Release 8.6.8.

fixing broken check mode in the github_key (#9186)

* fixing datetime.strftime()

* added changelog fragment

* Update changelogs/fragments/9186-fix-broken-check-mode-in-github-key.yml

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

---------

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
(cherry picked from commit a863b62859)

Co-authored-by: tomcperry <99128358+tomcperry@users.noreply.github.com>

.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ schedules:
     always: true
     branches:
       include:
-        - stable-8
-        - stable-7
+        - stable-10
+        - stable-9
   - cron: 0 11 * * 0
     displayName: Weekly (old stable branches)
     always: true
     branches:
       include:
-        - stable-6
+        - stable-8
 
 variables:
   - name: checkoutPath
@@ -53,26 +53,39 @@ variables:
 resources:
   containers:
     - container: default
-      image: quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:4.0.1
+      image: quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:6.0.0
 
 pool: Standard
 
 stages:
 ### Sanity
-  - stage: Sanity_devel
-    displayName: Sanity devel
+  - stage: Sanity_2_18
+    displayName: Sanity 2.18
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: devel/sanity/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.18/sanity/{0}
           targets:
             - test: 1
             - test: 2
             - test: 3
             - test: 4
             - test: extra
+  - stage: Sanity_2_17
+    displayName: Sanity 2.17
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Test {0}
+          testFormat: 2.17/sanity/{0}
+          targets:
+            - test: 1
+            - test: 2
+            - test: 3
+            - test: 4
   - stage: Sanity_2_16
     displayName: Sanity 2.16
     dependsOn: []
@@ -86,48 +99,33 @@ stages:
             - test: 2
             - test: 3
             - test: 4
-  - stage: Sanity_2_15
-    displayName: Sanity 2.15
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: 2.15/sanity/{0}
-          targets:
-            - test: 1
-            - test: 2
-            - test: 3
-            - test: 4
-  - stage: Sanity_2_14
-    displayName: Sanity 2.14
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: 2.14/sanity/{0}
-          targets:
-            - test: 1
-            - test: 2
-            - test: 3
-            - test: 4
 ### Units
-  - stage: Units_devel
-    displayName: Units devel
+  - stage: Units_2_18
+    displayName: Units 2.18
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: devel/units/{0}/1
+          testFormat: 2.18/units/{0}/1
           targets:
-            - test: 3.7
             - test: 3.8
             - test: 3.9
             - test: '3.10'
             - test: '3.11'
             - test: '3.12'
+            - test: '3.13'
+  - stage: Units_2_17
+    displayName: Units 2.17
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Python {0}
+          testFormat: 2.17/units/{0}/1
+          targets:
+            - test: 3.7
+            - test: "3.12"
   - stage: Units_2_16
     displayName: Units 2.16
     dependsOn: []
@@ -140,59 +138,58 @@ stages:
             - test: 2.7
             - test: 3.6
             - test: "3.11"
-  - stage: Units_2_15
-    displayName: Units 2.15
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.15/units/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 3.5
-            - test: "3.10"
-  - stage: Units_2_14
-    displayName: Units 2.14
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.14/units/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 3.9
 
 ## Remote
-  - stage: Remote_devel_extra_vms
-    displayName: Remote devel extra VMs
+  - stage: Remote_2_18_extra_vms
+    displayName: Remote 2.18 extra VMs
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
-          testFormat: devel/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.18/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: Alpine 3.18
-              test: alpine/3.18
-            # - name: Fedora 39
-            #   test: fedora/39
+            - name: Alpine 3.20
+              test: alpine/3.20
+            # - name: Fedora 40
+            #   test: fedora/40
             - name: Ubuntu 22.04
               test: ubuntu/22.04
+            - name: Ubuntu 24.04
+              test: ubuntu/24.04
           groups:
             - vm
-  - stage: Remote_devel
-    displayName: Remote devel
+  - stage: Remote_2_18
+    displayName: Remote 2.18
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
-          testFormat: devel/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.18/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: macOS 13.2
-              test: macos/13.2
+            - name: macOS 14.3
+              test: macos/14.3
+            - name: RHEL 9.4
+              test: rhel/9.4
+            - name: FreeBSD 14.1
+              test: freebsd/14.1
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+  - stage: Remote_2_17
+    displayName: Remote 2.17
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.17/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: FreeBSD 13.3
+              test: freebsd/13.3
             - name: RHEL 9.3
               test: rhel/9.3
-            - name: FreeBSD 13.2
-              test: freebsd/13.2
+            - name: FreeBSD 14.0
+              test: freebsd/14.0
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
@@ -205,76 +202,56 @@ 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
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-            - 3
-  - stage: Remote_2_15
-    displayName: Remote 2.15
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.15/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: RHEL 9.1
-              test: rhel/9.1
-            - name: RHEL 8.7
-              test: rhel/8.7
             - name: RHEL 7.9
               test: rhel/7.9
-            # - name: FreeBSD 13.1
-            #   test: freebsd/13.1
-            # - name: FreeBSD 12.4
-            #   test: freebsd/12.4
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-            - 3
-  - stage: Remote_2_14
-    displayName: Remote 2.14
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.14/{0}
-          targets:
-            #- name: macOS 12.0
-            #  test: macos/12.0
-            - name: RHEL 9.0
-              test: rhel/9.0
-            #- name: FreeBSD 12.4
-            #  test: freebsd/12.4
+            # - name: FreeBSD 13.2
+            #   test: freebsd/13.2
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
             - 3
 
 ### Docker
-  - stage: Docker_devel
-    displayName: Docker devel
+  - stage: Docker_2_18
+    displayName: Docker 2.18
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
-          testFormat: devel/linux/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.18/linux/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: Fedora 40
+              test: fedora40
+            - name: Alpine 3.20
+              test: alpine320
+            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
+              test: ubuntu2204
+            - name: Ubuntu 24.04
+              test: ubuntu2404
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+  - stage: Docker_2_17
+    displayName: Docker 2.17
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.17/linux/{0}
           targets:
             - name: Fedora 39
               test: fedora39
+            - name: Alpine 3.19
+              test: alpine319
             - name: Ubuntu 20.04
               test: ubuntu2004
-            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
-              test: ubuntu2204
-            - name: Alpine 3
-              test: alpine3
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
@@ -291,131 +268,93 @@ stages:
               test: fedora38
             - name: openSUSE 15
               test: opensuse15
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-            - 3
-  - stage: Docker_2_15
-    displayName: Docker 2.15
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.15/linux/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: Fedora 37
-              test: fedora37
+            - name: Alpine 3
+              test: alpine3
             - name: CentOS 7
               test: centos7
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
             - 3
-  - stage: Docker_2_14
-    displayName: Docker 2.14
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.14/linux/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: Alpine 3
-              test: alpine3
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-            - 3
 
 ### Community Docker
-  - stage: Docker_community_devel
-    displayName: Docker (community images) devel
+  - stage: Docker_community_2_18
+    displayName: Docker (community images) 2.18
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
-          testFormat: devel/linux-community/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.18/linux-community/{0}
           targets:
             - name: Debian Bullseye
               test: debian-bullseye/3.9
             - name: Debian Bookworm
               test: debian-bookworm/3.11
             - name: ArchLinux
-              test: archlinux/3.11
+              test: archlinux/3.12
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
             - 3
 
 ### Generic
-  - stage: Generic_devel
-    displayName: Generic devel
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: devel/generic/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: '3.7'
-            - test: '3.12'
-  - stage: Generic_2_16
-    displayName: Generic 2.16
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.16/generic/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: '2.7'
-            - test: '3.6'
-            - test: '3.11'
-  - stage: Generic_2_15
-    displayName: Generic 2.15
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.15/generic/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: '3.9'
-  - stage: Generic_2_14
-    displayName: Generic 2.14
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.14/generic/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: '3.10'
+# Right now all generic tests are disabled. Uncomment when at least one of them is re-enabled.
+#  - stage: Generic_2_18
+#    displayName: Generic 2.18
+#    dependsOn: []
+#    jobs:
+#      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+#        parameters:
+#          nameFormat: Python {0}
+#          testFormat: 2.18/generic/{0}/1
+#          targets:
+#            - test: '3.8'
+#            - test: '3.11'
+#            - test: '3.13'
+#  - stage: Generic_2_17
+#    displayName: Generic 2.17
+#    dependsOn: []
+#    jobs:
+#      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+#        parameters:
+#          nameFormat: Python {0}
+#          testFormat: 2.17/generic/{0}/1
+#          targets:
+#            - test: '3.7'
+#            - test: '3.12'
+#  - stage: Generic_2_16
+#    displayName: Generic 2.16
+#    dependsOn: []
+#    jobs:
+#      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+#        parameters:
+#          nameFormat: Python {0}
+#          testFormat: 2.16/generic/{0}/1
+#          targets:
+#            - test: '2.7'
+#            - test: '3.6'
+#            - test: '3.11'
 
   - stage: Summary
     condition: succeededOrFailed()
     dependsOn:
-      - Sanity_devel
+      - Sanity_2_18
+      - Sanity_2_17
       - Sanity_2_16
-      - Sanity_2_15
-      - Sanity_2_14
-      - Units_devel
+      - Units_2_18
+      - Units_2_17
       - Units_2_16
-      - Units_2_15
-      - Units_2_14
-      - Remote_devel_extra_vms
-      - Remote_devel
+      - Remote_2_18_extra_vms
+      - Remote_2_18
+      - Remote_2_17
       - Remote_2_16
-      - Remote_2_15
-      - Remote_2_14
-      - Docker_devel
+      - Docker_2_18
+      - Docker_2_17
       - Docker_2_16
-      - Docker_2_15
-      - Docker_2_14
-      - Docker_community_devel
+      - Docker_community_2_18
 # Right now all generic tests are disabled. Uncomment when at least one of them is re-enabled.
-#      - Generic_devel
+#      - Generic_2_18
+#      - Generic_2_17
 #      - Generic_2_16
-#      - Generic_2_15
-#      - Generic_2_14
     jobs:
       - template: templates/coverage.yml

.github/BOTMETA.yml

@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ files:
   $callbacks/cgroup_memory_recap.py: {}
   $callbacks/context_demo.py: {}
   $callbacks/counter_enabled.py: {}
+  $callbacks/default_without_diff.py:
+    maintainers: felixfontein
   $callbacks/dense.py:
     maintainers: dagwieers
   $callbacks/diy.py:
@@ -149,8 +151,18 @@ files:
   $filters/jc.py:
     maintainers: kellyjonbrazil
   $filters/json_query.py: {}
+  $filters/lists.py:
+    maintainers: cfiehe
+  $filters/lists_difference.yml:
+    maintainers: cfiehe
+  $filters/lists_intersect.yml:
+    maintainers: cfiehe
   $filters/lists_mergeby.py:
     maintainers: vbotka
+  $filters/lists_symmetric_difference.yml:
+    maintainers: cfiehe
+  $filters/lists_union.yml:
+    maintainers: cfiehe
   $filters/random_mac.py: {}
   $filters/time.py:
     maintainers: resmo
@@ -200,7 +212,7 @@ files:
     labels: cloud opennebula
     maintainers: feldsam
   $inventories/proxmox.py:
-    maintainers: $team_virt ilijamt
+    maintainers: $team_virt ilijamt krauthosting
   $inventories/scaleway.py:
     labels: cloud scaleway
     maintainers: $team_scaleway
@@ -253,7 +265,7 @@ files:
     labels: manifold
     maintainers: galanoff
   $lookups/merge_variables.py:
-    maintainers: rlenferink m-a-r-k-e
+    maintainers: rlenferink m-a-r-k-e alpex8
   $lookups/onepass:
     labels: onepassword
     maintainers: samdoran
@@ -562,8 +574,12 @@ files:
     maintainers: paytroff
   $modules/gitlab_issue.py:
     maintainers: zvaraondrej
+  $modules/gitlab_label.py:
+    maintainers: gpongelli
   $modules/gitlab_merge_request.py:
     maintainers: zvaraondrej
+  $modules/gitlab_milestone.py:
+    maintainers: gpongelli
   $modules/gitlab_project_variable.py:
     maintainers: markuman
   $modules/gitlab_instance_variable.py:
@@ -572,6 +588,10 @@ files:
     maintainers: SamyCoenen
   $modules/gitlab_user.py:
     maintainers: LennertMertens stgrace
+  $modules/gitlab_group_access_token.py:
+    maintainers: pixslx
+  $modules/gitlab_project_access_token.py:
+    maintainers: pixslx
   $modules/grove.py:
     maintainers: zimbatm
   $modules/gunicorn.py:
@@ -760,6 +780,8 @@ files:
     maintainers: laurpaum
   $modules/keycloak_component_info.py:
     maintainers: desand01
+  $modules/keycloak_client_rolescope.py:
+    maintainers: desand01
   $modules/keycloak_user_rolemapping.py:
     maintainers: bratwurzt
   $modules/keycloak_realm_rolemapping.py:
@@ -1039,27 +1061,27 @@ files:
   $modules/proxmox:
     keywords: kvm libvirt proxmox qemu
     labels: proxmox virt
-    maintainers: $team_virt UnderGreen
+    maintainers: $team_virt UnderGreen krauthosting
     ignore: tleguern
   $modules/proxmox.py:
     ignore: skvidal
-    maintainers: UnderGreen
+    maintainers: UnderGreen krauthosting
   $modules/proxmox_disk.py:
-    maintainers: castorsky
+    maintainers: castorsky krauthosting
   $modules/proxmox_kvm.py:
     ignore: skvidal
-    maintainers: helldorado
+    maintainers: helldorado krauthosting
   $modules/proxmox_nic.py:
-    maintainers: Kogelvis
+    maintainers: Kogelvis krauthosting
   $modules/proxmox_node_info.py:
-    maintainers: jwbernin
+    maintainers: jwbernin krauthosting
   $modules/proxmox_storage_contents_info.py:
-    maintainers: l00ptr
+    maintainers: l00ptr krauthosting
   $modules/proxmox_tasks_info:
-    maintainers: paginabianca
+    maintainers: paginabianca krauthosting
   $modules/proxmox_template.py:
     ignore: skvidal
-    maintainers: UnderGreen
+    maintainers: UnderGreen krauthosting
   $modules/pubnub_blocks.py:
     maintainers: parfeon pubnub
   $modules/pulp_repo.py:
@@ -1334,6 +1356,8 @@ files:
     maintainers: nate-kingsley
   $modules/urpmi.py:
     maintainers: pmakowski
+  $modules/usb_facts.py:
+    maintainers: maxopoly
   $modules/utm_:
     keywords: sophos utm
     maintainers: $team_e_spirit
@@ -1423,6 +1447,8 @@ files:
     ignore: matze
     labels: zypper
     maintainers: $team_suse
+  $plugin_utils/unsafe.py:
+    maintainers: felixfontein
   $tests/a_module.py:
     maintainers: felixfontein
   $tests/fqdn_valid.py:
@@ -1436,6 +1462,8 @@ files:
     maintainers: felixfontein giner
   docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_grouping.rst:
     maintainers: felixfontein
+  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_lists_helper.rst:
+    maintainers: cfiehe
   docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_merging_lists_of_dictionaries.rst:
     maintainers: vbotka
   docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_conversions.rst:
@@ -1477,7 +1505,6 @@ macros:
   becomes: plugins/become
   caches: plugins/cache
   callbacks: plugins/callback
-  cliconfs: plugins/cliconf
   connections: plugins/connection
   doc_fragments: plugins/doc_fragments
   filters: plugins/filter
@@ -1485,12 +1512,12 @@ macros:
   lookups: plugins/lookup
   module_utils: plugins/module_utils
   modules: plugins/modules
-  terminals: plugins/terminal
+  plugin_utils: plugins/plugin_utils
   tests: plugins/test
   team_ansible_core:
   team_aix: MorrisA bcoca d-little flynn1973 gforster kairoaraujo marvin-sinister mator molekuul ramooncamacho wtcross
   team_bsd: JoergFiedler MacLemon bcoca dch jasperla mekanix opoplawski overhacked tuxillo
-  team_consul: sgargan
+  team_consul: sgargan apollo13
   team_cyberark_conjur: jvanderhoof ryanprior
   team_e_spirit: MatrixCrawler getjack
   team_flatpak: JayKayy oolongbrothers

.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         ansible:
           - '2.13'
+          - '2.14'
+          - '2.15'
     # Ansible-test on various stable branches does not yet work well with cgroups v2.
     # Since ubuntu-latest now uses Ubuntu 22.04, we need to fall back to the ubuntu-20.04
     # image for these stable branches. The list of branches where this is necessary will
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
         with:
           ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          codecov-token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
           coverage: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'always' || 'never' }}
           pull-request-change-detection: 'true'
           testing-type: sanity
@@ -72,6 +75,12 @@ jobs:
             python: '2.7'
           - ansible: '2.13'
             python: '3.8'
+          - ansible: '2.14'
+            python: '3.9'
+          - ansible: '2.15'
+            python: '3.5'
+          - ansible: '2.15'
+            python: '3.10'
 
     steps:
       - name: >-
@@ -80,6 +89,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
         with:
           ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          codecov-token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
           coverage: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'always' || 'never' }}
           pre-test-cmd: >-
             mkdir -p ../../ansible
@@ -148,11 +158,45 @@ jobs:
             docker: alpine3
             python: ''
             target: azp/posix/3/
+          # 2.14
+          - ansible: '2.14'
+            docker: alpine3
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/1/
+          - ansible: '2.14'
+            docker: alpine3
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/2/
+          - ansible: '2.14'
+            docker: alpine3
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/3/
+          # 2.15
+          - ansible: '2.15'
+            docker: fedora37
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/1/
+          - ansible: '2.15'
+            docker: fedora37
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/2/
+          - ansible: '2.15'
+            docker: fedora37
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/3/
           # Right now all generic tests are disabled. Uncomment when at least one of them is re-enabled.
           # - ansible: '2.13'
           #   docker: default
           #   python: '3.9'
           #   target: azp/generic/1/
+          # - ansible: '2.14'
+          #   docker: default
+          #   python: '3.10'
+          #   target: azp/generic/1/
+          # - ansible: '2.15'
+          #   docker: default
+          #   python: '3.9'
+          #   target: azp/generic/1/
 
     steps:
       - name: >-
@@ -162,6 +206,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
         with:
           ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          codecov-token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
           coverage: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'always' || 'never' }}
           docker-image: ${{ matrix.docker }}
           integration-continue-on-error: 'false'

.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

@@ -7,10 +7,14 @@ name: Verify REUSE
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [main]
-  pull_request_target:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - stable-*
+  pull_request:
     types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
-    branches: [main]
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - stable-*
   # Run CI once per day (at 07:30 UTC)
   schedule:
     - cron: '30 7 * * *'
@@ -26,10 +30,5 @@ 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@v5

