Release 9.3.0.

Improve communication info (#8756)

Improve communication info.

(cherry picked from commit 34519a5ecb)

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

.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -29,20 +29,22 @@ schedules:
     always: true
     branches:
       include:
-        - stable-12
-        - stable-11
+        - stable-9
+        - stable-8
   - cron: 0 11 * * 0
     displayName: Weekly (old stable branches)
     always: true
     branches:
       include:
-        - stable-10
+        - stable-7
 
 variables:
   - name: checkoutPath
     value: ansible_collections/community/general
   - name: coverageBranches
     value: main
+  - name: pipelinesCoverage
+    value: coverage
   - name: entryPoint
     value: tests/utils/shippable/shippable.sh
   - name: fetchDepth
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ variables:
 resources:
   containers:
     - container: default
-      image: quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:7.0.0
+      image: quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:6.0.0
 
 pool: Standard
 
@@ -70,40 +72,41 @@ stages:
             - test: 2
             - test: 3
             - test: 4
-  - stage: Sanity_2_21
-    displayName: Sanity 2.21
+            - test: extra
+  - stage: Sanity_2_17
+    displayName: Sanity 2.17
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: 2.21/sanity/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.17/sanity/{0}
           targets:
             - test: 1
             - test: 2
             - test: 3
             - test: 4
-  - stage: Sanity_2_20
-    displayName: Sanity 2.20
+  - stage: Sanity_2_16
+    displayName: Sanity 2.16
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: 2.20/sanity/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.16/sanity/{0}
           targets:
             - test: 1
             - test: 2
             - test: 3
             - test: 4
-  - stage: Sanity_2_19
-    displayName: Sanity 2.19
+  - stage: Sanity_2_15
+    displayName: Sanity 2.15
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: 2.19/sanity/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.15/sanity/{0}
           targets:
             - test: 1
             - test: 2
@@ -119,49 +122,46 @@ stages:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
           testFormat: devel/units/{0}/1
           targets:
+            - test: 3.8
             - test: 3.9
             - test: '3.10'
             - test: '3.11'
             - test: '3.12'
             - test: '3.13'
-            - test: '3.14'
-            - test: '3.15'
-  - stage: Units_2_21
-    displayName: Units 2.21
+  - stage: Units_2_17
+    displayName: Units 2.17
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.21/units/{0}/1
+          testFormat: 2.17/units/{0}/1
           targets:
-            - test: 3.9
+            - test: 3.7
             - test: "3.12"
-            - test: "3.14"
-  - stage: Units_2_20
-    displayName: Units 2.20
+  - stage: Units_2_16
+    displayName: Units 2.16
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.20/units/{0}/1
+          testFormat: 2.16/units/{0}/1
           targets:
-            - test: 3.9
-            - test: "3.12"
-            - test: "3.14"
-  - stage: Units_2_19
-    displayName: Units 2.19
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.19/units/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 3.8
+            - test: 2.7
+            - test: 3.6
             - test: "3.11"
-            - test: "3.13"
+  - 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"
 
 ## Remote
   - stage: Remote_devel_extra_vms
@@ -172,10 +172,10 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           testFormat: devel/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: Alpine 3.23
-              test: alpine/3.23
-            # - name: Fedora 44
-            #   test: fedora/44
+            - 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
@@ -190,70 +190,72 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           testFormat: devel/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: macOS 26.3
-              test: macos/26.3
-            - name: RHEL 10.1
-              test: rhel/10.1
-            - name: RHEL 9.7
-              test: rhel/9.7
-            # TODO: enable this ASAP!
-            # - name: FreeBSD 15.0
-            #   test: freebsd/15.0
-            # TODO: enable this ASAP!
-            # - name: FreeBSD 14.4
-            #   test: freebsd/14.4
+            - 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_21
-    displayName: Remote 2.21
+  - stage: Remote_2_17
+    displayName: Remote 2.17
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.21/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.17/{0}
           targets:
-            # - name: macOS 26.3
-            #   test: macos/26.3
-            - name: RHEL 10.1
-              test: rhel/10.1
-            # - name: RHEL 9.7
-            #   test: rhel/9.7
+            - name: FreeBSD 13.3
+              test: freebsd/13.3
+            - name: RHEL 9.3
+              test: rhel/9.3
+            - name: FreeBSD 14.0
+              test: freebsd/14.0
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
             - 3
-  - stage: Remote_2_20
-    displayName: Remote 2.20
+  - stage: Remote_2_16
+    displayName: Remote 2.16
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.20/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.16/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: macOS 15.3
-              test: macos/15.3
-            - name: RHEL 10.1
-              test: rhel/10.1
-            - name: FreeBSD 14.3
-              test: freebsd/14.3
+            - 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_19
-    displayName: Remote 2.19
+  - stage: Remote_2_15
+    displayName: Remote 2.15
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.19/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.15/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: RHEL 10.1
-              test: rhel/10.1
-            - name: FreeBSD 14.2
-              test: freebsd/14.2
+            - 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
@@ -268,10 +270,10 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           testFormat: devel/linux/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: Fedora 44
-              test: fedora44
-            - name: Alpine 3.23
-              test: alpine323
+            - name: Fedora 40
+              test: fedora40
+            - name: Alpine 3.20
+              test: alpine320
             - name: Ubuntu 22.04
               test: ubuntu2204
             - name: Ubuntu 24.04
@@ -280,54 +282,54 @@ stages:
             - 1
             - 2
             - 3
-  - stage: Docker_2_21
-    displayName: Docker 2.21
+  - stage: Docker_2_17
+    displayName: Docker 2.17
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.21/linux/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.17/linux/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: Fedora 43
-              test: fedora43
-            # - name: Alpine 3.23
-            #   test: alpine323
-            # - name: Ubuntu 22.04
-            #   test: ubuntu2204
-            - name: Ubuntu 24.04
-              test: ubuntu2404
+            - name: Fedora 39
+              test: fedora39
+            - name: Alpine 3.19
+              test: alpine319
+            - name: Ubuntu 20.04
+              test: ubuntu2004
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
             - 3
-  - stage: Docker_2_20
-    displayName: Docker 2.20
+  - stage: Docker_2_16
+    displayName: Docker 2.16
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.20/linux/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.16/linux/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: Fedora 42
-              test: fedora42
-            - name: Alpine 3.22
-              test: alpine322
+            - name: Fedora 38
+              test: fedora38
+            - name: openSUSE 15
+              test: opensuse15
+            - name: Alpine 3
+              test: alpine3
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
             - 3
-  - stage: Docker_2_19
-    displayName: Docker 2.19
+  - stage: Docker_2_15
+    displayName: Docker 2.15
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.19/linux/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.15/linux/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: Fedora 41
-              test: fedora41
-            - name: Alpine 3.21
-              test: alpine321
+            - name: Fedora 37
+              test: fedora37
+            - name: CentOS 7
+              test: centos7
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
@@ -342,93 +344,89 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           testFormat: devel/linux-community/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: Debian 11 Bullseye
+            - name: Debian Bullseye
               test: debian-bullseye/3.9
-            - name: Debian 12 Bookworm
+            - name: Debian Bookworm
               test: debian-bookworm/3.11
-            - name: Debian 13 Trixie
-              test: debian-13-trixie/3.13
             - name: ArchLinux
-              test: archlinux/3.14
+              test: archlinux/3.12
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
             - 3
 
 ### Generic
-# Right now all generic tests are disabled. Uncomment when at least one of them is re-enabled.
-#  - stage: Generic_devel
-#    displayName: Generic devel
-#    dependsOn: []
-#    jobs:
-#      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-#        parameters:
-#          nameFormat: Python {0}
-#          testFormat: devel/generic/{0}/1
-#          targets:
-#            - test: '3.9'
-#            - test: '3.13'
-#            - test: '3.15'
-#  - stage: Generic_2_21
-#    displayName: Generic 2.21
-#    dependsOn: []
-#    jobs:
-#      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-#        parameters:
-#          nameFormat: Python {0}
-#          testFormat: 2.21/generic/{0}/1
-#          targets:
-#            - test: '3.9'
-#            - test: '3.12'
-#            - test: '3.14'
-#  - stage: Generic_2_20
-#    displayName: Generic 2.20
-#    dependsOn: []
-#    jobs:
-#      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-#        parameters:
-#          nameFormat: Python {0}
-#          testFormat: 2.20/generic/{0}/1
-#          targets:
-#            - test: '3.10'
-#            - test: '3.14'
-#  - stage: Generic_2_19
-#    displayName: Generic 2.19
-#    dependsOn: []
-#    jobs:
-#      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-#        parameters:
-#          nameFormat: Python {0}
-#          testFormat: 2.19/generic/{0}/1
-#          targets:
-#            - test: '3.9'
-#            - test: '3.13'
+  - stage: Generic_devel
+    displayName: Generic devel
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Python {0}
+          testFormat: devel/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: 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: Summary
     condition: succeededOrFailed()
     dependsOn:
       - Sanity_devel
-      - Sanity_2_21
-      - Sanity_2_20
-      - Sanity_2_19
+      - Sanity_2_17
+      - Sanity_2_16
+      - Sanity_2_15
       - Units_devel
-      - Units_2_21
-      - Units_2_20
-      - Units_2_19
+      - Units_2_17
+      - Units_2_16
+      - Units_2_15
       - Remote_devel_extra_vms
       - Remote_devel
-      - Remote_2_21
-      - Remote_2_20
-      - Remote_2_19
+      - Remote_2_17
+      - Remote_2_16
+      - Remote_2_15
       - Docker_devel
-      - Docker_2_21
-      - Docker_2_20
-      - Docker_2_19
+      - Docker_2_17
+      - Docker_2_16
+      - Docker_2_15
       - Docker_community_devel
 # Right now all generic tests are disabled. Uncomment when at least one of them is re-enabled.
 #      - Generic_devel
-#      - Generic_2_21
-#      - Generic_2_20
-#      - Generic_2_19
+#      - Generic_2_17
+#      - Generic_2_16
+#      - Generic_2_15
     jobs:
       - template: templates/coverage.yml

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

@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ Keep in mind that Azure Pipelines does not enforce unique job display names (onl
 It is up to pipeline authors to avoid name collisions when deviating from the recommended format.
 """
 
-from __future__ import annotations
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
 
 import os
 import re
@@ -23,12 +24,12 @@ def main():
     """Main program entry point."""
     source_directory = sys.argv[1]
 
-    if "/ansible_collections/" in os.getcwd():
+    if '/ansible_collections/' in os.getcwd():
         output_path = "tests/output"
     else:
         output_path = "test/results"
 
-    destination_directory = os.path.join(output_path, "coverage")
+    destination_directory = os.path.join(output_path, 'coverage')
 
     if not os.path.exists(destination_directory):
         os.makedirs(destination_directory)
@@ -37,27 +38,27 @@ def main():
     count = 0
 
     for name in os.listdir(source_directory):
-        match = re.search("^Coverage (?P<attempt>[0-9]+) (?P<label>.+)$", name)
-        label = match.group("label")
-        attempt = int(match.group("attempt"))
+        match = re.search('^Coverage (?P<attempt>[0-9]+) (?P<label>.+)$', name)
+        label = match.group('label')
+        attempt = int(match.group('attempt'))
         jobs[label] = max(attempt, jobs.get(label, 0))
 
     for label, attempt in jobs.items():
-        name = f"Coverage {attempt} {label}"
+        name = 'Coverage {attempt} {label}'.format(label=label, attempt=attempt)
         source = os.path.join(source_directory, name)
         source_files = os.listdir(source)
 
         for source_file in source_files:
             source_path = os.path.join(source, source_file)
-            destination_path = os.path.join(destination_directory, source_file + "." + label)
-            print(f'"{source_path}" -> "{destination_path}"')
+            destination_path = os.path.join(destination_directory, source_file + '.' + label)
+            print('"%s" -> "%s"' % (source_path, destination_path))
             shutil.copyfile(source_path, destination_path)
             count += 1
 
-    print(f"Coverage file count: {count}")
-    print(f"##vso[task.setVariable variable=coverageFileCount]{count}")
-    print(f"##vso[task.setVariable variable=outputPath]{output_path}")
+    print('Coverage file count: %d' % count)
+    print('##vso[task.setVariable variable=coverageFileCount]%d' % count)
+    print('##vso[task.setVariable variable=outputPath]%s' % output_path)
 
 
-if __name__ == "__main__":
+if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()

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

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import pathlib
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import tempfile
+import typing as t
 import urllib.request
 
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ import urllib.request
 class CoverageFile:
     name: str
     path: pathlib.Path
-    flags: list[str]
+    flags: t.List[str]
 
 
 @dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True)
@@ -33,8 +34,8 @@ class Args:
 
 def parse_args() -> Args:
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-    parser.add_argument("-n", "--dry-run", action="store_true")
-    parser.add_argument("path", type=pathlib.Path)
+    parser.add_argument('-n', '--dry-run', action='store_true')
+    parser.add_argument('path', type=pathlib.Path)
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
@@ -45,36 +46,32 @@ def parse_args() -> Args:
     return Args(**kwargs)
 
 
-def process_files(directory: pathlib.Path) -> tuple[CoverageFile, ...]:
+def process_files(directory: pathlib.Path) -> t.Tuple[CoverageFile, ...]:
     processed = []
-    for file in directory.joinpath("reports").glob("coverage*.xml"):
-        name = file.stem.replace("coverage=", "")
+    for file in directory.joinpath('reports').glob('coverage*.xml'):
+        name = file.stem.replace('coverage=', '')
 
         # Get flags from name
-        flags = name.replace("-powershell", "").split("=")  # Drop '-powershell' suffix
-        flags = [
-            flag if not flag.startswith("stub") else flag.split("-")[0] for flag in flags
-        ]  # Remove "-01" from stub files
+        flags = name.replace('-powershell', '').split('=')  # Drop '-powershell' suffix
+        flags = [flag if not flag.startswith('stub') else flag.split('-')[0] for flag in flags]  # Remove "-01" from stub files
 
         processed.append(CoverageFile(name, file, flags))
 
     return tuple(processed)
 
 
-def upload_files(codecov_bin: pathlib.Path, files: tuple[CoverageFile, ...], dry_run: bool = False) -> None:
+def upload_files(codecov_bin: pathlib.Path, files: t.Tuple[CoverageFile, ...], dry_run: bool = False) -> None:
     for file in files:
         cmd = [
             str(codecov_bin),
-            "--name",
-            file.name,
-            "--file",
-            str(file.path),
+            '--name', file.name,
+            '--file', str(file.path),
         ]
         for flag in file.flags:
-            cmd.extend(["--flags", flag])
+            cmd.extend(['--flags', flag])
 
         if dry_run:
-            print(f"DRY-RUN: Would run command: {cmd}")
+            print(f'DRY-RUN: Would run command: {cmd}')
             continue
 
         subprocess.run(cmd, check=True)
@@ -82,11 +79,11 @@ def upload_files(codecov_bin: pathlib.Path, files: tuple[CoverageFile, ...], dry
 
 def download_file(url: str, dest: pathlib.Path, flags: int, dry_run: bool = False) -> None:
     if dry_run:
-        print(f"DRY-RUN: Would download {url} to {dest} and set mode to {flags:o}")
+        print(f'DRY-RUN: Would download {url} to {dest} and set mode to {flags:o}')
         return
 
     with urllib.request.urlopen(url) as resp:
-        with dest.open("w+b") as f:
+        with dest.open('w+b') as f:
             # Read data in chunks rather than all at once
             shutil.copyfileobj(resp, f, 64 * 1024)
 
@@ -95,14 +92,14 @@ def download_file(url: str, dest: pathlib.Path, flags: int, dry_run: bool = Fals
 
 def main():
     args = parse_args()
-    url = "https://ansible-ci-files.s3.amazonaws.com/codecov/linux/codecov"
-    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="codecov-") as tmpdir:
-        codecov_bin = pathlib.Path(tmpdir) / "codecov"
+    url = 'https://ansible-ci-files.s3.amazonaws.com/codecov/linux/codecov'
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix='codecov-') as tmpdir:
+        codecov_bin = pathlib.Path(tmpdir) / 'codecov'
         download_file(url, codecov_bin, 0o755, args.dry_run)
 
         files = process_files(args.path)
         upload_files(codecov_bin, files, args.dry_run)
 
 
-if __name__ == "__main__":
+if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()

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

@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 
 """Prepends a relative timestamp to each input line from stdin and writes it to stdout."""
 
