Release 8.5.0.

[PR #8116/4f758bfb backport][stable-8] java_cert: owner, group, mode arguments enabled (#8152 )
java_cert: owner, group, mode arguments enabled (#8116) * java_cert: owner, group, mode arguments enabled * java_cert: sanity fix * add changelog fragment * remove duplication in documentation * refactor change detection * fix indentation * Update changelogs/fragments/8116-java_cert-enable-owner-group-mode-args.yml Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de> * Update plugins/modules/java_cert.py Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de> * Update plugins/modules/java_cert.py Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de> * update options --------- Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de> (cherry picked from commit 4f758bfb84) Co-authored-by: Denis Borisov <dborisov86@gmail.com>
2026-04-28 09:26:44 +00:00 · 2024-03-25 19:01:45 +01:00 · 2024-03-25 18:51:00 +01:00 · 2024-03-25 06:52:38 +01:00 · 2024-03-25 06:50:08 +01:00 · 2024-03-25 06:49:55 +01:00
1721 changed files with 70304 additions and 14250 deletions
--- a/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -29,13 +29,14 @@ schedules:
    always: true
    branches:
      include:
-        - stable-5
+        - stable-8
+        - stable-7
  - cron: 0 11 * * 0
    displayName: Weekly (old stable branches)
    always: true
    branches:
      include:
-        - stable-4
+        - stable-6

 variables:
  - name: checkoutPath
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ variables:
 resources:
  containers:
    - container: default
-      image: quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:3.0.0
+      image: quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:4.0.1

 pool: Standard

@@ -72,6 +73,32 @@ stages:
            - test: 3
            - test: 4
            - test: extra
+  - stage: Sanity_2_16
+    displayName: Sanity 2.16
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Test {0}
+          testFormat: 2.16/sanity/{0}
+          targets:
+            - test: 1
+            - test: 2
+            - test: 3
+            - test: 4
+  - stage: Sanity_2_15
+    displayName: Sanity 2.15
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Test {0}
+          testFormat: 2.15/sanity/{0}
+          targets:
+            - test: 1
+            - test: 2
+            - test: 3
+            - test: 4
  - stage: Sanity_2_14
    displayName: Sanity 2.14
    dependsOn: []
@@ -85,45 +112,6 @@ stages:
            - test: 2
            - test: 3
            - test: 4
-  - stage: Sanity_2_13
-    displayName: Sanity 2.13
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: 2.13/sanity/{0}
-          targets:
-            - test: 1
-            - test: 2
-            - test: 3
-            - test: 4
-  - stage: Sanity_2_12
-    displayName: Sanity 2.12
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: 2.12/sanity/{0}
-          targets:
-            - test: 1
-            - test: 2
-            - test: 3
-            - test: 4
-  - stage: Sanity_2_11
-    displayName: Sanity 2.11
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: 2.11/sanity/{0}
-          targets:
-            - test: 1
-            - test: 2
-            - test: 3
-            - test: 4
 ### Units
  - stage: Units_devel
    displayName: Units devel
@@ -134,14 +122,35 @@ stages:
          nameFormat: Python {0}
          testFormat: devel/units/{0}/1
          targets:
-            - test: 2.7
-            - test: 3.5
-            - test: 3.6
            - test: 3.7
            - test: 3.8
            - test: 3.9
            - test: '3.10'
            - test: '3.11'
+            - test: '3.12'
+  - stage: Units_2_16
+    displayName: Units 2.16
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Python {0}
+          testFormat: 2.16/units/{0}/1
+          targets:
+            - test: 2.7
+            - test: 3.6
+            - test: "3.11"
+  - stage: Units_2_15
+    displayName: Units 2.15
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Python {0}
+          testFormat: 2.15/units/{0}/1
+          targets:
+            - test: 3.5
+            - test: "3.10"
  - stage: Units_2_14
    displayName: Units 2.14
    dependsOn: []
@@ -151,43 +160,25 @@ stages:
          nameFormat: Python {0}
          testFormat: 2.14/units/{0}/1
          targets:
-            - test: 2.7
            - test: 3.9
-  - stage: Units_2_13
-    displayName: Units 2.13
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.13/units/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 2.7
-            - test: 3.8
-  - stage: Units_2_12
-    displayName: Units 2.12
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.12/units/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 2.6
-            - test: 3.8
-  - stage: Units_2_11
-    displayName: Units 2.11
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.11/units/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 2.7
-            - test: 3.5

 ## Remote
+  - stage: Remote_devel_extra_vms
+    displayName: Remote devel extra VMs
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: devel/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: Alpine 3.19
+              test: alpine/3.19
+            # - name: Fedora 39
+            #   test: fedora/39
+            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
+              test: ubuntu/22.04
+          groups:
+            - vm
  - stage: Remote_devel
    displayName: Remote devel
    dependsOn: []
@@ -196,16 +187,56 @@ stages:
        parameters:
          testFormat: devel/{0}
          targets:
-            - name: macOS 12.0
-              test: macos/12.0
+            - name: macOS 14.3
+              test: macos/14.3
+            - name: RHEL 9.3
+              test: rhel/9.3
+            - name: FreeBSD 13.3
+              test: freebsd/13.3
+            - name: FreeBSD 14.0
+              test: freebsd/14.0
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+  - stage: Remote_2_16
+    displayName: Remote 2.16
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.16/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: macOS 13.2
+              test: macos/13.2
+            - name: RHEL 9.2
+              test: rhel/9.2
+            - name: RHEL 8.8
+              test: rhel/8.8
+            - name: FreeBSD 13.2
+              test: freebsd/13.2
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+  - stage: Remote_2_15
+    displayName: Remote 2.15
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.15/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: RHEL 9.1
+              test: rhel/9.1
+            - name: RHEL 8.7
+              test: rhel/8.7
            - name: RHEL 7.9
              test: rhel/7.9
-            - name: RHEL 9.0
-              test: rhel/9.0
-            - name: FreeBSD 12.3
-              test: freebsd/12.3
-            - name: FreeBSD 13.1
-              test: freebsd/13.1
+            # - name: FreeBSD 13.1
+            #   test: freebsd/13.1
+            # - name: FreeBSD 12.4
+            #   test: freebsd/12.4
          groups:
            - 1
            - 2
@@ -218,60 +249,12 @@ stages:
        parameters:
          testFormat: 2.14/{0}
          targets:
+            #- name: macOS 12.0
+            #  test: macos/12.0
            - name: RHEL 9.0
              test: rhel/9.0
-            - name: FreeBSD 13.1
-              test: freebsd/13.1
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-            - 3
-  - stage: Remote_2_13
-    displayName: Remote 2.13
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.13/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: macOS 12.0
-              test: macos/12.0
-            - name: RHEL 8.5
-              test: rhel/8.5
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-            - 3
-  - stage: Remote_2_12
-    displayName: Remote 2.12
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.12/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: macOS 11.1
-              test: macos/11.1
-            - name: RHEL 8.4
-              test: rhel/8.4
-            - name: FreeBSD 13.0
-              test: freebsd/13.0
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-            - 3
-  - stage: Remote_2_11
-    displayName: Remote 2.11
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.11/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: RHEL 7.9
-              test: rhel/7.9
-            - name: RHEL 8.3
-              test: rhel/8.3
+            #- name: FreeBSD 12.4
+            #  test: freebsd/12.4
          groups:
            - 1
            - 2
@@ -286,22 +269,52 @@ stages:
        parameters:
          testFormat: devel/linux/{0}
          targets:
-            - name: CentOS 7
-              test: centos7
-            - name: Fedora 36
-              test: fedora36
-            - name: openSUSE 15
-              test: opensuse15
+            - name: Fedora 39
+              test: fedora39
            - name: Ubuntu 20.04
              test: ubuntu2004
            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
              test: ubuntu2204
+            - name: Alpine 3.19
+              test: alpine319
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+  - stage: Docker_2_16
+    displayName: Docker 2.16
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.16/linux/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: Fedora 38
+              test: fedora38
+            - name: openSUSE 15
+              test: opensuse15
            - name: Alpine 3
              test: alpine3
          groups:
            - 1
            - 2
            - 3
+  - stage: Docker_2_15
+    displayName: Docker 2.15
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.15/linux/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: Fedora 37
+              test: fedora37
+            - name: CentOS 7
+              test: centos7
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
  - stage: Docker_2_14
    displayName: Docker 2.14
    dependsOn: []
@@ -310,60 +323,6 @@ stages:
        parameters:
          testFormat: 2.14/linux/{0}
          targets:
-            - name: Ubuntu 20.04
-              test: ubuntu2004
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-            - 3
-  - stage: Docker_2_13
-    displayName: Docker 2.13
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.13/linux/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: Fedora 35
-              test: fedora35
-            - name: openSUSE 15 py2
-              test: opensuse15py2
-            - name: Alpine 3
-              test: alpine3
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-            - 3
-  - stage: Docker_2_12
-    displayName: Docker 2.12
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.12/linux/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: CentOS 6
-              test: centos6
-            - name: Fedora 34
-              test: fedora34
-            - name: Ubuntu 18.04
-              test: ubuntu1804
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-            - 3
-  - stage: Docker_2_11
-    displayName: Docker 2.11
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.11/linux/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: Fedora 32
-              test: fedora32
-            - name: Fedora 33
-              test: fedora33
            - name: Alpine 3
              test: alpine3
          groups:
@@ -382,10 +341,10 @@ stages:
          targets:
            - name: Debian Bullseye
              test: debian-bullseye/3.9
+            - name: Debian Bookworm
+              test: debian-bookworm/3.11
            - name: ArchLinux
-              test: archlinux/3.10
-            - name: CentOS Stream 8
-              test: centos-stream8/3.8
+              test: archlinux/3.11
          groups:
            - 1
            - 2
@@ -401,8 +360,30 @@ stages:
          nameFormat: Python {0}
          testFormat: devel/generic/{0}/1
          targets:
-            - test: 2.7
+            - test: '3.7'
+            - test: '3.12'
+  - stage: Generic_2_16
+    displayName: Generic 2.16
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Python {0}
+          testFormat: 2.16/generic/{0}/1
+          targets:
+            - test: '2.7'
+            - test: '3.6'
            - test: '3.11'
+  - stage: Generic_2_15
+    displayName: Generic 2.15
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Python {0}
+          testFormat: 2.15/generic/{0}/1
+          targets:
+            - test: '3.9'
  - stage: Generic_2_14
    displayName: Generic 2.14
    dependsOn: []
@@ -413,66 +394,32 @@ stages:
          testFormat: 2.14/generic/{0}/1
          targets:
            - test: '3.10'
-  - stage: Generic_2_13
-    displayName: Generic 2.13
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.13/generic/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 3.9
-  - stage: Generic_2_12
-    displayName: Generic 2.12
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.12/generic/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 3.8
-  - stage: Generic_2_11
-    displayName: Generic 2.11
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.11/generic/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 2.7
-            - test: 3.5

  - stage: Summary
    condition: succeededOrFailed()
    dependsOn:
      - Sanity_devel
-      - Sanity_2_11
-      - Sanity_2_12
-      - Sanity_2_13
+      - Sanity_2_16
+      - Sanity_2_15
      - Sanity_2_14
      - Units_devel
-      - Units_2_11
-      - Units_2_12
-      - Units_2_13
+      - Units_2_16
+      - Units_2_15
      - Units_2_14
+      - Remote_devel_extra_vms
      - Remote_devel
-      - Remote_2_11
-      - Remote_2_12
-      - Remote_2_13
+      - Remote_2_16
+      - Remote_2_15
      - Remote_2_14
      - Docker_devel
-      - Docker_2_11
-      - Docker_2_12
-      - Docker_2_13
+      - Docker_2_16
+      - Docker_2_15
      - Docker_2_14
      - Docker_community_devel
-      - Generic_devel
-      - Generic_2_11
-      - Generic_2_12
-      - Generic_2_13
-      - Generic_2_14
+# Right now all generic tests are disabled. Uncomment when at least one of them is re-enabled.
