state" (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7340, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7265).
+- snap - fix crash when multiple snaps are specified and one has ``---`` in its description (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7046).
+- snap - fix the processing of the commands' output, stripping spaces and newlines from it (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6826, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6803).
+- sorcery - fix interruption of the multi-stage process (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7012).
+- sorcery - fix queue generation before the whole system rebuild (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7012).
+- sorcery - latest state no longer triggers update_cache (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7012).
+- terraform - prevents ``-backend-config`` option double encapsulating with ``shlex_quote`` function. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7301).
+- tss lookup plugin - fix multiple issues when using ``fetch_attachments=true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6720).
+- zypper - added handling of zypper exitcode 102. Changed state is set correctly now and rc 102 is still preserved to be evaluated by the playbook (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6534).
+
+Known Issues
+------------
+
+- Ansible markup will show up in raw form on ansible-doc text output for ansible-core before 2.15. If you have trouble deciphering the documentation markup, please upgrade to ansible-core 2.15 (or newer), or read the HTML documentation on https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/collections/community/general/ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6539).
+
+New Plugins
+-----------
+
+Lookup
+~~~~~~
+
+- bitwarden_secrets_manager - Retrieve secrets from Bitwarden Secrets Manager
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+- consul_policy - Manipulate Consul policies
+- consul_role - Manipulate Consul roles
+- facter_facts - Runs the discovery program C(facter) on the remote system and return Ansible facts
+- gio_mime - Set default handler for MIME type, for applications using Gnome GIO
+- gitlab_instance_variable - Creates, updates, or deletes GitLab instance variables
+- gitlab_merge_request - Create, update, or delete GitLab merge requests
+- jenkins_build_info - Get information about Jenkins builds
+- keycloak_authentication_required_actions - Allows administration of Keycloak authentication required actions
+- keycloak_authz_custom_policy - Allows administration of Keycloak client custom Javascript policies via Keycloak API
+- keycloak_authz_permission - Allows administration of Keycloak client authorization permissions via Keycloak API
+- keycloak_authz_permission_info - Query Keycloak client authorization permissions information
+- keycloak_realm_key - Allows administration of Keycloak realm keys via Keycloak API
+- keycloak_user - Create and configure a user in Keycloak
+- lvg_rename - Renames LVM volume groups
+- pnpm - Manage node.js packages with pnpm
+- proxmox_pool - Pool management for Proxmox VE cluster
+- proxmox_pool_member - Add or delete members from Proxmox VE cluster pools
+- proxmox_vm_info - Retrieve information about one or more Proxmox VE virtual machines
+- simpleinit_msb - Manage services on Source Mage GNU/Linux
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -121,19 +121,3 @@ Creating new modules and plugins requires a bit more work than other Pull Reques
   listed as `maintainers` will be pinged for new issues and PRs that modify the module/plugin or its tests.

   When you add a new plugin/module, we expect that you perform maintainer duty for at least some time after contributing it.
-
-## pre-commit
-
-To help ensure high-quality contributions this repository includes a [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com) configuration which
-corrects and tests against common issues that would otherwise cause CI to fail. To begin using these pre-commit hooks see
-the [Installation](#installation) section below.
-
-This is optional and not required to contribute to this repository.
-
-### Installation
-
-Follow the [instructions](https://pre-commit.com/#install) provided with pre-commit and run `pre-commit install` under the repository base. If for any reason you would like to disable the pre-commit hooks run `pre-commit uninstall`.
-
-This is optional to run it locally.
-
-You can trigger it locally with `pre-commit run --all-files` or even to run only for a given file `pre-commit run --files YOUR_FILE`.
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later

 # Community General Collection

-[![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)
+[![Build Status](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_apis/build/status/CI?branchName=stable-8)](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_build?definitionId=31)
 [![EOL CI](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/workflows/EOL%20CI/badge.svg?event=push)](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/actions)
 [![Codecov](https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/ansible-collections/community.general)](https://codecov.io/gh/ansible-collections/community.general)

@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ If you encounter abusive behavior violating the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https:

 ## Tested with Ansible

-Tested with the current ansible-core 2.11, ansible-core 2.12, ansible-core 2.13, ansible-core 2.14 releases and the current development version of ansible-core. Ansible-core versions before 2.11.0 are not supported. This includes all ansible-base 2.10 and Ansible 2.9 releases.
-
-Parts of this collection will not work with ansible-core 2.11 on Python 3.12+.
+Tested with the current ansible-core 2.13, ansible-core 2.14, ansible-core 2.15, ansible-core 2.16 releases and the current development version of ansible-core. Ansible-core versions before 2.13.0 are not supported. This includes all ansible-base 2.10 and Ansible 2.9 releases.

