Release 7.5.6.

This reverts commit 8b2e658fc0.

(Considering this again, this looks a lot more like a feature than a bugfix. I shouldn't have backported it.)

.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
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ stages:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
           testFormat: 2.16/units/{0}/1
           targets:
+            - test: 2.7
             - test: 3.6
             - test: "3.11"
   - stage: Units_2_15
@@ -170,10 +171,10 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           testFormat: devel/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: Alpine 3.18
-              test: alpine/3.18
-            # - name: Fedora 38
-            #   test: fedora/38
+            - name: Alpine 3.19
+              test: alpine/3.19
+            # - name: Fedora 39
+            #   test: fedora/39
             - name: Ubuntu 22.04
               test: ubuntu/22.04
           groups:
@@ -186,12 +187,14 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           testFormat: devel/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: macOS 13.2
-              test: macos/13.2
-            - name: RHEL 9.2
-              test: rhel/9.2
-            - name: FreeBSD 13.2
-              test: freebsd/13.2
+            - name: macOS 14.3
+              test: macos/14.3
+            - name: RHEL 9.3
+              test: rhel/9.3
+            - name: FreeBSD 13.3
+              test: freebsd/13.3
+            - name: FreeBSD 14.0
+              test: freebsd/14.0
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
@@ -204,12 +207,14 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           testFormat: 2.16/{0}
           targets:
-            #- name: macOS 13.2
-            #  test: macos/13.2
+            - 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
+            - name: FreeBSD 13.2
+              test: freebsd/13.2
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
@@ -228,10 +233,10 @@ stages:
               test: rhel/8.7
             - name: RHEL 7.9
               test: rhel/7.9
-            - name: FreeBSD 13.1
-              test: freebsd/13.1
-            - name: FreeBSD 12.4
-              test: freebsd/12.4
+            # - name: FreeBSD 13.1
+            #   test: freebsd/13.1
+            # - name: FreeBSD 12.4
+            #   test: freebsd/12.4
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
@@ -246,8 +251,8 @@ stages:
           targets:
             - name: RHEL 9.0
               test: rhel/9.0
-            - name: macOS 12.0
-              test: macos/12.0
+            #- name: macOS 12.0
+            #  test: macos/12.0
             #- name: FreeBSD 12.4
             #  test: freebsd/12.4
           groups:
@@ -264,14 +269,14 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           testFormat: devel/linux/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: Fedora 38
-              test: fedora38
+            - name: Fedora 39
+              test: fedora39
             - name: Ubuntu 20.04
               test: ubuntu2004
             - name: Ubuntu 22.04
               test: ubuntu2204
-            - name: Alpine 3
-              test: alpine3
+            - name: Alpine 3.19
+              test: alpine319
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
@@ -284,8 +289,12 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           testFormat: 2.16/linux/{0}
           targets:
+            - name: Fedora 38
+              test: fedora38
             - name: openSUSE 15
               test: opensuse15
+            - name: Alpine 3
+              test: alpine3
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
@@ -314,8 +323,8 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           testFormat: 2.14/linux/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: Fedora 36
-              test: fedora36
+            - name: Alpine 3
+              test: alpine3
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2

.github/BOTMETA.yml

@@ -642,6 +642,7 @@ files:
     maintainers: bregman-arie
   $modules/ipa_:
     maintainers: $team_ipa
+    ignore: fxfitz
   $modules/ipbase_info.py:
     maintainers: dominikkukacka
   $modules/ipa_pwpolicy.py:
@@ -1433,7 +1434,7 @@ macros:
   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

.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml

@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ jobs:
 
     # 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

.github/workflows/import-galaxy.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+name: import-galaxy
+'on':
+  # Run CI against all pushes (direct commits, also merged PRs) to main, and all Pull Requests
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - stable-*
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  import-galaxy:
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    name: Test to import built collection artifact with Galaxy importer
+    uses: ansible-community/github-action-test-galaxy-import/.github/workflows/test-galaxy-import.yml@main

.github/workflows/reuse.yml

@@ -26,10 +26,5 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || '' }}
 
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          pip install reuse
-
-      - name: Check REUSE compliance
-        run: |
-          reuse lint
+      - name: REUSE Compliance Check
+        uses: fsfe/reuse-action@v3