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -0,0 +1,968 @@
+# Community General Release Notes
+
+**Topics**
+
+- <a href="#v8-6-8">v8\.6\.8</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v8-6-7">v8\.6\.7</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-1">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-1">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v8-6-6">v8\.6\.6</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-2">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-2">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v8-6-5">v8\.6\.5</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-3">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-3">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v8-6-4">v8\.6\.4</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-4">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-1">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-4">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v8-6-3">v8\.6\.3</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-5">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-2">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-5">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v8-6-2">v8\.6\.2</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-6">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-6">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#known-issues">Known Issues</a>
+- <a href="#v8-6-1">v8\.6\.1</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-7">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#security-fixes">Security Fixes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-7">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v8-6-0">v8\.6\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-8">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-3">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#deprecated-features">Deprecated Features</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-8">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#new-modules">New Modules</a>
+- <a href="#v8-5-0">v8\.5\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-9">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-4">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#security-fixes-1">Security Fixes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-9">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#new-modules-1">New Modules</a>
+- <a href="#v8-4-0">v8\.4\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-10">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-5">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-10">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#new-plugins">New Plugins</a>
+        - <a href="#callback">Callback</a>
+        - <a href="#filter">Filter</a>
+    - <a href="#new-modules-2">New Modules</a>
+- <a href="#v8-3-0">v8\.3\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-11">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-6">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#deprecated-features-1">Deprecated Features</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-11">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#new-modules-3">New Modules</a>
+- <a href="#v8-2-0">v8\.2\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-12">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-7">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-12">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#new-plugins-1">New Plugins</a>
+        - <a href="#connection">Connection</a>
+        - <a href="#filter-1">Filter</a>
+        - <a href="#lookup">Lookup</a>
+    - <a href="#new-modules-4">New Modules</a>
+- <a href="#v8-1-0">v8\.1\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-13">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-8">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-13">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#new-plugins-2">New Plugins</a>
+        - <a href="#lookup-1">Lookup</a>
+        - <a href="#test">Test</a>
+    - <a href="#new-modules-5">New Modules</a>
+- <a href="#v8-0-2">v8\.0\.2</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-14">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-14">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v8-0-1">v8\.0\.1</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-15">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-15">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v8-0-0">v8\.0\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-16">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-9">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#breaking-changes--porting-guide">Breaking Changes / Porting Guide</a>
+    - <a href="#deprecated-features-2">Deprecated Features</a>
+    - <a href="#removed-features-previously-deprecated">Removed Features \(previously deprecated\)</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-16">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#known-issues-1">Known Issues</a>
+    - <a href="#new-plugins-3">New Plugins</a>
+        - <a href="#lookup-2">Lookup</a>
+    - <a href="#new-modules-6">New Modules</a>
+This changelog describes changes after version 7\.0\.0\.
+
+<a id="v8-6-8"></a>
+## v8\.6\.8
+
+<a id="release-summary"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Maintenance release for inclusion in Ansible 9\.13\.0\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* github\_key \- in check mode\, a faulty call to <code>\`datetime\.strftime\(\.\.\.\)\`</code> was being made which generated an exception \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9185](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9185)\)\.
+
+<a id="v8-6-7"></a>
+## v8\.6\.7
+
+<a id="release-summary-1"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-1"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* collection\_version lookup plugin \- use <code>importlib</code> directly instead of the deprecated and in ansible\-core 2\.19 removed <code>ansible\.module\_utils\.compat\.importlib</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9084](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9084)\)\.
+* modprobe \- fix check mode not being honored for <code>persistent</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9051](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9051)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9052](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9052)\)\.
+
+<a id="v8-6-6"></a>
+## v8\.6\.6
+
+<a id="release-summary-2"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix release\.
+
+Note that this is the last regular bugfix release of community\.general 8\.x\.y\.
+From now on\, there will only be maintenance releases with major bugfixes and
+security fixes\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* redfish\_confg \- remove <code>CapacityBytes</code> from required paramaters of the <code>CreateVolume</code> command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8956](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8956)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-2"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* cloudflare\_dns \- fix changing Cloudflare SRV records \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8679](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8679)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8948](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8948)\)\.
+* dig lookup plugin \- fix using only the last nameserver specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8970](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8970)\)\.
+* homectl \- the module now tries to use <code>legacycrypt</code> on Python 3\.13\+ \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4691](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4691)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8987](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8987)\)\.
+* ini\_file \- pass absolute paths to <code>module\.atomic\_move\(\)</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83950](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83950)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8925](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8925)\)\.
+* ipa\_hostgroup \- fix <code>enabled \`\` and \`\`disabled</code> states \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8408](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8408)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8900](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8900)\)\.
+* java\_keystore \- pass absolute paths to <code>module\.atomic\_move\(\)</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83950](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83950)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8925](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8925)\)\.
+* jenkins\_plugin \- pass absolute paths to <code>module\.atomic\_move\(\)</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83950](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83950)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8925](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8925)\)\.
+* kdeconfig \- pass absolute paths to <code>module\.atomic\_move\(\)</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83950](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83950)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8925](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8925)\)\.
+* keycloak\_realm \- fix change detection in check mode by sorting the lists in the realms beforehand \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8877](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8877)\)\.
+* keycloak\_user\_federation \- minimize change detection by setting <code>krbPrincipalAttribute</code> to <code>\'\'</code> in Keycloak responses if missing \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8785](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8785)\)\.
+* keycloak\_user\_federation \- remove <code>lastSync</code> parameter from Keycloak responses to minimize diff/changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8812](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8812)\)\.
+* one\_service \- fix service creation after it was deleted with <code>unique</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3137](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3137)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8887](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8887)\)\.
+* pam\_limits \- pass absolute paths to <code>module\.atomic\_move\(\)</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83950](https\://github\.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83950)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8925](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8925)\)\.
+* udm\_user \- the module now tries to use <code>legacycrypt</code> on Python 3\.13\+ \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4690](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4690)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8987](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8987)\)\.
+
+<a id="v8-6-5"></a>
+## v8\.6\.5
+
+<a id="release-summary-3"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-3"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* gitlab\_group\_access\_token \- fix crash in check mode caused by attempted access to a newly created access token \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8796](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8796)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project\_access\_token \- fix crash in check mode caused by attempted access to a newly created access token \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8796](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8796)\)\.
+* keycloak\_realm\_key \- fix invalid usage of <code>parent\_id</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7850](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7850)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8823](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8823)\)\.
+* keycloak\_user\_federation \- fix key error when removing mappers during an update and new mappers are specified in the module args \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8762](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8762)\)\.
+* keycloak\_user\_federation \- fix the <code>UnboundLocalError</code> that occurs when an ID is provided for a user federation mapper \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8831](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8831)\)\.
+* keycloak\_user\_federation \- sort desired and after mapper list by name \(analog to before mapper list\) to minimize diff and make change detection more accurate \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8761](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8761)\)\.
+* proxmox inventory plugin \- fixed a possible error on concatenating responses from proxmox\. In case an API call unexpectedly returned an empty result\, the inventory failed with a fatal error\. Added check for empty response \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8798](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8798)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8794](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8794)\)\.
+
+<a id="v8-6-4"></a>
+## v8\.6\.4
+
+<a id="release-summary-4"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-1"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* passwordstore lookup plugin \- add the current user to the lockfile file name to address issues on multi\-user systems \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8689](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8689)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-4"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* gitlab\_runner \- fix <code>paused</code> parameter being ignored \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8648](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8648)\)\.
+* homebrew\_cask \- fix <code>upgrade\_all</code> returns <code>changed</code> when nothing upgraded \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8707](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8707)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8708](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8708)\)\.
+* keycloak\_user\_federation \- get cleartext IDP <code>clientSecret</code> from full realm info to detect changes to it \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8294](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8294)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8735](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8735)\)\.
+* keycloak\_user\_federation \- remove existing user federation mappers if they are not present in the federation configuration and will not be updated \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7169](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7169)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8695](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8695)\)\.
+
+<a id="v8-6-3"></a>
+## v8\.6\.3
+
+<a id="release-summary-5"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-2"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* wdc\_redfish\_command \- minor change to handle upgrade file for Redfish WD platforms \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8444](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8444)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-5"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* bitwarden lookup plugin \- fix <code>KeyError</code> in <code>search\_field</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8549](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8549)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8557](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8557)\)\.
+* keycloak\_clientscope \- remove IDs from clientscope and its protocol mappers on comparison for changed check \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8545](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8545)\)\.
+* nsupdate \- fix \'index out of range\' error when changing NS records by falling back to authority section of the response \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8612](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8612)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8614](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8614)\)\.
+* redfish\_utils module utils \- do not fail when language is not exactly \"en\" \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8613](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8613)\)\.
+
+<a id="v8-6-2"></a>
+## v8\.6\.2
+
+<a id="release-summary-6"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-6"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* git\_config \- fix behavior of <code>state\=absent</code> if <code>value</code> is present \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8436](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8436)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8452](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8452)\)\.
+* homebrew \- do not fail when brew prints warnings \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8406](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8406)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7044](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7044)\)\.
+* keycloak\_client \- fix TypeError when sanitizing the <code>saml\.signing\.private\.key</code> attribute in the module\'s diff or state output\. The <code>sanitize\_cr</code> function expected a dict where in some cases a list might occur \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8403](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8403)\)\.
+* keycloak\_realm \- add normalizations for <code>attributes</code> and <code>protocol\_mappers</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8496](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8496)\)\.
+* launched \- correctly report changed status in check mode \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8406](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8406)\)\.
+* opennebula inventory plugin \- fix invalid reference to IP when inventory runs against NICs with no IPv4 address \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8489](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8489)\)\.
+* opentelemetry callback \- do not save the JSON response when using the <code>ansible\.builtin\.uri</code> module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8430](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8430)\)\.
+* opentelemetry callback \- do not save the content response when using the <code>ansible\.builtin\.slurp</code> module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8430](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8430)\)\.
+* paman \- do not fail if an empty list of packages has been provided and there is nothing to do \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8514](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8514)\)\.
+
+<a id="known-issues"></a>
+### Known Issues
+
+* homectl \- the module does not work under Python 3\.13 or newer\, since it relies on the removed <code>crypt</code> standard library module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4691](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4691)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8497](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8497)\)\.
+* udm\_user \- the module does not work under Python 3\.13 or newer\, since it relies on the removed <code>crypt</code> standard library module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4690](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4690)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8497](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8497)\)\.
+
+<a id="v8-6-1"></a>
+## v8\.6\.1
+
+<a id="release-summary-7"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="security-fixes"></a>
+### Security Fixes
+
+* keycloak\_identity\_provider \- the client secret was not correctly sanitized by the module\. The return values <code>proposed</code>\, <code>existing</code>\, and <code>end\_state</code>\, as well as the diff\, did contain the client secret unmasked \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8355](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8355)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-7"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* keycloak\_user\_federation \- fix diff of empty <code>krbPrincipalAttribute</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8320](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8320)\)\.
+* merge\_variables lookup plugin \- fixing cross host merge\: providing access to foreign hosts variables to the perspective of the host that is performing the merge \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8303](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8303)\)\.
+* opentelemetry callback plugin \- close spans always \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8367](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8367)\)\.
+* opentelemetry callback plugin \- honour the <code>disable\_logs</code> option to avoid storing task results since they are not used regardless \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8373](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8373)\)\.
+
+<a id="v8-6-0"></a>
+## v8\.6\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-8"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix and features release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-3"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* Use offset\-aware <code>datetime\.datetime</code> objects \(with timezone UTC\) instead of offset\-naive UTC timestamps\, which are deprecated in Python 3\.12 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8222](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8222)\)\.
+* apt\_rpm \- add new states <code>latest</code> and <code>present\_not\_latest</code>\. The value <code>latest</code> is equivalent to the current behavior of <code>present</code>\, which will upgrade a package if a newer version exists\. <code>present\_not\_latest</code> does what most users would expect <code>present</code> to do\: it does not upgrade if the package is already installed\. The current behavior of <code>present</code> will be deprecated in a later version\, and eventually changed to that of <code>present\_not\_latest</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8217](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8217)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8247](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8247)\)\.
+* bitwarden lookup plugin \- add support to filter by organization ID \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8188](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8188)\)\.
+* filesystem \- add bcachefs support \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8126](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8126)\)\.
+* ini\_file \- add an optional parameter <code>section\_has\_values</code>\. If the target ini file contains more than one <code>section</code>\, use <code>section\_has\_values</code> to specify which one should be updated \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7505)\)\.
+* java\_cert \- add <code>cert\_content</code> argument \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8153](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8153)\)\.
+* keycloak\_client\, keycloak\_clientscope\, keycloak\_clienttemplate \- added <code>docker\-v2</code> protocol support\, enhancing alignment with Keycloak\'s protocol options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8215](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8215)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8216](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8216)\)\.
+* nmcli \- adds OpenvSwitch support with new <code>type</code> values <code>ovs\-port</code>\, <code>ovs\-interface</code>\, and <code>ovs\-bridge</code>\, and new <code>slave\_type</code> value <code>ovs\-port</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8154](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8154)\)\.
+* osx\_defaults \- add option <code>check\_types</code> to enable changing the type of existing defaults on the fly \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8173](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8173)\)\.
+* passwordstore lookup \- add <code>missing\_subkey</code> parameter defining the behavior of the lookup when a passwordstore subkey is missing \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8166](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8166)\)\.
+* portage \- adds the possibility to explicitely tell portage to write packages to world file \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6226](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6226)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8236](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8236)\)\.
+* redfish\_command \- add command <code>ResetToDefaults</code> to reset manager to default state \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8163](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8163)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- add boolean return value <code>MultipartHttpPush</code> to <code>GetFirmwareUpdateCapabilities</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8194](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8194)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8195](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8195)\)\.
+* ssh\_config \- allow <code>accept\-new</code> as valid value for <code>strict\_host\_key\_checking</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8257](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8257)\)\.
+
+<a id="deprecated-features"></a>
+### Deprecated Features
+
+* hipchat callback plugin \- the hipchat service has been discontinued and the self\-hosted variant has been End of Life since 2020\. The callback plugin is therefore deprecated and will be removed from community\.general 10\.0\.0 if nobody provides compelling reasons to still keep it \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8184](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8184)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8189](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8189)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-8"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* aix\_filesystem \- fix <code>\_validate\_vg</code> not passing VG name to <code>lsvg\_cmd</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8151](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8151)\)\.
+* apt\_rpm \- when checking whether packages were installed after running <code>apt\-get \-y install \<packages\></code>\, only the last package name was checked \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8263](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8263)\)\.
+* bitwarden\_secrets\_manager lookup plugin \- implements retry with exponential backoff to avoid lookup errors when Bitwardn\'s API rate limiting is encountered \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8230](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8230)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8238](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8238)\)\.
+* from\_ini filter plugin \- disabling interpolation of <code>ConfigParser</code> to allow converting values with a <code>\%</code> sign \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8183](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8183)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8185](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8185)\)\.
+* gitlab\_issue\, gitlab\_label\, gitlab\_milestone \- avoid crash during version comparison when the python\-gitlab Python module is not installed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8158](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8158)\)\.
+* haproxy \- fix an issue where HAProxy could get stuck in DRAIN mode when the backend was unreachable \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8092](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8092)\)\.
+* inventory plugins \- add unsafe wrapper to avoid marking strings that do not contain <code>\{</code> or <code>\}</code> as unsafe\, to work around a bug in AWX \(\([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8212](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8212)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8225](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8225)\)\.
+* ipa \- fix get version regex in IPA module\_utils \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8175](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8175)\)\.
+* keycloak\_client \- add sorted <code>defaultClientScopes</code> and <code>optionalClientScopes</code> to normalizations \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8223](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8223)\)\.
+* keycloak\_realm \- add normalizations for <code>enabledEventTypes</code> and <code>supportedLocales</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8224](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8224)\)\.
+* puppet \- add option <code>environment\_lang</code> to set the environment language encoding\. Defaults to lang <code>C</code>\. It is recommended to set it to <code>C\.UTF\-8</code> or <code>en\_US\.UTF\-8</code> depending on what is available on your system\. \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8000](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8000)\)
+* riak \- support <code>riak admin</code> sub\-command in newer Riak KV versions beside the legacy <code>riak\-admin</code> main command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8211](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8211)\)\.
+* to\_ini filter plugin \- disabling interpolation of <code>ConfigParser</code> to allow converting values with a <code>\%</code> sign \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8183](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8183)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8185](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8185)\)\.
+* xml \- make module work with lxml 5\.1\.1\, which removed some internals that the module was relying on \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8169](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8169)\)\.
+
+<a id="new-modules"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* community\.general\.keycloak\_client\_rolescope \- Allows administration of Keycloak client roles scope to restrict the usage of certain roles to a other specific client applications\.
+
+<a id="v8-5-0"></a>
+## v8\.5\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-9"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular feature and bugfix release with security fixes\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-4"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* bitwarden lookup plugin \- allows to fetch all records of a given collection ID\, by allowing to pass an empty value for <code>search\_value</code> when <code>collection\_id</code> is provided \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8013](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8013)\)\.
+* icinga2 inventory plugin \- adds new parameter <code>group\_by\_hostgroups</code> in order to make grouping by Icinga2 hostgroups optional \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7998](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7998)\)\.
+* ini\_file \- support optional spaces between section names and their surrounding brackets \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8075](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8075)\)\.
+* java\_cert \- enable <code>owner</code>\, <code>group</code>\, <code>mode</code>\, and other generic file arguments \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8116](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8116)\)\.
+* ldap\_attrs \- module now supports diff mode\, showing which attributes are changed within an operation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8073](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8073)\)\.
+* lxd\_container \- uses <code>/1\.0/instances</code> API endpoint\, if available\. Falls back to <code>/1\.0/containers</code> or <code>/1\.0/virtual\-machines</code>\. Fixes issue when using Incus or LXD 5\.19 due to migrating to <code>/1\.0/instances</code> endpoint \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7980](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7980)\)\.
+* nmcli \- allow setting <code>MTU</code> for <code>bond\-slave</code> interface types \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8118](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8118)\)\.
+* proxmox \- adds <code>startup</code> parameters to configure startup order\, startup delay and shutdown delay \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8038](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8038)\)\.
+* revbitspss lookup plugin \- removed a redundant unicode prefix\. The prefix was not necessary for Python 3 and has been cleaned up to streamline the code \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8087](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8087)\)\.
+
+<a id="security-fixes-1"></a>
+### Security Fixes
+
+* cobbler\, gitlab\_runners\, icinga2\, linode\, lxd\, nmap\, online\, opennebula\, proxmox\, scaleway\, stackpath\_compute\, virtualbox\, and xen\_orchestra inventory plugin \- make sure all data received from the remote servers is marked as unsafe\, so remote code execution by obtaining texts that can be evaluated as templates is not possible \([https\://www\.die\-welt\.net/2024/03/remote\-code\-execution\-in\-ansible\-dynamic\-inventory\-plugins/](https\://www\.die\-welt\.net/2024/03/remote\-code\-execution\-in\-ansible\-dynamic\-inventory\-plugins/)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8098](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8098)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-9"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* aix\_filesystem \- fix issue with empty list items in crfs logic and option order \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8052](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8052)\)\.
+* consul\_token \- fix token creation without <code>accessor\_id</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8091](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8091)\)\.
+* 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="new-modules-1"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* community\.general\.usb\_facts \- Allows listing information about USB devices
+
+<a id="v8-4-0"></a>
+## v8\.4\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-10"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-5"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* bitwarden lookup plugin \- add <code>bw\_session</code> option\, to pass session key instead of reading from env \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7994](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7994)\)\.
+* gitlab\_deploy\_key\, gitlab\_group\_members\, gitlab\_group\_variable\, gitlab\_hook\, gitlab\_instance\_variable\, gitlab\_project\_badge\, gitlab\_project\_variable\, gitlab\_user \- improve API pagination and compatibility with different versions of <code>python\-gitlab</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7790](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7790)\)\.
+* gitlab\_hook \- adds <code>releases\_events</code> parameter for supporting Releases events triggers on GitLab hooks \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7956](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7956)\)\.
+* icinga2 inventory plugin \- add Jinja2 templating support to <code>url</code>\, <code>user</code>\, and <code>password</code> paramenters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7074](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7074)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7996](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7996)\)\.
+* mssql\_script \- adds transactional \(rollback/commit\) support via optional boolean param <code>transaction</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7976](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7976)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- add parameter <code>update\_unsafe</code> to avoid limitations when updating dangerous values \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7843](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7843)\)\.
+* redfish\_config \- add command <code>SetServiceIdentification</code> to set service identification \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7916](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7916)\)\.
+* sudoers \- add support for the <code>NOEXEC</code> tag in sudoers rules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7983](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7983)\)\.
+* terraform \- fix <code>diff\_mode</code> in state <code>absent</code> and when terraform <code>resource\_changes</code> does not exist \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7963](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7963)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-10"></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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7970](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7970)\)\.
+* gitlab\_issue \- fix behavior to search GitLab issue\, using <code>search</code> keyword instead of <code>title</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7846](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7846)\)\.
+* gitlab\_runner \- fix pagination when checking for existing runners \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7790](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7790)\)\.
+* 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="new-plugins"></a>
+### New Plugins
+
+<a id="callback"></a>
+#### Callback
+
+* community\.general\.default\_without\_diff \- The default ansible callback without diff output
+
+<a id="filter"></a>
+#### Filter
+
+* community\.general\.lists\_difference \- Difference of lists with a predictive order
+* community\.general\.lists\_intersect \- Intersection of lists with a predictive order
+* community\.general\.lists\_symmetric\_difference \- Symmetric Difference of lists with a predictive order
+* community\.general\.lists\_union \- Union of lists with a predictive order
+
+<a id="new-modules-2"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* community\.general\.gitlab\_group\_access\_token \- Manages GitLab group access tokens
+* community\.general\.gitlab\_project\_access\_token \- Manages GitLab project access tokens
+
+<a id="v8-3-0"></a>
+## v8\.3\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-11"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-6"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* consul\_auth\_method\, consul\_binding\_rule\, consul\_policy\, consul\_role\, consul\_session\, consul\_token \- added action group <code>community\.general\.consul</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7897](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7897)\)\.
+* consul\_policy \- added support for diff and check mode \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878)\)\.
+* consul\_policy\, consul\_role\, consul\_session \- removed dependency on <code>requests</code> and factored out common parts \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7826](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7826)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878)\)\.
+* consul\_role \- <code>node\_identities</code> now expects a <code>node\_name</code> option to match the Consul API\, the old <code>name</code> is still supported as alias \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878)\)\.
+* consul\_role \- <code>service\_identities</code> now expects a <code>service\_name</code> option to match the Consul API\, the old <code>name</code> is still supported as alias \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878)\)\.
+* consul\_role \- added support for diff mode \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878)\)\.
+* consul\_role \- added support for templated policies \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- add command <code>GetServiceIdentification</code> to get service identification \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7882](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7882)\)\.
+* terraform \- add support for <code>diff\_mode</code> for terraform resource\_changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7896](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7896)\)\.
+
+<a id="deprecated-features-1"></a>
+### Deprecated Features
+
+* consul\_acl \- the module has been deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 10\.0\.0\. <code>consul\_token</code> and <code>consul\_policy</code> can be used instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7901](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7901)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-11"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* homebrew \- detect already installed formulae and casks using JSON output from <code>brew info</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/864](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/864)\)\.
+* incus connection plugin \- treats <code>inventory\_hostname</code> as a variable instead of a literal in remote connections \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7874](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7874)\)\.
+* 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> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7389](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7389)\)\.
+* proxmox \- fix updating a container config if the setting does not already exist \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7872](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7872)\)\.
+
+<a id="new-modules-3"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* community\.general\.consul\_acl\_bootstrap \- Bootstrap ACLs in Consul
+* community\.general\.consul\_auth\_method \- Manipulate Consul auth methods
+* community\.general\.consul\_binding\_rule \- Manipulate Consul binding rules
+* community\.general\.consul\_token \- Manipulate Consul tokens
+* community\.general\.gitlab\_label \- Creates/updates/deletes GitLab Labels belonging to project or group\.
+* community\.general\.gitlab\_milestone \- Creates/updates/deletes GitLab Milestones belonging to project or group
+
+<a id="v8-2-0"></a>
+## v8\.2\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-12"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-7"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* ipa\_dnsrecord \- adds ability to manage NS record types \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7737](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7737)\)\.
+* ipa\_pwpolicy \- refactor module and exchange a sequence <code>if</code> statements with a <code>for</code> loop \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7723](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7723)\)\.
+* ipa\_pwpolicy \- update module to support <code>maxrepeat</code>\, <code>maxsequence</code>\, <code>dictcheck</code>\, <code>usercheck</code>\, <code>gracelimit</code> parameters in FreeIPA password policies \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7723](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7723)\)\.
+* keycloak\_realm\_key \- the <code>config\.algorithm</code> option now supports 8 additional key algorithms \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7698](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7698)\)\.
+* keycloak\_realm\_key \- the <code>config\.certificate</code> option value is no longer defined with <code>no\_log\=True</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7698](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7698)\)\.
+* keycloak\_realm\_key \- the <code>provider\_id</code> option now supports RSA encryption key usage \(value <code>rsa\-enc</code>\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7698](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7698)\)\.
+* keycloak\_user\_federation \- allow custom user storage providers to be set through <code>provider\_id</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7789](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7789)\)\.
+* mail \- add <code>Message\-ID</code> header\; which is required by some mail servers \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7740](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7740)\)\.
+* mail module\, mail callback plugin \- allow to configure the domain name of the Message\-ID header with a new <code>message\_id\_domain</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7765](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7765)\)\.
+* ssh\_config \- new feature to set <code>AddKeysToAgent</code> option to <code>yes</code> or <code>no</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7703](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7703)\)\.
+* ssh\_config \- new feature to set <code>IdentitiesOnly</code> option to <code>yes</code> or <code>no</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7704](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7704)\)\.
+* xcc\_redfish\_command \- added support for raw POSTs \(<code>command\=PostResource</code> in <code>category\=Raw</code>\) without a specific action info \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7746](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7746)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-12"></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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7696](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7696)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- running <code>state\=template</code> will first check whether VM is already a template \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7792](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7792)\)\.
+* 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="new-plugins-1"></a>
+### New Plugins
+
+<a id="connection"></a>
+#### Connection
+
+* community\.general\.incus \- Run tasks in Incus instances via the Incus CLI\.
+
+<a id="filter-1"></a>
+#### Filter
+
+* community\.general\.from\_ini \- Converts INI text input into a dictionary
+* community\.general\.to\_ini \- Converts a dictionary to the INI file format
+
+<a id="lookup"></a>
+#### Lookup
+
+* community\.general\.github\_app\_access\_token \- Obtain short\-lived Github App Access tokens
+
+<a id="new-modules-4"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* community\.general\.dnf\_config\_manager \- Enable or disable dnf repositories using config\-manager
+* community\.general\.keycloak\_component\_info \- Retrive component info in Keycloak
+* community\.general\.keycloak\_realm\_rolemapping \- Allows administration of Keycloak realm role mappings into groups with the Keycloak API
+* community\.general\.proxmox\_node\_info \- Retrieve information about one or more Proxmox VE nodes
+* community\.general\.proxmox\_storage\_contents\_info \- List content from a Proxmox VE storage
+
+<a id="v8-1-0"></a>
+## v8\.1\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-13"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-8"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* bitwarden lookup plugin \- when looking for items using an item ID\, the item is now accessed directly with <code>bw get item</code> instead of searching through all items\. This doubles the lookup speed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7468](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7468)\)\.
+* elastic callback plugin \- close elastic client to not leak resources \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7517](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7517)\)\.
+* git\_config \- allow multiple git configs for the same name with the new <code>add\_mode</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7260](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7260)\)\.
+* git\_config \- the <code>after</code> and <code>before</code> fields in the <code>diff</code> of the return value can be a list instead of a string in case more configs with the same key are affected \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7260](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7260)\)\.
+* git\_config \- when a value is unset\, all configs with the same key are unset \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7260](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7260)\)\.
+* gitlab modules \- add <code>ca\_path</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7472](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7472)\)\.
+* gitlab modules \- remove duplicate <code>gitlab</code> package check \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7486](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7486)\)\.
+* gitlab\_runner \- add support for new runner creation workflow \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7199](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7199)\)\.
+* ipa\_config \- adds <code>passkey</code> choice to <code>ipauserauthtype</code> parameter\'s choices \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7588](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7588)\)\.
+* ipa\_sudorule \- adds options to include denied commands or command groups \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7415](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7415)\)\.
+* ipa\_user \- adds <code>idp</code> and <code>passkey</code> choice to <code>ipauserauthtype</code> parameter\'s choices \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7589](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7589)\)\.
+* irc \- add <code>validate\_certs</code> option\, and rename <code>use\_ssl</code> to <code>use\_tls</code>\, while keeping <code>use\_ssl</code> as an alias\. The default value for <code>validate\_certs</code> is <code>false</code> for backwards compatibility\. We recommend to every user of this module to explicitly set <code>use\_tls\=true</code> and <em class="title-reference">validate\_certs\=true\`</em> whenever possible\, especially when communicating to IRC servers over the internet \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7550](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7550)\)\.
+* keycloak module utils \- expose error message from Keycloak server for HTTP errors in some specific situations \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7645](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7645)\)\.
+* keycloak\_user\_federation \- add option for <code>krbPrincipalAttribute</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7538](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7538)\)\.
+* lvol \- change <code>pvs</code> argument type to list of strings \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7676](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7676)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7504](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7504)\)\.
+* lxd connection plugin \- tighten the detection logic for lxd <code>Instance not found</code> errors\, to avoid false detection on unrelated errors such as <code>/usr/bin/python3\: not found</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7521](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7521)\)\.
+* netcup\_dns \- adds support for record types <code>OPENPGPKEY</code>\, <code>SMIMEA</code>\, and <code>SSHFP</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7489](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7489)\)\.
+* nmcli \- add support for new connection type <code>loopback</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6572](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6572)\)\.
+* nmcli \- allow for <code>infiniband</code> slaves of <code>bond</code> interface types \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7569](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7569)\)\.
+* nmcli \- allow for the setting of <code>MTU</code> for <code>infiniband</code> and <code>bond</code> interface types \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7499](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7499)\)\.
+* onepassword lookup plugin \- support 1Password Connect with the opv2 client by setting the connect\_host and connect\_token parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7116](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7116)\)\.
+* onepassword\_raw lookup plugin \- support 1Password Connect with the opv2 client by setting the connect\_host and connect\_token parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7116](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7116)\)
+* passwordstore \- adds <code>timestamp</code> and <code>preserve</code> parameters to modify the stored password format \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7426](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7426)\)\.
+* proxmox \- adds <code>template</code> value to the <code>state</code> parameter\, allowing conversion of container to a template \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7143](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7143)\)\.
+* proxmox \- adds <code>update</code> parameter\, allowing update of an already existing containers configuration \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7540](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7540)\)\.
+* proxmox inventory plugin \- adds an option to exclude nodes from the dynamic inventory generation\. The new setting is optional\, not using this option will behave as usual \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6714](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6714)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7461](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7461)\)\.
+* proxmox\_disk \- add ability to manipulate CD\-ROM drive \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7495](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7495)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- adds <code>template</code> value to the <code>state</code> parameter\, allowing conversion of a VM to a template \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7143](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7143)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- support the <code>hookscript</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7600](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7600)\)\.
+* proxmox\_ostype \- it is now possible to specify the <code>ostype</code> when creating an LXC container \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7462](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7462)\)\.
+* proxmox\_vm\_info \- add ability to retrieve configuration info \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7485](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7485)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- adding the <code>BootProgress</code> property when getting <code>Systems</code> info \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7626](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7626)\)\.
+* ssh\_config \- adds <code>controlmaster</code>\, <code>controlpath</code> and <code>controlpersist</code> parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7456](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7456)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-13"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* apt\-rpm \- the module did not upgrade packages if a newer version exists\. Now the package will be reinstalled if the candidate is newer than the installed version \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7414](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7414)\)\.
+* cloudflare\_dns \- fix Cloudflare lookup of SHFP records \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7652](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7652)\)\.
+* 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> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7601](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7601)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7182](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7182)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7564](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7564)\)\.
+* 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="new-plugins-2"></a>
+### New Plugins
+
+<a id="lookup-1"></a>
+#### Lookup
+
+* community\.general\.onepassword\_doc \- Fetch documents stored in 1Password
+
+<a id="test"></a>
+#### Test
+
+* community\.general\.fqdn\_valid \- Validates fully\-qualified domain names against RFC 1123
+
+<a id="new-modules-5"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* community\.general\.git\_config\_info \- Read git configuration
+* community\.general\.gitlab\_issue \- Create\, update\, or delete GitLab issues
+* community\.general\.nomad\_token \- Manage Nomad ACL tokens
+
+<a id="v8-0-2"></a>
+## v8\.0\.2
+
+<a id="release-summary-14"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Bugfix release for inclusion in Ansible 9\.0\.0rc1\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-14"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* ocapi\_utils\, oci\_utils\, redfish\_utils module utils \- replace <code>type\(\)</code> calls with <code>isinstance\(\)</code> calls \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7501](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7501)\)\.
+* pipx module utils \- change the CLI argument formatter for the <code>pip\_args</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7497](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7497)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7506](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7506)\)\.
+
+<a id="v8-0-1"></a>
+## v8\.0\.1
+
+<a id="release-summary-15"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Bugfix release for inclusion in Ansible 9\.0\.0b1\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-15"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7465](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7465)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7471](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7471)\)\.
+
+<a id="v8-0-0"></a>
+## v8\.0\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-16"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+This is release 8\.0\.0 of <code>community\.general</code>\, released on 2023\-11\-01\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-9"></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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6602](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6602)\)\.
+* apt\_rpm \- extract package name from local <code>\.rpm</code> path when verifying
+  installation success\. Allows installing packages from local <code>\.rpm</code> files
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7396](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7396)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6134](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6134)\)\.
+* chroot connection plugin \- add <code>disable\_root\_check</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7099](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7099)\)\.
+* cloudflare\_dns \- add CAA record support \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7399](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7399)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7184](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7184)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6502](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6502)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6755](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6755)\)\.
+* 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> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6522](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6522)\)\.
+* cpanm \- minor refactor when creating the <code>CmdRunner</code> object \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7231](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7231)\)\.
+* datadog\_monitor \- adds <code>notification\_preset\_name</code>\, <code>renotify\_occurrences</code> and <code>renotify\_statuses</code> parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6521\,https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5823](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6521\,https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5823)\)\.
+* dig lookup plugin \- add TCP option to enable the use of TCP connection during DNS lookup \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7343](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7343)\)\.
+* ejabberd\_user \- module now using <code>CmdRunner</code> to execute external command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7075](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7075)\)\.
+* filesystem \- add <code>uuid</code> parameter for UUID change feature \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6680](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6680)\)\.
+* gitlab\_group \- add option <code>force\_delete</code> \(default\: false\) which allows delete group even if projects exists in it \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7364](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7364)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7132](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7132)\)\.
+* 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 \- minor code improvements in the module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6901](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6901)\)\.
+* htpasswd \- the parameter <code>crypt\_scheme</code> is being renamed as <code>hash\_scheme</code> and added as an alias to it \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6841](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6841)\)\.
+* icinga2\_host \- the <code>ip</code> option is no longer required\, since Icinga 2 allows for an empty address attribute \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7452](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7452)\)\.
+* ini\_file \- add <code>ignore\_spaces</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7273](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7273)\)\.
+* ini\_file \- add <code>modify\_inactive\_option</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7401](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7401)\)\.
+* ipa\_config \- add module parameters to manage FreeIPA user and group objectclasses \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7019](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7019)\)\.
+* ipa\_config \- adds <code>idp</code> choice to <code>ipauserauthtype</code> parameter\'s choices \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7051](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7051)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7204](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7204)\)\.
+* keycloak\_authentication \- added provider ID choices\, since Keycloak supports only those two specific ones \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6763](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6763)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6469](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6469)\)\.
+* keyring \- minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6927](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6927)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6648](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6648)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6820](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6820)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6682](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6682)\)\.
+* lxc connection plugin \- properly handle a change of the <code>remote\_addr</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7373](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7373)\)\.
+* lxd connection plugin \- automatically translate <code>remote\_addr</code> from FQDN to \(short\) hostname \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7360](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7360)\)\.
+* lxd connection plugin \- update error parsing to work with newer messages mentioning instances \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7360](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7360)\)\.
+* lxd inventory plugin \- add <code>server\_cert</code> option for trust anchor to use for TLS verification of server certificates \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7392](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7392)\)\.
+* lxd inventory plugin \- add <code>server\_check\_hostname</code> option to disable hostname verification of server certificates \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7392](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7392)\)\.
+* make \- add new <code>targets</code> parameter allowing multiple targets to be used with <code>make</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6882](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6882)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4919](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4919)\)\.
+* make \- allows <code>params</code> to be used without value \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7180](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7180)\)\.
+* mas \- disable sign\-in check for macOS 12\+ as <code>mas account</code> is non\-functional \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6520](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6520)\)\.
+* newrelic\_deployment \- add option <code>app\_name\_exact\_match</code>\, which filters results for the exact app\_name provided \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7355](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7355)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7119](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7119)\)\.
+* nmcli \- add support for <code>ipv4\.dns\-options</code> and <code>ipv6\.dns\-options</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6902](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6902)\)\.
+* nomad\_job\, nomad\_job\_info \- add <code>port</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7412](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7412)\)\.
+* npm \- minor improvement on parameter validation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6848](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6848)\)\.
+* npm \- module now using <code>CmdRunner</code> to execute external commands \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6989](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6989)\)\.
+* 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 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 \- 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 \- introduce <code>account\_id</code> option which allows specifying which account to use \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7308](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7308)\)\.
+* 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 \- add <code>executable</code> parameter allowing to specify the path of the <code>opkg</code> command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6862](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6862)\)\.
+* opkg \- remove default value <code>\"\"</code> for parameter <code>force</code> as it causes the same behaviour of not having that parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6513](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6513)\)\.
+* pagerduty \- adds in option to use v2 API for creating pagerduty incidents \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6151](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6151)\)
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7339](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7339)\)\.
+* pritunl module utils \- ensure <code>validate\_certs</code> parameter is honoured in all methods \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7156](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7156)\)\.
+* proxmox \- add <code>vmid</code> \(and <code>taskid</code> when possible\) to return values \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7263](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7263)\)\.
+* 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 \- 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\_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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6576](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6576)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7049](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7049)\)\.
+* pubnub\_blocks \- minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928)\)\.
+* 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 <code>MultipartHTTPPushUpdate</code> command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6471](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6471)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6612](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6612)\)\.
+* 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\_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 \- 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\_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 <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 \- 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7318)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6719](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6719)\)\.
+* 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 \- 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7020](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7020)\)\.
+* redfish\_utils module utils \- support <code>Volumes</code> in response for <code>GetDiskInventory</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6819](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6819)\)\.
+* 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
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6658](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6658)\)\.
+* redis\_info \- refactor the redis\_info module to use the redis module\_utils enabling to pass TLS parameters to the Redis client \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7267](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7267)\)\.
+* rhsm\_release \- improve/harden the way <code>subscription\-manager</code> is run\;
+  no behaviour change is expected
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6669](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6669)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928)\)\.
+* shutdown \- use <code>shutdown \-p \.\.\.</code> with FreeBSD to halt and power off machine \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7102](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7102)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6908](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6908)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5715](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5715)\)\.
+* 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 \- add grimoire \(repository\) management support \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7012](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7012)\)\.
+* sorcery \- minor refactor \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6525](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6525)\)\.
+* supervisorctl \- allow to stop matching running processes before removing them with <code>stop\_before\_removing\=true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7284](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7284)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6223](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6223)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6881](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6881)\)\.
+* unixy callback plugin \- add support for <code>check\_mode\_markers</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7179](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7179)\)\.
+* vardict module utils \- added convenience methods to <code>VarDict</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6647](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6647)\)\.
+* xenserver\_guest\_info \- minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928)\)\.
+* 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="breaking-changes--porting-guide"></a>
+### Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
+
+* collection\_version lookup plugin \- remove compatibility code for ansible\-base 2\.10 and ansible\-core 2\.11 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7269](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7269)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project \- add <code>default\_branch</code> support for project update\. If you used the module so far with <code>default\_branch</code> to update a project\, the value of <code>default\_branch</code> was ignored\. Make sure that you either do not pass a value if you are not sure whether it is the one you want to have to avoid unexpected breaking changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7158](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7158)\)\.
+* selective callback plugin \- remove compatibility code for Ansible 2\.9 and ansible\-core 2\.10 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7269](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7269)\)\.
+* vardict module utils \- <code>VarDict</code> will no longer accept variables named <code>\_var</code>\, <code>get\_meta</code>\, and <code>as\_dict</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6647](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6647)\)\.
+* version module util \- remove fallback for ansible\-core 2\.11\. All modules and plugins that do version collections no longer work with ansible\-core 2\.11 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7269](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7269)\)\.
+
+<a id="deprecated-features-2"></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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6649](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6649)\)\.
+* ansible\_galaxy\_install \- the <code>ack\_ansible29</code> and <code>ack\_min\_ansiblecore211</code> options have been deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358)\)\.
+* consul \- the <code>ack\_params\_state\_absent</code> option has been deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 10\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358)\)\.
+* cpanm \- value <code>compatibility</code> is deprecated as default for parameter <code>mode</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6512)\)\.
+* ejabberd\_user \- deprecate the parameter <code>logging</code> in favour of producing more detailed information in the module output \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7043](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7043)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6836](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6836)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- deprecate the option <code>proxmox\_default\_behavior</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7377](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7377)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7295](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7295)\)\.
+* 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
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6673](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6673)\)\.
+* 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="removed-features-previously-deprecated"></a>
+### Removed Features \(previously deprecated\)
+
+* The collection no longer supports ansible\-core 2\.11 and ansible\-core 2\.12\. Parts of the collection might still work on these ansible\-core versions\, but others might not \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7269](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7269)\)\.
+* ansible\_galaxy\_install \- support for Ansible 2\.9 and ansible\-base 2\.10 has been removed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358)\)\.
+* consul \- when <code>state\=absent</code>\, the options <code>script</code>\, <code>ttl</code>\, <code>tcp</code>\, <code>http</code>\, and <code>interval</code> can no longer be specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358)\)\.
+* gconftool2 \- <code>state\=get</code> has been removed\. Use the module <code>community\.general\.gconftool2\_info</code> instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358)\)\.
+* gitlab\_runner \- remove the default value for the <code>access\_level</code> option\. To restore the previous behavior\, explicitly set it to <code>ref\_protected</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358)\)\.
+* htpasswd \- removed code for passlib \<1\.6 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6901](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6901)\)\.
+* manageiq\_polices \- <code>state\=list</code> has been removed\. Use the module <code>community\.general\.manageiq\_policies\_info</code> instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358)\)\.
+* manageiq\_tags \- <code>state\=list</code> has been removed\. Use the module <code>community\.general\.manageiq\_tags\_info</code> instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358)\)\.
+* mh\.mixins\.cmd module utils \- the <code>ArgFormat</code> class has been removed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358)\)\.
+* mh\.mixins\.cmd module utils \- the <code>CmdMixin</code> mixin has been removed\. Use <code>community\.general\.plugins\.module\_utils\.cmd\_runner\.CmdRunner</code> instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358)\)\.
+* mh\.mixins\.cmd module utils \- the mh\.mixins\.cmd module utils has been removed after all its contents were removed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358)\)\.
+* mh\.module\_helper module utils \- the <code>CmdModuleHelper</code> and <code>CmdStateModuleHelper</code> classes have been removed\. Use <code>community\.general\.plugins\.module\_utils\.cmd\_runner\.CmdRunner</code> instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358)\)\.
+* proxmox module utils \- removed unused imports \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6873](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6873)\)\.
+* xfconf \- the deprecated <code>disable\_facts</code> option was removed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-16"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* CmdRunner module utils \- does not attempt to resolve path if executable is a relative or absolute path \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7200](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7200)\)\.
+* MH DependencyMixin module utils \- deprecation notice was popping up for modules not using dependencies \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6644](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6644)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6639](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6639)\)\.
+* bitwarden lookup plugin \- the plugin made assumptions about the structure of a Bitwarden JSON object which may have been broken by an update in the Bitwarden API\. Remove assumptions\, and allow queries for general fields such as <code>notes</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7061](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7061)\)\.
+* cmd\_runner module utils \- when a parameter in <code>argument\_spec</code> has no type\, meaning it is implicitly a <code>str</code>\, <code>CmdRunner</code> would fail trying to find the <code>type</code> key in that dictionary \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6968](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6968)\)\.
+* cobbler inventory plugin \- fix calculation of cobbler\_ipv4/6\_address \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6925](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6925)\)\.
+* 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> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3787](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3787)\)\.
+* csv module utils \- detects and remove unicode BOM markers from incoming CSV content \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6662](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6662)\)\.
+* datadog\_downtime \- presence of <code>rrule</code> param lead to the Datadog API returning Bad Request due to a missing recurrence type \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6811](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6811)\)\.
+* ejabberd\_user \- module was failing to detect whether user was already created and/or password was changed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7033](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7033)\)\.
+* ejabberd\_user \- provide meaningful error message when the <code>ejabberdctl</code> command is not found \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7028](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7028)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6949](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6949)\)\.
+* 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 \- 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6712](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6712)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7250](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7250)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6575](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6575)\)\.
+* ipa\_dnszone \- fix \'idnsallowsyncptr\' key error for reverse zone \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6906](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6906)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6905](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6905)\)\.
+* kernel\_blacklist \- simplified the mechanism to update the file\, fixing the error \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7382](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7382)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7362](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7362)\)\.
+* 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 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6758](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6758)\)\.
+* keycloak\_authentication \- fix Keycloak authentication flow \(step or sub\-flow\) indexing during update\, if not specified by the user \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6734](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6734)\)\.
+* keycloak\_client inventory plugin \- fix missing client secret \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6931](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6931)\)\.
+* ldap\_search \- fix string normalization and the <code>base64\_attributes</code> option on Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5704](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5704)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7264](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7264)\)\.
+* locale\_gen \- now works for locales without the underscore character such as <code>C\.UTF\-8</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6774](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6774)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5142](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5142)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4305](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4305)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7104](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7104)\)\.
+* lxc connection plugin \- properly evaluate options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7369](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7369)\)\.
+* machinectl become plugin \- mark plugin as <code>require\_tty</code> to automatically disable pipelining\, with which this plugin is not compatible \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6932](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6932)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6935](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6935)\)\.
+* mail \- skip headers containing equals characters due to missing <code>maxsplit</code> on header key/value parsing \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7303](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7303)\)\.
+* memset module utils \- make compatible with ansible\-core 2\.17 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7379](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7379)\)\.
+* nmap inventory plugin \- fix <code>get\_option</code> calls \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7323](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7323)\)\.
+* nmap inventory plugin \- now uses <code>get\_option</code> in all cases to get its configuration information \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7119](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7119)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fix bond option <code>xmit\_hash\_policy</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6527](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6527)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fix support for empty list \(in compare and scrape\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6769](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6769)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7125](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7125)\)\.
+* oci\_utils module utils \- avoid direct type comparisons \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7085](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7085)\)\.
+* onepassword \- fix KeyError exception when trying to access value of a field that is not filled out in OnePassword item \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7241](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7241)\)\.
+* 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> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6713](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6713)\)\.
+* portage \- fix <code>changed\_use</code> and <code>newuse</code> not triggering rebuilds \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6008](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6008)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6548](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6548)\)\.
+* pritunl module utils \- fix incorrect URL parameter for orgnization add method \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7161](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7161)\)\.
+* 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 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\_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\_kvm \- allow creation of VM with existing name but new vmid \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6155](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6155)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6709](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6709)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- when <code>name</code> option is provided without <code>vmid</code> and VM with that name already exists then no new VM will be created \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6911](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6911)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6981](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6981)\)\.
+* proxmox\_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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6201](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6201)\)\.
+* proxmox\_template \- require <code>requests\_toolbelt</code> module to fix issue with uploading large templates \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5579](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5579)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6757](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6757)\)\.
+* proxmox\_user\_info \- avoid direct type comparisons \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7085](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7085)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- fix <code>ListUsers</code> to not show empty account slots \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6771](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6771)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6772](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6772)\)\.
+* 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>
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7378](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7378)\)\.
+* refish\_utils module utils \- changing variable names to avoid issues occuring when fetching Volumes data \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6883](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6883)\)\.
+* rhsm\_repository \- when using the <code>purge</code> option\, the <code>repositories</code>
+  dictionary element in the returned JSON is now properly updated according
+  to the pruning operation
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6676](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6676)\)\.
+* rundeck \- fix <code>TypeError</code> on 404 API response \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6983](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6983)\)\.
+* selective callback plugin \- fix length of task name lines in output always being 3 characters longer than desired \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7374](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7374)\)\.
+* snap \- an exception was being raised when snap list was empty \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7124](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7124)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7120](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7120)\)\.
+* 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 \- change the change detection mechanism from \"parsing installation\" to \"comparing end state with initial state\" \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7340](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7340)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7265](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7265)\)\.
+* snap \- fix crash when multiple snaps are specified and one has <code>\-\-\-</code> in its description \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7046](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7046)\)\.
+* snap \- fix the processing of the commands\' output\, stripping spaces and newlines from it \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6826](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6826)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6803](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6803)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7012](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7012)\)\.
+* terraform \- prevents <code>\-backend\-config</code> option double encapsulating with <code>shlex\_quote</code> function\. \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7301](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7301)\)\.
+* tss lookup plugin \- fix multiple issues when using <code>fetch\_attachments\=true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6720](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6720)\)\.
+* 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="known-issues-1"></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-plugins-3"></a>
+### New Plugins
+
+<a id="lookup-2"></a>
+#### Lookup
+
+* community\.general\.bitwarden\_secrets\_manager \- Retrieve secrets from Bitwarden Secrets Manager
+
+<a id="new-modules-6"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* community\.general\.consul\_policy \- Manipulate Consul policies
+* community\.general\.consul\_role \- Manipulate Consul roles
+* community\.general\.facter\_facts \- Runs the discovery program C\(facter\) on the remote system and return Ansible facts
+* community\.general\.gio\_mime \- Set default handler for MIME type\, for applications using Gnome GIO
+* community\.general\.gitlab\_instance\_variable \- Creates\, updates\, or deletes GitLab instance variables
+* community\.general\.gitlab\_merge\_request \- Create\, update\, or delete GitLab merge requests
+* community\.general\.jenkins\_build\_info \- Get information about Jenkins builds
+* community\.general\.keycloak\_authentication\_required\_actions \- Allows administration of Keycloak authentication required actions
+* community\.general\.keycloak\_authz\_custom\_policy \- Allows administration of Keycloak client custom Javascript policies via Keycloak API
+* community\.general\.keycloak\_authz\_permission \- Allows administration of Keycloak client authorization permissions via Keycloak API
+* community\.general\.keycloak\_authz\_permission\_info \- Query Keycloak client authorization permissions information
+* community\.general\.keycloak\_realm\_key \- Allows administration of Keycloak realm keys via Keycloak API
+* community\.general\.keycloak\_user \- Create and configure a user in Keycloak
+* community\.general\.lvg\_rename \- Renames LVM volume groups
+* community\.general\.pnpm \- Manage node\.js packages with pnpm
+* community\.general\.proxmox\_pool \- Pool management for Proxmox VE cluster
+* community\.general\.proxmox\_pool\_member \- Add or delete members from Proxmox VE cluster pools
+* community\.general\.proxmox\_vm\_info \- Retrieve information about one or more Proxmox VE virtual machines
+* community\.general\.simpleinit\_msb \- Manage services on Source Mage GNU/Linux