 ## External requirements

@@ -34,13 +32,13 @@ Some modules and plugins require external libraries. Please check the requiremen

 ## Included content

-Please check the included content on the [Ansible Galaxy page for this collection](https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/general) or the [documentation on the Ansible docs site](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/).
+Please check the included content on the [Ansible Galaxy page for this collection](https://galaxy.ansible.com/ui/repo/published/community/general/) or the [documentation on the Ansible docs site](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/).

 ## Using this collection

 This collection is shipped with the Ansible package. So if you have it installed, no more action is required.

-If you have a minimal installation (only Ansible Core installed) or you want to use the latest version of the collection along with the whole Ansible package, you need to install the collection from [Ansible Galaxy](https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/general) manually with the `ansible-galaxy` command-line tool:
+If you have a minimal installation (only Ansible Core installed) or you want to use the latest version of the collection along with the whole Ansible package, you need to install the collection from [Ansible Galaxy](https://galaxy.ansible.com/ui/repo/published/community/general/) manually with the `ansible-galaxy` command-line tool:

    ansible-galaxy collection install community.general

@@ -57,7 +55,7 @@ Note that if you install the collection manually, it will not be upgraded automa
 ansible-galaxy collection install community.general --upgrade
 ```

-You can also install a specific version of the collection, for example, if you need to downgrade when something is broken in the latest version (please report an issue in this repository). Use the following syntax where `X.Y.Z` can be any [available version](https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/general):
+You can also install a specific version of the collection, for example, if you need to downgrade when something is broken in the latest version (please report an issue in this repository). Use the following syntax where `X.Y.Z` can be any [available version](https://galaxy.ansible.com/ui/repo/published/community/general/):

 ```bash
 ansible-galaxy collection install community.general:==X.Y.Z
@@ -117,7 +115,7 @@ 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/stable-8/CHANGELOG.rst).