-from __future__ import annotations
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
 
 import sys
 import time
@@ -15,14 +16,14 @@ def main():
     """Main program entry point."""
     start = time.time()
 
-    sys.stdin.reconfigure(errors="surrogateescape")
-    sys.stdout.reconfigure(errors="surrogateescape")
+    sys.stdin.reconfigure(errors='surrogateescape')
+    sys.stdout.reconfigure(errors='surrogateescape')
 
     for line in sys.stdin:
-        seconds = int(time.time() - start)
-        sys.stdout.write(f"{seconds // 60:02}:{seconds % 60:02} {line}")
+        seconds = time.time() - start
+        sys.stdout.write('%02d:%02d %s' % (seconds // 60, seconds % 60, line))
         sys.stdout.flush()
 
 
-if __name__ == "__main__":
+if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()

.azure-pipelines/templates/coverage.yml

@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ jobs:
       - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/report-coverage.sh
         displayName: Generate Coverage Report
         condition: gt(variables.coverageFileCount, 0)
+      - task: PublishCodeCoverageResults@1
+        inputs:
+          codeCoverageTool: Cobertura
+          # Azure Pipelines only accepts a single coverage data file.
+          # That means only Python or PowerShell coverage can be uploaded, but not both.
+          # Set the "pipelinesCoverage" variable to determine which type is uploaded.
+          # Use "coverage" for Python and "coverage-powershell" for PowerShell.
+          summaryFileLocation: "$(outputPath)/reports/$(pipelinesCoverage).xml"
+        displayName: Publish to Azure Pipelines
+        condition: gt(variables.coverageFileCount, 0)
       - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/publish-codecov.py "$(outputPath)"
         displayName: Publish to codecov.io
         condition: gt(variables.coverageFileCount, 0)

.azure-pipelines/templates/matrix.yml

@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ jobs:
     parameters:
       jobs:
         - ${{ if eq(length(parameters.groups), 0) }}:
-            - ${{ each target in parameters.targets }}:
-                - name: ${{ format(parameters.nameFormat, coalesce(target.name, target.test)) }}
-                  test: ${{ format(parameters.testFormat, coalesce(target.test, target.name)) }}
+          - ${{ each target in parameters.targets }}:
+            - name: ${{ format(parameters.nameFormat, coalesce(target.name, target.test)) }}
+              test: ${{ format(parameters.testFormat, coalesce(target.test, target.name)) }}
         - ${{ if not(eq(length(parameters.groups), 0)) }}:
-            - ${{ each group in parameters.groups }}:
-                - ${{ each target in parameters.targets }}:
-                    - name: ${{ format(format(parameters.nameGroupFormat, parameters.nameFormat), coalesce(target.name, target.test), group) }}
-                      test: ${{ format(format(parameters.testGroupFormat, parameters.testFormat), coalesce(target.test, target.name), group) }}
+          - ${{ each group in parameters.groups }}:
+            - ${{ each target in parameters.targets }}:
+              - name: ${{ format(format(parameters.nameGroupFormat, parameters.nameFormat), coalesce(target.name, target.test), group) }}
+                test: ${{ format(format(parameters.testGroupFormat, parameters.testFormat), coalesce(target.test, target.name), group) }}

.azure-pipelines/templates/test.yml

@@ -14,37 +14,37 @@ parameters:
 
 jobs:
   - ${{ each job in parameters.jobs }}:
-      - job: test_${{ replace(replace(replace(job.test, '/', '_'), '.', '_'), '-', '_') }}
-        displayName: ${{ job.name }}
-        container: default
-        workspace:
-          clean: all
-        steps:
-          - checkout: self
-            fetchDepth: $(fetchDepth)
-            path: $(checkoutPath)
-          - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/run-tests.sh "$(entryPoint)" "${{ job.test }}" "$(coverageBranches)"
-            displayName: Run Tests
-          - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/process-results.sh
-            condition: succeededOrFailed()
-            displayName: Process Results
-          - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/aggregate-coverage.sh "$(Agent.TempDirectory)"
-            condition: eq(variables.haveCoverageData, 'true')
-            displayName: Aggregate Coverage Data
-          - task: PublishTestResults@2
-            condition: eq(variables.haveTestResults, 'true')
-            inputs:
-              testResultsFiles: "$(outputPath)/junit/*.xml"
-            displayName: Publish Test Results
-          - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@1
-            condition: eq(variables.haveBotResults, 'true')
-            displayName: Publish Bot Results
-            inputs:
-              targetPath: "$(outputPath)/bot/"
-              artifactName: "Bot $(System.JobAttempt) $(System.StageDisplayName) $(System.JobDisplayName)"
-          - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@1
-            condition: eq(variables.haveCoverageData, 'true')
-            displayName: Publish Coverage Data
-            inputs:
-              targetPath: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/coverage/"
-              artifactName: "Coverage $(System.JobAttempt) $(System.StageDisplayName) $(System.JobDisplayName)"
+    - job: test_${{ replace(replace(replace(job.test, '/', '_'), '.', '_'), '-', '_') }}
+      displayName: ${{ job.name }}
+      container: default
+      workspace:
+        clean: all
+      steps:
+        - checkout: self
+          fetchDepth: $(fetchDepth)
+          path: $(checkoutPath)
+        - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/run-tests.sh "$(entryPoint)" "${{ job.test }}" "$(coverageBranches)"
+          displayName: Run Tests
+        - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/process-results.sh
+          condition: succeededOrFailed()
+          displayName: Process Results
+        - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/aggregate-coverage.sh "$(Agent.TempDirectory)"
+          condition: eq(variables.haveCoverageData, 'true')
+          displayName: Aggregate Coverage Data
+        - task: PublishTestResults@2
+          condition: eq(variables.haveTestResults, 'true')
+          inputs:
+            testResultsFiles: "$(outputPath)/junit/*.xml"
+          displayName: Publish Test Results
+        - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@1
+          condition: eq(variables.haveBotResults, 'true')
+          displayName: Publish Bot Results
+          inputs:
+            targetPath: "$(outputPath)/bot/"
+            artifactName: "Bot $(System.JobAttempt) $(System.StageDisplayName) $(System.JobDisplayName)"
+        - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@1
+          condition: eq(variables.haveCoverageData, 'true')
+          displayName: Publish Coverage Data
+          inputs:
+            targetPath: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/coverage/"
+            artifactName: "Coverage $(System.JobAttempt) $(System.StageDisplayName) $(System.JobDisplayName)"

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

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

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json.license

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https: //www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Alexei Znamensky <russoz@gmail.com>

.devcontainer/requirements-dev.txt

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Alexei Znamensky <russoz@gmail.com>
-
-nox
-ruff
-antsibull-nox
-pre-commit
-ansible-core
-andebox

.devcontainer/setup.sh

@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-set -x
-sudo chown -R vscode:vscode /workspace/
-
-pip install -U pip
-pip install -r .devcontainer/requirements-dev.txt
-pip install -r tests/unit/requirements.txt
-
-export ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH=/workspace:${ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH}
-ansible-galaxy collection install -v -r tests/unit/requirements.yml
-ansible-galaxy collection install -v -r tests/integration/requirements.yml
-
-pre-commit install

.git-blame-ignore-revs

@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-# YAML reformatting
-d032de3b16eed11ea3a31cd3d96d78f7c46a2ee0
-e8f965fbf8154ea177c6622da149f2ae8533bd3c
-e938ca5f20651abc160ee6aba10014013d04dcc1
-eaa5e07b2866e05b6c7b5628ca92e9cb1142d008
-
-# Code reformatting
-340ff8586d4f1cb6a0f3c934eb42589bcc29c0ea
-d549baa5e1be8ef8734df63096d18925e8071e80
-236b9c0e0473f064d421f8af74f058e5a8970379
-24098cd63896107434cc82e4e769d720570cbba6

.github/BOTMETA.yml

@@ -61,13 +61,11 @@ files:
   $callbacks/elastic.py:
     keywords: apm observability
     maintainers: v1v
+  $callbacks/hipchat.py: {}
   $callbacks/jabber.py: {}
   $callbacks/log_plays.py: {}
   $callbacks/loganalytics.py:
     maintainers: zhcli
-  $callbacks/loganalytics_ingestion.py:
-    ignore: zhcli
-    maintainers: pboushy vsh47 wtcline-intc
   $callbacks/logdna.py: {}
   $callbacks/logentries.py: {}
   $callbacks/logstash.py:
@@ -80,8 +78,6 @@ files:
   $callbacks/opentelemetry.py:
     keywords: opentelemetry observability
     maintainers: v1v
-  $callbacks/print_task.py:
-    maintainers: demonpig
   $callbacks/say.py:
     keywords: brew cask darwin homebrew macosx macports osx
     labels: macos say
@@ -95,13 +91,12 @@ files:
     maintainers: ryancurrah
   $callbacks/syslog_json.py:
     maintainers: imjoseangel
-  $callbacks/tasks_only.py:
-    maintainers: felixfontein
   $callbacks/timestamp.py:
     maintainers: kurokobo
   $callbacks/unixy.py:
     labels: unixy
     maintainers: akatch
+  $callbacks/yaml.py: {}
   $connections/:
     labels: connections
   $connections/chroot.py: {}
@@ -122,31 +117,23 @@ files:
   $connections/saltstack.py:
     labels: saltstack
     maintainers: mscherer
-  $connections/wsl.py:
-    maintainers: rgl
   $connections/zone.py:
     maintainers: $team_ansible_core
   $doc_fragments/:
     labels: docs_fragments
-  $doc_fragments/_django.py:
+  $doc_fragments/django.py:
     maintainers: russoz
-  $doc_fragments/_hpe3par.py:
+  $doc_fragments/hpe3par.py:
     labels: hpe3par
     maintainers: farhan7500 gautamphegde
-  $doc_fragments/_hwc.py:
+  $doc_fragments/hwc.py:
     labels: hwc
     maintainers: $team_huawei
-  $doc_fragments/_icinga2_api.py:
-    maintainers: cfiehe
-  $doc_fragments/_nomad.py:
+  $doc_fragments/nomad.py:
     maintainers: chris93111 apecnascimento
-  $doc_fragments/_pipx.py:
-    maintainers: russoz
-  $doc_fragments/_xenserver.py:
+  $doc_fragments/xenserver.py:
     labels: xenserver
     maintainers: bvitnik
-  $filters/accumulate.py:
-    maintainers: VannTen
   $filters/counter.py:
     maintainers: keilr
   $filters/crc32.py:
@@ -169,14 +156,6 @@ files:
     maintainers: Ajpantuso
   $filters/jc.py:
     maintainers: kellyjonbrazil
-  $filters/json_diff.yml:
-    maintainers: numo68
-  $filters/json_patch.py:
-    maintainers: numo68
-  $filters/json_patch.yml:
-    maintainers: numo68
-  $filters/json_patch_recipe.yml:
-    maintainers: numo68
   $filters/json_query.py: {}
   $filters/keep_keys.py:
     maintainers: vbotka
@@ -213,24 +192,12 @@ files:
     maintainers: resmo
   $filters/to_months.yml:
     maintainers: resmo
-  $filters/to_nice_yaml.yml:
-    maintainers: felixfontein
-  $filters/to_prettytable.py:
-    maintainers: tgadiev
   $filters/to_seconds.yml:
     maintainers: resmo
   $filters/to_time_unit.yml:
     maintainers: resmo
-  $filters/to_toml.py:
-    maintainers: milliams
-  $filters/to_toml.yml:
-    maintainers: milliams
   $filters/to_weeks.yml:
     maintainers: resmo
-  $filters/to_yaml.py:
-    maintainers: felixfontein
-  $filters/to_yaml.yml:
-    maintainers: felixfontein
   $filters/to_years.yml:
     maintainers: resmo
   $filters/unicode_normalize.py:
@@ -243,13 +210,8 @@ files:
     maintainers: opoplawski
   $inventories/gitlab_runners.py:
     maintainers: morph027
-  $inventories/iocage.py:
-    maintainers: vbotka
   $inventories/icinga2.py:
     maintainers: BongoEADGC6
-  $inventories/incus.py:
-    labels: incus
-    maintainers: stgraber
   $inventories/linode.py:
     keywords: linode dynamic inventory script
     labels: cloud linode
@@ -263,16 +225,18 @@ files:
     keywords: opennebula dynamic inventory script
     labels: cloud opennebula
     maintainers: feldsam
+  $inventories/proxmox.py:
+    maintainers: $team_virt ilijamt krauthosting
   $inventories/scaleway.py:
     labels: cloud scaleway
     maintainers: $team_scaleway
+  $inventories/stackpath_compute.py:
+    maintainers: shayrybak
   $inventories/virtualbox.py: {}
   $inventories/xen_orchestra.py:
     maintainers: ddelnano shinuza
   $lookups/:
     labels: lookups
-  $lookups/binary_file.py:
-    maintainers: felixfontein
   $lookups/bitwarden_secrets_manager.py:
     maintainers: jantari
   $lookups/bitwarden.py:
@@ -304,13 +268,18 @@ files:
     maintainers: dagwieers
   $lookups/flattened.py: {}
   $lookups/github_app_access_token.py:
-    maintainers: weisheng-p blavoie
+    maintainers: weisheng-p
+  $lookups/hiera.py:
+    maintainers: jparrill
   $lookups/keyring.py: {}
   $lookups/lastpass.py: {}
   $lookups/lmdb_kv.py:
     maintainers: jpmens
+  $lookups/manifold.py:
+    labels: manifold
+    maintainers: galanoff
   $lookups/merge_variables.py:
-    maintainers: rlenferink m-a-r-k-e alpex8 cfiehe
+    maintainers: rlenferink m-a-r-k-e alpex8
   $lookups/onepass:
     labels: onepassword
     maintainers: samdoran
@@ -320,8 +289,6 @@ files:
   $lookups/onepassword_raw.py:
     ignore: scottsb
     maintainers: azenk
-  $lookups/onepassword_ssh_key.py:
-    maintainers: mohammedbabelly20
   $lookups/passwordstore.py: {}
   $lookups/random_pet.py:
     maintainers: Akasurde
@@ -339,108 +306,93 @@ files:
     maintainers: delineaKrehl tylerezimmerman
   $module_utils/:
     labels: module_utils
-  $module_utils/_android_sdkmanager.py:
-    maintainers: shamilovstas
-  $module_utils/_btrfs.py:
+  $module_utils/btrfs.py:
     maintainers: gnfzdz
-  $module_utils/_cmd_runner_fmt.py:
+  $module_utils/cmd_runner.py:
     maintainers: russoz
-  $module_utils/_cmd_runner.py:
+  $module_utils/deps.py:
     maintainers: russoz
-  $module_utils/_deps.py:
+  $module_utils/django.py:
     maintainers: russoz
-  $module_utils/_django.py:
-    maintainers: russoz
-  $module_utils/_gconftool2.py:
+  $module_utils/gconftool2.py:
     labels: gconftool2
     maintainers: russoz
-  $module_utils/_gio_mime.py:
+  $module_utils/gio_mime.py:
     maintainers: russoz
-  $module_utils/_gitlab.py:
+  $module_utils/gitlab.py:
     keywords: gitlab source_control
     labels: gitlab
     maintainers: $team_gitlab
     notify: jlozadad
-  $module_utils/_hwc_utils.py:
+  $module_utils/hwc_utils.py:
     keywords: cloud huawei hwc
     labels: huawei hwc_utils networking
     maintainers: $team_huawei
-  $module_utils/_icinga2.py:
-    maintainers: cfiehe
-  $module_utils/_identity/keycloak/keycloak.py:
+  $module_utils/identity/keycloak/keycloak.py:
     maintainers: $team_keycloak
-  $module_utils/_identity/keycloak/keycloak_clientsecret.py:
+  $module_utils/identity/keycloak/keycloak_clientsecret.py:
     maintainers: $team_keycloak fynncfchen johncant
-  $module_utils/_ipa.py:
+  $module_utils/ipa.py:
     labels: ipa
     maintainers: $team_ipa
-  $module_utils/_jenkins.py:
+  $module_utils/jenkins.py:
     labels: jenkins
     maintainers: russoz
-  $module_utils/_crypt.py:
-    maintainers: russoz
-  $module_utils/_lxc.py:
-    maintainers: russoz
-  $module_utils/_lvm.py:
-    labels: lvm
-    maintainers: russoz
-  $module_utils/_manageiq.py:
+  $module_utils/manageiq.py:
     labels: manageiq
     maintainers: $team_manageiq
-  $module_utils/_memset.py:
+  $module_utils/memset.py:
     labels: cloud memset
-  $module_utils/_mh/:
+  $module_utils/mh/:
     labels: module_helper
     maintainers: russoz
-  $module_utils/_module_helper.py:
+  $module_utils/module_helper.py:
     labels: module_helper
     maintainers: russoz
-  $module_utils/_net_tools/pritunl/:
+  $module_utils/net_tools/pritunl/:
     maintainers: Lowess
-  $module_utils/_pacemaker.py:
-    maintainers: munchtoast
-  $module_utils/_pipx.py:
+  $module_utils/oracle/oci_utils.py:
+    labels: cloud
+    maintainers: $team_oracle
+  $module_utils/pipx.py:
     labels: pipx
     maintainers: russoz
-  $module_utils/_pkg_req.py:
+  $module_utils/python_runner.py:
     maintainers: russoz
-  $module_utils/_python_runner.py:
-    maintainers: russoz
-  $module_utils/_puppet.py:
+  $module_utils/puppet.py:
     labels: puppet
     maintainers: russoz
-  $module_utils/_redfish_utils.py:
+  $module_utils/pure.py:
+    labels: pure pure_storage
+    maintainers: $team_purestorage
+  $module_utils/redfish_utils.py:
     labels: redfish_utils
     maintainers: $team_redfish
-  $module_utils/_remote_management/lxca/common.py:
+  $module_utils/remote_management/lxca/common.py:
     maintainers: navalkp prabhosa
-  $module_utils/_scaleway.py:
+  $module_utils/scaleway.py:
     labels: cloud scaleway
     maintainers: $team_scaleway
-  $module_utils/_snap.py:
+  $module_utils/snap.py:
     labels: snap
     maintainers: russoz
-  $module_utils/_ssh.py:
+  $module_utils/ssh.py:
     maintainers: russoz
-  $module_utils/_systemd.py:
-    maintainers: NomakCooper
-  $module_utils/_storage/hpe3par/hpe3par.py:
+  $module_utils/storage/hpe3par/hpe3par.py:
     maintainers: farhan7500 gautamphegde
-  $module_utils/_utm_utils.py:
+  $module_utils/utm_utils.py:
     labels: utm_utils
     maintainers: $team_e_spirit
-  $module_utils/_vardict.py:
+  $module_utils/vardict.py:
     labels: vardict
     maintainers: russoz
-  $module_utils/_wdc_redfish_utils.py:
+  $module_utils/wdc_redfish_utils.py:
     labels: wdc_redfish_utils
     maintainers: $team_wdc
-  $module_utils/_xdg_mime.py:
-    maintainers: mhalano
-  $module_utils/_xenserver.py:
+  $module_utils/xenserver.py:
     labels: xenserver
     maintainers: bvitnik
-  $module_utils/_xfconf.py:
+  $module_utils/xfconf.py:
     labels: xfconf
     maintainers: russoz
   $modules/aerospike_migrations.py:
@@ -463,8 +415,6 @@ files:
     ignore: DavidWittman jiuka
     labels: alternatives
     maintainers: mulby
-  $modules/android_sdk.py:
-    maintainers: shamilovstas
   $modules/ansible_galaxy_install.py:
     maintainers: russoz
   $modules/apache2_mod_proxy.py:
@@ -482,14 +432,20 @@ files:
     maintainers: evgkrsk
   $modules/archive.py:
     maintainers: bendoh
+  $modules/atomic_:
+    maintainers: krsacme
+  $modules/atomic_container.py:
+    maintainers: giuseppe krsacme
   $modules/awall.py:
     maintainers: tdtrask
   $modules/beadm.py:
     keywords: beadm dladm illumos ipadm nexenta omnios openindiana pfexec smartos solaris sunos zfs zpool
     labels: beadm solaris
     maintainers: $team_solaris
+  $modules/bearychat.py:
+    maintainers: tonyseek
   $modules/bigpanda.py:
-    ignore: hkariti
+    maintainers: hkariti
   $modules/bitbucket_:
     maintainers: catcombo
   $modules/bootc_manage.py:
@@ -508,10 +464,14 @@ files:
     maintainers: natefoo
   $modules/cargo.py:
     maintainers: radek-sprta
+  $modules/catapult.py:
+    maintainers: Jmainguy
   $modules/circonus_annotation.py:
     maintainers: NickatEpic
   $modules/cisco_webex.py:
     maintainers: drew-russell
+  $modules/clc_:
+    maintainers: clc-runner
   $modules/cloud_init_data_facts.py:
     maintainers: resmo
   $modules/cloudflare_dns.py:
@@ -543,10 +503,13 @@ files:
     ignore: skornehl
   $modules/dconf.py:
     maintainers: azaghal
-  $modules/decompress.py:
-    maintainers: shamilovstas
   $modules/deploy_helper.py:
     maintainers: ramondelafuente
+  $modules/dimensiondata_network.py:
+    labels: dimensiondata_network
+    maintainers: aimonb tintoy
+  $modules/dimensiondata_vlan.py:
+    maintainers: tintoy
   $modules/discord.py:
     maintainers: cwollinger
   $modules/django_check.py:
@@ -555,10 +518,6 @@ files:
     maintainers: russoz
   $modules/django_createcachetable.py:
     maintainers: russoz
-  $modules/django_dumpdata.py:
-    maintainers: russoz
-  $modules/django_loaddata.py:
-    maintainers: russoz
   $modules/django_manage.py:
     ignore: scottanderson42 tastychutney
     labels: django_manage
@@ -586,6 +545,9 @@ files:
   $modules/etcd3.py:
     ignore: vfauth
     maintainers: evrardjp
+  $modules/facter.py:
+    labels: facter
+    maintainers: $team_ansible_core gamethis
   $modules/facter_facts.py:
     labels: facter
     maintainers: russoz $team_ansible_core gamethis
@@ -594,8 +556,6 @@ files:
   $modules/filesystem.py:
     labels: filesystem
     maintainers: pilou- abulimov quidame
-  $modules/file_remove.py:
-    maintainers: shahargolshani
   $modules/flatpak.py:
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+  $modules/hipchat.py:
+    maintainers: pb8226 shirou
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     maintainers: $team_ipa jwbernin
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     maintainers: adralioh
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     maintainers: cprh
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     maintainers: Lowess
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+    maintainers: baldwinSPC
+  $modules/proxmox:
+    keywords: kvm libvirt proxmox qemu
+    labels: proxmox virt
+    maintainers: $team_virt UnderGreen krauthosting
+    ignore: tleguern
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+    ignore: skvidal
+    maintainers: UnderGreen krauthosting
+  $modules/proxmox_disk.py:
+    maintainers: castorsky krauthosting
+  $modules/proxmox_kvm.py:
+    ignore: skvidal
+    maintainers: helldorado krauthosting
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+    maintainers: Kogelvis krauthosting
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+    maintainers: jwbernin krauthosting
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+    maintainers: l00ptr krauthosting
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+    maintainers: paginabianca krauthosting
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+    ignore: skvidal
+    maintainers: UnderGreen krauthosting
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     maintainers: Lunik
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-    maintainers: russoz
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+    maintainers: ogenstad ujwalkomarla
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     labels: solaris
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     maintainers: orgito
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     maintainers: tgates81
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+    maintainers: talzur
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     maintainers: makaimc
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+    maintainers: stearz
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-    maintainers: $team_e_spirit
+    maintainers: stearz
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     maintainers: steamx
   $modules/utm_proxy_auth_profile.py:
     keywords: sophos utm
-    ignore: stearz
-    maintainers: $team_e_spirit
+    maintainers: $team_e_spirit stearz
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-    maintainers: $team_suse TobiasZeuch181
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     maintainers: vbotka
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     maintainers: vbotka
   $tests/fqdn_valid.py:
     maintainers: vbotka
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   docs/docsite/rst/guide_vardict.rst:
     maintainers: russoz
   docs/docsite/rst/test_guide.rst:
     maintainers: felixfontein
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+#########################
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     labels: tests
   tests/integration:
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   plugin_utils: plugins/plugin_utils
   tests: plugins/test
   team_ansible_core:
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+  team_aix: MorrisA bcoca d-little flynn1973 gforster kairoaraujo marvin-sinister mator molekuul ramooncamacho wtcross
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   team_opennebula: ilicmilan meerkampdvv rsmontero xorel nilsding
+  team_oracle: manojmeda mross22 nalsaber
+  team_purestorage: bannaych dnix101 genegr lionmax opslounge raekins sdodsley sile16
   team_redfish: mraineri tomasg2012 xmadsen renxulei rajeevkallur bhavya06 jyundt
+  team_rhn: FlossWare alikins barnabycourt vritant
   team_rhsm: cnsnyder ptoscano
   team_scaleway: remyleone abarbare
-  team_solaris: bcoca fishman jasperla jpdasma scathatheworm troy2914 xen0l
-  team_suse: commel evrardjp lrupp AnderEnder alxgu andytom sealor
+  team_solaris: bcoca fishman jasperla jpdasma mator scathatheworm troy2914 xen0l
+  team_suse: commel evrardjp lrupp toabctl AnderEnder alxgu andytom sealor
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@@ -7,147 +7,147 @@ name: Bug report
 description: Create a report to help us improve
 