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -6,6 +6,379 @@ Community General Release Notes
 
 This changelog describes changes after version 7.0.0.
 
+v8.6.8
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Maintenance release for inclusion in Ansible 9.13.0.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- github_key - in check mode, a faulty call to ```datetime.strftime(...)``` was being made which generated an exception (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9185).
+
+v8.6.7
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Bugfix release.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- collection_version lookup plugin - use ``importlib`` directly instead of the deprecated and in ansible-core 2.19 removed ``ansible.module_utils.compat.importlib`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9084).
+- modprobe - fix check mode not being honored for ``persistent`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9051, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9052).
+
+v8.6.6
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix release.
+
+Note that this is the last regular bugfix release of community.general 8.x.y.
+From now on, there will only be maintenance releases with major bugfixes and
+security fixes.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- redfish_confg - remove ``CapacityBytes`` from required paramaters of the ``CreateVolume`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8956).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- cloudflare_dns - fix changing Cloudflare SRV records (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8679, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8948).
+- dig lookup plugin - fix using only the last nameserver specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8970).
+- homectl - the module now tries to use ``legacycrypt`` on Python 3.13+ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4691, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8987).
+- ini_file - pass absolute paths to ``module.atomic_move()`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83950, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8925).
+- ipa_hostgroup - fix ``enabled `` and ``disabled`` states (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8408, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8900).
+- java_keystore - pass absolute paths to ``module.atomic_move()`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83950, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8925).
+- jenkins_plugin - pass absolute paths to ``module.atomic_move()`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83950, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8925).
+- kdeconfig - pass absolute paths to ``module.atomic_move()`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83950, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8925).
+- keycloak_realm - fix change detection in check mode by sorting the lists in the realms beforehand (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8877).
+- keycloak_user_federation - minimize change detection by setting ``krbPrincipalAttribute`` to ``''`` in Keycloak responses if missing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8785).
+- keycloak_user_federation - remove ``lastSync`` parameter from Keycloak responses to minimize diff/changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8812).
+- one_service - fix service creation after it was deleted with ``unique`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3137, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8887).
+- pam_limits - pass absolute paths to ``module.atomic_move()`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83950, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8925).
+- udm_user - the module now tries to use ``legacycrypt`` on Python 3.13+ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4690, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8987).
+
+v8.6.5
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix release.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- gitlab_group_access_token - fix crash in check mode caused by attempted access to a newly created access token (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8796).
+- gitlab_project_access_token - fix crash in check mode caused by attempted access to a newly created access token (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8796).
+- keycloak_realm_key - fix invalid usage of ``parent_id`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7850, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8823).
+- keycloak_user_federation - fix key error when removing mappers during an update and new mappers are specified in the module args (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8762).
+- keycloak_user_federation - fix the ``UnboundLocalError`` that occurs when an ID is provided for a user federation mapper (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8831).
+- keycloak_user_federation - sort desired and after mapper list by name (analog to before mapper list) to minimize diff and make change detection more accurate (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8761).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - fixed a possible error on concatenating responses from proxmox. In case an API call unexpectedly returned an empty result, the inventory failed with a fatal error. Added check for empty response (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8798, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8794).
+
+v8.6.4
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- passwordstore lookup plugin - add the current user to the lockfile file name to address issues on multi-user systems (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8689).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- gitlab_runner - fix ``paused`` parameter being ignored (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8648).
+- homebrew_cask - fix ``upgrade_all`` returns ``changed`` when nothing upgraded (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8707, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8708).
+- keycloak_user_federation - get cleartext IDP ``clientSecret`` from full realm info to detect changes to it (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8294, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8735).
+- keycloak_user_federation - remove existing user federation mappers if they are not present in the federation configuration and will not be updated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7169, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8695).
+
+v8.6.3
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- wdc_redfish_command - minor change to handle upgrade file for Redfish WD platforms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8444).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- bitwarden lookup plugin - fix ``KeyError`` in ``search_field`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8549, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8557).
+- keycloak_clientscope - remove IDs from clientscope and its protocol mappers on comparison for changed check (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8545).
+- nsupdate - fix 'index out of range' error when changing NS records by falling back to authority section of the response (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8612, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8614).
+- redfish_utils module utils - do not fail when language is not exactly "en" (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8613).
+
+v8.6.2
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix release.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- git_config - fix behavior of ``state=absent`` if ``value`` is present (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8436, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8452).
+- homebrew - do not fail when brew prints warnings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8406, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7044).
+- keycloak_client - fix TypeError when sanitizing the ``saml.signing.private.key`` attribute in the module's diff or state output. The ``sanitize_cr`` function expected a dict where in some cases a list might occur (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8403).
+- keycloak_realm - add normalizations for ``attributes`` and ``protocol_mappers`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8496).
+- launched - correctly report changed status in check mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8406).
+- opennebula inventory plugin - fix invalid reference to IP when inventory runs against NICs with no IPv4 address (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8489).
+- opentelemetry callback - do not save the JSON response when using the ``ansible.builtin.uri`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8430).
+- opentelemetry callback - do not save the content response when using the ``ansible.builtin.slurp`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8430).
+- paman - do not fail if an empty list of packages has been provided and there is nothing to do (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8514).
+
+Known Issues
+------------
+
+- homectl - the module does not work under Python 3.13 or newer, since it relies on the removed ``crypt`` standard library module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4691, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8497).
+- udm_user - the module does not work under Python 3.13 or newer, since it relies on the removed ``crypt`` standard library module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4690, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8497).
+
+v8.6.1
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix release.
+
+Security Fixes
+--------------
+
+- keycloak_identity_provider - the client secret was not correctly sanitized by the module. The return values ``proposed``, ``existing``, and ``end_state``, as well as the diff, did contain the client secret unmasked (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8355).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- keycloak_user_federation - fix diff of empty ``krbPrincipalAttribute`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8320).
+- merge_variables lookup plugin - fixing cross host merge: providing access to foreign hosts variables to the perspective of the host that is performing the merge (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8303).
+- opentelemetry callback plugin - close spans always (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8367).
+- opentelemetry callback plugin - honour the ``disable_logs`` option to avoid storing task results since they are not used regardless (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8373).
+
+v8.6.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix and features release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- Use offset-aware ``datetime.datetime`` objects (with timezone UTC) instead of offset-naive UTC timestamps, which are deprecated in Python 3.12 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8222).
+- apt_rpm - add new states ``latest`` and ``present_not_latest``. The value ``latest`` is equivalent to the current behavior of ``present``, which will upgrade a package if a newer version exists. ``present_not_latest`` does what most users would expect ``present`` to do: it does not upgrade if the package is already installed. The current behavior of ``present`` will be deprecated in a later version, and eventually changed to that of ``present_not_latest`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8217, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8247).
+- bitwarden lookup plugin - add support to filter by organization ID (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8188).
+- filesystem - add bcachefs support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8126).
+- ini_file - add an optional parameter ``section_has_values``. If the target ini file contains more than one ``section``, use ``section_has_values`` to specify which one should be updated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7505).
+- java_cert - add ``cert_content`` argument (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8153).
+- keycloak_client, keycloak_clientscope, keycloak_clienttemplate - added ``docker-v2`` protocol support, enhancing alignment with Keycloak's protocol options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8215, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8216).
+- nmcli - adds OpenvSwitch support with new ``type`` values ``ovs-port``, ``ovs-interface``, and ``ovs-bridge``, and new ``slave_type`` value ``ovs-port`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8154).
+- osx_defaults - add option ``check_types`` to enable changing the type of existing defaults on the fly (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8173).
+- passwordstore lookup - add ``missing_subkey`` parameter defining the behavior of the lookup when a passwordstore subkey is missing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8166).
+- portage - adds the possibility to explicitely tell portage to write packages to world file (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6226, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8236).
+- redfish_command - add command ``ResetToDefaults`` to reset manager to default state (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8163).
+- redfish_info - add boolean return value ``MultipartHttpPush`` to ``GetFirmwareUpdateCapabilities`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8194, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8195).
+- ssh_config - allow ``accept-new`` as valid value for ``strict_host_key_checking`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8257).
+
+Deprecated Features
+-------------------
+
+- hipchat callback plugin - the hipchat service has been discontinued and the self-hosted variant has been End of Life since 2020. The callback plugin is therefore deprecated and will be removed from community.general 10.0.0 if nobody provides compelling reasons to still keep it (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8184, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8189).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- aix_filesystem - fix ``_validate_vg`` not passing VG name to ``lsvg_cmd`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8151).
+- apt_rpm - when checking whether packages were installed after running ``apt-get -y install <packages>``, only the last package name was checked (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8263).
+- bitwarden_secrets_manager lookup plugin - implements retry with exponential backoff to avoid lookup errors when Bitwardn's API rate limiting is encountered (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8230, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8238).
+- from_ini filter plugin - disabling interpolation of ``ConfigParser`` to allow converting values with a ``%`` sign (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8183, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8185).
+- gitlab_issue, gitlab_label, gitlab_milestone - avoid crash during version comparison when the python-gitlab Python module is not installed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8158).
+- haproxy - fix an issue where HAProxy could get stuck in DRAIN mode when the backend was unreachable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8092).
+- inventory plugins - add unsafe wrapper to avoid marking strings that do not contain ``{`` or ``}`` as unsafe, to work around a bug in AWX ((https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8212, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8225).
+- ipa - fix get version regex in IPA module_utils (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8175).
+- keycloak_client - add sorted ``defaultClientScopes`` and ``optionalClientScopes`` to normalizations (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8223).
+- keycloak_realm - add normalizations for ``enabledEventTypes`` and ``supportedLocales`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8224).
+- puppet - add option ``environment_lang`` to set the environment language encoding. Defaults to lang ``C``. It is recommended to set it to ``C.UTF-8`` or ``en_US.UTF-8`` depending on what is available on your system. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8000)
+- riak - support ``riak admin`` sub-command in newer Riak KV versions beside the legacy ``riak-admin`` main command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8211).
+- to_ini filter plugin - disabling interpolation of ``ConfigParser`` to allow converting values with a ``%`` sign (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8183, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8185).
+- xml - make module work with lxml 5.1.1, which removed some internals that the module was relying on (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8169).
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+- community.general.keycloak_client_rolescope - Allows administration of Keycloak client roles scope to restrict the usage of certain roles to a other specific client applications.
+
+v8.5.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular feature and bugfix release with security fixes.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- bitwarden lookup plugin - allows to fetch all records of a given collection ID, by allowing to pass an empty value for ``search_value`` when ``collection_id`` is provided (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8013).
+- icinga2 inventory plugin - adds new parameter ``group_by_hostgroups`` in order to make grouping by Icinga2 hostgroups optional (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7998).
+- ini_file - support optional spaces between section names and their surrounding brackets (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8075).
+- java_cert - enable ``owner``, ``group``, ``mode``, and other generic file arguments (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8116).
+- ldap_attrs - module now supports diff mode, showing which attributes are changed within an operation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8073).
+- lxd_container - uses ``/1.0/instances`` API endpoint, if available. Falls back to ``/1.0/containers`` or ``/1.0/virtual-machines``. Fixes issue when using Incus or LXD 5.19 due to migrating to ``/1.0/instances`` endpoint (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7980).
+- nmcli - allow setting ``MTU`` for ``bond-slave`` interface types (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8118).
+- proxmox - adds ``startup`` parameters to configure startup order, startup delay and shutdown delay (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8038).
+- revbitspss lookup plugin - removed a redundant unicode prefix. The prefix was not necessary for Python 3 and has been cleaned up to streamline the code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8087).
+
+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).
+- consul_token - fix token creation without ``accessor_id`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8091).
+- 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).
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+- community.general.usb_facts - Allows listing information about USB devices
+
+v8.4.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- bitwarden lookup plugin - add ``bw_session`` option, to pass session key instead of reading from env (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7994).
+- gitlab_deploy_key, gitlab_group_members, gitlab_group_variable, gitlab_hook, gitlab_instance_variable, gitlab_project_badge, gitlab_project_variable, gitlab_user - improve API pagination and compatibility with different versions of ``python-gitlab`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7790).
+- gitlab_hook - adds ``releases_events`` parameter for supporting Releases events triggers on GitLab hooks (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7956).
+- icinga2 inventory plugin - add Jinja2 templating support to ``url``, ``user``, and ``password`` paramenters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7074, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7996).
+- mssql_script - adds transactional (rollback/commit) support via optional boolean param ``transaction`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7976).
+- proxmox_kvm - add parameter ``update_unsafe`` to avoid limitations when updating dangerous values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7843).
+- redfish_config - add command ``SetServiceIdentification`` to set service identification (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7916).
+- sudoers - add support for the ``NOEXEC`` tag in sudoers rules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7983).
+- terraform - fix ``diff_mode`` in state ``absent`` and when terraform ``resource_changes`` does not exist (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7963).
+
+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).
+- gitlab_issue - fix behavior to search GitLab issue, using ``search`` keyword instead of ``title`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7846).
+- gitlab_runner - fix pagination when checking for existing runners (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7790).
+- 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).
+
+New Plugins
+-----------
+
+Callback
+~~~~~~~~
+
+- community.general.default_without_diff - The default ansible callback without diff output
+
+Filter
+~~~~~~
+
+- community.general.lists_difference - Difference of lists with a predictive order
+- community.general.lists_intersect - Intersection of lists with a predictive order
+- community.general.lists_symmetric_difference - Symmetric Difference of lists with a predictive order
+- community.general.lists_union - Union of lists with a predictive order
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+- community.general.gitlab_group_access_token - Manages GitLab group access tokens
+- community.general.gitlab_project_access_token - Manages GitLab project access tokens
+
+v8.3.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- consul_auth_method, consul_binding_rule, consul_policy, consul_role, consul_session, consul_token - added action group ``community.general.consul`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7897).
+- consul_policy - added support for diff and check mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7878).
+- consul_policy, consul_role, consul_session - removed dependency on ``requests`` and factored out common parts (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7826, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7878).
+- consul_role - ``node_identities`` now expects a ``node_name`` option to match the Consul API, the old ``name`` is still supported as alias (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7878).
+- consul_role - ``service_identities`` now expects a ``service_name`` option to match the Consul API, the old ``name`` is still supported as alias (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7878).
+- consul_role - added support for diff mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7878).
+- consul_role - added support for templated policies (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7878).
+- redfish_info - add command ``GetServiceIdentification`` to get service identification (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7882).
+- terraform - add support for ``diff_mode`` for terraform resource_changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7896).
+
+Deprecated Features
+-------------------
+
+- consul_acl - the module has been deprecated and will be removed in community.general 10.0.0. ``consul_token`` and ``consul_policy`` can be used instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7901).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- homebrew - detect already installed formulae and casks using JSON output from ``brew info`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/864).
+- incus connection plugin - treats ``inventory_hostname`` as a variable instead of a literal in remote connections (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7874).
+- 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).
+- proxmox - fix updating a container config if the setting does not already exist (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7872).
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+- community.general.consul_acl_bootstrap - Bootstrap ACLs in Consul
+- community.general.consul_auth_method - Manipulate Consul auth methods
+- community.general.consul_binding_rule - Manipulate Consul binding rules
+- community.general.consul_token - Manipulate Consul tokens
+- community.general.gitlab_label - Creates/updates/deletes GitLab Labels belonging to project or group.
+- community.general.gitlab_milestone - Creates/updates/deletes GitLab Milestones belonging to project or group
+
 v8.2.0
 ======
 