 ## Roadmap

--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
--- a/changelogs/fragments/2090-idrac-redfish-resource-id-fix.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/2090-idrac-redfish-resource-id-fix.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-    - idrac_redfish_command - allow user to specify ``resource_id`` for ``CreateBiosConfigJob`` to specify an exact manager (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2090).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3216-nmcli-bridge-idempotency-fix.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/3216-nmcli-bridge-idempotency-fix.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - nmcli - fixed idempotency issue for bridge connections. Module forced default value of ``bridge.priority`` to nmcli if not set; if ``bridge.stp`` is disabled nmcli ignores it and keep default (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3216, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4683).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3910-redfish-add-operation-apply-time-to-simple-update.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/3910-redfish-add-operation-apply-time-to-simple-update.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - redfish_command - add ``update_apply_time`` to ``SimpleUpdate`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3910).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3935-add-gitlab-group-runner.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/3935-add-gitlab-group-runner.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-    - 'gitlab_runner - allow to register group runner (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3935).'
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4028-modprobe-persistent-option.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/4028-modprobe-persistent-option.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---
-minor_changes:
-  - modprobe - add ``persistent`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4028, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/542).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4276-redfish-command-updates-for-full-simple-update-workflow.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/4276-redfish-command-updates-for-full-simple-update-workflow.yml
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - redfish_command - add ``update_status`` to output of ``SimpleUpdate`` command to allow a user monitor the update in progress (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4276).
-  - redfish_info - add ``GetUpdateStatus`` command to check the progress of a previous update request (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4276).
-  - redfish_command - add ``PerformRequestedOperations`` command to perform any operations necessary to continue the update flow (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4276).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4387-nmcli-mtu-for-vlan-connection-fix.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/4387-nmcli-mtu-for-vlan-connection-fix.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - nmcli - implemented changing mtu value on vlan interfaces (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4387).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/473-nmcli-slave-type-implemented.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/473-nmcli-slave-type-implemented.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - nmcli - new module option ``slave_type`` added to allow creation of various types of slave devices (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/473, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6108).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5143-fix-xfs-quota-project-init.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5143-fix-xfs-quota-project-init.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---
-bugfixes:
-  - xfs_quota - in case of a project quota, the call to ``xfs_quota`` did not initialize/reset the project (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5143).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5431-nmcli-wifi.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5431-nmcli-wifi.yml
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - nmcli - fix failure to handle WIFI settings when connection type not specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5431).
-  - nmcli - fix improper detection of changes to ``wifi.wake-on-wlan`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5431).
-  - nmcli - fix change handling of values specified as an integer 0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5431).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5486-snap-alias-cmd-runner.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5486-snap-alias-cmd-runner.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - snap_alias - refactored module to use ``CmdRunner`` to execute ``snap`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5486).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5489-nonetype-in-get-vm-by-label.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5489-nonetype-in-get-vm-by-label.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - one_vm - avoid splitting labels that are ``None`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5489).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5490-adding-put-functionality.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5490-adding-put-functionality.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - redfish_utils module utils - added PUT (``put_request()``) functionality (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5490).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5493-proxmox.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5493-proxmox.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "proxmox_disk - avoid duplicate ``vmid`` reference (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5492, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5493)."
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5502-xfconf-facts-deprecation.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5502-xfconf-facts-deprecation.yml
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-removed_features:
-  - >
-    xfconf - generating facts was deprecated in community.general 3.0.0,
-    however two factoids, ``previous_value`` and ``type`` continued to be generated by mistake. This behaviour
-    has been removed and ``xfconf`` generate no facts whatsoever
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5502).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5506-onepassword_raw-missing-param.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5506-onepassword_raw-missing-param.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-   - onepassword_raw - add missing parameter to plugin documentation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5506).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5514-fix-logical-flaw-when-deleting-jenkins-build.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5514-fix-logical-flaw-when-deleting-jenkins-build.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - jenkins_build - fix the logical flaw when deleting a Jenkins build (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5514).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5538-cmd-runner-as-fixed.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5538-cmd-runner-as-fixed.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - cmd_runner module utils - formatting arguments ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_fixed()`` was expecting an non-existing argument (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5538).
-  - cmd_runner module utils - fixed bug when handling default cases in ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_map()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5538).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5543-dependent-template.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5543-dependent-template.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "dependent lookup plugin - avoid warning on deprecated parameter for ``Templar.template()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5543)."