+#      - Generic_devel
+#      - Generic_2_16
+#      - Generic_2_15
+#      - Generic_2_14
    jobs:
      - template: templates/coverage.yml
--- a/.github/BOTMETA.yml
+++ b/.github/BOTMETA.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ files:
  $callbacks/cgroup_memory_recap.py: {}
  $callbacks/context_demo.py: {}
  $callbacks/counter_enabled.py: {}
+  $callbacks/default_without_diff.py:
+    maintainers: felixfontein
  $callbacks/dense.py:
    maintainers: dagwieers
  $callbacks/diy.py:
@@ -97,6 +99,9 @@ files:
  $connections/funcd.py:
    maintainers: mscherer
  $connections/iocage.py: {}
+  $connections/incus.py:
+    labels: incus
+    maintainers: stgraber
  $connections/jail.py:
    maintainers: $team_ansible_core
  $connections/lxc.py: {}
@@ -119,7 +124,7 @@ files:
    labels: hwc
    maintainers: $team_huawei
  $doc_fragments/nomad.py:
-    maintainers: chris93111
+    maintainers: chris93111 apecnascimento
  $doc_fragments/xenserver.py:
    labels: xenserver
    maintainers: bvitnik
@@ -133,6 +138,8 @@ files:
    maintainers: giner
  $filters/from_csv.py:
    maintainers: Ajpantuso
+  $filters/from_ini.py:
+    maintainers: sscheib
  $filters/groupby_as_dict.py:
    maintainers: felixfontein
  $filters/hashids.py:
@@ -144,8 +151,18 @@ files:
  $filters/jc.py:
    maintainers: kellyjonbrazil
  $filters/json_query.py: {}
+  $filters/lists.py:
+    maintainers: cfiehe
+  $filters/lists_difference.yml:
+    maintainers: cfiehe
+  $filters/lists_intersect.yml:
+    maintainers: cfiehe
  $filters/lists_mergeby.py:
    maintainers: vbotka
+  $filters/lists_symmetric_difference.yml:
+    maintainers: cfiehe
+  $filters/lists_union.yml:
+    maintainers: cfiehe
  $filters/random_mac.py: {}
  $filters/time.py:
    maintainers: resmo
@@ -153,6 +170,8 @@ files:
    maintainers: resmo
  $filters/to_hours.yml:
    maintainers: resmo
+  $filters/to_ini.py:
+    maintainers: sscheib
  $filters/to_milliseconds.yml:
    maintainers: resmo
  $filters/to_minutes.yml:
@@ -193,7 +212,7 @@ files:
    labels: cloud opennebula
    maintainers: feldsam
  $inventories/proxmox.py:
-    maintainers: $team_virt ilijamt
+    maintainers: $team_virt ilijamt krauthosting
  $inventories/scaleway.py:
    labels: cloud scaleway
    maintainers: $team_scaleway
@@ -204,6 +223,8 @@ files:
    maintainers: ddelnano shinuza
  $lookups/:
    labels: lookups
+  $lookups/bitwarden_secrets_manager.py:
+    maintainers: jantari
  $lookups/bitwarden.py:
    maintainers: lungj
  $lookups/cartesian.py: {}
@@ -232,6 +253,8 @@ files:
  $lookups/filetree.py:
    maintainers: dagwieers
  $lookups/flattened.py: {}
+  $lookups/github_app_access_token.py:
+    maintainers: weisheng-p
  $lookups/hiera.py:
    maintainers: jparrill
  $lookups/keyring.py: {}
@@ -241,13 +264,17 @@ files:
  $lookups/manifold.py:
    labels: manifold
    maintainers: galanoff
+  $lookups/merge_variables.py:
+    maintainers: rlenferink m-a-r-k-e alpex8
  $lookups/onepass:
    labels: onepassword
    maintainers: samdoran
  $lookups/onepassword.py:
-    maintainers: azenk scottsb
+    ignore: scottsb
+    maintainers: azenk
  $lookups/onepassword_raw.py:
-    maintainers: azenk scottsb
+    ignore: scottsb
+    maintainers: azenk
  $lookups/passwordstore.py: {}
  $lookups/random_pet.py:
    maintainers: Akasurde
@@ -265,9 +292,15 @@ files:
    maintainers: delineaKrehl tylerezimmerman
  $module_utils/:
    labels: module_utils
+  $module_utils/btrfs.py:
+    maintainers: gnfzdz
+  $module_utils/deps.py:
+    maintainers: russoz
  $module_utils/gconftool2.py:
    labels: gconftool2
    maintainers: russoz
+  $module_utils/gio_mime.py:
+    maintainers: russoz
  $module_utils/gitlab.py:
    keywords: gitlab source_control
    labels: gitlab
@@ -279,15 +312,19 @@ files:
    maintainers: $team_huawei
  $module_utils/identity/keycloak/keycloak.py:
    maintainers: $team_keycloak
+  $module_utils/identity/keycloak/keycloak_clientsecret.py:
+    maintainers: $team_keycloak fynncfchen johncant
  $module_utils/ipa.py:
    labels: ipa
    maintainers: $team_ipa
+  $module_utils/jenkins.py:
+    labels: jenkins
+    maintainers: russoz
  $module_utils/manageiq.py:
    labels: manageiq
    maintainers: $team_manageiq
  $module_utils/memset.py:
    labels: cloud memset
-    maintainers: glitchcrab
  $module_utils/mh/:
    labels: module_helper
    maintainers: russoz
@@ -302,6 +339,9 @@ files:
  $module_utils/pipx.py:
    labels: pipx
    maintainers: russoz
+  $module_utils/puppet.py:
+    labels: puppet
+    maintainers: russoz
  $module_utils/pure.py:
    labels: pure pure_storage
    maintainers: $team_purestorage
@@ -313,11 +353,19 @@ files:
  $module_utils/scaleway.py:
    labels: cloud scaleway
    maintainers: $team_scaleway
+  $module_utils/snap.py:
+    labels: snap
+    maintainers: russoz
+  $module_utils/ssh.py:
+    maintainers: russoz
  $module_utils/storage/hpe3par/hpe3par.py:
    maintainers: farhan7500 gautamphegde
  $module_utils/utm_utils.py:
    labels: utm_utils
    maintainers: $team_e_spirit
+  $module_utils/vardict.py:
+    labels: vardict
+    maintainers: russoz
  $module_utils/wdc_redfish_utils.py:
    labels: wdc_redfish_utils
    maintainers: $team_wdc
@@ -382,6 +430,8 @@ files:
    maintainers: catcombo
  $modules/bower.py:
    maintainers: mwarkentin
+  $modules/btrfs_:
+    maintainers: gnfzdz
  $modules/bundler.py:
    maintainers: thoiberg
  $modules/bzr.py:
@@ -411,7 +461,7 @@ files:
    ignore: resmo
    maintainers: dmtrs
  $modules/consul:
-    ignore: colin-nolan
+    ignore: colin-nolan Hakon
    maintainers: $team_consul
  $modules/copr.py:
    maintainers: schlupov
@@ -428,7 +478,7 @@ files:
    labels: datadog_event
    maintainers: n0ts
  $modules/datadog_monitor.py:
-    maintainers: skornehl
+    ignore: skornehl
  $modules/dconf.py:
    maintainers: azaghal
  $modules/deploy_helper.py:
@@ -446,6 +496,8 @@ files:
    maintainers: russoz
  $modules/dnf_versionlock.py:
    maintainers: moreda
+  $modules/dnf_config_manager.py:
+    maintainers: ahyattdev
  $modules/dnsimple.py:
    maintainers: drcapulet
  $modules/dnsimple_info.py:
@@ -468,6 +520,9 @@ files:
  $modules/facter.py:
    labels: facter
    maintainers: $team_ansible_core gamethis
+  $modules/facter_facts.py:
+    labels: facter
+    maintainers: russoz $team_ansible_core gamethis
  $modules/filesize.py:
    maintainers: quidame
  $modules/filesystem.py:
@@ -490,8 +545,12 @@ files:
  $modules/gem.py:
    labels: gem
    maintainers: $team_ansible_core johanwiren
+  $modules/gio_mime.py:
+    maintainers: russoz
  $modules/git_config.py:
    maintainers: djmattyg007 mgedmin
+  $modules/git_config_info.py:
+    maintainers: guenhter
  $modules/github_:
    maintainers: stpierre
  $modules/github_deploy_key.py:
@@ -510,20 +569,33 @@ files:
    keywords: gitlab source_control
    maintainers: $team_gitlab
    notify: jlozadad
+    ignore: dj-wasabi
  $modules/gitlab_branch.py:
    maintainers: paytroff
+  $modules/gitlab_issue.py:
+    maintainers: zvaraondrej
+  $modules/gitlab_label.py:
+    maintainers: gpongelli
+  $modules/gitlab_merge_request.py:
+    maintainers: zvaraondrej
+  $modules/gitlab_milestone.py:
+    maintainers: gpongelli
  $modules/gitlab_project_variable.py:
    maintainers: markuman
+  $modules/gitlab_instance_variable.py:
+    maintainers: benibr
  $modules/gitlab_runner.py:
    maintainers: SamyCoenen
  $modules/gitlab_user.py:
    maintainers: LennertMertens stgrace
+  $modules/gitlab_group_access_token.py:
+    maintainers: pixslx
+  $modules/gitlab_project_access_token.py:
+    maintainers: pixslx
  $modules/grove.py:
    maintainers: zimbatm
  $modules/gunicorn.py:
    maintainers: agmezr
-  $modules/hana_query.py:
-    maintainers: rainerleber
  $modules/haproxy.py:
    maintainers: ravibhure Normo
  $modules/heroku_collaborator.py:
@@ -576,7 +648,7 @@ files:
    ignore: jose-delarosa
    maintainers: $team_redfish
  $modules/ilo_:
-    ignore: jose-delarosa
+    ignore: jose-delarosa varini-hp
    maintainers: $team_redfish
  $modules/imc_rest.py:
    labels: cisco
@@ -608,6 +680,11 @@ files:
    maintainers: bregman-arie
  $modules/ipa_:
    maintainers: $team_ipa
+    ignore: fxfitz
+  $modules/ipa_dnsrecord.py:
+    maintainers: $team_ipa jwbernin
+  $modules/ipbase_info.py:
+    maintainers: dominikkukacka
  $modules/ipa_pwpolicy.py:
    maintainers: adralioh
  $modules/ipa_service.py:
@@ -642,7 +719,9 @@ files:
    labels: jboss
    maintainers: $team_jboss jhoekx
  $modules/jenkins_build.py:
-    maintainers: brettmilford unnecessary-username
+    maintainers: brettmilford unnecessary-username juanmcasanova
+  $modules/jenkins_build_info.py:
+    maintainers: juanmcasanova
  $modules/jenkins_job.py:
    maintainers: sermilrod
  $modules/jenkins_job_info.py:
@@ -652,19 +731,37 @@ files:
  $modules/jenkins_script.py:
    maintainers: hogarthj
  $modules/jira.py:
-    ignore: DWSR
+    ignore: DWSR tarka
    labels: jira
-    maintainers: Slezhuk tarka pertoft
+    maintainers: Slezhuk pertoft
+  $modules/kdeconfig.py:
+    maintainers: smeso
  $modules/kernel_blacklist.py:
    maintainers: matze
  $modules/keycloak_:
    maintainers: $team_keycloak
  $modules/keycloak_authentication.py:
    maintainers: elfelip Gaetan2907
+  $modules/keycloak_authentication_required_actions.py:
+    maintainers: Skrekulko
+  $modules/keycloak_authz_authorization_scope.py:
+    maintainers: mattock
+  $modules/keycloak_authz_permission.py:
+    maintainers: mattock
+  $modules/keycloak_authz_custom_policy.py:
+    maintainers: mattock
+  $modules/keycloak_authz_permission_info.py:
+    maintainers: mattock
  $modules/keycloak_client_rolemapping.py:
    maintainers: Gaetan2907
  $modules/keycloak_clientscope.py:
    maintainers: Gaetan2907
+  $modules/keycloak_clientscope_type.py:
+    maintainers: simonpahl
+  $modules/keycloak_clientsecret_info.py:
+    maintainers: fynncfchen johncant
+  $modules/keycloak_clientsecret_regenerate.py:
+    maintainers: fynncfchen johncant
  $modules/keycloak_group.py:
    maintainers: adamgoossens
  $modules/keycloak_identity_provider.py:
@@ -673,12 +770,20 @@ files:
    maintainers: kris2kris
  $modules/keycloak_realm_info.py:
    maintainers: fynncfchen
+  $modules/keycloak_realm_key.py:
+    maintainers: mattock
  $modules/keycloak_role.py:
    maintainers: laurpaum
+  $modules/keycloak_user.py:
+    maintainers: elfelip
  $modules/keycloak_user_federation.py:
    maintainers: laurpaum
+  $modules/keycloak_component_info.py:
+    maintainers: desand01
  $modules/keycloak_user_rolemapping.py:
    maintainers: bratwurzt
+  $modules/keycloak_realm_rolemapping.py:
+    maintainers: agross mhuysamen Gaetan2907
  $modules/keyring.py:
    maintainers: ahussey-redhat
  $modules/keyring_info.py:
@@ -721,6 +826,8 @@ files:
    maintainers: nerzhul
  $modules/lvg.py:
    maintainers: abulimov
+  $modules/lvg_rename.py:
+    maintainers: lszomor
  $modules/lvol.py:
    maintainers: abulimov jhoekx zigaSRC unkaputtbar112
  $modules/lxc_container.py:
@@ -769,7 +876,7 @@ files:
    labels: maven_artifact
    maintainers: tumbl3w33d turb
  $modules/memset_:
-    maintainers: glitchcrab
+    ignore: glitchcrab
  $modules/mksysb.py:
    labels: aix mksysb
    maintainers: $team_aix
@@ -805,7 +912,7 @@ files:
  $modules/nmcli.py:
    maintainers: alcamie101
  $modules/nomad_:
-    maintainers: chris93111
+    maintainers: chris93111 apecnascimento
  $modules/nosh.py:
    maintainers: tacatac
  $modules/npm.py:
@@ -814,6 +921,10 @@ files:
    maintainers: shane-walker xcambar
  $modules/nsupdate.py:
    maintainers: nerzhul
+  $modules/ocapi_command.py:
+    maintainers: $team_wdc
+  $modules/ocapi_info.py:
+    maintainers: $team_wdc
  $modules/oci_vcn.py:
    maintainers: $team_oracle rohitChaware
  $modules/odbc.py:
@@ -822,7 +933,8 @@ files:
    maintainers: marc-sensenich
  $modules/ohai.py:
    labels: ohai
-    maintainers: $team_ansible_core mpdehaan
+    maintainers: $team_ansible_core
+    ignore: mpdehaan
  $modules/omapi_host.py:
    maintainers: amasolov nerzhul
  $modules/one_:
@@ -885,7 +997,7 @@ files:
    labels: pagerduty
    maintainers: suprememoocow thaumos
  $modules/pagerduty_alert.py:
-    maintainers: ApsOps
+    maintainers: ApsOps xshen1
  $modules/pagerduty_change.py:
    maintainers: adamvaughan
  $modules/pagerduty_user.py:
@@ -897,7 +1009,7 @@ files:
  $modules/pamd.py:
    maintainers: kevensen
  $modules/parted.py:
-    maintainers: ColOfAbRiX rosowiecki jake2184
+    maintainers: ColOfAbRiX jake2184
  $modules/pear.py:
    ignore: jle64
    labels: pear
@@ -928,6 +1040,9 @@ files:
    maintainers: $team_solaris dermute
  $modules/pmem.py:
    maintainers: mizumm
+  $modules/pnpm.py:
+    ignore: chrishoffman
+    maintainers: aretrosen
  $modules/portage.py:
    ignore: sayap
    labels: portage
@@ -944,29 +1059,34 @@ files:
  $modules/proxmox:
    keywords: kvm libvirt proxmox qemu
    labels: proxmox virt
-    maintainers: $team_virt
+    maintainers: $team_virt UnderGreen krauthosting
+    ignore: tleguern
  $modules/proxmox.py:
    ignore: skvidal
-    maintainers: UnderGreen
+    maintainers: UnderGreen krauthosting
  $modules/proxmox_disk.py:
-    maintainers: castorsky
+    maintainers: castorsky krauthosting
  $modules/proxmox_kvm.py:
    ignore: skvidal
-    maintainers: helldorado
+    maintainers: helldorado krauthosting
  $modules/proxmox_nic.py:
-    maintainers: Kogelvis
+    maintainers: Kogelvis krauthosting
+  $modules/proxmox_node_info.py:
+    maintainers: jwbernin krauthosting
+  $modules/proxmox_storage_contents_info.py:
+    maintainers: l00ptr krauthosting
  $modules/proxmox_tasks_info:
-    maintainers: paginabianca
+    maintainers: paginabianca krauthosting
  $modules/proxmox_template.py:
    ignore: skvidal
-    maintainers: UnderGreen
+    maintainers: UnderGreen krauthosting
  $modules/pubnub_blocks.py:
    maintainers: parfeon pubnub
  $modules/pulp_repo.py:
    maintainers: sysadmind
  $modules/puppet.py:
    labels: puppet
-    maintainers: nibalizer emonty
+    maintainers: emonty
  $modules/pushbullet.py:
    maintainers: willybarro
  $modules/pushover.py:
@@ -1018,10 +1138,11 @@ files:
    maintainers: dagwieers
  $modules/redfish_:
    ignore: jose-delarosa
-    maintainers: $team_redfish
+    maintainers: $team_redfish TSKushal
  $modules/redhat_subscription.py:
    labels: redhat_subscription
-    maintainers: barnabycourt alikins kahowell
+    maintainers: $team_rhsm
+    ignore: barnabycourt alikins kahowell
  $modules/redis.py:
    maintainers: slok
  $modules/redis_data.py:
@@ -1044,9 +1165,9 @@ files:
    labels: rhn_register
    maintainers: jlaska $team_rhn
  $modules/rhsm_release.py:
-    maintainers: seandst
+    maintainers: seandst $team_rhsm
  $modules/rhsm_repository.py:
-    maintainers: giovannisciortino
+    maintainers: giovannisciortino $team_rhsm
  $modules/riak.py:
    maintainers: drewkerrigan jsmartin
  $modules/rocketchat.py:
@@ -1067,12 +1188,9 @@ files:
    maintainers: nerzhul
  $modules/runit.py:
    maintainers: jsumners
-  $modules/sap_task_list_execute:
-    maintainers: rainerleber
-  $modules/sapcar_extract.py:
-    maintainers: RainerLeber
  $modules/say.py:
-    maintainers: $team_ansible_core mpdehaan
+    maintainers: $team_ansible_core
+    ignore: mpdehaan
  $modules/scaleway_:
    maintainers: $team_scaleway
  $modules/scaleway_compute_private_network.py:
@@ -1144,6 +1262,8 @@ files:
    ignore: ryansb
  $modules/shutdown.py:
    maintainers: nitzmahone samdoran aminvakil
+  $modules/simpleinit_msb.py:
+    maintainers: vaygr
  $modules/sl_vm.py:
    maintainers: mcltn
  $modules/slack.py:
@@ -1156,7 +1276,7 @@ files:
    maintainers: $team_solaris
  $modules/snap.py:
    labels: snap
-    maintainers: angristan vcarceler
+    maintainers: angristan vcarceler russoz
  $modules/snap_alias.py:
    labels: snap
    maintainers: russoz
@@ -1234,6 +1354,8 @@ files:
    maintainers: nate-kingsley
  $modules/urpmi.py:
    maintainers: pmakowski
+  $modules/usb_facts.py:
+    maintainers: maxopoly
  $modules/utm_:
    keywords: sophos utm
    maintainers: $team_e_spirit
@@ -1298,7 +1420,7 @@ files:
    labels: m:xml xml
    maintainers: dagwieers magnus919 tbielawa cmprescott sm4rk0
  $modules/yarn.py:
-    maintainers: chrishoffman verkaufer
+    ignore: chrishoffman verkaufer
  $modules/yum_versionlock.py:
    maintainers: gyptazy aminvakil
  $modules/zfs:
@@ -1325,6 +1447,43 @@ files:
    maintainers: $team_suse
  $tests/a_module.py:
    maintainers: felixfontein
+  $tests/fqdn_valid.py:
+    maintainers: vbotka
+#########################
+  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide.rst: {}
+  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations.rst: {}
+  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_counting_elements_in_sequence.rst:
+    maintainers: keilr
+  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_dictionaries.rst:
+    maintainers: felixfontein giner
+  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_grouping.rst:
+    maintainers: felixfontein
+  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_lists_helper.rst:
+    maintainers: cfiehe
+  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_merging_lists_of_dictionaries.rst:
+    maintainers: vbotka
+  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_conversions.rst:
+    maintainers: Ajpantuso kellyjonbrazil
+  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_creating_identifiers.rst:
+    maintainers: Ajpantuso
+  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_paths.rst: {}
+  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_selecting_json_data.rst: {}
+  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_working_with_times.rst:
+    maintainers: resmo
+  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_working_with_unicode.rst:
+    maintainers: Ajpantuso
+  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_working_with_versions.rst:
+    maintainers: ericzolf
+  docs/docsite/rst/guide_alicloud.rst:
+    maintainers: xiaozhu36
+  docs/docsite/rst/guide_online.rst:
+    maintainers: remyleone
+  docs/docsite/rst/guide_packet.rst:
+    maintainers: baldwinSPC nurfet-becirevic t0mk teebes
+  docs/docsite/rst/guide_scaleway.rst:
+    maintainers: $team_scaleway
+  docs/docsite/rst/test_guide.rst:
+    maintainers: felixfontein
 #########################
  tests/:
    labels: tests
@@ -1355,16 +1514,16 @@ macros:
  team_ansible_core:
  team_aix: MorrisA bcoca d-little flynn1973 gforster kairoaraujo marvin-sinister mator molekuul ramooncamacho wtcross
  team_bsd: JoergFiedler MacLemon bcoca dch jasperla mekanix opoplawski overhacked tuxillo
-  team_consul: sgargan
+  team_consul: sgargan apollo13
  team_cyberark_conjur: jvanderhoof ryanprior
  team_e_spirit: MatrixCrawler getjack
  team_flatpak: JayKayy oolongbrothers
-  team_gitlab: Lunik Shaps dj-wasabi marwatk waheedi zanssa scodeman metanovii sh0shin nejch lgatellier suukit
+  team_gitlab: Lunik Shaps marwatk waheedi zanssa scodeman metanovii sh0shin nejch lgatellier suukit
  team_hpux: bcoca davx8342
  team_huawei: QijunPan TommyLike edisonxiang freesky-edward hwDCN niuzhenguo xuxiaowei0512 yanzhangi zengchen1024 zhongjun2
-  team_ipa: Akasurde Nosmoht fxfitz justchris1
+  team_ipa: Akasurde Nosmoht justchris1
  team_jboss: Wolfant jairojunior wbrefvem
-  team_keycloak: eikef ndclt
+  team_keycloak: eikef ndclt mattock
  team_linode: InTheCloudDan decentral1se displague rmcintosh Charliekenney23 LBGarber
  team_macos: Akasurde kyleabenson martinm82 danieljaouen indrajitr
  team_manageiq: abellotti cben gtanzillo yaacov zgalor dkorn evertmulder
@@ -1372,10 +1531,11 @@ macros:
  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
+  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 mator scathatheworm troy2914 xen0l
  team_suse: commel evrardjp lrupp toabctl AnderEnder alxgu andytom sealor
-  team_virt: joshainglis karmab tleguern Thulium-Drake Ajpantuso
+  team_virt: joshainglis karmab Thulium-Drake Ajpantuso
  team_wdc: mikemoerk
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ body:
    label: Component Name
    description: >-
      Write the short name of the module, plugin, task or feature below,
-      *use your best guess if unsure*.