@@ -45,27 +418,27 @@ New Plugins
 Connection
 ~~~~~~~~~~
 
-- incus - Run tasks in Incus instances via the Incus CLI.
+- community.general.incus - Run tasks in Incus instances via the Incus CLI.
 
 Filter
 ~~~~~~
 
-- from_ini - Converts INI text input into a dictionary
-- to_ini - Converts a dictionary to the INI file format
+- community.general.from_ini - Converts INI text input into a dictionary
+- community.general.to_ini - Converts a dictionary to the INI file format
 
 Lookup
 ~~~~~~
 
-- github_app_access_token - Obtain short-lived Github App Access tokens
+- community.general.github_app_access_token - Obtain short-lived Github App Access tokens
 
 New Modules
 -----------
 
-- dnf_config_manager - Enable or disable dnf repositories using config-manager
-- keycloak_component_info - Retrive component info in Keycloak
-- keycloak_realm_rolemapping - Allows administration of Keycloak realm role mappings into groups with the Keycloak API
-- proxmox_node_info - Retrieve information about one or more Proxmox VE nodes
-- proxmox_storage_contents_info - List content from a Proxmox VE storage
+- community.general.dnf_config_manager - Enable or disable dnf repositories using config-manager
+- community.general.keycloak_component_info - Retrive component info in Keycloak
+- community.general.keycloak_realm_rolemapping - Allows administration of Keycloak realm role mappings into groups with the Keycloak API
+- community.general.proxmox_node_info - Retrieve information about one or more Proxmox VE nodes
+- community.general.proxmox_storage_contents_info - List content from a Proxmox VE storage
 
 v8.1.0
 ======
@@ -136,19 +509,19 @@ New Plugins
 Lookup
 ~~~~~~
 
-- onepassword_doc - Fetch documents stored in 1Password
+- community.general.onepassword_doc - Fetch documents stored in 1Password
 
 Test
 ~~~~
 
-- fqdn_valid - Validates fully-qualified domain names against RFC 1123
+- community.general.fqdn_valid - Validates fully-qualified domain names against RFC 1123
 
 New Modules
 -----------
 
-- git_config_info - Read git configuration
-- gitlab_issue - Create, update, or delete GitLab issues
-- nomad_token - Manage Nomad ACL tokens
+- community.general.git_config_info - Read git configuration
+- community.general.gitlab_issue - Create, update, or delete GitLab issues
+- community.general.nomad_token - Manage Nomad ACL tokens
 
 v8.0.2
 ======
@@ -482,27 +855,27 @@ New Plugins
 Lookup
 ~~~~~~
 
-- bitwarden_secrets_manager - Retrieve secrets from Bitwarden Secrets Manager
+- community.general.bitwarden_secrets_manager - Retrieve secrets from Bitwarden Secrets Manager
 
 New Modules
 -----------
 
-- consul_policy - Manipulate Consul policies
-- consul_role - Manipulate Consul roles
-- facter_facts - Runs the discovery program C(facter) on the remote system and return Ansible facts
-- gio_mime - Set default handler for MIME type, for applications using Gnome GIO
-- gitlab_instance_variable - Creates, updates, or deletes GitLab instance variables
-- gitlab_merge_request - Create, update, or delete GitLab merge requests
-- jenkins_build_info - Get information about Jenkins builds
-- keycloak_authentication_required_actions - Allows administration of Keycloak authentication required actions
-- keycloak_authz_custom_policy - Allows administration of Keycloak client custom Javascript policies via Keycloak API
-- keycloak_authz_permission - Allows administration of Keycloak client authorization permissions via Keycloak API
-- keycloak_authz_permission_info - Query Keycloak client authorization permissions information
-- keycloak_realm_key - Allows administration of Keycloak realm keys via Keycloak API
-- keycloak_user - Create and configure a user in Keycloak
-- lvg_rename - Renames LVM volume groups
-- pnpm - Manage node.js packages with pnpm
-- proxmox_pool - Pool management for Proxmox VE cluster
-- proxmox_pool_member - Add or delete members from Proxmox VE cluster pools
-- proxmox_vm_info - Retrieve information about one or more Proxmox VE virtual machines
-- simpleinit_msb - Manage services on Source Mage GNU/Linux
+- community.general.consul_policy - Manipulate Consul policies
+- community.general.consul_role - Manipulate Consul roles
+- community.general.facter_facts - Runs the discovery program C(facter) on the remote system and return Ansible facts
+- community.general.gio_mime - Set default handler for MIME type, for applications using Gnome GIO
+- community.general.gitlab_instance_variable - Creates, updates, or deletes GitLab instance variables
+- community.general.gitlab_merge_request - Create, update, or delete GitLab merge requests
+- community.general.jenkins_build_info - Get information about Jenkins builds
+- community.general.keycloak_authentication_required_actions - Allows administration of Keycloak authentication required actions
+- community.general.keycloak_authz_custom_policy - Allows administration of Keycloak client custom Javascript policies via Keycloak API
+- community.general.keycloak_authz_permission - Allows administration of Keycloak client authorization permissions via Keycloak API
+- community.general.keycloak_authz_permission_info - Query Keycloak client authorization permissions information
+- community.general.keycloak_realm_key - Allows administration of Keycloak realm keys via Keycloak API
+- community.general.keycloak_user - Create and configure a user in Keycloak
+- community.general.lvg_rename - Renames LVM volume groups
+- community.general.pnpm - Manage node.js packages with pnpm
+- community.general.proxmox_pool - Pool management for Proxmox VE cluster
+- community.general.proxmox_pool_member - Add or delete members from Proxmox VE cluster pools
+- community.general.proxmox_vm_info - Retrieve information about one or more Proxmox VE virtual machines
+- community.general.simpleinit_msb - Manage services on Source Mage GNU/Linux

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ Also, consider taking up a valuable, reviewed, but abandoned pull request which
 * Try committing your changes with an informative but short commit message.
 * Do not squash your commits and force-push to your branch if not needed. Reviews of your pull request are much easier with individual commits to comprehend the pull request history. All commits of your pull request branch will be squashed into one commit by GitHub upon merge.
 * Do not add merge commits to your PR. The bot will complain and you will have to rebase ([instructions for rebasing](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/dev_guide/developing_rebasing.html)) to remove them before your PR can be merged. To avoid that git automatically does merges during pulls, you can configure it to do rebases instead by running `git config pull.rebase true` inside the repository checkout.
-* Make sure your PR includes a [changelog fragment](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/development_process.html#creating-changelog-fragments). (You must not include a fragment for new modules or new plugins. Also you shouldn't include one for docs-only changes. If you're not sure, simply don't include one, we'll tell you whether one is needed or not :) )
+* Make sure your PR includes a [changelog fragment](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/collection_development_process.html#creating-a-changelog-fragment).
+  * You must not include a fragment for new modules or new plugins. Also you shouldn't include one for docs-only changes. (If you're not sure, simply don't include one, we'll tell you whether one is needed or not :) )
+  * Please always include a link to the pull request itself, and if the PR is about an issue, also a link to the issue. Also make sure the fragment ends with a period, and begins with a lower-case letter after `-`. (Again, if you don't do this, we'll add suggestions to fix it, so don't worry too much :) )
 * Avoid reformatting unrelated parts of the codebase in your PR. These types of changes will likely be requested for reversion, create additional work for reviewers, and may cause approval to be delayed.
 
 You can also read [our Quick-start development guide](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/main/create_pr_quick_start_guide.rst).
@@ -54,6 +56,8 @@ cd ~/dev/ansible_collections/community/general
 
 Then you can run `ansible-test` (which is a part of [ansible-core](https://pypi.org/project/ansible-core/)) inside the checkout. The following example commands expect that you have installed Docker or Podman. Note that Podman has only been supported by more recent ansible-core releases. If you are using Docker, the following will work with Ansible 2.9+.
 
+### Sanity tests
+
 The following commands show how to run sanity tests:
 
 ```.bash
@@ -64,6 +68,8 @@ ansible-test sanity --docker -v
 ansible-test sanity --docker -v plugins/modules/system/pids.py tests/integration/targets/pids/
 ```
 
+### Unit tests
+
 The following commands show how to run unit tests:
 
 ```.bash
@@ -77,13 +83,32 @@ ansible-test units --docker -v --python 3.8
 ansible-test units --docker -v --python 3.8 tests/unit/plugins/modules/net_tools/test_nmcli.py
 ```
 
+### Integration tests
+
 The following commands show how to run integration tests:
 
-```.bash
-# Run integration tests for the interfaces_files module in a Docker container using the
-# fedora35 operating system image (the supported images depend on your ansible-core version):
-ansible-test integration --docker fedora35 -v interfaces_file
+#### In Docker
 