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -0,0 +1,926 @@
+# Community General Release Notes
+
+**Topics**
+
+- <a href="#v7-5-6">v7\.5\.6</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#security-fixes">Security Fixes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v7-5-5">v7\.5\.5</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-1">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-1">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v7-5-4">v7\.5\.4</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-2">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-2">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v7-5-3">v7\.5\.3</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-3">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-3">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v7-5-2">v7\.5\.2</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-4">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-4">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v7-5-1">v7\.5\.1</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-5">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-5">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v7-5-0">v7\.5\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-6">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-1">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#deprecated-features">Deprecated Features</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-6">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#new-modules">New Modules</a>
+- <a href="#v7-4-0">v7\.4\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-7">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-2">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-7">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#new-modules-1">New Modules</a>
+- <a href="#v7-3-0">v7\.3\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-8">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-3">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#deprecated-features-1">Deprecated Features</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-8">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v7-2-1">v7\.2\.1</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-9">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-9">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v7-2-0">v7\.2\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-10">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-4">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#deprecated-features-2">Deprecated Features</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-10">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#new-plugins">New Plugins</a>
+        - <a href="#lookup">Lookup</a>
+    - <a href="#new-modules-2">New Modules</a>
+- <a href="#v7-1-0">v7\.1\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-11">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-5">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#deprecated-features-3">Deprecated Features</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-11">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#known-issues">Known Issues</a>
+    - <a href="#new-modules-3">New Modules</a>
+- <a href="#v7-0-1">v7\.0\.1</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-12">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-12">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v7-0-0">v7\.0\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-13">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-6">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#breaking-changes--porting-guide">Breaking Changes / Porting Guide</a>
+    - <a href="#deprecated-features-4">Deprecated Features</a>
+    - <a href="#removed-features-previously-deprecated">Removed Features \(previously deprecated\)</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-13">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#new-plugins-1">New Plugins</a>
+        - <a href="#lookup-1">Lookup</a>
+    - <a href="#new-modules-4">New Modules</a>
+This changelog describes changes after version 6\.0\.0\.
+
+<a id="v7-5-6"></a>
+## v7\.5\.6
+
+<a id="release-summary"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix release with security fixes\.
+
+<a id="security-fixes"></a>
+### Security Fixes
+
+* cobbler\, gitlab\_runners\, icinga2\, linode\, lxd\, nmap\, online\, opennebula\, proxmox\, scaleway\, stackpath\_compute\, virtualbox\, and xen\_orchestra inventory plugin \- make sure all data received from the remote servers is marked as unsafe\, so remote code execution by obtaining texts that can be evaluated as templates is not possible \([https\://www\.die\-welt\.net/2024/03/remote\-code\-execution\-in\-ansible\-dynamic\-inventory\-plugins/](https\://www\.die\-welt\.net/2024/03/remote\-code\-execution\-in\-ansible\-dynamic\-inventory\-plugins/)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8098](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8098)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* aix\_filesystem \- fix issue with empty list items in crfs logic and option order \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8052](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8052)\)\.
+* homebrew \- error returned from brew command was ignored and tried to parse empty JSON\. Fix now checks for an error and raises it to give accurate error message to users \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8047](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8047)\)\.
+* ipa\_hbacrule \- the module uses a string for <code>ipaenabledflag</code> for new FreeIPA versions while the returned value is a boolean \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7880](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7880)\)\.
+* ipa\_sudorule \- the module uses a string for <code>ipaenabledflag</code> for new FreeIPA versions while the returned value is a boolean \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7880](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7880)\)\.
+* iptables\_state \- fix idempotency issues when restoring incomplete iptables dumps \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8029](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8029)\)\.
+* linode inventory plugin \- add descriptive error message for linode inventory plugin \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8133](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8133)\)\.
+* pacemaker\_cluster \- actually implement check mode\, which the module claims to support\. This means that until now the module also did changes in check mode \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8081](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8081)\)\.
+* pam\_limits \- when the file does not exist\, do not create it in check mode \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8050](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8050)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8057](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8057)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- fixed status check getting from node\-specific API endpoint \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7817](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7817)\)\.
+
+<a id="v7-5-5"></a>
+## v7\.5\.5
+
+<a id="release-summary-1"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-1"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* cargo \- fix idempotency issues when using a custom installation path for packages \(using the <code>\-\-path</code> parameter\)\. The initial installation runs fine\, but subsequent runs use the <code>get\_installed\(\)</code> function which did not check the given installation location\, before running <code>cargo install</code>\. This resulted in a false <code>changed</code> state\. Also the removal of packeges using <code>state\: absent</code> failed\, as the installation check did not use the given parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7970](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7970)\)\.
+* keycloak\_client \- fixes issue when metadata is provided in desired state when task is in check mode \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/1226](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/1226)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7881](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7881)\)\.
+* modprobe \- listing modules files or modprobe files could trigger a FileNotFoundError if <code>/etc/modprobe\.d</code> or <code>/etc/modules\-load\.d</code> did not exist\. Relevant functions now return empty lists if the directories do not exist to avoid crashing the module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7717](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7717)\)\.
+* onepassword lookup plugin \- failed for fields that were in sections and had uppercase letters in the label/ID\. Field lookups are now case insensitive in all cases \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7919](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7919)\)\.
+* pkgin \- pkgin \(pkgsrc package manager used by SmartOS\) raises erratic exceptions and spurious <code>changed\=true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7971](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7971)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- allow for a GET operation invoked by <code>GetUpdateStatus</code> to allow for an empty response body for cases where a service returns 204 No Content \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8003](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8003)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- correct uncaught exception when attempting to retrieve <code>Chassis</code> information \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7952](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7952)\)\.
+
+<a id="v7-5-4"></a>
+## v7\.5\.4
+
+<a id="release-summary-2"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-2"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* homebrew \- detect already installed formulae and casks using JSON output from <code>brew info</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/864](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/864)\)\.
+* ipa\_otptoken \- the module expect <code>ipatokendisabled</code> as string but the <code>ipatokendisabled</code> value is returned as a boolean \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7795](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7795)\)\.
+* ldap \- previously the order number \(if present\) was expected to follow an equals sign in the DN\. This makes it so the order number string is identified correctly anywhere within the DN \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7646](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7646)\)\.
+* mssql\_script \- make the module work with Python 2 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7818](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7818)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7821](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7821)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fix <code>connection\.slave\-type</code> wired to <code>bond</code> and not with parameter <code>slave\_type</code> in case of connection type <code>wifi</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7389](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7389)\)\.
+
+<a id="v7-5-3"></a>
+## v7\.5\.3
+
+<a id="release-summary-3"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-3"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* keycloak\_identity\_provider \- <code>mappers</code> processing was not idempotent if the mappers configuration list had not been sorted by name \(in ascending order\)\. Fix resolves the issue by sorting mappers in the desired state using the same key which is used for obtaining existing state \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7418](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7418)\)\.
+* keycloak\_identity\_provider \- it was not possible to reconfigure \(add\, remove\) <code>mappers</code> once they were created initially\. Removal was ignored\, adding new ones resulted in dropping the pre\-existing unmodified mappers\. Fix resolves the issue by supplying correct input to the internal update call \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7418](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7418)\)\.
+* keycloak\_user \- when <code>force</code> is set\, but user does not exist\, do not try to delete it \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7696](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7696)\)\.
+* statusio\_maintenance \- fix error caused by incorrectly formed API data payload\. Was raising \"Failed to create maintenance HTTP Error 400 Bad Request\" caused by bad data type for date/time and deprecated dict keys \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7754](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7754)\)\.
+
+<a id="v7-5-2"></a>
+## v7\.5\.2
+
+<a id="release-summary-4"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* elastic callback plugin \- close elastic client to not leak resources \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7517](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7517)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-4"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* cloudflare\_dns \- fix Cloudflare lookup of SHFP records \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7652](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7652)\)\.
+* interface\_files \- also consider <code>address\_family</code> when changing <code>option\=method</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7610](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7610)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7612](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7612)\)\.
+* irc \- replace <code>ssl\.wrap\_socket</code> that was removed from Python 3\.12 with code for creating a proper SSL context \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7542](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7542)\)\.
+* keycloak\_\* \- fix Keycloak API client to quote <code>/</code> properly \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7641](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7641)\)\.
+* keycloak\_authz\_permission \- resource payload variable for scope\-based permission was constructed as a string\, when it needs to be a list\, even for a single item \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7151](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7151)\)\.
+* log\_entries callback plugin \- replace <code>ssl\.wrap\_socket</code> that was removed from Python 3\.12 with code for creating a proper SSL context \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7542](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7542)\)\.
+* lvol \- test for output messages in both <code>stdout</code> and <code>stderr</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7601](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7601)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7182](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7182)\)\.
+* ocapi\_utils\, oci\_utils\, redfish\_utils module utils \- replace <code>type\(\)</code> calls with <code>isinstance\(\)</code> calls \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7501](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7501)\)\.
+* onepassword lookup plugin \- field and section titles are now case insensitive when using op CLI version two or later\. This matches the behavior of version one \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7564](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7564)\)\.
+* pipx module utils \- change the CLI argument formatter for the <code>pip\_args</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7497](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7497)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7506](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7506)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- use the D\-Bus registration on RHEL 7 only on 7\.4 and
+  greater\; older versions of RHEL 7 do not have it
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7622](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7622)\,
+  [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7624](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7624)\)\.
+* terraform \- fix multiline string handling in complex variables \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7535](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7535)\)\.
+
+<a id="v7-5-1"></a>
+## v7\.5\.1
+
+<a id="release-summary-5"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-5"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* composer \- fix impossible to run <code>working\_dir</code> dependent commands\. The module was throwing an error when trying to run a <code>working\_dir</code> dependent command\, because it tried to get the command help without passing the <code>working\_dir</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3787](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3787)\)\.
+* github\_deploy\_key \- fix pagination behaviour causing a crash when only a single page of deploy keys exist \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7375](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7375)\)\.
+* gitlab\_group\_members \- fix gitlab constants call in <code>gitlab\_group\_members</code> module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project\_members \- fix gitlab constants call in <code>gitlab\_project\_members</code> module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467)\)\.
+* gitlab\_protected\_branches \- fix gitlab constants call in <code>gitlab\_protected\_branches</code> module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467)\)\.
+* gitlab\_user \- fix gitlab constants call in <code>gitlab\_user</code> module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467)\)\.
+* kernel\_blacklist \- simplified the mechanism to update the file\, fixing the error \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7382](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7382)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7362](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7362)\)\.
+* memset module utils \- make compatible with ansible\-core 2\.17 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7379](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7379)\)\.
+* proxmox\_pool\_member \- absent state for type VM did not delete VMs from the pools \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7464](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7464)\)\.
+* redfish\_command \- fix usage of message parsing in <code>SimpleUpdate</code> and <code>MultipartHTTPPushUpdate</code> commands to treat the lack of a <code>MessageId</code> as no message \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7465](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7465)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7471](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7471)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- use the right D\-Bus options for the consumer type when
+  registering a RHEL system older than 9 or a RHEL 9 system older than 9\.2
+  and using <code>consumer\_type</code>
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7378](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7378)\)\.
+* selective callback plugin \- fix length of task name lines in output always being 3 characters longer than desired \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7374](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7374)\)\.
+
+<a id="v7-5-0"></a>
+## v7\.5\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-6"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release\.
+
+Please note that this is the last minor 7\.x\.0 release\. Further releases
+with major version 7 will be bugfix releases 7\.5\.y\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-1"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* cargo \- add option <code>executable</code>\, which allows user to specify path to the cargo binary \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7352](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7352)\)\.
+* cargo \- add option <code>locked</code> which allows user to specify install the locked version of dependency instead of latest compatible version \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6134](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6134)\)\.
+* dig lookup plugin \- add TCP option to enable the use of TCP connection during DNS lookup \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7343](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7343)\)\.
+* gitlab\_group \- add option <code>force\_delete</code> \(default\: false\) which allows delete group even if projects exists in it \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7364](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7364)\)\.
+* ini\_file \- add <code>ignore\_spaces</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7273](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7273)\)\.
+* newrelic\_deployment \- add option <code>app\_name\_exact\_match</code>\, which filters results for the exact app\_name provided \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7355](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7355)\)\.
+* onepassword lookup plugin \- introduce <code>account\_id</code> option which allows specifying which account to use \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7308](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7308)\)\.
+* onepassword\_raw lookup plugin \- introduce <code>account\_id</code> option which allows specifying which account to use \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7308](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7308)\)\.
+* parted \- on resize\, use <code>\-\-fix</code> option if available \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7304](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7304)\)\.
+* pnpm \- set correct version when state is latest or version is not mentioned\. Resolves previous idempotency problem \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7339](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7339)\)\.
+* proxmox \- add <code>vmid</code> \(and <code>taskid</code> when possible\) to return values \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7263](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7263)\)\.
+* random\_string \- added new <code>ignore\_similar\_chars</code> and <code>similar\_chars</code> option to ignore certain chars \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7242](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7242)\)\.
+* redfish\_command \- add new option <code>update\_oem\_params</code> for the <code>MultipartHTTPPushUpdate</code> command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7331](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7331)\)\.
+* redfish\_config \- add <code>CreateVolume</code> command to allow creation of volumes on servers \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6813](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6813)\)\.
+* redfish\_config \- adding <code>SetSecureBoot</code> command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7129](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7129)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- add support for <code>GetBiosRegistries</code> command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7144](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7144)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- adds <code>LinkStatus</code> to NIC inventory \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7318)\)\.
+* redis\_info \- refactor the redis\_info module to use the redis module\_utils enabling to pass TLS parameters to the Redis client \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7267](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7267)\)\.
+* supervisorctl \- allow to stop matching running processes before removing them with <code>stop\_before\_removing\=true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7284](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7284)\)\.
+
+<a id="deprecated-features"></a>
+### Deprecated Features
+
+* The next major release\, community\.general 8\.0\.0\, will drop support for ansible\-core 2\.11 and 2\.12\, which have been End of Life for some time now\. This means that this collection no longer supports Python 2\.6 on the target\. Individual content might still work with unsupported ansible\-core versions\, but that can change at any time\. Also please note that from now on\, for every new major community\.general release\, we will drop support for all ansible\-core versions that have been End of Life for more than a few weeks on the date of the major release \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-community/community\-topics/discussions/271](https\://github\.com/ansible\-community/community\-topics/discussions/271)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7259)\)\.
+* redfish\_info\, redfish\_config\, redfish\_command \- the default value <code>10</code> for the <code>timeout</code> option is deprecated and will change to <code>60</code> in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7295](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7295)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-6"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* gitlab\_group\_variable \- deleted all variables when used with <code>purge\=true</code> due to missing <code>raw</code> property in KNOWN attributes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7250](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7250)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project\_variable \- deleted all variables when used with <code>purge\=true</code> due to missing <code>raw</code> property in KNOWN attributes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7250](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7250)\)\.
+* ldap\_search \- fix string normalization and the <code>base64\_attributes</code> option on Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5704](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5704)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7264](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7264)\)\.
+* lxc connection plugin \- properly evaluate options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7369](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7369)\)\.
+* mail \- skip headers containing equals characters due to missing <code>maxsplit</code> on header key/value parsing \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7303](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7303)\)\.
+* nmap inventory plugin \- fix <code>get\_option</code> calls \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7323](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7323)\)\.
+* onepassword \- fix KeyError exception when trying to access value of a field that is not filled out in OnePassword item \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7241](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7241)\)\.
+* snap \- change the change detection mechanism from \"parsing installation\" to \"comparing end state with initial state\" \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7340](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7340)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7265](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7265)\)\.
+* terraform \- prevents <code>\-backend\-config</code> option double encapsulating with <code>shlex\_quote</code> function\. \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7301](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7301)\)\.
+
+<a id="new-modules"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* consul\_role \- Manipulate Consul roles
+* gio\_mime \- Set default handler for MIME type\, for applications using Gnome GIO
+* keycloak\_authz\_custom\_policy \- Allows administration of Keycloak client custom Javascript policies via Keycloak API
+* keycloak\_realm\_key \- Allows administration of Keycloak realm keys via Keycloak API
+* simpleinit\_msb \- Manage services on Source Mage GNU/Linux
+
+<a id="v7-4-0"></a>
+## v7\.4\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-7"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Bugfix and feature release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-2"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* cobbler inventory plugin \- add <code>exclude\_mgmt\_classes</code> and <code>include\_mgmt\_classes</code> options to exclude or include hosts based on management classes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7184](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7184)\)\.
+* cpanm \- minor refactor when creating the <code>CmdRunner</code> object \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7231](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7231)\)\.
+* gitlab\_group\_variable \- add support for <code>raw</code> variables suboption \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7132](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7132)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project\_variable \- add support for <code>raw</code> variables suboption \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7132](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7132)\)\.
+* jenkins\_build \- add new <code>detach</code> option\, which allows the module to exit successfully as long as the build is created \(default functionality is still waiting for the build to end before exiting\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7204](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7204)\)\.
+* jenkins\_build \- add new <code>time\_between\_checks</code> option\, which allows to configure the wait time between requests to the Jenkins server \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7204](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7204)\)\.
+* make \- allows <code>params</code> to be used without value \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7180](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7180)\)\.
+* nmap inventory plugin \- now has a <code>use\_arp\_ping</code> option to allow the user to disable the default ARP ping query for a more reliable form \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7119](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7119)\)\.
+* pagerduty \- adds in option to use v2 API for creating pagerduty incidents \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6151](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6151)\)
+* pritunl module utils \- ensure <code>validate\_certs</code> parameter is honoured in all methods \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7156](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7156)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- report <code>Id</code> in the output of <code>GetManagerInventory</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7140](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7140)\)\.
+* redfish\_utils module utils \- support <code>Volumes</code> in response for <code>GetDiskInventory</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6819](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6819)\)\.
+* unixy callback plugin \- add support for <code>check\_mode\_markers</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7179](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7179)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-7"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* CmdRunner module utils \- does not attempt to resolve path if executable is a relative or absolute path \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7200](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7200)\)\.
+* nmap inventory plugin \- now uses <code>get\_option</code> in all cases to get its configuration information \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7119](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7119)\)\.
+* nsupdate \- fix a possible <code>list index out of range</code> exception \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/836](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/836)\)\.
+* oci\_utils module util \- fix inappropriate logical comparison expressions and makes them simpler\. The previous checks had logical short circuits \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7125](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7125)\)\.
+* pritunl module utils \- fix incorrect URL parameter for orgnization add method \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7161](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7161)\)\.
+* snap \- an exception was being raised when snap list was empty \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7124](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7124)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7120](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7120)\)\.
+
+<a id="new-modules-1"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* jenkins\_build\_info \- Get information about Jenkins builds
+* pnpm \- Manage node\.js packages with pnpm
+
+<a id="v7-3-0"></a>
+## v7\.3\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-8"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Feature and bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-3"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* chroot connection plugin \- add <code>disable\_root\_check</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7099](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7099)\)\.
+* ejabberd\_user \- module now using <code>CmdRunner</code> to execute external command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7075](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7075)\)\.
+* ipa\_config \- add module parameters to manage FreeIPA user and group objectclasses \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7019](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7019)\)\.
+* ipa\_config \- adds <code>idp</code> choice to <code>ipauserauthtype</code> parameter\'s choices \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7051](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7051)\)\.
+* npm \- module now using <code>CmdRunner</code> to execute external commands \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6989](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6989)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- enabled force restart of VM\, bringing the <code>force</code> parameter functionality in line with what is described in the docs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6914](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6914)\)\.
+* proxmox\_vm\_info \- <code>node</code> parameter is no longer required\. Information can be obtained for the whole cluster \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6976](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6976)\)\.
+* proxmox\_vm\_info \- non\-existing provided by name/vmid VM would return empty results instead of failing \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7049](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7049)\)\.
+* redfish\_config \- add <code>DeleteAllVolumes</code> command to allow deletion of all volumes on servers \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6814](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6814)\)\.
+* redfish\_utils \- use <code>Controllers</code> key in redfish data to obtain Storage controllers properties \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7081](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7081)\)\.
+* redfish\_utils module utils \- add support for <code>PowerCycle</code> reset type for <code>redfish\_command</code> responses feature \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7083](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7083)\)\.
+* redfish\_utils module utils \- add support for following <code>\@odata\.nextLink</code> pagination in <code>software\_inventory</code> responses feature \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7020](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7020)\)\.
+* shutdown \- use <code>shutdown \-p \.\.\.</code> with FreeBSD to halt and power off machine \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7102](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7102)\)\.
+* sorcery \- add grimoire \(repository\) management support \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7012](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7012)\)\.
+
+<a id="deprecated-features-1"></a>
+### Deprecated Features
+
+* ejabberd\_user \- deprecate the parameter <code>logging</code> in favour of producing more detailed information in the module output \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7043](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7043)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-8"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* bitwarden lookup plugin \- the plugin made assumptions about the structure of a Bitwarden JSON object which may have been broken by an update in the Bitwarden API\. Remove assumptions\, and allow queries for general fields such as <code>notes</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7061](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7061)\)\.
+* ejabberd\_user \- module was failing to detect whether user was already created and/or password was changed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7033](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7033)\)\.
+* keycloak module util \- fix missing <code>http\_agent</code>\, <code>timeout</code>\, and <code>validate\_certs</code> <code>open\_url\(\)</code> parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7067](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7067)\)\.
+* keycloak\_client inventory plugin \- fix missing client secret \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6931](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6931)\)\.
+* lvol \- add support for percentage of origin size specification when creating snapshot volumes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/1630](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/1630)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7053](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7053)\)\.
+* lxc connection plugin \- now handles <code>remote\_addr</code> defaulting to <code>inventory\_hostname</code> correctly \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7104](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7104)\)\.
+* oci\_utils module utils \- avoid direct type comparisons \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7085](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7085)\)\.
+* proxmox\_user\_info \- avoid direct type comparisons \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7085](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7085)\)\.
+* snap \- fix crash when multiple snaps are specified and one has <code>\-\-\-</code> in its description \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7046](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7046)\)\.
+* sorcery \- fix interruption of the multi\-stage process \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7012](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7012)\)\.
+* sorcery \- fix queue generation before the whole system rebuild \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7012](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7012)\)\.
+* sorcery \- latest state no longer triggers update\_cache \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7012](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7012)\)\.
+
+<a id="v7-2-1"></a>
+## v7\.2\.1
+
+<a id="release-summary-9"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-9"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* cmd\_runner module utils \- when a parameter in <code>argument\_spec</code> has no type\, meaning it is implicitly a <code>str</code>\, <code>CmdRunner</code> would fail trying to find the <code>type</code> key in that dictionary \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6968](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6968)\)\.
+* ejabberd\_user \- provide meaningful error message when the <code>ejabberdctl</code> command is not found \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7028](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7028)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6949](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6949)\)\.
+* proxmox module utils \- fix proxmoxer library version check \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6974](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6974)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6975](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6975)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6980](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6980)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- when <code>name</code> option is provided without <code>vmid</code> and VM with that name already exists then no new VM will be created \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6911](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6911)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6981](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6981)\)\.
+* rundeck \- fix <code>TypeError</code> on 404 API response \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6983](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6983)\)\.
+
+<a id="v7-2-0"></a>
+## v7\.2\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-10"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-4"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* cobbler inventory plugin \- convert Ansible unicode strings to native Python unicode strings before passing user/password to XMLRPC client \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6923](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6923)\)\.
+* consul\_session \- drops requirement for the <code>python\-consul</code> library to communicate with the Consul API\, instead relying on the existing <code>requests</code> library requirement \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6755](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6755)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project\_variable \- minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928)\)\.
+* gitlab\_runner \- minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6927](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6927)\)\.
+* htpasswd \- the parameter <code>crypt\_scheme</code> is being renamed as <code>hash\_scheme</code> and added as an alias to it \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6841](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6841)\)\.
+* keycloak\_authentication \- added provider ID choices\, since Keycloak supports only those two specific ones \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6763](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6763)\)\.
+* keyring \- minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6927](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6927)\)\.
+* locale\_gen \- module has been refactored to use <code>ModuleHelper</code> and <code>CmdRunner</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6903](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6903)\)\.
+* locale\_gen \- module now using <code>CmdRunner</code> to execute external commands \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6820](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6820)\)\.
+* make \- add new <code>targets</code> parameter allowing multiple targets to be used with <code>make</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6882](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6882)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4919](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4919)\)\.
+* nmcli \- add support for <code>ipv4\.dns\-options</code> and <code>ipv6\.dns\-options</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6902](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6902)\)\.
+* npm \- minor improvement on parameter validation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6848](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6848)\)\.
+* opkg \- add <code>executable</code> parameter allowing to specify the path of the <code>opkg</code> command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6862](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6862)\)\.
+* pubnub\_blocks \- minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928)\)\.
+* redfish\_command \- add <code>account\_types</code> and <code>oem\_account\_types</code> as optional inputs to <code>AddUser</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6823](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6823)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6871](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6871)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- add <code>AccountTypes</code> and <code>OEMAccountTypes</code> to the output of <code>ListUsers</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6823](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6823)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6871](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6871)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- adds <code>ProcessorArchitecture</code> to CPU inventory \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6864](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6864)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- fix for <code>GetVolumeInventory</code>\, Controller name was getting populated incorrectly and duplicates were seen in the volumes retrieved \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6719](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6719)\)\.
+* rhsm\_repository \- the interaction with <code>subscription\-manager</code> was
+  refactored by grouping things together\, removing unused bits\, and hardening
+  the way it is run\; also\, the parsing of <code>subscription\-manager repos \-\-list</code>
+  was improved and made slightly faster\; no behaviour change is expected
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6783](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6783)\,
+  [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6837](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6837)\)\.
+* scaleway\_security\_group\_rule \- minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928)\)\.
+* snap \- add option <code>dangerous</code> to the module\, that will map into the command line argument <code>\-\-dangerous</code>\, allowing unsigned snap files to be installed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6908](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6908)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5715](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5715)\)\.
+* tss lookup plugin \- allow to fetch secret by path\. Previously\, we could not fetch secret by path but now use <code>secret\_path</code> option to indicate to fetch secret by secret path \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6881](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6881)\)\.
+* xenserver\_guest\_info \- minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928)\)\.
+* xenserver\_guest\_powerstate \- minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928)\)\.
+* yum\_versionlock \- add support to pin specific package versions instead of only the package itself \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6861](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6861)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4470](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4470)\)\.
+
+<a id="deprecated-features-2"></a>
+### Deprecated Features
+
+* flowdock \- module relies entirely on no longer responsive API endpoints\, and it will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6930](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6930)\)\.
+* proxmox \- old feature flag <code>proxmox\_default\_behavior</code> will be removed in community\.general 10\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6836](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6836)\)\.
+* stackdriver \- module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints\, and it will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6887](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6887)\)\.
+* webfaction\_app \- module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints\, and it will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6909](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6909)\)\.
+* webfaction\_db \- module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints\, and it will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6909](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6909)\)\.
+* webfaction\_domain \- module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints\, and it will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6909](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6909)\)\.
+* webfaction\_mailbox \- module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints\, and it will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6909](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6909)\)\.
+* webfaction\_site \- module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints\, and it will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6909](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6909)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-10"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* cobbler inventory plugin \- fix calculation of cobbler\_ipv4/6\_address \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6925](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6925)\)\.
+* datadog\_downtime \- presence of <code>rrule</code> param lead to the Datadog API returning Bad Request due to a missing recurrence type \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6811](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6811)\)\.
+* ipa\_dnszone \- fix \'idnsallowsyncptr\' key error for reverse zone \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6906](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6906)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6905](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6905)\)\.
+* keycloak\_authentication \- fix Keycloak authentication flow \(step or sub\-flow\) indexing during update\, if not specified by the user \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6734](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6734)\)\.
+* locale\_gen \- now works for locales without the underscore character such as <code>C\.UTF\-8</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6774](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6774)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5142](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5142)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4305](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4305)\)\.
+* machinectl become plugin \- mark plugin as <code>require\_tty</code> to automatically disable pipelining\, with which this plugin is not compatible \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6932](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6932)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6935](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6935)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fix support for empty list \(in compare and scrape\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6769](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6769)\)\.
+* openbsd\_pkg \- the pkg\_info\(1\) behavior has changed in OpenBSD \>7\.3\. The error message <code>Can\'t find</code> should not lead to an error case \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6785](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6785)\)\.
+* pacman \- module recognizes the output of <code>yay</code> running as <code>root</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6713](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6713)\)\.
+* proxmox \- fix error when a configuration had no <code>template</code> field \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6838](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6838)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5372](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5372)\)\.
+* proxmox module utils \- add logic to detect whether an old Promoxer complains about the <code>token\_name</code> and <code>token\_value</code> parameters and provide a better error message when that happens \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6839](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6839)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5371](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5371)\)\.
+* proxmox\_disk \- fix unable to create <code>cdrom</code> media due to <code>size</code> always being appended \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6770](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6770)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- <code>absent</code> state with <code>force</code> specified failed to stop the VM due to the <code>timeout</code> value not being passed to <code>stop\_vm</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6827](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6827)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- <code>restarted</code> state did not actually restart a VM in some VM configurations\. The state now uses the Proxmox reboot endpoint instead of calling the <code>stop\_vm</code> and <code>start\_vm</code> functions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6773](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6773)\)\.
+* proxmox\_template \- require <code>requests\_toolbelt</code> module to fix issue with uploading large templates \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5579](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5579)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6757](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6757)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- fix <code>ListUsers</code> to not show empty account slots \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6771](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6771)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6772](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6772)\)\.
+* refish\_utils module utils \- changing variable names to avoid issues occuring when fetching Volumes data \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6883](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6883)\)\.
+* snap \- assume default track <code>latest</code> in parameter <code>channel</code> when not specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6835](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6835)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6821](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6821)\)\.
+* snap \- fix the processing of the commands\' output\, stripping spaces and newlines from it \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6826](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6826)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6803](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6803)\)\.
+
+<a id="new-plugins"></a>
+### New Plugins
+
+<a id="lookup"></a>
+#### Lookup
+
+* bitwarden\_secrets\_manager \- Retrieve secrets from Bitwarden Secrets Manager
+
+<a id="new-modules-2"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* consul\_policy \- Manipulate Consul policies
+* keycloak\_authz\_permission \- Allows administration of Keycloak client authorization permissions via Keycloak API
+* keycloak\_authz\_permission\_info \- Query Keycloak client authorization permissions information
+* proxmox\_vm\_info \- Retrieve information about one or more Proxmox VE virtual machines
+
+<a id="v7-1-0"></a>
+## v7\.1\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-11"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release\.
+
+From this version on\, community\.general is using the new [Ansible semantic markup](https\://docs\.ansible\.com/ansible/devel/dev\_guide/developing\_modules\_documenting\.html\#semantic\-markup\-within\-module\-documentation)
+in its documentation\. If you look at documentation with the ansible\-doc CLI tool
+from ansible\-core before 2\.15\, please note that it does not render the markup
+correctly\. You should be still able to read it in most cases\, but you need
+ansible\-core 2\.15 or later to see it as it is intended\. Alternatively you can
+look at [the devel docsite](https\://docs\.ansible\.com/ansible/devel/collections/community/general/)
+for the rendered HTML version of the documentation of the latest release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-5"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* The collection will start using semantic markup \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6539](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6539)\)\.
+* VarDict module utils \- add method <code>VarDict\.as\_dict\(\)</code> to convert to a plain <code>dict</code> object \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6602](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6602)\)\.
+* cobbler inventory plugin \- add <code>inventory\_hostname</code> option to allow using the system name for the inventory hostname \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6502](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6502)\)\.
+* cobbler inventory plugin \- add <code>want\_ip\_addresses</code> option to collect all interface DNS name to IP address mapping \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6711](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6711)\)\.
+* cobbler inventory plugin \- add primary IP addess to <code>cobbler\_ipv4\_address</code> and IPv6 address to <code>cobbler\_ipv6\_address</code> host variable \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6711](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6711)\)\.
+* cobbler inventory plugin \- add warning for systems with empty profiles \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6502](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6502)\)\.
+* copr \- respawn module to use the system python interpreter when the <code>dnf</code> python module is not available in <code>ansible\_python\_interpreter</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6522](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6522)\)\.
+* datadog\_monitor \- adds <code>notification\_preset\_name</code>\, <code>renotify\_occurrences</code> and <code>renotify\_statuses</code> parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6521\,https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5823](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6521\,https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5823)\)\.
+* filesystem \- add <code>uuid</code> parameter for UUID change feature \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6680](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6680)\)\.
+* keycloak\_client\_rolemapping \- adds support for subgroups with additional parameter <code>parents</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6687](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6687)\)\.
+* keycloak\_role \- add composite roles support for realm and client roles \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6469](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6469)\)\.
+* ldap\_\* \- add new arguments <code>client\_cert</code> and <code>client\_key</code> to the LDAP modules in order to allow certificate authentication \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6668](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6668)\)\.
+* ldap\_search \- add a new <code>page\_size</code> option to enable paged searches \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6648](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6648)\)\.
+* lvg \- add <code>active</code> and <code>inactive</code> values to the <code>state</code> option for active state management feature \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6682](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6682)\)\.
+* lvg \- add <code>reset\_vg\_uuid</code>\, <code>reset\_pv\_uuid</code> options for UUID reset feature \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6682](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6682)\)\.
+* mas \- disable sign\-in check for macOS 12\+ as <code>mas account</code> is non\-functional \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6520](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6520)\)\.
+* onepassword lookup plugin \- add service account support \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6635](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6635)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6660](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6660)\)\.
+* onepassword\_raw lookup plugin \- add service account support \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6635](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6635)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6660](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6660)\)\.
+* opentelemetry callback plugin \- add span attributes in the span event \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6531](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6531)\)\.
+* opkg \- remove default value <code>\"\"</code> for parameter <code>force</code> as it causes the same behaviour of not having that parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6513](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6513)\)\.
+* proxmox \- support <code>timezone</code> parameter at container creation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6510](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6510)\)\.
+* proxmox inventory plugin \- add composite variables support for Proxmox nodes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6640](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6640)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- added support for <code>tpmstate0</code> parameter to configure TPM \(Trusted Platform Module\) disk\. TPM is required for Windows 11 installations \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6533](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6533)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- re\-use <code>timeout</code> module param to forcefully shutdown a virtual machine when <code>state</code> is <code>stopped</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6257](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6257)\)\.
+* proxmox\_snap \- add <code>retention</code> parameter to delete old snapshots \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6576](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6576)\)\.
+* redfish\_command \- add <code>MultipartHTTPPushUpdate</code> command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6471](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6471)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6612](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6612)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- the internal <code>RegistrationBase</code> class was folded
+  into the other internal <code>Rhsm</code> class\, as the separation had no purpose
+  anymore
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6658](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6658)\)\.
+* rhsm\_release \- improve/harden the way <code>subscription\-manager</code> is run\;
+  no behaviour change is expected
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6669](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6669)\)\.
+* snap \- module is now aware of channel when deciding whether to install or refresh the snap \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6435](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6435)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/1606](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/1606)\)\.
+* sorcery \- minor refactor \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6525](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6525)\)\.
+* 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 <code>fetch\_secret\_ids\_from\_folder</code> option to indicate to fetch secret IDs based on folder ID \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6223](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6223)\)\.
+
+<a id="deprecated-features-3"></a>
+### Deprecated Features
+
+* CmdRunner module utils \- deprecate <code>cmd\_runner\_fmt\.as\_default\_type\(\)</code> formatter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6601](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6601)\)\.
+* MH VarsMixin module utils \- deprecates <code>VarsMixin</code> and supporting classes in favor of plain <code>vardict</code> module util \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6649](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6649)\)\.
+* cpanm \- value <code>compatibility</code> is deprecated as default for parameter <code>mode</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6512)\)\.
+* redhat module utils \- the <code>module\_utils\.redhat</code> module is deprecated\, as
+  effectively unused\: the <code>Rhsm</code>\, <code>RhsmPool</code>\, and <code>RhsmPools</code> classes
+  will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0\; the <code>RegistrationBase</code> class
+  will be removed in community\.general 10\.0\.0 together with the
+  <code>rhn\_register</code> module\, as it is the only user of this class\; this means
+  that the whole <code>module\_utils\.redhat</code> module will be dropped in
+  community\.general 10\.0\.0\, so importing it without even using anything of it
+  will fail
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6663](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6663)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- the <code>autosubscribe</code> alias for the <code>auto\_attach</code> 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