 body:
-  - type: markdown
-    attributes:
-      value: |
-        ⚠
-        Verify first that your issue is not [already reported on GitHub][issue search].
-        Also test if the latest release and devel branch are affected too.
-        *Complete **all** sections as described, this form is processed automatically.*
+- type: markdown
+  attributes:
+    value: |
+      ⚠
+      Verify first that your issue is not [already reported on GitHub][issue search].
+      Also test if the latest release and devel branch are affected too.
+      *Complete **all** sections as described, this form is processed automatically.*
 
-        [issue search]: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/search?q=is%3Aissue&type=issues
+      [issue search]: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/search?q=is%3Aissue&type=issues
 
 
-  - type: textarea
-    attributes:
-      label: Summary
-      description: Explain the problem briefly below.
-      placeholder: >-
-        When I try to do X with the collection from the main branch on GitHub, Y
-        breaks in a way Z under the env E. Here are all the details I know
-        about this problem...
-    validations:
+- type: textarea
+  attributes:
+    label: Summary
+    description: Explain the problem briefly below.
+    placeholder: >-
+      When I try to do X with the collection from the main branch on GitHub, Y
+      breaks in a way Z under the env E. Here are all the details I know
+      about this problem...
+  validations:
+    required: true
+
+- type: dropdown
+  attributes:
+    label: Issue Type
+    # FIXME: Once GitHub allows defining the default choice, update this
+    options:
+    - Bug Report
+  validations:
+    required: true
+
+- type: textarea
+  attributes:
+    # For smaller collections we could use a multi-select and hardcode the list
+    # May generate this list via GitHub action and walking files under https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/tree/main/plugins
+    # Select from list, filter as you type (`mysql` would only show the 3 mysql components)
+    # OR freeform - doesn't seem to be supported in adaptivecards
+    label: Component Name
+    description: >-
+      Write the short name of the module, plugin, task or feature below,
+      *use your best guess if unsure*. Do not include `community.general.`!
+    placeholder: dnf, apt, yum, pip, user etc.
+  validations:
+    required: true
+
+- type: textarea
+  attributes:
+    label: Ansible Version
+    description: >-
+      Paste verbatim output from `ansible --version` between
+      tripple backticks.
+    value: |
+      ```console (paste below)
+      $ ansible --version
+
+      ```
+  validations:
+    required: true
+
+- type: textarea
+  attributes:
+    label: Community.general Version
+    description: >-
+      Paste verbatim output from "ansible-galaxy collection list community.general"
+      between tripple backticks.
+    value: |
+      ```console (paste below)
+      $ ansible-galaxy collection list community.general
+
+      ```
+  validations:
+    required: true
+
+- type: textarea
+  attributes:
+    label: Configuration
+    description: >-
+      If this issue has an example piece of YAML that can help to reproduce this problem, please provide it.
+      This can be a piece of YAML from, e.g., an automation, script, scene or configuration.
+      Paste verbatim output from `ansible-config dump --only-changed` between quotes
+    value: |
+      ```console (paste below)
+      $ ansible-config dump --only-changed
+
+      ```
+
+
+- type: textarea
+  attributes:
+    label: OS / Environment
+    description: >-
+      Provide all relevant information below, e.g. target OS versions,
+      network device firmware, etc.
+    placeholder: RHEL 8, CentOS Stream etc.
+  validations:
+    required: false
+
+
+- type: textarea
+  attributes:
+    label: Steps to Reproduce
+    description: |
+      Describe exactly how to reproduce the problem, using a minimal test-case. It would *really* help us understand your problem if you could also passed any playbooks, configs and commands you used.
+
+      **HINT:** You can paste https://gist.github.com links for larger files.
+    value: |
+      <!--- Paste example playbooks or commands between quotes below -->
+      ```yaml (paste below)
+
+      ```
+  validations:
+    required: true
+
+- type: textarea
+  attributes:
+    label: Expected Results
+    description: >-
+      Describe what you expected to happen when running the steps above.
+    placeholder: >-
+      I expected X to happen because I assumed Y.
+      that it did not.
+  validations:
+    required: true
+
+- type: textarea
+  attributes:
+    label: Actual Results
+    description: |
+      Describe what actually happened. If possible run with extra verbosity (`-vvvv`).
+
+      Paste verbatim command output between quotes.
+    value: |
+      ```console (paste below)
+
+      ```
+- type: checkboxes
+  attributes:
+    label: Code of Conduct
+    description: |
+      Read the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--ansible-collections) first.
+    options:
+    - label: I agree to follow the Ansible Code of Conduct
       required: true
-
-  - type: dropdown
-    attributes:
-      label: Issue Type
-      # FIXME: Once GitHub allows defining the default choice, update this
-      options:
-        - Bug Report
-    validations:
-      required: true
-
-  - type: textarea
-    attributes:
-      # For smaller collections we could use a multi-select and hardcode the list
-      # May generate this list via GitHub action and walking files under https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/tree/main/plugins
-      # Select from list, filter as you type (`mysql` would only show the 3 mysql components)
-      # OR freeform - doesn't seem to be supported in adaptivecards
-      label: Component Name
-      description: >-
-        Write the short name of the module, plugin, task or feature below,
-        *use your best guess if unsure*. Do not include `community.general.`!
-      placeholder: dnf, apt, yum, pip, user etc.
-    validations:
-      required: true
-
-  - type: textarea
-    attributes:
-      label: Ansible Version
-      description: >-
-        Paste verbatim output from `ansible --version` between
-        tripple backticks.
-      value: |
-        ```console (paste below)
-        $ ansible --version
-
-        ```
-    validations:
-      required: true
-
-  - type: textarea
-    attributes:
-      label: Community.general Version
-      description: >-
-        Paste verbatim output from "ansible-galaxy collection list community.general"
-        between tripple backticks.
-      value: |
-        ```console (paste below)
-        $ ansible-galaxy collection list community.general
-
-        ```
-    validations:
-      required: true
-
-  - type: textarea
-    attributes:
-      label: Configuration
-      description: >-
-        If this issue has an example piece of YAML that can help to reproduce this problem, please provide it.
-        This can be a piece of YAML from, e.g., an automation, script, scene or configuration.
-        Paste verbatim output from `ansible-config dump --only-changed` between quotes
-      value: |
-        ```console (paste below)
-        $ ansible-config dump --only-changed
-
-        ```
-
-
-  - type: textarea
-    attributes:
-      label: OS / Environment
-      description: >-
-        Provide all relevant information below, e.g. target OS versions,
-        network device firmware, etc.
-      placeholder: RHEL 8, CentOS Stream etc.
-    validations:
-      required: false
-
-
-  - type: textarea
-    attributes:
-      label: Steps to Reproduce
-      description: |
-        Describe exactly how to reproduce the problem, using a minimal test-case. It would *really* help us understand your problem if you could also passed any playbooks, configs and commands you used.
-
-        **HINT:** You can paste https://gist.github.com links for larger files.
-      value: |
-        <!--- Paste example playbooks or commands between quotes below -->
-        ```yaml (paste below)
-
-        ```
-    validations:
-      required: true
-
-  - type: textarea
-    attributes:
-      label: Expected Results
-      description: >-
-        Describe what you expected to happen when running the steps above.
-      placeholder: >-
-        I expected X to happen because I assumed Y.
-        that it did not.
-    validations:
-      required: true
-
-  - type: textarea
-    attributes:
-      label: Actual Results
-      description: |
-        Describe what actually happened. If possible run with extra verbosity (`-vvvv`).
-
-        Paste verbatim command output between quotes.
-      value: |
-        ```console (paste below)
-
-        ```
-  - type: checkboxes
-    attributes:
-      label: Code of Conduct
-      description: |
-        Read the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--ansible-collections) first.
-      options:
-        - label: I agree to follow the Ansible Code of Conduct
-          required: true
 ...

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml

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

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/documentation_report.yml

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

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml

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

.github/dependabot.yml

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

.github/pull_request_template.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <!--- HINT: Include "Fixes #nnn" if you are fixing an existing issue -->
 
 <!--- Please do not forget to include a changelog fragment:
-      https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/community/collection_development_process.html#creating-changelog-fragments
+      https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/collection_development_process.html#creating-changelog-fragments
       No need to include one for docs-only or test-only PR, and for new plugin/module PRs.
       Read about more details in CONTRIBUTING.md.
       -->

.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # https://github.com/marketplace/actions/ansible-test
 
 name: EOL CI
-"on":
+on:
   # Run EOL CI against all pushes (direct commits, also merged PRs), Pull Requests
   push:
     branches:
@@ -29,7 +29,13 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         ansible:
-          - '2.18'
+          - '2.13'
+          - '2.14'
+    # Ansible-test on various stable branches does not yet work well with cgroups v2.
+    # Since ubuntu-latest now uses Ubuntu 22.04, we need to fall back to the ubuntu-20.04
+    # image for these stable branches. The list of branches where this is necessary will
+    # shrink over time, check out https://github.com/ansible-collections/news-for-maintainers/issues/28
+    # for the latest list.
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Perform sanity testing
@@ -40,10 +46,13 @@ jobs:
           coverage: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'always' || 'never' }}
           pull-request-change-detection: 'true'
           testing-type: sanity
-          pre-test-cmd: >-
-            git clone --depth=1 --single-branch https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.internal_test_tools.git ../../community/internal_test_tools
 
   units:
+    # Ansible-test on various stable branches does not yet work well with cgroups v2.
+    # Since ubuntu-latest now uses Ubuntu 22.04, we need to fall back to the ubuntu-20.04
+    # image for these stable branches. The list of branches where this is necessary will
+    # shrink over time, check out https://github.com/ansible-collections/news-for-maintainers/issues/28
+    # for the latest list.
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: EOL Units (Ⓐ${{ matrix.ansible }}+py${{ matrix.python }})
     strategy:
@@ -57,12 +66,16 @@ jobs:
         exclude:
           - ansible: ''
         include:
-          - ansible: '2.18'
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            python: '2.7'
+          - ansible: '2.13'
             python: '3.8'
-          - ansible: '2.18'
-            python: '3.11'
-          - ansible: '2.18'
-            python: '3.13'
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            python: '2.7'
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            python: '3.8'
+          - ansible: '2.14'
+            python: '3.9'
 
     steps:
       - name: >-
@@ -82,6 +95,11 @@ jobs:
           testing-type: units
 
   integration:
+    # Ansible-test on various stable branches does not yet work well with cgroups v2.
+    # Since ubuntu-latest now uses Ubuntu 22.04, we need to fall back to the ubuntu-20.04
+    # image for these stable branches. The list of branches where this is necessary will
+    # shrink over time, check out https://github.com/ansible-collections/news-for-maintainers/issues/28
+    # for the latest list.
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: EOL I (Ⓐ${{ matrix.ansible }}+${{ matrix.docker }}+py${{ matrix.python }}:${{ matrix.target }})
     strategy:
@@ -98,51 +116,65 @@ jobs:
         exclude:
           - ansible: ''
         include:
-          # 2.18
-          - ansible: '2.18'
-            docker: fedora40
+          # 2.13
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            docker: fedora35
             python: ''
             target: azp/posix/1/
-          - ansible: '2.18'
-            docker: fedora40
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            docker: fedora35
             python: ''
             target: azp/posix/2/
-          - ansible: '2.18'
-            docker: fedora40
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            docker: fedora35
             python: ''
             target: azp/posix/3/
-          - ansible: '2.18'
-            docker: ubuntu2404
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            docker: opensuse15py2
             python: ''
             target: azp/posix/1/
-          - ansible: '2.18'
-            docker: ubuntu2404
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            docker: opensuse15py2
             python: ''
             target: azp/posix/2/
-          - ansible: '2.18'
-            docker: ubuntu2404
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            docker: opensuse15py2
             python: ''
             target: azp/posix/3/
-          - ansible: '2.18'
-            docker: alpine320
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            docker: alpine3
             python: ''
             target: azp/posix/1/
-          - ansible: '2.18'
-            docker: alpine320
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            docker: alpine3
             python: ''
             target: azp/posix/2/
-          - ansible: '2.18'
-            docker: alpine320
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            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/
           # Right now all generic tests are disabled. Uncomment when at least one of them is re-enabled.
-          # - ansible: '2.18'
+          # - ansible: '2.13'
           #   docker: default
-          #   python: '3.8'
+          #   python: '3.9'
           #   target: azp/generic/1/
-          # - ansible: '2.18'
+          # Right now all generic tests are disabled. Uncomment when at least one of them is re-enabled.
+          # - ansible: '2.14'
           #   docker: default
-          #   python: '3.13'
+          #   python: '3.10'
           #   target: azp/generic/1/
 
     steps:
@@ -159,15 +191,12 @@ jobs:
           integration-continue-on-error: 'false'
           integration-diff: 'false'
           integration-retry-on-error: 'true'
-          # TODO: remove "--branch stable-2" from community.crypto install once we're only using ansible-core 2.17 or newer!
           pre-test-cmd: >-
             mkdir -p ../../ansible
             ;
             git clone --depth=1 --single-branch https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix.git ../../ansible/posix
             ;
-            git clone --depth=1 --single-branch --branch stable-2 https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto.git ../../community/crypto
-            ;
-            git clone --depth=1 --single-branch https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker.git ../../community/docker
+            git clone --depth=1 --single-branch https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto.git ../../community/crypto
             ;
             git clone --depth=1 --single-branch https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.internal_test_tools.git ../../community/internal_test_tools
           pull-request-change-detection: 'true'

.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 name: "Code scanning - action"
 
-"on":
+on:
   schedule:
     - cron: '26 19 * * 1'
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -23,16 +23,14 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
-      - name: Initialize CodeQL
-        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v4
-        with:
-          languages: python
+    # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
+    - name: Initialize CodeQL
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
+      with:
+        languages: python
 
-      - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v4
+    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3

.github/workflows/docs.yml

@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
----
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-name: nox
-'on':
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-      - stable-*
-    paths:
-      - docs/**
-  pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - docs/**
-  # Run CI once per day (at 08:00 UTC)
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '0 8 * * *'
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  nox:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    name: "Validate generated Ansible output"
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out collection
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-      - name: Run nox
-        uses: ansible-community/antsibull-nox@main
-        with:
-          sessions: ansible-output

.github/workflows/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/nox.yml

@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
----
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-name: nox
-'on':
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-      - stable-*
-  pull_request:
-  # Run CI once per day (at 08:00 UTC)
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '0 8 * * *'
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  nox:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    name: "Run extra sanity tests"
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out collection
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-      - name: Run nox
-        uses: ansible-community/antsibull-nox@main

.github/workflows/reuse.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+name: Verify REUSE
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request_target:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+    branches: [main]
+  # Run CI once per day (at 07:30 UTC)
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '30 7 * * *'
+
+jobs:
+  check:
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || '' }}
+
+      - name: REUSE Compliance Check
+        uses: fsfe/reuse-action@v4

.gitignore

@@ -383,16 +383,6 @@ cython_debug/
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
 #.idea/
 
-### Python Patch ###
-# Poetry local configuration file - https://python-poetry.org/docs/configuration/#local-configuration
-poetry.toml
-
-# ruff
-.ruff_cache/
-
-# LSP config files
-pyrightconfig.json
-
 ### Vim ###
 # Swap
 [._]*.s[a-v][a-z]
@@ -492,10 +482,6 @@ tags
 # https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/12206-codestream
 .idea/codestream.xml
 
-# Azure Toolkit for IntelliJ plugin
-# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/8053-azure-toolkit-for-intellij
-.idea/**/azureSettings.xml
-
 ### Windows ###
 # Windows thumbnail cache files
 Thumbs.db
@@ -530,4 +516,3 @@ tests/integration/cloud-config-*.ini
 