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5545-gconftool-cmd-runner.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5545-gconftool-cmd-runner.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - gconftool2 - refactor using ``ModuleHelper`` and ``CmdRunner`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5545).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5549-lxd-project-sanity.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5549-lxd-project-sanity.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - lxd_project - refactored code out to module utils to clear sanity check (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5549).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5550-java_certs-not-enough-info-on-error.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5550-java_certs-not-enough-info-on-error.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-   - java_certs - add more detailed error output when extracting certificate from PKCS12 fails (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5550).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5553-spotinst-aws-elasticgroup-sanity.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5553-spotinst-aws-elasticgroup-sanity.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - spotinst_aws_elastigroup - add ``elements`` attribute when missing in ``list`` parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5553).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5557-udm-share-sanity.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5557-udm-share-sanity.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - udm_share - added ``elements`` attribute to ``list`` type parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5557).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5559-udm-user-sanity.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5559-udm-user-sanity.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - udm_user - add ``elements`` attribute when missing in ``list`` parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5559).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5563-rax-scaling-group-sanity.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5563-rax-scaling-group-sanity.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - rax_scaling_group - refactored out code to the ``rax`` module utils to clear the sanity check (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5563).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5565-jenkins-plugin-sanity.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5565-jenkins-plugin-sanity.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - jenkins_plugin - refactor code to module util to fix sanity check (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5565).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5566-additional-flags-nmap.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5566-additional-flags-nmap.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - nmap inventory plugin - add new options ``udp_scan``, ``icmp_timestamp``, and ``dns_resolve`` for different types of scans (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5566).
-  
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5570-chroot-plugin-fix-default-inventory_hostname.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5570-chroot-plugin-fix-default-inventory_hostname.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "chroot connection plugin - add ``inventory_hostname`` to vars under ``remote_addr``. This is needed for compatibility with ansible-core 2.13 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5570)."
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5583-redhat_subscription-subscribe-parameters.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5583-redhat_subscription-subscribe-parameters.yaml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - redhat_subscription - do not pass arguments to ``subscription-manager register`` for things already configured; now a specified ``rhsm_baseurl`` is properly set for subscription-manager
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5583).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5592-redirect-remove-sap-modules.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5592-redirect-remove-sap-modules.yml
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-removed_features:
-  - |
-    All ``sap`` modules have been removed from this collection.
-    They have been migrated to the `community.sap_libs <https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/sap_libs>`_ collection.
-    Redirections have been provided.
-    Following modules are affected:
-    - sapcar_extract
-    - sap_task_list_execute
-    - hana_query
-breaking_changes:
-  - |
-    If you are not using this collection as part of Ansible, but installed (and/or upgraded) community.general manually, you need to make sure to also install ``community.sap_libs`` if you are using any of the ``sapcar_extract``, ``sap_task_list_execute``, and ``hana_query`` modules.
-    Without that collection installed, the redirects for these modules do not work.
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5601-unixy-callback-use-config-manager.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5601-unixy-callback-use-config-manager.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - unixy callback plugin - fix plugin to work with ansible-core 2.14 by using Ansible's configuration manager for handling options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5600).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5602-proxmox-tags.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5602-proxmox-tags.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "proxmox inventory plugin - handle tags delimited by semicolon instead of comma, which happens from Proxmox 7.3 on (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5602)."
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5603-redfish-idrac-job-id-in-response.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5603-redfish-idrac-job-id-in-response.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-    - idrac_redfish_command - add ``job_id`` to ``CreateBiosConfigJob`` response (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5603).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5605-ssh-config-add-host-key-algorithms.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5605-ssh-config-add-host-key-algorithms.yaml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ssh_config - add ``host_key_algorithms`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5605).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5612-puppet-cmd-runner.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5612-puppet-cmd-runner.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - puppet - refactored module to use ``CmdRunner`` for executing ``puppet`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5612).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5615-zypper-transactional-update.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5615-zypper-transactional-update.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "zypper - make package managing work on readonly filesystem of openSUSE MicroOS (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5615)."
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5619-keycloak-improvements.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5619-keycloak-improvements.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "keycloak_client_rolemapping - remove only listed mappings with ``state=absent`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5619)."
-  - "keycloak_client_rolemapping - calculate ``proposed`` and ``after`` return values properly (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5619)."
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5627-redhat_subscription-subscribe-parameters-2.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5627-redhat_subscription-subscribe-parameters-2.yaml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - redhat_subscription - do not ignore ``consumer_name`` and other variables if ``activationkey`` is specified