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6646](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6646)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- the <code>pool</code> option is deprecated in favour of the
+  more precise and flexible <code>pool\_ids</code> option
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6650](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6650)\)\.
+* rhsm\_repository \- <code>state\=present</code> 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
+  <code>present</code> and <code>absent</code> values of the <code>state</code> option as deprecated\, slating them
+  for removal in community\.general 10\.0\.0
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6673](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6673)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-11"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* MH DependencyMixin module utils \- deprecation notice was popping up for modules not using dependencies \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6644](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6644)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6639](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6639)\)\.
+* csv module utils \- detects and remove unicode BOM markers from incoming CSV content \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6662](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6662)\)\.
+* gitlab\_group \- the module passed parameters to the API call even when not set\. The module is now filtering out <code>None</code> values to remediate this \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6712](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6712)\)\.
+* icinga2\_host \- fix a key error when updating an existing host \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6748](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6748)\)\.
+* ini\_file \- add the <code>follow</code> paramter to follow the symlinks instead of replacing them \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6546](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6546)\)\.
+* ini\_file \- fix a bug where the inactive options were not used when possible \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6575](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6575)\)\.
+* keycloak module utils \- fix <code>is\_struct\_included</code> handling of lists of lists/dictionaries \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6688](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6688)\)\.
+* keycloak module utils \- the function <code>get\_user\_by\_username</code> now return the user representation or <code>None</code> as stated in the documentation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6758](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6758)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- allow creation of VM with existing name but new vmid \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6155](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6155)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6709](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6709)\)\.
+* rhsm\_repository \- when using the <code>purge</code> option\, the <code>repositories</code>
+  dictionary element in the returned JSON is now properly updated according
+  to the pruning operation
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6676](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6676)\)\.
+* tss lookup plugin \- fix multiple issues when using <code>fetch\_attachments\=true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6720](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6720)\)\.
+
+<a id="known-issues"></a>
+### 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\://docs\.ansible\.com/ansible/devel/collections/community/general/) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6539](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6539)\)\.
+
+<a id="new-modules-3"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* gitlab\_instance\_variable \- Creates\, updates\, or deletes GitLab instance variables
+* gitlab\_merge\_request \- Create\, update\, or delete GitLab merge requests
+* keycloak\_authentication\_required\_actions \- Allows administration of Keycloak authentication required actions
+* keycloak\_user \- Create and configure a user in Keycloak
+* lvg\_rename \- Renames LVM volume groups
+* proxmox\_pool \- Pool management for Proxmox VE cluster
+* proxmox\_pool\_member \- Add or delete members from Proxmox VE cluster pools
+
+<a id="v7-0-1"></a>
+## v7\.0\.1
+
+<a id="release-summary-12"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Bugfix release for Ansible 8\.0\.0rc1\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-12"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* nmcli \- fix bond option <code>xmit\_hash\_policy</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6527](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6527)\)\.
+* portage \- fix <code>changed\_use</code> and <code>newuse</code> not triggering rebuilds \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6008](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6008)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6548](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6548)\)\.
+* proxmox\_tasks\_info \- remove <code>api\_user</code> \+ <code>api\_password</code> constraint from <code>required\_together</code> as it causes to require <code>api\_password</code> even when API token param is used \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6201](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6201)\)\.
+* zypper \- added handling of zypper exitcode 102\. Changed state is set correctly now and rc 102 is still preserved to be evaluated by the playbook \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6534](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6534)\)\.
+
+<a id="v7-0-0"></a>
+## v7\.0\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-13"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+This is release 7\.0\.0 of <code>community\.general</code>\, released on 2023\-05\-09\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-6"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* apache2\_module \- add module argument <code>warn\_mpm\_absent</code> to control whether warning are raised in some edge cases \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5793](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5793)\)\.
+* apt\_rpm \- adds <code>clean</code>\, <code>dist\_upgrade</code> and <code>update\_kernel</code>  parameters for clear caches\, complete upgrade system\, and upgrade kernel packages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5867](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5867)\)\.
+* bitwarden lookup plugin \- can now retrieve secrets from custom fields \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5694](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5694)\)\.
+* bitwarden lookup plugin \- implement filtering results by <code>collection\_id</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5849](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5849)\)\.
+* cmd\_runner module utils \- <code>cmd\_runner\_fmt\.as\_bool\(\)</code> can now take an extra parameter to format when value is false \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5647](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5647)\)\.
+* cpanm \- minor change\, use feature from <code>ModuleHelper</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6385](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6385)\)\.
+* dconf \- be forgiving about boolean values\: convert them to GVariant booleans automatically \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6206](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6206)\)\.
+* dconf \- if <code>gi\.repository\.GLib</code> is missing\, try to respawn in a Python interpreter that has it \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6491](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6491)\)\.
+* dconf \- minor refactoring improving parameters and dependencies validation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6336](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6336)\)\.
+* dconf \- parse GVariants for equality comparison when the Python module <code>gi\.repository</code> is available \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6049](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6049)\)\.
+* deps module utils \- add function <code>failed\(\)</code> providing the ability to check the dependency check result without triggering an exception \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6383](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6383)\)\.
+* dig lookup plugin \- Support multiple domains to be queried as indicated in docs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6334](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6334)\)\.
+* dig lookup plugin \- support CAA record type \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5913](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5913)\)\.
+* dnsimple \- set custom User\-Agent for API requests to DNSimple \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5927](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5927)\)\.
+* dnsimple\_info \- minor refactor in the code \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6440)\)\.
+* flatpak\_remote \- add new boolean option <code>enabled</code>\. It controls\, whether the remote is enabled or not \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5926](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5926)\)\.
+* gconftool2 \- refactor using <code>ModuleHelper</code> and <code>CmdRunner</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5545](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5545)\)\.
+* gitlab\_group\_variable\, gitlab\_project\_variable \- refactor function out to module utils \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6384](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6384)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project \- add <code>builds\_access\_level</code>\, <code>container\_registry\_access\_level</code> and <code>forking\_access\_level</code> options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5706](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5706)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project \- add <code>releases\_access\_level</code>\, <code>environments\_access\_level</code>\, <code>feature\_flags\_access\_level</code>\, <code>infrastructure\_access\_level</code>\, <code>monitor\_access\_level</code>\, and <code>security\_and\_compliance\_access\_level</code> options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5986](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5986)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project \- add new option <code>topics</code> for adding topics to GitLab projects \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6278](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6278)\)\.
+* gitlab\_runner \- add new boolean option <code>access\_level\_on\_creation</code>\. It controls\, whether the value of <code>access\_level</code> is used for runner registration or not\. The option <code>access\_level</code> has been ignored on registration so far and was only used on updates \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5907](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5907)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5908](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5908)\)\.
+* gitlab\_runner \- allow to register group runner \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/3935](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/3935)\)\.
+* homebrew\_cask \- allows passing <code>\-\-greedy</code> option to <code>upgrade\_all</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6267](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6267)\)\.
+* idrac\_redfish\_command \- add <code>job\_id</code> to <code>CreateBiosConfigJob</code> response \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5603](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5603)\)\.
+* ilo\_redfish\_utils module utils \- change implementation of DNS Server IP and NTP Server IP update \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5804](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5804)\)\.
+* ipa\_group \- allow to add and remove external users with the <code>external\_user</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5897](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5897)\)\.
+* ipa\_hostgroup \- add <code>append</code> parameter for adding a new hosts to existing hostgroups without changing existing hostgroup members \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6203](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6203)\)\.
+* iptables\_state \- minor refactoring within the module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5844](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5844)\)\.
+* java\_certs \- add more detailed error output when extracting certificate from PKCS12 fails \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5550](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5550)\)\.
+* jc filter plugin \- added the ability to use parser plugins \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6043](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6043)\)\.
+* jenkins\_plugin \- refactor code to module util to fix sanity check \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5565](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5565)\)\.
+* jira \- add worklog functionality \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6209](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6209)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6210](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6210)\)\.
+* keycloak\_authentication \- add flow type option to sub flows to allow the creation of \'form\-flow\' sub flows like in Keycloak\'s built\-in registration flow \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6318)\)\.
+* keycloak\_group \- add new optional module parameter <code>parents</code> to properly handle keycloak subgroups \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5814](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5814)\)\.
+* keycloak\_user\_federation \- make <code>org\.keycloak\.storage\.ldap\.mappers\.LDAPStorageMapper</code> the default value for mappers <code>providerType</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5863](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5863)\)\.
+* ldap modules \- add <code>ca\_path</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6185](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6185)\)\.
+* ldap modules \- add <code>xorder\_discovery</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6045](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6045)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6109](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6109)\)\.
+* ldap\_search \- the new <code>base64\_attributes</code> allows to specify which attribute values should be Base64 encoded \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6473](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6473)\)\.
+* lxd\_container \- add diff and check mode \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5866](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5866)\)\.
+* lxd\_project \- refactored code out to module utils to clear sanity check \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5549](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5549)\)\.
+* make \- add <code>command</code> return value to the module output \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6160](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6160)\)\.
+* mattermost\, rocketchat\, slack \- replace missing default favicon with docs\.ansible\.com favicon \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5928](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5928)\)\.
+* mksysb \- improved the output of the module in case of errors \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6263](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6263)\)\.
+* modprobe \- add <code>persistent</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4028](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4028)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/542](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/542)\)\.
+* module\_helper module utils \- updated the imports to make more MH features available at <code>plugins/module\_utils/module\_helper\.py</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6464](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6464)\)\.
+* mssql\_script \- allow for <code>GO</code> statement to be mixed\-case for scripts not using strict syntax \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6457](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6457)\)\.
+* mssql\_script \- handle error condition for empty resultsets to allow for non\-returning SQL statements \(for example <code>UPDATE</code> and <code>INSERT</code>\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6457](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6457)\)\.
+* mssql\_script \- improve batching logic to allow a wider variety of input scripts\. For example\, SQL scripts slurped from Windows machines which may contain carriage return \(\'\'r\'\'\) characters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6457](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6457)\)\.
+* nmap inventory plugin \- add new option <code>open</code> for only returning open ports \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6200](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6200)\)\.
+* nmap inventory plugin \- add new option <code>port</code> for port specific scan \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6165](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6165)\)\.
+* nmap inventory plugin \- add new options <code>udp\_scan</code>\, <code>icmp\_timestamp</code>\, and <code>dns\_resolve</code> for different types of scans \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5566](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5566)\)\.
+* nmap inventory plugin \- added environment variables for configure <code>address</code> and <code>exclude</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6351](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6351)\)\.
+* nmcli \- add <code>default</code> and <code>default\-or\-eui64</code> to the list of valid choices for <code>addr\_gen\_mode6</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5974](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5974)\)\.
+* nmcli \- add <code>macvlan</code> connection type \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6312](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6312)\)\.
+* nmcli \- add support for <code>team\.runner\-fast\-rate</code> parameter for <code>team</code> connections \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6065](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6065)\)\.
+* nmcli \- new module option <code>slave\_type</code> added to allow creation of various types of slave devices \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/473](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/473)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6108](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6108)\)\.
+* one\_vm \- add a new <code>updateconf</code> option which implements the <code>one\.vm\.updateconf</code> API call \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5812](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5812)\)\.
+* openbsd\_pkg \- set <code>TERM</code> to <code>\'dumb\'</code> in <code>execute\_command\(\)</code> to make module less dependant on the <code>TERM</code> environment variable set on the Ansible controller \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6149](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6149)\)\.
+* opkg \- allow installing a package in a certain version \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5688](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5688)\)\.
+* opkg \- refactored module to use <code>CmdRunner</code> for executing <code>opkg</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5718](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5718)\)\.
+* osx\_defaults \- include stderr in error messages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6011](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6011)\)\.
+* pipx \- add <code>system\_site\_packages</code> parameter to give application access to system\-wide packages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6308](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6308)\)\.
+* pipx \- ensure <code>include\_injected</code> parameter works with <code>state\=upgrade</code> and <code>state\=latest</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6212](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6212)\)\.
+* pipx \- optional <code>install\_apps</code> parameter added to install applications from injected packages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6198)\)\.
+* proxmox \- added new module parameter <code>tags</code> for use with PVE 7\+ \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5714](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5714)\)\.
+* proxmox \- suppress urllib3 <code>InsecureRequestWarnings</code> when <code>validate\_certs</code> option is <code>false</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5931](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5931)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- add new <code>archive</code> parameter\. This is needed to create a VM from an archive \(backup\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6159](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6159)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- adds <code>migrate</code> parameter to manage online migrations between hosts \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6448](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6448)\)
+* puppet \- add new options <code>skip\_tags</code> to exclude certain tagged resources during a puppet agent or apply \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6293](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6293)\)\.
+* puppet \- refactored module to use <code>CmdRunner</code> for executing <code>puppet</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5612](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5612)\)\.
+* rax\_scaling\_group \- refactored out code to the <code>rax</code> module utils to clear the sanity check \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5563](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5563)\)\.
+* redfish\_command \- add <code>PerformRequestedOperations</code> command to perform any operations necessary to continue the update flow \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4276](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4276)\)\.
+* redfish\_command \- add <code>update\_apply\_time</code> to <code>SimpleUpdate</code> command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3910](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3910)\)\.
+* redfish\_command \- add <code>update\_status</code> to output of <code>SimpleUpdate</code> command to allow a user monitor the update in progress \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4276](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4276)\)\.
+* redfish\_command \- adding <code>EnableSecureBoot</code> functionality \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5899](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5899)\)\.
+* redfish\_command \- adding <code>VerifyBiosAttributes</code> functionality \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5900](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5900)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- add <code>GetUpdateStatus</code> command to check the progress of a previous update request \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4276](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4276)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- adds commands to retrieve the HPE ThermalConfiguration and FanPercentMinimum settings from iLO \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6208](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6208)\)\.
+* redfish\_utils module utils \- added PUT \(<code>put\_request\(\)</code>\) functionality \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5490](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5490)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- add a <code>server\_proxy\_scheme</code> parameter to configure the scheme for the proxy server \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5662](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5662)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- adds <code>token</code> parameter for subscription\-manager authentication using Red Hat API token \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5725](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5725)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- credentials \(<code>username</code>\, <code>activationkey</code>\, and so on\) are required now only if a system needs to be registered\, or <code>force\_register</code> is specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5664](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5664)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- the registration is done using the D\-Bus <code>rhsm</code> service instead of spawning a <code>subscription\-manager register</code> command\, if possible\; this avoids passing plain\-text credentials as arguments to <code>subscription\-manager register</code>\, which can be seen while that command runs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6122](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6122)\)\.
+* sefcontext \- add support for path substitutions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/1193](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/1193)\)\.
+* shutdown \- if no shutdown commands are found in the <code>search\_paths</code> then the module will attempt to shutdown the system using <code>systemctl shutdown</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4269](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4269)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6171](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6171)\)\.
+* slack \- add option <code>prepend\_hash</code> which allows to control whether a <code>\#</code> is prepended to <code>channel\_id</code>\. The current behavior \(value <code>auto</code>\) is to prepend <code>\#</code> unless some specific prefixes are found\. That list of prefixes is incomplete\, and there does not seem to exist a documented condition on when exactly <code>\#</code> must not be prepended\. We recommend to explicitly set <code>prepend\_hash\=always</code> or <code>prepend\_hash\=never</code> to avoid any ambiguity \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5629](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5629)\)\.
+* snap \- minor refactor when executing module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5773](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5773)\)\.
+* snap \- refactor module to use <code>CmdRunner</code> to execute external commands \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6468](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6468)\)\.
+* snap\_alias \- refactor code to module utils \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6441](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6441)\)\.
+* snap\_alias \- refactored module to use <code>CmdRunner</code> to execute <code>snap</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5486](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5486)\)\.
+* spotinst\_aws\_elastigroup \- add <code>elements</code> attribute when missing in <code>list</code> parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5553](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5553)\)\.
+* ssh\_config \- add <code>host\_key\_algorithms</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5605](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5605)\)\.
+* ssh\_config \- add <code>proxyjump</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5970](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5970)\)\.
+* ssh\_config \- refactor code to module util to fix sanity check \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5720](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5720)\)\.
+* ssh\_config \- vendored StormSSH\'s config parser to avoid having to install StormSSH to use the module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6117](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6117)\)\.
+* sudoers \- add <code>setenv</code> parameters to support passing environment variables via sudo\. \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5883](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5883)\)
+* sudoers \- adds <code>host</code> parameter for setting hostname restrictions in sudoers rules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5702](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5702)\)\.
+* terraform \- remove state file check condition and error block\, because in the native implementation of terraform will not cause errors due to the non\-existent file \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6296](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6296)\)\.
+* udm\_dns\_record \- minor refactor to the code \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6382](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6382)\)\.
+* udm\_share \- added <code>elements</code> attribute to <code>list</code> type parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5557](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5557)\)\.
+* udm\_user \- add <code>elements</code> attribute when missing in <code>list</code> parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5559](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5559)\)\.
+* znode module \- optional <code>use\_tls</code> parameter added for encrypted communication \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6154](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6154)\)\.
+
+<a id="breaking-changes--porting-guide"></a>
+### Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
+
+* 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 <code>community\.sap\_libs</code> if you are using any of the <code>sapcar\_extract</code>\, <code>sap\_task\_list\_execute</code>\, and <code>hana\_query</code> modules\.
+  Without that collection installed\, the redirects for these modules do not work\.
+* ModuleHelper module utils \- when the module sets output variables named <code>msg</code>\, <code>exception</code>\, <code>output</code>\, <code>vars</code>\, or <code>changed</code>\, the actual output will prefix those names with <code>\_</code> \(underscore symbol\) only when they clash with output variables generated by ModuleHelper itself\, which only occurs when handling exceptions\. Please note that this breaking change does not require a new major release since before this release\, it was not possible to add such variables to the output [due to a bug](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5755) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5765](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5765)\)\.
+* gconftool2 \- fix processing of <code>gconftool\-2</code> when <code>key</code> does not exist\, returning <code>null</code> instead of empty string for both <code>value</code> and <code>previous\_value</code> return values \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6028](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6028)\)\.
+* gitlab\_runner \- the default of <code>access\_level\_on\_creation</code> changed from <code>false</code> to <code>true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6428](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6428)\)\.
+* ldap\_search \- convert all string\-like values to UTF\-8 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5704](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5704)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6473](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6473)\)\.
+* nmcli \- the default of the <code>hairpin</code> option changed from <code>true</code> to <code>false</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6428](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6428)\)\.
+* proxmox \- the default of the <code>unprivileged</code> option changed from <code>false</code> to <code>true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6428](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6428)\)\.
+
+<a id="deprecated-features-4"></a>
+### Deprecated Features
+
+* ModuleHelper module\_utils \- <code>deps</code> mixin for MH classes deprecated in favour of using the <code>deps</code> module\_utils \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6465](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6465)\)\.
+* consul \- deprecate using parameters unused for <code>state\=absent</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5772](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5772)\)\.
+* gitlab\_runner \- the default of the new option <code>access\_level\_on\_creation</code> will change from <code>false</code> to <code>true</code> in community\.general 7\.0\.0\. This will cause <code>access\_level</code> to be used during runner registration as well\, and not only during updates \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5908](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5908)\)\.
+* gitlab\_runner \- the option <code>access\_level</code> will lose its default value in community\.general 8\.0\.0\. From that version on\, you have set this option to <code>ref\_protected</code> explicitly\, if you want to have a protected runner \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5925](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5925)\)\.
+* manageiq\_policies \- deprecate <code>state\=list</code> in favour of using <code>community\.general\.manageiq\_policies\_info</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5721](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5721)\)\.
+* manageiq\_tags \- deprecate <code>state\=list</code> in favour of using <code>community\.general\.manageiq\_tags\_info</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5727](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5727)\)\.
+* rax \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
+* rax module utils \- module utils code relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
+* rax\_cbs \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
+* rax\_cbs\_attachments \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
+* rax\_cdb \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
+* rax\_cdb\_database \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
+* rax\_cdb\_user \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
+* rax\_clb \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
+* rax\_clb\_nodes \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
+* rax\_clb\_ssl \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
+* rax\_dns \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
+* rax\_dns\_record \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
+* rax\_facts \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
+* rax\_files \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
+* rax\_files\_objects \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
+* rax\_identity \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
+* rax\_keypair \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
+* rax\_meta \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
+* rax\_mon\_alarm \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
+* rax\_mon\_check \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
+* rax\_mon\_entity \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
+* rax\_mon\_notification \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
+* rax\_mon\_notification\_plan \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
+* rax\_network \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
+* rax\_queue \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
+* rax\_scaling\_group \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
+* rax\_scaling\_policy \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
+* rhn\_channel\, rhn\_register \- RHN hosted at redhat\.com was discontinued years
+  ago\, and Spacewalk 5 \(which uses RHN\) is EOL since 2020\, May 31st\;
+  while these modules could work on Uyuni / SUSE Manager \(fork of Spacewalk 5\)\,
+  we have not heard about anyone using them in those setups\. Hence\, these
+  modules are deprecated\, and will be removed in community\.general 10\.0\.0
+  in case there are no reports about being still useful\, and potentially
+  no one that steps up to maintain them
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6493](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6493)\)\.
+
+<a id="removed-features-previously-deprecated"></a>
+### Removed Features \(previously deprecated\)
+
+* All <code>sap</code> 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
+* cmd\_runner module utils \- the <code>fmt</code> alias of <code>cmd\_runner\_fmt</code> has been removed\. Use <code>cmd\_runner\_fmt</code> instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6428](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6428)\)\.
+* newrelic\_deployment \- the <code>appname</code> and <code>environment</code> options have been removed\. They did not do anything \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6428](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6428)\)\.
+* puppet \- the alias <code>show\-diff</code> of the <code>show\_diff</code> option has been removed\. Use <code>show\_diff</code> instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6428](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6428)\)\.
+* xfconf \- generating facts was deprecated in community\.general 3\.0\.0\, however three factoids\, <code>property</code>\, <code>channel</code> and <code>value</code> continued to be generated by mistake\. This behaviour has been removed and <code>xfconf</code> generate no facts whatsoever \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5502](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5502)\)\.
+* xfconf \- generating facts was deprecated in community\.general 3\.0\.0\, however two factoids\, <code>previous\_value</code> and <code>type</code> continued to be generated by mistake\. This behaviour has been removed and <code>xfconf</code> generate no facts whatsoever \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5502](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5502)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-13"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* ModuleHelper \- fix bug when adjusting the name of reserved output variables \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5755](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5755)\)\.
+* alternatives \- support subcommands on Fedora 37\, which uses <code>follower</code> instead of <code>slave</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5794](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5794)\)\.
+* ansible\_galaxy\_install \- set default to raise exception if command\'s return code is different from zero \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5680](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5680)\)\.
+* ansible\_galaxy\_install \- try <code>C\.UTF\-8</code> and then fall back to <code>en\_US\.UTF\-8</code> before failing \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5680](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5680)\)\.
+* archive \- avoid deprecated exception class on Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6180](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6180)\)\.
+* archive \- reduce RAM usage by generating CRC32 checksum over chunks \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6274](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6274)\)\.
+* bitwarden lookup plugin \- clarify what to do\, if the bitwarden vault is not unlocked \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5811](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5811)\)\.
+* cartesian and flattened lookup plugins \- adjust to parameter deprecation in ansible\-core 2\.14\'s <code>listify\_lookup\_plugin\_terms</code> helper function \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6074](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6074)\)\.
+* chroot connection plugin \- add <code>inventory\_hostname</code> to vars under <code>remote\_addr</code>\. This is needed for compatibility with ansible\-core 2\.13 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5570](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5570)\)\.
+* cloudflare\_dns \- fixed the idempotency for SRV DNS records \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5972](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5972)\)\.
+* cloudflare\_dns \- fixed the possiblity of setting a root\-level SRV DNS record \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5972](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5972)\)\.
+* cmd\_runner module utils \- fixed bug when handling default cases in <code>cmd\_runner\_fmt\.as\_map\(\)</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5538](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5538)\)\.
+* cmd\_runner module utils \- formatting arguments <code>cmd\_runner\_fmt\.as\_fixed\(\)</code> was expecting an non\-existing argument \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5538](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5538)\)\.
+* dependent lookup plugin \- avoid warning on deprecated parameter for <code>Templar\.template\(\)</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5543](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5543)\)\.
+* deps module utils \- do not fail when dependency cannot be found \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6479](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6479)\)\.
+* dig lookup plugin \- correctly handle DNSKEY record type\'s <code>algorithm</code> field \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5914](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5914)\)\.
+* flatpak \- fixes idempotency detection issues\. In some cases the module could fail to properly detect already existing Flatpaks because of a parameter witch only checks the installed apps \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6289](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6289)\)\.
+* gconftool2 \- fix <code>changed</code> result always being <code>true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6028](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6028)\)\.
+* gconftool2 \- remove requirement of parameter <code>value</code> when <code>state\=absent</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6028](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6028)\)\.
+* gem \- fix force parameter not being passed to gem command when uninstalling \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5822](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5822)\)\.
+* gem \- fix hang due to interactive prompt for confirmation on specific version uninstall \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5751](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5751)\)\.
+* github\_webhook \- fix always changed state when no secret is provided \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5994](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5994)\)\.
+* gitlab\_deploy\_key \- also update <code>title</code> and not just <code>can\_push</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5888](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5888)\)\.
+* gitlab\_group\_variables \- fix dropping variables accidentally when GitLab introduced new properties \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5667](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5667)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project\_variables \- fix dropping variables accidentally when GitLab introduced new properties \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5667](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5667)\)\.
+* gitlab\_runner \- fix <code>KeyError</code> on runner creation and update \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6112](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6112)\)\.
+* icinga2\_host \- fix the data structure sent to Icinga to make use of host templates and template vars \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6286](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6286)\)\.
+* idrac\_redfish\_command \- allow user to specify <code>resource\_id</code> for <code>CreateBiosConfigJob</code> to specify an exact manager \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/2090](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/2090)\)\.
+* influxdb\_user \- fix running in check mode when the user does not exist yet \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6111](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6111)\)\.
+* ini\_file \- make <code>section</code> parameter not required so it is possible to pass <code>null</code> as a value\. This only was possible in the past due to a bug in ansible\-core that now has been fixed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6404](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6404)\)\.
+* interfaces\_file \- fix reading options in lines not starting with a space \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6120](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6120)\)\.
+* jail connection plugin \- add <code>inventory\_hostname</code> to vars under <code>remote\_addr</code>\. This is needed for compatibility with ansible\-core 2\.13 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6118](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6118)\)\.
+* jenkins\_build \- fix the logical flaw when deleting a Jenkins build \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5514](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5514)\)\.
+* jenkins\_plugin \- fix error due to undefined variable when updates file is not downloaded \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6100](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6100)\)\.
+* keycloak \- improve error messages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6318)\)\.
+* keycloak\_client \- fix accidental replacement of value for attribute <code>saml\.signing\.private\.key</code> with <code>no\_log</code> in wrong contexts \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5934](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5934)\)\.
+* keycloak\_client\_rolemapping \- calculate <code>proposed</code> and <code>after</code> return values properly \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5619](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5619)\)\.
+* keycloak\_client\_rolemapping \- remove only listed mappings with <code>state\=absent</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5619](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5619)\)\.
+* keycloak\_user\_federation \- fixes federation creation issue\. When a new federation was created and at the same time a default / standard mapper was also changed / updated the creation process failed as a bad None set variable led to a bad malformed url request \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5750](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5750)\)\.
+* keycloak\_user\_federation \- fixes idempotency detection issues\. In some cases the module could fail to properly detect already existing user federations because of a buggy seemingly superflous extra query parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5732](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5732)\)\.
+* loganalytics callback plugin \- adjust type of callback to <code>notification</code>\, it was incorrectly classified as <code>aggregate</code> before \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761)\)\.
+* logdna callback plugin \- adjust type of callback to <code>notification</code>\, it was incorrectly classified as <code>aggregate</code> before \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761)\)\.
+* logstash callback plugin \- adjust type of callback to <code>notification</code>\, it was incorrectly classified as <code>aggregate</code> before \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761)\)\.
+* lxc\_container \- fix the arguments of the lxc command which broke the creation and cloning of containers \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5578](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5578)\)\.
+* lxd\_\* modules\, lxd inventory plugin \- fix TLS/SSL certificate validation problems by using the correct purpose when creating the TLS context \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5616](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5616)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6034](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6034)\)\.
+* memset \- fix memset urlerror handling \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6114](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6114)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fix change handling of values specified as an integer 0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5431](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5431)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fix failure to handle WIFI settings when connection type not specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5431](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5431)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fix improper detection of changes to <code>wifi\.wake\-on\-wlan</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5431](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5431)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fixed idempotency issue for bridge connections\. Module forced default value of <code>bridge\.priority</code> to nmcli if not set\; if <code>bridge\.stp</code> is disabled nmcli ignores it and keep default \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3216](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3216)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4683](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4683)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fixed idempotency issue when module params is set to <code>may\_fail4\=false</code> and <code>method4\=disabled</code>\; in this case nmcli ignores change and keeps their own default value <code>yes</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6106](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6106)\)\.
+* nmcli \- implemented changing mtu value on vlan interfaces \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4387](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4387)\)\.
+* nmcli \- order is significant for lists of addresses \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6048](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6048)\)\.
+* nsupdate \- fix zone lookup\. The SOA record for an existing zone is returned as an answer RR and not as an authority RR \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5817](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5817)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5818](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5818)\)\.
+* one\_vm \- avoid splitting labels that are <code>None</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5489](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5489)\)\.
+* one\_vm \- fix syntax error when creating VMs with a more complex template \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6225](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6225)\)\.
+* onepassword lookup plugin \- Changed to ignore errors from \"op account get\" calls\. Previously\, errors would prevent auto\-signin code from executing \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5942](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5942)\)\.
+* onepassword\_raw \- add missing parameter to plugin documentation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5506](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5506)\)\.
+* opkg \- fix issue that <code>force\=reinstall</code> would not reinstall an existing package \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5705](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5705)\)\.
+* opkg \- fixes bug when using <code>update\_cache\=true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6004](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6004)\)\.
+* passwordstore lookup plugin \- make compatible with ansible\-core 2\.16 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6447](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6447)\)\.
+* pipx \- fixed handling of <code>install\_deps\=true</code> with <code>state\=latest</code> and <code>state\=upgrade</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6303](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6303)\)\.
+* portage \- update the logic for generating the emerge command arguments to ensure that <code>withbdeps\: false</code> results in a passing an <code>n</code> argument with the <code>\-\-with\-bdeps</code> emerge flag \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6451](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6451)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6456](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6456)\)\.
+* proxmox inventory plugin \- fix bug while templating when using templates for the <code>url</code>\, <code>user</code>\, <code>password</code>\, <code>token\_id</code>\, or <code>token\_secret</code> options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5640](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5640)\)\.
+* proxmox inventory plugin \- handle tags delimited by semicolon instead of comma\, which happens from Proxmox 7\.3 on \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5602](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5602)\)\.
+* proxmox\_disk \- avoid duplicate <code>vmid</code> reference \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5493](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5493)\)\.
+* proxmox\_disk \- fixed issue with read timeout on import action \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5803](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5803)\)\.
+* proxmox\_disk \- fixed possible issues with redundant <code>vmid</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5672](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5672)\)\.
+* proxmox\_nic \- fixed possible issues with redundant <code>vmid</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5672](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5672)\)\.
+* puppet \- handling <code>noop</code> parameter was not working at all\, now it is has been fixed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6452](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6452)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6458](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6458)\)\.
+* redfish\_utils \- removed basic auth HTTP header when performing a GET on the service root resource and when performing a POST to the session collection \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5886](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5886)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- do not ignore <code>consumer\_name</code> and other variables if <code>activationkey</code> is specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3486](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3486)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5627](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5627)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- do not pass arguments to <code>subscription\-manager register</code> for things already configured\; now a specified <code>rhsm\_baseurl</code> is properly set for subscription\-manager \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5583)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- do not use D\-Bus for registering when <code>environment</code> is specified\, so it possible to specify again the environment names for registering\, as the D\-Bus APIs work only with IDs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6319](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6319)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- try to unregister only when already registered when <code>force\_register</code> is specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6258](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6258)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6259)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- use the right D\-Bus options for environments when registering a CentOS Stream 8 system and using <code>environment</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6275](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6275)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription\, rhsm\_release\, rhsm\_repository \- cleanly fail when not running as root\, rather than hanging on an interactive <code>console\-helper</code> prompt\; they all interact with <code>subscription\-manager</code>\, which already requires to be run as root \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/734](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/734)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6211](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6211)\)\.
+* rhsm\_release \- make <code>release</code> parameter not required so it is possible to pass <code>null</code> as a value\. This only was possible in the past due to a bug in ansible\-core that now has been fixed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6401](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6401)\)\.
+* rundeck module utils \- fix errors caused by the API empty responses \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6300](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6300)\)
+* rundeck\_acl\_policy \- fix <code>TypeError \- byte indices must be integers or slices\, not str</code> error caused by empty API response\. Update the module to use <code>module\_utils\.rundeck</code> functions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5887](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5887)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6300](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6300)\)\.
+* rundeck\_project \- update the module to use <code>module\_utils\.rundeck</code> functions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5742](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5742)\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6300](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6300)\)
+* snap\_alias \- module would only recognize snap names containing letter\, numbers or the underscore character\, failing to identify valid snap names such as <code>lxd\.lxc</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6361](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6361)\)\.
+* splunk callback plugin \- adjust type of callback to <code>notification</code>\, it was incorrectly classified as <code>aggregate</code> before \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761)\)\.
+* sumologic callback plugin \- adjust type of callback to <code>notification</code>\, it was incorrectly classified as <code>aggregate</code> before \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761)\)\.
+* syslog\_json callback plugin \- adjust type of callback to <code>notification</code>\, it was incorrectly classified as <code>aggregate</code> before \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761)\)\.
+* terraform \- fix <code>current</code> workspace never getting appended to the <code>all</code> key in the <code>workspace\_ctf</code> object \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5735](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5735)\)\.
+* terraform \- fix <code>terraform init</code> failure when there are multiple workspaces on the remote backend and when <code>default</code> workspace is missing by setting <code>TF\_WORKSPACE</code> environmental variable to the value of <code>workspace</code> when used \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5735](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5735)\)\.
+* terraform \- fix broken <code>warn\(\)</code> call \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6497](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6497)\)\.
+* terraform and timezone \- slight refactoring to avoid linter reporting potentially undefined variables \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5933](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5933)\)\.
+* terraform module \- disable ANSI escape sequences during validation phase \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5843](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5843)\)\.
+* tss lookup plugin \- allow to download secret attachments\. Previously\, we could not download secret attachments but now use <code>fetch\_attachments</code> and <code>file\_download\_path</code> variables to download attachments \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6224](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6224)\)\.
+* unixy callback plugin \- fix plugin to work with ansible\-core 2\.14 by using Ansible\'s configuration manager for handling options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5600](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5600)\)\.
+* unixy callback plugin \- fix typo introduced when updating to use Ansible\'s configuration manager for handling options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5600](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5600)\)\.
+* various plugins and modules \- remove unnecessary imports \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5940](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5940)\)\.
+* vdo \- now uses <code>yaml\.safe\_load\(\)</code> to parse command output instead of the deprecated <code>yaml\.load\(\)</code> which is potentially unsafe\. Using <code>yaml\.load\(\)</code> without explicitely setting a <code>Loader\=</code> is also an error in pyYAML 6\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5632](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5632)\)\.
+* vmadm \- fix for index out of range error in <code>get\_vm\_uuid</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5628](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5628)\)\.
+* xenorchestra inventory plugin \- fix failure to receive objects from server due to not checking the id of the response \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6227](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6227)\)\.
+* xfs\_quota \- in case of a project quota\, the call to <code>xfs\_quota</code> did not initialize/reset the project \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5143](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5143)\)\.
+* xml \- fixed a bug where empty <code>children</code> list would not be set \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5808](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5808)\)\.
+* yarn \- fix <code>global\=true</code> to check for the configured global folder instead of assuming the default \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5829](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5829)\)
+* yarn \- fix <code>global\=true</code> to not fail when <em class="title-reference">executable</em> wasn\'t specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6132](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6132)\)
+* yarn \- fix <code>state\=absent</code> not working with <code>global\=true</code> when the package does not include a binary \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5829](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5829)\)
+* yarn \- fix <code>state\=latest</code> not working with <code>global\=true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5712](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5712)\)\.
+* yarn \- fixes bug where yarn module tasks would fail when warnings were emitted from Yarn\. The <code>yarn\.list</code> method was not filtering out warnings \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6127](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6127)\)\.
+* zfs\_delegate\_admin \- zfs allow output can now be parsed when uids/gids are not known to the host system \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5943](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5943)\)\.
+* zypper \- make package managing work on readonly filesystem of openSUSE MicroOS \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5615](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5615)\)\.
+
+<a id="new-plugins-1"></a>
+### New Plugins
+
+<a id="lookup-1"></a>
+#### Lookup
+
+* merge\_variables \- merge variables with a certain suffix
+
+<a id="new-modules-4"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* btrfs\_info \- Query btrfs filesystem info
+* btrfs\_subvolume \- Manage btrfs subvolumes
+* gitlab\_project\_badge \- Manage project badges on GitLab Server
+* ilo\_redfish\_command \- Manages Out\-Of\-Band controllers using Redfish APIs
+* ipbase\_info \- Retrieve IP geolocation and other facts of a host\'s IP address using the ipbase\.com API
+* kdeconfig \- Manage KDE configuration files
+* keycloak\_authz\_authorization\_scope \- Allows administration of Keycloak client authorization scopes via Keycloak API
+* keycloak\_clientscope\_type \- Set the type of aclientscope in realm or client via Keycloak API
+* keycloak\_clientsecret\_info \- Retrieve client secret via Keycloak API
+* keycloak\_clientsecret\_regenerate \- Regenerate Keycloak client secret via Keycloak API
+* ocapi\_command \- Manages Out\-Of\-Band controllers using Open Composable API \(OCAPI\)
+* ocapi\_info \- Manages Out\-Of\-Band controllers using Open Composable API \(OCAPI\)