 # VSCode specific extensions
 .vscode/settings.json
-.ansible

.mypy.ini

@@ -1,242 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-[mypy]
-# check_untyped_defs = True
-# disallow_untyped_defs = True
-
-# strict = True -- only try to enable once everything (including dependencies!) is typed
-strict_equality = True
-strict_bytes = True
-
-warn_redundant_casts = True
-# warn_return_any = True
-warn_unreachable = True
-
-exclude = tests/integration/targets/django_.*/files/.*
-
-[mypy-ansible.*]
-# ansible-core has partial typing information
-follow_untyped_imports = True
-
-# The following imports are Python packages that:
-# 1. We do not install (we can't install everything!);
-# 2. That have type stubs, but we don't install them (again, we can't install everything!); or
-# 3. That have no types and type stubs.
-[mypy-aerospike.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-antsibull_nox.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-asyncore.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-boto3.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-bs4.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-cgi.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-chef.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-consul.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-credstash.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-crypt.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-daemon.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-datadog.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-dbus.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-delinea.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-dnf.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-dnsimple.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-etcd3.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-flatdict.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-footmark.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-fqdn.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-func.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-gi.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-github3.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-gssapi.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-hashids.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-heroku3.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-hpe3parclient.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-hpe3par_sdk.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-hpilo.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-hpOneView.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-httmock.*]  # TODO!
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-influxdb.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-jc.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-jenkins.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-jmespath.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-jsonpatch.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-kazoo.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-keyring.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-keystoneauth1.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-layman.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-ldap.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-legacycrypt.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-libcloud.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-linode.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-linode_api4.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-lmdb.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-logdna.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-logstash.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-lxc.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-manageiq_client.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-matrix_client.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-memcache.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-nc_dnsapi.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-nomad.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-nopackagewiththisname.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-nox.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-oci.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-oneandone.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-opentelemetry.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-ovh.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-ovirtsdk.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-packet.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-paho.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-pam.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-pdpyras.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-petname.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-pingdom.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-pkg_resources.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-portage.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-potatoes_that_will_never_be_there.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-prettytable.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-pubnub_blocks_client.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-pushbullet.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-pycdlib.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-pyghmi.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-pylxca.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-pymssql.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-pyodbc.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-pyone.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-pypureomapi.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-pysnmp.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-pyxcli.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-rpm.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-ruamel.yaml.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-salt.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-selinux.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-semantic_version.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-sendgrid.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-seobject.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-sha.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-smtpd.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-smtpd_tls.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-SoftLayer.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-spotinst_sdk.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-statsd.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-storops.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-taiga.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-thycotic.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-tomlkit.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-univention.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-vexatapi.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-voluptuous.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-websocket.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-XenAPI.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-xkcdpass.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-xmljson.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-xmltodict.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-xmpp.*]
-ignore_missing_imports = True

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Alexei Znamensky <russoz@gmail.com>
-
-repos:
-  - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    # Ruff version.
-    rev: v0.15.9
-    hooks:
-      # Run the linter.
-      - id: ruff-check
-      # Run the formatter.
-      - id: ruff-format

.reuse/dep5

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

.yamllint

@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
----
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-extends: default
-
-ignore: |
-  /changelogs/
-
-rules:
-  line-length:
-    max: 1000
-    level: error
-  document-start: disable
-  document-end: disable
-  truthy:
-    level: error
-    allowed-values:
-      - 'true'
-      - 'false'
-  indentation:
-    spaces: 2
-    indent-sequences: true
-  key-duplicates: enable
-  trailing-spaces: enable
-  new-line-at-end-of-file: disable
-  hyphens:
-    max-spaces-after: 1
-  empty-lines:
-    max: 2
-    max-start: 0
-    max-end: 0
-  commas:
-    max-spaces-before: 0
-    min-spaces-after: 1
-    max-spaces-after: 1
-  colons:
-    max-spaces-before: 0
-    max-spaces-after: 1
-  brackets:
-    min-spaces-inside: 0
-    max-spaces-inside: 0
-  braces:
-    min-spaces-inside: 0
-    max-spaces-inside: 1
-  octal-values:
-    forbid-implicit-octal: true
-    forbid-explicit-octal: true
-  comments:
-    min-spaces-from-content: 1
-  comments-indentation: false

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,549 @@
-# Placeholder changelog
+# Community General Release Notes
 