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3486, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5627).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5628-fix-vmadm-off-by-one.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5628-fix-vmadm-off-by-one.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - vmadm - fix for index out of range error in ``get_vm_uuid`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5628).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5629-add-prepend-hash-option-for-channel-id.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5629-add-prepend-hash-option-for-channel-id.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - "slack - add option ``prepend_hash`` which allows to control whether a ``#`` is prepended to ``channel_id``. The current behavior (value ``auto``) is to prepend ``#`` unless some specific prefixes are found. That list of prefixes is incomplete, and there does not seem to exist a documented condition on when exactly ``#`` must not be prepended. We recommend to explicitly set ``prepend_hash=always`` or ``prepend_hash=never`` to avoid any ambiguity (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5629)."
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5632-vdo-Use-yaml-safe-load-instead-of-yaml-load.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5632-vdo-Use-yaml-safe-load-instead-of-yaml-load.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - vdo - now uses ``yaml.safe_load()`` to parse command output instead of the deprecated ``yaml.load()`` which is potentially unsafe. Using ``yaml.load()`` without explicitely setting a ``Loader=`` is also an error in pyYAML 6.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5632).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5640-fix-typo-proxmox-inventory.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5640-fix-typo-proxmox-inventory.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "proxmox inventory plugin - fix bug while templating when using templates for the ``url``, ``user``, ``password``, ``token_id``, or ``token_secret`` options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5640)."
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5647-cmd-runner-as-bool-false.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5647-cmd-runner-as-bool-false.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - cmd_runner module utils - ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_bool()`` can now take an extra parameter to format when value is false (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5647).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5659-fix-lxc_container-command.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5659-fix-lxc_container-command.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
- - lxc_container - fix the arguments of the lxc command which broke the creation and cloning of containers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5578).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5662-redhat_subscription-server_proxy_scheme.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5662-redhat_subscription-server_proxy_scheme.yaml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - redhat_subscription - add a ``server_proxy_scheme`` parameter to configure the scheme for the proxy server
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5662).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5664-redhat_subscription-credentials-when-needed.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5664-redhat_subscription-credentials-when-needed.yaml
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - redhat_subscription - credentials (``username``, ``activationkey``, and so on) are required now
-    only if a system needs to be registered, or ``force_register`` is specified
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5664).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5666-gitlab-variables.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5666-gitlab-variables.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - gitlab_group_variables - fix dropping variables accidentally when GitLab introduced new properties (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5667).
-  - gitlab_project_variables - fix dropping variables accidentally when GitLab introduced new properties (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5667).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5672-proxmox.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5672-proxmox.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "proxmox_disk - fixed possible issues with redundant ``vmid`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5492, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5672)."
-  - "proxmox_nic - fixed possible issues with redundant ``vmid`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5492, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5672)."
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5680-ansible_galaxy_install-fx-locale.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5680-ansible_galaxy_install-fx-locale.yaml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - ansible_galaxy_install - try ``C.UTF-8`` and then fall back to ``en_US.UTF-8`` before failing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5680).
-  - ansible_galaxy_install - set default to raise exception if command's return code is different from zero (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5680).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5688-opkg-module-install-certain-version.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5688-opkg-module-install-certain-version.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - opkg - allow installing a package in a certain version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5688).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5694-add-custom-fields-to-bitwarden.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5694-add-custom-fields-to-bitwarden.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - bitwarden lookup plugin - can now retrieve secrets from custom fields (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5694).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5703-sudoers-host-support.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5703-sudoers-host-support.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - sudoers - adds ``host`` parameter for setting hostname restrictions in sudoers rules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5702).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5705-opkg-fix-force-reinstall.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5705-opkg-fix-force-reinstall.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - opkg - fix issue that ``force=reinstall`` would not reinstall an existing package (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5705).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5706-add-builds-forks-container-registry.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5706-add-builds-forks-container-registry.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - gitlab_project - add ``builds_access_level``, ``container_registry_access_level`` and ``forking_access_level`` options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5706).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5714-proxmox-lxc-tag-support.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5714-proxmox-lxc-tag-support.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---
-minor_changes:
- proxmox - added new module parameter ``tags`` for use with PVE 7+ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5714).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5718-opkg-refactor.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5718-opkg-refactor.yaml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - opkg - refactored module to use ``CmdRunner`` for executing ``opkg`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5718).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5719-xfconf-facts-deprecation.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5719-xfconf-facts-deprecation.yml
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-removed_features:
-  - >
-    xfconf - generating facts was deprecated in community.general 3.0.0,