+Integration tests on Docker have the following parameters:
+- `image_name` (required): The name of the Docker image. To get the list of supported Docker images, run
+  `ansible-test integration --help` and look for _target docker images_.
+- `test_name` (optional): The name of the integration test.  
+  For modules, this equals the short name of the module; for example, `pacman` in case of `community.general.pacman`.  
+  For plugins, the plugin type is added before the plugin's short name, for example `callback_yaml` for the `community.general.yaml` callback.
+```.bash
+# Test all plugins/modules on fedora40
+ansible-test integration -v --docker fedora40
+
+# Template
+ansible-test integration -v --docker image_name test_name
+
+# Example community.general.ini_file module on fedora40 Docker image:
+ansible-test integration -v --docker fedora40 ini_file
+```
+
+#### Without isolation
+
+```.bash
 # Run integration tests for the flattened lookup **without any isolation**:
 ansible-test integration -v lookup_flattened
 ```

README.md

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 [![Build Status](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_apis/build/status/CI?branchName=stable-8)](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_build?definitionId=31)
 [![EOL CI](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/workflows/EOL%20CI/badge.svg?event=push)](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/actions)
 [![Codecov](https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/ansible-collections/community.general)](https://codecov.io/gh/ansible-collections/community.general)
+[![REUSE status](https://api.reuse.software/badge/github.com/ansible-collections/community.general)](https://api.reuse.software/info/github.com/ansible-collections/community.general)
 
 This repository contains the `community.general` Ansible Collection. The collection is a part of the Ansible package and includes many modules and plugins supported by Ansible community which are not part of more specialized community collections.
 
@@ -22,9 +23,21 @@ We follow [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/comm
 
 If you encounter abusive behavior violating the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html), please refer to the [policy violations](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html#policy-violations) section of the Code of Conduct for information on how to raise a complaint.
 
+## Communication
+
+* Join the Ansible forum:
+  * [Get Help](https://forum.ansible.com/c/help/6): get help or help others. This is for questions about modules or plugins in the collection. Please add appropriate tags if you start new discussions.
+  * [Tag `community-general`](https://forum.ansible.com/tag/community-general): discuss the *collection itself*, instead of specific modules or plugins.
+  * [Social Spaces](https://forum.ansible.com/c/chat/4): gather and interact with fellow enthusiasts.
+  * [News & Announcements](https://forum.ansible.com/c/news/5): track project-wide announcements including social events.
+
+* The Ansible [Bullhorn newsletter](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html#the-bullhorn): used to announce releases and important changes.
+
+For more information about communication, see the [Ansible communication guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html).
+
 ## Tested with Ansible
 
-Tested with the current ansible-core 2.13, ansible-core 2.14, ansible-core 2.15, ansible-core 2.16 releases and the current development version of ansible-core. Ansible-core versions before 2.13.0 are not supported. This includes all ansible-base 2.10 and Ansible 2.9 releases.
+Tested with the current ansible-core 2.13, ansible-core 2.14, ansible-core 2.15, ansible-core 2.16, ansible-core 2.17, and ansible-core 2.18 releases of ansible-core. Ansible-core versions before 2.13.0 are not supported. This includes all ansible-base 2.10 and Ansible 2.9 releases.
 
 ## External requirements
 
@@ -97,25 +110,13 @@ It is necessary for maintainers of this collection to be subscribed to:
 
 They also should be subscribed to Ansible's [The Bullhorn newsletter](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html#the-bullhorn).
 
-## Communication
-
-We announce important development changes and releases through Ansible's [The Bullhorn newsletter](https://eepurl.com/gZmiEP). If you are a collection developer, be sure you are subscribed.
-
-Join us in the `#ansible` (general use questions and support), `#ansible-community` (community and collection development questions), and other [IRC channels](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html#irc-channels) on [Libera.chat](https://libera.chat).
-
-We take part in the global quarterly [Ansible Contributor Summit](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/Contributor-Summit) virtually or in-person. Track [The Bullhorn newsletter](https://eepurl.com/gZmiEP) and join us.
-
-For more information about communities, meetings and agendas see [Community Wiki](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/Community).
-
-For more information about communication, refer to Ansible's the [Communication guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html).
-
 ## Publishing New Version
 
 See the [Releasing guidelines](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/main/releasing_collections.rst) to learn how to release this collection.
 
 ## Release notes
 
-See the [changelog](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-8/CHANGELOG.rst).
+See the [changelog](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-8/CHANGELOG.md).
 
 ## Roadmap
 

changelogs/config.yaml

@@ -12,23 +12,31 @@ mention_ancestor: true
 flatmap: true
 new_plugins_after_name: removed_features
 notesdir: fragments
+output_formats:
+  - md
+  - rst
 prelude_section_name: release_summary
 prelude_section_title: Release Summary
 sections:
-- - major_changes
-  - Major Changes
-- - minor_changes
-  - Minor Changes
-- - breaking_changes
-  - Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
-- - deprecated_features
-  - Deprecated Features
-- - removed_features
-  - Removed Features (previously deprecated)
-- - security_fixes
-  - Security Fixes
-- - bugfixes
-  - Bugfixes
-- - known_issues
-  - Known Issues
+  - - major_changes
+    - Major Changes
+  - - minor_changes
+    - Minor Changes
+  - - breaking_changes
+    - Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
+  - - deprecated_features
+    - Deprecated Features
+  - - removed_features
+    - Removed Features (previously deprecated)
+  - - security_fixes
+    - Security Fixes
+  - - bugfixes
+    - Bugfixes
+  - - known_issues
+    - Known Issues
 title: Community General
+trivial_section_name: trivial
+use_fqcn: true
+add_plugin_period: true
+changelog_nice_yaml: true
+changelog_sort: version

docs/docsite/config.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+changelog:
+  write_changelog: true

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/default-common.yml

@@ -2,17 +2,11 @@
 # Copyright (c) Ansible Project
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
 list1:
-  - name: foo
-    extra: true
-  - name: bar
-    extra: false
-  - name: meh
-    extra: true
+  - {name: foo, extra: true}
+  - {name: bar, extra: false}
+  - {name: meh, extra: true}
 
 list2:
-  - name: foo
-    path: /foo
-  - name: baz
-    path: /baz
+  - {name: foo, path: /foo}
+  - {name: baz, path: /baz}

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/default-recursive-true.yml

@@ -2,14 +2,12 @@
 # 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
-
 list1:
   - name: myname01
     param01:
       x: default_value
       y: default_value
-      list:
-        - default_value
+      list: [default_value]
   - name: myname02
     param01: [1, 1, 2, 3]
 
@@ -18,7 +16,6 @@ list2:
     param01:
       y: patch_value
       z: patch_value
-      list:
-        - patch_value
+      list: [patch_value]
   - name: myname02
-    param01: [3, 4, 4, {key: value}]
+    param01: [3, 4, 4]

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-001.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     dir: example-001_vars
 - debug:
     var: list3
-  when: debug|d(false)|bool
+  when: debug | d(false) | bool
 - template:
     src: list3.out.j2
     dest: example-001.out

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-001_vars/list3.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@
 # Copyright (c) Ansible Project
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-list3: "{{ list1|
+list3: "{{ list1 |
            community.general.lists_mergeby(list2, 'name') }}"

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-002.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     dir: example-002_vars
 - debug:
     var: list3
-  when: debug|d(false)|bool
+  when: debug | d(false) | bool
 - template:
     src: list3.out.j2
     dest: example-002.out

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-002_vars/list3.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@
 # Copyright (c) Ansible Project
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+list3: "{{ [list1, list2] |
            community.general.lists_mergeby('name') }}"

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-003.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     dir: example-003_vars
 - debug:
     var: list3
-  when: debug|d(false)|bool
+  when: debug | d(false) | bool
 - template:
     src: list3.out.j2
     dest: example-003.out

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-003_vars/list3.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # Copyright (c) Ansible Project
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+list3: "{{ [list1, list2] |
            community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
                                            recursive=true) }}"

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-004.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     dir: example-004_vars
 - debug:
     var: list3
-  when: debug|d(false)|bool
+  when: debug | d(false) | bool
 - template:
     src: list3.out.j2
     dest: example-004.out

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-004_vars/list3.yml

@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) Ansible Project
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+list3: "{{ [list1, list2] |
            community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
                                            recursive=true,
                                            list_merge='keep') }}"

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-005.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     dir: example-005_vars
 - debug:
     var: list3
-  when: debug|d(false)|bool
+  when: debug | d(false) | bool
 - template:
     src: list3.out.j2
     dest: example-005.out

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-005_vars/list3.yml

@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) Ansible Project
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+list3: "{{ [list1, list2] |
            community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
                                            recursive=true,
                                            list_merge='append') }}"

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-006.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     dir: example-006_vars
 - debug:
     var: list3
-  when: debug|d(false)|bool
+  when: debug | d(false) | bool
 - template:
     src: list3.out.j2
     dest: example-006.out

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-006_vars/list3.yml

@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) Ansible Project
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+list3: "{{ [list1, list2] |
            community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
                                            recursive=true,
                                            list_merge='prepend') }}"

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-007.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     dir: example-007_vars
 - debug:
     var: list3
-  when: debug|d(false)|bool
+  when: debug|d(false) | bool
 - template:
     src: list3.out.j2
     dest: example-007.out

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-007_vars/list3.yml

@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) Ansible Project
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+list3: "{{ [list1, list2] |
            community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
                                            recursive=true,
                                            list_merge='append_rp') }}"

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-008.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     dir: example-008_vars
 - debug:
     var: list3
-  when: debug|d(false)|bool
+  when: debug | d(false) | bool
 - template:
     src: list3.out.j2
     dest: example-008.out

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-008_vars/list3.yml

@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) Ansible Project
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+list3: "{{ [list1, list2] |
            community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
                                            recursive=true,
                                            list_merge='prepend_rp') }}"

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-009.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+# 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: 9. Merge single list by common attribute 'name'
+  include_vars:
+    dir: example-009_vars
+- debug:
+    var: list3
+  when: debug | d(false) | bool
+- template:
+    src: list3.out.j2
+    dest: example-009.out

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-009_vars/default-common.yml

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../default-common.yml

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-009_vars/list3.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+list3: "{{ [list1 + list2, []] |
+           community.general.lists_mergeby('name') }}"

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/examples.yml

@@ -4,51 +4,75 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
 examples:
-  - label: 'In the example below the lists are merged by the attribute ``name``:'
+  - title: Two lists
+    description: 'In the example below the lists are merged by the attribute ``name``:'
     file: example-001_vars/list3.yml
     lang: 'yaml+jinja'
-  - label: 'This produces:'
+  - title:
+    description: 'This produces:'
     file: example-001.out
     lang: 'yaml'
-  - label: 'It is possible to use a list of lists as an input of the filter:'
+  - title: List of two lists
+    description: 'It is possible to use a list of lists as an input of the filter:'
     file: example-002_vars/list3.yml
     lang: 'yaml+jinja'
-  - label: 'This produces the same result as in the previous example:'
+  - title:
+    description: 'This produces the same result as in the previous example:'
     file: example-002.out
     lang: 'yaml'
-  - label: 'Example ``list_merge=replace`` (default):'
+  - title: Single list
+    description: 'It is possible to merge single list:'
+    file: example-009_vars/list3.yml
+    lang: 'yaml+jinja'
+  - title:
+    description: 'This produces the same result as in the previous example:'
+    file: example-009.out
+    lang: 'yaml'
+  - title: list_merge=replace (default)
+    description: 'Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=replace` (default):'
     file: example-003_vars/list3.yml
     lang: 'yaml+jinja'
-  - label: 'This produces:'
+  - title:
+    description: 'This produces:'
     file: example-003.out
     lang: 'yaml'
-  - label: 'Example ``list_merge=keep``:'
+  - title: list_merge=keep
+    description: 'Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=keep`:'
     file: example-004_vars/list3.yml
     lang: 'yaml+jinja'
-  - label: 'This produces:'
+  - title:
+    description: 'This produces:'
     file: example-004.out
     lang: 'yaml'
-  - label: 'Example ``list_merge=append``:'
+  - title: list_merge=append
+    description: 'Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=append`:'
     file: example-005_vars/list3.yml
     lang: 'yaml+jinja'
-  - label: 'This produces:'
+  - title:
+    description: 'This produces:'
     file: example-005.out
     lang: 'yaml'
-  - label: 'Example ``list_merge=prepend``:'
+  - title: list_merge=prepend
+    description: 'Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=prepend`:'
     file: example-006_vars/list3.yml
     lang: 'yaml+jinja'
-  - label: 'This produces:'
+  - title:
+    description: 'This produces:'
     file: example-006.out
     lang: 'yaml'
-  - label: 'Example ``list_merge=append_rp``:'
+  - title: list_merge=append_rp
+    description: 'Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=append_rp`:'
     file: example-007_vars/list3.yml
     lang: 'yaml+jinja'
-  - label: 'This produces:'
+  - title:
+    description: 'This produces:'
     file: example-007.out
     lang: 'yaml'
-  - label: 'Example ``list_merge=prepend_rp``:'
+  - title: list_merge=prepend_rp
+    description: 'Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=prepend_rp`:'
     file: example-008_vars/list3.yml
     lang: 'yaml+jinja'
-  - label: 'This produces:'
+  - title:
+    description: 'This produces:'
     file: example-008.out
     lang: 'yaml'

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/examples_all.rst.j2

@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
   SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
 {% for i in examples %}
-{{ i.label }}
+{{ i.description }}
 
 .. code-block:: {{ i.lang }}
 
-  {{ lookup('file', i.file)|indent(2) }}
+  {{ lookup('file', i.file) | split('\n') | reject('match', '^(#|---)') | join ('\n') | indent(2) }}
 
 {% endfor %}

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/extra-vars.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+examples_one: true
+examples_all: true
+merging_lists_of_dictionaries: true

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/filter_guide_abstract_informations_merging_lists_of_dictionaries.rst.j2

@@ -6,57 +6,69 @@
 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 <community.general.lists_mergeby#filter>` 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>`.
+.. 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 the documentation for the :ansplugin:`community.general.yaml callback plugin <community.general.yaml#callback>`.
 
 Let us use the lists below in the following examples:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
-  {{ lookup('file', 'default-common.yml')|indent(2) }}
+  {{ lookup('file', 'default-common.yml') | split('\n') | reject('match', '^(#|---)') | join ('\n')  | indent(2) }}
 
 {% for i in examples[0:2] %}
-{{ i.label }}
+{% if i.title | d('', true) | length > 0 %}
+{{ i.title }}
+{{ "%s" % ('"' * i.title|length) }}
+{% endif %}
+{{ i.description }}
 
 .. code-block:: {{ i.lang }}
 
-  {{ lookup('file', i.file)|indent(2) }}
+  {{ lookup('file', i.file) | split('\n') | reject('match', '^(#|---)') | join ('\n') | indent(2) }}
 
 {% endfor %}
 
 .. versionadded:: 2.0.0
 
-{% for i in examples[2:4] %}
-{{ i.label }}
+{% for i in examples[2:6] %}
+{% if i.title | d('', true) | length > 0 %}
+{{ i.title }}
+{{ "%s" % ('"' * i.title|length) }}
+{% endif %}
+{{ i.description }}
 
 .. code-block:: {{ i.lang }}
 
-  {{ lookup('file', i.file)|indent(2) }}
+  {{ lookup('file', i.file) | split('\n') | reject('match', '^(#|---)') | join ('\n') | indent(2) }}
 
 {% endfor %}
 
-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
 
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
-  {{ lookup('file', 'default-recursive-true.yml')|indent(2) }}
+  {{ lookup('file', 'default-recursive-true.yml') | split('\n') | reject('match', '^(#|---)') | join ('\n') |indent(2) }}
 
-{% for i in examples[4:16] %}
-{{ i.label }}
+{% for i in examples[6:] %}
+{% if i.title | d('', true) | length > 0 %}
+{{ i.title }}
+{{ "%s" % ('"' * i.title|length) }}
+{% endif %}
+{{ i.description }}
 
 .. code-block:: {{ i.lang }}
 
-  {{ lookup('file', i.file)|indent(2) }}
+  {{ lookup('file', i.file) | split('\n') | reject('match', '^(#|---)') | join ('\n') |indent(2) }}
 
 {% endfor %}

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/list3.out.j2

@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://w
 SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 #}
 list3:
-{{ list3|to_nice_yaml(indent=0) }}
+  {{ list3 | to_yaml(indent=2, sort_keys=false) | indent(2) }}

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/playbook.yml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 # - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 # 1) Run all examples and create example-XXX.out
-# shell> ansible-playbook playbook.yml -e examples=true
+# shell> ansible-playbook playbook.yml -e examples_one=true
 #
 # 2) Optionally, for testing, create examples_all.rst
 # shell> ansible-playbook playbook.yml -e examples_all=true
@@ -45,18 +45,20 @@
           tags: t007
         - import_tasks: example-008.yml
           tags: t008
-      when: examples|d(false)|bool
+        - import_tasks: example-009.yml
+          tags: t009
+      when: examples_one | d(false) | bool
 
     - block:
         - include_vars: examples.yml
         - template:
             src: examples_all.rst.j2
             dest: examples_all.rst
-      when: examples_all|d(false)|bool
+      when: examples_all | d(false) | bool
 
     - block:
         - include_vars: examples.yml
         - template:
             src: filter_guide_abstract_informations_merging_lists_of_dictionaries.rst.j2
             dest: filter_guide_abstract_informations_merging_lists_of_dictionaries.rst
-      when: merging_lists_of_dictionaries|d(false)|bool
+      when: merging_lists_of_dictionaries | d(false) | bool

docs/docsite/links.yml

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ edit_on_github:
   path_prefix: ''
 
 extra_links:
+  - description: Ask for help
+    url: https://forum.ansible.com/c/help/6/none
   - description: Submit a bug report
     url: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/new?assignees=&labels=&template=bug_report.yml
   - description: Request a feature
@@ -22,6 +24,10 @@ communication:
     - topic: General usage and support questions
       network: Libera
       channel: '#ansible'
-  mailing_lists:
-    - topic: Ansible Project List
-      url: https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-project
+  forums:
+    - topic: "Ansible Forum: General usage and support questions"
+      # The following URL directly points to the "Get Help" section
+      url: https://forum.ansible.com/c/help/6/none
+    - topic: "Ansible Forum: Discussions about the collection itself, not for specific modules or plugins"
+      # The following URL directly points to the "community-general" tag
+      url: https://forum.ansible.com/tag/community-general

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations.rst

@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ Abstract transformations
    filter_guide_abstract_informations_dictionaries
    filter_guide_abstract_informations_grouping
    filter_guide_abstract_informations_merging_lists_of_dictionaries
+   filter_guide_abstract_informations_lists_helper
    filter_guide_abstract_informations_counting_elements_in_sequence

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_lists_helper.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+..
+  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
+
+Union, intersection and difference of lists
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Starting with Ansible Core 2.16, the builtin filters :ansplugin:`ansible.builtin.union#filter`, :ansplugin:`ansible.builtin.intersect#filter`, :ansplugin:`ansible.builtin.difference#filter` and :ansplugin:`ansible.builtin.symmetric_difference#filter` began to behave differently and do no longer preserve the item order. Items in the resulting lists are returned in arbitrary order and the order can vary between subsequent runs.
+
+The Ansible community.general collection provides the following additional list filters:
+
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_union#filter`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_intersect#filter`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_difference#filter`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_symmetric_difference#filter`
+
+These filters preserve the item order, eliminate duplicates and are an extended version of the builtin ones, because they can operate on more than two lists.
+
+.. note:: Stick to the builtin filters, when item order is not important or when you do not need the n-ary operating mode. The builtin filters are faster, because they rely mostly on sets as their underlying datastructure.
+
+Let us use the lists below in the following examples:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+  A: [9, 5, 7, 1, 9, 4, 10, 5, 9, 7]
+  B: [4, 1, 2, 8, 3, 1, 7]
+  C: [10, 2, 1, 9, 1]
+
+The union of ``A`` and ``B`` can be written as:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+  result: "{{ A | community.general.lists_union(B) }}"
+
+This statement produces:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+  result: [9, 5, 7, 1, 4, 10, 2, 8, 3]
+
+If you want to calculate the intersection of ``A``, ``B`` and ``C``, you can use the following statement:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+  result: "{{ A | community.general.lists_intersect(B, C) }}"
+
+Alternatively, you can use a list of lists as an input of the filter
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+  result: "{{ [A, B] | community.general.lists_intersect(C) }}"
+
+or
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+  result: "{{ [A, B, C] | community.general.lists_intersect(flatten=true) }}"
+
+All three statements are equivalent and give:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+  result: [1]
+
+.. note:: Be aware that in most cases, filter calls without any argument require ``flatten=true``, otherwise the input is returned as result. The reason for this is, that the input is considered as a variable argument and is wrapped by an additional outer list. ``flatten=true`` ensures that this list is removed before the input is processed by the filter logic.
+
+The filters ansplugin:`community.general.lists_difference#filter` or :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_symmetric_difference#filter` can be used in the same way as the filters in the examples above. They calculate the difference or the symmetric difference between two or more lists and preserve the item order.
+
+For example, the symmetric difference of ``A``, ``B`` and ``C`` may be written as:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+  result: "{{ A | community.general.lists_symmetric_difference(B, C) }}"
+
+This gives:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+  result: [5, 8, 3, 1]
+

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_merging_lists_of_dictionaries.rst

@@ -6,33 +6,30 @@
 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 :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_mergeby filter <community.general.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 <community.general.lists_mergeby#filter>` 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>`.
+.. 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 the documentation for the :ansplugin:`community.general.yaml callback plugin <community.general.yaml#callback>`.
 
 Let us use the lists below in the following examples:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
   list1:
-    - name: foo
-      extra: true
-    - name: bar
-      extra: false
-    - name: meh
-      extra: true
+    - {name: foo, extra: true}
+    - {name: bar, extra: false}
+    - {name: meh, extra: true}
 
   list2:
-    - name: foo
-      path: /foo
-    - name: baz
-      path: /baz
+    - {name: foo, path: /foo}
+    - {name: baz, path: /baz}
 
+Two lists
+"""""""""
 In the example below the lists are merged by the attribute ``name``:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
-  list3: "{{ list1|
+  list3: "{{ list1 |
              community.general.lists_mergeby(list2, 'name') }}"
 
 This produces:
@@ -40,24 +37,21 @@ This produces:
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
   list3:
-  - extra: false
-    name: bar
-  - name: baz
-    path: /baz
-  - extra: true
-    name: foo
-    path: /foo
-  - extra: true
-    name: meh
+    - {name: bar, extra: false}
+    - {name: baz, path: /baz}
+    - {name: foo, extra: true, path: /foo}
+    - {name: meh, extra: true}
 
 
 .. versionadded:: 2.0.0
 
+List of two lists
+"""""""""""""""""
 It is possible to use a list of lists as an input of the filter:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
-  list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+  list3: "{{ [list1, list2] |
              community.general.lists_mergeby('name') }}"
 
 This produces the same result as in the previous example:
@@ -65,15 +59,29 @@ This produces the same result as in the previous example:
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
   list3:
-  - extra: false
-    name: bar
-  - name: baz
-    path: /baz
-  - extra: true
-    name: foo
-    path: /foo
-  - extra: true
-    name: meh
+    - {name: bar, extra: false}
+    - {name: baz, path: /baz}
+    - {name: foo, extra: true, path: /foo}
+    - {name: meh, extra: true}
+
+Single list
+"""""""""""
+It is possible to merge single list:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+  list3: "{{ [list1 + list2, []] |
+             community.general.lists_mergeby('name') }}"
+
+This produces the same result as in the previous example:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+  list3:
+    - {name: bar, extra: false}
+    - {name: baz, path: /baz}
+    - {name: foo, extra: true, path: /foo}
+    - {name: meh, extra: true}
 
 
 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.
@@ -95,8 +103,7 @@ Let us use the lists below in the following examples
       param01:
         x: default_value
         y: default_value
-        list:
-          - default_value
+        list: [default_value]
     - name: myname02
       param01: [1, 1, 2, 3]
 
@@ -105,16 +112,17 @@ Let us use the lists below in the following examples
       param01:
         y: patch_value
         z: patch_value
-        list:
-          - patch_value
+        list: [patch_value]
     - name: myname02
-      param01: [3, 4, 4, {key: value}]
+      param01: [3, 4, 4]
 
+list_merge=replace (default)
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
 Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=replace` (default):
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
-  list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+  list3: "{{ [list1, list2] |
              community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
                                              recursive=true) }}"
 
@@ -123,25 +131,22 @@ This produces:
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
   list3:
-  - name: myname01
-    param01:
-      list:
-      - patch_value
-      x: default_value
-      y: patch_value
-      z: patch_value
-  - name: myname02
-    param01:
-    - 3
-    - 4
-    - 4
-    - key: value
+    - name: myname01
+      param01:
+        x: default_value
+        y: patch_value
+        list: [patch_value]
+        z: patch_value
+    - name: myname02
+      param01: [3, 4, 4]
 
+list_merge=keep
+"""""""""""""""
 Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=keep`:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
-  list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+  list3: "{{ [list1, list2] |
              community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
                                              recursive=true,
                                              list_merge='keep') }}"
@@ -151,25 +156,22 @@ This produces:
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
   list3:
-  - name: myname01
-    param01:
-      list:
-      - default_value
-      x: default_value
-      y: patch_value
-      z: patch_value
-  - name: myname02
-    param01:
-    - 1
-    - 1
-    - 2
-    - 3
+    - name: myname01
+      param01:
+        x: default_value
+        y: patch_value
+        list: [default_value]
+        z: patch_value
+    - name: myname02
+      param01: [1, 1, 2, 3]
 
+list_merge=append
+"""""""""""""""""
 Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=append`:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
-  list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+  list3: "{{ [list1, list2] |
              community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
                                              recursive=true,
                                              list_merge='append') }}"
@@ -179,30 +181,22 @@ This produces:
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
   list3:
-  - name: myname01
-    param01:
-      list:
-      - default_value
-      - patch_value
-      x: default_value
-      y: patch_value
-      z: patch_value
-  - name: myname02
-    param01:
-    - 1
-    - 1
-    - 2
-    - 3
-    - 3
-    - 4
-    - 4
-    - key: value
+    - name: myname01
+      param01:
+        x: default_value
+        y: patch_value
+        list: [default_value, patch_value]
+        z: patch_value
+    - name: myname02
+      param01: [1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4]
 
+list_merge=prepend
+""""""""""""""""""
 Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=prepend`:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
-  list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+  list3: "{{ [list1, list2] |
              community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
                                              recursive=true,
                                              list_merge='prepend') }}"
@@ -212,30 +206,22 @@ This produces:
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
   list3:
-  - name: myname01
-    param01:
-      list:
-      - patch_value
-      - default_value
-      x: default_value
-      y: patch_value
-      z: patch_value
-  - name: myname02
-    param01:
-    - 3
-    - 4
-    - 4
-    - key: value
-    - 1
-    - 1
-    - 2
-    - 3
+    - name: myname01
+      param01:
+        x: default_value
+        y: patch_value
+        list: [patch_value, default_value]
+        z: patch_value
+    - name: myname02
+      param01: [3, 4, 4, 1, 1, 2, 3]
 
+list_merge=append_rp
+""""""""""""""""""""
 Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=append_rp`:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
-  list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+  list3: "{{ [list1, list2] |
              community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
                                              recursive=true,
                                              list_merge='append_rp') }}"
@@ -245,29 +231,22 @@ This produces:
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
   list3:
-  - name: myname01
-    param01:
-      list:
-      - default_value
-      - patch_value
-      x: default_value
-      y: patch_value
-      z: patch_value
-  - name: myname02
-    param01:
-    - 1
-    - 1
-    - 2
-    - 3
-    - 4
-    - 4
-    - key: value