+      *use your best guess if unsure*. Do not include `community.general.`!
    placeholder: dnf, apt, yum, pip, user etc.
  validations:
    required: true
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/documentation_report.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/documentation_report.yml
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ body:
  attributes:
    label: Component Name
    description: >-
-      Write the short name of the rst file, module, plugin, task or
-      feature below, *use your best guess if unsure*.
+      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
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ body:
  attributes:
    label: Component Name
    description: >-
-      Write the short name of the module, plugin, task or feature below,
-      *use your best guess if unsure*.
+      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
--- a/.github/pull_request_template.md
+++ b/.github/pull_request_template.md
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+##### SUMMARY
+<!--- Describe the change below, including rationale and design decisions -->
+
+<!--- HINT: Include "Fixes #nnn" if you are fixing an existing issue -->
+
+<!--- Please do not forget to include a changelog fragment:
+      https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/collection_development_process.html#creating-changelog-fragments
+      No need to include one for docs-only or test-only PR, and for new plugin/module PRs.
+      Read about more details in CONTRIBUTING.md.
+      -->
+
+##### ISSUE TYPE
+<!--- Pick one or more below and delete the rest.
+      'Test Pull Request' is for PRs that add/extend tests without code changes. -->
+- Bugfix Pull Request
+- Docs Pull Request
+- Feature Pull Request
+- New Module/Plugin Pull Request
+- Refactoring Pull Request
+- Test Pull Request
+
+##### COMPONENT NAME
+<!--- Write the SHORT NAME of the module, plugin, task or feature below. -->
+
+##### ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
+<!--- Include additional information to help people understand the change here -->
+<!--- A step-by-step reproduction of the problem is helpful if there is no related issue -->
+
+<!--- Paste verbatim command output below, e.g. before and after your change -->
+```paste below
+
+```
--- a/.github/pull_request_template.md.license
+++ b/.github/pull_request_template.md.license
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
--- a/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# For the comprehensive list of the inputs supported by the ansible-community/ansible-test-gh-action GitHub Action, see
+# https://github.com/marketplace/actions/ansible-test
+
+name: EOL CI
+on:
+  # Run EOL CI against all pushes (direct commits, also merged PRs), Pull Requests
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - stable-*
+  pull_request:
+  # Run EOL CI once per day (at 08:00 UTC)
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 8 * * *'
+
+concurrency:
+  # Make sure there is at most one active run per PR, but do not cancel any non-PR runs
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ (github.head_ref && github.event.number) || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  sanity:
+    name: EOL Sanity (Ⓐ${{ matrix.ansible }})
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        ansible:
+          - '2.13'
+    # Ansible-test on various stable branches does not yet work well with cgroups v2.
+    # Since ubuntu-latest now uses Ubuntu 22.04, we need to fall back to the ubuntu-20.04
+    # image for these stable branches. The list of branches where this is necessary will
+    # shrink over time, check out https://github.com/ansible-collections/news-for-maintainers/issues/28
+    # for the latest list.
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Perform sanity testing
+        uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
+        with:
+          ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          coverage: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'always' || 'never' }}
+          pull-request-change-detection: 'true'
+          testing-type: sanity
+
+  units:
+    # Ansible-test on various stable branches does not yet work well with cgroups v2.
+    # Since ubuntu-latest now uses Ubuntu 22.04, we need to fall back to the ubuntu-20.04
+    # image for these stable branches. The list of branches where this is necessary will
+    # shrink over time, check out https://github.com/ansible-collections/news-for-maintainers/issues/28
+    # for the latest list.
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: EOL Units (Ⓐ${{ matrix.ansible }}+py${{ matrix.python }})
+    strategy:
+      # As soon as the first unit test fails, cancel the others to free up the CI queue
+      fail-fast: true
+      matrix:
+        ansible:
+          - ''
+        python:
+          - ''
+        exclude:
+          - ansible: ''
+        include:
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            python: '2.7'
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            python: '3.8'
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            python: '2.7'
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            python: '3.8'
+
+    steps:
+      - name: >-
+          Perform unit testing against
+          Ansible version ${{ matrix.ansible }}
+        uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
+        with:
+          ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          coverage: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'always' || 'never' }}
+          pre-test-cmd: >-
+            mkdir -p ../../ansible
+            ;
+            git clone --depth=1 --single-branch https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.internal_test_tools.git ../../community/internal_test_tools
+          pull-request-change-detection: 'true'
+          target-python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+          testing-type: units
+
+  integration:
+    # Ansible-test on various stable branches does not yet work well with cgroups v2.
+    # Since ubuntu-latest now uses Ubuntu 22.04, we need to fall back to the ubuntu-20.04
+    # image for these stable branches. The list of branches where this is necessary will
+    # shrink over time, check out https://github.com/ansible-collections/news-for-maintainers/issues/28
+    # for the latest list.
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: EOL I (Ⓐ${{ matrix.ansible }}+${{ matrix.docker }}+py${{ matrix.python }}:${{ matrix.target }})
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        ansible:
+          - ''
+        docker:
+          - ''
+        python:
+          - ''
+        target:
+          - ''
+        exclude:
+          - ansible: ''
+        include:
+          # 2.13
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            docker: fedora35
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/1/
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            docker: fedora35
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/2/
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            docker: fedora35
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/3/
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            docker: opensuse15py2
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/1/
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            docker: opensuse15py2
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/2/
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            docker: opensuse15py2
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/3/
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            docker: alpine3
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/1/
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            docker: alpine3
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/2/
+          - ansible: '2.13'
+            docker: alpine3
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/3/
+          # Right now all generic tests are disabled. Uncomment when at least one of them is re-enabled.
+          # - ansible: '2.13'
+          #   docker: default
+          #   python: '3.9'
+          #   target: azp/generic/1/
+
+    steps:
+      - name: >-
+          Perform integration testing against
+          Ansible version ${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          under Python ${{ matrix.python }}
+        uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
+        with:
+          ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          coverage: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'always' || 'never' }}
+          docker-image: ${{ matrix.docker }}
+          integration-continue-on-error: 'false'
+          integration-diff: 'false'
+          integration-retry-on-error: 'true'
+          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 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'
+          target: ${{ matrix.target }}
+          target-python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+          testing-type: integration
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ name: "Code scanning - action"
 on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '26 19 * * 1'
+  workflow_dispatch:

 permissions:
  contents: read
@@ -23,39 +24,13 @@ jobs:

    steps:
    - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      with:
-        # We must fetch at least the immediate parents so that if this is
-        # a pull request then we can checkout the head.
-        fetch-depth: 2
-
-    # If this run was triggered by a pull request event, then checkout
-    # the head of the pull request instead of the merge commit.
-    - run: git checkout HEAD^2
-      if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4

    # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
    - name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
-      # Override language selection by uncommenting this and choosing your languages
-      # with:
-      #   languages: go, javascript, csharp, python, cpp, java
-
-    # Autobuild attempts to build any compiled languages  (C/C++, C#, or Java).
-    # If this step fails, then you should remove it and run the build manually (see below)
-    - name: Autobuild
-      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v2
-
-    # ℹ️ Command-line programs to run using the OS shell.
-    # 📚 https://git.io/JvXDl
-
-    # ✏️ If the Autobuild fails above, remove it and uncomment the following three lines
-    #    and modify them (or add more) to build your code if your project
-    #    uses a compiled language
-
-    #- run: |
-    #   make bootstrap
-    #   make release
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
+      with:
+        languages: python

    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-pr.yml
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
---
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-name: Collection Docs
-concurrency:
-  group: docs-${{ github.head_ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-on:
-  pull_request_target:
-    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, closed]
-    paths-ignore:
-      - '.azure-pipelines/**'
-      - 'changelogs/**'
-      - 'meta/**'
-      - 'tests/**'
-
-jobs:
-  build-docs:
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-    name: Build Ansible Docs
-    uses: ansible-community/github-docs-build/.github/workflows/_shared-docs-build-pr.yml@main
-    with:
-      init-fail-on-error: true
-      provide-link-targets: |
-        ansible_collections.ansible.builtin.dict2items_filter
-        ansible_collections.ansible.builtin.items_lookup
-        ansible_collections.ansible.builtin.path_join_filter
-        ansible_collections.community.kubevirt.kubevirt_cdi_upload_module
-        ansible_collections.community.kubevirt.kubevirt_inventory
-        ansible_collections.community.kubevirt.kubevirt_preset_module
-        ansible_collections.community.kubevirt.kubevirt_pvc_module
-        ansible_collections.community.kubevirt.kubevirt_rs_module
-        ansible_collections.community.kubevirt.kubevirt_template_module
-        ansible_collections.community.kubevirt.kubevirt_vm_module
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_a_record_module
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_aaaa_record_module
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_cname_record_module
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_dns_view_module
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_fixed_address_module
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_host_record_module
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_lookup_lookup
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_member_module
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_mx_record_module
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_naptr_record_module
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_network_module
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_network_view_module
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_next_ip_lookup
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_next_network_lookup
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_nsgroup_module
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_ptr_record_module
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_srv_record_module
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_txt_record_module
-        ansible_collections.infoblox.nios_modules.nios_zone_module
-
-  comment:
-    permissions:
-      pull-requests: write
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: build-docs
-    name: PR comments
-    steps:
-      - name: PR comment
-        uses: ansible-community/github-docs-build/actions/ansible-docs-build-comment@main
-        with:
-          body-includes: '## Docs Build'
-          reactions: heart
-          action: ${{ needs.build-docs.outputs.changed != 'true' && 'remove' || '' }}
-          on-closed-body: |
-            ## Docs Build 📝
-
-            This PR is closed and any previously published docsite has been unpublished.
-          on-merged-body: |
-            ## Docs Build 📝
-
-            Thank you for contribution!✨
-
-            This PR has been merged and your docs changes will be incorporated when they are next published.
-          body: |
-            ## Docs Build 📝
-
-            Thank you for contribution!✨
-
-            The docsite for **this PR** is available for download as an artifact from this run:
-            ${{ needs.build-docs.outputs.artifact-url }}
-
-            File changes:
-
-            ${{ needs.build-docs.outputs.diff-files-rendered }}
-
-            ${{ needs.build-docs.outputs.diff-rendered }}
--- a/.github/workflows/import-galaxy.yml
+++ b/.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
--- a/.github/workflows/reuse.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reuse.yml
@@ -22,14 +22,9 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

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

-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          pip install reuse
-
-      - name: Check REUSE compliance
-        run: |
-          reuse lint
+      - name: REUSE Compliance Check
+        uses: fsfe/reuse-action@v3
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
---
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-repos:
-  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v4.0.1
-    hooks:
-      - id: trailing-whitespace
-      - id: end-of-file-fixer
-      - id: mixed-line-ending
-        args: [--fix=lf]
-      - id: fix-encoding-pragma
-      - id: check-ast
-      - id: check-merge-conflict
-      - id: check-symlinks
-  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pygrep-hooks
-    rev: v1.9.0
-    hooks:
-      - id: rst-backticks
-        types: [file]
-        files: changelogs/fragments/.*\.(yml|yaml)$
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,708 @@
+# Community General Release Notes
+
+**Topics**
+
+- <a href="#v8-5-0">v8\.5\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#security-fixes">Security Fixes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#new-modules">New Modules</a>
+- <a href="#v8-4-0">v8\.4\.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="#callback">Callback</a>
+        - <a href="#filter">Filter</a>
+    - <a href="#new-modules-1">New Modules</a>
+- <a href="#v8-3-0">v8\.3\.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="#new-modules-2">New Modules</a>
+- <a href="#v8-2-0">v8\.2\.0</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="#new-plugins-1">New Plugins</a>
+        - <a href="#connection">Connection</a>
+        - <a href="#filter-1">Filter</a>
+        - <a href="#lookup">Lookup</a>
+    - <a href="#new-modules-3">New Modules</a>
+- <a href="#v8-1-0">v8\.1\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-4">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-4">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-4">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#new-plugins-2">New Plugins</a>
+        - <a href="#lookup-1">Lookup</a>
+        - <a href="#test">Test</a>
+    - <a href="#new-modules-4">New Modules</a>
+- <a href="#v8-0-2">v8\.0\.2</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-5">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-5">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v8-0-1">v8\.0\.1</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-6">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-6">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v8-0-0">v8\.0\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-7">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-5">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="#bugfixes-7">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#known-issues">Known Issues</a>
+    - <a href="#new-plugins-3">New Plugins</a>
+        - <a href="#lookup-2">Lookup</a>
+    - <a href="#new-modules-5">New Modules</a>
+This changelog describes changes after version 7\.0\.0\.