-    however three factoids, ``property``, ``channel`` and ``value`` continued to be generated by mistake.
-    This behaviour has been removed and ``xfconf`` generate no facts whatsoever
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5502).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5720-ssh_config-plugin-sanity.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5720-ssh_config-plugin-sanity.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ssh_config - refactor code to module util to fix sanity check (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5720).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5721-manageiq-policies-deprecate-list-state.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5721-manageiq-policies-deprecate-list-state.yaml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-  - manageiq_policies - deprecate ``state=list`` in favour of using ``community.general.manageiq_policies_info`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5721).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5725-redhat_subscription-add-red-hat-api-token.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5725-redhat_subscription-add-red-hat-api-token.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - redhat_subscription - adds ``token`` parameter for subscription-manager authentication using Red Hat API token (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5725).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5727-manageiq-tags-deprecate-list-state.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5727-manageiq-tags-deprecate-list-state.yaml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-  - manageiq_tags - deprecate ``state=list`` in favour of using ``community.general.manageiq_tags_info`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5727).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5732-bugfix-keycloak-userfed-idempotency.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5732-bugfix-keycloak-userfed-idempotency.yml
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - >
-    keycloak_user_federation - fixes idempotency detection issues. In some
-    cases the module could fail to properly detect already existing user
-    federations because of a buggy seemingly superflous extra query parameter
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5732).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5735-terraform-init-fix-when-default-workspace-doesnt-exists.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5735-terraform-init-fix-when-default-workspace-doesnt-exists.yaml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - terraform - fix ``current`` workspace never getting appended to the ``all`` key in the ``workspace_ctf`` object (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5735).
-  - terraform - fix ``terraform init`` failure when there are multiple workspaces on the remote backend and when ``default`` workspace is missing by setting ``TF_WORKSPACE`` environmental variable to the value of ``workspace`` when used (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5735).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5744-unixy-callback-fix-config-manager-typo.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5744-unixy-callback-fix-config-manager-typo.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - unixy callback plugin - fix typo introduced when updating to use Ansible's configuration manager for handling options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5600).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5750-bugfixing-keycloak-usrfed-fail-when-update-default-mapper-simultaneously.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5750-bugfixing-keycloak-usrfed-fail-when-update-default-mapper-simultaneously.yml
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - >-
-    keycloak_user_federation - fixes federation creation issue. When a new
-    federation was created and at the same time a default / standard mapper
-    was also changed / updated the creation process failed as a bad None
-    set variable led to a bad malformed url request
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5750).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5751-gem-fix-uninstall-hang.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5751-gem-fix-uninstall-hang.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - gem - fix hang due to interactive prompt for confirmation on specific version uninstall (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5751).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5752-rax-deprecation.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5752-rax-deprecation.yml
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-  - rax_cbs_attachments - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
-  - rax_cbs - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
-  - rax_cdb_database - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
-  - rax_cdb - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
-  - rax_cdb_user - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
-  - rax_clb_nodes - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
-  - rax_clb - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
-  - rax_clb_ssl - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
-  - rax_dns - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
-  - rax_dns_record - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
-  - rax_facts - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
-  - rax_files_objects - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
-  - rax_files - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
-  - rax_identity - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
-  - rax_keypair - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
-  - rax_meta - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
-  - rax_mon_alarm - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
-  - rax_mon_check - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
-  - rax_mon_entity - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
-  - rax_mon_notification_plan - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
-  - rax_mon_notification - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
-  - rax_network - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
-  - rax - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
-  - rax_queue - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
-  - rax_scaling_group - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
-  - rax_scaling_policy - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
-  - rax module utils - module utils code relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5755-mh-fix-output-conflict.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5755-mh-fix-output-conflict.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - ModuleHelper - fix bug when adjusting the name of reserved output variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5755).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5761-callback-types.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5761-callback-types.yml
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "loganalytics callback plugin - adjust type of callback to ``notification``, it was incorrectly classified as ``aggregate`` before (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5761)."
-  - "logdna callback plugin - adjust type of callback to ``notification``, it was incorrectly classified as ``aggregate`` before (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5761)."
-  - "logstash callback plugin - adjust type of callback to ``notification``, it was incorrectly classified as ``aggregate`` before (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5761)."
-  - "splunk callback plugin - adjust type of callback to ``notification``, it was incorrectly classified as ``aggregate`` before (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5761)."
-  - "sumologic callback plugin - adjust type of callback to ``notification``, it was incorrectly classified as ``aggregate`` before (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5761)."
-  - "syslog_json callback plugin - adjust type of callback to ``notification``, it was incorrectly classified as ``aggregate`` before (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5761)."