+    - name: myname01
+      param01:
+        x: default_value
+        y: patch_value
+        list: [default_value, patch_value]
+        z: patch_value
+    - name: myname02
+      param01: [1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4]
 
+list_merge=prepend_rp
+"""""""""""""""""""""
 Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=prepend_rp`:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
-  list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+  list3: "{{ [list1, list2] |
              community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
                                              recursive=true,
                                              list_merge='prepend_rp') }}"
@@ -277,21 +256,12 @@ This produces:
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
   list3:
-  - name: myname01
-    param01:
-      list:
-      - patch_value
-      - default_value
-      x: default_value
-      y: patch_value
-      z: patch_value
-  - name: myname02
-    param01:
-    - 3
-    - 4
-    - 4
-    - key: value
-    - 1
-    - 1
-    - 2
+    - name: myname01
+      param01:
+        x: default_value
+        y: patch_value
+        list: [patch_value, default_value]
+        z: patch_value
+    - name: myname02
+      param01: [3, 4, 4, 1, 1, 2]
 

galaxy.yml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 namespace: community
 name: general
-version: 8.2.0
+version: 8.6.8
 readme: README.md
 authors:
   - Ansible (https://github.com/ansible)

meta/runtime.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,37 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
 requires_ansible: '>=2.13.0'
+action_groups:
+  consul:
+    - consul_auth_method
+    - consul_binding_rule
+    - consul_policy
+    - consul_role
+    - consul_session
+    - consul_token
 plugin_routing:
+  callback:
+    actionable:
+      tombstone:
+        removal_version: 2.0.0
+        warning_text: Use the 'default' callback plugin with 'display_skipped_hosts
+          = no' and 'display_ok_hosts = no' options.
+    full_skip:
+      tombstone:
+        removal_version: 2.0.0
+        warning_text: Use the 'default' callback plugin with 'display_skipped_hosts
+          = no' option.
+    hipchat:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 10.0.0
+        warning_text: The hipchat service has been discontinued and the self-hosted variant has been End of Life since 2020.
+    osx_say:
+      redirect: community.general.say
+    stderr:
+      tombstone:
+        removal_version: 2.0.0
+        warning_text: Use the 'default' callback plugin with 'display_failed_stderr
+          = yes' option.
   connection:
     docker:
       redirect: community.docker.docker
@@ -22,6 +52,10 @@ plugin_routing:
     nios_next_network:
       redirect: infoblox.nios_modules.nios_next_network
   modules:
+    consul_acl:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 10.0.0
+        warning_text: Use community.general.consul_token and/or community.general.consul_policy instead.
     rax_cbs_attachments:
       deprecation:
         removal_version: 9.0.0
@@ -153,9 +187,9 @@ plugin_routing:
     stackdriver:
       deprecation:
         removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: >
-          This module relies on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore, and any new development in the
-          direction of providing an alternative should happen in the context of the google.cloud collection.
+        warning_text: This module relies on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore,
+          and any new development in the direction of providing an alternative should
+          happen in the context of the google.cloud collection.
     system.aix_devices:
       redirect: community.general.aix_devices
       deprecation:
@@ -807,7 +841,8 @@ plugin_routing:
     flowdock:
       deprecation:
         removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore and there is no clear path to update.
+        warning_text: This module relies on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore and
+          there is no clear path to update.
     notification.flowdock:
       redirect: community.general.flowdock
       deprecation:
@@ -4446,7 +4481,8 @@ plugin_routing:
     webfaction_app:
       deprecation:
         removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore and there is no clear path to update.
+        warning_text: This module relies on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore and
+          there is no clear path to update.
     cloud.webfaction.webfaction_app:
       redirect: community.general.webfaction_app
       deprecation:
@@ -4457,7 +4493,8 @@ plugin_routing:
     webfaction_db:
       deprecation:
         removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore and there is no clear path to update.
+        warning_text: This module relies on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore and
+          there is no clear path to update.
     cloud.webfaction.webfaction_db:
       redirect: community.general.webfaction_db
       deprecation:
@@ -4468,7 +4505,8 @@ plugin_routing:
     webfaction_domain:
       deprecation:
         removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore and there is no clear path to update.
+        warning_text: This module relies on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore and
+          there is no clear path to update.
     cloud.webfaction.webfaction_domain:
       redirect: community.general.webfaction_domain
       deprecation:
@@ -4479,7 +4517,8 @@ plugin_routing:
     webfaction_mailbox:
       deprecation:
         removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore and there is no clear path to update.
+        warning_text: This module relies on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore and
+          there is no clear path to update.
     cloud.webfaction.webfaction_mailbox:
       redirect: community.general.webfaction_mailbox
       deprecation:
@@ -4490,7 +4529,8 @@ plugin_routing:
     webfaction_site:
       deprecation:
         removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore and there is no clear path to update.
+        warning_text: This module relies on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore and
+          there is no clear path to update.
     cloud.webfaction.webfaction_site:
       redirect: community.general.webfaction_site
       deprecation:
@@ -4646,7 +4686,8 @@ plugin_routing:
     rackspace:
       deprecation:
         removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This doc fragment is used by rax modules, that rely on the deprecated package pyrax.
+        warning_text: This doc fragment is used by rax modules, that rely on the deprecated
+          package pyrax.
     _gcp:
       redirect: community.google._gcp
     docker:
@@ -4688,24 +4729,6 @@ plugin_routing:
       redirect: dellemc.openmanage.dellemc_idrac
     remote_management.dellemc.ome:
       redirect: dellemc.openmanage.ome
-  callback:
-    actionable:
-      tombstone:
-        removal_version: 2.0.0
-        warning_text: Use the 'default' callback plugin with 'display_skipped_hosts
-          = no' and 'display_ok_hosts = no' options.
-    full_skip:
-      tombstone:
-        removal_version: 2.0.0
-        warning_text: Use the 'default' callback plugin with 'display_skipped_hosts
-          = no' option.
-    osx_say:
-      redirect: community.general.say
-    stderr:
-      tombstone:
-        removal_version: 2.0.0
-        warning_text: Use the 'default' callback plugin with 'display_failed_stderr
-          = yes' option.
   inventory:
     docker_machine:
       redirect: community.docker.docker_machine

plugins/action/iptables_state.py

@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
             max_timeout = self._connection._play_context.timeout
             module_args = self._task.args
 
+            async_status_args = {}
+            starter_cmd = None
+            confirm_cmd = None
+
             if module_args.get('state', None) == 'restored':
                 if not wrap_async:
                     if not check_mode:

plugins/callback/default_without_diff.py

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright (c) 2024, Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+DOCUMENTATION = r'''
+  name: default_without_diff
+  type: stdout
+  short_description: The default ansible callback without diff output
+  version_added: 8.4.0
+  description:
+    - This is basically the default ansible callback plugin (P(ansible.builtin.default#callback)) without
+      showing diff output. This can be useful when using another callback which sends more detailed information
+      to another service, like the L(ARA, https://ara.recordsansible.org/) callback, and you want diff output
+      sent to that plugin but not shown on the console output.
+  author: Felix Fontein (@felixfontein)
+  extends_documentation_fragment:
+    - ansible.builtin.default_callback
+    - ansible.builtin.result_format_callback
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = r'''
+# Enable callback in ansible.cfg:
+ansible_config: |
+  [defaults]
+  stdout_callback = community.general.default_without_diff
+
+# Enable callback with environment variables:
+environment_variable: |
+  ANSIBLE_STDOUT_CALLBACK=community.general.default_without_diff
+'''
+
+from ansible.plugins.callback.default import CallbackModule as Default
+
+
+class CallbackModule(Default):
+    CALLBACK_VERSION = 2.0
+    CALLBACK_TYPE = 'stdout'
+    CALLBACK_NAME = 'community.general.default_without_diff'
+
+    def v2_on_file_diff(self, result):
+        pass

plugins/callback/hipchat.py

@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
     description:
       - This callback plugin sends status updates to a HipChat channel during playbook execution.
       - Before 2.4 only environment variables were available for configuring this plugin.
+    deprecated:
+      removed_in: 10.0.0
+      why: The hipchat service has been discontinued and the self-hosted variant has been End of Life since 2020.
+      alternative: There is none.
     options:
       token:
         description: HipChat API token for v1 or v2 API.

plugins/callback/loganalytics.py

@@ -59,13 +59,16 @@ import uuid
 import socket
 import getpass
 
-from datetime import datetime
 from os.path import basename
 
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import open_url
 from ansible.parsing.ajson import AnsibleJSONEncoder
 from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
 
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.datetime import (
+    now,
+)
+
 
 class AzureLogAnalyticsSource(object):
     def __init__(self):
@@ -93,7 +96,7 @@ class AzureLogAnalyticsSource(object):
         return "https://{0}.ods.opinsights.azure.com/api/logs?api-version=2016-04-01".format(workspace_id)
 
     def __rfc1123date(self):
-        return datetime.utcnow().strftime('%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT')
+        return now().strftime('%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT')
 
     def send_event(self, workspace_id, shared_key, state, result, runtime):
         if result._task_fields['args'].get('_ansible_check_mode') is True:
@@ -167,7 +170,7 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
 
     def _seconds_since_start(self, result):
         return (
-            datetime.utcnow() -
+            now() -
             self.start_datetimes[result._task._uuid]
         ).total_seconds()
 
@@ -185,10 +188,10 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
         self.loganalytics.ansible_playbook = basename(playbook._file_name)
 
     def v2_playbook_on_task_start(self, task, is_conditional):
-        self.start_datetimes[task._uuid] = datetime.utcnow()
+        self.start_datetimes[task._uuid] = now()
 
     def v2_playbook_on_handler_task_start(self, task):
-        self.start_datetimes[task._uuid] = datetime.utcnow()
+        self.start_datetimes[task._uuid] = now()
 
     def v2_runner_on_ok(self, result, **kwargs):
         self.loganalytics.send_event(

plugins/callback/logstash.py

@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ from ansible import context
 import socket
 import uuid
 import logging
-from datetime import datetime
 
 try:
     import logstash
@@ -109,6 +108,10 @@ except ImportError:
 
 from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
 
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.datetime import (
+    now,
+)
+
 
 class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
 
@@ -126,7 +129,7 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
                                   "pip install python-logstash for Python 2"
                                   "pip install python3-logstash for Python 3")
 
-        self.start_time = datetime.utcnow()
+        self.start_time = now()
 
     def _init_plugin(self):
         if not self.disabled:
@@ -185,7 +188,7 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
             self.logger.info("ansible start", extra=data)
 
     def v2_playbook_on_stats(self, stats):
-        end_time = datetime.utcnow()
+        end_time = now()
         runtime = end_time - self.start_time
         summarize_stat = {}
         for host in stats.processed.keys():

plugins/callback/opentelemetry.py

@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ class OpenTelemetrySource(object):
         status = Status(status_code=StatusCode.OK)
         if host_data.status != 'included':
             # Support loops
+            enriched_error_message = None
             if 'results' in host_data.result._result:
                 if host_data.status == 'failed':
                     message = self.get_error_message_from_results(host_data.result._result['results'], task_data.action)
@@ -350,7 +351,8 @@ class OpenTelemetrySource(object):
         if not disable_logs:
             # This will avoid populating span attributes to the logs
             span.add_event(task_data.dump, attributes={} if disable_attributes_in_logs else attributes)
-            span.end(end_time=host_data.finish)
+        # Close span always
+        span.end(end_time=host_data.finish)
 
     def set_span_attributes(self, span, attributes):
         """ update the span attributes with the given attributes if not None """
@@ -497,6 +499,20 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
         # See https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/issues/740
         self.traceparent = self.get_option('traceparent')
 
+    def dump_results(self, task, result):
+        """ dump the results if disable_logs is not enabled """
+        if self.disable_logs:
+            return ""
+        # ansible.builtin.uri contains the response in the json field
+        save = dict(result._result)
+
+        if "json" in save and task.action in ("ansible.builtin.uri", "ansible.legacy.uri", "uri"):
+            save.pop("json")
+        # ansible.builtin.slurp contains the response in the content field
+        if "content" in save and task.action in ("ansible.builtin.slurp", "ansible.legacy.slurp", "slurp"):
+            save.pop("content")
+        return self._dump_results(save)
+
     def v2_playbook_on_start(self, playbook):
         self.ansible_playbook = basename(playbook._file_name)
 
@@ -546,7 +562,7 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
             self.tasks_data,
             status,
             result,
-            self._dump_results(result._result)
+            self.dump_results(self.tasks_data[result._task._uuid], result)
         )
 
     def v2_runner_on_ok(self, result):
@@ -554,7 +570,7 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
             self.tasks_data,
             'ok',
             result,
-            self._dump_results(result._result)
+            self.dump_results(self.tasks_data[result._task._uuid], result)
         )
 
     def v2_runner_on_skipped(self, result):
@@ -562,7 +578,7 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
             self.tasks_data,
             'skipped',
             result,
-            self._dump_results(result._result)
+            self.dump_results(self.tasks_data[result._task._uuid], result)
         )
 
     def v2_playbook_on_include(self, included_file):

plugins/callback/splunk.py

@@ -88,13 +88,16 @@ import uuid
 import socket
 import getpass
 
-from datetime import datetime
 from os.path import basename
 
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import open_url
 from ansible.parsing.ajson import AnsibleJSONEncoder
 from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
 
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.datetime import (
+    now,
+)
+
 
 class SplunkHTTPCollectorSource(object):
     def __init__(self):
@@ -134,7 +137,7 @@ class SplunkHTTPCollectorSource(object):
         else:
             time_format = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S +0000'
 
-        data['timestamp'] = datetime.utcnow().strftime(time_format)
+        data['timestamp'] = now().strftime(time_format)
         data['host'] = self.host
         data['ip_address'] = self.ip_address
         data['user'] = self.user
@@ -181,7 +184,7 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
 
     def _runtime(self, result):
         return (
-            datetime.utcnow() -
+            now() -
             self.start_datetimes[result._task._uuid]
         ).total_seconds()
 
@@ -220,10 +223,10 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
         self.splunk.ansible_playbook = basename(playbook._file_name)
 
     def v2_playbook_on_task_start(self, task, is_conditional):
-        self.start_datetimes[task._uuid] = datetime.utcnow()
+        self.start_datetimes[task._uuid] = now()
 
     def v2_playbook_on_handler_task_start(self, task):
-        self.start_datetimes[task._uuid] = datetime.utcnow()
+        self.start_datetimes[task._uuid] = now()
 
     def v2_runner_on_ok(self, result, **kwargs):
         self.splunk.send_event(

plugins/callback/sumologic.py

@@ -46,13 +46,16 @@ import uuid
 import socket
 import getpass
 
-from datetime import datetime
 from os.path import basename
 
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import open_url
 from ansible.parsing.ajson import AnsibleJSONEncoder
 from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
 
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.datetime import (
+    now,
+)
+
 
 class SumologicHTTPCollectorSource(object):
     def __init__(self):
@@ -84,8 +87,7 @@ class SumologicHTTPCollectorSource(object):
         data['uuid'] = result._task._uuid
         data['session'] = self.session
         data['status'] = state
-        data['timestamp'] = datetime.utcnow().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S '
-                                                       '+0000')
+        data['timestamp'] = now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S +0000')
         data['host'] = self.host
         data['ip_address'] = self.ip_address
         data['user'] = self.user
@@ -123,7 +125,7 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
 
     def _runtime(self, result):
         return (
-            datetime.utcnow() -
+            now() -
             self.start_datetimes[result._task._uuid]
         ).total_seconds()
 
@@ -144,10 +146,10 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
         self.sumologic.ansible_playbook = basename(playbook._file_name)
 
     def v2_playbook_on_task_start(self, task, is_conditional):
-        self.start_datetimes[task._uuid] = datetime.utcnow()
+        self.start_datetimes[task._uuid] = now()
 
     def v2_playbook_on_handler_task_start(self, task):
-        self.start_datetimes[task._uuid] = datetime.utcnow()
+        self.start_datetimes[task._uuid] = now()
 
     def v2_runner_on_ok(self, result, **kwargs):
         self.sumologic.send_event(

plugins/callback/yaml.py

@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
       - default_callback
     requirements:
       - set as stdout in configuration
+    seealso:
+      - plugin: ansible.builtin.default
+        plugin_type: callback
+        description: >
+          There is a parameter O(ansible.builtin.default#callback:result_format) in P(ansible.builtin.default#callback)
+          that allows you to change the output format to YAML.
+    notes:
+      - >
+        With ansible-core 2.13 or newer, you can instead specify V(yaml) for the parameter O(ansible.builtin.default#callback:result_format)
+        in P(ansible.builtin.default#callback).
 '''
 
 import yaml

plugins/connection/incus.py

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = """
             - The instance identifier.
         default: inventory_hostname
         vars:
+            - name: inventory_hostname
             - name: ansible_host
             - name: ansible_incus_host
       executable:

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:
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ 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
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ 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 _host(self):
         """ translate remote_addr to lxd (short) hostname """

plugins/doc_fragments/consul.py

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright (c) Ansible project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+
+class ModuleDocFragment:
+    # Common parameters for Consul modules
+    DOCUMENTATION = r"""
+options:
+  host:
+    description:
+      - Host of the consul agent, defaults to V(localhost).
+    default: localhost
+    type: str
+  port:
+    type: int
+    description:
+      - The port on which the consul agent is running.
+    default: 8500
+  scheme:
+    description:
+      - The protocol scheme on which the consul agent is running.
+        Defaults to V(http) and can be set to V(https) for secure connections.
+    default: http
+    type: str
+  validate_certs:
+    type: bool
+    description:
+      - Whether to verify the TLS certificate of the consul agent.
+    default: true
+  ca_path:
+    description:
+      - The CA bundle to use for https connections
+    type: str
+"""
+
+    TOKEN = r"""
+options:
+  token:
+    description:
+      - The token to use for authorization.
+    type: str
+"""
+
+    ACTIONGROUP_CONSUL = r"""
+options: {}
+attributes:
+  action_group:
+    description: Use C(group/community.general.consul) in C(module_defaults) to set defaults for this module.
+    support: full
+    membership:
+      - community.general.consul
+    version_added: 8.3.0
+"""

plugins/filter/dict.py

@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 
 RETURN = '''
   _value:
-    description: The dictionary having the provided key-value pairs.
-    type: boolean
+    description: A dictionary with the provided key-value pairs.
+    type: dictionary
 '''
 
 

plugins/filter/from_ini.py

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class IniParser(ConfigParser):
     ''' Implements a configparser which is able to return a dict '''
 
     def __init__(self):
-        super().__init__()
+        super().__init__(interpolation=None)
         self.optionxform = str
 
     def as_dict(self):

plugins/filter/groupby_as_dict.py

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
   author: Felix Fontein (@felixfontein)
   description:
     - Transform a sequence of dictionaries to a dictionary where the dictionaries are indexed by an attribute.
+    - This filter is similar to the Jinja2 C(groupby) filter. Use the Jinja2 C(groupby) filter if you have multiple entries with the same value,
+      or when you need a dictionary with list values, or when you need to use deeply nested attributes.
   positional: attribute
   options:
     _input:

plugins/filter/lists.py

@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+from ansible.errors import AnsibleFilterError
+from ansible.module_utils.common.collections import is_sequence
+
+
+def remove_duplicates(lst):
+    seen = set()
+    seen_add = seen.add
+    result = []
+    for item in lst:
+        try:
+            if item not in seen:
+                seen_add(item)
+                result.append(item)
+        except TypeError:
+            # This happens for unhashable values `item`. If this happens,
+            # convert `seen` to a list and continue.
+            seen = list(seen)
+            seen_add = seen.append
+            if item not in seen:
+                seen_add(item)
+                result.append(item)
+    return result
+
+
+def flatten_list(lst):
+    result = []
+    for sublist in lst:
+        if not is_sequence(sublist):
+            msg = ("All arguments must be lists. %s is %s")
+            raise AnsibleFilterError(msg % (sublist, type(sublist)))
+        if len(sublist) > 0:
+            if all(is_sequence(sub) for sub in sublist):
+                for item in sublist:
+                    result.append(item)
+            else:
+                result.append(sublist)
+    return result
+
+
+def lists_union(*args, **kwargs):
+    lists = args
+    flatten = kwargs.pop('flatten', False)
+
+    if kwargs:
+        # Some unused kwargs remain
+        raise AnsibleFilterError(
+            "lists_union() got unexpected keywords arguments: {0}".format(
+                ", ".join(kwargs.keys())
+            )
+        )
+
+    if flatten:
+        lists = flatten_list(args)
+
+    if not lists:
+        return []
+
+    if len(lists) == 1:
+        return lists[0]
+
+    a = lists[0]
+    for b in lists[1:]:
+        a = do_union(a, b)
+    return remove_duplicates(a)
+
+
+def do_union(a, b):
+    return a + b
+
+
+def lists_intersect(*args, **kwargs):
+    lists = args
+    flatten = kwargs.pop('flatten', False)
+
+    if kwargs:
+        # Some unused kwargs remain
+        raise AnsibleFilterError(
+            "lists_intersect() got unexpected keywords arguments: {0}".format(
+                ", ".join(kwargs.keys())
+            )
+        )
+
+    if flatten:
+        lists = flatten_list(args)
+
+    if not lists:
+        return []
+
+    if len(lists) == 1:
+        return lists[0]
+
+    a = remove_duplicates(lists[0])
+    for b in lists[1:]:
+        a = do_intersect(a, b)
+    return a
+
+
+def do_intersect(a, b):
+    isect = []
+    try:
+        other = set(b)
+        isect = [item for item in a if item in other]
+    except TypeError:
+        # This happens for unhashable values,
+        # use a list instead and redo.
+        other = list(b)
+        isect = [item for item in a if item in other]
+    return isect
+
+
+def lists_difference(*args, **kwargs):
+    lists = args
+    flatten = kwargs.pop('flatten', False)
+
+    if kwargs:
+        # Some unused kwargs remain
+        raise AnsibleFilterError(
+            "lists_difference() got unexpected keywords arguments: {0}".format(
+                ", ".join(kwargs.keys())
+            )
+        )
+
+    if flatten:
+        lists = flatten_list(args)
+
+    if not lists:
+        return []
+
+    if len(lists) == 1:
+        return lists[0]
+
+    a = remove_duplicates(lists[0])
+    for b in lists[1:]:
+        a = do_difference(a, b)
+    return a
+
+
+def do_difference(a, b):
+    diff = []
+    try:
+        other = set(b)
+        diff = [item for item in a if item not in other]
+    except TypeError:
+        # This happens for unhashable values,
+        # use a list instead and redo.
+        other = list(b)
+        diff = [item for item in a if item not in other]
+    return diff
+
+
+def lists_symmetric_difference(*args, **kwargs):
+    lists = args
+    flatten = kwargs.pop('flatten', False)
+
+    if kwargs:
+        # Some unused kwargs remain
+        raise AnsibleFilterError(
+            "lists_difference() got unexpected keywords arguments: {0}".format(
+                ", ".join(kwargs.keys())
+            )
+        )
+
+    if flatten:
+        lists = flatten_list(args)
+
+    if not lists:
+        return []
+
+    if len(lists) == 1:
+        return lists[0]
+
+    a = lists[0]
+    for b in lists[1:]:
+        a = do_symmetric_difference(a, b)
+    return a
+
+
+def do_symmetric_difference(a, b):
+    sym_diff = []
+    union = lists_union(a, b)
+    try:
+        isect = set(a) & set(b)
+        sym_diff = [item for item in union if item not in isect]
+    except TypeError:
+        # This happens for unhashable values,
+        # build the intersection of `a` and `b` backed
+        # by a list instead of a set and redo.
+        isect = lists_intersect(a, b)
+        sym_diff = [item for item in union if item not in isect]
+    return sym_diff
+
+
+class FilterModule(object):
+    ''' Ansible lists jinja2 filters '''
+
+    def filters(self):
+        return {
+            'lists_union': lists_union,
+            'lists_intersect': lists_intersect,
+            'lists_difference': lists_difference,
+            'lists_symmetric_difference': lists_symmetric_difference,
+        }

plugins/filter/lists_difference.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+---
+# 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
+
+DOCUMENTATION:
+  name: lists_difference
+  short_description: Difference of lists with a predictive order
+  version_added: 8.4.0
+  description:
+    - Provide a unique list of all the elements from the first which do not appear in the other lists.
+    - The order of the items in the resulting list is preserved.
+  options:
+    _input:
+      description: A list.
+      type: list
+      elements: any
+      required: true
+    flatten:
+      description: Whether to remove one hierarchy level from the input list.
+      type: boolean
+      default: false
+  author:
+    - Christoph Fiehe (@cfiehe)
+
+EXAMPLES: |
+  - name: Return the difference of list1 and list2.
+    ansible.builtin.debug:
+      msg: "{{ list1 | community.general.lists_difference(list2) }}"
+    vars:
+      list1: [1, 2, 5, 3, 4, 10]
+      list2: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 99]
+  # => [10]
+  
+  - name: Return the difference of list1, list2 and list3.
+    ansible.builtin.debug:
+      msg: "{{ [list1, list2, list3] | community.general.lists_difference(flatten=true) }}"
+    vars:
+      list1: [1, 2, 5, 3, 4, 10]
+      list2: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 99]
+      list3: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 99, 101]
+  # => []
+
+RETURN:
+  _value:
+    description: A unique list of all the elements from the first list that do not appear on the other lists.
+    type: list
+    elements: any

plugins/filter/lists_intersect.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+---
+# 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
+
+DOCUMENTATION:
+  name: lists_intersect
+  short_description: Intersection of lists with a predictive order
+  version_added: 8.4.0
+  description:
+    - Provide a unique list of all the common elements of two or more lists.
+    - The order of the items in the resulting list is preserved.
+  options:
+    _input:
+      description: A list.
+      type: list
+      elements: any
+      required: true
+    flatten:
+      description: Whether to remove one hierarchy level from the input list.
+      type: boolean
+      default: false
+  author:
+    - Christoph Fiehe (@cfiehe)
+
+EXAMPLES: |
+  - name: Return the intersection of list1 and list2.
+    ansible.builtin.debug:
+      msg: "{{ list1 | community.general.lists_intersect(list2) }}"
+    vars:
+      list1: [1, 2, 5, 3, 4, 10]
+      list2: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 99]
+  # => [1, 2, 5, 3, 4]
+  
+  - name: Return the intersection of list1, list2 and list3.
+    ansible.builtin.debug:
+      msg: "{{ [list1, list2, list3] | community.general.lists_intersect(flatten=true) }}"
+    vars:
+      list1: [1, 2, 5, 3, 4, 10]
+      list2: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 99]
+      list3: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 99, 101]
+  # => [1, 2, 5, 3, 4]
+
+RETURN:
+  _value:
+    description: A unique list of all the common elements from the provided lists.
+    type: list
+    elements: any

plugins/filter/lists_mergeby.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright (c) 2020-2022, Vladimir Botka <vbotka@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (c) 2020-2024, Vladimir Botka <vbotka@gmail.com>
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
@@ -12,22 +12,32 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
   version_added: 2.0.0
   author: Vladimir Botka (@vbotka)
   description:
-    - Merge two or more lists by attribute O(index). Optional parameters O(recursive) and O(list_merge)
-      control the merging of the lists in values. The function merge_hash from ansible.utils.vars
-      is used. To learn details on how to use the parameters O(recursive) and O(list_merge) see
-      Ansible User's Guide chapter "Using filters to manipulate data" section "Combining
-      hashes/dictionaries".
+    - Merge two or more lists by attribute O(index). Optional
+      parameters O(recursive) and O(list_merge) control the merging of
+      the nested dictionaries and lists.
+    - The function C(merge_hash) from C(ansible.utils.vars) is used.
+    - To learn details on how to use the parameters O(recursive) and
+      O(list_merge) see Ansible User's Guide chapter "Using filters to
+      manipulate data" section R(Combining hashes/dictionaries, combine_filter) or the
+      filter P(ansible.builtin.combine#filter).
+
   positional: another_list, index
   options:
     _input:
-      description: A list of dictionaries.
+      description:
+        - A list of dictionaries, or a list of lists of dictionaries.
+        - The required type of the C(elements) is set to C(raw)
+          because all elements of O(_input) can be either dictionaries
+          or lists.
       type: list
-      elements: dictionary
+      elements: raw
       required: true
     another_list:
-      description: Another list of dictionaries. This parameter can be specified multiple times.
+      description:
+        - Another list of dictionaries, or a list of lists of dictionaries.
+        - This parameter can be specified multiple times.
       type: list
-      elements: dictionary
+      elements: raw
     index:
       description:
         - The dictionary key that must be present in every dictionary in every list that is used to
@@ -55,40 +65,134 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
 '''
 
 EXAMPLES = '''
-- name: Merge two lists
+# Some results below are manually formatted for better readability. The
+# dictionaries' keys will be sorted alphabetically in real output.
+
+- name: Example 1. Merge two lists. The results r1 and r2 are the same.
   ansible.builtin.debug:
-    msg: >-
-      {{ list1 | community.general.lists_mergeby(
-                    list2,
-                    'index',
-                    recursive=True,
-                    list_merge='append'
-                 ) }}"
+    msg: |
+      r1: {{ r1 }}
+      r2: {{ r2 }}
   vars:
     list1:
-      - index: a
-        value: 123
-      - index: b
-        value: 42
+      - {index: a, value: 123}
+      - {index: b, value: 4}
     list2:
-      - index: a
-        foo: bar
-      - index: c
-        foo: baz
-  # Produces the following list of dictionaries:
-  #   {
-  #     "index": "a",
-  #     "foo": "bar",
-  #     "value": 123
-  #   },
-  #   {
-  #     "index": "b",
-  #     "value": 42
-  #   },
-  #   {
-  #     "index": "c",
-  #     "foo": "baz"
-  #   }