CHANGELOG.md.license

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Ansible Project

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -6,6 +6,143 @@ Community General Release Notes
 
 This changelog describes changes after version 6.0.0.
 
+v7.5.6
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix release with security fixes.
+
+Security Fixes
+--------------
+
+- cobbler, gitlab_runners, icinga2, linode, lxd, nmap, online, opennebula, proxmox, scaleway, stackpath_compute, virtualbox, and xen_orchestra inventory plugin - make sure all data received from the remote servers is marked as unsafe, so remote code execution by obtaining texts that can be evaluated as templates is not possible (https://www.die-welt.net/2024/03/remote-code-execution-in-ansible-dynamic-inventory-plugins/, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8098).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- aix_filesystem - fix issue with empty list items in crfs logic and option order (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8052).
+- homebrew - error returned from brew command was ignored and tried to parse empty JSON. Fix now checks for an error and raises it to give accurate error message to users (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8047).
+- ipa_hbacrule - the module uses a string for ``ipaenabledflag`` for new FreeIPA versions while the returned value is a boolean (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7880).
+- ipa_sudorule - the module uses a string for ``ipaenabledflag`` for new FreeIPA versions while the returned value is a boolean (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7880).
+- iptables_state - fix idempotency issues when restoring incomplete iptables dumps (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8029).
+- linode inventory plugin - add descriptive error message for linode inventory plugin (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8133).
+- pacemaker_cluster - actually implement check mode, which the module claims to support. This means that until now the module also did changes in check mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8081).
+- pam_limits - when the file does not exist, do not create it in check mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8050, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8057).
+- proxmox_kvm - fixed status check getting from node-specific API endpoint (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7817).
+
+v7.5.5
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix release.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- cargo - fix idempotency issues when using a custom installation path for packages (using the ``--path`` parameter). The initial installation runs fine, but subsequent runs use the ``get_installed()`` function which did not check the given installation location, before running ``cargo install``. This resulted in a false ``changed`` state. Also the removal of packeges using ``state: absent`` failed, as the installation check did not use the given parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7970).
+- keycloak_client - fixes issue when metadata is provided in desired state when task is in check mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1226, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7881).
+- modprobe - listing modules files or modprobe files could trigger a FileNotFoundError if ``/etc/modprobe.d`` or ``/etc/modules-load.d`` did not exist. Relevant functions now return empty lists if the directories do not exist to avoid crashing the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7717).
+- onepassword lookup plugin - failed for fields that were in sections and had uppercase letters in the label/ID. Field lookups are now case insensitive in all cases (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7919).
+- pkgin - pkgin (pkgsrc package manager used by SmartOS) raises erratic exceptions and spurious ``changed=true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7971).
+- redfish_info - allow for a GET operation invoked by ``GetUpdateStatus`` to allow for an empty response body for cases where a service returns 204 No Content (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8003).
+- redfish_info - correct uncaught exception when attempting to retrieve ``Chassis`` information (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7952).
+
+v7.5.4
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix release.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- homebrew - detect already installed formulae and casks using JSON output from ``brew info`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/864).
+- ipa_otptoken - the module expect ``ipatokendisabled`` as string but the ``ipatokendisabled`` value is returned as a boolean (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7795).
+- ldap - previously the order number (if present) was expected to follow an equals sign in the DN. This makes it so the order number string is identified correctly anywhere within the DN (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7646).
+- mssql_script - make the module work with Python 2 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7818, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7821).
+- nmcli - fix ``connection.slave-type`` wired to ``bond`` and not with parameter ``slave_type`` in case of connection type ``wifi`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7389).
+
+v7.5.3
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix release.
+
+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).
+- 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).
+
+v7.5.2
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- elastic callback plugin - close elastic client to not leak resources (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7517).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- 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).
+- ocapi_utils, oci_utils, redfish_utils module utils - replace ``type()`` calls with ``isinstance()`` calls (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7501).
+- 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).
+- 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).
+- 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).
+
+v7.5.1
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix release.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- composer - fix impossible to run ``working_dir`` dependent commands. The module was throwing an error when trying to run a ``working_dir`` dependent command, because it tried to get the command help without passing the ``working_dir`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3787).
+- github_deploy_key - fix pagination behaviour causing a crash when only a single page of deploy keys exist (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7375).
+- gitlab_group_members - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_group_members`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).
+- gitlab_project_members - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_project_members`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).
+- gitlab_protected_branches - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_protected_branches`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).
+- gitlab_user - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_user`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).
+- 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).
+- memset module utils - make compatible with ansible-core 2.17 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7379).
+- 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).
+- redhat_subscription - use the right D-Bus options for the consumer type when
+  registering a RHEL system older than 9 or a RHEL 9 system older than 9.2
+  and using ``consumer_type``
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7378).
+- selective callback plugin - fix length of task name lines in output always being 3 characters longer than desired (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7374).
+
 v7.5.0
 ======
 
@@ -17,7 +154,6 @@ Regular bugfix and feature release.
 Please note that this is the last minor 7.x.0 release. Further releases
 with major version 7 will be bugfix releases 7.5.y.
 
-
 Minor Changes
 -------------
 
@@ -284,7 +420,6 @@ ansible-core 2.15 or later to see it as it is intended. Alternatively you can
 look at `the devel docsite <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/collections/community/general/>`__
 for the rendered HTML version of the documentation of the latest release.
 
-
 Minor Changes
 -------------
 

README.md

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ See the [Releasing guidelines](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/ma
 
 ## Release notes
 
-See the [changelog](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/CHANGELOG.rst).
+See the [changelog](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/CHANGELOG.md).
 
 ## Roadmap
 

changelogs/changelog.yaml

@@ -1561,3 +1561,230 @@ releases:
       name: simpleinit_msb
       namespace: ''
     release_date: '2023-10-09'
+  7.5.1:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - composer - fix impossible to run ``working_dir`` dependent commands. The module
+        was throwing an error when trying to run a ``working_dir`` dependent command,
+        because it tried to get the command help without passing the ``working_dir``
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3787).
+      - github_deploy_key - fix pagination behaviour causing a crash when only a single
+        page of deploy keys exist (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7375).
+      - gitlab_group_members - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_group_members``
+        module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).
+      - gitlab_project_members - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_project_members``
+        module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).
+      - gitlab_protected_branches - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_protected_branches``
+        module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).
+      - gitlab_user - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_user`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).
+      - 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).
+      - memset module utils - make compatible with ansible-core 2.17 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7379).
+      - 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).
+      - 'redhat_subscription - use the right D-Bus options for the consumer type when
+
+        registering a RHEL system older than 9 or a RHEL 9 system older than 9.2
+
+        and using ``consumer_type``
+
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7378).
+
+        '
+      - selective callback plugin - fix length of task name lines in output always
+        being 3 characters longer than desired (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7374).
+      release_summary: Regular bugfix release.
+    fragments:
+    - 3787-pass-composer-working-dir.yml
+    - 7.5.1.yml
+    - 7374-fix-selective-callback-taskname-length.yml
+    - 7375-fix-github-deploy-key-pagination.yml
+    - 7378-redhat_subscription-dbus-consumer-type.yaml
+    - 7379-url.yml
+    - 7382-kernel-blacklist-bugfix.yml
+    - 7464-fix-vm-removal-in-proxmox_pool_member.yml
+    - 7465-redfish-firmware-update-message-id-hardening.yml
+    - 7467-fix-gitlab-constants-calls.yml
+    release_date: '2023-11-06'
+  7.5.2:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - 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).
+      - ocapi_utils, oci_utils, redfish_utils module utils - replace ``type()`` calls
+        with ``isinstance()`` calls (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7501).
+      - 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).
+      - 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).
+      - '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).
+      minor_changes:
+      - elastic callback plugin - close elastic client to not leak resources (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7517).
+      release_summary: Regular bugfix release.
+    fragments:
+    - 000-redhat_subscription-dbus-on-7.4-plus.yaml
+    - 7.5.2.yml
+    - 7151-fix-keycloak_authz_permission-incorrect-resource-payload.yml
+    - 7501-type.yml
+    - 7506-pipx-pipargs.yml
+    - 7517-elastic-close-client.yaml
+    - 7535-terraform-fix-multiline-string-handling-in-complex-variables.yml
+    - 7542-irc-logentries-ssl.yml
+    - 7564-onepassword-lookup-case-insensitive.yaml
+    - 7601-lvol-fix.yml
+    - 7612-interface_file-method.yml
+    - 7641-fix-keycloak-api-client-to-quote-properly.yml
+    - 7653-fix-cloudflare-lookup.yml
+    release_date: '2023-12-04'
+  7.5.3:
+    changes:
+      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).
+      - 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).
+      release_summary: Regular bugfix release.
+    fragments:
+    - 7.5.3.yml
+    - 7418-kc_identity_provider-mapper-reconfiguration-fixes.yml
+    - 7696-avoid-attempt-to-delete-non-existing-user.yml
+    - 7754-fixed-payload-format.yml
+    release_date: '2024-01-01'
+  7.5.4:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - homebrew - detect already installed formulae and casks using JSON output from
+        ``brew info`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/864).
+      - ipa_otptoken - the module expect ``ipatokendisabled`` as string but the ``ipatokendisabled``
+        value is returned as a boolean (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7795).
+      - ldap - previously the order number (if present) was expected to follow an
+        equals sign in the DN. This makes it so the order number string is identified
+        correctly anywhere within the DN (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7646).
+      - mssql_script - make the module work with Python 2 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7818,
+        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7821).
+      - nmcli - fix ``connection.slave-type`` wired to ``bond`` and not with parameter
+        ``slave_type`` in case of connection type ``wifi`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7389).
+      release_summary: Regular bugfix release.
+    fragments:
+    - 7.5.4.yml
+    - 7389-nmcli-issue-with-creating-a-wifi-bridge-slave.yml
+    - 7646-fix-order-number-detection-in-dn.yml
+    - 7797-ipa-fix-otp-idempotency.yml
+    - 7821-mssql_script-py2.yml
+    - 7870-homebrew-cask-installed-detection.yml
+    release_date: '2024-01-29'
+  7.5.5:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - 'cargo - fix idempotency issues when using a custom installation path for
+        packages (using the ``--path`` parameter). The initial installation runs fine,
+        but subsequent runs use the ``get_installed()`` function which did not check
+        the given installation location, before running ``cargo install``. This resulted
+        in a false ``changed`` state. Also the removal of packeges using ``state:
+        absent`` failed, as the installation check did not use the given parameter
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7970).'
+      - keycloak_client - fixes issue when metadata is provided in desired state when
+        task is in check mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1226,
+        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7881).
+      - modprobe - listing modules files or modprobe files could trigger a FileNotFoundError
+        if ``/etc/modprobe.d`` or ``/etc/modules-load.d`` did not exist. Relevant
+        functions now return empty lists if the directories do not exist to avoid
+        crashing the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7717).
+      - onepassword lookup plugin - failed for fields that were in sections and had
+        uppercase letters in the label/ID. Field lookups are now case insensitive
+        in all cases (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7919).
+      - pkgin - pkgin (pkgsrc package manager used by SmartOS) raises erratic exceptions
+        and spurious ``changed=true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7971).
+      - redfish_info - allow for a GET operation invoked by ``GetUpdateStatus`` to
+        allow for an empty response body for cases where a service returns 204 No
+        Content (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8003).
+      - redfish_info - correct uncaught exception when attempting to retrieve ``Chassis``
+        information (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7952).
+      release_summary: Regular bugfix release.
+    fragments:
+    - 7.5.5.yml
+    - 7717-prevent-modprobe-error.yml
+    - 7881-fix-keycloak-client-ckeckmode.yml
+    - 7919-onepassword-fieldname-casing.yaml
+    - 7951-fix-redfish_info-exception.yml
+    - 7970-fix-cargo-path-idempotency.yaml
+    - 8003-redfish-get-update-status-empty-response.yml
+    - pkgin.yml
+    release_date: '2024-02-25'
+  7.5.6:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - aix_filesystem - fix issue with empty list items in crfs logic and option
+        order (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8052).
+      - homebrew - error returned from brew command was ignored and tried to parse
+        empty JSON. Fix now checks for an error and raises it to give accurate error
+        message to users (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8047).
+      - ipa_hbacrule - the module uses a string for ``ipaenabledflag`` for new FreeIPA
+        versions while the returned value is a boolean (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7880).
+      - ipa_sudorule - the module uses a string for ``ipaenabledflag`` for new FreeIPA
+        versions while the returned value is a boolean (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7880).
+      - iptables_state - fix idempotency issues when restoring incomplete iptables
+        dumps (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8029).
+      - linode inventory plugin - add descriptive error message for linode inventory
+        plugin (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8133).
+      - pacemaker_cluster - actually implement check mode, which the module claims
+        to support. This means that until now the module also did changes in check
+        mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8081).
+      - pam_limits - when the file does not exist, do not create it in check mode
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8050, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8057).
+      - proxmox_kvm - fixed status check getting from node-specific API endpoint (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7817).
+      release_summary: Regular bugfix release with security fixes.
+      security_fixes:
+      - cobbler, gitlab_runners, icinga2, linode, lxd, nmap, online, opennebula, proxmox,
+        scaleway, stackpath_compute, virtualbox, and xen_orchestra inventory plugin
+        - make sure all data received from the remote servers is marked as unsafe,
+        so remote code execution by obtaining texts that can be evaluated as templates
+        is not possible (https://www.die-welt.net/2024/03/remote-code-execution-in-ansible-dynamic-inventory-plugins/,
+        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8098).
+    fragments:
+    - 7.5.6.yml
+    - 7880-ipa-fix-sudo-and-hbcalrule-idempotence.yml
+    - 7953-proxmox_kvm-fix_status_check.yml
+    - 8029-iptables-state-restore-check-mode.yml
+    - 8048-fix-homebrew-module-error-reporting-on-become-true.yaml
+    - 8057-pam_limits-check-mode.yml
+    - 8133-add-error-message-for-linode-inventory-plugin.yaml
+    - aix_filesystem-crfs-issue.yml
+    - inventory-rce.yml
+    - pacemaker-cluster.yml
+    release_date: '2024-03-25'

changelogs/config.yaml

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ mention_ancestor: true
 flatmap: true
 new_plugins_after_name: removed_features
 notesdir: fragments
+output_formats:
+  - md
+  - rst
 prelude_section_name: release_summary
 prelude_section_title: Release Summary
 sections:

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_counting_elements_in_sequence.rst

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Counting elements in a sequence
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-The ``community.general.counter`` filter plugin allows you to count (hashable) elements in a sequence. Elements are returned as dictionary keys and their counts are stored as dictionary values.
+The :ansplugin:`community.general.counter filter plugin <community.general.counter#filter>` allows you to count (hashable) elements in a sequence. Elements are returned as dictionary keys and their counts are stored as dictionary values.
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_dictionaries.rst

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Dictionaries
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-You can use the ``dict_kv`` filter to create a single-entry dictionary with ``value | community.general.dict_kv(key)``:
+You can use the :ansplugin:`community.general.dict_kv filter <community.general.dict_kv#filter>` to create a single-entry dictionary with ``value | community.general.dict_kv(key)``:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ This produces:
 
 .. versionadded:: 2.0.0
 
-If you need to convert a list of key-value pairs to a dictionary, you can use the ``dict`` function. Unfortunately, this function cannot be used with ``map``. For this, the ``community.general.dict`` filter can be used:
+If you need to convert a list of key-value pairs to a dictionary, you can use the ``dict`` function. Unfortunately, this function cannot be used with ``map``. For this, the :ansplugin:`community.general.dict filter <community.general.dict#filter>` can be used:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_grouping.rst

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Grouping
 ^^^^^^^^
 
-If you have a list of dictionaries, the Jinja2 ``groupby`` filter allows to group the list by an attribute. This results in a list of ``(grouper, list)`` namedtuples, where ``list`` contains all dictionaries where the selected attribute equals ``grouper``. If you know that for every ``grouper``, there will be a most one entry in that list, you can use the ``community.general.groupby_as_dict`` filter to convert the original list into a dictionary which maps ``grouper`` to the corresponding dictionary.
+If you have a list of dictionaries, the Jinja2 ``groupby`` filter allows to group the list by an attribute. This results in a list of ``(grouper, list)`` namedtuples, where ``list`` contains all dictionaries where the selected attribute equals ``grouper``. If you know that for every ``grouper``, there will be a most one entry in that list, you can use the :ansplugin:`community.general.groupby_as_dict filter <community.general.groupby_as_dict#filter>` to convert the original list into a dictionary which maps ``grouper`` to the corresponding dictionary.
 
 One example is ``ansible_facts.mounts``, which is a list of dictionaries where each has one ``device`` element to indicate the device which is mounted. Therefore, ``ansible_facts.mounts | community.general.groupby_as_dict('device')`` is a dictionary mapping a device to the mount information:
 

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_merging_lists_of_dictionaries.rst

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Merging lists of dictionaries
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-If you have two or more lists of dictionaries and want to combine them into a list of merged dictionaries, where the dictionaries are merged by an attribute, you can use the ``lists_mergeby`` filter.
+If you have two or more lists of dictionaries and want to combine them into a list of merged dictionaries, where the dictionaries are merged by an attribute, you can use the :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_mergeby filter <community.general.lists_mergeby#filter>`.
 
 .. note:: The output of the examples in this section use the YAML callback plugin. Quoting: "Ansible output that can be quite a bit easier to read than the default JSON formatting." See :ref:`the documentation for the community.general.yaml callback plugin <ansible_collections.community.general.yaml_callback>`.
 
@@ -76,15 +76,15 @@ This produces the same result as in the previous example:
     name: meh
 
 
-The filter also accepts two optional parameters: ``recursive`` and ``list_merge``. These parameters are only supported when used with ansible-base 2.10 or ansible-core, but not with Ansible 2.9. This is available since community.general 4.4.0.
+The filter also accepts two optional parameters: :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:recursive` and :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge`. This is available since community.general 4.4.0.
 
 **recursive**
-    Is a boolean, default to ``False``. Should the ``community.general.lists_mergeby`` recursively merge nested hashes. Note: It does not depend on the value of the ``hash_behaviour`` setting in ``ansible.cfg``.
+    Is a boolean, default to ``false``. Should the :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter` filter recursively merge nested hashes. Note: It does not depend on the value of the ``hash_behaviour`` setting in ``ansible.cfg``.
 
 **list_merge**
-    Is a string, its possible values are ``replace`` (default), ``keep``, ``append``, ``prepend``, ``append_rp`` or ``prepend_rp``. It modifies the behaviour of ``community.general.lists_mergeby`` when the hashes to merge contain arrays/lists.
+    Is a string, its possible values are :ansval:`replace` (default), :ansval:`keep`, :ansval:`append`, :ansval:`prepend`, :ansval:`append_rp` or :ansval:`prepend_rp`. It modifies the behaviour of :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter` when the hashes to merge contain arrays/lists.
 
-The examples below set ``recursive=true`` and display the differences among all six options of ``list_merge``. Functionality of the parameters is exactly the same as in the filter ``combine``. See :ref:`Combining hashes/dictionaries <combine_filter>` to learn details about these options.
+The examples below set :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:recursive=true` and display the differences among all six options of :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge`. Functionality of the parameters is exactly the same as in the filter :ansplugin:`ansible.builtin.combine#filter`. See :ref:`Combining hashes/dictionaries <combine_filter>` to learn details about these options.
 
 Let us use the lists below in the following examples
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Let us use the lists below in the following examples
     - name: myname02
       param01: [3, 4, 4, {key: value}]
 
-Example ``list_merge=replace`` (default):
+Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=replace` (default):
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ This produces:
     - 4
     - key: value
 
-Example ``list_merge=keep``:
+Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=keep`:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ This produces:
     - 2
     - 3
 
-Example ``list_merge=append``:
+Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=append`:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ This produces:
     - 4
     - key: value
 
-Example ``list_merge=prepend``:
+Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=prepend`:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ This produces:
     - 2
     - 3
 
-Example ``list_merge=append_rp``:
+Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=append_rp`:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ This produces:
     - 4
     - key: value
 
-Example ``list_merge=prepend_rp``:
+Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=prepend_rp`:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_conversions.rst

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Conversions
 Parsing CSV files
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Ansible offers the :ref:`community.general.read_csv module <ansible_collections.community.general.read_csv_module>` to read CSV files. Sometimes you need to convert strings to CSV files instead. For this, the ``from_csv`` filter exists.
+Ansible offers the :ansplugin:`community.general.read_csv module <community.general.read_csv#module>` to read CSV files. Sometimes you need to convert strings to CSV files instead. For this, the :ansplugin:`community.general.from_csv filter <community.general.from_csv#filter>` exists.
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ This produces:
         ]
     }
 
-The ``from_csv`` filter has several keyword arguments to control its behavior:
+The :ansplugin:`community.general.from_csv filter <community.general.from_csv#filter>` has several keyword arguments to control its behavior:
 
 :dialect: Dialect of the CSV file. Default is ``excel``. Other possible choices are ``excel-tab`` and ``unix``. If one of ``delimiter``, ``skipinitialspace`` or ``strict`` is specified, ``dialect`` is ignored.
 :fieldnames: A set of column names to use. If not provided, the first line of the CSV is assumed to contain the column names.
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ The ``from_csv`` filter has several keyword arguments to control its behavior:
 Converting to JSON
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-`JC <https://pypi.org/project/jc/>`_ is a CLI tool and Python library which allows to interpret output of various CLI programs as JSON. It is also available as a filter in community.general. This filter needs the `jc Python library <https://pypi.org/project/jc/>`_ installed on the controller.
+`JC <https://pypi.org/project/jc/>`_ is a CLI tool and Python library which allows to interpret output of various CLI programs as JSON. It is also available as a filter in community.general, called :ansplugin:`community.general.jc#filter`. This filter needs the `jc Python library <https://pypi.org/project/jc/>`_ installed on the controller.
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_creating_identifiers.rst

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ The following filters allow to create identifiers.
 Hashids
 ^^^^^^^
 
-`Hashids <https://hashids.org/>`_ allow to convert sequences of integers to short unique string identifiers. This filter needs the `hashids Python library <https://pypi.org/project/hashids/>`_ installed on the controller.
+`Hashids <https://hashids.org/>`_ allow to convert sequences of integers to short unique string identifiers. The :ansplugin:`community.general.hashids_encode#filter` and :ansplugin:`community.general.hashids_decode#filter` filters need the `hashids Python library <https://pypi.org/project/hashids/>`_ installed on the controller.
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ The hashids filters accept keyword arguments to allow fine-tuning the hashids ge
 Random MACs
 ^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-You can use the ``random_mac`` filter to complete a partial `MAC address <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address>`_ to a random 6-byte MAC address.
+You can use the :ansplugin:`community.general.random_mac filter <community.general.random_mac#filter>` to complete a partial `MAC address <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address>`_ to a random 6-byte MAC address.
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_paths.rst

@@ -6,14 +6,4 @@
 Paths
 -----
 
-The ``path_join`` filter has been added in ansible-base 2.10. If you want to use this filter, but also need to support Ansible 2.9, you can use ``community.general``'s ``path_join`` shim, ``community.general.path_join``. This filter redirects to ``path_join`` for ansible-base 2.10 and ansible-core 2.11 or newer, and re-implements the filter for Ansible 2.9.
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    # ansible-base 2.10 or newer:
-    path: {{ ('/etc', path, 'subdir', file) | path_join }}
-
-    # Also works with Ansible 2.9:
-    path: {{ ('/etc', path, 'subdir', file) | community.general.path_join }}
-
-.. versionadded:: 3.0.0
+The :ansplugin:`ansible.builtin.path_join filter <ansible.builtin.path_join#filter>` has been added in ansible-base 2.10. Community.general 3.0.0 and newer contains an alias ``community.general.path_join`` for this filter that could be used on Ansible 2.9 as well. Since community.general no longer supports Ansible 2.9, this is now a simple redirect to :ansplugin:`ansible.builtin.path_join filter <ansible.builtin.path_join#filter>`.