+
+<a id="v8-5-0"></a>
+## v8\.5\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular feature and bugfix release with security fixes\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* bitwarden lookup plugin \- allows to fetch all records of a given collection ID\, by allowing to pass an empty value for <code>search\_value</code> when <code>collection\_id</code> is provided \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8013](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8013)\)\.
+* icinga2 inventory plugin \- adds new parameter <code>group\_by\_hostgroups</code> in order to make grouping by Icinga2 hostgroups optional \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7998](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7998)\)\.
+* ini\_file \- support optional spaces between section names and their surrounding brackets \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8075](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8075)\)\.
+* java\_cert \- enable <code>owner</code>\, <code>group</code>\, <code>mode</code>\, and other generic file arguments \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8116](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8116)\)\.
+* ldap\_attrs \- module now supports diff mode\, showing which attributes are changed within an operation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8073](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8073)\)\.
+* lxd\_container \- uses <code>/1\.0/instances</code> API endpoint\, if available\. Falls back to <code>/1\.0/containers</code> or <code>/1\.0/virtual\-machines</code>\. Fixes issue when using Incus or LXD 5\.19 due to migrating to <code>/1\.0/instances</code> endpoint \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7980](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7980)\)\.
+* nmcli \- allow setting <code>MTU</code> for <code>bond\-slave</code> interface types \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8118](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8118)\)\.
+* proxmox \- adds <code>startup</code> parameters to configure startup order\, startup delay and shutdown delay \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8038](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8038)\)\.
+* revbitspss lookup plugin \- removed a redundant unicode prefix\. The prefix was not necessary for Python 3 and has been cleaned up to streamline the code \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8087](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8087)\)\.
+
+<a id="security-fixes"></a>
+### Security Fixes
+
+* cobbler\, gitlab\_runners\, icinga2\, linode\, lxd\, nmap\, online\, opennebula\, proxmox\, scaleway\, stackpath\_compute\, virtualbox\, and xen\_orchestra inventory plugin \- make sure all data received from the remote servers is marked as unsafe\, so remote code execution by obtaining texts that can be evaluated as templates is not possible \([https\://www\.die\-welt\.net/2024/03/remote\-code\-execution\-in\-ansible\-dynamic\-inventory\-plugins/](https\://www\.die\-welt\.net/2024/03/remote\-code\-execution\-in\-ansible\-dynamic\-inventory\-plugins/)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8098](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8098)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* aix\_filesystem \- fix issue with empty list items in crfs logic and option order \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8052](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8052)\)\.
+* consul\_token \- fix token creation without <code>accessor\_id</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8091](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8091)\)\.
+* homebrew \- error returned from brew command was ignored and tried to parse empty JSON\. Fix now checks for an error and raises it to give accurate error message to users \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8047](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8047)\)\.
+* ipa\_hbacrule \- the module uses a string for <code>ipaenabledflag</code> for new FreeIPA versions while the returned value is a boolean \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7880](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7880)\)\.
+* ipa\_sudorule \- the module uses a string for <code>ipaenabledflag</code> for new FreeIPA versions while the returned value is a boolean \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7880](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7880)\)\.
+* iptables\_state \- fix idempotency issues when restoring incomplete iptables dumps \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8029](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8029)\)\.
+* linode inventory plugin \- add descriptive error message for linode inventory plugin \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8133](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8133)\)\.
+* pacemaker\_cluster \- actually implement check mode\, which the module claims to support\. This means that until now the module also did changes in check mode \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8081](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8081)\)\.
+* pam\_limits \- when the file does not exist\, do not create it in check mode \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8050](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8050)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8057](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8057)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- fixed status check getting from node\-specific API endpoint \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7817](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7817)\)\.
+
+<a id="new-modules"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* usb\_facts \- Allows listing information about USB devices
+
+<a id="v8-4-0"></a>
+## v8\.4\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-1"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-1"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* bitwarden lookup plugin \- add <code>bw\_session</code> option\, to pass session key instead of reading from env \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7994](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7994)\)\.
+* gitlab\_deploy\_key\, gitlab\_group\_members\, gitlab\_group\_variable\, gitlab\_hook\, gitlab\_instance\_variable\, gitlab\_project\_badge\, gitlab\_project\_variable\, gitlab\_user \- improve API pagination and compatibility with different versions of <code>python\-gitlab</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7790](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7790)\)\.
+* gitlab\_hook \- adds <code>releases\_events</code> parameter for supporting Releases events triggers on GitLab hooks \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7956](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7956)\)\.
+* icinga2 inventory plugin \- add Jinja2 templating support to <code>url</code>\, <code>user</code>\, and <code>password</code> paramenters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7074](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7074)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7996](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7996)\)\.
+* mssql\_script \- adds transactional \(rollback/commit\) support via optional boolean param <code>transaction</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7976](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7976)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- add parameter <code>update\_unsafe</code> to avoid limitations when updating dangerous values \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7843](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7843)\)\.
+* redfish\_config \- add command <code>SetServiceIdentification</code> to set service identification \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7916](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7916)\)\.
+* sudoers \- add support for the <code>NOEXEC</code> tag in sudoers rules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7983](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7983)\)\.
+* terraform \- fix <code>diff\_mode</code> in state <code>absent</code> and when terraform <code>resource\_changes</code> does not exist \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7963](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7963)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-1"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* cargo \- fix idempotency issues when using a custom installation path for packages \(using the <code>\-\-path</code> parameter\)\. The initial installation runs fine\, but subsequent runs use the <code>get\_installed\(\)</code> function which did not check the given installation location\, before running <code>cargo install</code>\. This resulted in a false <code>changed</code> state\. Also the removal of packeges using <code>state\: absent</code> failed\, as the installation check did not use the given parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7970](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7970)\)\.
+* gitlab\_issue \- fix behavior to search GitLab issue\, using <code>search</code> keyword instead of <code>title</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7846](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7846)\)\.
+* gitlab\_runner \- fix pagination when checking for existing runners \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7790](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7790)\)\.
+* keycloak\_client \- fixes issue when metadata is provided in desired state when task is in check mode \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/1226](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/1226)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7881](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7881)\)\.
+* modprobe \- listing modules files or modprobe files could trigger a FileNotFoundError if <code>/etc/modprobe\.d</code> or <code>/etc/modules\-load\.d</code> did not exist\. Relevant functions now return empty lists if the directories do not exist to avoid crashing the module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7717](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7717)\)\.
+* onepassword lookup plugin \- failed for fields that were in sections and had uppercase letters in the label/ID\. Field lookups are now case insensitive in all cases \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7919](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7919)\)\.
+* pkgin \- pkgin \(pkgsrc package manager used by SmartOS\) raises erratic exceptions and spurious <code>changed\=true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7971](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7971)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- allow for a GET operation invoked by <code>GetUpdateStatus</code> to allow for an empty response body for cases where a service returns 204 No Content \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8003](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8003)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- correct uncaught exception when attempting to retrieve <code>Chassis</code> information \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7952](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7952)\)\.
+
+<a id="new-plugins"></a>
+### New Plugins
+
+<a id="callback"></a>
+#### Callback
+
+* default\_without\_diff \- The default ansible callback without diff output
+
+<a id="filter"></a>
+#### Filter
+
+* lists\_difference \- Difference of lists with a predictive order
+* lists\_intersect \- Intersection of lists with a predictive order
+* lists\_symmetric\_difference \- Symmetric Difference of lists with a predictive order
+* lists\_union \- Union of lists with a predictive order
+
+<a id="new-modules-1"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* gitlab\_group\_access\_token \- Manages GitLab group access tokens
+* gitlab\_project\_access\_token \- Manages GitLab project access tokens
+
+<a id="v8-3-0"></a>
+## v8\.3\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-2"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-2"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* consul\_auth\_method\, consul\_binding\_rule\, consul\_policy\, consul\_role\, consul\_session\, consul\_token \- added action group <code>community\.general\.consul</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7897](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7897)\)\.
+* consul\_policy \- added support for diff and check mode \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878)\)\.
+* consul\_policy\, consul\_role\, consul\_session \- removed dependency on <code>requests</code> and factored out common parts \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7826](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7826)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878)\)\.
+* consul\_role \- <code>node\_identities</code> now expects a <code>node\_name</code> option to match the Consul API\, the old <code>name</code> is still supported as alias \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878)\)\.
+* consul\_role \- <code>service\_identities</code> now expects a <code>service\_name</code> option to match the Consul API\, the old <code>name</code> is still supported as alias \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878)\)\.
+* consul\_role \- added support for diff mode \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878)\)\.
+* consul\_role \- added support for templated policies \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7878)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- add command <code>GetServiceIdentification</code> to get service identification \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7882](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7882)\)\.
+* terraform \- add support for <code>diff\_mode</code> for terraform resource\_changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7896](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7896)\)\.
+
+<a id="deprecated-features"></a>
+### Deprecated Features
+
+* consul\_acl \- the module has been deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 10\.0\.0\. <code>consul\_token</code> and <code>consul\_policy</code> can be used instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7901](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7901)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-2"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* homebrew \- detect already installed formulae and casks using JSON output from <code>brew info</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/864](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/864)\)\.
+* incus connection plugin \- treats <code>inventory\_hostname</code> as a variable instead of a literal in remote connections \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7874](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7874)\)\.
+* ipa\_otptoken \- the module expect <code>ipatokendisabled</code> as string but the <code>ipatokendisabled</code> value is returned as a boolean \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7795](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7795)\)\.
+* ldap \- previously the order number \(if present\) was expected to follow an equals sign in the DN\. This makes it so the order number string is identified correctly anywhere within the DN \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7646](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7646)\)\.
+* mssql\_script \- make the module work with Python 2 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7818](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7818)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7821](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7821)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fix <code>connection\.slave\-type</code> wired to <code>bond</code> and not with parameter <code>slave\_type</code> in case of connection type <code>wifi</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7389](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7389)\)\.
+* proxmox \- fix updating a container config if the setting does not already exist \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7872](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7872)\)\.
+
+<a id="new-modules-2"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* consul\_acl\_bootstrap \- Bootstrap ACLs in Consul
+* consul\_auth\_method \- Manipulate Consul auth methods
+* consul\_binding\_rule \- Manipulate Consul binding rules
+* consul\_token \- Manipulate Consul tokens
+* gitlab\_label \- Creates/updates/deletes GitLab Labels belonging to project or group\.
+* gitlab\_milestone \- Creates/updates/deletes GitLab Milestones belonging to project or group
+
+<a id="v8-2-0"></a>
+## v8\.2\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-3"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-3"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* ipa\_dnsrecord \- adds ability to manage NS record types \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7737](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7737)\)\.
+* ipa\_pwpolicy \- refactor module and exchange a sequence <code>if</code> statements with a <code>for</code> loop \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7723](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7723)\)\.