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5765-mh-lax-output-conflict.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5765-mh-lax-output-conflict.yml
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-breaking_changes:
-  - >
-    ModuleHelper module utils - when the module sets output variables named ``msg``, ``exception``, ``output``, ``vars``, or ``changed``,
-    the actual output will prefix those names with ``_`` (underscore symbol) only when they clash with output variables generated by ModuleHelper
-    itself, which only occurs when handling exceptions. Please note that this breaking
-    change does not require a new major release since before this release, it was not possible
-    to add such variables to the output
-    `due to a bug <https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5755>`__
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5765).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5772-consul-deprecate-params-when-absent.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5772-consul-deprecate-params-when-absent.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-  - consul - deprecate using parameters unused for ``state=absent`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5772).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5773-snap-mh-execute.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5773-snap-mh-execute.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - snap - minor refactor when executing module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5773).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5793-apache2-module-npm-warnings.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5793-apache2-module-npm-warnings.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - apache2_module - add module argument ``warn_mpm_absent`` to control whether warning are raised in some edge cases (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5793).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5794-alternatives-fedora37.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5794-alternatives-fedora37.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "alternatives - support subcommands on Fedora 37, which uses ``follower`` instead of ``slave`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5794)."
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5803-proxmox-read-timeout.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5803-proxmox-read-timeout.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - proxmox_disk - fixed issue with read timeout on import action (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5803).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5804-minor-changes-to-hpe-ilo-collection.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5804-minor-changes-to-hpe-ilo-collection.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ilo_redfish_utils module utils - change implementation of DNS Server IP and NTP Server IP update (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5804).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5808-xml-children-parameter-does-not-exist.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5808-xml-children-parameter-does-not-exist.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
- xml - fixed a bug where empty ``children`` list would not be set (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5808).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5811-clarify-bitwarden-error.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5811-clarify-bitwarden-error.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - bitwarden lookup plugin - clarify what to do, if the bitwarden vault is not unlocked (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5811).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5812-implement-updateconf-api-call.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5812-implement-updateconf-api-call.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - one_vm - add a new ``updateconf`` option which implements the ``one.vm.updateconf`` API call (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5812).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5814-support-keycloak-subgroups.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5814-support-keycloak-subgroups.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - keycloak_group - add new optional module parameter ``parents`` to properly handle keycloak subgroups (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5814).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5818-nsupdate-fix-zone-lookup.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5818-nsupdate-fix-zone-lookup.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - nsupdate - fix zone lookup. The SOA record for an existing zone is returned as an answer RR and not as an authority RR (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5817, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5818).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5822-gem-uninstall-force.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5822-gem-uninstall-force.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - gem - fix force parameter not being passed to gem command when uninstalling (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5822).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5829-fix-yarn-global.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5829-fix-yarn-global.yml
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - yarn - fix ``state=latest`` not working with ``global=true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5712).
-  - yarn - fix ``global=true`` to check for the configured global folder instead of assuming the default (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5829)
-  - yarn - fix ``state=absent`` not working with ``global=true`` when the package does not include a binary (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5829)
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5830-sefcontext-path-subs.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5830-sefcontext-path-subs.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - sefcontext - add support for path substitutions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1193).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5843-terraform-validate-no-color.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5843-terraform-validate-no-color.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
- terraform module - disable ANSI escape sequences during validation phase (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5843).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5844-iptables-state-refactor.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5844-iptables-state-refactor.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-    - iptables_state - minor refactoring within the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5844).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5851-lookup-bitwarden-add-filter-by-collection-id-parameter.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5851-lookup-bitwarden-add-filter-by-collection-id-parameter.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - bitwarden lookup plugin - implement filtering results by ``collection_id`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5849).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5863-providerType-defaulted-keycloak_userfed-mappers.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5863-providerType-defaulted-keycloak_userfed-mappers.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - keycloak_user_federation - make ``org.keycloak.storage.ldap.mappers.LDAPStorageMapper`` the default value for mappers ``providerType`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5863).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5866-lxd_container-diff-and-check-mode.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5866-lxd_container-diff-and-check-mode.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
- - lxd_container - add diff and check mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5866).
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