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_selecting_json_data.rst

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 Selecting JSON data: JSON queries
 ---------------------------------
 
-To select a single element or a data subset from a complex data structure in JSON format (for example, Ansible facts), use the ``json_query`` filter.  The ``json_query`` filter lets you query a complex JSON structure and iterate over it using a loop structure.
+To select a single element or a data subset from a complex data structure in JSON format (for example, Ansible facts), use the :ansplugin:`community.general.json_query filter <community.general.json_query#filter>`.  The :ansplugin:`community.general.json_query#filter` filter lets you query a complex JSON structure and iterate over it using a loop structure.
 
 .. note:: You must manually install the **jmespath** dependency on the Ansible controller before using this filter. This filter is built upon **jmespath**, and you can use the same syntax. For examples, see `jmespath examples <http://jmespath.org/examples.html>`_.
 
@@ -146,4 +146,4 @@ To extract ports from all clusters with name containing 'server1':
       vars:
         server_name_query: "domain.server[?contains(name,'server1')].port"
 
-.. note:: while using ``starts_with`` and ``contains``, you have to use `` to_json | from_json `` filter for correct parsing of data structure.
+.. note:: while using ``starts_with`` and ``contains``, you have to use ``to_json | from_json`` filter for correct parsing of data structure.

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_working_with_times.rst

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 Working with times
 ------------------
 
-The ``to_time_unit`` filter allows to convert times from a human-readable string to a unit. For example, ``'4h 30min 12second' | community.general.to_time_unit('hour')`` gives the number of hours that correspond to 4 hours, 30 minutes and 12 seconds.
+The :ansplugin:`community.general.to_time_unit filter <community.general.to_time_unit#filter>` allows to convert times from a human-readable string to a unit. For example, ``'4h 30min 12second' | community.general.to_time_unit('hour')`` gives the number of hours that correspond to 4 hours, 30 minutes and 12 seconds.
 
-There are shorthands to directly convert to various units, like ``to_hours``, ``to_minutes``, ``to_seconds``, and so on. The following table lists all units that can be used:
+There are shorthands to directly convert to various units, like :ansplugin:`community.general.to_hours#filter`, :ansplugin:`community.general.to_minutes#filter`, :ansplugin:`community.general.to_seconds#filter`, and so on. The following table lists all units that can be used:
 
 .. list-table:: Units
    :widths: 25 25 25 25
@@ -21,37 +21,37 @@ There are shorthands to directly convert to various units, like ``to_hours``, ``
    * - Millisecond
      - 1/1000 second
      - ``ms``, ``millisecond``, ``milliseconds``, ``msec``, ``msecs``, ``msecond``, ``mseconds``
-     - ``to_milliseconds``
+     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_milliseconds#filter`
    * - Second
      - 1 second
      - ``s``, ``sec``, ``secs``, ``second``, ``seconds``
-     - ``to_seconds``
+     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_seconds#filter`
    * - Minute
      - 60 seconds
      - ``m``, ``min``, ``mins``, ``minute``, ``minutes``
-     - ``to_minutes``
+     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_minutes#filter`
    * - Hour
      - 60*60 seconds
      - ``h``, ``hour``, ``hours``
-     - ``to_hours``
+     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_hours#filter`
    * - Day
      - 24*60*60 seconds
      - ``d``, ``day``, ``days``
-     - ``to_days``
+     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_days#filter`
    * - Week
      - 7*24*60*60 seconds
      - ``w``, ``week``, ``weeks``
-     - ``to_weeks``
+     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_weeks#filter`
    * - Month
      - 30*24*60*60 seconds
      - ``mo``, ``month``, ``months``
-     - ``to_months``
+     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_months#filter`
    * - Year
      - 365*24*60*60 seconds
      - ``y``, ``year``, ``years``
-     - ``to_years``
+     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_years#filter`
 
-Note that months and years are using a simplified representation: a month is 30 days, and a year is 365 days. If you need different definitions of months or years, you can pass them as keyword arguments. For example, if you want a year to be 365.25 days, and a month to be 30.5 days, you can write ``'11months 4' | community.general.to_years(year=365.25, month=30.5)``. These keyword arguments can be specified to ``to_time_unit`` and to all shorthand filters.
+Note that months and years are using a simplified representation: a month is 30 days, and a year is 365 days. If you need different definitions of months or years, you can pass them as keyword arguments. For example, if you want a year to be 365.25 days, and a month to be 30.5 days, you can write ``'11months 4' | community.general.to_years(year=365.25, month=30.5)``. These keyword arguments can be specified to :ansplugin:`community.general.to_time_unit#filter` and to all shorthand filters.
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_working_with_unicode.rst

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 Working with Unicode
 ---------------------
 
-`Unicode <https://unicode.org/main.html>`_ makes it possible to produce two strings which may be visually equivalent, but are comprised of distinctly different characters/character sequences. To address this ``Unicode`` defines `normalization forms <https://unicode.org/reports/tr15/>`_ which avoid these distinctions by choosing a unique character sequence for a given visual representation.
+`Unicode <https://unicode.org/main.html>`_ makes it possible to produce two strings which may be visually equivalent, but are comprised of distinctly different characters/character sequences. To address this Unicode defines `normalization forms <https://unicode.org/reports/tr15/>`_ which avoid these distinctions by choosing a unique character sequence for a given visual representation.
 
-You can use the ``community.general.unicode_normalize`` filter to normalize ``Unicode`` strings within your playbooks.
+You can use the :ansplugin:`community.general.unicode_normalize filter <community.general.unicode_normalize#filter>` to normalize Unicode strings within your playbooks.
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ This produces:
         "msg": true
     }
 
-The ``community.general.unicode_normalize`` filter accepts a keyword argument to select the ``Unicode`` form used to normalize the input string.
+The :ansplugin:`community.general.unicode_normalize filter <community.general.unicode_normalize#filter>` accepts a keyword argument :ansopt:`community.general.unicode_normalize#filter:form` to select the Unicode form used to normalize the input string.
 
 :form: One of ``'NFC'`` (default), ``'NFD'``, ``'NFKC'``, or ``'NFKD'``. See the `Unicode reference <https://unicode.org/reports/tr15/>`_ for more information.
 

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_working_with_versions.rst

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Working with versions
 ---------------------
 
-If you need to sort a list of version numbers, the Jinja ``sort`` filter is problematic. Since it sorts lexicographically, ``2.10`` will come before ``2.9``. To treat version numbers correctly, you can use the ``version_sort`` filter:
+If you need to sort a list of version numbers, the Jinja ``sort`` filter is problematic. Since it sorts lexicographically, ``2.10`` will come before ``2.9``. To treat version numbers correctly, you can use the :ansplugin:`community.general.version_sort filter <community.general.version_sort#filter>`:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 

docs/docsite/rst/test_guide.rst

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ The :ref:`community.general collection <plugins_in_community.general>` offers cu
 Feature Tests
 -------------
 
-The ``a_module`` test allows to check whether a given string refers to an existing module or action plugin. This can be useful in roles, which can use this to ensure that required modules are present ahead of time.
+The :ansplugin:`community.general.a_module test <community.general.a_module#test>` allows to check whether a given string refers to an existing module or action plugin. This can be useful in roles, which can use this to ensure that required modules are present ahead of time.
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 

galaxy.yml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 namespace: community
 name: general
-version: 7.5.0
+version: 7.5.6
 readme: README.md
 authors:
   - Ansible (https://github.com/ansible)

plugins/action/iptables_state.py

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
 
     def _async_result(self, async_status_args, task_vars, timeout):
         '''
-        Retrieve results of the asynchonous task, and display them in place of
+        Retrieve results of the asynchronous task, and display them in place of
         the async wrapper results (those with the ansible_job_id key).
         '''
         async_status = self._task.copy()

plugins/cache/redis.py

@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class CacheModule(BaseCacheModule):
         # format: "localhost:26379;localhost2:26379;0:changeme"
         connections = uri.split(';')
         connection_args = connections.pop(-1)
-        if len(connection_args) > 0:  # hanle if no db nr is given
+        if len(connection_args) > 0:  # handle if no db nr is given
             connection_args = connection_args.split(':')
             kw['db'] = connection_args.pop(0)
             try:

plugins/callback/elastic.py

@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ import time
 import uuid
 
 from collections import OrderedDict
+from contextlib import closing
 from os.path import basename
 
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleRuntimeError
@@ -201,24 +202,25 @@ class ElasticSource(object):
 
         apm_cli = self.init_apm_client(apm_server_url, apm_service_name, apm_verify_server_cert, apm_secret_token, apm_api_key)
         if apm_cli:
-            instrument()  # Only call this once, as early as possible.
-            if traceparent:
-                parent = trace_parent_from_string(traceparent)
-                apm_cli.begin_transaction("Session", trace_parent=parent, start=parent_start_time)
-            else:
-                apm_cli.begin_transaction("Session", start=parent_start_time)
-            # Populate trace metadata attributes
-            if self.ansible_version is not None:
-                label(ansible_version=self.ansible_version)
-            label(ansible_session=self.session, ansible_host_name=self.host, ansible_host_user=self.user)
-            if self.ip_address is not None:
-                label(ansible_host_ip=self.ip_address)
+            with closing(apm_cli):
+                instrument()  # Only call this once, as early as possible.
+                if traceparent:
+                    parent = trace_parent_from_string(traceparent)
+                    apm_cli.begin_transaction("Session", trace_parent=parent, start=parent_start_time)
+                else:
+                    apm_cli.begin_transaction("Session", start=parent_start_time)
+                # Populate trace metadata attributes
+                if self.ansible_version is not None:
+                    label(ansible_version=self.ansible_version)
+                label(ansible_session=self.session, ansible_host_name=self.host, ansible_host_user=self.user)
+                if self.ip_address is not None:
+                    label(ansible_host_ip=self.ip_address)
 
-            for task_data in tasks:
-                for host_uuid, host_data in task_data.host_data.items():
-                    self.create_span_data(apm_cli, task_data, host_data)
+                for task_data in tasks:
+                    for host_uuid, host_data in task_data.host_data.items():
+                        self.create_span_data(apm_cli, task_data, host_data)
 
-            apm_cli.end_transaction(name=__name__, result=status, duration=end_time - parent_start_time)
+                apm_cli.end_transaction(name=__name__, result=status, duration=end_time - parent_start_time)
 
     def create_span_data(self, apm_cli, task_data, host_data):
         """ create the span with the given TaskData and HostData """

plugins/callback/logentries.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
     requirements:
       - whitelisting in configuration
       - certifi (Python library)
-      - flatdict (Python library), if you want to use the 'flatten' option
+      - flatdict (Python library), if you want to use the O(flatten) option
     options:
       api:
         description: URI to the Logentries API.
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ examples: >
     api = data.logentries.com
     port = 10000
     tls_port = 20000
-    use_tls = no
+    use_tls = true
     token = dd21fc88-f00a-43ff-b977-e3a4233c53af
-    flatten = False
+    flatten = false
 '''
 
 import os
@@ -196,15 +196,11 @@ else:
     class TLSSocketAppender(PlainTextSocketAppender):
         def open_connection(self):
             sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-            sock = ssl.wrap_socket(
+            context = ssl.create_default_context(
+                purpose=ssl.Purpose.SERVER_AUTH,
+                cafile=certifi.where(), )
+            sock = context.wrap_socket(
                 sock=sock,
-                keyfile=None,
-                certfile=None,
-                server_side=False,
-                cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_REQUIRED,
-                ssl_version=getattr(
-                    ssl, 'PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2', ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1),
-                ca_certs=certifi.where(),
                 do_handshake_on_connect=True,
                 suppress_ragged_eofs=True, )
             sock.connect((self.LE_API, self.LE_TLS_PORT))

plugins/callback/nrdp.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
     short_description: Post task results to a Nagios server through nrdp
     description:
         - This callback send playbook result to Nagios.
-        - Nagios shall use NRDP to recive passive events.
+        - Nagios shall use NRDP to receive passive events.
         - The passive check is sent to a dedicated host/service for Ansible.
     options:
         url:

plugins/callback/null.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
       - set as main display callback
     short_description: Don't display stuff to screen
     description:
-        - This callback prevents outputing events to screen.
+        - This callback prevents outputting events to screen.
 '''
 
 from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
 class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
 
     '''
-    This callback wont print messages to stdout when new callback events are received.
+    This callback won't print messages to stdout when new callback events are received.
     '''
 
     CALLBACK_VERSION = 2.0

plugins/callback/selective.py

@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
             line_length = 120
             if self.last_skipped:
                 print()
-            msg = colorize("# {0} {1}".format(task_name,
-                                              '*' * (line_length - len(task_name))), 'bold')
+            line = "# {0} ".format(task_name)
+            msg = colorize("{0}{1}".format(line, '*' * (line_length - len(line))), 'bold')
             print(msg)
 
     def _indent_text(self, text, indent_level):

plugins/connection/funcd.py

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
         if in_data:
             raise AnsibleError("Internal Error: this module does not support optimized module pipelining")
 
-        # totally ignores privlege escalation
+        # totally ignores privilege escalation
         display.vvv("EXEC %s" % cmd, host=self.host)
         p = self.client.command.run(cmd)[self.host]
         return p[0], p[1], p[2]

plugins/connection/lxd.py

@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 DOCUMENTATION = '''
     author: Matt Clay (@mattclay) <matt@mystile.com>
     name: lxd
-    short_description: Run tasks in lxc containers via lxc CLI
+    short_description: Run tasks in LXD instances via C(lxc) CLI
     description:
-        - Run commands or put/fetch files to an existing lxc container using lxc CLI
+        - Run commands or put/fetch files to an existing instance using C(lxc) CLI.
     options:
       remote_addr:
         description:
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
             - name: ansible_lxd_host
       executable:
         description:
-            - shell to use for execution inside container
+            - Shell to use for execution inside instance.
         default: /bin/sh
         vars:
             - name: ansible_executable
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
             raise AnsibleError("lxc command not found in PATH")
 
         if self._play_context.remote_user is not None and self._play_context.remote_user != 'root':
-            self._display.warning('lxd does not support remote_user, using container default: root')
+            self._display.warning('lxd does not support remote_user, using default: root')
 
     def _connect(self):
         """connect to lxd (nothing to do here) """

plugins/doc_fragments/nomad.py

@@ -47,6 +47,6 @@ options:
       type: str
     token:
       description:
-        - ACL token for authentification.
+        - ACL token for authentication.
       type: str
 '''

plugins/inventory/cobbler.py

@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Cacheable, to_safe_group_name
 from ansible.module_utils.six import text_type
+from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import wrap_var as make_unsafe
 
 # xmlrpc
 try:
@@ -274,9 +275,9 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Cacheable):
         for host in self._get_systems():
             # Get the FQDN for the host and add it to the right groups
             if self.inventory_hostname == 'system':
-                hostname = host['name']  # None
+                hostname = make_unsafe(host['name'])  # None
             else:
-                hostname = host['hostname']  # None
+                hostname = make_unsafe(host['hostname'])  # None
             interfaces = host['interfaces']
 
             if set(host['mgmt_classes']) & set(self.include_mgmt_classes):
@@ -296,7 +297,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Cacheable):
                     if ivalue['management'] or not ivalue['static']:
                         this_dns_name = ivalue.get('dns_name', None)
                         if this_dns_name is not None and this_dns_name != "":
-                            hostname = this_dns_name
+                            hostname = make_unsafe(this_dns_name)
                             self.display.vvvv('Set hostname to %s from %s\n' % (hostname, iname))
 
             if hostname == '':
@@ -361,18 +362,18 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Cacheable):
             if ip_address is None and ip_address_first is not None:
                 ip_address = ip_address_first
             if ip_address is not None:
-                self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, 'cobbler_ipv4_address', ip_address)
+                self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, 'cobbler_ipv4_address', make_unsafe(ip_address))
             if ipv6_address is None and ipv6_address_first is not None:
                 ipv6_address = ipv6_address_first
             if ipv6_address is not None:
-                self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, 'cobbler_ipv6_address', ipv6_address)
+                self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, 'cobbler_ipv6_address', make_unsafe(ipv6_address))
 
             if self.get_option('want_facts'):
                 try:
-                    self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, 'cobbler', host)
+                    self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, 'cobbler', make_unsafe(host))
                 except ValueError as e:
                     self.display.warning("Could not set host info for %s: %s" % (hostname, to_text(e)))
 
         if self.get_option('want_ip_addresses'):
-            self.inventory.set_variable(self.group, 'cobbler_ipv4_addresses', ip_addresses)
-            self.inventory.set_variable(self.group, 'cobbler_ipv6_addresses', ipv6_addresses)
+            self.inventory.set_variable(self.group, 'cobbler_ipv4_addresses', make_unsafe(ip_addresses))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(self.group, 'cobbler_ipv6_addresses', make_unsafe(ipv6_addresses))

plugins/inventory/gitlab_runners.py

@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ keyed_groups:
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleParserError
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable
+from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import wrap_var as make_unsafe
 
 try:
     import gitlab
@@ -106,11 +107,11 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
             else:
                 runners = gl.runners.all()
             for runner in runners:
-                host = str(runner['id'])
+                host = make_unsafe(str(runner['id']))
                 ip_address = runner['ip_address']
-                host_attrs = vars(gl.runners.get(runner['id']))['_attrs']
+                host_attrs = make_unsafe(vars(gl.runners.get(runner['id']))['_attrs'])
                 self.inventory.add_host(host, group='gitlab_runners')
-                self.inventory.set_variable(host, 'ansible_host', ip_address)
+                self.inventory.set_variable(host, 'ansible_host', make_unsafe(ip_address))
                 if self.get_option('verbose_output', True):
                     self.inventory.set_variable(host, 'gitlab_runner_attributes', host_attrs)
 

plugins/inventory/icinga2.py

@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ from ansible.errors import AnsibleParserError
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import open_url
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.error import HTTPError
+from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import wrap_var as make_unsafe
 
 
 class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
@@ -233,15 +234,15 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
         """Convert Icinga2 API data to JSON format for Ansible"""
         groups_dict = {"_meta": {"hostvars": {}}}
         for entry in json_data:
-            host_attrs = entry['attrs']
+            host_attrs = make_unsafe(entry['attrs'])
             if self.inventory_attr == "name":
-                host_name = entry.get('name')
+                host_name = make_unsafe(entry.get('name'))
             if self.inventory_attr == "address":
                 # When looking for address for inventory, if missing fallback to object name
                 if host_attrs.get('address', '') != '':
-                    host_name = host_attrs.get('address')
+                    host_name = make_unsafe(host_attrs.get('address'))
                 else:
-                    host_name = entry.get('name')
+                    host_name = make_unsafe(entry.get('name'))
             if self.inventory_attr == "display_name":
                 host_name = host_attrs.get('display_name')
             if host_attrs['state'] == 0:
@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
             # If the address attribute is populated, override ansible_host with the value
             if host_attrs.get('address') != '':
                 self.inventory.set_variable(host_name, 'ansible_host', host_attrs.get('address'))
-            self.inventory.set_variable(host_name, 'hostname', entry.get('name'))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(host_name, 'hostname', make_unsafe(entry.get('name')))
             self.inventory.set_variable(host_name, 'display_name', host_attrs.get('display_name'))
             self.inventory.set_variable(host_name, 'state',
                                         host_attrs['state'])

plugins/inventory/linode.py

@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ compose:
 
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable
+from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import wrap_var as make_unsafe
 
 
 try:
@@ -199,20 +200,21 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
     def _add_instances_to_groups(self):
         """Add instance names to their dynamic inventory groups."""
         for instance in self.instances:
-            self.inventory.add_host(instance.label, group=instance.group)
+            self.inventory.add_host(make_unsafe(instance.label), group=instance.group)
 
     def _add_hostvars_for_instances(self):
         """Add hostvars for instances in the dynamic inventory."""
         ip_style = self.get_option('ip_style')
         for instance in self.instances:
             hostvars = instance._raw_json
+            hostname = make_unsafe(instance.label)
             for hostvar_key in hostvars:
                 if ip_style == 'api' and hostvar_key in ['ipv4', 'ipv6']:
                     continue
                 self.inventory.set_variable(
-                    instance.label,
+                    hostname,
                     hostvar_key,
-                    hostvars[hostvar_key]
+                    make_unsafe(hostvars[hostvar_key])
                 )
             if ip_style == 'api':
                 ips = instance.ips.ipv4.public + instance.ips.ipv4.private
@@ -221,9 +223,9 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
 
                 for ip_type in set(ip.type for ip in ips):
                     self.inventory.set_variable(
-                        instance.label,
+                        hostname,
                         ip_type,
-                        self._ip_data([ip for ip in ips if ip.type == ip_type])
+                        make_unsafe(self._ip_data([ip for ip in ips if ip.type == ip_type]))
                     )
 
     def _ip_data(self, ip_list):
@@ -254,30 +256,44 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
         self._add_instances_to_groups()
         self._add_hostvars_for_instances()
         for instance in self.instances:
-            variables = self.inventory.get_host(instance.label).get_vars()
+            hostname = make_unsafe(instance.label)
+            variables = self.inventory.get_host(hostname).get_vars()
             self._add_host_to_composed_groups(
                 self.get_option('groups'),
                 variables,
-                instance.label,
+                hostname,
                 strict=strict)
             self._add_host_to_keyed_groups(
                 self.get_option('keyed_groups'),
                 variables,
-                instance.label,
+                hostname,
                 strict=strict)
             self._set_composite_vars(
                 self.get_option('compose'),
                 variables,
-                instance.label,
+                hostname,
                 strict=strict)
 
     def verify_file(self, path):
-        """Verify the Linode configuration file."""
+        """Verify the Linode configuration file.
+
+        Return true/false if the config-file is valid for this plugin
+
+        Args:
+            str(path): path to the config
+        Kwargs:
+            None
+        Raises:
+            None
+        Returns:
+            bool(valid): is valid config file"""
+        valid = False
         if super(InventoryModule, self).verify_file(path):
-            endings = ('linode.yaml', 'linode.yml')
-            if any((path.endswith(ending) for ending in endings)):
-                return True
-        return False
+            if path.endswith(("linode.yaml", "linode.yml")):
+                valid = True
+            else:
+                self.display.vvv('Inventory source not ending in "linode.yaml" or "linode.yml"')
+        return valid
 
     def parse(self, inventory, loader, path, cache=True):
         """Dynamically parse Linode the cloud inventory."""

plugins/inventory/lxd.py

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
             version_added: 4.2.0
         prefered_instance_network_interface:
             description:
-            - If an instance has multiple network interfaces, select which one is the prefered as pattern.
+            - If an instance has multiple network interfaces, select which one is the preferred as pattern.
             - Combined with the first number that can be found e.g. 'eth' + 0.
             - The option has been renamed from O(prefered_container_network_interface) to O(prefered_instance_network_interface)
               in community.general 3.8.0. The old name still works as an alias.
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
               - prefered_container_network_interface
         prefered_instance_network_family:
             description:
-            - If an instance has multiple network interfaces, which one is the prefered by family.
+            - If an instance has multiple network interfaces, which one is the preferred by family.
             - Specify V(inet) for IPv4 and V(inet6) for IPv6.
             type: str
             default: inet
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.six import raise_from
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleParserError
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlencode
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.lxd import LXDClient, LXDClientException
+from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import wrap_var as make_unsafe
 
 try:
     import ipaddress
@@ -376,7 +377,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
     def get_instance_data(self, names):
         """Create Inventory of the instance
 
-        Iterate through the different branches of the instances and collect Informations.
+        Iterate through the different branches of the instances and collect Information.
 
         Args:
             list(names): List of instance names
@@ -398,7 +399,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
     def get_network_data(self, names):
         """Create Inventory of the instance
 
-        Iterate through the different branches of the instances and collect Informations.
+        Iterate through the different branches of the instances and collect Information.
 
         Args:
             list(names): List of instance names
@@ -451,12 +452,12 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
         return network_configuration
 
     def get_prefered_instance_network_interface(self, instance_name):
-        """Helper to get the prefered interface of thr instance
+        """Helper to get the preferred interface of thr instance
 
-        Helper to get the prefered interface provide by neme pattern from 'prefered_instance_network_interface'.
+        Helper to get the preferred interface provide by neme pattern from 'prefered_instance_network_interface'.
 