+      - {index: a, foo: bar}
+      - {index: c, foo: baz}
+    r1: "{{ list1 | community.general.lists_mergeby(list2, 'index') }}"
+    r2: "{{ [list1, list2] | community.general.lists_mergeby('index') }}"
+
+#  r1:
+#    - {index: a, foo: bar, value: 123}
+#    - {index: b, value: 4}
+#    - {index: c, foo: baz}
+#  r2:
+#    - {index: a, foo: bar, value: 123}
+#    - {index: b, value: 4}
+#    - {index: c, foo: baz}
+
+- name: Example 2. Merge three lists
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    var: r
+  vars:
+    list1:
+      - {index: a, value: 123}
+      - {index: b, value: 4}
+    list2:
+      - {index: a, foo: bar}
+      - {index: c, foo: baz}
+    list3:
+      - {index: d, foo: qux}
+    r: "{{ [list1, list2, list3] | community.general.lists_mergeby('index') }}"
+
+#  r:
+#    - {index: a, foo: bar, value: 123}
+#    - {index: b, value: 4}
+#    - {index: c, foo: baz}
+#    - {index: d, foo: qux}
+
+- name: Example 3. Merge single list. The result is the same as 2.
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    var: r
+  vars:
+    list1:
+      - {index: a, value: 123}
+      - {index: b, value: 4}
+      - {index: a, foo: bar}
+      - {index: c, foo: baz}
+      - {index: d, foo: qux}
+    r: "{{ [list1, []] | community.general.lists_mergeby('index') }}"
+
+#  r:
+#    - {index: a, foo: bar, value: 123}
+#    - {index: b, value: 4}
+#    - {index: c, foo: baz}
+#    - {index: d, foo: qux}
+
+- name: Example 4. Merge two lists. By default, replace nested lists.
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    var: r
+  vars:
+    list1:
+      - {index: a, foo: [X1, X2]}
+      - {index: b, foo: [X1, X2]}
+    list2:
+      - {index: a, foo: [Y1, Y2]}
+      - {index: b, foo: [Y1, Y2]}
+    r: "{{ [list1, list2] | community.general.lists_mergeby('index') }}"
+
+#  r:
+#    - {index: a, foo: [Y1, Y2]}
+#    - {index: b, foo: [Y1, Y2]}
+
+- name: Example 5. Merge two lists. Append nested lists.
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    var: r
+  vars:
+    list1:
+      - {index: a, foo: [X1, X2]}
+      - {index: b, foo: [X1, X2]}
+    list2:
+      - {index: a, foo: [Y1, Y2]}
+      - {index: b, foo: [Y1, Y2]}
+    r: "{{ [list1, list2] | community.general.lists_mergeby('index', list_merge='append') }}"
+
+#  r:
+#    - {index: a, foo: [X1, X2, Y1, Y2]}
+#    - {index: b, foo: [X1, X2, Y1, Y2]}
+
+- name: Example 6. Merge two lists. By default, do not merge nested dictionaries.
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    var: r
+  vars:
+    list1:
+      - {index: a, foo: {x: 1, y: 2}}
+      - {index: b, foo: [X1, X2]}
+    list2:
+      - {index: a, foo: {y: 3, z: 4}}
+      - {index: b, foo: [Y1, Y2]}
+    r: "{{ [list1, list2] | community.general.lists_mergeby('index') }}"
+
+#  r:
+#    - {index: a, foo: {y: 3, z: 4}}
+#    - {index: b, foo: [Y1, Y2]}
+
+- name: Example 7. Merge two lists. Merge nested dictionaries too.
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    var: r
+  vars:
+    list1:
+      - {index: a, foo: {x: 1, y: 2}}
+      - {index: b, foo: [X1, X2]}
+    list2:
+      - {index: a, foo: {y: 3, z: 4}}
+      - {index: b, foo: [Y1, Y2]}
+    r: "{{ [list1, list2] | community.general.lists_mergeby('index', recursive=true) }}"
+
+#  r:
+#    - {index: a, foo: {x:1, y: 3, z: 4}}
+#    - {index: b, foo: [Y1, Y2]}
 '''
 
 RETURN = '''
@@ -108,13 +212,14 @@ from operator import itemgetter
 
 
 def list_mergeby(x, y, index, recursive=False, list_merge='replace'):
-    ''' Merge 2 lists by attribute 'index'. The function merge_hash from ansible.utils.vars is used.
-        This function is used by the function lists_mergeby.
+    '''Merge 2 lists by attribute 'index'. The function 'merge_hash'
+       from ansible.utils.vars is used.  This function is used by the
+       function lists_mergeby.
     '''
 
     d = defaultdict(dict)
-    for l in (x, y):
-        for elem in l:
+    for lst in (x, y):
+        for elem in lst:
             if not isinstance(elem, Mapping):
                 msg = "Elements of list arguments for lists_mergeby must be dictionaries. %s is %s"
                 raise AnsibleFilterError(msg % (elem, type(elem)))
@@ -124,20 +229,9 @@ def list_mergeby(x, y, index, recursive=False, list_merge='replace'):
 
 
 def lists_mergeby(*terms, **kwargs):
-    ''' Merge 2 or more lists by attribute 'index'. Optional parameters 'recursive' and 'list_merge'
-        control the merging of the lists in values. The function merge_hash from ansible.utils.vars
-        is used. To learn details on how to use the parameters 'recursive' and 'list_merge' see
-        Ansible User's Guide chapter "Using filters to manipulate data" section "Combining
-        hashes/dictionaries".
-
-        Example:
-        - debug:
-            msg: "{{ list1|
-                     community.general.lists_mergeby(list2,
-                                                     'index',
-                                                     recursive=True,
-                                                     list_merge='append')|
-                     list }}"
+    '''Merge 2 or more lists by attribute 'index'. To learn details
+       on how to use the parameters 'recursive' and 'list_merge' see
+       the filter ansible.builtin.combine.
     '''
 
     recursive = kwargs.pop('recursive', False)
@@ -155,7 +249,7 @@ def lists_mergeby(*terms, **kwargs):
                    "must be lists. %s is %s")
             raise AnsibleFilterError(msg % (sublist, type(sublist)))
         if len(sublist) > 0:
-            if all(isinstance(l, Sequence) for l in sublist):
+            if all(isinstance(lst, Sequence) for lst in sublist):
                 for item in sublist:
                     flat_list.append(item)
             else:

plugins/filter/lists_symmetric_difference.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+---
+# 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
+
+DOCUMENTATION:
+  name: lists_symmetric_difference
+  short_description: Symmetric Difference of lists with a predictive order
+  version_added: 8.4.0
+  description:
+    - Provide a unique list containing the symmetric difference of two or more lists.
+    - The order of the items in the resulting list is preserved.
+  options:
+    _input:
+      description: A list.
+      type: list
+      elements: any
+      required: true
+    flatten:
+      description: Whether to remove one hierarchy level from the input list.
+      type: boolean
+      default: false
+  author:
+    - Christoph Fiehe (@cfiehe)
+
+EXAMPLES: |
+  - name: Return the symmetric difference of list1 and list2.
+    ansible.builtin.debug:
+      msg: "{{ list1 | community.general.lists_symmetric_difference(list2) }}"
+    vars:
+      list1: [1, 2, 5, 3, 4, 10]
+      list2: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 99]
+  # => [10, 11, 99]
+  
+  - name: Return the symmetric difference of list1, list2 and list3.
+    ansible.builtin.debug:
+      msg: "{{ [list1, list2, list3] | community.general.lists_symmetric_difference(flatten=true) }}"
+    vars:
+      list1: [1, 2, 5, 3, 4, 10]
+      list2: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 99]
+      list3: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 99, 101]
+  # => [11, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 101]
+
+RETURN:
+  _value:
+    description: A unique list containing the symmetric difference of two or more lists.
+    type: list
+    elements: any

plugins/filter/lists_union.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+---
+# 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
+
+DOCUMENTATION:
+  name: lists_union
+  short_description: Union of lists with a predictive order
+  version_added: 8.4.0
+  description:
+    - Provide a unique list of all the elements of two or more lists.
+    - The order of the items in the resulting list is preserved.
+  options:
+    _input:
+      description: A list.
+      type: list
+      elements: any
+      required: true
+    flatten:
+      description: Whether to remove one hierarchy level from the input list.
+      type: boolean
+      default: false
+  author:
+    - Christoph Fiehe (@cfiehe)
+
+EXAMPLES: |
+  - name: Return the union of list1, list2 and list3.
+    ansible.builtin.debug:
+      msg: "{{ list1 | community.general.lists_union(list2, list3) }}"
+    vars:
+      list1: [1, 2, 5, 3, 4, 10]
+      list2: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 99]
+      list3: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 99, 101]
+  # => [1, 2, 5, 3, 4, 10, 11, 99, 101]
+  
+  - name: Return the union of list1 and list2.
+    ansible.builtin.debug:
+      msg: "{{ [list1, list2] | community.general.lists_union(flatten=true) }}"
+    vars:
+      list1: [1, 2, 5, 3, 4, 10]
+      list2: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 99]
+  # => [1, 2, 5, 3, 4, 10, 11, 99]
+
+RETURN:
+  _value:
+    description: A unique list of all the elements from the provided lists.
+    type: list
+    elements: any

plugins/filter/to_ini.py

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class IniParser(ConfigParser):
     ''' Implements a configparser which sets the correct optionxform '''
 
     def __init__(self):
-        super().__init__()
+        super().__init__(interpolation=None)
         self.optionxform = str
 
 

plugins/inventory/cobbler.py

@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ 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_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
+
 # xmlrpc
 try:
     import xmlrpclib as xmlrpc_client
@@ -274,9 +276,9 @@ 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 +298,7 @@ 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 +363,18 @@ 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 +84,8 @@ from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleParserError
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable
 
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
+
 try:
     import gitlab
     HAS_GITLAB = True
@@ -105,11 +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

@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
         default: address
         choices: ['name', 'display_name', 'address']
         version_added: 4.2.0
+      group_by_hostgroups:
+        description:
+          - Uses Icinga2 hostgroups as groups.
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+        version_added: 8.4.0
 '''
 
 EXAMPLES = r'''
@@ -97,6 +103,8 @@ from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import open_url
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.error import HTTPError
 
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
+
 
 class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
     ''' Host inventory parser for ansible using Icinga2 as source. '''
@@ -114,6 +122,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
         self.ssl_verify = None
         self.host_filter = None
         self.inventory_attr = None
+        self.group_by_hostgroups = None
 
         self.cache_key = None
         self.use_cache = None
@@ -233,31 +242,32 @@ 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:
                 host_attrs['state'] = 'on'
             else:
                 host_attrs['state'] = 'off'
-            host_groups = host_attrs.get('groups')
             self.inventory.add_host(host_name)
-            for group in host_groups:
-                if group not in self.inventory.groups.keys():
-                    self.inventory.add_group(group)
-                self.inventory.add_child(group, host_name)
+            if self.group_by_hostgroups:
+                host_groups = host_attrs.get('groups')
+                for group in host_groups:
+                    if group not in self.inventory.groups.keys():
+                        self.inventory.add_group(group)
+                    self.inventory.add_child(group, host_name)
             # 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'])
@@ -277,12 +287,23 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
         self._read_config_data(path)
 
         # Store the options from the YAML file
-        self.icinga2_url = self.get_option('url').rstrip('/') + '/v1'
+        self.icinga2_url = self.get_option('url')
         self.icinga2_user = self.get_option('user')
         self.icinga2_password = self.get_option('password')
         self.ssl_verify = self.get_option('validate_certs')
         self.host_filter = self.get_option('host_filter')
         self.inventory_attr = self.get_option('inventory_attr')
+        self.group_by_hostgroups = self.get_option('group_by_hostgroups')
+
+        if self.templar.is_template(self.icinga2_url):
+            self.icinga2_url = self.templar.template(variable=self.icinga2_url, disable_lookups=False)
+        if self.templar.is_template(self.icinga2_user):
+            self.icinga2_user = self.templar.template(variable=self.icinga2_user, disable_lookups=False)
+        if self.templar.is_template(self.icinga2_password):
+            self.icinga2_password = self.templar.template(variable=self.icinga2_password, disable_lookups=False)
+
+        self.icinga2_url = self.icinga2_url.rstrip('/') + '/v1'
+
         # Not currently enabled
         # self.cache_key = self.get_cache_key(path)
         # self.use_cache = cache and self.get_option('cache')

plugins/inventory/linode.py

@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ compose:
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable
 
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
+
 
 try:
     from linode_api4 import LinodeClient
@@ -198,20 +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
@@ -220,9 +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):
@@ -253,30 +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

@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.six import raise_from
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleParserError
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlencode
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.lxd import LXDClient, LXDClientException
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
 
 try:
     import ipaddress
@@ -470,7 +471,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
         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:
@@ -495,7 +496,7 @@ 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:
@@ -670,7 +671,7 @@ 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')
 
@@ -696,31 +697,39 @@ 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 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
@@ -993,7 +1002,7 @@ 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

@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native, to_text
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable
 from ansible.module_utils.common.process import get_bin_path
 
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
+
 
 class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
 
@@ -143,6 +145,7 @@ 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

@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.ansible_release import __version__ as ansible_version
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urljoin
 
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
+
 
 class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
     NAME = 'community.general.online'
@@ -169,20 +171,20 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
             "support"
         )
         for attribute in targeted_attributes:
-            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, attribute, host_infos[attribute])
+            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, attribute, make_unsafe(host_infos[attribute]))
 
         if self.extract_public_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos):
-            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "public_ipv4", self.extract_public_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos))
-            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "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 +203,8 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
         if not hostname:
             return
 
+        hostname = make_unsafe(hostname)
+
         self.inventory.add_host(host=hostname)
         self._fill_host_variables(hostname=hostname, host_infos=host_infos)
 
@@ -210,6 +214,8 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
             if not group:
                 return
 
+            group = make_unsafe(group)
+
             self.inventory.add_group(group=group)
             self.inventory.add_host(group=group, host=hostname)
 

plugins/inventory/opennebula.py

@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
+
 from collections import namedtuple
 import os
 
@@ -141,7 +143,8 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
             nic = [nic]
 
         for net in nic:
-            return net['IP']
+            if net.get('IP'):
+                return net['IP']
 
         return False
 
@@ -215,6 +218,7 @@ 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

@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlencode
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
 
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
 
 # 3rd party imports
 try:
@@ -328,13 +329,14 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
                     data = json['data']
                     break
                 else:
-                    # /hosts 's 'results' is a list of all hosts, returned is paginated
-                    data = data + json['data']
+                    if json['data']:
+                        # /hosts 's 'results' is a list of all hosts, returned is paginated
+                        data = data + json['data']
                     break
 
             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

@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ else:
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.scaleway import SCALEWAY_LOCATION, parse_pagination_link
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import open_url
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native, to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.six import raise_from
@@ -279,7 +280,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
         zone_info = SCALEWAY_LOCATION[zone]
 
         url = _build_server_url(zone_info["api_endpoint"])
-        raw_zone_hosts_infos = _fetch_information(url=url, token=token)
+        raw_zone_hosts_infos = make_unsafe(_fetch_information(url=url, token=token))
 
         for host_infos in raw_zone_hosts_infos:
 
@@ -341,4 +342,4 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
         hostname_preference = self.get_option("hostnames")
 
         for zone in self._get_zones(config_zones):
-            self.do_zone_inventory(zone=zone, token=token, tags=tags, hostname_preferences=hostname_preference)
+            self.do_zone_inventory(zone=make_unsafe(zone), token=token, tags=tags, hostname_preferences=hostname_preference)

plugins/inventory/stackpath_compute.py

@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ from ansible.plugins.inventory import (
 )
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
 
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
+
 
 display = Display()
 
@@ -271,7 +273,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
         if not cache or cache_needs_update:
             results = self._query()
 
-        self._populate(results)
+        self._populate(make_unsafe(results))
 
         # If the cache has expired/doesn't exist or
         # if refresh_inventory/flush cache is used

plugins/inventory/virtualbox.py

@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ from ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat import MutableMapping
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable
 from ansible.module_utils.common.process import get_bin_path
 
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
+
 
 class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
     ''' Host inventory parser for ansible using local virtualbox. '''
@@ -116,6 +118,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
             self._add_host_to_keyed_groups(self.get_option('keyed_groups'), hostvars[host], host, strict=strict)
 
     def _populate_from_cache(self, source_data):
+        source_data = make_unsafe(source_data)
         hostvars = source_data.pop('_meta', {}).get('hostvars', {})
         for group in source_data:
             if group == 'all':
@@ -162,7 +165,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
             v = v.strip()
             # found host
             if k.startswith('Name') and ',' not in v:  # some setting strings appear in Name
-                current_host = v
+                current_host = make_unsafe(v)
                 if current_host not in hostvars:
                     hostvars[current_host] = {}
                     self.inventory.add_host(current_host)
@@ -170,12 +173,13 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
                 # try to get network info
                 netdata = self._query_vbox_data(current_host, netinfo)
                 if netdata:
-                    self.inventory.set_variable(current_host, 'ansible_host', netdata)
+                    self.inventory.set_variable(current_host, 'ansible_host', make_unsafe(netdata))
 
             # found groups
             elif k == 'Groups':
                 for group in v.split('/'):
                     if group:
+                        group = make_unsafe(group)
                         group = self.inventory.add_group(group)
                         self.inventory.add_child(group, current_host)
                         if group not in cacheable_results:
@@ -185,17 +189,17 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
 
             else:
                 # found vars, accumulate in hostvars for clean inventory set
-                pref_k = 'vbox_' + k.strip().replace(' ', '_')
+                pref_k = make_unsafe('vbox_' + k.strip().replace(' ', '_'))
                 leading_spaces = len(k) - len(k.lstrip(' '))
                 if 0 < leading_spaces <= 2:
                     if prevkey not in hostvars[current_host] or not isinstance(hostvars[current_host][prevkey], dict):
                         hostvars[current_host][prevkey] = {}
-                    hostvars[current_host][prevkey][pref_k] = v
+                    hostvars[current_host][prevkey][pref_k] = make_unsafe(v)
                 elif leading_spaces > 2:
                     continue
                 else:
                     if v != '':
-                        hostvars[current_host][pref_k] = v
+                        hostvars[current_host][pref_k] = make_unsafe(v)
                 if self._ungrouped_host(current_host, cacheable_results):
                     if 'ungrouped' not in cacheable_results:
                         cacheable_results['ungrouped'] = {'hosts': []}

plugins/inventory/xen_orchestra.py

@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable
 
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
 
 # 3rd party imports
 try:
@@ -347,4 +348,4 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
             self.protocol = 'ws'
 
         objects = self._get_objects()
-        self._populate(objects)
+        self._populate(make_unsafe(objects))

plugins/lookup/bitwarden.py

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = """
           - 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.
+          - If set to V(None) or V(''), or if O(_terms) is empty, records are not filtered by fields.
         type: str
         default: name
         version_added: 5.7.0
@@ -39,6 +40,14 @@ DOCUMENTATION = """
         description: Collection ID to filter results by collection. Leave unset to skip filtering.
         type: str
         version_added: 6.3.0
+      organization_id:
+        description: Organization ID to filter results by organization. Leave unset to skip filtering.
+        type: str
+        version_added: 8.5.0
+      bw_session:
+        description: Pass session key instead of reading from env.
+        type: str
+        version_added: 8.4.0
 """
 
 EXAMPLES = """
@@ -66,6 +75,16 @@ EXAMPLES = """
   ansible.builtin.debug:
     msg: >-
       {{ lookup('community.general.bitwarden', 'a_test', field='api_key') }}
+
+- name: "Get 'password' from all Bitwarden records named 'a_test', using given session key"
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    msg: >-
+      {{ lookup('community.general.bitwarden', 'a_test', field='password', bw_session='bXZ9B5TXi6...') }}
+
+- name: "Get all Bitwarden records from collection"
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    msg: >-
+      {{ lookup('community.general.bitwarden', None, collection_id='bafba515-af11-47e6-abe3-af1200cd18b2') }}
 """
 
 RETURN = """
@@ -94,11 +113,20 @@ class Bitwarden(object):
 
     def __init__(self, path='bw'):
         self._cli_path = path
+        self._session = None
 
     @property
     def cli_path(self):
         return self._cli_path
 
+    @property
+    def session(self):
+        return self._session
+
+    @session.setter
+    def session(self, value):
+        self._session = value
+
     @property
     def unlocked(self):
         out, err = self._run(['status'], stdin="")
@@ -106,6 +134,9 @@ class Bitwarden(object):
         return decoded['status'] == 'unlocked'
 
     def _run(self, args, stdin=None, expected_rc=0):
+        if self.session:
+            args += ['--session', self.session]
+
         p = Popen([self.cli_path] + args, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, stdin=PIPE)
         out, err = p.communicate(to_bytes(stdin))
         rc = p.wait()
@@ -115,7 +146,7 @@ class Bitwarden(object):
             raise BitwardenException(err)
         return to_text(out, errors='surrogate_or_strict'), to_text(err, errors='surrogate_or_strict')
 
-    def _get_matches(self, search_value, search_field, collection_id):
+    def _get_matches(self, search_value, search_field, collection_id=None, organization_id=None):
         """Return matching records whose search_field is equal to key.
         """
 
@@ -123,30 +154,37 @@ class Bitwarden(object):
         if search_field == 'id':
             params = ['get', 'item', search_value]
         else:
-            params = ['list', 'items', '--search', search_value]
+            params = ['list', 'items']
+            if search_value:
+                params.extend(['--search', search_value])
 
         if collection_id:
             params.extend(['--collectionid', collection_id])
+        if organization_id:
+            params.extend(['--organizationid', organization_id])
 
         out, err = self._run(params)
 
         # This includes things that matched in different fields.
         initial_matches = AnsibleJSONDecoder().raw_decode(out)[0]
+
         if search_field == 'id':
             if initial_matches is None:
                 initial_matches = []
             else:
                 initial_matches = [initial_matches]
-        # Filter to only include results from the right field.
-        return [item for item in initial_matches if item[search_field] == search_value]
 
-    def get_field(self, field, search_value, search_field="name", collection_id=None):
+        # Filter to only include results from the right field, if a search is requested by value or field
+        return [item for item in initial_matches
+                if not search_value or not search_field or item.get(search_field) == search_value]
+
+    def get_field(self, field, search_value, search_field="name", collection_id=None, organization_id=None):
         """Return a list of the specified field for records whose search_field match search_value
         and filtered by collection if collection has been provided.
 
         If field is None, return the whole record for each match.
         """
-        matches = self._get_matches(search_value, search_field, collection_id)
+        matches = self._get_matches(search_value, search_field, collection_id, organization_id)
         if not field:
             return matches
         field_matches = []
@@ -167,22 +205,30 @@ class Bitwarden(object):
             if field in match:
                 field_matches.append(match[field])
                 continue
+
         if matches and not field_matches:
             raise AnsibleError("field {field} does not exist in {search_value}".format(field=field, search_value=search_value))
+
         return field_matches
 
 
 class LookupModule(LookupBase):
 
-    def run(self, terms, variables=None, **kwargs):
+    def run(self, terms=None, variables=None, **kwargs):
         self.set_options(var_options=variables, direct=kwargs)
         field = self.get_option('field')
         search_field = self.get_option('search')
         collection_id = self.get_option('collection_id')
+        organization_id = self.get_option('organization_id')
+        _bitwarden.session = self.get_option('bw_session')
+
         if not _bitwarden.unlocked:
             raise AnsibleError("Bitwarden Vault locked. Run 'bw unlock'.")
 
-        return [_bitwarden.get_field(field, term, search_field, collection_id) for term in terms]
+        if not terms:
+            terms = [None]
+
+        return [_bitwarden.get_field(field, term, search_field, collection_id, organization_id) for term in terms]
 
 
 _bitwarden = Bitwarden()

plugins/lookup/bitwarden_secrets_manager.py

@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ RETURN = """
 """
 
 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
+from time import sleep
 
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleLookupError
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
@@ -84,11 +85,29 @@ class BitwardenSecretsManagerException(AnsibleLookupError):
 class BitwardenSecretsManager(object):
     def __init__(self, path='bws'):
         self._cli_path = path
+        self._max_retries = 3
+        self._retry_delay = 1
 
     @property
     def cli_path(self):
         return self._cli_path
 
+    def _run_with_retry(self, args, stdin=None, retries=0):
+        out, err, rc = self._run(args, stdin)
+
+        if rc != 0:
+            if retries >= self._max_retries:
+                raise BitwardenSecretsManagerException("Max retries exceeded. Unable to retrieve secret.")
+
+            if "Too many requests" in err:
+                delay = self._retry_delay * (2 ** retries)
+                sleep(delay)
+                return self._run_with_retry(args, stdin, retries + 1)
+            else:
+                raise BitwardenSecretsManagerException(f"Command failed with return code {rc}: {err}")
+
+        return out, err, rc
+
     def _run(self, args, stdin=None):
         p = Popen([self.cli_path] + args, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, stdin=PIPE)
         out, err = p.communicate(stdin)
@@ -107,7 +126,7 @@ class BitwardenSecretsManager(object):
             'get', 'secret', secret_id
         ]
 
-        out, err, rc = self._run(params)
+        out, err, rc = self._run_with_retry(params)
         if rc != 0:
             raise BitwardenSecretsManagerException(to_text(err))
 

plugins/lookup/collection_version.py

@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ RETURN = """
 import json
 import os
 import re
+from importlib import import_module
 
 import yaml
 
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleLookupError
-from ansible.module_utils.compat.importlib import import_module
 from ansible.plugins.lookup import LookupBase
 
 

plugins/lookup/dig.py

@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
         myres.use_edns(0, ednsflags=dns.flags.DO, payload=edns_size)
 
         domains = []
+        nameservers = []
         qtype = self.get_option('qtype')
         flat = self.get_option('flat')
         fail_on_error = self.get_option('fail_on_error')
@@ -345,7 +346,6 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
             if t.startswith('@'):       # e.g. "@10.0.1.2,192.0.2.1" is ok.
                 nsset = t[1:].split(',')
                 for ns in nsset:
-                    nameservers = []
                     # Check if we have a valid IP address. If so, use that, otherwise
                     # try to resolve name to address using system's resolver. If that
                     # fails we bail out.
@@ -358,7 +358,6 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
                             nameservers.append(nsaddr)
                         except Exception as e:
                             raise AnsibleError("dns lookup NS: %s" % to_native(e))
-                    myres.nameservers = nameservers
                 continue
             if '=' in t:
                 try:
@@ -397,6 +396,9 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
 
         # print "--- domain = {0} qtype={1} rdclass={2}".format(domain, qtype, rdclass)
 
+        if len(nameservers) > 0:
+            myres.nameservers = nameservers
+
         if qtype.upper() == 'PTR':
             reversed_domains = []
             for domain in domains:

plugins/lookup/github_app_access_token.py

@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
     dest: /srv/checkout
   vars:
     github_token: >-
-      lookup('github_app_token', key_path='/home/to_your/key',
-             app_id='123456', installation_id='64209')
+      {{ lookup('community.general.github_app_access_token', key_path='/home/to_your/key',
+                app_id='123456', installation_id='64209') }}
 '''
 
 RETURN = '''

plugins/lookup/merge_variables.py

@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ DOCUMENTATION = """
     author:
       - Roy Lenferink (@rlenferink)
       - Mark Ettema (@m-a-r-k-e)
+      - Alexander Petrenz (@alpex8)
     name: merge_variables
-    short_description: merge variables with a certain suffix
+    short_description: merge variables whose names match a given pattern
     description:
         - This lookup returns the merged result of all variables in scope that match the given prefixes, suffixes, or
-         regular expressions, optionally.
+          regular expressions, optionally.
     version_added: 6.5.0
     options:
       _terms:
@@ -61,6 +62,13 @@ DOCUMENTATION = """
         ini:
           - section: merge_variables_lookup
             key: override
+      groups:
+        description:
+          - Search for variables accross hosts that belong to the given groups. This allows to collect configuration pieces
+            accross different hosts (for example a service on a host with its database on another host).
+        type: list
+        elements: str
+        version_added: 8.5.0
 """
 
 EXAMPLES = """
@@ -131,22 +139,41 @@ def _verify_and_get_type(variable):
 
 
 class LookupModule(LookupBase):
-
     def run(self, terms, variables=None, **kwargs):
         self.set_options(direct=kwargs)
         initial_value = self.get_option("initial_value", None)
         self._override = self.get_option('override', 'error')
         self._pattern_type = self.get_option('pattern_type', 'regex')
+        self._groups = self.get_option('groups', None)
 
         ret = []
         for term in terms:
             if not isinstance(term, str):
                 raise AnsibleError("Non-string type '{0}' passed, only 'str' types are allowed!".format(type(term)))
 
-            ret.append(self._merge_vars(term, initial_value, variables))
+            if not self._groups:  # consider only own variables