+* ipa\_pwpolicy \- update module to support <code>maxrepeat</code>\, <code>maxsequence</code>\, <code>dictcheck</code>\, <code>usercheck</code>\, <code>gracelimit</code> parameters in FreeIPA password policies \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7723](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7723)\)\.
+* keycloak\_realm\_key \- the <code>config\.algorithm</code> option now supports 8 additional key algorithms \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7698](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7698)\)\.
+* keycloak\_realm\_key \- the <code>config\.certificate</code> option value is no longer defined with <code>no\_log\=True</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7698](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7698)\)\.
+* keycloak\_realm\_key \- the <code>provider\_id</code> option now supports RSA encryption key usage \(value <code>rsa\-enc</code>\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7698](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7698)\)\.
+* keycloak\_user\_federation \- allow custom user storage providers to be set through <code>provider\_id</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7789](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7789)\)\.
+* mail \- add <code>Message\-ID</code> header\; which is required by some mail servers \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7740](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7740)\)\.
+* mail module\, mail callback plugin \- allow to configure the domain name of the Message\-ID header with a new <code>message\_id\_domain</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7765](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7765)\)\.
+* ssh\_config \- new feature to set <code>AddKeysToAgent</code> option to <code>yes</code> or <code>no</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7703](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7703)\)\.
+* ssh\_config \- new feature to set <code>IdentitiesOnly</code> option to <code>yes</code> or <code>no</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7704](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7704)\)\.
+* xcc\_redfish\_command \- added support for raw POSTs \(<code>command\=PostResource</code> in <code>category\=Raw</code>\) without a specific action info \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7746](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7746)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-3"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* keycloak\_identity\_provider \- <code>mappers</code> processing was not idempotent if the mappers configuration list had not been sorted by name \(in ascending order\)\. Fix resolves the issue by sorting mappers in the desired state using the same key which is used for obtaining existing state \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7418](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7418)\)\.
+* keycloak\_identity\_provider \- it was not possible to reconfigure \(add\, remove\) <code>mappers</code> once they were created initially\. Removal was ignored\, adding new ones resulted in dropping the pre\-existing unmodified mappers\. Fix resolves the issue by supplying correct input to the internal update call \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7418](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7418)\)\.
+* keycloak\_user \- when <code>force</code> is set\, but user does not exist\, do not try to delete it \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7696](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7696)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- running <code>state\=template</code> will first check whether VM is already a template \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7792](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7792)\)\.
+* statusio\_maintenance \- fix error caused by incorrectly formed API data payload\. Was raising \"Failed to create maintenance HTTP Error 400 Bad Request\" caused by bad data type for date/time and deprecated dict keys \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7754](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7754)\)\.
+
+<a id="new-plugins-1"></a>
+### New Plugins
+
+<a id="connection"></a>
+#### Connection
+
+* incus \- Run tasks in Incus instances via the Incus CLI\.
+
+<a id="filter-1"></a>
+#### Filter
+
+* from\_ini \- Converts INI text input into a dictionary
+* to\_ini \- Converts a dictionary to the INI file format
+
+<a id="lookup"></a>
+#### Lookup
+
+* github\_app\_access\_token \- Obtain short\-lived Github App Access tokens
+
+<a id="new-modules-3"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* dnf\_config\_manager \- Enable or disable dnf repositories using config\-manager
+* keycloak\_component\_info \- Retrive component info in Keycloak
+* keycloak\_realm\_rolemapping \- Allows administration of Keycloak realm role mappings into groups with the Keycloak API
+* proxmox\_node\_info \- Retrieve information about one or more Proxmox VE nodes
+* proxmox\_storage\_contents\_info \- List content from a Proxmox VE storage
+
+<a id="v8-1-0"></a>
+## v8\.1\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-4"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-4"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* bitwarden lookup plugin \- when looking for items using an item ID\, the item is now accessed directly with <code>bw get item</code> instead of searching through all items\. This doubles the lookup speed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7468](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7468)\)\.
+* elastic callback plugin \- close elastic client to not leak resources \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7517](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7517)\)\.
+* git\_config \- allow multiple git configs for the same name with the new <code>add\_mode</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7260](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7260)\)\.
+* git\_config \- the <code>after</code> and <code>before</code> fields in the <code>diff</code> of the return value can be a list instead of a string in case more configs with the same key are affected \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7260](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7260)\)\.
+* git\_config \- when a value is unset\, all configs with the same key are unset \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7260](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7260)\)\.
+* gitlab modules \- add <code>ca\_path</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7472](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7472)\)\.
+* gitlab modules \- remove duplicate <code>gitlab</code> package check \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7486](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7486)\)\.
+* gitlab\_runner \- add support for new runner creation workflow \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7199](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7199)\)\.
+* ipa\_config \- adds <code>passkey</code> choice to <code>ipauserauthtype</code> parameter\'s choices \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7588](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7588)\)\.
+* ipa\_sudorule \- adds options to include denied commands or command groups \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7415](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7415)\)\.
+* ipa\_user \- adds <code>idp</code> and <code>passkey</code> choice to <code>ipauserauthtype</code> parameter\'s choices \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7589](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7589)\)\.
+* irc \- add <code>validate\_certs</code> option\, and rename <code>use\_ssl</code> to <code>use\_tls</code>\, while keeping <code>use\_ssl</code> as an alias\. The default value for <code>validate\_certs</code> is <code>false</code> for backwards compatibility\. We recommend to every user of this module to explicitly set <code>use\_tls\=true</code> and <em class="title-reference">validate\_certs\=true\`</em> whenever possible\, especially when communicating to IRC servers over the internet \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7550](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7550)\)\.
+* keycloak module utils \- expose error message from Keycloak server for HTTP errors in some specific situations \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7645](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7645)\)\.
+* keycloak\_user\_federation \- add option for <code>krbPrincipalAttribute</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7538](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7538)\)\.
+* lvol \- change <code>pvs</code> argument type to list of strings \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7676](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7676)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7504](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7504)\)\.
+* lxd connection plugin \- tighten the detection logic for lxd <code>Instance not found</code> errors\, to avoid false detection on unrelated errors such as <code>/usr/bin/python3\: not found</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7521](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7521)\)\.
+* netcup\_dns \- adds support for record types <code>OPENPGPKEY</code>\, <code>SMIMEA</code>\, and <code>SSHFP</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7489](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7489)\)\.
+* nmcli \- add support for new connection type <code>loopback</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6572](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6572)\)\.
+* nmcli \- allow for <code>infiniband</code> slaves of <code>bond</code> interface types \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7569](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7569)\)\.
+* nmcli \- allow for the setting of <code>MTU</code> for <code>infiniband</code> and <code>bond</code> interface types \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7499](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7499)\)\.
+* onepassword lookup plugin \- support 1Password Connect with the opv2 client by setting the connect\_host and connect\_token parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7116](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7116)\)\.
+* onepassword\_raw lookup plugin \- support 1Password Connect with the opv2 client by setting the connect\_host and connect\_token parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7116](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7116)\)
+* passwordstore \- adds <code>timestamp</code> and <code>preserve</code> parameters to modify the stored password format \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7426](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7426)\)\.
+* proxmox \- adds <code>template</code> value to the <code>state</code> parameter\, allowing conversion of container to a template \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7143](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7143)\)\.
+* proxmox \- adds <code>update</code> parameter\, allowing update of an already existing containers configuration \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7540](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7540)\)\.
+* proxmox inventory plugin \- adds an option to exclude nodes from the dynamic inventory generation\. The new setting is optional\, not using this option will behave as usual \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6714](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6714)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7461](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7461)\)\.
+* proxmox\_disk \- add ability to manipulate CD\-ROM drive \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7495](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7495)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- adds <code>template</code> value to the <code>state</code> parameter\, allowing conversion of a VM to a template \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7143](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7143)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- support the <code>hookscript</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7600](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7600)\)\.
+* proxmox\_ostype \- it is now possible to specify the <code>ostype</code> when creating an LXC container \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7462](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7462)\)\.
+* proxmox\_vm\_info \- add ability to retrieve configuration info \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7485](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7485)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- adding the <code>BootProgress</code> property when getting <code>Systems</code> info \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7626](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7626)\)\.
+* ssh\_config \- adds <code>controlmaster</code>\, <code>controlpath</code> and <code>controlpersist</code> parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7456](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7456)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-4"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* apt\-rpm \- the module did not upgrade packages if a newer version exists\. Now the package will be reinstalled if the candidate is newer than the installed version \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7414](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7414)\)\.
+* cloudflare\_dns \- fix Cloudflare lookup of SHFP records \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7652](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7652)\)\.
+* interface\_files \- also consider <code>address\_family</code> when changing <code>option\=method</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7610](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7610)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7612](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7612)\)\.
+* irc \- replace <code>ssl\.wrap\_socket</code> that was removed from Python 3\.12 with code for creating a proper SSL context \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7542](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7542)\)\.
+* keycloak\_\* \- fix Keycloak API client to quote <code>/</code> properly \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7641](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7641)\)\.
+* keycloak\_authz\_permission \- resource payload variable for scope\-based permission was constructed as a string\, when it needs to be a list\, even for a single item \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7151](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7151)\)\.
+* log\_entries callback plugin \- replace <code>ssl\.wrap\_socket</code> that was removed from Python 3\.12 with code for creating a proper SSL context \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7542](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7542)\)\.
+* lvol \- test for output messages in both <code>stdout</code> and <code>stderr</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7601](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7601)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7182](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7182)\)\.
+* onepassword lookup plugin \- field and section titles are now case insensitive when using op CLI version two or later\. This matches the behavior of version one \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7564](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7564)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- use the D\-Bus registration on RHEL 7 only on 7\.4 and
+  greater\; older versions of RHEL 7 do not have it
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7622](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7622)\,
+  [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7624](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7624)\)\.
+* terraform \- fix multiline string handling in complex variables \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7535](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7535)\)\.
+
+<a id="new-plugins-2"></a>
+### New Plugins
+
+<a id="lookup-1"></a>
+#### Lookup
+
+* onepassword\_doc \- Fetch documents stored in 1Password
+
+<a id="test"></a>
+#### Test
+
+* fqdn\_valid \- Validates fully\-qualified domain names against RFC 1123
+
+<a id="new-modules-4"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* git\_config\_info \- Read git configuration
+* gitlab\_issue \- Create\, update\, or delete GitLab issues
+* nomad\_token \- Manage Nomad ACL tokens
+
+<a id="v8-0-2"></a>
+## v8\.0\.2
+
+<a id="release-summary-5"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Bugfix release for inclusion in Ansible 9\.0\.0rc1\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-5"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* ocapi\_utils\, oci\_utils\, redfish\_utils module utils \- replace <code>type\(\)</code> calls with <code>isinstance\(\)</code> calls \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7501](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7501)\)\.
+* pipx module utils \- change the CLI argument formatter for the <code>pip\_args</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7497](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7497)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7506](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7506)\)\.
+
+<a id="v8-0-1"></a>
+## v8\.0\.1
+
+<a id="release-summary-6"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Bugfix release for inclusion in Ansible 9\.0\.0b1\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-6"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* gitlab\_group\_members \- fix gitlab constants call in <code>gitlab\_group\_members</code> module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project\_members \- fix gitlab constants call in <code>gitlab\_project\_members</code> module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467)\)\.
+* gitlab\_protected\_branches \- fix gitlab constants call in <code>gitlab\_protected\_branches</code> module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467)\)\.
+* gitlab\_user \- fix gitlab constants call in <code>gitlab\_user</code> module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467)\)\.
+* proxmox\_pool\_member \- absent state for type VM did not delete VMs from the pools \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7464](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7464)\)\.
+* redfish\_command \- fix usage of message parsing in <code>SimpleUpdate</code> and <code>MultipartHTTPPushUpdate</code> commands to treat the lack of a <code>MessageId</code> as no message \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7465](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7465)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7471](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7471)\)\.