         Args:
-            str(containe_name): name of instance
+            str(instance_name): name of instance
         Kwargs:
             None
         Raises:
@@ -481,7 +482,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
         Helper to get the VLAN_ID from the instance
 
         Args:
-            str(containe_name): name of instance
+            str(instance_name): name of instance
         Kwargs:
             None
         Raises:
@@ -563,7 +564,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
             else:
                 path[instance_name][key] = value
         except KeyError as err:
-            raise AnsibleParserError("Unable to store Informations: {0}".format(to_native(err)))
+            raise AnsibleParserError("Unable to store Information: {0}".format(to_native(err)))
 
     def extract_information_from_instance_configs(self):
         """Process configuration information
@@ -656,7 +657,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
 
         if self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/network_interfaces'.format(instance_name)):  # instance have network interfaces
             self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_connection', 'ssh')
-            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_host', interface_selection(instance_name))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_host', make_unsafe(interface_selection(instance_name)))
         else:
             self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_connection', 'local')
 
@@ -682,31 +683,39 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
                 if self.filter.lower() != instance_state:
                     continue
             # add instance
+            instance_name = make_unsafe(instance_name)
             self.inventory.add_host(instance_name)
-            # add network informations
+            # add network information
             self.build_inventory_network(instance_name)
             # add os
             v = self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/os'.format(instance_name))
             if v:
-                self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_os', v.lower())
+                self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_os', make_unsafe(v.lower()))
             # add release
             v = self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/release'.format(instance_name))
             if v:
-                self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_release', v.lower())
+                self.inventory.set_variable(
+                    instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_release', make_unsafe(v.lower()))
             # add profile
-            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_profile', self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/profile'.format(instance_name)))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(
+                instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_profile', make_unsafe(self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/profile'.format(instance_name))))
             # add state
-            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_state', instance_state)
+            self.inventory.set_variable(
+                instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_state', make_unsafe(instance_state))
             # add type
-            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_type', self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/type'.format(instance_name)))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(
+                instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_type', make_unsafe(self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/type'.format(instance_name))))
             # add location information
             if self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/location'.format(instance_name)) != "none":  # wrong type by lxd 'none' != 'None'
-                self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_location', self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/location'.format(instance_name)))
+                self.inventory.set_variable(
+                    instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_location', make_unsafe(self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/location'.format(instance_name))))
             # add VLAN_ID information
             if self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/vlan_ids'.format(instance_name)):
-                self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_vlan_ids', self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/vlan_ids'.format(instance_name)))
+                self.inventory.set_variable(
+                    instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_vlan_ids', make_unsafe(self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/vlan_ids'.format(instance_name))))
             # add project
-            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_project', self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/project'.format(instance_name)))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(
+                instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_project', make_unsafe(self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/project'.format(instance_name))))
 
     def build_inventory_groups_location(self, group_name):
         """create group by attribute: location
@@ -979,7 +988,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
             for group_name in self.groupby:
                 if not group_name.isalnum():
                     raise AnsibleParserError('Invalid character(s) in groupname: {0}'.format(to_native(group_name)))
-                group_type(group_name)
+                group_type(make_unsafe(group_name))
 
     def build_inventory(self):
         """Build dynamic inventory

plugins/inventory/nmap.py

@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ from ansible.errors import AnsibleParserError
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native, to_text
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable
 from ansible.module_utils.common.process import get_bin_path
+from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import wrap_var as make_unsafe
 
 
 class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
         strict = self.get_option('strict')
 
         for host in hosts:
+            host = make_unsafe(host)
             hostname = host['name']
             self.inventory.add_host(hostname)
             for var, value in host.items():

plugins/inventory/online.py

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.ansible_release import __version__ as ansible_version
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urljoin
+from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import wrap_var as make_unsafe
 
 
 class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
@@ -169,20 +170,20 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
             "support"
         )
         for attribute in targeted_attributes:
-            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, attribute, host_infos[attribute])
+            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, attribute, make_unsafe(host_infos[attribute]))
 
         if self.extract_public_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos):
-            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "public_ipv4", self.extract_public_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos))
-            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "ansible_host", self.extract_public_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "public_ipv4", make_unsafe(self.extract_public_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos)))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "ansible_host", make_unsafe(self.extract_public_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos)))
 
         if self.extract_private_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos):
-            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "public_ipv4", self.extract_private_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "public_ipv4", make_unsafe(self.extract_private_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos)))
 
         if self.extract_os_name(host_infos=host_infos):
-            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "os_name", self.extract_os_name(host_infos=host_infos))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "os_name", make_unsafe(self.extract_os_name(host_infos=host_infos)))
 
         if self.extract_os_version(host_infos=host_infos):
-            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "os_version", self.extract_os_name(host_infos=host_infos))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "os_version", make_unsafe(self.extract_os_name(host_infos=host_infos)))
 
     def _filter_host(self, host_infos, hostname_preferences):
 
@@ -201,6 +202,8 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
         if not hostname:
             return
 
+        hostname = make_unsafe(hostname)
+
         self.inventory.add_host(host=hostname)
         self._fill_host_variables(hostname=hostname, host_infos=host_infos)
 
@@ -210,6 +213,8 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
             if not group:
                 return
 
+            group = make_unsafe(group)
+
             self.inventory.add_group(group=group)
             self.inventory.add_host(group=group, host=hostname)
 

plugins/inventory/opennebula.py

@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ except ImportError:
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
+from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import wrap_var as make_unsafe
 
 from collections import namedtuple
 import os
@@ -215,6 +216,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
         filter_by_label = self.get_option('filter_by_label')
         servers = self._retrieve_servers(filter_by_label)
         for server in servers:
+            server = make_unsafe(server)
             hostname = server['name']
             # check for labels
             if group_by_labels and server['LABELS']:

plugins/inventory/proxmox.py

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
         type: bool
       qemu_extended_statuses:
         description:
-          - Requires O(want_facts) to be set to V(true) to function. This will allow you to differentiate betweend C(paused) and C(prelaunch)
+          - Requires O(want_facts) to be set to V(true) to function. This will allow you to differentiate between C(paused) and C(prelaunch)
             statuses of the QEMU VMs.
           - This introduces multiple groups [prefixed with O(group_prefix)] C(prelaunch) and C(paused).
         default: false
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlencode
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
+from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import wrap_var as make_unsafe
 
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
 
@@ -330,7 +331,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
 
             self._cache[self.cache_key][url] = data
 
-        return self._cache[self.cache_key][url]
+        return make_unsafe(self._cache[self.cache_key][url])
 
     def _get_nodes(self):
         return self._get_json("%s/api2/json/nodes" % self.proxmox_url)

plugins/inventory/scaleway.py

@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.scaleway import
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import open_url
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native, to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.six import raise_from
+from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import wrap_var as make_unsafe
 
 import ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse as urllib_parse
 
@@ -279,7 +280,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
         zone_info = SCALEWAY_LOCATION[zone]
 
         url = _build_server_url(zone_info["api_endpoint"])
-        raw_zone_hosts_infos = _fetch_information(url=url, token=token)
+        raw_zone_hosts_infos = make_unsafe(_fetch_information(url=url, token=token))
 
         for host_infos in raw_zone_hosts_infos:
 
@@ -341,4 +342,4 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
         hostname_preference = self.get_option("hostnames")
 
         for zone in self._get_zones(config_zones):
-            self.do_zone_inventory(zone=zone, token=token, tags=tags, hostname_preferences=hostname_preference)
+            self.do_zone_inventory(zone=make_unsafe(zone), token=token, tags=tags, hostname_preferences=hostname_preference)

plugins/inventory/stackpath_compute.py

@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ from ansible.plugins.inventory import (
     Cacheable
 )
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
+from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import wrap_var as make_unsafe
 
 
 display = Display()
@@ -271,7 +272,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
         if not cache or cache_needs_update:
             results = self._query()
 
-        self._populate(results)
+        self._populate(make_unsafe(results))
 
         # If the cache has expired/doesn't exist or
         # if refresh_inventory/flush cache is used

plugins/inventory/virtualbox.py

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_native, to_
 from ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat import MutableMapping
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable
 from ansible.module_utils.common.process import get_bin_path
+from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import wrap_var as make_unsafe
 
 
 class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
             self._add_host_to_keyed_groups(self.get_option('keyed_groups'), hostvars[host], host, strict=strict)
 
     def _populate_from_cache(self, source_data):
+        source_data = make_unsafe(source_data)
         hostvars = source_data.pop('_meta', {}).get('hostvars', {})
         for group in source_data:
             if group == 'all':
@@ -162,7 +164,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
             v = v.strip()
             # found host
             if k.startswith('Name') and ',' not in v:  # some setting strings appear in Name
-                current_host = v
+                current_host = make_unsafe(v)
                 if current_host not in hostvars:
                     hostvars[current_host] = {}
                     self.inventory.add_host(current_host)
@@ -170,12 +172,13 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
                 # try to get network info
                 netdata = self._query_vbox_data(current_host, netinfo)
                 if netdata:
-                    self.inventory.set_variable(current_host, 'ansible_host', netdata)
+                    self.inventory.set_variable(current_host, 'ansible_host', make_unsafe(netdata))
 
             # found groups
             elif k == 'Groups':
                 for group in v.split('/'):
                     if group:
+                        group = make_unsafe(group)
                         group = self.inventory.add_group(group)
                         self.inventory.add_child(group, current_host)
                         if group not in cacheable_results:
@@ -185,17 +188,17 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
 
             else:
                 # found vars, accumulate in hostvars for clean inventory set
-                pref_k = 'vbox_' + k.strip().replace(' ', '_')
+                pref_k = make_unsafe('vbox_' + k.strip().replace(' ', '_'))
                 leading_spaces = len(k) - len(k.lstrip(' '))
                 if 0 < leading_spaces <= 2:
                     if prevkey not in hostvars[current_host] or not isinstance(hostvars[current_host][prevkey], dict):
                         hostvars[current_host][prevkey] = {}
-                    hostvars[current_host][prevkey][pref_k] = v
+                    hostvars[current_host][prevkey][pref_k] = make_unsafe(v)
                 elif leading_spaces > 2:
                     continue
                 else:
                     if v != '':
-                        hostvars[current_host][pref_k] = v
+                        hostvars[current_host][pref_k] = make_unsafe(v)
                 if self._ungrouped_host(current_host, cacheable_results):
                     if 'ungrouped' not in cacheable_results:
                         cacheable_results['ungrouped'] = {'hosts': []}

plugins/inventory/xen_orchestra.py

@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ from time import sleep
 
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable
+from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import wrap_var as make_unsafe
 
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
 
@@ -347,4 +348,4 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
             self.protocol = 'ws'
 
         objects = self._get_objects()
-        self._populate(objects)
+        self._populate(make_unsafe(objects))

plugins/lookup/bitwarden.py

@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ DOCUMENTATION = """
         type: list
         elements: str
       search:
-        description: Field to retrieve, for example V(name) or V(id).
+        description:
+          - Field to retrieve, for example V(name) or V(id).
+          - If set to V(id), only zero or one element can be returned.
+            Use the Jinja C(first) filter to get the only list element.
         type: str
         default: name
         version_added: 5.7.0
@@ -39,27 +42,27 @@ DOCUMENTATION = """
 """
 
 EXAMPLES = """
-- name: "Get 'password' from Bitwarden record named 'a_test'"
+- name: "Get 'password' from all Bitwarden records named 'a_test'"
   ansible.builtin.debug:
     msg: >-
       {{ lookup('community.general.bitwarden', 'a_test', field='password') }}
 
-- name: "Get 'password' from Bitwarden record with id 'bafba515-af11-47e6-abe3-af1200cd18b2'"
+- name: "Get 'password' from Bitwarden record with ID 'bafba515-af11-47e6-abe3-af1200cd18b2'"
   ansible.builtin.debug:
     msg: >-
-      {{ lookup('community.general.bitwarden', 'bafba515-af11-47e6-abe3-af1200cd18b2', search='id', field='password') }}
+      {{ lookup('community.general.bitwarden', 'bafba515-af11-47e6-abe3-af1200cd18b2', search='id', field='password') | first }}
 
-- name: "Get 'password' from Bitwarden record named 'a_test' from collection"
+- name: "Get 'password' from all Bitwarden records named 'a_test' from collection"
   ansible.builtin.debug:
     msg: >-
       {{ lookup('community.general.bitwarden', 'a_test', field='password', collection_id='bafba515-af11-47e6-abe3-af1200cd18b2') }}
 
-- name: "Get full Bitwarden record named 'a_test'"
+- name: "Get list of all full Bitwarden records named 'a_test'"
   ansible.builtin.debug:
     msg: >-
       {{ lookup('community.general.bitwarden', 'a_test') }}
 
-- name: "Get custom field 'api_key' from Bitwarden record named 'a_test'"
+- name: "Get custom field 'api_key' from all Bitwarden records named 'a_test'"
   ansible.builtin.debug:
     msg: >-
       {{ lookup('community.general.bitwarden', 'a_test', field='api_key') }}
@@ -67,9 +70,12 @@ EXAMPLES = """
 
 RETURN = """
   _raw:
-    description: List of requested field or JSON object of list of matches.
+    description:
+      - A one-element list that contains a list of requested fields or JSON objects of matches.
+      - If you use C(query), you get a list of lists. If you use C(lookup) without C(wantlist=true),
+        this always gets reduced to a list of field values or JSON objects.
     type: list
-    elements: raw
+    elements: list
 """
 
 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE

plugins/lookup/onepassword.py

@@ -127,6 +127,14 @@ from ansible.module_utils.six import with_metaclass
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.onepassword import OnePasswordConfig
 
 
+def _lower_if_possible(value):
+    """Return the lower case version value, otherwise return the value"""
+    try:
+        return value.lower()
+    except AttributeError:
+        return value
+
+
 class OnePassCLIBase(with_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta, object)):
     bin = "op"
 
@@ -480,6 +488,7 @@ class OnePassCLIv2(OnePassCLIBase):
             }
         """
         data = json.loads(data_json)
+        field_name = _lower_if_possible(field_name)
         for field in data.get("fields", []):
             if section_title is None:
                 # If the field name exists in the section, return that value
@@ -488,23 +497,25 @@ class OnePassCLIv2(OnePassCLIBase):
 
                 # If the field name doesn't exist in the section, match on the value of "label"
                 # then "id" and return "value"
-                if field.get("label") == field_name:
+                if field.get("label", "").lower() == field_name:
                     return field.get("value", "")
 
-                if field.get("id") == field_name:
+                if field.get("id", "").lower() == field_name:
                     return field.get("value", "")
 
-            # Look at the section data and get an indentifier. The value of 'id' is either a unique ID
+            # Look at the section data and get an identifier. The value of 'id' is either a unique ID
             # or a human-readable string. If a 'label' field exists, prefer that since
             # it is the value visible in the 1Password UI when both 'id' and 'label' exist.
             section = field.get("section", {})
-            current_section_title = section.get("label", section.get("id"))
+            section_title = _lower_if_possible(section_title)
+
+            current_section_title = section.get("label", section.get("id", "")).lower()
             if section_title == current_section_title:
                 # In the correct section. Check "label" then "id" for the desired field_name
-                if field.get("label") == field_name:
+                if field.get("label", "").lower() == field_name:
                     return field.get("value", "")
 
-                if field.get("id") == field_name:
+                if field.get("id", "").lower() == field_name:
                     return field.get("value", "")
 
         return ""

plugins/lookup/random_string.py

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r"""
         type: int
       override_special:
         description:
-        - Overide a list of special characters to use in the string.
+        - Override a list of special characters to use in the string.
         - If set O(min_special) should be set to a non-default value.
         type: str
       override_all:
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r"""
         version_added: 7.5.0
       similar_chars:
         description:
-        - Overide a list of characters not to be use in the string.
+        - Override a list of characters not to be use in the string.
         default: "il1LoO0"
         type: str
         version_added: 7.5.0
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ EXAMPLES = r"""
     var: lookup('community.general.random_string', base64=True)
   # Example result: ['NHZ6eWN5Qk0=']
 
-- name: Generate a random string with 1 lower, 1 upper, 1 number and 1 special char (atleast)
+- name: Generate a random string with 1 lower, 1 upper, 1 number and 1 special char (at least)
   ansible.builtin.debug:
     var: lookup('community.general.random_string', min_lower=1, min_upper=1, min_special=1, min_numeric=1)
   # Example result: ['&Qw2|E[-']

plugins/module_utils/dimensiondata.py

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ except ImportError:
     LIBCLOUD_IMP_ERR = traceback.format_exc()
     HAS_LIBCLOUD = False
 
-# MCP 2.x version patten for location (datacenter) names.
+# MCP 2.x version pattern for location (datacenter) names.
 #
 # Note that this is not a totally reliable way of determining MCP version.
 # Unfortunately, libcloud's NodeLocation currently makes no provision for extended properties.

plugins/module_utils/hwc_utils.py

@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class Config(object):
 
         if url == "":
             raise HwcClientException(
-                0, "Can not find the enpoint for %s" % service_type)
+                0, "Cannot find the endpoint for %s" % service_type)
 
         if url[-1] != "/":
             url += "/"
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ def wait_to_finish(target, pending, refresh, timeout, min_interval=1, delay=3):
 
             if pending and status not in pending:
                 raise HwcModuleException(
-                    "unexpect status(%s) occurred" % status)
+                    "unexpected status(%s) occurred" % status)
 
         if not is_last_time:
             wait *= 2
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ def wait_to_finish(target, pending, refresh, timeout, min_interval=1, delay=3):
 
             time.sleep(wait)
 
-    raise HwcModuleException("asycn wait timeout after %d seconds" % timeout)
+    raise HwcModuleException("async wait timeout after %d seconds" % timeout)
 
 
 def navigate_value(data, index, array_index=None):

plugins/module_utils/identity/keycloak/keycloak.py

@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
         return None
 
     def get_client_group_available_rolemappings(self, gid, cid, realm="master"):
-        """ Fetch the available role of a client in a specified goup on the Keycloak server.
+        """ Fetch the available role of a client in a specified group on the Keycloak server.
 
         :param gid: ID of the group from which to obtain the rolemappings.
         :param cid: ID of the client from which to obtain the rolemappings.
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                                       % (rid, realm, str(e)))
 
     def add_group_rolemapping(self, gid, cid, role_rep, realm="master"):
-        """ Fetch the composite role of a client in a specified goup on the Keycloak server.
+        """ Fetch the composite role of a client in a specified group on the Keycloak server.
 
         :param gid: ID of the group from which to obtain the rolemappings.
         :param cid: ID of the client from which to obtain the rolemappings.
@@ -1238,7 +1238,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
 
         :param realm: Realm in which the clientscope resides.
         :param client_id: The client in which the clientscope resides.
-        :return The optinal clientscopes of this realm or client
+        :return The optional clientscopes of this realm or client
         """
         url = URL_OPTIONAL_CLIENTSCOPES if client_id is None else URL_CLIENT_OPTIONAL_CLIENTSCOPES
         return self._get_clientscopes_of_type(realm, url, 'optional', client_id)
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
 
         :param realm: Realm in which the clientscope resides.
         :param url_template the template for the right type
-        :param scope_type this can be either optinal or default
+        :param scope_type this can be either optional or default
         :param client_id: The client in which the clientscope resides.
         :return The clientscopes of the specified type of this realm
         """
@@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
 
     def _decide_url_type_clientscope(self, client_id=None, scope_type="default"):
         """Decides which url to use.
-        :param scope_type this can be either optinal or default
+        :param scope_type this can be either optional or default
         :param client_id: The client in which the clientscope resides.
         """
         if client_id is None:
@@ -1520,7 +1520,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
     def get_subgroup_direct_parent(self, parents, realm="master", children_to_resolve=None):
         """ Get keycloak direct parent group API object for a given chain of parents.
 
-        To succesfully work the API for subgroups we actually dont need
+        To successfully work the API for subgroups we actually don't need
         to "walk the whole tree" for nested groups but only need to know
         the ID for the direct predecessor of current subgroup. This
         method will guarantee us this information getting there with
@@ -1679,7 +1679,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
         :param name: Name of the role to fetch.
         :param realm: Realm in which the role resides; default 'master'.
         """
-        role_url = URL_REALM_ROLE.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, name=quote(name))
+        role_url = URL_REALM_ROLE.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, name=quote(name, safe=''))
         try:
             return json.loads(to_native(open_url(role_url, method="GET", http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                                                  validate_certs=self.validate_certs).read()))
@@ -1716,7 +1716,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
         :param rolerep: A RoleRepresentation of the updated role.
         :return HTTPResponse object on success
         """
-        role_url = URL_REALM_ROLE.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, name=quote(rolerep['name']))
+        role_url = URL_REALM_ROLE.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, name=quote(rolerep['name']), safe='')
         try:
             composites = None
             if "composites" in rolerep:
@@ -1737,9 +1737,9 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
             if clientid is not None:
                 client = self.get_client_by_clientid(client_id=clientid, realm=realm)
                 cid = client['id']
-                composite_url = URL_CLIENT_ROLE_COMPOSITES.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, id=cid, name=quote(rolerep["name"]))
+                composite_url = URL_CLIENT_ROLE_COMPOSITES.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, id=cid, name=quote(rolerep["name"], safe=''))
             else:
-                composite_url = URL_REALM_ROLE_COMPOSITES.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, name=quote(rolerep["name"]))
+                composite_url = URL_REALM_ROLE_COMPOSITES.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, name=quote(rolerep["name"], safe=''))
             # Get existing composites
             return json.loads(to_native(open_url(
                 composite_url,
@@ -1758,9 +1758,9 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
             if clientid is not None:
                 client = self.get_client_by_clientid(client_id=clientid, realm=realm)
                 cid = client['id']
-                composite_url = URL_CLIENT_ROLE_COMPOSITES.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, id=cid, name=quote(rolerep["name"]))
+                composite_url = URL_CLIENT_ROLE_COMPOSITES.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, id=cid, name=quote(rolerep["name"], safe=''))
             else:
-                composite_url = URL_REALM_ROLE_COMPOSITES.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, name=quote(rolerep["name"]))
+                composite_url = URL_REALM_ROLE_COMPOSITES.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, name=quote(rolerep["name"], safe=''))
             # Get existing composites
             # create new composites
             return open_url(composite_url, method='POST', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
@@ -1775,9 +1775,9 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
             if clientid is not None:
                 client = self.get_client_by_clientid(client_id=clientid, realm=realm)
                 cid = client['id']
-                composite_url = URL_CLIENT_ROLE_COMPOSITES.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, id=cid, name=quote(rolerep["name"]))
+                composite_url = URL_CLIENT_ROLE_COMPOSITES.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, id=cid, name=quote(rolerep["name"], safe=''))
             else:
-                composite_url = URL_REALM_ROLE_COMPOSITES.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, name=quote(rolerep["name"]))
+                composite_url = URL_REALM_ROLE_COMPOSITES.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, name=quote(rolerep["name"], safe=''))
             # Get existing composites
             # create new composites
             return open_url(composite_url, method='DELETE', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
@@ -1842,7 +1842,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
         :param name: The name of the role.
         :param realm: The realm in which this role resides, default "master".
         """
-        role_url = URL_REALM_ROLE.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, name=quote(name))
+        role_url = URL_REALM_ROLE.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, name=quote(name, safe=''))
         try:
             return open_url(role_url, method='DELETE', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                             validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
@@ -1886,7 +1886,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
         if cid is None:
             self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not find client %s in realm %s'
                                       % (clientid, realm))
-        role_url = URL_CLIENT_ROLE.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, id=cid, name=quote(name))
+        role_url = URL_CLIENT_ROLE.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, id=cid, name=quote(name, safe=''))
         try:
             return json.loads(to_native(open_url(role_url, method="GET", http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                                                  validate_certs=self.validate_certs).read()))
@@ -1950,7 +1950,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
         if cid is None:
             self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not find client %s in realm %s'
                                       % (clientid, realm))
-        role_url = URL_CLIENT_ROLE.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, id=cid, name=quote(rolerep['name']))
+        role_url = URL_CLIENT_ROLE.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, id=cid, name=quote(rolerep['name'], safe=''))
         try:
             composites = None
             if "composites" in rolerep:
@@ -1976,7 +1976,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
         if cid is None:
             self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not find client %s in realm %s'
                                       % (clientid, realm))
-        role_url = URL_CLIENT_ROLE.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, id=cid, name=quote(name))
+        role_url = URL_CLIENT_ROLE.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, id=cid, name=quote(name, safe=''))
         try:
             return open_url(role_url, method='DELETE', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                             validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
@@ -2036,7 +2036,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                 URL_AUTHENTICATION_FLOW_COPY.format(
                     url=self.baseurl,
                     realm=realm,
-                    copyfrom=quote(config["copyFrom"])),
+                    copyfrom=quote(config["copyFrom"], safe='')),
                 method='POST',
                 http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders,
                 data=json.dumps(new_name),
@@ -2110,7 +2110,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                 URL_AUTHENTICATION_FLOW_EXECUTIONS.format(
                     url=self.baseurl,
                     realm=realm,
-                    flowalias=quote(flowAlias)),
+                    flowalias=quote(flowAlias, safe='')),
                 method='PUT',
                 http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders,
                 data=json.dumps(updatedExec),
@@ -2159,7 +2159,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                 URL_AUTHENTICATION_FLOW_EXECUTIONS_FLOW.format(
                     url=self.baseurl,
                     realm=realm,
-                    flowalias=quote(flowAlias)),
+                    flowalias=quote(flowAlias, safe='')),
                 method='POST',
                 http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders,
                 data=json.dumps(newSubFlow),
@@ -2183,7 +2183,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                 URL_AUTHENTICATION_FLOW_EXECUTIONS_EXECUTION.format(
                     url=self.baseurl,
                     realm=realm,
-                    flowalias=quote(flowAlias)),
+                    flowalias=quote(flowAlias, safe='')),
                 method='POST',
                 http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders,
                 data=json.dumps(newExec),
@@ -2243,7 +2243,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                     URL_AUTHENTICATION_FLOW_EXECUTIONS.format(
                         url=self.baseurl,
                         realm=realm,
-                        flowalias=quote(config["alias"])),
+                        flowalias=quote(config["alias"], safe='')),
                     method='GET',
                     http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders,
                     timeout=self.connection_timeout,
@@ -2336,7 +2336,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
             return open_url(
                 URL_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED_ACTIONS_ALIAS.format(
                     url=self.baseurl,
-                    alias=quote(alias),
+                    alias=quote(alias, safe=''),
                     realm=realm
                 ),
                 method='PUT',
@@ -2363,7 +2363,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
             return open_url(
                 URL_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED_ACTIONS_ALIAS.format(
                     url=self.baseurl,
-                    alias=quote(alias),
+                    alias=quote(alias, safe=''),
                     realm=realm
                 ),
                 method='DELETE',
@@ -2630,7 +2630,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
 