-This file is a placeholder; a version-specific `CHANGELOG-vX.md` will be generated during releases from fragments
-under `changelogs/fragments`. On release branches once a release has been created, consult the branch's version-specific
-file for changes that have occurred in that branch.
+**Topics**
+
+- <a href="#v9-3-0">v9\.3\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#new-modules">New Modules</a>
+- <a href="#v9-2-0">v9\.2\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-1">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-1">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-1">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#new-plugins">New Plugins</a>
+        - <a href="#filter">Filter</a>
+        - <a href="#test">Test</a>
+- <a href="#v9-1-0">v9\.1\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-2">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-2">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#deprecated-features">Deprecated Features</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-2">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#known-issues">Known Issues</a>
+    - <a href="#new-plugins-1">New Plugins</a>
+        - <a href="#filter-1">Filter</a>
+    - <a href="#new-modules-1">New Modules</a>
+- <a href="#v9-0-1">v9\.0\.1</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-3">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-3">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-3">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v9-0-0">v9\.0\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-4">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-4">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#breaking-changes--porting-guide">Breaking Changes / Porting Guide</a>
+    - <a href="#deprecated-features-1">Deprecated Features</a>
+    - <a href="#removed-features-previously-deprecated">Removed Features \(previously deprecated\)</a>
+    - <a href="#security-fixes">Security Fixes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-4">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#new-plugins-2">New Plugins</a>
+        - <a href="#become">Become</a>
+        - <a href="#callback">Callback</a>
+        - <a href="#connection">Connection</a>
+        - <a href="#filter-2">Filter</a>
+        - <a href="#lookup">Lookup</a>
+        - <a href="#test-1">Test</a>
+    - <a href="#new-modules-2">New Modules</a>
+This changelog describes changes after version 8\.0\.0\.
+
+<a id="v9-3-0"></a>
+## v9\.3\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* cgroup\_memory\_recap\, hipchat\, jabber\, log\_plays\, loganalytics\, logentries\, logstash\, slack\, splunk\, sumologic\, syslog\_json callback plugins \- make sure that all options are typed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8628](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8628)\)\.
+* chef\_databag\, consul\_kv\, cyberarkpassword\, dsv\, etcd\, filetree\, hiera\, onepassword\, onepassword\_doc\, onepassword\_raw\, passwordstore\, redis\, shelvefile\, tss lookup plugins \- make sure that all options are typed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8626](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8626)\)\.
+* chroot\, funcd\, incus\, iocage\, jail\, lxc\, lxd\, qubes\, zone connection plugins \- make sure that all options are typed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8627](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8627)\)\.
+* cobbler\, linode\, lxd\, nmap\, online\, scaleway\, stackpath\_compute\, virtualbox inventory plugins \- make sure that all options are typed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8625](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8625)\)\.
+* doas\, dzdo\, ksu\, machinectl\, pbrun\, pfexec\, pmrun\, sesu\, sudosu become plugins \- make sure that all options are typed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8623](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8623)\)\.
+* gconftool2 \- make use of <code>ModuleHelper</code> features to simplify code \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8711](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8711)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project \- add option <code>container\_expiration\_policy</code> to schedule container registry cleanup \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8674](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8674)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project \- add option <code>model\_registry\_access\_level</code> to disable model registry \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8688](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8688)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project \- add option <code>pages\_access\_level</code> to disable project pages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8688](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8688)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project \- add option <code>repository\_access\_level</code> to disable project repository \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8674](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8674)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project \- add option <code>service\_desk\_enabled</code> to disable service desk \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8688](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8688)\)\.
+* locale\_gen \- add support for multiple locales \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8677](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8677)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8682](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8682)\)\.
+* memcached\, pickle\, redis\, yaml cache plugins \- make sure that all options are typed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8624](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8624)\)\.
+* opentelemetry callback plugin \- fix default value for <code>store\_spans\_in\_file</code> causing traces to be produced to a file named <code>None</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8566](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8566)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8741](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8741)\)\.
+* passwordstore lookup plugin \- add the current user to the lockfile file name to address issues on multi\-user systems \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8689](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8689)\)\.
+* pipx \- add parameter <code>suffix</code> to module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8675](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8675)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8656](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8656)\)\.
+* pkgng \- add option <code>use\_globs</code> \(default <code>true</code>\) to optionally disable glob patterns \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8632](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8632)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8633](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8633)\)\.
+* proxmox inventory plugin \- add new fact for LXC interface details \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8713](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8713)\)\.
+* redis\, redis\_info \- add <code>client\_cert</code> and <code>client\_key</code> options to specify path to certificate for Redis authentication  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8654](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8654)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes"></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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7169](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7169)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8695](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8695)\)\.
+* proxmox \- fixed an issue where the new volume handling incorrectly converted <code>null</code> values into <code>\"None\"</code> strings \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8646](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8646)\)\.
+* proxmox \- fixed an issue where volume strings where overwritten instead of appended to in the new <code>build\_volume\(\)</code> method \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8646](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8646)\)\.
+* proxmox \- removed the forced conversion of non\-string values to strings to be consistent with the module documentation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8646](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8646)\)\.
+
+<a id="new-modules"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* community\.general\.bootc\_manage \- Bootc Switch and Upgrade\.
+* community\.general\.homebrew\_services \- Services manager for Homebrew\.
+* community\.general\.keycloak\_realm\_keys\_metadata\_info \- Allows obtaining Keycloak realm keys metadata via Keycloak API\.
+
+<a id="v9-2-0"></a>
+## v9\.2\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-1"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-1"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* CmdRunner module utils \- the parameter <code>force\_lang</code> now supports the special value <code>auto</code> which will automatically try and determine the best parsable locale in the system \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8517](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8517)\)\.
+* proxmox \- add <code>disk\_volume</code> and <code>mount\_volumes</code> keys for better readability \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8542](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8542)\)\.
+* proxmox \- translate the old <code>disk</code> and <code>mounts</code> keys to the new handling internally \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8542](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8542)\)\.
+* proxmox\_template \- small refactor in logic for determining whether a template exists or not \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8516](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8516)\)\.
+* redfish\_\* modules \- adds <code>ciphers</code> option for custom cipher selection \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8533](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8533)\)\.
+* sudosu become plugin \- added an option \(<code>alt\_method</code>\) to enhance compatibility with more versions of <code>su</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8214](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8214)\)\.
+* virtualbox inventory plugin \- expose a new parameter <code>enable\_advanced\_group\_parsing</code> to change how the VirtualBox dynamic inventory parses VM groups \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8508](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8508)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8510](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8510)\)\.
+* 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-1"></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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8612](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8612)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8614](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8614)\)\.
+* proxmox \- fix idempotency on creation of mount volumes using Proxmox\' special <code>\<storage\>\:\<size\></code> syntax \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8407](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8407)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8542](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8542)\)\.
+* 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="new-plugins"></a>
+### New Plugins
+
+<a id="filter"></a>
+#### Filter
+
+* community\.general\.reveal\_ansible\_type \- Return input type\.
+
+<a id="test"></a>
+#### Test
+
+* community\.general\.ansible\_type \- Validate input type\.
+
+<a id="v9-1-0"></a>
+## v9\.1\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-2"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular feature and bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-2"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* CmdRunner module util \- argument formats can be specified as plain functions without calling <code>cmd\_runner\_fmt\.as\_func\(\)</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8479](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8479)\)\.
+* ansible\_galaxy\_install \- add upgrade feature \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8431](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8431)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8351](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8351)\)\.
+* cargo \- add option <code>directory</code>\, which allows source directory to be specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8480](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8480)\)\.
+* cmd\_runner module utils \- add decorator <code>cmd\_runner\_fmt\.stack</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8415](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8415)\)\.
+* cmd\_runner\_fmt module utils \- simplify implementation of <code>cmd\_runner\_fmt\.as\_bool\_not\(\)</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8512)\)\.
+* ipa\_dnsrecord \- adds <code>SSHFP</code> record type for managing SSH fingerprints in FreeIPA DNS \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8404](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8404)\)\.
+* keycloak\_client \- assign auth flow by name \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8428](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8428)\)\.
+* openbsd\_pkg \- adds diff support to show changes in installed package list\. This does not yet work for check mode \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8402](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8402)\)\.
+* proxmox \- allow specification of the API port when using proxmox\_\* \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8440)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8441](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8441)\)\.
+* proxmox\_vm\_info \- add <code>network</code> option to retrieve current network information \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8471](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8471)\)\.
+* redfish\_command \- add <code>wait</code> and <code>wait\_timeout</code> options to allow a user to block a command until a service is accessible after performing the requested command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8051](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8051)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8434](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8434)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- add command <code>CheckAvailability</code> to check if a service is accessible \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8051](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8051)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8434](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8434)\)\.
+* redis\_info \- adds support for getting cluster info \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8464](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8464)\)\.
+
+<a id="deprecated-features"></a>
+### Deprecated Features
+
+* CmdRunner module util \- setting the value of the <code>ignore\_none</code> parameter within a <code>CmdRunner</code> context is deprecated and that feature should be removed in community\.general 12\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8479](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8479)\)\.
+* git\_config \- the <code>list\_all</code> option has been deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 11\.0\.0\. Use the <code>community\.general\.git\_config\_info</code> module instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8453](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8453)\)\.
+* git\_config \- using <code>state\=present</code> without providing <code>value</code> is deprecated and will be disallowed in community\.general 11\.0\.0\. Use the <code>community\.general\.git\_config\_info</code> module instead to read a value \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8453](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8453)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-2"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* git\_config \- fix behavior of <code>state\=absent</code> if <code>value</code> is present \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8436](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8436)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8452](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8452)\)\.
+* 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="new-plugins-1"></a>
+### New Plugins
+
+<a id="filter-1"></a>
+#### Filter
+
+* community\.general\.keep\_keys \- Keep specific keys from dictionaries in a list\.
+* community\.general\.remove\_keys \- Remove specific keys from dictionaries in a list\.
+* community\.general\.replace\_keys \- Replace specific keys in a list of dictionaries\.
+
+<a id="new-modules-1"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* community\.general\.consul\_agent\_check \- Add\, modify\, and delete checks within a consul cluster\.
+* community\.general\.consul\_agent\_service \- Add\, modify and delete services within a consul cluster\.
+* community\.general\.django\_check \- Wrapper for C\(django\-admin check\)\.
+* community\.general\.django\_createcachetable \- Wrapper for C\(django\-admin createcachetable\)\.
+
+<a id="v9-0-1"></a>
+## v9\.0\.1
+
+<a id="release-summary-3"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Bugfix release for inclusion in Ansible 10\.0\.0rc1\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-3"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* ansible\_galaxy\_install \- minor refactor in the module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8413](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8413)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-3"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* cpanm \- use new <code>VarDict</code> to prevent deprecation warning \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411)\)\.
+* django module utils \- use new <code>VarDict</code> to prevent deprecation warning \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411)\)\.
+* gconftool2\_info \- use new <code>VarDict</code> to prevent deprecation warning \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411)\)\.
+* homebrew \- do not fail when brew prints warnings \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8406](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8406)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7044](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7044)\)\.
+* hponcfg \- use new <code>VarDict</code> to prevent deprecation warning \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411)\)\.
+* kernel\_blacklist \- use new <code>VarDict</code> to prevent deprecation warning \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8403](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8403)\)\.
+* locale\_gen \- use new <code>VarDict</code> to prevent deprecation warning \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411)\)\.
+* mksysb \- use new <code>VarDict</code> to prevent deprecation warning \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411)\)\.
+* pipx\_info \- use new <code>VarDict</code> to prevent deprecation warning \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411)\)\.
+* snap \- use new <code>VarDict</code> to prevent deprecation warning \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411)\)\.
+* snap\_alias \- use new <code>VarDict</code> to prevent deprecation warning \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8410)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8411)\)\.
+
+<a id="v9-0-0"></a>
+## v9\.0\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-4"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+This is release 9\.0\.0 of <code>community\.general</code>\, released on 2024\-05\-20\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-4"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* PythonRunner module utils \- specialisation of <code>CmdRunner</code> to execute Python scripts \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8289](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8289)\)\.
+* Use offset\-aware <code>datetime\.datetime</code> objects \(with timezone UTC\) instead of offset\-naive UTC timestamps\, which are deprecated in Python 3\.12 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8222](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8222)\)\.
+* aix\_lvol \- refactor module to pass list of arguments to <code>module\.run\_command\(\)</code> instead of relying on interpretation by a shell \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264)\)\.
+* 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> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8217](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8217)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8247](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8247)\)\.
+* apt\_rpm \- refactor module to pass list of arguments to <code>module\.run\_command\(\)</code> instead of relying on interpretation by a shell \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264)\)\.
+* bitwarden lookup plugin \- add <code>bw\_session</code> option\, to pass session key instead of reading from env \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7994](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7994)\)\.
+* bitwarden lookup plugin \- add support to filter by organization ID \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8188](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8188)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8013](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8013)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7468](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7468)\)\.
+* btrfs\_subvolume \- refactor module to pass list of arguments to <code>module\.run\_command\(\)</code> instead of relying on interpretation by a shell \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264)\)\.
+* cmd\_runner module\_utils \- add validation for minimum and maximum length in the value passed to <code>cmd\_runner\_fmt\.as\_list\(\)</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8288](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8288)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878)\)\.
+* elastic callback plugin \- close elastic client to not leak resources \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7517](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7517)\)\.
+* filesystem \- add bcachefs support \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8126](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8126)\)\.
+* gandi\_livedns \- adds support for personal access tokens \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7639](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7639)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8337](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8337)\)\.
+* gconftool2 \- use <code>ModuleHelper</code> with <code>VarDict</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8226](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8226)\)\.
+* 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\_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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7956](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7956)\)\.
+* gitlab\_runner \- add support for new runner creation workflow \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7199](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7199)\)\.
+* homebrew \- adds <code>force\_formula</code> parameter to disambiguate a formula from a cask of the same name \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8274](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8274)\)\.
+* homebrew\, homebrew\_cask \- refactor common argument validation logic into a dedicated <code>homebrew</code> module utils \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8323](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8323)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8324](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8324)\)\.
+* icinga2 inventory plugin \- add Jinja2 templating support to <code>url</code>\, <code>user</code>\, and <code>password</code> paramenters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7074](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7074)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7996](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7996)\)\.
+* 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 \- 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7505)\)\.
+* ini\_file \- support optional spaces between section names and their surrounding brackets \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8075](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8075)\)\.
+* installp \- refactor module to pass list of arguments to <code>module\.run\_command\(\)</code> instead of relying on interpretation by a shell \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264)\)\.
+* 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\_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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7723](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7723)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7550](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7550)\)\.
+* java\_cert \- add <code>cert\_content</code> argument \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8153](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8153)\)\.
+* java\_cert \- enable <code>owner</code>\, <code>group</code>\, <code>mode</code>\, and other generic file arguments \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8116](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8116)\)\.
+* kernel\_blacklist \- use <code>ModuleHelper</code> with <code>VarDict</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8226](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8226)\)\.
+* 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\_client\, keycloak\_clientscope\, keycloak\_clienttemplate \- added <code>docker\-v2</code> protocol support\, enhancing alignment with Keycloak\'s protocol options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8215](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8215)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8216](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8216)\)\.
+* 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 \- add option for <code>krbPrincipalAttribute</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7538](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7538)\)\.
+* keycloak\_user\_federation \- allow custom user storage providers to be set through <code>provider\_id</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7789](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7789)\)\.
+* ldap\_attrs \- module now supports diff mode\, showing which attributes are changed within an operation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8073](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8073)\)\.
+* lvg \- refactor module to pass list of arguments to <code>module\.run\_command\(\)</code> instead of relying on interpretation by a shell \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264)\)\.
+* lvol \- change <code>pvs</code> argument type to list of strings \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7676](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7676)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7504](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7504)\)\.
+* lvol \- refactor module to pass list of arguments to <code>module\.run\_command\(\)</code> instead of relying on interpretation by a shell \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264)\)\.
+* 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> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7521](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7521)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7980](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7980)\)\.
+* macports \- refactor module to pass list of arguments to <code>module\.run\_command\(\)</code> instead of relying on interpretation by a shell \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7765](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7765)\)\.
+* mssql\_script \- adds transactional \(rollback/commit\) support via optional boolean param <code>transaction</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7976](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7976)\)\.
+* 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 \- 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> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8154](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8154)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7499](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7499)\)\.
+* nmcli \- allow setting <code>MTU</code> for <code>bond\-slave</code> interface types \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8118](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8118)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7116](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7116)\)
+* opentelemetry \- add support for HTTP trace\_exporter and configures the behavior via <code>OTEL\_EXPORTER\_OTLP\_TRACES\_PROTOCOL</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7888](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7888)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8321](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8321)\)\.
+* opentelemetry \- add support for exporting spans in a file via <code>ANSIBLE\_OPENTELEMETRY\_STORE\_SPANS\_IN\_FILE</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7888](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7888)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8363](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8363)\)\.
+* opkg \- use <code>ModuleHelper</code> with <code>VarDict</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8226](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8226)\)\.
+* osx\_defaults \- add option <code>check\_types</code> to enable changing the type of existing defaults on the fly \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8173](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8173)\)\.
+* parted \- refactor module to pass list of arguments to <code>module\.run\_command\(\)</code> instead of relying on interpretation by a shell \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264)\)\.
+* passwordstore \- adds <code>timestamp</code> and <code>preserve</code> parameters to modify the stored password format \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7426](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7426)\)\.
+* passwordstore lookup \- add <code>missing\_subkey</code> parameter defining the behavior of the lookup when a passwordstore subkey is missing \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8166](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8166)\)\.
+* pipx \- use <code>ModuleHelper</code> with <code>VarDict</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8226](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8226)\)\.
+* pkg5 \- add support for non\-silent execution \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8379](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8379)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8382](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8382)\)\.
+* pkgin \- refactor module to pass list of arguments to <code>module\.run\_command\(\)</code> instead of relying on interpretation by a shell \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264)\)\.
+* portage \- adds the possibility to explicitely tell portage to write packages to world file \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6226](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6226)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8236](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8236)\)\.
+* portinstall \- refactor module to pass list of arguments to <code>module\.run\_command\(\)</code> instead of relying on interpretation by a shell \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264)\)\.
+* proxmox \- adds <code>startup</code> parameters to configure startup order\, startup delay and shutdown delay \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8038](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8038)\)\.
+* 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\* modules \- there is now a <code>community\.general\.proxmox</code> module defaults group that can be used to set default options for all Proxmox modules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8334](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8334)\)\.
+* 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 \- add parameter <code>update\_unsafe</code> to avoid limitations when updating dangerous values \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7843](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7843)\)\.
+* 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 \- adds\`\`usb\`\` parameter for setting USB devices on proxmox KVM VMs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8199](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8199)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7485](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7485)\)\.
+* puppet \- new feature to set <code>\-\-waitforlock</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8282](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8282)\)\.
+* 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\_config \- add command <code>SetServiceIdentification</code> to set service identification \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7916](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7916)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- add boolean return value <code>MultipartHttpPush</code> to <code>GetFirmwareUpdateCapabilities</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8194](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8194)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8195](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8195)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- add command <code>GetServiceIdentification</code> to get service identification \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7882](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7882)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- adding the <code>BootProgress</code> property when getting <code>Systems</code> info \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7626](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7626)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8087](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8087)\)\.
+* rundeck module utils \- allow to pass <code>Content\-Type</code> to API requests \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7684](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7684)\)\.
+* slackpkg \- refactor module to pass list of arguments to <code>module\.run\_command\(\)</code> instead of relying on interpretation by a shell \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264)\)\.
+* ssh\_config \- adds <code>controlmaster</code>\, <code>controlpath</code> and <code>controlpersist</code> parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7456](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7456)\)\.
+* ssh\_config \- allow <code>accept\-new</code> as valid value for <code>strict\_host\_key\_checking</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8257](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8257)\)\.
+* 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> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7704](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7704)\)\.
+* sudoers \- add support for the <code>NOEXEC</code> tag in sudoers rules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7983](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7983)\)\.
+* svr4pkg \- refactor module to pass list of arguments to <code>module\.run\_command\(\)</code> instead of relying on interpretation by a shell \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264)\)\.
+* swdepot \- refactor module to pass list of arguments to <code>module\.run\_command\(\)</code> instead of relying on interpretation by a shell \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8264)\)\.
+* terraform \- add support for <code>diff\_mode</code> for terraform resource\_changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7896](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7896)\)\.
+* terraform \- fix <code>diff\_mode</code> in state <code>absent</code> and when terraform <code>resource\_changes</code> does not exist \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7963](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7963)\)\.
+* xcc\_redfish\_command \- added support for raw POSTs \(<code>command\=PostResource</code> in <code>category\=Raw</code>\) without a specific action info \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7746](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7746)\)\.
+* xfconf \- use <code>ModuleHelper</code> with <code>VarDict</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8226](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8226)\)\.
+* xfconf\_info \- use <code>ModuleHelper</code> with <code>VarDict</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8226](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8226)\)\.
+
+<a id="breaking-changes--porting-guide"></a>
+### Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
+
+* cpanm \- the default of the <code>mode</code> option changed from <code>compatibility</code> to <code>new</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198)\)\.
+* django\_manage \- the module now requires Django \>\= 4\.1 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198)\)\.
+* django\_manage \- the module will now fail if <code>virtualenv</code> is specified but no virtual environment exists at that location \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198)\)\.
+* redfish\_command\, redfish\_config\, redfish\_info \- change the default for <code>timeout</code> from 10 to 60 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198)\)\.
+
+<a id="deprecated-features-1"></a>
+### Deprecated Features
+
+* MH DependencyCtxMgr module\_utils \- deprecate <code>module\_utils\.mh\.mixin\.deps\.DependencyCtxMgr</code> in favour of <code>module\_utils\.deps</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8280](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8280)\)\.
+* ModuleHelper module\_utils \- deprecate <code>plugins\.module\_utils\.module\_helper\.AnsibleModule</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8280](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8280)\)\.
+* ModuleHelper module\_utils \- deprecate <code>plugins\.module\_utils\.module\_helper\.DependencyCtxMgr</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8280](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8280)\)\.
+* ModuleHelper module\_utils \- deprecate <code>plugins\.module\_utils\.module\_helper\.StateMixin</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8280](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8280)\)\.
+* ModuleHelper module\_utils \- deprecate <code>plugins\.module\_utils\.module\_helper\.VarDict\,</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8280](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8280)\)\.
+* ModuleHelper module\_utils \- deprecate <code>plugins\.module\_utils\.module\_helper\.VarMeta</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8280](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8280)\)\.
+* ModuleHelper module\_utils \- deprecate <code>plugins\.module\_utils\.module\_helper\.VarsMixin</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8280](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8280)\)\.
+* ModuleHelper module\_utils \- deprecate use of <code>VarsMixin</code> in favor of using the <code>VardDict</code> module\_utils \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8226](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8226)\)\.
+* ModuleHelper vars module\_utils \- bump deprecation of <code>VarMeta</code>\, <code>VarDict</code> and <code>VarsMixin</code> to version 11\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8226](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8226)\)\.
+* apt\_rpm \- the behavior of <code>state\=present</code> and <code>state\=installed</code> is deprecated and will change in community\.general 11\.0\.0\. Right now the module will upgrade a package to the latest version if one of these two states is used\. You should explicitly use <code>state\=latest</code> if you want this behavior\, and switch to <code>state\=present\_not\_latest</code> if you do not want to upgrade the package if it is already installed\. In community\.general 11\.0\.0 the behavior of <code>state\=present</code> and <code>state\=installed</code> will change to that of <code>state\=present\_not\_latest</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8217](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8217)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8285](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8285)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7901](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7901)\)\.
+* django\_manage \- the <code>ack\_venv\_creation\_deprecation</code> option has no more effect and will be removed from community\.general 11\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198)\)\.
+* gitlab modules \- the basic auth method on GitLab API have been deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 10\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8383](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8383)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8184](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8184)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8189](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8189)\)\.
+* irc \- the defaults <code>false</code> for <code>use\_tls</code> and <code>validate\_certs</code> have been deprecated and will change to <code>true</code> in community\.general 10\.0\.0 to improve security\. You can already improve security now by explicitly setting them to <code>true</code>\. Specifying values now disables the deprecation warning \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7578](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7578)\)\.
+
+<a id="removed-features-previously-deprecated"></a>
+### Removed Features \(previously deprecated\)
+
+* The deprecated redirects for internal module names have been removed\. These internal redirects were extra\-long FQCNs like <code>community\.general\.packaging\.os\.apt\_rpm</code> that redirect to the short FQCN <code>community\.general\.apt\_rpm</code>\. They were originally needed to implement flatmapping\; as various tooling started to recommend users to use the long names flatmapping was removed from the collection and redirects were added for users who already followed these incorrect recommendations \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7835](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7835)\)\.
+* ansible\_galaxy\_install \- the <code>ack\_ansible29</code> and <code>ack\_min\_ansiblecore211</code> options have been removed\. They no longer had any effect \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198)\)\.
+* cloudflare\_dns \- remove support for SPF records\. These are no longer supported by CloudFlare \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7782](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7782)\)\.
+* django\_manage \- support for the <code>command</code> values <code>cleanup</code>\, <code>syncdb</code>\, and <code>validate</code> were removed\. Use <code>clearsessions</code>\, <code>migrate</code>\, and <code>check</code> instead\, respectively \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198)\)\.
+* flowdock \- this module relied on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore and was thus removed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198)\)\.
+* mh\.mixins\.deps module utils \- the <code>DependencyMixin</code> has been removed\. Use the <code>deps</code> module utils instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198)\)\.
+* proxmox \- the <code>proxmox\_default\_behavior</code> option has been removed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198)\)\.
+* rax\* modules\, rax module utils\, rax docs fragment \- the Rackspace modules relied on the deprecated package <code>pyrax</code> and were thus removed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198)\)\.
+* redhat module utils \- the classes <code>Rhsm</code>\, <code>RhsmPool</code>\, and <code>RhsmPools</code> have been removed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- the alias <code>autosubscribe</code> of the <code>auto\_attach</code> option was removed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198)\)\.
+* stackdriver \- this module relied on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore and was thus removed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198)\)\.
+* webfaction\_\* modules \- these modules relied on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore and were thus removed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8198)\)\.
+
+<a id="security-fixes"></a>
+### Security Fixes
+
+* cobbler\, gitlab\_runners\, icinga2\, linode\, lxd\, nmap\, online\, opennebula\, proxmox\, scaleway\, stackpath\_compute\, virtualbox\, and xen\_orchestra inventory plugin \- make sure all data received from the remote servers is marked as unsafe\, so remote code execution by obtaining texts that can be evaluated as templates is not possible \([https\://www\.die\-welt\.net/2024/03/remote\-code\-execution\-in\-ansible\-dynamic\-inventory\-plugins/](https\://www\.die\-welt\.net/2024/03/remote\-code\-execution\-in\-ansible\-dynamic\-inventory\-plugins/)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8098](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8098)\)\.
+* 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-4"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* aix\_filesystem \- fix <code>\_validate\_vg</code> not passing VG name to <code>lsvg\_cmd</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8151](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8151)\)\.
+* aix\_filesystem \- fix issue with empty list items in crfs logic and option order \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8052](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8052)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7414](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7414)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8230](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8230)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8238](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8238)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7970](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7970)\)\.
+* cloudflare\_dns \- fix Cloudflare lookup of SHFP records \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7652](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7652)\)\.
+* consul\_token \- fix token creation without <code>accessor\_id</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8091](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8091)\)\.
+* 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\_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\_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\_issue\, gitlab\_label\, gitlab\_milestone \- avoid crash during version comparison when the python\-gitlab Python module is not installed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8158](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8158)\)\.
+* 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\_runner \- fix pagination when checking for existing runners \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7790](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7790)\)\.
+* gitlab\_user \- fix gitlab constants call in <code>gitlab\_user</code> module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467)\)\.
+* haproxy \- fix an issue where HAProxy could get stuck in DRAIN mode when the backend was unreachable \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8092](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8092)\)\.
+* homebrew \- detect already installed formulae and casks using JSON output from <code>brew info</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/864](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/864)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8047](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8047)\)\.
+* incus connection plugin \- treats <code>inventory\_hostname</code> as a variable instead of a literal in remote connections \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7874](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7874)\)\.
+* interface\_files \- also consider <code>address\_family</code> when changing <code>option\=method</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7610](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7610)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7612](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7612)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8175](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8175)\)\.
+* 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\_otptoken \- the module expect <code>ipatokendisabled</code> as string but the <code>ipatokendisabled</code> value is returned as a boolean \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7795](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7795)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8029](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8029)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7151](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7151)\)\.
+* 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\_client \- fixes issue when metadata is provided in desired state when task is in check mode \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/1226](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/1226)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7881](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7881)\)\.
+* 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\_realm \- add normalizations for <code>enabledEventTypes</code> and <code>supportedLocales</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8224](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8224)\)\.
+* keycloak\_user \- when <code>force</code> is set\, but user does not exist\, do not try to delete it \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7696](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7696)\)\.
+* keycloak\_user\_federation \- fix diff of empty <code>krbPrincipalAttribute</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8320](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8320)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7646](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7646)\)\.
+* linode inventory plugin \- add descriptive error message for linode inventory plugin \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8133](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8133)\)\.
+* 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> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7601](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7601)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7182](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7182)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8303](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8303)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7717](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7717)\)\.
+* 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> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7389](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7389)\)\.
+* ocapi\_utils\, oci\_utils\, redfish\_utils module utils \- replace <code>type\(\)</code> calls with <code>isinstance\(\)</code> calls \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7501](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7501)\)\.
+* onepassword lookup plugin \- failed for fields that were in sections and had uppercase letters in the label/ID\. Field lookups are now case insensitive in all cases \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7919](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7919)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7564](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7564)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8373](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8373)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8050](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8050)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8057](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8057)\)\.
+* pipx module utils \- change the CLI argument formatter for the <code>pip\_args</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7497](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7497)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7506](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7506)\)\.
+* pkgin \- pkgin \(pkgsrc package manager used by SmartOS\) raises erratic exceptions and spurious <code>changed\=true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7971](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7971)\)\.
+* proxmox \- fix updating a container config if the setting does not already exist \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7872](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7872)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- fixed status check getting from node\-specific API endpoint \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7817](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7817)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- running <code>state\=template</code> will first check whether VM is already a template \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7792](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7792)\)\.
+* proxmox\_pool\_member \- absent state for type VM did not delete VMs from the pools \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7464](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7464)\)\.
+* 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\. \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8000](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8000)\)
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7465](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7465)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7471](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7471)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7952](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7952)\)\.
+* 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
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7622](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7622)\,
+  [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7624](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7624)\)\.
+* riak \- support <code>riak admin</code> sub\-command in newer Riak KV versions beside the legacy <code>riak\-admin</code> main command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8211](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8211)\)\.
+* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7754](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7754)\)\.
+* terraform \- fix multiline string handling in complex variables \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7535](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7535)\)\.
+* 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-plugins-2"></a>
+### New Plugins
+
+<a id="become"></a>
+#### Become
+
+* community\.general\.run0 \- Systemd\'s run0\.
+
+<a id="callback"></a>
+#### Callback
+
+* community\.general\.default\_without\_diff \- The default ansible callback without diff output\.
+* community\.general\.timestamp \- Adds simple timestamp for each header\.
+
+<a id="connection"></a>
+#### Connection
+
+* community\.general\.incus \- Run tasks in Incus instances via the Incus CLI\.
+
+<a id="filter-2"></a>
+#### Filter
+
+* community\.general\.from\_ini \- Converts INI text input into a dictionary\.
+* 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\.
+* 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\.
+* community\.general\.onepassword\_doc \- Fetch documents stored in 1Password\.
+
+<a id="test-1"></a>
+#### Test
+
+* community\.general\.fqdn\_valid \- Validates fully\-qualified domain names against RFC 1123\.
+
+<a id="new-modules-2"></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\.django\_command \- Run Django admin commands\.
+* community\.general\.dnf\_config\_manager \- Enable or disable dnf repositories using config\-manager\.
+* community\.general\.git\_config\_info \- Read git configuration\.
+* community\.general\.gitlab\_group\_access\_token \- Manages GitLab group access tokens\.
+* community\.general\.gitlab\_issue \- Create\, update\, or delete GitLab issues\.
+* 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\.
+* community\.general\.gitlab\_project\_access\_token \- Manages GitLab project access tokens\.
+* 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\.
+* 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\.nomad\_token \- Manage Nomad ACL tokens\.
+* 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\.
+* community\.general\.usb\_facts \- Allows listing information about USB devices\.