+
+<a id="v8-0-0"></a>
+## v8\.0\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-7"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+This is release 8\.0\.0 of <code>community\.general</code>\, released on 2023\-11\-01\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-5"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* The collection will start using semantic markup \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6539](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6539)\)\.
+* VarDict module utils \- add method <code>VarDict\.as\_dict\(\)</code> to convert to a plain <code>dict</code> object \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6602](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6602)\)\.
+* apt\_rpm \- extract package name from local <code>\.rpm</code> path when verifying
+  installation success\. Allows installing packages from local <code>\.rpm</code> files
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7396](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7396)\)\.
+* cargo \- add option <code>executable</code>\, which allows user to specify path to the cargo binary \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7352](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7352)\)\.
+* cargo \- add option <code>locked</code> which allows user to specify install the locked version of dependency instead of latest compatible version \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6134](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6134)\)\.
+* chroot connection plugin \- add <code>disable\_root\_check</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7099](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7099)\)\.
+* cloudflare\_dns \- add CAA record support \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7399](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7399)\)\.
+* cobbler inventory plugin \- add <code>exclude\_mgmt\_classes</code> and <code>include\_mgmt\_classes</code> options to exclude or include hosts based on management classes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7184](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7184)\)\.
+* cobbler inventory plugin \- add <code>inventory\_hostname</code> option to allow using the system name for the inventory hostname \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6502](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6502)\)\.
+* cobbler inventory plugin \- add <code>want\_ip\_addresses</code> option to collect all interface DNS name to IP address mapping \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6711](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6711)\)\.
+* cobbler inventory plugin \- add primary IP addess to <code>cobbler\_ipv4\_address</code> and IPv6 address to <code>cobbler\_ipv6\_address</code> host variable \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6711](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6711)\)\.
+* cobbler inventory plugin \- add warning for systems with empty profiles \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6502](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6502)\)\.
+* cobbler inventory plugin \- convert Ansible unicode strings to native Python unicode strings before passing user/password to XMLRPC client \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6923](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6923)\)\.
+* consul\_session \- drops requirement for the <code>python\-consul</code> library to communicate with the Consul API\, instead relying on the existing <code>requests</code> library requirement \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6755](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6755)\)\.
+* copr \- respawn module to use the system python interpreter when the <code>dnf</code> python module is not available in <code>ansible\_python\_interpreter</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6522](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6522)\)\.
+* cpanm \- minor refactor when creating the <code>CmdRunner</code> object \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7231](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7231)\)\.
+* datadog\_monitor \- adds <code>notification\_preset\_name</code>\, <code>renotify\_occurrences</code> and <code>renotify\_statuses</code> parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6521\,https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5823](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6521\,https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5823)\)\.
+* dig lookup plugin \- add TCP option to enable the use of TCP connection during DNS lookup \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7343](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7343)\)\.
+* ejabberd\_user \- module now using <code>CmdRunner</code> to execute external command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7075](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7075)\)\.
+* filesystem \- add <code>uuid</code> parameter for UUID change feature \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6680](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6680)\)\.
+* gitlab\_group \- add option <code>force\_delete</code> \(default\: false\) which allows delete group even if projects exists in it \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7364](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7364)\)\.
+* gitlab\_group\_variable \- add support for <code>raw</code> variables suboption \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7132](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7132)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project\_variable \- add support for <code>raw</code> variables suboption \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7132](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7132)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project\_variable \- minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928)\)\.
+* gitlab\_runner \- minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6927](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6927)\)\.
+* htpasswd \- minor code improvements in the module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6901](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6901)\)\.
+* htpasswd \- the parameter <code>crypt\_scheme</code> is being renamed as <code>hash\_scheme</code> and added as an alias to it \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6841](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6841)\)\.
+* icinga2\_host \- the <code>ip</code> option is no longer required\, since Icinga 2 allows for an empty address attribute \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7452](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7452)\)\.
+* ini\_file \- add <code>ignore\_spaces</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7273](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7273)\)\.
+* ini\_file \- add <code>modify\_inactive\_option</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7401](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7401)\)\.
+* ipa\_config \- add module parameters to manage FreeIPA user and group objectclasses \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7019](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7019)\)\.
+* ipa\_config \- adds <code>idp</code> choice to <code>ipauserauthtype</code> parameter\'s choices \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7051](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7051)\)\.
+* jenkins\_build \- add new <code>detach</code> option\, which allows the module to exit successfully as long as the build is created \(default functionality is still waiting for the build to end before exiting\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7204](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7204)\)\.
+* jenkins\_build \- add new <code>time\_between\_checks</code> option\, which allows to configure the wait time between requests to the Jenkins server \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7204](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7204)\)\.
+* keycloak\_authentication \- added provider ID choices\, since Keycloak supports only those two specific ones \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6763](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6763)\)\.
+* keycloak\_client\_rolemapping \- adds support for subgroups with additional parameter <code>parents</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6687](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6687)\)\.
+* keycloak\_role \- add composite roles support for realm and client roles \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6469](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6469)\)\.
+* keyring \- minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6927](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6927)\)\.
+* ldap\_\* \- add new arguments <code>client\_cert</code> and <code>client\_key</code> to the LDAP modules in order to allow certificate authentication \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6668](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6668)\)\.
+* ldap\_search \- add a new <code>page\_size</code> option to enable paged searches \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6648](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6648)\)\.
+* locale\_gen \- module has been refactored to use <code>ModuleHelper</code> and <code>CmdRunner</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6903](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6903)\)\.
+* locale\_gen \- module now using <code>CmdRunner</code> to execute external commands \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6820](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6820)\)\.
+* lvg \- add <code>active</code> and <code>inactive</code> values to the <code>state</code> option for active state management feature \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6682](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6682)\)\.
+* lvg \- add <code>reset\_vg\_uuid</code>\, <code>reset\_pv\_uuid</code> options for UUID reset feature \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6682](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6682)\)\.
+* lxc connection plugin \- properly handle a change of the <code>remote\_addr</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7373](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7373)\)\.
+* lxd connection plugin \- automatically translate <code>remote\_addr</code> from FQDN to \(short\) hostname \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7360](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7360)\)\.
+* lxd connection plugin \- update error parsing to work with newer messages mentioning instances \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7360](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7360)\)\.
+* lxd inventory plugin \- add <code>server\_cert</code> option for trust anchor to use for TLS verification of server certificates \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7392](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7392)\)\.
+* lxd inventory plugin \- add <code>server\_check\_hostname</code> option to disable hostname verification of server certificates \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7392](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7392)\)\.
+* make \- add new <code>targets</code> parameter allowing multiple targets to be used with <code>make</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6882](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6882)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4919](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4919)\)\.
+* make \- allows <code>params</code> to be used without value \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7180](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7180)\)\.
+* mas \- disable sign\-in check for macOS 12\+ as <code>mas account</code> is non\-functional \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6520](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6520)\)\.
+* newrelic\_deployment \- add option <code>app\_name\_exact\_match</code>\, which filters results for the exact app\_name provided \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7355](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7355)\)\.
+* nmap inventory plugin \- now has a <code>use\_arp\_ping</code> option to allow the user to disable the default ARP ping query for a more reliable form \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7119](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7119)\)\.
+* nmcli \- add support for <code>ipv4\.dns\-options</code> and <code>ipv6\.dns\-options</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6902](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6902)\)\.
+* nomad\_job\, nomad\_job\_info \- add <code>port</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7412](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7412)\)\.
+* npm \- minor improvement on parameter validation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6848](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6848)\)\.
+* npm \- module now using <code>CmdRunner</code> to execute external commands \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6989](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6989)\)\.
+* onepassword lookup plugin \- add service account support \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6635](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6635)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6660](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6660)\)\.
+* onepassword lookup plugin \- introduce <code>account\_id</code> option which allows specifying which account to use \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7308](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7308)\)\.
+* onepassword\_raw lookup plugin \- add service account support \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6635](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6635)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6660](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6660)\)\.
+* onepassword\_raw lookup plugin \- introduce <code>account\_id</code> option which allows specifying which account to use \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7308](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7308)\)\.
+* opentelemetry callback plugin \- add span attributes in the span event \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6531](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6531)\)\.
+* opkg \- add <code>executable</code> parameter allowing to specify the path of the <code>opkg</code> command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6862](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6862)\)\.
+* opkg \- remove default value <code>\"\"</code> for parameter <code>force</code> as it causes the same behaviour of not having that parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6513](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6513)\)\.
+* pagerduty \- adds in option to use v2 API for creating pagerduty incidents \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6151](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6151)\)
+* parted \- on resize\, use <code>\-\-fix</code> option if available \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7304](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7304)\)\.
+* pnpm \- set correct version when state is latest or version is not mentioned\. Resolves previous idempotency problem \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7339](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7339)\)\.
+* pritunl module utils \- ensure <code>validate\_certs</code> parameter is honoured in all methods \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7156](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7156)\)\.
+* proxmox \- add <code>vmid</code> \(and <code>taskid</code> when possible\) to return values \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7263](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7263)\)\.
+* proxmox \- support <code>timezone</code> parameter at container creation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6510](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6510)\)\.
+* proxmox inventory plugin \- add composite variables support for Proxmox nodes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6640](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6640)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- added support for <code>tpmstate0</code> parameter to configure TPM \(Trusted Platform Module\) disk\. TPM is required for Windows 11 installations \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6533](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6533)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- enabled force restart of VM\, bringing the <code>force</code> parameter functionality in line with what is described in the docs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6914](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6914)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- re\-use <code>timeout</code> module param to forcefully shutdown a virtual machine when <code>state</code> is <code>stopped</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6257](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6257)\)\.
+* proxmox\_snap \- add <code>retention</code> parameter to delete old snapshots \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6576](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6576)\)\.
+* proxmox\_vm\_info \- <code>node</code> parameter is no longer required\. Information can be obtained for the whole cluster \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6976](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6976)\)\.
+* proxmox\_vm\_info \- non\-existing provided by name/vmid VM would return empty results instead of failing \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7049](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7049)\)\.
+* pubnub\_blocks \- minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928)\)\.
+* random\_string \- added new <code>ignore\_similar\_chars</code> and <code>similar\_chars</code> option to ignore certain chars \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7242](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7242)\)\.
+* redfish\_command \- add <code>MultipartHTTPPushUpdate</code> command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6471](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6471)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6612](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6612)\)\.
+* redfish\_command \- add <code>account\_types</code> and <code>oem\_account\_types</code> as optional inputs to <code>AddUser</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6823](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6823)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6871](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6871)\)\.
+* redfish\_command \- add new option <code>update\_oem\_params</code> for the <code>MultipartHTTPPushUpdate</code> command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7331](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7331)\)\.
+* redfish\_config \- add <code>CreateVolume</code> command to allow creation of volumes on servers \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6813](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6813)\)\.
+* redfish\_config \- add <code>DeleteAllVolumes</code> command to allow deletion of all volumes on servers \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6814](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6814)\)\.
+* redfish\_config \- adding <code>SetSecureBoot</code> command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7129](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7129)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- add <code>AccountTypes</code> and <code>OEMAccountTypes</code> to the output of <code>ListUsers</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6823](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6823)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6871](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6871)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- add support for <code>GetBiosRegistries</code> command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7144](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7144)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- adds <code>LinkStatus</code> to NIC inventory \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7318)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- adds <code>ProcessorArchitecture</code> to CPU inventory \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6864](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6864)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- fix for <code>GetVolumeInventory</code>\, Controller name was getting populated incorrectly and duplicates were seen in the volumes retrieved \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6719](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6719)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- report <code>Id</code> in the output of <code>GetManagerInventory</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7140](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7140)\)\.
+* redfish\_utils \- use <code>Controllers</code> key in redfish data to obtain Storage controllers properties \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7081](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7081)\)\.
+* redfish\_utils module utils \- add support for <code>PowerCycle</code> reset type for <code>redfish\_command</code> responses feature \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7083](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7083)\)\.