     def get_authz_authorization_scope_by_name(self, name, client_id, realm):
         url = URL_AUTHZ_AUTHORIZATION_SCOPES.format(url=self.baseurl, client_id=client_id, realm=realm)
-        search_url = "%s/search?name=%s" % (url, quote(name))
+        search_url = "%s/search?name=%s" % (url, quote(name, safe=''))
 
         try:
             return json.loads(to_native(open_url(search_url, method='GET', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders,
@@ -2879,7 +2879,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
             groups_to_add_and_remove = self.extract_groups_to_add_to_and_remove_from_user(groups)
             # If group membership need to be changed
             if not is_struct_included(groups_to_add_and_remove['add'], user_existing_groups):
-                # Get available goups in the realm
+                # Get available groups in the realm
                 realm_groups = self.get_groups(realm=realm)
                 for realm_group in realm_groups:
                     if "name" in realm_group and realm_group["name"] in groups_to_add_and_remove['add']:

plugins/module_utils/ldap.py

@@ -139,5 +139,7 @@ class LdapGeneric(object):
 
     def _xorder_dn(self):
         # match X_ORDERed DNs
-        regex = r"\w+=\{\d+\}.+"
-        return re.match(regex, self.module.params['dn']) is not None
+        regex = r".+\{\d+\}.+"
+        explode_dn = ldap.dn.explode_dn(self.module.params['dn'])
+
+        return re.match(regex, explode_dn[0]) is not None

plugins/module_utils/memset.py

@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlencode
-from ansible.module_utils.urls import open_url, urllib_error
+from ansible.module_utils.urls import open_url
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import json
+import ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.error as urllib_error
 
 
 class Response(object):
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ def memset_api_call(api_key, api_method, payload=None):
             msg = "Memset API returned an error ({0}, {1})." . format(response.json()['error_type'], response.json()['error'])
     except urllib_error.URLError as e:
         has_failed = True
-        msg = "An URLError occured ({0})." . format(type(e))
+        msg = "An URLError occurred ({0})." . format(type(e))
         response.stderr = "{0}" . format(e)
 
     if msg is None:

plugins/module_utils/net_tools/pritunl/api.py

@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ def pritunl_auth_request(
 ):
     """
     Send an API call to a Pritunl server.
-    Taken from https://pritunl.com/api and adaped work with Ansible open_url
+    Taken from https://pritunl.com/api and adapted to work with Ansible open_url
     """
     auth_timestamp = str(int(time.time()))
     auth_nonce = uuid.uuid4().hex

plugins/module_utils/ocapi_utils.py

@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ class OcapiUtils(object):
             else:
                 return response
         details = response["data"]["Status"].get("Details")
-        if type(details) is str:
+        if isinstance(details, str):
             details = [details]
         health_list = response["data"]["Status"]["Health"]
         return_value = {

plugins/module_utils/oracle/oci_utils.py

@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ def check_and_update_attributes(
     target_instance, attr_name, input_value, existing_value, changed
 ):
     """
-    This function checks the difference between two resource attributes of literal types and sets the attrbute
+    This function checks the difference between two resource attributes of literal types and sets the attribute
     value in the target instance type holding the attribute.
     :param target_instance: The instance which contains the attribute whose values to be compared
     :param attr_name: Name of the attribute whose value required to be compared
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ def _get_attributes_to_consider(exclude_attributes, model, module):
         attributes_to_consider = list(model.attribute_map)
         if "freeform_tags" in attributes_to_consider:
             attributes_to_consider.remove("freeform_tags")
-        # Temporarily removing node_count as the exisiting resource does not reflect it
+        # Temporarily removing node_count as the existing resource does not reflect it
         if "node_count" in attributes_to_consider:
             attributes_to_consider.remove("node_count")
     _debug("attributes to consider: {0}".format(attributes_to_consider))
@@ -1529,7 +1529,7 @@ def delete_and_wait(
                                 result[resource_type] = resource
                                 return result
                         # oci.wait_until() returns an instance of oci.util.Sentinel in case the resource is not found.
-                        if type(wait_response) is not Sentinel:
+                        if not isinstance(wait_response, Sentinel):
                             resource = to_dict(wait_response.data)
                         else:
                             resource["lifecycle_state"] = "DELETED"
@@ -1771,7 +1771,7 @@ def update_class_type_attr_difference(
 ):
     """
     Checks the difference and updates an attribute which is represented by a class
-    instance. Not aplicable if the attribute type is a primitive value.
+    instance. Not applicable if the attribute type is a primitive value.
     For example, if a class name is A with an attribute x, then if A.x = X(), then only
     this method works.
     :param update_class_details The instance which should be updated if there is change in
@@ -1933,7 +1933,7 @@ def get_target_resource_from_list(
     module, list_resource_fn, target_resource_id=None, **kwargs
 ):
     """
-    Returns a resource filtered by identifer from a list of resources. This method should be
+    Returns a resource filtered by identifier from a list of resources. This method should be
     used as an alternative of 'get resource' method when 'get resource' is nor provided by
     resource api. This method returns a wrapper of response object but that should not be
     used as an input to 'wait_until' utility as this is only a partial wrapper of response object.

plugins/module_utils/pipx.py

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def pipx_runner(module, command, **kwargs):
             system_site_packages=fmt.as_bool("--system-site-packages"),
             _list=fmt.as_fixed(['list', '--include-injected', '--json']),
             editable=fmt.as_bool("--editable"),
-            pip_args=fmt.as_opt_val('--pip-args'),
+            pip_args=fmt.as_opt_eq_val('--pip-args'),
         ),
         environ_update={'USE_EMOJI': '0'},
         check_rc=True,

plugins/module_utils/redfish_utils.py

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ from ansible.module_utils.six import text_type
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import http_client
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.error import URLError, HTTPError
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse
+from ansible.module_utils.ansible_release import __version__ as ansible_version
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
 
 GET_HEADERS = {'accept': 'application/json', 'OData-Version': '4.0'}
 POST_HEADERS = {'content-type': 'application/json', 'accept': 'application/json',
@@ -130,7 +132,7 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
         return resp
 
     # The following functions are to send GET/POST/PATCH/DELETE requests
-    def get_request(self, uri, override_headers=None):
+    def get_request(self, uri, override_headers=None, allow_no_resp=False):
         req_headers = dict(GET_HEADERS)
         if override_headers:
             req_headers.update(override_headers)
@@ -145,13 +147,19 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
                             force_basic_auth=basic_auth, validate_certs=False,
                             follow_redirects='all',
                             use_proxy=True, timeout=self.timeout)
-            if override_headers:
-                resp = gzip.open(BytesIO(resp.read()), 'rt', encoding='utf-8')
-                data = json.loads(to_native(resp.read()))
-                headers = req_headers
-            else:
-                data = json.loads(to_native(resp.read()))
-                headers = dict((k.lower(), v) for (k, v) in resp.info().items())
+            headers = dict((k.lower(), v) for (k, v) in resp.info().items())
+            try:
+                if headers.get('content-encoding') == 'gzip' and LooseVersion(ansible_version) < LooseVersion('2.14'):
+                    # Older versions of Ansible do not automatically decompress the data
+                    # Starting in 2.14, open_url will decompress the response data by default
+                    data = json.loads(to_native(gzip.open(BytesIO(resp.read()), 'rt', encoding='utf-8').read()))
+                else:
+                    data = json.loads(to_native(resp.read()))
+            except Exception as e:
+                # No response data; this is okay in certain cases
+                data = None
+                if not allow_no_resp:
+                    raise
         except HTTPError as e:
             msg = self._get_extended_message(e)
             return {'ret': False,
@@ -327,7 +335,7 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
         found in ansible.module_utils.urls, but it takes files and encodes them
         as Base64 strings, which is not expected by Redfish services.  It also
         adds escaping of certain bytes in the payload, such as inserting '\r'
-        any time it finds a standlone '\n', which corrupts the image payload
+        any time it finds a standalone '\n', which corrupts the image payload
         send to the service.  This implementation is simplified to Redfish's
         usage and doesn't necessarily represent an exhaustive method of
         building multipart requests.
@@ -1658,7 +1666,10 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
 
             # Scan the messages to see if next steps are needed
             for message in operation_results['messages']:
-                message_id = message['MessageId']
+                message_id = message.get('MessageId')
+                if message_id is None:
+                    # While this is invalid, treat the lack of a MessageId as "no message"
+                    continue
 
                 if message_id.startswith('Update.1.') and message_id.endswith('.OperationTransitionedToJob'):
                     # Operation rerouted to a job; update the status and handle
@@ -1810,7 +1821,7 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
             return {'ret': False, 'msg': 'Must provide a handle tracking the update.'}
 
         # Get the task or job tracking the update
-        response = self.get_request(self.root_uri + update_handle)
+        response = self.get_request(self.root_uri + update_handle, allow_no_resp=True)
         if response['ret'] is False:
             return response
 
@@ -2904,8 +2915,7 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
 
         # Get a list of all Chassis and build URIs, then get all PowerSupplies
         # from each Power entry in the Chassis
-        chassis_uri_list = self.chassis_uris
-        for chassis_uri in chassis_uri_list:
+        for chassis_uri in self.chassis_uris:
             response = self.get_request(self.root_uri + chassis_uri)
             if response['ret'] is False:
                 return response
@@ -3467,33 +3477,30 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
         result = {}
         key = "Thermal"
         # Go through list
-        for chassis_uri in self.chassis_uri_list:
+        for chassis_uri in self.chassis_uris:
             response = self.get_request(self.root_uri + chassis_uri)
             if response['ret'] is False:
                 return response
             result['ret'] = True
             data = response['data']
-            oem = data.get['Oem']
-            hpe = oem.get['Hpe']
-            thermal_config = hpe.get('ThermalConfiguration')
-        result["current_thermal_config"] = thermal_config
-        return result
+            val = data.get('Oem', {}).get('Hpe', {}).get('ThermalConfiguration')
+            if val is not None:
+                return {"ret": True, "current_thermal_config": val}
+        return {"ret": False}
 
     def get_hpe_fan_percent_min(self):
         result = {}
         key = "Thermal"
         # Go through list
-        for chassis_uri in self.chassis_uri_list:
+        for chassis_uri in self.chassis_uris:
             response = self.get_request(self.root_uri + chassis_uri)
             if response['ret'] is False:
                 return response
-            result['ret'] = True
             data = response['data']
-            oem = data.get['Oem']
-            hpe = oem.get['Hpe']
-            fan_percent_min_config = hpe.get('FanPercentMinimum')
-        result["fan_percent_min"] = fan_percent_min_config
-        return result
+            val = data.get('Oem', {}).get('Hpe', {}).get('FanPercentMinimum')
+            if val is not None:
+                return {"ret": True, "fan_percent_min": val}
+        return {"ret": False}
 
     def delete_volumes(self, storage_subsystem_id, volume_ids):
         # Find the Storage resource from the requested ComputerSystem resource
@@ -3703,12 +3710,12 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
                 rsp_uri = loc['Uri']
                 if vendor == 'HPE':
                     # WORKAROUND
-                    # HPE systems with iLO 4 will have BIOS Atrribute Registries location URI as a dictonary with key 'extref'
+                    # HPE systems with iLO 4 will have BIOS Attribute Registries location URI as a dictionary with key 'extref'
                     # Hence adding condition to fetch the Uri
-                    if type(loc['Uri']) is dict and "extref" in loc['Uri'].keys():
+                    if isinstance(loc['Uri'], dict) and "extref" in loc['Uri'].keys():
                         rsp_uri = loc['Uri']['extref']
         if not rsp_uri:
-            msg = "Language 'en' not found in BIOS Atrribute Registries location, URI: %s, response: %s"
+            msg = "Language 'en' not found in BIOS Attribute Registries location, URI: %s, response: %s"
             return {
                 "ret": False,
                 "msg": msg % (resp_uri, str(resp_data))

plugins/module_utils/scaleway.py

@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ class Scaleway(object):
         wait_timeout = self.module.params["wait_timeout"]
         wait_sleep_time = self.module.params["wait_sleep_time"]
 
-        # Prevent requesting the ressource status too soon
+        # Prevent requesting the resource status too soon
         time.sleep(wait_sleep_time)
 
         start = datetime.datetime.utcnow()

plugins/module_utils/vardict.py

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class _Variable(object):
             output (bool, optional): flag indicating whether the variable should be in the output of the module. Defaults to None.
             diff (bool, optional): flag indicating whether to generate diff mode output for this variable. Defaults to None.
             change (bool, optional): flag indicating whether to track if changes happened to this variable. Defaults to None.
-            fact (bool, optional): flag indicating whether the varaiable should be exposed as a fact of the module. Defaults to None.
+            fact (bool, optional): flag indicating whether the variable should be exposed as a fact of the module. Defaults to None.
             initial_value (any, optional): initial value of the variable, to be used with `change`. Defaults to NOTHING.
             verbosity (int, optional): level of verbosity in which this variable is reported by the module as `output`, `fact` or `diff`. Defaults to None.
         """
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class VarDict(object):
             output (bool, optional): flag indicating whether the variable should be in the output of the module. Defaults to None.
             diff (bool, optional): flag indicating whether to generate diff mode output for this variable. Defaults to None.
             change (bool, optional): flag indicating whether to track if changes happened to this variable. Defaults to None.
-            fact (bool, optional): flag indicating whether the varaiable should be exposed as a fact of the module. Defaults to None.
+            fact (bool, optional): flag indicating whether the variable should be exposed as a fact of the module. Defaults to None.
             initial_value (any, optional): initial value of the variable, to be used with `change`. Defaults to NOTHING.
             verbosity (int, optional): level of verbosity in which this variable is reported by the module as `output`, `fact` or `diff`. Defaults to None.
         """

plugins/module_utils/wdc_redfish_utils.py

@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ class WdcRedfishUtils(RedfishUtils):
 
         :param str bundle_uri:  HTTP URI of the firmware bundle.
         :return: Firmware version number contained in the bundle, and whether or not the bundle is multi-tenant.
-        Either value will be None if unable to deterine.
+        Either value will be None if unable to determine.
         :rtype: str or None, bool or None
         """
         bundle_temp_filename = fetch_file(module=self.module,

plugins/modules/aix_filesystem.py

@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ options:
     type: list
     elements: str
     default:
-      - agblksize='4096'
-      - isnapshot='no'
+      - agblksize=4096
+      - isnapshot=no
   auto_mount:
     description:
       - File system is automatically mounted at system restart.
@@ -365,7 +365,53 @@ def create_fs(
         # Creates a LVM file system.
         crfs_cmd = module.get_bin_path('crfs', True)
         if not module.check_mode:
-            cmd = [crfs_cmd, "-v", fs_type, "-m", filesystem, vg, device, mount_group, auto_mount, account_subsystem, "-p", permissions, size, "-a", attributes]
+            cmd = [crfs_cmd]
+
+            cmd.append("-v")
+            cmd.append(fs_type)
+
+            if vg:
+                (flag, value) = vg.split()
+                cmd.append(flag)
+                cmd.append(value)
+
+            if device:
+                (flag, value) = device.split()
+                cmd.append(flag)
+                cmd.append(value)
+
+            cmd.append("-m")
+            cmd.append(filesystem)
+
+            if mount_group:
+                (flag, value) = mount_group.split()
+                cmd.append(flag)
+                cmd.append(value)
+
+            if auto_mount:
+                (flag, value) = auto_mount.split()
+                cmd.append(flag)
+                cmd.append(value)
+
+            if account_subsystem:
+                (flag, value) = account_subsystem.split()
+                cmd.append(flag)
+                cmd.append(value)
+
+            cmd.append("-p")
+            cmd.append(permissions)
+
+            if size:
+                (flag, value) = size.split()
+                cmd.append(flag)
+                cmd.append(value)
+
+            if attributes:
+                splitted_attributes = attributes.split()
+                cmd.append("-a")
+                for value in splitted_attributes:
+                    cmd.append(value)
+
             rc, crfs_out, err = module.run_command(cmd)
 
             if rc == 10:
@@ -461,7 +507,7 @@ def main():
     module = AnsibleModule(
         argument_spec=dict(
             account_subsystem=dict(type='bool', default=False),
-            attributes=dict(type='list', elements='str', default=["agblksize='4096'", "isnapshot='no'"]),
+            attributes=dict(type='list', elements='str', default=["agblksize=4096", "isnapshot=no"]),
             auto_mount=dict(type='bool', default=True),
             device=dict(type='str'),
             filesystem=dict(type='str', required=True),

plugins/modules/aix_inittab.py

@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ def main():
             ":" + module.params['action'] + ":" + module.params['command']
 
         # If current entry exists or fields are different(if the entry does not
-        # exists, then the entry wil be created
+        # exists, then the entry will be created
         if (not current_entry['exist']) or (
                 module.params['runlevel'] != current_entry['runlevel'] or
                 module.params['action'] != current_entry['action'] or

plugins/modules/apk.py

@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ options:
     default: false
   name:
     description:
-      - A package name, like V(foo), or multiple packages, like V(foo, bar).
+      - A package name, like V(foo), or multiple packages, like V(foo,bar).
+      - Do not include additional whitespace when specifying multiple packages as a string.
+        Prefer YAML lists over comma-separating multiple package names.
     type: list
     elements: str
   no_cache:
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ options:
     type: str
   update_cache:
     description:
-      - Update repository indexes. Can be run with other steps or on it's own.
+      - Update repository indexes. Can be run with other steps or on its own.
     type: bool
     default: false
   upgrade:

plugins/modules/cargo.py

@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ class Cargo(object):
 
     def get_installed(self):
         cmd = ["install", "--list"]
+        if self.path:
+            cmd.append("--root")
+            cmd.append(self.path)
+
         data, dummy = self._exec(cmd, True, False, False)
 
         package_regex = re.compile(r"^([\w\-]+) v(.+):$")

plugins/modules/clc_server.py

@@ -1501,7 +1501,7 @@ class ClcServer:
         return aa_policy_id
 
     #
-    #  This is the function that gets patched to the Request.server object using a lamda closure
+    #  This is the function that gets patched to the Request.server object using a lambda closure
     #
 
     @staticmethod

plugins/modules/cloudflare_dns.py

@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ options:
     description:
       - The type of DNS record to create. Required if O(state=present).
       - O(type=DS), O(type=SSHFP), and O(type=TLSA) were added in Ansible 2.7.
+      - Note that V(SPF) is no longer supported by CloudFlare. Support for it will be removed from community.general 9.0.0.
     type: str
     choices: [ A, AAAA, CNAME, DS, MX, NS, SPF, SRV, SSHFP, TLSA, TXT ]
   value:
@@ -613,7 +614,7 @@ class CloudflareAPI(object):
                 content = str(params['key_tag']) + '\t' + str(params['algorithm']) + '\t' + str(params['hash_type']) + '\t' + params['value']
         elif params['type'] == 'SSHFP':
             if not (params['value'] is None or params['value'] == ''):
-                content = str(params['algorithm']) + '\t' + str(params['hash_type']) + '\t' + params['value']
+                content = str(params['algorithm']) + ' ' + str(params['hash_type']) + ' ' + params['value'].upper()
         elif params['type'] == 'TLSA':
             if not (params['value'] is None or params['value'] == ''):
                 content = str(params['cert_usage']) + '\t' + str(params['selector']) + '\t' + str(params['hash_type']) + '\t' + params['value']
@@ -726,7 +727,7 @@ class CloudflareAPI(object):
                 if (attr is None) or (attr == ''):
                     self.module.fail_json(msg="You must provide algorithm, hash_type and a value to create this record type")
             sshfp_data = {
-                "fingerprint": params['value'],
+                "fingerprint": params['value'].upper(),
                 "type": params['hash_type'],
                 "algorithm": params['algorithm'],
             }
@@ -736,7 +737,7 @@ class CloudflareAPI(object):
                 'data': sshfp_data,
                 "ttl": params['ttl'],
             }
-            search_value = str(params['algorithm']) + '\t' + str(params['hash_type']) + '\t' + params['value']
+            search_value = str(params['algorithm']) + ' ' + str(params['hash_type']) + ' ' + params['value']
 
         if params['type'] == 'TLSA':
             for attr in [params['port'], params['proto'], params['cert_usage'], params['selector'], params['hash_type'], params['value']]:

plugins/modules/composer.py

@@ -170,10 +170,15 @@ def get_available_options(module, command='install'):
     return command_help_json['definition']['options']
 
 
-def composer_command(module, command, arguments="", options=None, global_command=False):
+def composer_command(module, command, arguments="", options=None):
     if options is None:
         options = []
 
+    global_command = module.params['global_command']
+
+    if not global_command:
+        options.extend(['--working-dir', "'%s'" % module.params['working_dir']])
+
     if module.params['executable'] is None:
         php_path = module.get_bin_path("php", True, ["/usr/local/bin"])
     else:
@@ -217,7 +222,6 @@ def main():
         module.fail_json(msg="Use the 'arguments' param for passing arguments with the 'command'")
 
     arguments = module.params['arguments']
-    global_command = module.params['global_command']
     available_options = get_available_options(module=module, command=command)
 
     options = []
@@ -234,9 +238,6 @@ def main():
             option = "--%s" % option
             options.append(option)
 
-    if not global_command:
-        options.extend(['--working-dir', "'%s'" % module.params['working_dir']])
-
     option_params = {
         'prefer_source': 'prefer-source',
         'prefer_dist': 'prefer-dist',
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ def main():
         else:
             module.exit_json(skipped=True, msg="command '%s' does not support check mode, skipping" % command)
 
-    rc, out, err = composer_command(module, command, arguments, options, global_command)
+    rc, out, err = composer_command(module, command, arguments, options)
 
     if rc != 0:
         output = parse_out(err)

plugins/modules/consul_role.py

@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ def create_role(configuration):
     if len(configuration.node_identities) == 1 and configuration.node_identities[0] is None:
         node_id_specified = False
 