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,510 @@
-Placeholder changelog
-=====================
+===============================
+Community General Release Notes
+===============================
 
-This file is a placeholder; a version-specific ``CHANGELOG-vX.rst`` will be generated during releases from fragments
-under ``changelogs/fragments``. On release branches once a release has been created, consult the branch's version-specific
-file for changes that have occurred in that branch.
+.. contents:: Topics
+
+This changelog describes changes after version 8.0.0.
+
+v9.3.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- cgroup_memory_recap, hipchat, jabber, log_plays, loganalytics, logentries, logstash, slack, splunk, sumologic, syslog_json callback plugins - make sure that all options are typed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8628).
+- chef_databag, consul_kv, cyberarkpassword, dsv, etcd, filetree, hiera, onepassword, onepassword_doc, onepassword_raw, passwordstore, redis, shelvefile, tss lookup plugins - make sure that all options are typed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8626).
+- chroot, funcd, incus, iocage, jail, lxc, lxd, qubes, zone connection plugins - make sure that all options are typed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8627).
+- cobbler, linode, lxd, nmap, online, scaleway, stackpath_compute, virtualbox inventory plugins - make sure that all options are typed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8625).
+- doas, dzdo, ksu, machinectl, pbrun, pfexec, pmrun, sesu, sudosu become plugins - make sure that all options are typed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8623).
+- gconftool2 - make use of ``ModuleHelper`` features to simplify code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8711).
+- gitlab_project - add option ``container_expiration_policy`` to schedule container registry cleanup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8674).
+- gitlab_project - add option ``model_registry_access_level`` to disable model registry (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8688).
+- gitlab_project - add option ``pages_access_level`` to disable project pages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8688).
+- gitlab_project - add option ``repository_access_level`` to disable project repository (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8674).
+- gitlab_project - add option ``service_desk_enabled`` to disable service desk (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8688).
+- locale_gen - add support for multiple locales (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8677, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8682).
+- memcached, pickle, redis, yaml cache plugins - make sure that all options are typed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8624).
+- opentelemetry callback plugin - fix default value for ``store_spans_in_file`` causing traces to be produced to a file named ``None`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8566, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8741).
+- 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).
+- pipx - add parameter ``suffix`` to module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8675, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8656).
+- pkgng - add option ``use_globs`` (default ``true``) to optionally disable glob patterns (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8632, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8633).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - add new fact for LXC interface details (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8713).
+- redis, redis_info - add ``client_cert`` and ``client_key`` options to specify path to certificate for Redis authentication  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8654).
+
+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).
+- proxmox - fixed an issue where the new volume handling incorrectly converted ``null`` values into ``"None"`` strings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8646).
+- proxmox - fixed an issue where volume strings where overwritten instead of appended to in the new ``build_volume()`` method (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8646).
+- proxmox - removed the forced conversion of non-string values to strings to be consistent with the module documentation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8646).
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+- community.general.bootc_manage - Bootc Switch and Upgrade.
+- community.general.homebrew_services - Services manager for Homebrew.
+- community.general.keycloak_realm_keys_metadata_info - Allows obtaining Keycloak realm keys metadata via Keycloak API.
+
+v9.2.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- CmdRunner module utils - the parameter ``force_lang`` now supports the special value ``auto`` which will automatically try and determine the best parsable locale in the system (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8517).
+- proxmox - add ``disk_volume`` and ``mount_volumes`` keys for better readability (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8542).
+- proxmox - translate the old ``disk`` and ``mounts`` keys to the new handling internally (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8542).
+- proxmox_template - small refactor in logic for determining whether a template exists or not (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8516).
+- redfish_* modules - adds ``ciphers`` option for custom cipher selection (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8533).
+- sudosu become plugin - added an option (``alt_method``) to enhance compatibility with more versions of ``su`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8214).
+- virtualbox inventory plugin - expose a new parameter ``enable_advanced_group_parsing`` to change how the VirtualBox dynamic inventory parses VM groups (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8508, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8510).
+- 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).
+- proxmox - fix idempotency on creation of mount volumes using Proxmox' special ``<storage>:<size>`` syntax (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8407, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8542).
+- redfish_utils module utils - do not fail when language is not exactly "en" (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8613).
+
+New Plugins
+-----------
+
+Filter
+~~~~~~
+
+- community.general.reveal_ansible_type - Return input type.
+
+Test
+~~~~
+
+- community.general.ansible_type - Validate input type.
+
+v9.1.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular feature and bugfix release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- CmdRunner module util - argument formats can be specified as plain functions without calling ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_func()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8479).
+- ansible_galaxy_install - add upgrade feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8431, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8351).
+- cargo - add option ``directory``, which allows source directory to be specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8480).
+- cmd_runner module utils - add decorator ``cmd_runner_fmt.stack`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8415).
+- cmd_runner_fmt module utils - simplify implementation of ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_bool_not()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8512).
+- ipa_dnsrecord - adds ``SSHFP`` record type for managing SSH fingerprints in FreeIPA DNS (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8404).
+- keycloak_client - assign auth flow by name (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8428).
+- openbsd_pkg - adds diff support to show changes in installed package list. This does not yet work for check mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8402).
+- proxmox - allow specification of the API port when using proxmox_* (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8440, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8441).
+- proxmox_vm_info - add ``network`` option to retrieve current network information (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8471).
+- redfish_command - add ``wait`` and ``wait_timeout`` options to allow a user to block a command until a service is accessible after performing the requested command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8051, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8434).
+- redfish_info - add command ``CheckAvailability`` to check if a service is accessible (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8051, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8434).
+- redis_info - adds support for getting cluster info (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8464).
+
+Deprecated Features
+-------------------
+
+- CmdRunner module util - setting the value of the ``ignore_none`` parameter within a ``CmdRunner`` context is deprecated and that feature should be removed in community.general 12.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8479).
+- git_config - the ``list_all`` option has been deprecated and will be removed in community.general 11.0.0. Use the ``community.general.git_config_info`` module instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8453).
+- git_config - using ``state=present`` without providing ``value`` is deprecated and will be disallowed in community.general 11.0.0. Use the ``community.general.git_config_info`` module instead to read a value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8453).
+
+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).
+- 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).
+
+New Plugins
+-----------
+
+Filter
+~~~~~~
+
+- community.general.keep_keys - Keep specific keys from dictionaries in a list.
+- community.general.remove_keys - Remove specific keys from dictionaries in a list.
+- community.general.replace_keys - Replace specific keys in a list of dictionaries.
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+- community.general.consul_agent_check - Add, modify, and delete checks within a consul cluster.
+- community.general.consul_agent_service - Add, modify and delete services within a consul cluster.
+- community.general.django_check - Wrapper for C(django-admin check).
+- community.general.django_createcachetable - Wrapper for C(django-admin createcachetable).
+
+v9.0.1
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Bugfix release for inclusion in Ansible 10.0.0rc1.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- ansible_galaxy_install - minor refactor in the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8413).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- cpanm - use new ``VarDict`` to prevent deprecation warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8410, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8411).
+- django module utils - use new ``VarDict`` to prevent deprecation warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8410, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8411).
+- gconftool2_info - use new ``VarDict`` to prevent deprecation warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8410, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8411).
+- 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).
+- hponcfg - use new ``VarDict`` to prevent deprecation warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8410, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8411).
+- kernel_blacklist - use new ``VarDict`` to prevent deprecation warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8410, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8411).
+- 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).
+- locale_gen - use new ``VarDict`` to prevent deprecation warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8410, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8411).
+- mksysb - use new ``VarDict`` to prevent deprecation warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8410, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8411).
+- pipx_info - use new ``VarDict`` to prevent deprecation warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8410, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8411).
+- snap - use new ``VarDict`` to prevent deprecation warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8410, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8411).
+- snap_alias - use new ``VarDict`` to prevent deprecation warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8410, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8411).
+
+v9.0.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+This is release 9.0.0 of ``community.general``, released on 2024-05-20.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- PythonRunner module utils - specialisation of ``CmdRunner`` to execute Python scripts (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8289).
+- 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).
+- aix_lvol - refactor module to pass list of arguments to ``module.run_command()`` instead of relying on interpretation by a shell (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8264).
+- 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).
+- apt_rpm - refactor module to pass list of arguments to ``module.run_command()`` instead of relying on interpretation by a shell (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8264).
+- 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).
+- bitwarden lookup plugin - add support to filter by organization ID (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8188).
+- 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).
+- bitwarden lookup plugin - when looking for items using an item ID, the item is now accessed directly with ``bw get item`` instead of searching through all items. This doubles the lookup speed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7468).
+- btrfs_subvolume - refactor module to pass list of arguments to ``module.run_command()`` instead of relying on interpretation by a shell (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8264).
+- cmd_runner module_utils - add validation for minimum and maximum length in the value passed to ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_list()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8288).
+- 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).
+- elastic callback plugin - close elastic client to not leak resources (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7517).
+- filesystem - add bcachefs support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8126).
+- gandi_livedns - adds support for personal access tokens (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7639, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8337).
+- gconftool2 - use ``ModuleHelper`` with ``VarDict`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8226).
+- git_config - allow multiple git configs for the same name with the new ``add_mode`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7260).
+- git_config - the ``after`` and ``before`` fields in the ``diff`` of the return value can be a list instead of a string in case more configs with the same key are affected (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7260).
+- git_config - when a value is unset, all configs with the same key are unset (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7260).
+- gitlab modules - add ``ca_path`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7472).
+- gitlab modules - remove duplicate ``gitlab`` package check (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7486).
+- gitlab_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).
+- gitlab_runner - add support for new runner creation workflow (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7199).
+- homebrew - adds ``force_formula`` parameter to disambiguate a formula from a cask of the same name (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8274).
+- homebrew, homebrew_cask - refactor common argument validation logic into a dedicated ``homebrew`` module utils (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8323, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8324).
+- 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).
+- 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 - 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).
+- ini_file - support optional spaces between section names and their surrounding brackets (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8075).
+- installp - refactor module to pass list of arguments to ``module.run_command()`` instead of relying on interpretation by a shell (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8264).
+- ipa_config - adds ``passkey`` choice to ``ipauserauthtype`` parameter's choices (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7588).
+- ipa_dnsrecord - adds ability to manage NS record types (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7737).
+- ipa_pwpolicy - refactor module and exchange a sequence ``if`` statements with a ``for`` loop (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7723).
+- ipa_pwpolicy - update module to support ``maxrepeat``, ``maxsequence``, ``dictcheck``, ``usercheck``, ``gracelimit`` parameters in FreeIPA password policies (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7723).
+- ipa_sudorule - adds options to include denied commands or command groups (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7415).
+- ipa_user - adds ``idp`` and ``passkey`` choice to ``ipauserauthtype`` parameter's choices (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7589).
+- irc - add ``validate_certs`` option, and rename ``use_ssl`` to ``use_tls``, while keeping ``use_ssl`` as an alias. The default value for ``validate_certs`` is ``false`` for backwards compatibility. We recommend to every user of this module to explicitly set ``use_tls=true`` and `validate_certs=true`` whenever possible, especially when communicating to IRC servers over the internet (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7550).
+- java_cert - add ``cert_content`` argument (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8153).
+- java_cert - enable ``owner``, ``group``, ``mode``, and other generic file arguments (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8116).
+- kernel_blacklist - use ``ModuleHelper`` with ``VarDict`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8226).
+- keycloak module utils - expose error message from Keycloak server for HTTP errors in some specific situations (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7645).
+- keycloak_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).
+- keycloak_realm_key - the ``config.algorithm`` option now supports 8 additional key algorithms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7698).
+- keycloak_realm_key - the ``config.certificate`` option value is no longer defined with ``no_log=True`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7698).
+- keycloak_realm_key - the ``provider_id`` option now supports RSA encryption key usage (value ``rsa-enc``) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7698).
+- keycloak_user_federation - add option for ``krbPrincipalAttribute`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7538).
+- keycloak_user_federation - allow custom user storage providers to be set through ``provider_id`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7789).
+- ldap_attrs - module now supports diff mode, showing which attributes are changed within an operation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8073).
+- lvg - refactor module to pass list of arguments to ``module.run_command()`` instead of relying on interpretation by a shell (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8264).
+- lvol - change ``pvs`` argument type to list of strings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7676, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7504).
+- lvol - refactor module to pass list of arguments to ``module.run_command()`` instead of relying on interpretation by a shell (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8264).
+- lxd connection plugin - tighten the detection logic for lxd ``Instance not found`` errors, to avoid false detection on unrelated errors such as ``/usr/bin/python3: not found`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7521).
+- 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).
+- macports - refactor module to pass list of arguments to ``module.run_command()`` instead of relying on interpretation by a shell (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8264).
+- mail - add ``Message-ID`` header; which is required by some mail servers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7740).
+- mail module, mail callback plugin - allow to configure the domain name of the Message-ID header with a new ``message_id_domain`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7765).
+- mssql_script - adds transactional (rollback/commit) support via optional boolean param ``transaction`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7976).
+- netcup_dns - adds support for record types ``OPENPGPKEY``, ``SMIMEA``, and ``SSHFP`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7489).
+- nmcli - add support for new connection type ``loopback`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6572).
+- nmcli - 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).
+- nmcli - allow for ``infiniband`` slaves of ``bond`` interface types (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7569).
+- nmcli - allow for the setting of ``MTU`` for ``infiniband`` and ``bond`` interface types (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7499).
+- nmcli - allow setting ``MTU`` for ``bond-slave`` interface types (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8118).
+- onepassword lookup plugin - support 1Password Connect with the opv2 client by setting the connect_host and connect_token parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7116).
+- onepassword_raw lookup plugin - support 1Password Connect with the opv2 client by setting the connect_host and connect_token parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7116)
+- opentelemetry - add support for HTTP trace_exporter and configures the behavior via ``OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_PROTOCOL`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7888, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8321).
+- opentelemetry - add support for exporting spans in a file via ``ANSIBLE_OPENTELEMETRY_STORE_SPANS_IN_FILE`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7888, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8363).
+- opkg - use ``ModuleHelper`` with ``VarDict`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8226).
+- 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).
+- parted - refactor module to pass list of arguments to ``module.run_command()`` instead of relying on interpretation by a shell (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8264).
+- passwordstore - adds ``timestamp`` and ``preserve`` parameters to modify the stored password format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7426).
+- 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).
+- pipx - use ``ModuleHelper`` with ``VarDict`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8226).
+- pkg5 - add support for non-silent execution (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8379, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8382).
+- pkgin - refactor module to pass list of arguments to ``module.run_command()`` instead of relying on interpretation by a shell (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8264).
+- 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).
+- portinstall - refactor module to pass list of arguments to ``module.run_command()`` instead of relying on interpretation by a shell (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8264).
+- proxmox - adds ``startup`` parameters to configure startup order, startup delay and shutdown delay (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8038).
+- proxmox - adds ``template`` value to the ``state`` parameter, allowing conversion of container to a template (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7143).
+- proxmox - adds ``update`` parameter, allowing update of an already existing containers configuration (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7540).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - adds an option to exclude nodes from the dynamic inventory generation. The new setting is optional, not using this option will behave as usual (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6714, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7461).
+- proxmox* modules - there is now a ``community.general.proxmox`` module defaults group that can be used to set default options for all Proxmox modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8334).
+- proxmox_disk - add ability to manipulate CD-ROM drive (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7495).
+- proxmox_kvm - add parameter ``update_unsafe`` to avoid limitations when updating dangerous values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7843).
+- proxmox_kvm - adds ``template`` value to the ``state`` parameter, allowing conversion of a VM to a template (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7143).
+- proxmox_kvm - adds``usb`` parameter for setting USB devices on proxmox KVM VMs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8199).
+- proxmox_kvm - support the ``hookscript`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7600).
+- proxmox_ostype - it is now possible to specify the ``ostype`` when creating an LXC container (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7462).
+- proxmox_vm_info - add ability to retrieve configuration info (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7485).
+- puppet - new feature to set ``--waitforlock`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8282).
+- redfish_command - add command ``ResetToDefaults`` to reset manager to default state (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8163).
+- redfish_config - add command ``SetServiceIdentification`` to set service identification (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7916).
+- 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).
+- redfish_info - add command ``GetServiceIdentification`` to get service identification (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7882).
+- redfish_info - adding the ``BootProgress`` property when getting ``Systems`` info (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7626).
+- 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).
+- rundeck module utils - allow to pass ``Content-Type`` to API requests (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7684).
+- slackpkg - refactor module to pass list of arguments to ``module.run_command()`` instead of relying on interpretation by a shell (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8264).
+- ssh_config - adds ``controlmaster``, ``controlpath`` and ``controlpersist`` parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7456).
+- ssh_config - allow ``accept-new`` as valid value for ``strict_host_key_checking`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8257).
+- ssh_config - new feature to set ``AddKeysToAgent`` option to ``yes`` or ``no`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7703).
+- ssh_config - new feature to set ``IdentitiesOnly`` option to ``yes`` or ``no`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7704).
+- sudoers - add support for the ``NOEXEC`` tag in sudoers rules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7983).
+- svr4pkg - refactor module to pass list of arguments to ``module.run_command()`` instead of relying on interpretation by a shell (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8264).
+- swdepot - refactor module to pass list of arguments to ``module.run_command()`` instead of relying on interpretation by a shell (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8264).
+- terraform - add support for ``diff_mode`` for terraform resource_changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7896).
+- terraform - fix ``diff_mode`` in state ``absent`` and when terraform ``resource_changes`` does not exist (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7963).
+- xcc_redfish_command - added support for raw POSTs (``command=PostResource`` in ``category=Raw``) without a specific action info (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7746).
+- xfconf - use ``ModuleHelper`` with ``VarDict`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8226).
+- xfconf_info - use ``ModuleHelper`` with ``VarDict`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8226).
+
+Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
+--------------------------------
+
+- cpanm - the default of the ``mode`` option changed from ``compatibility`` to ``new`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8198).
+- django_manage - the module now requires Django >= 4.1 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8198).
+- django_manage - the module will now fail if ``virtualenv`` is specified but no virtual environment exists at that location (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8198).
+- redfish_command, redfish_config, redfish_info - change the default for ``timeout`` from 10 to 60 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8198).
+
+Deprecated Features
+-------------------
+
+- MH DependencyCtxMgr module_utils - deprecate ``module_utils.mh.mixin.deps.DependencyCtxMgr`` in favour of ``module_utils.deps`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8280).
+- ModuleHelper module_utils - deprecate ``plugins.module_utils.module_helper.AnsibleModule`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8280).
+- ModuleHelper module_utils - deprecate ``plugins.module_utils.module_helper.DependencyCtxMgr`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8280).
+- ModuleHelper module_utils - deprecate ``plugins.module_utils.module_helper.StateMixin`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8280).
+- ModuleHelper module_utils - deprecate ``plugins.module_utils.module_helper.VarDict,`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8280).
+- ModuleHelper module_utils - deprecate ``plugins.module_utils.module_helper.VarMeta`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8280).
+- ModuleHelper module_utils - deprecate ``plugins.module_utils.module_helper.VarsMixin`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8280).
+- ModuleHelper module_utils - deprecate use of ``VarsMixin`` in favor of using the ``VardDict`` module_utils (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8226).
+- ModuleHelper vars module_utils - bump deprecation of ``VarMeta``, ``VarDict`` and ``VarsMixin`` to version 11.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8226).
+- apt_rpm - the behavior of ``state=present`` and ``state=installed`` is deprecated and will change in community.general 11.0.0. Right now the module will upgrade a package to the latest version if one of these two states is used. You should explicitly use ``state=latest`` if you want this behavior, and switch to ``state=present_not_latest`` if you do not want to upgrade the package if it is already installed. In community.general 11.0.0 the behavior of ``state=present`` and ``state=installed`` will change to that of ``state=present_not_latest`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8217, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8285).
+- 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).
+- django_manage - the ``ack_venv_creation_deprecation`` option has no more effect and will be removed from community.general 11.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8198).
+- gitlab modules - the basic auth method on GitLab API have been deprecated and will be removed in community.general 10.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8383).
+- 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).
+- irc - the defaults ``false`` for ``use_tls`` and ``validate_certs`` have been deprecated and will change to ``true`` in community.general 10.0.0 to improve security. You can already improve security now by explicitly setting them to ``true``. Specifying values now disables the deprecation warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7578).
+
+Removed Features (previously deprecated)
+----------------------------------------
+
+- The deprecated redirects for internal module names have been removed. These internal redirects were extra-long FQCNs like ``community.general.packaging.os.apt_rpm`` that redirect to the short FQCN ``community.general.apt_rpm``. They were originally needed to implement flatmapping; as various tooling started to recommend users to use the long names flatmapping was removed from the collection and redirects were added for users who already followed these incorrect recommendations (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7835).
+- ansible_galaxy_install - the ``ack_ansible29`` and ``ack_min_ansiblecore211`` options have been removed. They no longer had any effect (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8198).
+- cloudflare_dns - remove support for SPF records. These are no longer supported by CloudFlare (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7782).
+- django_manage - support for the ``command`` values ``cleanup``, ``syncdb``, and ``validate`` were removed. Use ``clearsessions``, ``migrate``, and ``check`` instead, respectively (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8198).
+- flowdock - this module relied on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore and was thus removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8198).
+- mh.mixins.deps module utils - the ``DependencyMixin`` has been removed. Use the ``deps`` module utils instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8198).
+- proxmox - the ``proxmox_default_behavior`` option has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8198).
+- rax* modules, rax module utils, rax docs fragment - the Rackspace modules relied on the deprecated package ``pyrax`` and were thus removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8198).
+- redhat module utils - the classes ``Rhsm``, ``RhsmPool``, and ``RhsmPools`` have been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8198).
+- redhat_subscription - the alias ``autosubscribe`` of the ``auto_attach`` option was removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8198).
+- stackdriver - this module relied on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore and was thus removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8198).
+- webfaction_* modules - these modules relied on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore and were thus removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8198).
+
+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).
+- 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
+--------
+
+- aix_filesystem - fix ``_validate_vg`` not passing VG name to ``lsvg_cmd`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8151).
+- aix_filesystem - fix issue with empty list items in crfs logic and option order (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8052).
+- 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).
+- 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).
+- 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).
+- cloudflare_dns - fix Cloudflare lookup of SHFP records (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7652).
+- consul_token - fix token creation without ``accessor_id`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8091).
+- 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_group_members - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_group_members`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).
+- gitlab_issue - fix behavior to search GitLab issue, using ``search`` keyword instead of ``title`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7846).
+- 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).
+- gitlab_project_members - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_project_members`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).
+- gitlab_protected_branches - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_protected_branches`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).
+- gitlab_runner - fix pagination when checking for existing runners (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7790).
+- gitlab_user - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_user`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).
+- 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).
+- homebrew - detect already installed formulae and casks using JSON output from ``brew info`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/864).
+- 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).
+- 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).
+- interface_files - also consider ``address_family`` when changing ``option=method`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7610, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7612).
+- 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).
+- 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_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).
+- 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).
+- irc - replace ``ssl.wrap_socket`` that was removed from Python 3.12 with code for creating a proper SSL context (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7542).
+- keycloak_* - fix Keycloak API client to quote ``/`` properly (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7641).
+- keycloak_authz_permission - resource payload variable for scope-based permission was constructed as a string, when it needs to be a list, even for a single item (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7151).
+- keycloak_client - add sorted ``defaultClientScopes`` and ``optionalClientScopes`` to normalizations (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8223).
+- 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).
+- keycloak_identity_provider - ``mappers`` processing was not idempotent if the mappers configuration list had not been sorted by name (in ascending order). Fix resolves the issue by sorting mappers in the desired state using the same key which is used for obtaining existing state (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7418).
+- keycloak_identity_provider - it was not possible to reconfigure (add, remove) ``mappers`` once they were created initially. Removal was ignored, adding new ones resulted in dropping the pre-existing unmodified mappers. Fix resolves the issue by supplying correct input to the internal update call (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7418).
+- keycloak_realm - add normalizations for ``enabledEventTypes`` and ``supportedLocales`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8224).
+- keycloak_user - when ``force`` is set, but user does not exist, do not try to delete it (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7696).
+- keycloak_user_federation - fix diff of empty ``krbPrincipalAttribute`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8320).
+- 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).
+- linode inventory plugin - add descriptive error message for linode inventory plugin (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8133).
+- log_entries callback plugin - replace ``ssl.wrap_socket`` that was removed from Python 3.12 with code for creating a proper SSL context (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7542).
+- lvol - test for output messages in both ``stdout`` and ``stderr`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7601, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7182).
+- 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).
+- 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).
+- 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).
+- ocapi_utils, oci_utils, redfish_utils module utils - replace ``type()`` calls with ``isinstance()`` calls (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7501).
+- onepassword lookup plugin - 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).
+- 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).
+- 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).
+- 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).
+- pipx module utils - change the CLI argument formatter for the ``pip_args`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7497, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7506).
+- pkgin - pkgin (pkgsrc package manager used by SmartOS) raises erratic exceptions and spurious ``changed=true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7971).
+- proxmox - fix updating a container config if the setting does not already exist (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7872).
+- proxmox_kvm - fixed status check getting from node-specific API endpoint (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7817).
+- proxmox_kvm - running ``state=template`` will first check whether VM is already a template (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7792).
+- proxmox_pool_member - absent state for type VM did not delete VMs from the pools (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7464).
+- 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)
+- redfish_command - fix usage of message parsing in ``SimpleUpdate`` and ``MultipartHTTPPushUpdate`` commands to treat the lack of a ``MessageId`` as no message (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7465, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7471).
+- 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).
+- redhat_subscription - use the D-Bus registration on RHEL 7 only on 7.4 and
+  greater; older versions of RHEL 7 do not have it
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7622,
+  https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7624).
+- 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).
+- 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).
+- terraform - fix multiline string handling in complex variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7535).
+- 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 Plugins
+-----------
+
+Become
+~~~~~~
+
+- community.general.run0 - Systemd's run0.
+
+Callback
+~~~~~~~~
+
+- community.general.default_without_diff - The default ansible callback without diff output.
+- community.general.timestamp - Adds simple timestamp for each header.
+
+Connection
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- community.general.incus - Run tasks in Incus instances via the Incus CLI.
+
+Filter
+~~~~~~
+
+- community.general.from_ini - Converts INI text input into a dictionary.
+- 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.
+- community.general.to_ini - Converts a dictionary to the INI file format.
+
+Lookup
+~~~~~~
+
+- community.general.github_app_access_token - Obtain short-lived Github App Access tokens.
+- community.general.onepassword_doc - Fetch documents stored in 1Password.
+
+Test
+~~~~
+
+- community.general.fqdn_valid - Validates fully-qualified domain names against RFC 1123.
+
+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.django_command - Run Django admin commands.
+- community.general.dnf_config_manager - Enable or disable dnf repositories using config-manager.
+- community.general.git_config_info - Read git configuration.
+- community.general.gitlab_group_access_token - Manages GitLab group access tokens.
+- community.general.gitlab_issue - Create, update, or delete GitLab issues.
+- 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.
+- community.general.gitlab_project_access_token - Manages GitLab project access tokens.
+- 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.
+- 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.nomad_token - Manage Nomad ACL tokens.
+- 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.
+- community.general.usb_facts - Allows listing information about USB devices.