+                ret.append(self._merge_vars(term, initial_value, variables))
+            else:  # consider variables of hosts in given groups
+                cross_host_merge_result = initial_value
+                for host in variables["hostvars"]:
+                    if self._is_host_in_allowed_groups(variables["hostvars"][host]["group_names"]):
+                        host_variables = dict(variables["hostvars"].raw_get(host))
+                        host_variables["hostvars"] = variables["hostvars"]  # re-add hostvars
+                        cross_host_merge_result = self._merge_vars(term, cross_host_merge_result, host_variables)
+                ret.append(cross_host_merge_result)
 
         return ret
 
+    def _is_host_in_allowed_groups(self, host_groups):
+        if 'all' in self._groups:
+            return True
+
+        group_intersection = [host_group_name for host_group_name in host_groups if host_group_name in self._groups]
+        if group_intersection:
+            return True
+
+        return False
+
     def _var_matches(self, key, search_pattern):
         if self._pattern_type == "prefix":
             return key.startswith(search_pattern)
@@ -162,7 +189,6 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
         display.vvv("Merge variables with {0}: {1}".format(self._pattern_type, search_pattern))
         var_merge_names = sorted([key for key in variables.keys() if self._var_matches(key, search_pattern)])
         display.vvv("The following variables will be merged: {0}".format(var_merge_names))
-
         prev_var_type = None
         result = None
 
@@ -171,7 +197,8 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
             result = initial_value
 
         for var_name in var_merge_names:
-            var_value = self._templar.template(variables[var_name])  # Render jinja2 templates
+            with self._templar.set_temporary_context(available_variables=variables):  # tmp. switch renderer to context of current variables
+                var_value = self._templar.template(variables[var_name])  # Render jinja2 templates
             var_type = _verify_and_get_type(var_value)
 
             if prev_var_type is None:

plugins/lookup/onepassword.py

@@ -489,10 +489,10 @@ class OnePassCLIv2(OnePassCLIBase):
             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/passwordstore.py

@@ -139,6 +139,21 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
         type: bool
         default: true
         version_added: 8.1.0
+      missing_subkey:
+        description:
+          - Preference about what to do if the password subkey is missing.
+          - If set to V(error), the lookup will error out if the subkey does not exist.
+          - If set to V(empty) or V(warn), will return a V(none) in case the subkey does not exist.
+        version_added: 8.6.0
+        type: str
+        default: empty
+        choices:
+          - error
+          - warn
+          - empty
+        ini:
+          - section: passwordstore_lookup
+            key: missing_subkey
     notes:
       - The lookup supports passing all options as lookup parameters since community.general 6.0.0.
 '''
@@ -147,6 +162,7 @@ ansible.cfg: |
   [passwordstore_lookup]
   lock=readwrite
   locktimeout=45s
+  missing_subkey=warn
 
 tasks.yml: |
   ---
@@ -432,13 +448,28 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
             if self.paramvals['subkey'] in self.passdict:
                 return self.passdict[self.paramvals['subkey']]
             else:
+                if self.paramvals["missing_subkey"] == "error":
+                    raise AnsibleError(
+                        "passwordstore: subkey {0} for passname {1} not found and missing_subkey=error is set".format(
+                            self.paramvals["subkey"], self.passname
+                        )
+                    )
+
+                if self.paramvals["missing_subkey"] == "warn":
+                    display.warning(
+                        "passwordstore: subkey {0} for passname {1} not found".format(
+                            self.paramvals["subkey"], self.passname
+                        )
+                    )
+
                 return None
 
     @contextmanager
     def opt_lock(self, type):
         if self.get_option('lock') == type:
             tmpdir = os.environ.get('TMPDIR', '/tmp')
-            lockfile = os.path.join(tmpdir, '.passwordstore.lock')
+            user = os.environ.get('USER')
+            lockfile = os.path.join(tmpdir, '.{0}.passwordstore.lock'.format(user))
             with FileLock().lock_file(lockfile, tmpdir, self.lock_timeout):
                 self.locked = type
                 yield
@@ -481,6 +512,7 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
             'umask': self.get_option('umask'),
             'timestamp': self.get_option('timestamp'),
             'preserve': self.get_option('preserve'),
+            "missing_subkey": self.get_option("missing_subkey"),
         }
 
     def run(self, terms, variables, **kwargs):

plugins/lookup/random_string.py

@@ -104,37 +104,37 @@ EXAMPLES = r"""
 - name: Generate random string
   ansible.builtin.debug:
     var: lookup('community.general.random_string')
-  # Example result: ['DeadBeeF']
+  # Example result: 'DeadBeeF'
 
 - name: Generate random string with length 12
   ansible.builtin.debug:
     var: lookup('community.general.random_string', length=12)
-  # Example result: ['Uan0hUiX5kVG']
+  # Example result: 'Uan0hUiX5kVG'
 
 - name: Generate base64 encoded random string
   ansible.builtin.debug:
     var: lookup('community.general.random_string', base64=True)
-  # Example result: ['NHZ6eWN5Qk0=']
+  # Example result: 'NHZ6eWN5Qk0='
 
 - 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[-']
+  # Example result: '&Qw2|E[-'
 
 - name: Generate a random string with all lower case characters
-  debug:
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
     var: query('community.general.random_string', upper=false, numbers=false, special=false)
   # Example result: ['exolxzyz']
 
 - name: Generate random hexadecimal string
-  debug:
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
     var: query('community.general.random_string', upper=false, lower=false, override_special=hex_chars, numbers=false)
   vars:
     hex_chars: '0123456789ABCDEF'
   # Example result: ['D2A40737']
 
 - name: Generate random hexadecimal string with override_all
-  debug:
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
     var: query('community.general.random_string', override_all=hex_chars)
   vars:
     hex_chars: '0123456789ABCDEF'

plugins/lookup/revbitspss.py

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
         result = []
         for term in terms:
             try:
-                display.vvv(u"Secret Server lookup of Secret with ID %s" % term)
+                display.vvv("Secret Server lookup of Secret with ID %s" % term)
                 result.append({term: secret_server.get_pam_secret(term)})
             except Exception as error:
                 raise AnsibleError("Secret Server lookup failure: %s" % error.message)

plugins/module_utils/consul.py

@@ -5,25 +5,317 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+
 __metaclass__ = type
 
+import copy
+import json
+
+from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib import error as urllib_error
+from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlencode
+from ansible.module_utils.urls import open_url
+
 
 def get_consul_url(configuration):
-    return '%s://%s:%s/v1' % (configuration.scheme,
-                              configuration.host, configuration.port)
+    return "%s://%s:%s/v1" % (
+        configuration.scheme,
+        configuration.host,
+        configuration.port,
+    )
 
 
 def get_auth_headers(configuration):
     if configuration.token is None:
         return {}
     else:
-        return {'X-Consul-Token': configuration.token}
+        return {"X-Consul-Token": configuration.token}
 
 
 class RequestError(Exception):
-    pass
+    def __init__(self, status, response_data=None):
+        self.status = status
+        self.response_data = response_data
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        if self.response_data is None:
+            # self.status is already the message (backwards compat)
+            return self.status
+        return "HTTP %d: %s" % (self.status, self.response_data)
 
 
 def handle_consul_response_error(response):
     if 400 <= response.status_code < 600:
-        raise RequestError('%d %s' % (response.status_code, response.content))
+        raise RequestError("%d %s" % (response.status_code, response.content))
+
+
+AUTH_ARGUMENTS_SPEC = dict(
+    host=dict(default="localhost"),
+    port=dict(type="int", default=8500),
+    scheme=dict(default="http"),
+    validate_certs=dict(type="bool", default=True),
+    token=dict(no_log=True),
+    ca_path=dict(),
+)
+
+
+def camel_case_key(key):
+    parts = []
+    for part in key.split("_"):
+        if part in {"id", "ttl", "jwks", "jwt", "oidc", "iam", "sts"}:
+            parts.append(part.upper())
+        else:
+            parts.append(part.capitalize())
+    return "".join(parts)
+
+
+STATE_PARAMETER = "state"
+STATE_PRESENT = "present"
+STATE_ABSENT = "absent"
+
+OPERATION_READ = "read"
+OPERATION_CREATE = "create"
+OPERATION_UPDATE = "update"
+OPERATION_DELETE = "remove"
+
+
+def _normalize_params(params, arg_spec):
+    final_params = {}
+    for k, v in params.items():
+        if k not in arg_spec:  # Alias
+            continue
+        spec = arg_spec[k]
+        if (
+            spec.get("type") == "list"
+            and spec.get("elements") == "dict"
+            and spec.get("options")
+            and v
+        ):
+            v = [_normalize_params(d, spec["options"]) for d in v]
+        elif spec.get("type") == "dict" and spec.get("options") and v:
+            v = _normalize_params(v, spec["options"])
+        final_params[k] = v
+    return final_params
+
+
+class _ConsulModule:
+    """Base class for Consul modules.
+
+    This class is considered private, till the API is fully fleshed out.
+    As such backwards incompatible changes can occur even in bugfix releases.
+    """
+
+    api_endpoint = None  # type: str
+    unique_identifier = None  # type: str
+    result_key = None  # type: str
+    create_only_fields = set()
+    params = {}
+
+    def __init__(self, module):
+        self._module = module
+        self.params = _normalize_params(module.params, module.argument_spec)
+        self.api_params = {
+            k: camel_case_key(k)
+            for k in self.params
+            if k not in STATE_PARAMETER and k not in AUTH_ARGUMENTS_SPEC
+        }
+
+    def execute(self):
+        obj = self.read_object()
+
+        changed = False
+        diff = {}
+        if self.params[STATE_PARAMETER] == STATE_PRESENT:
+            obj_from_module = self.module_to_obj(obj is not None)
+            if obj is None:
+                operation = OPERATION_CREATE
+                new_obj = self.create_object(obj_from_module)
+                diff = {"before": {}, "after": new_obj}
+                changed = True
+            else:
+                operation = OPERATION_UPDATE
+                if self._needs_update(obj, obj_from_module):
+                    new_obj = self.update_object(obj, obj_from_module)
+                    diff = {"before": obj, "after": new_obj}
+                    changed = True
+                else:
+                    new_obj = obj
+        elif self.params[STATE_PARAMETER] == STATE_ABSENT:
+            operation = OPERATION_DELETE
+            if obj is not None:
+                self.delete_object(obj)
+                changed = True
+                diff = {"before": obj, "after": {}}
+            else:
+                diff = {"before": {}, "after": {}}
+            new_obj = None
+        else:
+            raise RuntimeError("Unknown state supplied.")
+
+        result = {"changed": changed}
+        if changed:
+            result["operation"] = operation
+            if self._module._diff:
+                result["diff"] = diff
+        if self.result_key:
+            result[self.result_key] = new_obj
+        self._module.exit_json(**result)
+
+    def module_to_obj(self, is_update):
+        obj = {}
+        for k, v in self.params.items():
+            result = self.map_param(k, v, is_update)
+            if result:
+                obj[result[0]] = result[1]
+        return obj
+
+    def map_param(self, k, v, is_update):
+        def helper(item):
+            return {camel_case_key(k): v for k, v in item.items()}
+
+        def needs_camel_case(k):
+            spec = self._module.argument_spec[k]
+            return (
+                spec.get("type") == "list"
+                and spec.get("elements") == "dict"
+                and spec.get("options")
+            ) or (spec.get("type") == "dict" and spec.get("options"))
+
+        if k in self.api_params and v is not None:
+            if isinstance(v, dict) and needs_camel_case(k):
+                v = helper(v)
+            elif isinstance(v, (list, tuple)) and needs_camel_case(k):
+                v = [helper(i) for i in v]
+            if is_update and k in self.create_only_fields:
+                return
+            return camel_case_key(k), v
+
+    def _needs_update(self, api_obj, module_obj):
+        api_obj = copy.deepcopy(api_obj)
+        module_obj = copy.deepcopy(module_obj)
+        return self.needs_update(api_obj, module_obj)
+
+    def needs_update(self, api_obj, module_obj):
+        for k, v in module_obj.items():
+            if k not in api_obj:
+                return True
+            if api_obj[k] != v:
+                return True
+        return False
+
+    def prepare_object(self, existing, obj):
+        operational_attributes = {"CreateIndex", "CreateTime", "Hash", "ModifyIndex"}
+        existing = {
+            k: v for k, v in existing.items() if k not in operational_attributes
+        }
+        for k, v in obj.items():
+            existing[k] = v
+        return existing
+
+    def endpoint_url(self, operation, identifier=None):
+        if operation == OPERATION_CREATE:
+            return self.api_endpoint
+        elif identifier:
+            return "/".join([self.api_endpoint, identifier])
+        raise RuntimeError("invalid arguments passed")
+
+    def read_object(self):
+        url = self.endpoint_url(OPERATION_READ, self.params.get(self.unique_identifier))
+        try:
+            return self.get(url)
+        except RequestError as e:
+            if e.status == 404:
+                return
+            elif e.status == 403 and b"ACL not found" in e.response_data:
+                return
+            raise
+
+    def create_object(self, obj):
+        if self._module.check_mode:
+            return obj
+        else:
+            return self.put(self.api_endpoint, data=self.prepare_object({}, obj))
+
+    def update_object(self, existing, obj):
+        url = self.endpoint_url(
+            OPERATION_UPDATE, existing.get(camel_case_key(self.unique_identifier))
+        )
+        merged_object = self.prepare_object(existing, obj)
+        if self._module.check_mode:
+            return merged_object
+        else:
+            return self.put(url, data=merged_object)
+
+    def delete_object(self, obj):
+        if self._module.check_mode:
+            return {}
+        else:
+            url = self.endpoint_url(
+                OPERATION_DELETE, obj.get(camel_case_key(self.unique_identifier))
+            )
+            return self.delete(url)
+
+    def _request(self, method, url_parts, data=None, params=None):
+        module_params = self.params
+
+        if not isinstance(url_parts, (tuple, list)):
+            url_parts = [url_parts]
+        if params:
+            # Remove values that are None
+            params = {k: v for k, v in params.items() if v is not None}
+
+        ca_path = module_params.get("ca_path")
+        base_url = "%s://%s:%s/v1" % (
+            module_params["scheme"],
+            module_params["host"],
+            module_params["port"],
+        )
+        url = "/".join([base_url] + list(url_parts))
+
+        headers = {}
+        token = self.params.get("token")
+        if token:
+            headers["X-Consul-Token"] = token
+
+        try:
+            if data is not None:
+                data = json.dumps(data)
+                headers["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
+            if params:
+                url = "%s?%s" % (url, urlencode(params))
+            response = open_url(
+                url,
+                method=method,
+                data=data,
+                headers=headers,
+                validate_certs=module_params["validate_certs"],
+                ca_path=ca_path,
+            )
+            response_data = response.read()
+            status = (
+                response.status if hasattr(response, "status") else response.getcode()
+            )
+
+        except urllib_error.URLError as e:
+            if isinstance(e, urllib_error.HTTPError):
+                status = e.code
+                response_data = e.fp.read()
+            else:
+                self._module.fail_json(
+                    msg="Could not connect to consul agent at %s:%s, error was %s"
+                    % (module_params["host"], module_params["port"], str(e))
+                )
+                raise
+
+        if 400 <= status < 600:
+            raise RequestError(status, response_data)
+
+        return json.loads(response_data)
+
+    def get(self, url_parts, **kwargs):
+        return self._request("GET", url_parts, **kwargs)
+
+    def put(self, url_parts, **kwargs):
+        return self._request("PUT", url_parts, **kwargs)
+
+    def delete(self, url_parts, **kwargs):
+        return self._request("DELETE", url_parts, **kwargs)

plugins/module_utils/datetime.py

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2023 Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
+# Simplified BSD License (see LICENSES/BSD-2-Clause.txt or https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+import datetime as _datetime
+import sys
+
+
+_USE_TIMEZONE = sys.version_info >= (3, 6)
+
+
+def ensure_timezone_info(value):
+    if not _USE_TIMEZONE or value.tzinfo is not None:
+        return value
+    return value.astimezone(_datetime.timezone.utc)
+
+
+def fromtimestamp(value):
+    if _USE_TIMEZONE:
+        return _datetime.fromtimestamp(value, tz=_datetime.timezone.utc)
+    return _datetime.utcfromtimestamp(value)
+
+
+def now():
+    if _USE_TIMEZONE:
+        return _datetime.datetime.now(tz=_datetime.timezone.utc)
+    return _datetime.datetime.utcnow()

plugins/module_utils/gitlab.py

@@ -21,15 +21,30 @@ except ImportError:
 
 import traceback
 
+
+def _determine_list_all_kwargs(version):
+    gitlab_version = LooseVersion(version)
+    if gitlab_version >= LooseVersion('4.0.0'):
+        # 4.0.0 removed 'as_list'
+        return {'iterator': True, 'per_page': 100}
+    elif gitlab_version >= LooseVersion('3.7.0'):
+        # 3.7.0 added 'get_all'
+        return {'as_list': False, 'get_all': True, 'per_page': 100}
+    else:
+        return {'as_list': False, 'all': True, 'per_page': 100}
+
+
 GITLAB_IMP_ERR = None
 try:
     import gitlab
     import requests
     HAS_GITLAB_PACKAGE = True
+    list_all_kwargs = _determine_list_all_kwargs(gitlab.__version__)
 except Exception:
     gitlab = None
     GITLAB_IMP_ERR = traceback.format_exc()
     HAS_GITLAB_PACKAGE = False
+    list_all_kwargs = {}
 
 
 def auth_argument_spec(spec=None):
@@ -59,23 +74,30 @@ def find_project(gitlab_instance, identifier):
 
 def find_group(gitlab_instance, identifier):
     try:
-        project = gitlab_instance.groups.get(identifier)
+        group = gitlab_instance.groups.get(identifier)
     except Exception as e:
         return None
 
-    return project
+    return group
 
 
-def ensure_gitlab_package(module):
+def ensure_gitlab_package(module, min_version=None):
     if not HAS_GITLAB_PACKAGE:
         module.fail_json(
             msg=missing_required_lib("python-gitlab", url='https://python-gitlab.readthedocs.io/en/stable/'),
             exception=GITLAB_IMP_ERR
         )
+    gitlab_version = gitlab.__version__
+    if min_version is not None and LooseVersion(gitlab_version) < LooseVersion(min_version):
+        module.fail_json(
+            msg="This module requires python-gitlab Python module >= %s "
+                "(installed version: %s). Please upgrade python-gitlab to version %s or above."
+                % (min_version, gitlab_version, min_version)
+        )
 
 
-def gitlab_authentication(module):
-    ensure_gitlab_package(module)
+def gitlab_authentication(module, min_version=None):
+    ensure_gitlab_package(module, min_version=min_version)
 
     gitlab_url = module.params['api_url']
     validate_certs = module.params['validate_certs']

plugins/module_utils/identity/keycloak/keycloak.py

@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ URL_CLIENT_ROLES = "{url}/admin/realms/{realm}/clients/{id}/roles"
 URL_CLIENT_ROLE = "{url}/admin/realms/{realm}/clients/{id}/roles/{name}"
 URL_CLIENT_ROLE_COMPOSITES = "{url}/admin/realms/{realm}/clients/{id}/roles/{name}/composites"
 
+URL_CLIENT_ROLE_SCOPE_CLIENTS = "{url}/admin/realms/{realm}/clients/{id}/scope-mappings/clients/{scopeid}"
+URL_CLIENT_ROLE_SCOPE_REALM = "{url}/admin/realms/{realm}/clients/{id}/scope-mappings/realm"
+
 URL_REALM_ROLES = "{url}/admin/realms/{realm}/roles"
 URL_REALM_ROLE = "{url}/admin/realms/{realm}/roles/{name}"
 URL_REALM_ROLEMAPPINGS = "{url}/admin/realms/{realm}/users/{id}/role-mappings/realm"
@@ -3049,6 +3052,105 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
         except Exception:
             return False
 
+    def get_client_role_scope_from_client(self, clientid, clientscopeid, realm="master"):
+        """ Fetch the roles associated with the client's scope for a specific client on the Keycloak server.
+        :param clientid: ID of the client from which to obtain the associated roles.
+        :param clientscopeid: ID of the client who owns the roles.
+        :param realm: Realm from which to obtain the scope.
+        :return: The client scope of roles from specified client.
+        """
+        client_role_scope_url = URL_CLIENT_ROLE_SCOPE_CLIENTS.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, id=clientid, scopeid=clientscopeid)
+        try:
+            return json.loads(to_native(open_url(client_role_scope_url, method='GET', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders,
+                                                 timeout=self.connection_timeout,
+                                                 validate_certs=self.validate_certs).read()))
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not fetch roles scope for client %s in realm %s: %s' % (clientid, realm, str(e)))
+
+    def update_client_role_scope_from_client(self, payload, clientid, clientscopeid, realm="master"):
+        """ Update and fetch the roles associated with the client's scope on the Keycloak server.
+        :param payload: List of roles to be added to the scope.
+        :param clientid: ID of the client to update scope.
+        :param clientscopeid: ID of the client who owns the roles.
+        :param realm: Realm from which to obtain the clients.
+        :return: The client scope of roles from specified client.
+        """
+        client_role_scope_url = URL_CLIENT_ROLE_SCOPE_CLIENTS.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, id=clientid, scopeid=clientscopeid)
+        try:
+            open_url(client_role_scope_url, method='POST', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
+                     data=json.dumps(payload), validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not update roles scope for client %s in realm %s: %s' % (clientid, realm, str(e)))
+
+        return self.get_client_role_scope_from_client(clientid, clientscopeid, realm)
+
+    def delete_client_role_scope_from_client(self, payload, clientid, clientscopeid, realm="master"):
+        """ Delete the roles contains in the payload from the client's scope on the Keycloak server.
+        :param payload: List of roles to be deleted.
+        :param clientid: ID of the client to delete roles from scope.
+        :param clientscopeid: ID of the client who owns the roles.
+        :param realm: Realm from which to obtain the clients.
+        :return: The client scope of roles from specified client.
+        """
+        client_role_scope_url = URL_CLIENT_ROLE_SCOPE_CLIENTS.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, id=clientid, scopeid=clientscopeid)
+        try:
+            open_url(client_role_scope_url, method='DELETE', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
+                     data=json.dumps(payload), validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not delete roles scope for client %s in realm %s: %s' % (clientid, realm, str(e)))
+
+        return self.get_client_role_scope_from_client(clientid, clientscopeid, realm)
+
+    def get_client_role_scope_from_realm(self, clientid, realm="master"):
+        """ Fetch the realm roles from the client's scope on the Keycloak server.
+        :param clientid: ID of the client from which to obtain the associated realm roles.
+        :param realm: Realm from which to obtain the clients.
+        :return: The client realm roles scope.
+        """
+        client_role_scope_url = URL_CLIENT_ROLE_SCOPE_REALM.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, id=clientid)
+        try:
+            return json.loads(to_native(open_url(client_role_scope_url, method='GET', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders,
+                                                 timeout=self.connection_timeout,
+                                                 validate_certs=self.validate_certs).read()))
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not fetch roles scope for client %s in realm %s: %s' % (clientid, realm, str(e)))
+
+    def update_client_role_scope_from_realm(self, payload, clientid, realm="master"):
+        """ Update and fetch the realm roles from the client's scope on the Keycloak server.
+        :param payload: List of realm roles to add.
+        :param clientid: ID of the client to update scope.
+        :param realm: Realm from which to obtain the clients.
+        :return: The client realm roles scope.
+        """
+        client_role_scope_url = URL_CLIENT_ROLE_SCOPE_REALM.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, id=clientid)
+        try:
+            open_url(client_role_scope_url, method='POST', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
+                     data=json.dumps(payload), validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not update roles scope for client %s in realm %s: %s' % (clientid, realm, str(e)))
+
+        return self.get_client_role_scope_from_realm(clientid, realm)
+
+    def delete_client_role_scope_from_realm(self, payload, clientid, realm="master"):
+        """ Delete the realm roles contains in the payload from the client's scope on the Keycloak server.
+        :param payload: List of realm roles to delete.
+        :param clientid: ID of the client to delete roles from scope.
+        :param realm: Realm from which to obtain the clients.
+        :return: The client realm roles scope.
+        """
+        client_role_scope_url = URL_CLIENT_ROLE_SCOPE_REALM.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, id=clientid)
+        try:
+            open_url(client_role_scope_url, method='DELETE', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
+                     data=json.dumps(payload), validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not delete roles scope for client %s in realm %s: %s' % (clientid, realm, str(e)))
+
+        return self.get_client_role_scope_from_realm(clientid, realm)
+
     def fail_open_url(self, e, msg, **kwargs):
         try:
             if isinstance(e, HTTPError):

plugins/module_utils/ilo_redfish_utils.py

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class iLORedfishUtils(RedfishUtils):
         result['ret'] = True
         data = response['data']
 
+        current_session = None
         if 'Oem' in data:
             if data["Oem"]["Hpe"]["Links"]["MySession"]["@odata.id"]:
                 current_session = data["Oem"]["Hpe"]["Links"]["MySession"]["@odata.id"]

plugins/module_utils/ipa.py

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class IPAClient(object):
 
     def get_ipa_version(self):
         response = self.ping()['summary']
-        ipa_ver_regex = re.compile(r'IPA server version (\d\.\d\.\d).*')
+        ipa_ver_regex = re.compile(r'IPA server version (\d+\.\d+\.\d+).*')
         version_match = ipa_ver_regex.match(response)
         ipa_version = None
         if version_match:

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/puppet.py

@@ -107,5 +107,6 @@ def puppet_runner(module):
             verbose=cmd_runner_fmt.as_bool("--verbose"),
         ),
         check_rc=False,
+        force_lang=module.params["environment_lang"],
     )
     return runner

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,
@@ -1141,6 +1149,54 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
             return response
         return {'ret': True, 'changed': True}
 
+    def manager_reset_to_defaults(self, command):
+        return self.reset_to_defaults(command, self.manager_uri,
+                                      '#Manager.ResetToDefaults')
+
+    def reset_to_defaults(self, command, resource_uri, action_name):
+        key = "Actions"
+        reset_type_values = ['ResetAll',
+                             'PreserveNetworkAndUsers',
+                             'PreserveNetwork']
+
+        if command not in reset_type_values:
+            return {'ret': False, 'msg': 'Invalid Command (%s)' % command}
+
+        # read the resource and get the current power state
+        response = self.get_request(self.root_uri + resource_uri)
+        if response['ret'] is False:
+            return response
+        data = response['data']
+
+        # get the reset Action and target URI
+        if key not in data or action_name not in data[key]:
+            return {'ret': False, 'msg': 'Action %s not found' % action_name}
+        reset_action = data[key][action_name]
+        if 'target' not in reset_action:
+            return {'ret': False,
+                    'msg': 'target URI missing from Action %s' % action_name}
+        action_uri = reset_action['target']
+
+        # get AllowableValues
+        ai = self._get_all_action_info_values(reset_action)
+        allowable_values = ai.get('ResetType', {}).get('AllowableValues', [])
+
+        # map ResetType to an allowable value if needed
+        if allowable_values and command not in allowable_values:
+            return {'ret': False,
+                    'msg': 'Specified reset type (%s) not supported '
+                           'by service. Supported types: %s' %
+                           (command, allowable_values)}
+
+        # define payload
+        payload = {'ResetType': command}
+
+        # POST to Action URI
+        response = self.post_request(self.root_uri + action_uri, payload)
+        if response['ret'] is False:
+            return response
+        return {'ret': True, 'changed': True}
+
     def _find_account_uri(self, username=None, acct_id=None):
         if not any((username, acct_id)):
             return {'ret': False, 'msg':
@@ -1541,6 +1597,8 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
 
         data = response['data']
 
+        result['multipart_supported'] = 'MultipartHttpPushUri' in data
+
         if "Actions" in data:
             actions = data['Actions']
             if len(actions) > 0:
@@ -1813,7 +1871,7 @@ 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
 
@@ -2907,8 +2965,7 @@ 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
@@ -3365,7 +3422,8 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
         inventory = {}
         # Get these entries, but does not fail if not found
         properties = ['Id', 'FirmwareVersion', 'ManagerType', 'Manufacturer', 'Model',
-                      'PartNumber', 'PowerState', 'SerialNumber', 'Status', 'UUID']
+                      'PartNumber', 'PowerState', 'SerialNumber', 'ServiceIdentification',
+                      'Status', 'UUID']
 
         response = self.get_request(self.root_uri + manager_uri)
         if response['ret'] is False:
@@ -3383,6 +3441,35 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
     def get_multi_manager_inventory(self):
         return self.aggregate_managers(self.get_manager_inventory)
 
+    def get_service_identification(self, manager):
+        result = {}
+        if manager is None:
+            if len(self.manager_uris) == 1:
+                manager = self.manager_uris[0].split('/')[-1]
+            elif len(self.manager_uris) > 1:
+                entries = self.get_multi_manager_inventory()['entries']
+                managers = [m[0]['manager_uri'] for m in entries if m[1].get('ServiceIdentification')]
+                if len(managers) == 1:
+                    manager = managers[0].split('/')[-1]
+                else:
+                    self.module.fail_json(msg=[
+                        "Multiple managers with ServiceIdentification were found: %s" % str(managers),
+                        "Please specify by using the 'manager' parameter in your playbook"])
+            elif len(self.manager_uris) == 0:
+                self.module.fail_json(msg="No manager identities were found")
+        response = self.get_request(self.root_uri + '/redfish/v1/Managers/' + manager, override_headers=None)
+        try:
+            result['service_identification'] = response['data']['ServiceIdentification']
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Service ID not found for manager %s" % manager)
+        result['ret'] = True
+        return result
+
+    def set_service_identification(self, service_id):
+        data = {"ServiceIdentification": service_id}
+        resp = self.patch_request(self.root_uri + '/redfish/v1/Managers/' + self.resource_id, data, check_pyld=True)
+        return resp
+
     def set_session_service(self, sessions_config):
         if sessions_config is None:
             return {'ret': False, 'msg':
@@ -3470,33 +3557,30 @@ 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
@@ -3595,8 +3679,8 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
                 'msg': "Provided Storage Subsystem ID %s does not exist on the server" % storage_subsystem_id}
 
         # Validate input parameters
-        required_parameters = ['RAIDType', 'Drives', 'CapacityBytes']
-        allowed_parameters = ['DisplayName', 'InitializeMethod', 'MediaSpanCount',
+        required_parameters = ['RAIDType', 'Drives']
+        allowed_parameters = ['CapacityBytes', 'DisplayName', 'InitializeMethod', 'MediaSpanCount',
                               'Name', 'ReadCachePolicy', 'StripSizeBytes', 'VolumeUsage', 'WriteCachePolicy']
 
         for parameter in required_parameters:
@@ -3702,7 +3786,7 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
         vendor = self._get_vendor()['Vendor']
         rsp_uri = ""
         for loc in resp_data['Location']:
-            if loc['Language'] == "en":
+            if loc['Language'].startswith("en"):
                 rsp_uri = loc['Uri']
                 if vendor == 'HPE':
                     # WORKAROUND