-    # get rid of None item so we can set an emtpy list for policies, service identities and node identities
+    # get rid of None item so we can set an empty list for policies, service identities and node identities
     if not policy_specified:
         configuration.policies.pop()
 

plugins/modules/dconf.py

@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ class DconfPreference(object):
         rc, out, err = dbus_wrapper.run_command(command)
 
         if rc != 0:
-            self.module.fail_json(msg='dconf failed while reseting the value with error: %s' % err,
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='dconf failed while resetting the value with error: %s' % err,
                                   out=out,
                                   err=err)
 

plugins/modules/dnsimple.py

@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ class DNSimpleV2():
             client = Client(sandbox=self.sandbox, email=self.account_email, access_token=self.account_api_token, user_agent="ansible/community.general")
         else:
             msg = "Option account_email or account_api_token not provided. " \
-                  "Dnsimple authentiction with a .dnsimple config file is not " \
+                  "Dnsimple authentication with a .dnsimple config file is not " \
                   "supported with dnsimple-python>=2.0.0"
             raise DNSimpleException(msg)
         client.identity.whoami()
@@ -225,24 +225,24 @@ class DNSimpleV2():
         self.client.domains.delete_domain(self.account.id, domain)
 
     def get_records(self, zone, dnsimple_filter=None):
-        """return dns ressource records which match a specified filter"""
+        """return dns resource records which match a specified filter"""
         records_list = self._get_paginated_result(self.client.zones.list_records,
                                                   account_id=self.account.id,
                                                   zone=zone, filter=dnsimple_filter)
         return [d.__dict__ for d in records_list]
 
     def delete_record(self, domain, rid):
-        """delete a single dns ressource record"""
+        """delete a single dns resource record"""
         self.client.zones.delete_record(self.account.id, domain, rid)
 
     def update_record(self, domain, rid, ttl=None, priority=None):
-        """update a single dns ressource record"""
+        """update a single dns resource record"""
         zr = ZoneRecordUpdateInput(ttl=ttl, priority=priority)
         result = self.client.zones.update_record(self.account.id, str(domain), str(rid), zr).data.__dict__
         return result
 
     def create_record(self, domain, name, record_type, content, ttl=None, priority=None):
-        """create a single dns ressource record"""
+        """create a single dns resource record"""
         zr = ZoneRecordInput(name=name, type=record_type, content=content, ttl=ttl, priority=priority)
         return self.client.zones.create_record(self.account.id, str(domain), zr).data.__dict__
 

plugins/modules/dnsmadeeasy.py

@@ -509,15 +509,15 @@ class DME2(object):
         return json.dumps(data, separators=(',', ':'))
 
     def createRecord(self, data):
-        # @TODO update the cache w/ resultant record + id when impleneted
+        # @TODO update the cache w/ resultant record + id when implemented
         return self.query(self.record_url, 'POST', data)
 
     def updateRecord(self, record_id, data):
-        # @TODO update the cache w/ resultant record + id when impleneted
+        # @TODO update the cache w/ resultant record + id when implemented
         return self.query(self.record_url + '/' + str(record_id), 'PUT', data)
 
     def deleteRecord(self, record_id):
-        # @TODO remove record from the cache when impleneted
+        # @TODO remove record from the cache when implemented
         return self.query(self.record_url + '/' + str(record_id), 'DELETE')
 
     def getMonitor(self, record_id):

plugins/modules/ejabberd_user.py

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class EjabberdUser(object):
     object manages user creation and deletion using ejabberdctl.  The following
     commands are currently supported:
         * ejabberdctl register
-        * ejabberdctl deregister
+        * ejabberdctl unregister
     """
 
     def __init__(self, module):

plugins/modules/github_deploy_key.py

@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ class GithubDeployKey(object):
                 yield self.module.from_json(resp.read())
 
                 links = {}
-                for x, y in findall(r'<([^>]+)>;\s*rel="(\w+)"', info["link"]):
+                for x, y in findall(r'<([^>]+)>;\s*rel="(\w+)"', info.get("link", '')):
                     links[y] = x
 
                 url = links.get('next')

plugins/modules/gitlab_group_members.py

@@ -276,11 +276,11 @@ def main():
     ensure_gitlab_package(module)
 
     access_level_int = {
-        'guest': gitlab.GUEST_ACCESS,
-        'reporter': gitlab.REPORTER_ACCESS,
-        'developer': gitlab.DEVELOPER_ACCESS,
-        'maintainer': gitlab.MAINTAINER_ACCESS,
-        'owner': gitlab.OWNER_ACCESS,
+        'guest': gitlab.const.GUEST_ACCESS,
+        'reporter': gitlab.const.REPORTER_ACCESS,
+        'developer': gitlab.const.DEVELOPER_ACCESS,
+        'maintainer': gitlab.const.MAINTAINER_ACCESS,
+        'owner': gitlab.const.OWNER_ACCESS,
     }
 
     gitlab_group = module.params['gitlab_group']

plugins/modules/gitlab_group_variable.py

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ options:
     version_added: 4.5.0
     description:
       - A list of dictionaries that represents CI/CD variables.
-      - This modules works internal with this sructure, even if the older O(vars) parameter is used.
+      - This modules works internal with this structure, even if the older O(vars) parameter is used.
     default: []
     type: list
     elements: dict
@@ -88,24 +88,24 @@ options:
         type: str
       masked:
         description:
-          - Wether variable value is masked or not.
+          - Whether variable value is masked or not.
         type: bool
         default: false
       protected:
         description:
-          - Wether variable value is protected or not.
+          - Whether variable value is protected or not.
         type: bool
         default: false
       raw:
         description:
-          - Wether variable value is raw or not.
+          - Whether variable value is raw or not.
           - Support for raw values requires GitLab >= 15.7.
         type: bool
         default: false
         version_added: '7.4.0'
       variable_type:
         description:
-          - Wether a variable is an environment variable (V(env_var)) or a file (V(file)).
+          - Whether a variable is an environment variable (V(env_var)) or a file (V(file)).
         type: str
         choices: [ "env_var", "file" ]
         default: env_var

plugins/modules/gitlab_instance_variable.py

@@ -67,17 +67,17 @@ options:
         type: str
       masked:
         description:
-          - Wether variable value is masked or not.
+          - Whether variable value is masked or not.
         type: bool
         default: false
       protected:
         description:
-          - Wether variable value is protected or not.
+          - Whether variable value is protected or not.
         type: bool
         default: false
       variable_type:
         description:
-          - Wether a variable is an environment variable (V(env_var)) or a file (V(file)).
+          - Whether a variable is an environment variable (V(env_var)) or a file (V(file)).
         type: str
         choices: [ "env_var", "file" ]
         default: env_var

plugins/modules/gitlab_merge_request.py

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ options:
   description:
     description:
       - A description for the merge request.
-      - Gets overriden by a content of file specified at O(description_path), if found.
+      - Gets overridden by a content of file specified at O(description_path), if found.
     type: str
   description_path:
     description:

plugins/modules/gitlab_project_members.py

@@ -282,10 +282,10 @@ def main():
     ensure_gitlab_package(module)
 
     access_level_int = {
-        'guest': gitlab.GUEST_ACCESS,
-        'reporter': gitlab.REPORTER_ACCESS,
-        'developer': gitlab.DEVELOPER_ACCESS,
-        'maintainer': gitlab.MAINTAINER_ACCESS,
+        'guest': gitlab.const.GUEST_ACCESS,
+        'reporter': gitlab.const.REPORTER_ACCESS,
+        'developer': gitlab.const.DEVELOPER_ACCESS,
+        'maintainer': gitlab.const.MAINTAINER_ACCESS,
     }
 
     gitlab_project = module.params['project']

plugins/modules/gitlab_project_variable.py

@@ -87,26 +87,26 @@ options:
         type: str
       masked:
         description:
-          - Wether variable value is masked or not.
+          - Whether variable value is masked or not.
           - Support for masked values requires GitLab >= 11.10.
         type: bool
         default: false
       protected:
         description:
-          - Wether variable value is protected or not.
+          - Whether variable value is protected or not.
           - Support for protected values requires GitLab >= 9.3.
         type: bool
         default: false
       raw:
         description:
-          - Wether variable value is raw or not.
+          - Whether variable value is raw or not.
           - Support for raw values requires GitLab >= 15.7.
         type: bool
         default: false
         version_added: '7.4.0'
       variable_type:
         description:
-          - Wether a variable is an environment variable (V(env_var)) or a file (V(file)).
+          - Whether a variable is an environment variable (V(env_var)) or a file (V(file)).
           - Support for O(variables[].variable_type) requires GitLab >= 11.11.
         type: str
         choices: ["env_var", "file"]

plugins/modules/gitlab_protected_branch.py

@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ class GitlabProtectedBranch(object):
         self._module = module
         self.project = self.get_project(project)
         self.ACCESS_LEVEL = {
-            'nobody': gitlab.NO_ACCESS,
-            'developer': gitlab.DEVELOPER_ACCESS,
-            'maintainer': gitlab.MAINTAINER_ACCESS
+            'nobody': gitlab.const.NO_ACCESS,
+            'developer': gitlab.const.DEVELOPER_ACCESS,
+            'maintainer': gitlab.const.MAINTAINER_ACCESS
         }
 
     def get_project(self, project_name):

plugins/modules/gitlab_user.py

@@ -244,12 +244,12 @@ class GitLabUser(object):
         self._gitlab = gitlab_instance
         self.user_object = None
         self.ACCESS_LEVEL = {
-            'guest': gitlab.GUEST_ACCESS,
-            'reporter': gitlab.REPORTER_ACCESS,
-            'developer': gitlab.DEVELOPER_ACCESS,
-            'master': gitlab.MAINTAINER_ACCESS,
-            'maintainer': gitlab.MAINTAINER_ACCESS,
-            'owner': gitlab.OWNER_ACCESS,
+            'guest': gitlab.const.GUEST_ACCESS,
+            'reporter': gitlab.const.REPORTER_ACCESS,
+            'developer': gitlab.const.DEVELOPER_ACCESS,
+            'master': gitlab.const.MAINTAINER_ACCESS,
+            'maintainer': gitlab.const.MAINTAINER_ACCESS,
+            'owner': gitlab.const.OWNER_ACCESS,
         }
 
     '''
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ class GitLabUser(object):
 
     '''
     @param user User object
-    @param identites List of identities to be added/updated
+    @param identities List of identities to be added/updated
     @param overwrite_identities Overwrite user identities with identities passed to this module
     '''
     def add_identities(self, user, identities, overwrite_identities=False):
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ class GitLabUser(object):
 
     '''
     @param user User object
-    @param identites List of identities to be added/updated
+    @param identities List of identities to be added/updated
     '''
     def delete_identities(self, user, identities):
         changed = False

plugins/modules/homebrew.py

@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ changed_pkgs:
     version_added: '0.2.0'
 '''
 
+import json
 import os.path
 import re
 
@@ -184,6 +185,10 @@ def _create_regex_group_complement(s):
     chars = filter(None, (line.split('#')[0].strip() for line in lines))
     group = r'[^' + r''.join(chars) + r']'
     return re.compile(group)
+
+
+def _check_package_in_json(json_output, package_type):
+    return bool(json_output.get(package_type, []) and json_output[package_type][0].get("installed"))
 # /utils ------------------------------------------------------------------ }}}
 
 
@@ -479,17 +484,17 @@ class Homebrew(object):
         cmd = [
             "{brew_path}".format(brew_path=self.brew_path),
             "info",
+            "--json=v2",
             self.current_package,
         ]
         rc, out, err = self.module.run_command(cmd)
-        for line in out.split('\n'):
-            if (
-                re.search(r'Built from source', line)
-                or re.search(r'Poured from bottle', line)
-            ):
-                return True
+        if err:
+            self.failed = True
+            self.message = err.strip()
+            raise HomebrewException(self.message)
+        data = json.loads(out)
 
-        return False
+        return _check_package_in_json(data, "formulae") or _check_package_in_json(data, "casks")
 
     def _current_package_is_outdated(self):
         if not self.valid_package(self.current_package):

plugins/modules/homectl.py

@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ class Homectl(object):
             user_metadata.pop('status', None)
             # Let last change Usec be updated by homed when command runs.
             user_metadata.pop('lastChangeUSec', None)
-            # Now only change fields that are called on leaving whats currently in the record intact.
+            # Now only change fields that are called on leaving what's currently in the record intact.
             record = user_metadata
 
         record['userName'] = self.name
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ class Homectl(object):
             self.result['changed'] = True
 
         if self.disksize:
-            # convert humand readble to bytes
+            # convert human readable to bytes
             if self.disksize != record.get('diskSize'):
                 record['diskSize'] = human_to_bytes(self.disksize)
                 self.result['changed'] = True

plugins/modules/htpasswd.py

@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ options:
         does not exist it will fail.
 notes:
   - "This module depends on the C(passlib) Python library, which needs to be installed on all target systems."
-  - "On Debian, Ubuntu, or Fedora: install C(python-passlib)."
+  - "On Debian < 11, Ubuntu <= 20.04, or Fedora: install C(python-passlib)."
+  - "On Debian, Ubuntu: install C(python3-passlib)."
   - "On RHEL or CentOS: Enable EPEL, then install C(python-passlib)."
 requirements: [ passlib>=1.6 ]
 author: "Ansible Core Team"

plugins/modules/ilo_redfish_command.py

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ ilo_redfish_command:
             type: dict
             contains:
                 ret:
-                    description: Return True/False based on whether the operation was performed succesfully.
+                    description: Return True/False based on whether the operation was performed successfully.
                     type: bool
                 msg:
                     description: Status of the operation performed on the iLO.

plugins/modules/imgadm.py

@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class Imgadm(object):
         self.uuid = module.params['uuid']
 
         # Since there are a number of (natural) aliases, prevent having to look
-        # them up everytime we operate on `state`.
+        # them up every time we operate on `state`.
         if self.params['state'] in ['present', 'imported', 'updated']:
             self.present = True
         else:
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class Imgadm(object):
 
         # There is no feedback from imgadm(1M) to determine if anything
         # was actually changed. So treat this as an 'always-changes' operation.
-        # Note that 'imgadm -v' produces unparseable JSON...
+        # Note that 'imgadm -v' produces unparsable JSON...
         self.changed = True
 
     def manage_sources(self):

plugins/modules/ini_file.py

@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ options:
     description:
       - Section name in INI file. This is added if O(state=present) automatically when
         a single value is being set.
-      - If left empty, being omitted, or being set to V(null), the O(option) will be placed before the first O(section).
-      - Using V(null) is also required if the config format does not support sections.
+      - If being omitted, the O(option) will be placed before the first O(section).
+      - Omitting O(section) is also required if the config format does not support sections.
     type: str
   option:
     description:
@@ -171,6 +171,13 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
       - pepsi
     mode: '0600'
     state: present
+
+- name: Add "beverage=lemon juice" outside a section in specified file
+  community.general.ini_file:
+    path: /etc/conf
+    option: beverage
+    value: lemon juice
+    state: present
 '''
 
 import io

plugins/modules/installp.py

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def _check_new_pkg(module, package, repository_path):
 def _check_installed_pkg(module, package, repository_path):
     """
     Check the package on AIX.
-    It verifies if the package is installed and informations
+    It verifies if the package is installed and information
 
     :param module: Ansible module parameters spec.
     :param package: Package/fileset name.

plugins/modules/interfaces_file.py

@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 DOCUMENTATION = '''
 ---
 module: interfaces_file
-short_description: Tweak settings in /etc/network/interfaces files
+short_description: Tweak settings in C(/etc/network/interfaces) files
 extends_documentation_fragment:
   - ansible.builtin.files
   - community.general.attributes
 description:
   - Manage (add, remove, change) individual interface options in an interfaces-style file without having
     to manage the file as a whole with, say, M(ansible.builtin.template) or M(ansible.builtin.assemble). Interface has to be presented in a file.
-  - Read information about interfaces from interfaces-styled files
+  - Read information about interfaces from interfaces-styled files.
 attributes:
   check_mode:
     support: full
@@ -29,27 +29,27 @@ options:
   dest:
     type: path
     description:
-      - Path to the interfaces file
+      - Path to the interfaces file.
     default: /etc/network/interfaces
   iface:
     type: str
     description:
-      - Name of the interface, required for value changes or option remove
+      - Name of the interface, required for value changes or option remove.
   address_family:
     type: str
     description:
-      - Address family of the interface, useful if same interface name is used for both inet and inet6
+      - Address family of the interface, useful if same interface name is used for both V(inet) and V(inet6).
   option:
     type: str
     description:
-      - Name of the option, required for value changes or option remove
+      - Name of the option, required for value changes or option remove.
   value:
     type: str
     description:
       - If O(option) is not presented for the O(iface) and O(state) is V(present) option will be added.
         If O(option) already exists and is not V(pre-up), V(up), V(post-up) or V(down), it's value will be updated.
         V(pre-up), V(up), V(post-up) and V(down) options cannot be updated, only adding new options, removing existing
-        ones or cleaning the whole option set are supported
+        ones or cleaning the whole option set are supported.
   backup:
     description:
       - Create a backup file including the timestamp information so you can get
@@ -64,72 +64,76 @@ options:
     choices: [ "present", "absent" ]
 
 notes:
-   - If option is defined multiple times last one will be updated but all will be deleted in case of an absent state
+   - If option is defined multiple times last one will be updated but all will be deleted in case of an absent state.
 requirements: []
 author: "Roman Belyakovsky (@hryamzik)"
 '''
 
 RETURN = '''
 dest:
-    description: destination file/path
+    description: Destination file/path.
     returned: success
     type: str
     sample: "/etc/network/interfaces"
 ifaces:
-    description: interfaces dictionary
+    description: Interfaces dictionary.
     returned: success
-    type: complex
+    type: dict
     contains:
       ifaces:
-        description: interface dictionary
+        description: Interface dictionary.
         returned: success
         type: dict
         contains:
           eth0:
-            description: Name of the interface
+            description: Name of the interface.
             returned: success
             type: dict
             contains:
               address_family:
-                description: interface address family
+                description: Interface address family.
                 returned: success
                 type: str
                 sample: "inet"
               method:
-                description: interface method
+                description: Interface method.
                 returned: success
                 type: str
                 sample: "manual"
               mtu:
-                description: other options, all values returned as strings
+                description: Other options, all values returned as strings.
                 returned: success
                 type: str
                 sample: "1500"
               pre-up:
-                description: list of C(pre-up) scripts
+                description: List of C(pre-up) scripts.
                 returned: success
                 type: list
+                elements: str
                 sample:
                   - "route add -net 10.10.10.0/24 gw 10.10.10.1 dev eth1"
                   - "route add -net 10.10.11.0/24 gw 10.10.11.1 dev eth2"
               up:
-                description: list of C(up) scripts
+                description: List of C(up) scripts.
                 returned: success
                 type: list
+                elements: str
                 sample:
                   - "route add -net 10.10.10.0/24 gw 10.10.10.1 dev eth1"
                   - "route add -net 10.10.11.0/24 gw 10.10.11.1 dev eth2"
               post-up:
-                description: list of C(post-up) scripts
+                description: List of C(post-up) scripts.
                 returned: success
                 type: list
+                elements: str
                 sample:
                   - "route add -net 10.10.10.0/24 gw 10.10.10.1 dev eth1"
                   - "route add -net 10.10.11.0/24 gw 10.10.11.1 dev eth2"
               down:
-                description: list of C(down) scripts
+                description: List of C(down) scripts.
                 returned: success
                 type: list
+                elements: str
                 sample:
                   - "route del -net 10.10.10.0/24 gw 10.10.10.1 dev eth1"
                   - "route del -net 10.10.11.0/24 gw 10.10.11.1 dev eth2"
@@ -336,6 +340,8 @@ def addOptionAfterLine(option, value, iface, lines, last_line_dict, iface_option
         changed = False
         for ln in lines:
             if ln.get('line_type', '') == 'iface' and ln.get('iface', '') == iface and value != ln.get('params', {}).get('method', ''):
+                if address_family is not None and ln.get('address_family') != address_family:
+                    continue
                 changed = True
                 ln['line'] = re.sub(ln.get('params', {}).get('method', '') + '$', value, ln.get('line'))
                 ln['params']['method'] = value

plugins/modules/ipa_hbacrule.py

@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ import traceback
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.ipa import IPAClient, ipa_argument_spec
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
 
 
 class HBACRuleIPAClient(IPAClient):
@@ -231,10 +232,17 @@ def ensure(module, client):
     name = module.params['cn']
     state = module.params['state']
 
+    ipa_version = client.get_ipa_version()
     if state in ['present', 'enabled']:
-        ipaenabledflag = 'TRUE'
+        if LooseVersion(ipa_version) < LooseVersion('4.9.10'):
+            ipaenabledflag = 'TRUE'
+        else:
+            ipaenabledflag = True
     else:
-        ipaenabledflag = 'FALSE'
+        if LooseVersion(ipa_version) < LooseVersion('4.9.10'):
+            ipaenabledflag = 'FALSE'
+        else:
+            ipaenabledflag = False
 
     host = module.params['host']
     hostcategory = module.params['hostcategory']

plugins/modules/ipa_otptoken.py

@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ def get_otptoken_dict(ansible_to_ipa, uniqueid=None, newuniqueid=None, otptype=N
     if owner is not None:
         otptoken[ansible_to_ipa['owner']] = owner
     if enabled is not None:
-        otptoken[ansible_to_ipa['enabled']] = 'FALSE' if enabled else 'TRUE'
+        otptoken[ansible_to_ipa['enabled']] = False if enabled else True
     if notbefore is not None:
         otptoken[ansible_to_ipa['notbefore']] = notbefore + 'Z'
     if notafter is not None:

plugins/modules/ipa_sudorule.py

@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ import traceback
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.ipa import IPAClient, ipa_argument_spec
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
 
 
 class SudoRuleIPAClient(IPAClient):
@@ -310,10 +311,17 @@ def ensure(module, client):
     runasgroupcategory = module.params['runasgroupcategory']
     runasextusers = module.params['runasextusers']
 
+    ipa_version = client.get_ipa_version()
     if state in ['present', 'enabled']:
-        ipaenabledflag = 'TRUE'
+        if LooseVersion(ipa_version) < LooseVersion('4.9.10'):
+            ipaenabledflag = 'TRUE'
+        else:
+            ipaenabledflag = True
     else:
-        ipaenabledflag = 'FALSE'
+        if LooseVersion(ipa_version) < LooseVersion('4.9.10'):
+            ipaenabledflag = 'FALSE'
+        else:
+            ipaenabledflag = False
 
     sudoopt = module.params['sudoopt']
     user = module.params['user']

plugins/modules/ipbase_info.py

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 
 RETURN = '''
 data:
-  description: "JSON parsed response from ipbase.com. Please refer to U(https://ipbase.com/docs/info) for the detailled structure of the response."
+  description: "JSON parsed response from ipbase.com. Please refer to U(https://ipbase.com/docs/info) for the detailed structure of the response."
   returned: success
   type: dict
   sample: {

plugins/modules/iptables_state.py

@@ -207,7 +207,9 @@ saved:
       "# Completed"
     ]
 tables:
-  description: The iptables we have interest for when module starts.
+  description:
+    - The iptables on the system before the module has run, separated by table.
+    - If the option O(table) is used, only this table is included.
   type: dict
   contains:
     table:
@@ -346,20 +348,27 @@ def filter_and_format_state(string):
     return lines
 
 
-def per_table_state(command, state):
+def parse_per_table_state(all_states_dump):
     '''
     Convert raw iptables-save output into usable datastructure, for reliable
     comparisons between initial and final states.
     '''
+    lines = filter_and_format_state(all_states_dump)
     tables = dict()
-    for t in TABLES:
-        COMMAND = list(command)
-        if '*%s' % t in state.splitlines():
-            COMMAND.extend(['--table', t])
-            dummy, out, dummy = module.run_command(COMMAND, check_rc=True)
-            out = re.sub(r'(^|\n)(# Generated|# Completed|[*]%s|COMMIT)[^\n]*' % t, r'', out)
-            out = re.sub(r' *\[[0-9]+:[0-9]+\] *', r'', out)
-            tables[t] = [tt for tt in out.splitlines() if tt != '']
+    current_table = ''
+    current_list = list()
+    for line in lines:
+        if re.match(r'^[*](filter|mangle|nat|raw|security)$', line):
+            current_table = line[1:]
+            continue
+        if line == 'COMMIT':
+            tables[current_table] = current_list
+            current_table = ''
+            current_list = list()
+            continue
+        if line.startswith('# '):
+            continue
+        current_list.append(line)
     return tables
 
 
@@ -458,7 +467,7 @@ def main():
     # The issue comes when wanting to restore state from empty iptable-save's
     # output... what happens when, say:
     # - no table is specified, and iptables-save's output is only nat table;
-    # - we give filter's ruleset to iptables-restore, that locks ourselve out
+    # - we give filter's ruleset to iptables-restore, that locks ourselves out
     #   of the host;
     # then trying to roll iptables state back to the previous (working) setup
     # doesn't override current filter table because no filter table is stored
@@ -486,7 +495,7 @@ def main():
     # Depending on the value of 'table', initref_state may differ from
     # initial_state.
     (rc, stdout, stderr) = module.run_command(SAVECOMMAND, check_rc=True)
-    tables_before = per_table_state(SAVECOMMAND, stdout)
+    tables_before = parse_per_table_state(stdout)
     initref_state = filter_and_format_state(stdout)
 
     if state == 'saved':
@@ -583,14 +592,17 @@ def main():
 
         (rc, stdout, stderr) = module.run_command(SAVECOMMAND, check_rc=True)
         restored_state = filter_and_format_state(stdout)
-
+    tables_after = parse_per_table_state('\n'.join(restored_state))
     if restored_state not in (initref_state, initial_state):
-        if module.check_mode:
-            changed = True
-        else:
-            tables_after = per_table_state(SAVECOMMAND, stdout)
-            if tables_after != tables_before:
+        for table_name, table_content in tables_after.items():
+            if table_name not in tables_before:
+                # Would initialize a table, which doesn't exist yet
                 changed = True
+                break
+            if tables_before[table_name] != table_content:
+                # Content of some table changes
+                changed = True
+                break
 
     if _back is None or module.check_mode:
         module.exit_json(
@@ -633,7 +645,7 @@ def main():
     os.remove(b_back)
 
     (rc, stdout, stderr) = module.run_command(SAVECOMMAND, check_rc=True)
-    tables_rollback = per_table_state(SAVECOMMAND, stdout)
+    tables_rollback = parse_per_table_state(stdout)
 
     msg = (
         "Failed to confirm state restored from %s after %ss. "

plugins/modules/irc.py

@@ -195,7 +195,14 @@ def send_msg(msg, server='localhost', port='6667', channel=None, nick_to=None, k
 
     irc = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
     if use_ssl:
-        irc = ssl.wrap_socket(irc)
+        if getattr(ssl, 'PROTOCOL_TLS', None) is not None:
+            # Supported since Python 2.7.13
+            context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS)
+        else:
+            context = ssl.SSLContext()
+        context.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
+        # TODO: create a secure context with `context = ssl.create_default_context()` instead!
+        irc = context.wrap_socket(irc)
     irc.connect((server, int(port)))
 
     if passwd:

plugins/modules/iso_customize.py

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ options:
         type: str
         required: true
 notes:
-- The C(pycdlib) library states it supports Python 2.7 and 3.4 only.
+- The C(pycdlib) library states it supports Python 2.7 and 3.4+.
 - >
   The function C(add_file) in pycdlib will overwrite the existing file in ISO with type ISO9660 / Rock Ridge 1.12 / Joliet / UDF.
   But it will not overwrite the existing file in ISO with Rock Ridge 1.09 / 1.10.

plugins/modules/jira.py

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ options:
     choices: [ attach, comment, create, edit, fetch, link, search, transition, update, worklog ]
     description:
       - The operation to perform.
-      - V(worklog) was added in community.genereal 6.5.0.
+      - V(worklog) was added in community.general 6.5.0.
 
   username:
     type: str
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ class JIRA(StateModuleHelper):
                 if msg:
                     self.module.fail_json(msg=', '.join(msg))
                 self.module.fail_json(msg=to_native(error))
-            # Fallback print body, if it cant be decoded
+            # Fallback print body, if it can't be decoded
             self.module.fail_json(msg=to_native(info['body']))
 
         body = response.read()