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
 # Contributing
 
-We follow [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html) in all our contributions and interactions within this repository.
+We follow [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html) in all our contributions and interactions within this repository.
 
 If you are a committer, also refer to the [collection's committer guidelines](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/commit-rights.md).
 
@@ -20,93 +20,33 @@ so you can cooperate to create a better solution together.
 * If you are interested in starting with an easy issue, look for [issues with an `easyfix` label](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/labels/easyfix).
 * Often issues that are waiting for contributors to pick up have [the `waiting_on_contributor` label](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/labels/waiting_on_contributor).
 
-## Review pull requests
+## Open pull requests
 
 Look through currently [open pull requests](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pulls).
-
 You can help by reviewing them. Reviews help move pull requests to merge state. Some good pull requests cannot be merged only due to a lack of reviews. And it is always worth saying that good reviews are often more valuable than pull requests themselves.
-Note that reviewing does not only mean code review, but also offering comments on new interfaces added to existing plugins/modules, interfaces of new plugins/modules, improving language (not everyone is a native English speaker), or testing bugfixes and new features!
+Note that reviewing does not only mean code review, but also offering comments on new interfaces added to existing plugins/modules, interfaces of new plugins/modules, improving language (not everyone is a native english speaker), or testing bugfixes and new features!
 
 Also, consider taking up a valuable, reviewed, but abandoned pull request which you could politely ask the original authors to complete yourself.
 
-## Open pull requests
-
-Please read our ['Contributing to collections'](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_collections_contributing.html#contributing-to-a-collection-community-general) guide.
-
 * Try committing your changes with an informative but short commit message.
 * Do not squash your commits and force-push to your branch if not needed. Reviews of your pull request are much easier with individual commits to comprehend the pull request history. All commits of your pull request branch will be squashed into one commit by GitHub upon merge.
-* Do not add merge commits to your PR. The bot will complain and you will have to rebase ([instructions for rebasing](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/dev_guide/developing_rebasing.html)) to remove them before your PR can be merged. To avoid that git automatically does merges during pulls, you can configure it to do rebases instead by running `git config pull.rebase true` inside the repository checkout.
-* Make sure your PR includes a [changelog fragment](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/community/collection_development_process.html#creating-a-changelog-fragment).
+* 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/collection_development_process.html#creating-a-changelog-fragment).
   * You must not include a fragment for new modules or new plugins. Also you shouldn't include one for docs-only changes. (If you're not sure, simply don't include one, we'll tell you whether one is needed or not :) )
   * Please always include a link to the pull request itself, and if the PR is about an issue, also a link to the issue. Also make sure the fragment ends with a period, and begins with a lower-case letter after `-`. (Again, if you don't do this, we'll add suggestions to fix it, so don't worry too much :) )
-* Note that we format the code with `ruff format`. If your change does not match the formatters expectations, CI will fail and your PR will not get merged. See below for how to format code with antsibull-nox.
+* 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 the Ansible community's [Quick-start development guide](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/community/create_pr_quick_start.html).
+You can also read [our Quick-start development guide](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/main/create_pr_quick_start_guide.rst).
 
 ## Test pull requests
 
-If you want to test a PR locally, refer to [our testing guide](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/community/collection_contributors/collection_test_pr_locally.html) for instructions on how do it quickly.
+If you want to test a PR locally, refer to [our testing guide](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/main/test_pr_locally_guide.rst) for instructions on how do it quickly.
 
 If you find any inconsistencies or places in this document which can be improved, feel free to raise an issue or pull request to fix it.
 
-## Format code; and run sanity or unit tests locally (with antsibull-nox)
+## Run sanity, unit or integration tests locally
 
-The easiest way to format the code, and to run sanity and unit tests locally is to use [antsibull-nox](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/antsibull-nox/).
-(If you have [nox](https://nox.thea.codes/en/stable/) installed, it will automatically install antsibull-nox in a virtual environment for you.)
-
-### Format code
-
-The following commands show how to run ruff format:
-
-```.bash
-# Run all configured formatters:
-nox -Re formatters
-
-# If you notice discrepancies between your local formatter and CI, you might
-# need to re-generate the virtual environment:
-nox -e formatters
-```
-
-### Sanity tests
-
-The following commands show how to run ansible-test sanity tests:
-
-```.bash
-# Run basic sanity tests for all files in the collection:
-nox -Re ansible-test-sanity-devel
-
-# Run basic sanity tests for the given files and directories:
-nox -Re ansible-test-sanity-devel -- plugins/modules/system/pids.py tests/integration/targets/pids/
-
-# Run all other sanity tests for all files in the collection:
-nox -R
-```
-
-If you replace `-Re` with `-e`, respectively. If you leave `-R` away, then the virtual environments will be re-created. The `-R` re-uses them (if they already exist).
-
-### Unit tests
-
-The following commands show how to run unit tests:
-
-```.bash
-# Run all unit tests:
-nox -Re ansible-test-units-devel
-
-# Run all unit tests for one Python version (a lot faster):
-nox -Re ansible-test-units-devel -- --python 3.13
-
-# Run a specific unit test (for the nmcli module) for one Python version:
-nox -Re ansible-test-units-devel -- --python 3.13 tests/unit/plugins/modules/net_tools/test_nmcli.py
-```
-
-If you replace `-Re` with `-e`, then the virtual environments will be re-created. The `-R` re-uses them (if they already exist).
-
-## Run basic sanity, unit or integration tests locally (with ansible-test)
-
-Instead of using antsibull-nox, you can also run sanity and unit tests with ansible-test directly.
-This also allows you to run integration tests.
-
-You have to check out the repository into a specific path structure to be able to run `ansible-test`. The path to the git checkout must end with `.../ansible_collections/community/general`. Please see [our testing guide](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/community/collection_contributors/collection_test_pr_locally.html) for instructions on how to check out the repository into a correct path structure. The short version of these instructions is:
+You have to check out the repository into a specific path structure to be able to run `ansible-test`. The path to the git checkout must end with `.../ansible_collections/community/general`. Please see [our testing guide](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/main/test_pr_locally_guide.rst) for instructions on how to check out the repository into a correct path structure. The short version of these instructions is:
 
 ```.bash
 mkdir -p ~/dev/ansible_collections/community
@@ -116,28 +56,20 @@ 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+.
 
-### Basic sanity tests
+### Sanity tests
 
-The following commands show how to run basic sanity tests:
+The following commands show how to run sanity tests:
 
 ```.bash
-# Run basic sanity tests for all files in the collection:
+# Run sanity tests for all files in the collection:
 ansible-test sanity --docker -v
 
-# Run basic sanity tests for the given files and directories:
+# Run sanity tests for the given files and directories:
 ansible-test sanity --docker -v plugins/modules/system/pids.py tests/integration/targets/pids/
 ```
 
 ### Unit tests
 
-Note that for running unit tests, you need to install required collections in the same folder structure that `community.general` is checked out in.
-Right now, you need to install [`community.internal_test_tools`](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.internal_test_tools).
-If you want to use the latest version from GitHub, you can run:
-
-```
-git clone https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.internal_test_tools.git ~/dev/ansible_collections/community/internal_test_tools
-```
-
 The following commands show how to run unit tests:
 
 ```.bash
@@ -153,29 +85,16 @@ ansible-test units --docker -v --python 3.8 tests/unit/plugins/modules/net_tools
 
 ### Integration tests
 
-Note that for running integration tests, you need to install required collections in the same folder structure that `community.general` is checked out in.
-Right now, depending on the test, you need to install [`ansible.posix`](https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix), [`community.crypto`](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto), and [`community.docker`](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker):
-If you want to use the latest versions from GitHub, you can run:
-
-```
-mkdir -p ~/dev/ansible_collections/ansible
-git clone https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix.git ~/dev/ansible_collections/ansible/posix
-git clone https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto.git ~/dev/ansible_collections/community/crypto
-git clone https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker.git ~/dev/ansible_collections/community/docker
-```
-
 The following commands show how to run integration tests:
 
 #### 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`.
+- `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
@@ -196,31 +115,6 @@ ansible-test integration -v lookup_flattened
 
 If you are unsure about the integration test target name for a module or plugin, you can take a look in `tests/integration/targets/`. Tests for plugins have the plugin type prepended.
 
-## Devcontainer
-
-Since community.general 12.2.0, the project repository supports [devcontainers](https://containers.dev/). In short, it is a standard mechanism to
-create a container that is then used during the development cycle. Many tools are pre-installed in the container and will be already available
-to you as a developer. A number of different IDEs support that configuration, the most prominent ones being VSCode and PyCharm.
-
-See the files under [.devcontainer](.devcontainer) for details on what is deployed inside that container.
-
-Beware of:
-
-- By default, the devcontainer installs the latest version of `ansible-core`.
-  When testing your changes locally, keep in mind that the collection must support older versions of
-  `ansible-core` and, depending on what is being tested, results may vary.
-- Integration tests executed directly inside the devcontainer without isolation (see above) may fail if
-  they expected to be run in full fledged VMs. On the other hand, the devcontainer setup allows running
-  containers inside the container (the `docker-in-docker` feature).
-- The devcontainer is built with a directory structure such that
-  `.../ansible_collections/community/general` contains the project repository, so `ansible-test` and
-  other standard tools should work without any additional setup
-- By default, the devcontainer installs `pre-commit` and configures it to perform `ruff check` and
-  `ruff format` on the Python files, prior to commiting. That configuration is going to be used by
-  `git` even outside the devcontainer. To prevent errors, you have to either install `pre-commit` in
-  your computer, outside the devcontainer, or run `pre-commit uninstall` from within the devcontainer
-  before quitting it.
-
 ## Creating new modules or plugins
 
 Creating new modules and plugins requires a bit more work than other Pull Requests.
@@ -230,14 +124,14 @@ Creating new modules and plugins requires a bit more work than other Pull Reques
 
 2. Please do not add more than one plugin/module in one PR, especially if it is the first plugin/module you are contributing.
    That makes it easier for reviewers, and increases the chance that your PR will get merged. If you plan to contribute a group
-   of plugins/modules (say, more than a module and a corresponding `_info` module), please mention that in the first PR. In
+   of plugins/modules (say, more than a module and a corresponding ``_info`` module), please mention that in the first PR. In
    such cases, you also have to think whether it is better to publish the group of plugins/modules in a new collection.
 
 3. When creating a new module or plugin, please make sure that you follow various guidelines:
 
-   - Follow [development conventions](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_modules_best_practices.html);
-   - Follow [documentation standards](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_modules_documenting.html) and
-     the [Ansible style guide](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/dev_guide/style_guide/index.html#style-guide);
+   - Follow [development conventions](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_modules_best_practices.html);
+   - Follow [documentation standards](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_modules_documenting.html) and
+     the [Ansible style guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/style_guide/index.html#style-guide);
    - Make sure your modules and plugins are [GPL-3.0-or-later](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0-standalone.html) licensed
      (new module_utils can also be [BSD-2-clause](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause) licensed);
    - Make sure that new plugins and modules have tests (unit tests, integration tests, or both); it is preferable to have some tests

LICENSES/PSF-2.0.txt

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

README.md

@@ -6,40 +6,38 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
 # Community General Collection
 
-[![Documentation](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-brightgreen.svg)](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/collections/community/general/)
-[![Build Status](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_apis/build/status/CI?branchName=main)](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_build?definitionId=31)
-[![EOL CI](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/actions/workflows/ansible-test.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/actions)
-[![Nox CI](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/actions/workflows/nox.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/actions)
+[![Build Status](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_apis/build/status/CI?branchName=stable-9)](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.
 
-You can find [documentation for this collection on the Ansible docs site](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/).
+You can find [documentation for this collection on the Ansible docs site](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/).
 
 Please note that this collection does **not** support Windows targets. Only connection plugins included in this collection might support Windows targets, and will explicitly mention that in their documentation if they do so.
 
 ## Code of Conduct
 
-We follow [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html) in all our interactions within this project.
+We follow [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html) in all our interactions within this project.
 
-If you encounter abusive behavior violating the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html), please refer to the [policy violations](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html#policy-violations) section of the Code of Conduct for information on how to raise a complaint.
+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.
+  * [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.
   * [Tag `community-general`](https://forum.ansible.com/tag/community-general): discuss the *collection itself*, instead of specific modules or plugins.
   * [Social Spaces](https://forum.ansible.com/c/chat/4): gather and interact with fellow enthusiasts.
   * [News & Announcements](https://forum.ansible.com/c/news/5): track project-wide announcements including social events.
 
-* The Ansible [Bullhorn newsletter](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/community/communication.html#the-bullhorn): used to announce releases and important changes.
+* 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/projects/ansible/devel/community/communication.html).
+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 2.18, ansible-core 2.19, ansible-core 2.20, ansible-core 2.21 releases and the current development version of ansible-core. Ansible-core versions before 2.18.0 are not supported. This includes all ansible-base 2.10 and Ansible 2.9 releases.
+Tested with the current ansible-core 2.13, ansible-core 2.14, ansible-core 2.15, ansible-core 2.16, ansible-core 2.17 releases and the current development version of ansible-core. Ansible-core versions before 2.13.0 are not supported. This includes all ansible-base 2.10 and Ansible 2.9 releases.
 
 ## External requirements
 
@@ -47,7 +45,7 @@ Some modules and plugins require external libraries. Please check the requiremen
 
 ## Included content
 
-Please check the included content on the [Ansible Galaxy page for this collection](https://galaxy.ansible.com/ui/repo/published/community/general/) or the [documentation on the Ansible docs site](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/).
+Please check the included content on the [Ansible Galaxy page for this collection](https://galaxy.ansible.com/ui/repo/published/community/general/) or the [documentation on the Ansible docs site](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/).
 
 ## Using this collection
 
@@ -76,7 +74,7 @@ You can also install a specific version of the collection, for example, if you n
 ansible-galaxy collection install community.general:==X.Y.Z
 ```
 
-See [Ansible Using collections](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/user_guide/collections_using.html) for more details.
+See [Ansible Using collections](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/collections_using.html) for more details.
 
 ## Contributing to this collection
 
@@ -90,13 +88,13 @@ You don't know how to start? Refer to our [contribution guide](https://github.co
 
 The current maintainers are listed in the [commit-rights.md](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/commit-rights.md#people) file. If you have questions or need help, feel free to mention them in the proposals.
 
-You can find more information in the [developer guide for collections](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_collections.html#contributing-to-collections), and in the [Ansible Community Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/community/index.html).
+You can find more information in the [developer guide for collections](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_collections.html#contributing-to-collections), and in the [Ansible Community Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/index.html).
 
 Also for some notes specific to this collection see [our CONTRIBUTING documentation](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
 ### Running tests
 
-See [here](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_collections.html#testing-collections).
+See [here](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_collections.html#testing-collections).
 
 ## Collection maintenance
 
@@ -110,7 +108,7 @@ It is necessary for maintainers of this collection to be subscribed to:
 * The collection itself (the `Watch` button → `All Activity` in the upper right corner of the repository's homepage).
 * The "Changes Impacting Collection Contributors and Maintainers" [issue](https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview/issues/45).
 
-They also should be subscribed to Ansible's [The Bullhorn newsletter](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/community/communication.html#the-bullhorn).
+They also should be subscribed to Ansible's [The Bullhorn newsletter](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html#the-bullhorn).
 
 ## Publishing New Version
 
@@ -118,7 +116,7 @@ See the [Releasing guidelines](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/ma
 
 ## Release notes
 
-See the [changelog](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md).
+See the [changelog](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-9/CHANGELOG.md).
 
 ## Roadmap
 
@@ -129,16 +127,16 @@ See [this issue](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues
 ## More information
 
 - [Ansible Collection overview](https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview)
-- [Ansible User guide](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/user_guide/index.html)
-- [Ansible Developer guide](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/dev_guide/index.html)
-- [Ansible Community code of conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html)
+- [Ansible User guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/index.html)
+- [Ansible Developer guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/dev_guide/index.html)
+- [Ansible Community code of conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html)
 
 ## Licensing
 
 This collection is primarily licensed and distributed as a whole under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.
 
-See [LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/COPYING) for the full text.
+See [LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-9/COPYING) for the full text.
 
-Parts of the collection are licensed under the [BSD 2-Clause license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/LICENSES/BSD-2-Clause.txt) and the [MIT license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/LICENSES/MIT.txt).
+Parts of the collection are licensed under the [BSD 2-Clause license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-9/LICENSES/BSD-2-Clause.txt), the [MIT license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-9/LICENSES/MIT.txt), and the [PSF 2.0 license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-9/LICENSES/PSF-2.0.txt).
 
-All files have a machine readable `SDPX-License-Identifier:` comment denoting its respective license(s) or an equivalent entry in an accompanying `.license` file. Only changelog fragments (which will not be part of a release) are covered by a blanket statement in `REUSE.toml`. This conforms to the [REUSE specification](https://reuse.software/spec/).
+All files have a machine readable `SDPX-License-Identifier:` comment denoting its respective license(s) or an equivalent entry in an accompanying `.license` file. Only changelog fragments (which will not be part of a release) are covered by a blanket statement in `.reuse/dep5`. This conforms to the [REUSE specification](https://reuse.software/spec/).

REUSE.toml

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-version = 1
-
-[[annotations]]
-path = "changelogs/fragments/**"
-precedence = "aggregate"
-SPDX-FileCopyrightText = "Ansible Project"
-SPDX-License-Identifier = "GPL-3.0-or-later"

antsibull-nox.toml

@@ -1,119 +0,0 @@
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
-
-[collection_sources]
-"ansible.posix" = "git+https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix.git,main"
-"community.crypto" = "git+https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto.git,main"
-"community.docker" = "git+https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker.git,main"
-"community.internal_test_tools" = "git+https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.internal_test_tools.git,main"
-
-[vcs]
-vcs = "git"
-development_branch = "main"
-stable_branches = [ "stable-*" ]
-
-[sessions]
-
-[sessions.lint]
-code_files = ["."]  # consider all Python files in the collection
-run_isort = false
-run_black = false
-run_ruff_autofix = true
-ruff_autofix_config = "ruff.toml"
-ruff_autofix_select = [
-    "I",
-    "RUF022",
-]
-run_ruff_check = true
-ruff_check_config = "ruff.toml"
-run_ruff_format = true
-ruff_format_config = "ruff.toml"
-run_flake8 = false
-run_pylint = false
-run_yamllint = true
-yamllint_config = ".yamllint"
-# yamllint_config_plugins = ".yamllint-docs"
-# yamllint_config_plugins_examples = ".yamllint-examples"
-run_mypy = true
-mypy_ansible_core_package = "ansible-core>=2.19.0"
-mypy_config = ".mypy.ini"
-mypy_extra_deps = [
-    "cryptography",
-    "dnspython",
-    "lxml-stubs",
-    "types-mock",
-    "types-paramiko",
-    "types-passlib",
-    "types-psutil",
-    "types-PyYAML",
-    "types-requests",
-]
-
-[sessions.docs_check]
-validate_collection_refs="all"
-codeblocks_restrict_types = [
-    "ansible-output",
-    "console",
-    "ini",
-    "json",
-    "python",
-    "shell",
-    "yaml",
-    "yaml+jinja",
-    "text",
-]
-codeblocks_restrict_type_exact_case = true
-codeblocks_allow_without_type = false
-codeblocks_allow_literal_blocks = false
-
-[sessions.license_check]
-
-[sessions.extra_checks]
-run_no_unwanted_files = true
-no_unwanted_files_module_extensions = [".py"]
-no_unwanted_files_yaml_extensions = [".yml"]
-run_action_groups = true
-run_no_trailing_whitespace = true
-no_trailing_whitespace_skip_paths = [
-    "tests/integration/targets/iso_extract/files/test.iso",
-    "tests/integration/targets/java_cert/files/testpkcs.p12",
-    "tests/integration/targets/one_host/files/testhost/tmp/opennebula-fixtures.json.gz",
-    "tests/integration/targets/one_template/files/testhost/tmp/opennebula-fixtures.json.gz",
-    "tests/integration/targets/setup_flatpak_remote/files/repo.tar.xz",
-]
-no_trailing_whitespace_skip_directories = [
-    "tests/unit/plugins/modules/interfaces_file/interfaces_file_fixtures/golden_output/",
-    "tests/unit/plugins/modules/interfaces_file/interfaces_file_fixtures/input/",
-]
-
-[[sessions.extra_checks.action_groups_config]]
-name = "consul"
-pattern = "^consul_.*$"
-exclusions = [
-    "consul_acl_bootstrap",
-    "consul_kv",
-]
-doc_fragment = "community.general._consul.actiongroup_consul"
-
-[[sessions.extra_checks.action_groups_config]]
-name = "keycloak"
-pattern = "^keycloak_.*$"
-exclusions = [
-    "keycloak_realm_info",
-]
-doc_fragment = "community.general._keycloak.actiongroup_keycloak"
-
-[[sessions.extra_checks.action_groups_config]]
-name = "scaleway"
-pattern = "^scaleway_.*$"
-doc_fragment = "community.general._scaleway.actiongroup_scaleway"
-
-[sessions.build_import_check]
-run_galaxy_importer = true
-
-[sessions.ansible_test_sanity]
-include_devel = true
-
-[sessions.ansible_test_units]
-include_devel = true

changelogs/config.yaml

@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ changelog_filename_template: ../CHANGELOG.rst
 changelog_filename_version_depth: 0
 changes_file: changelog.yaml
 changes_format: combined
-ignore_other_fragment_extensions: true
 keep_fragments: false
 mention_ancestor: true
+flatmap: true
 new_plugins_after_name: removed_features
 notesdir: fragments
 output_formats:
@@ -40,4 +40,3 @@ use_fqcn: true
 add_plugin_period: true
 changelog_nice_yaml: true
 changelog_sort: version
-vcs: auto

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

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

changelogs/fragments/11029-extra-whitespace.yml

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

changelogs/fragments/11030-wsl-typing.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "wsl connection plugin - rename variable to fix type checking (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11030)."

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

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - "tss lookup plugin - fixed ``AccessTokenAuthorizer`` initialization to include ``base_url`` parameter for proper token authentication (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11031)."

changelogs/fragments/11043-ruff-check.yml

@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - timestamp callback plugin - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - wsl connection plugin - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - json_patch filter plugin - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - to_* time filter plugins - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - linode inventory plugin - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - _filelock module utils - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - btrfs module utils - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - module_helper module utils - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - oneandone module utils - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - opennebula module utils - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - ali_instance - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - ali_instance_info - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - apt_rpm - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - btrfs_subvolume - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - consul - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - cronvar - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - dnf_versionlock - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - dnsmadeeasy - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - gitlab_issue - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - gitlab_merge_request - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - gitlab_project - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - gitlab_user - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - haproxy - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - homebrew - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - homebrew_services - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - hpilo_boot - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - ini_file - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - ipa_otptoken - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - jenkins_credential - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - jenkins_plugin - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - kea_command - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - keycloak_authz_permission - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - keycloak_clientscope_type - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - keycloak_user_execute_actions_email - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - keycloak_user_federation - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - listen_ports_facts - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - lxc_container - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - lxd_container - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - matrix - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - maven_artifact - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - monit - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - netcup_dns - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - nmcli - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - nomad_job - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - npm - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - one_host - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - one_image - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - one_template - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - one_vm - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - one_vnet - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - onepassword_info - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - pamd - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - pkgin - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - pulp_repo - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - redhat_subscription - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - rhevm - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - sensu_check - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - simpleinit_msb - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - sorcery - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - terraform - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - timezone - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - xenserver_guest - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
-  - zypper_repository - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

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

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - cobbler_system - compare the version as a float which is the type returned by the Cobbler API (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11044).

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

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - locale_gen - extend the search for available locales to include ``/usr/local/share/i18n/SUPPORTED`` in Debian and Ubuntu systems (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10964, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11046).

changelogs/fragments/11048-py3-cond.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - datetime module utils - remove code for unsupported Python version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11048).
-  - jenkins_node - remove code for unsupported Python version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11048).

changelogs/fragments/11049-ruff-check.yml

@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - elastic callback plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - logentries callback plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - opentelemetry callback plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - syslog_json callback plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - to_prettytable filter plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - online inventory plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - xen_orchestra inventory plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - chef_databag lookup plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - consul_kv lookup plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - btrfs module utils - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - gitlab module utils - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - redfish_utils module utils - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - scaleway module utils - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - xenserver module utils - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - aerospike_migrations - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - aix_lvol - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - ali_instance - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - apt_rpm - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - btrfs_subvolume - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - discord - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - dpkg_divert - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - gitlab_branch - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - gitlab_group_members - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - gitlab_project_members - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - gitlab_protected_branch - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - infinity - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - interfaces_file - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - ipa_group - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - ipa_vault - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - ipmi_boot - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - jenkins_build - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - jenkins_build_info - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - jenkins_plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - keycloak_component - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - keycloak_realm_key - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - keycloak_userprofile - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - launchd - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - listen_ports_facts - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - manageiq_alert_profiles - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - manageiq_provider - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - manageiq_tenant - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - memset_memstore_info - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - memset_server_info - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - memset_zone - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - nosh - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - odbc - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - one_service - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - one_vm - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - opendj_backendprop - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - ovh_monthly_billing - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - portinstall - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - redhat_subscription - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - redis_data_incr - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - scaleway_sshkey - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - spectrum_model_attrs - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - spotinst_aws_elastigroup - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - svc - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - vmadm - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - xenserver_guest - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - xfs_quota - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
-  - xml - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).

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

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - dnsimple_info - use Ansible construct to validate parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11052).

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

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - zfs_facts - use Ansible construct to check result of external command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11054).

changelogs/fragments/11070-deprecate-layman.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-  - layman - Gentoo deprecated ``layman`` in mid-2023; the module will be removed from community.general 14.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11070).

changelogs/fragments/11072-opendj-checkrc.yml

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

changelogs/fragments/11076-irc-true.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - irc - use proper boolean value in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11076).

changelogs/fragments/11078-py2-ssl.yml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - cobbler_sync - remove conditional code handling SSL for unsupported versions of Python (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11078).
-  - cobbler_system - remove conditional code handling SSL for unsupported versions of Python (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11078).
-  - jenkins_job_info - remove conditional code handling SSL for unsupported versions of Python (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11078).

changelogs/fragments/11087-deprecate-swupd.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-  - layman - ClearLinux was made EOL in July 2025.; the module will be removed from community.general 15.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11087).

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

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-  - dconf - deprecate fallback mechanism when ``gi.repository`` is not available; fallback will be removed in community.general 15.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11088).

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

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - yum_versionlock - remove redundant conversion to unicode in command output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11093).

changelogs/fragments/11095-raise-from.yml

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

changelogs/fragments/11097-raise-from.yml

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

changelogs/fragments/11098-tonative-1.yml

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

changelogs/fragments/11102-tonative-2.yml

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

changelogs/fragments/11104-tonative-3.yml

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

changelogs/fragments/11105-tonative-4.yml

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

changelogs/fragments/11106-tonative-5.yml

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

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

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

changelogs/fragments/11110-tonative-6.yml

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

changelogs/fragments/11112-tonative-7.yml

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

changelogs/fragments/11114-nmcli-idempotency.yml

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - univention_umc module utils - update code to Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11122).

changelogs/fragments/11143-tonative-8.yml

@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - cloudflare_dns - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
-  - dconf - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
-  - idrac_redfish_command - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
-  - idrac_redfish_config - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
-  - idrac_redfish_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
-  - ilo_redfish_command - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
-  - ilo_redfish_config - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
-  - jenkins_plugin - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
-  - jenkins_script - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
-  - jira - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
-  - mail - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
-  - maven_artifact - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
-  - onepassword_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
-  - packet_volume - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
-  - redfish_command - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
-  - redfish_config - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
-  - sensu_silence - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
-  - svc - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
-  - wdc_redfish_command - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
-  - wdc_redfish_info - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).
-  - xcc_redfish_command - remove redundant conversions to unicode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1114).

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

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

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

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

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

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

changelogs/fragments/11149-rv-exception.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - rundeck module utils - improve handling the return value ``exception``. It now contains the full stack trace of the exception, while the message is included in ``msg`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11149).
-  - vmadm - in case of failure, the module no longer returns the stderr output as ``exception``, but instead as ``stderr``. Other information (``stdout``, ``rc``) is now also returned (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11149).

changelogs/fragments/11167-typing.yml

@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - "iptables_state action plugin - add type hints (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11167)."
-  - "shutdown action plugin - add type hints (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11167)."
-  - "ansible_type plugin utils - add type hints (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11167)."
-  - "keys_filter.py plugin utils - add type hints (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11167)."
-  - "unsafe.py plugin utils - add type hints (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11167)."
-  - "a_module test plugin - add proper parameter checking and type hints (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11167)."
-  - "ansible_type test plugin - add type hints (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11167)."
-  - "fqdn_valid test plugin - add proper parameter checking, and add type hints (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11167)."
-bugfixes:
-  - "keys_filter.py plugin utils - fixed requirements check so that other sequences than lists and strings are checked,
-     and corrected broken formatting during error reporting
-     (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11167)."
-  - "ansible_type test plugin - fix parameter checking (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11167)."
-  - "ansible_type plugin utils - avoid potential concatenation of non-strings when ``alias`` has non-string values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11167)."

changelogs/fragments/11168-homebrew_service.yml

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

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

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - zfs - mark change correctly when updating properties whose current value differs, even if they already have a non-default value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11019, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11172).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

changelogs/fragments/11199-incus-windows.yml

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

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

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

changelogs/fragments/11206-datetime.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "datetime module utils - fix bug in ``fromtimestamp()`` that caused the function to crash.
-     This function is not used in community.general (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11206)."

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

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

changelogs/fragments/11222-typing.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "_filelock module utils - add type hints. Fix bug if ``set_lock()`` is called with ``lock_timeout=None`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11222)."
-  - "gitlab module utils - add type hints. Pass API version to python-gitlab as string and not as integer (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11222)."

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

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - hashids filter - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
-  - keycloak module_utils - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
-  - atomic_container modules - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
-  - atomic_image modules - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
-  - bitbucket_access_key modules - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
-  - bitbucket_pipeline_key_pair modules - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
-  - bitbucket_pipeline_known_host modules - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
-  - bitbucket_pipeline_variable modules - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
-  - dimensiondata_network modules - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
-  - imc_rest modules - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
-  - jenkins_plugin modules - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
-  - nmcli modules - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
-  - oneandone_server modules - mark ``%`` templating as ``noqa`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
-  - packet_device modules - mark ``%`` templating as ``noqa`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
-  - pushbullet modules - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
-  - scaleway_user_data modules - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
-  - sensu_silence modules - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).
-  - xenserver_guest modules - replace ``%`` templating with f-strings or ``format()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11223).

changelogs/fragments/11229-fstr-mishaps.yml

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

changelogs/fragments/11231-perc-format.yml

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

changelogs/fragments/11232-mount.yml

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "aix_filesystem - remove compatibility code for ancient Python versions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11232)."
-minor_changes:
-  - "The last code included in the collection that was licensed under the PSF 2.0 license was removed form the collection.
-     This means that now all code is either GPLv3+ licensed, MIT licensed, or BSD-2-clause licensed
-     (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11232)."

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

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

changelogs/fragments/11242-deps-enum.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - deps module utils - change the internal representaion of dependency state (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11242).

changelogs/fragments/11245-monit-enum.yml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - monit - internal state was not reflecting when operation is "pending" in ``monit`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11245).
-minor_changes:
-  - monit - use ``Enum`` to represent the possible states (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11245).