+* redfish\_utils module utils \- add support for following <code>\@odata\.nextLink</code> pagination in <code>software\_inventory</code> responses feature \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7020](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7020)\)\.
+* redfish\_utils module utils \- support <code>Volumes</code> in response for <code>GetDiskInventory</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6819](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6819)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- the internal <code>RegistrationBase</code> class was folded
+  into the other internal <code>Rhsm</code> class\, as the separation had no purpose
+  anymore
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6658](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6658)\)\.
+* redis\_info \- refactor the redis\_info module to use the redis module\_utils enabling to pass TLS parameters to the Redis client \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7267](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7267)\)\.
+* rhsm\_release \- improve/harden the way <code>subscription\-manager</code> is run\;
+  no behaviour change is expected
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6669](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6669)\)\.
+* rhsm\_repository \- the interaction with <code>subscription\-manager</code> was
+  refactored by grouping things together\, removing unused bits\, and hardening
+  the way it is run\; also\, the parsing of <code>subscription\-manager repos \-\-list</code>
+  was improved and made slightly faster\; no behaviour change is expected
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6783](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6783)\,
+  [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6837](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6837)\)\.
+* scaleway\_security\_group\_rule \- minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928)\)\.
+* shutdown \- use <code>shutdown \-p \.\.\.</code> with FreeBSD to halt and power off machine \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7102](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7102)\)\.
+* snap \- add option <code>dangerous</code> to the module\, that will map into the command line argument <code>\-\-dangerous</code>\, allowing unsigned snap files to be installed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6908](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6908)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5715](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5715)\)\.
+* snap \- module is now aware of channel when deciding whether to install or refresh the snap \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6435](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6435)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/1606](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/1606)\)\.
+* sorcery \- add grimoire \(repository\) management support \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7012](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7012)\)\.
+* sorcery \- minor refactor \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6525](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6525)\)\.
+* supervisorctl \- allow to stop matching running processes before removing them with <code>stop\_before\_removing\=true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7284](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7284)\)\.
+* tss lookup plugin \- allow to fetch secret IDs which are in a folder based on folder ID\. Previously\, we could not fetch secrets based on folder ID but now use <code>fetch\_secret\_ids\_from\_folder</code> option to indicate to fetch secret IDs based on folder ID \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6223](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6223)\)\.
+* tss lookup plugin \- allow to fetch secret by path\. Previously\, we could not fetch secret by path but now use <code>secret\_path</code> option to indicate to fetch secret by secret path \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6881](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6881)\)\.
+* unixy callback plugin \- add support for <code>check\_mode\_markers</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7179](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7179)\)\.
+* vardict module utils \- added convenience methods to <code>VarDict</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6647](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6647)\)\.
+* xenserver\_guest\_info \- minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928)\)\.
+* xenserver\_guest\_powerstate \- minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928)\)\.
+* yum\_versionlock \- add support to pin specific package versions instead of only the package itself \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6861](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6861)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4470](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4470)\)\.
+
+<a id="breaking-changes--porting-guide"></a>
+### Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
+
+* collection\_version lookup plugin \- remove compatibility code for ansible\-base 2\.10 and ansible\-core 2\.11 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7269](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7269)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project \- add <code>default\_branch</code> support for project update\. If you used the module so far with <code>default\_branch</code> to update a project\, the value of <code>default\_branch</code> was ignored\. Make sure that you either do not pass a value if you are not sure whether it is the one you want to have to avoid unexpected breaking changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7158](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7158)\)\.
+* selective callback plugin \- remove compatibility code for Ansible 2\.9 and ansible\-core 2\.10 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7269](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7269)\)\.
+* vardict module utils \- <code>VarDict</code> will no longer accept variables named <code>\_var</code>\, <code>get\_meta</code>\, and <code>as\_dict</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6647](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6647)\)\.
+* version module util \- remove fallback for ansible\-core 2\.11\. All modules and plugins that do version collections no longer work with ansible\-core 2\.11 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7269](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7269)\)\.
+
+<a id="deprecated-features-1"></a>
+### Deprecated Features
+
+* CmdRunner module utils \- deprecate <code>cmd\_runner\_fmt\.as\_default\_type\(\)</code> formatter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6601](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6601)\)\.
+* MH VarsMixin module utils \- deprecates <code>VarsMixin</code> and supporting classes in favor of plain <code>vardict</code> module util \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6649](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6649)\)\.
+* ansible\_galaxy\_install \- the <code>ack\_ansible29</code> and <code>ack\_min\_ansiblecore211</code> options have been deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358)\)\.
+* consul \- the <code>ack\_params\_state\_absent</code> option has been deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 10\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358)\)\.
+* cpanm \- value <code>compatibility</code> is deprecated as default for parameter <code>mode</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6512)\)\.
+* ejabberd\_user \- deprecate the parameter <code>logging</code> in favour of producing more detailed information in the module output \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7043](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7043)\)\.
+* flowdock \- module relies entirely on no longer responsive API endpoints\, and it will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6930](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6930)\)\.
+* proxmox \- old feature flag <code>proxmox\_default\_behavior</code> will be removed in community\.general 10\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6836](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6836)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- deprecate the option <code>proxmox\_default\_behavior</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7377](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7377)\)\.
+* redfish\_info\, redfish\_config\, redfish\_command \- the default value <code>10</code> for the <code>timeout</code> option is deprecated and will change to <code>60</code> in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7295](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7295)\)\.
+* redhat module utils \- the <code>module\_utils\.redhat</code> module is deprecated\, as
+  effectively unused\: the <code>Rhsm</code>\, <code>RhsmPool</code>\, and <code>RhsmPools</code> classes
+  will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0\; the <code>RegistrationBase</code> class
+  will be removed in community\.general 10\.0\.0 together with the
+  <code>rhn\_register</code> module\, as it is the only user of this class\; this means
+  that the whole <code>module\_utils\.redhat</code> module will be dropped in
+  community\.general 10\.0\.0\, so importing it without even using anything of it
+  will fail
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6663](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6663)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- the <code>autosubscribe</code> alias for the <code>auto\_attach</code> option has been
+  deprecated for many years\, although only in the documentation\. Officially mark this alias
+  as deprecated\, and it will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6646](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6646)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- the <code>pool</code> option is deprecated in favour of the
+  more precise and flexible <code>pool\_ids</code> option
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6650](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6650)\)\.
+* rhsm\_repository \- <code>state\=present</code> has not been working as expected for many years\,
+  and it seems it was not noticed so far\; also\, \"presence\" is not really a valid concept
+  for subscription repositories\, which can only be enabled or disabled\. Hence\, mark the
+  <code>present</code> and <code>absent</code> values of the <code>state</code> option as deprecated\, slating them
+  for removal in community\.general 10\.0\.0
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6673](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6673)\)\.
+* stackdriver \- module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints\, and it will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6887](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6887)\)\.
+* webfaction\_app \- module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints\, and it will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6909](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6909)\)\.
+* webfaction\_db \- module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints\, and it will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6909](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6909)\)\.
+* webfaction\_domain \- module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints\, and it will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6909](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6909)\)\.
+* webfaction\_mailbox \- module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints\, and it will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6909](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6909)\)\.
+* webfaction\_site \- module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints\, and it will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6909](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6909)\)\.
+
+<a id="removed-features-previously-deprecated"></a>
+### Removed Features \(previously deprecated\)
+
+* The collection no longer supports ansible\-core 2\.11 and ansible\-core 2\.12\. Parts of the collection might still work on these ansible\-core versions\, but others might not \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7269](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7269)\)\.
+* ansible\_galaxy\_install \- support for Ansible 2\.9 and ansible\-base 2\.10 has been removed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358)\)\.
+* consul \- when <code>state\=absent</code>\, the options <code>script</code>\, <code>ttl</code>\, <code>tcp</code>\, <code>http</code>\, and <code>interval</code> can no longer be specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358)\)\.
+* gconftool2 \- <code>state\=get</code> has been removed\. Use the module <code>community\.general\.gconftool2\_info</code> instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358)\)\.
+* gitlab\_runner \- remove the default value for the <code>access\_level</code> option\. To restore the previous behavior\, explicitly set it to <code>ref\_protected</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358)\)\.
+* htpasswd \- removed code for passlib \<1\.6 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6901](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6901)\)\.
+* manageiq\_polices \- <code>state\=list</code> has been removed\. Use the module <code>community\.general\.manageiq\_policies\_info</code> instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358)\)\.
+* manageiq\_tags \- <code>state\=list</code> has been removed\. Use the module <code>community\.general\.manageiq\_tags\_info</code> instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358)\)\.
+* mh\.mixins\.cmd module utils \- the <code>ArgFormat</code> class has been removed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358)\)\.
+* mh\.mixins\.cmd module utils \- the <code>CmdMixin</code> mixin has been removed\. Use <code>community\.general\.plugins\.module\_utils\.cmd\_runner\.CmdRunner</code> instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358)\)\.
+* mh\.mixins\.cmd module utils \- the mh\.mixins\.cmd module utils has been removed after all its contents were removed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358)\)\.
+* mh\.module\_helper module utils \- the <code>CmdModuleHelper</code> and <code>CmdStateModuleHelper</code> classes have been removed\. Use <code>community\.general\.plugins\.module\_utils\.cmd\_runner\.CmdRunner</code> instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358)\)\.
+* proxmox module utils \- removed unused imports \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6873](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6873)\)\.
+* xfconf \- the deprecated <code>disable\_facts</code> option was removed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7358)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-7"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* CmdRunner module utils \- does not attempt to resolve path if executable is a relative or absolute path \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7200](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7200)\)\.
+* MH DependencyMixin module utils \- deprecation notice was popping up for modules not using dependencies \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6644](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6644)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6639](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6639)\)\.
+* bitwarden lookup plugin \- the plugin made assumptions about the structure of a Bitwarden JSON object which may have been broken by an update in the Bitwarden API\. Remove assumptions\, and allow queries for general fields such as <code>notes</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7061](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7061)\)\.
+* cmd\_runner module utils \- when a parameter in <code>argument\_spec</code> has no type\, meaning it is implicitly a <code>str</code>\, <code>CmdRunner</code> would fail trying to find the <code>type</code> key in that dictionary \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6968](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6968)\)\.
+* cobbler inventory plugin \- fix calculation of cobbler\_ipv4/6\_address \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6925](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6925)\)\.
+* composer \- fix impossible to run <code>working\_dir</code> dependent commands\. The module was throwing an error when trying to run a <code>working\_dir</code> dependent command\, because it tried to get the command help without passing the <code>working\_dir</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3787](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3787)\)\.
+* csv module utils \- detects and remove unicode BOM markers from incoming CSV content \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6662](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6662)\)\.
+* datadog\_downtime \- presence of <code>rrule</code> param lead to the Datadog API returning Bad Request due to a missing recurrence type \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6811](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6811)\)\.
+* ejabberd\_user \- module was failing to detect whether user was already created and/or password was changed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7033](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7033)\)\.
+* ejabberd\_user \- provide meaningful error message when the <code>ejabberdctl</code> command is not found \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7028](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7028)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6949](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6949)\)\.
+* github\_deploy\_key \- fix pagination behaviour causing a crash when only a single page of deploy keys exist \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7375](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7375)\)\.
+* gitlab\_group \- the module passed parameters to the API call even when not set\. The module is now filtering out <code>None</code> values to remediate this \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6712](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6712)\)\.
+* gitlab\_group\_variable \- deleted all variables when used with <code>purge\=true</code> due to missing <code>raw</code> property in KNOWN attributes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7250](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7250)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project\_variable \- deleted all variables when used with <code>purge\=true</code> due to missing <code>raw</code> property in KNOWN attributes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7250](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7250)\)\.
+* icinga2\_host \- fix a key error when updating an existing host \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6748](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6748)\)\.
+* ini\_file \- add the <code>follow</code> paramter to follow the symlinks instead of replacing them \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6546](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6546)\)\.
+* ini\_file \- fix a bug where the inactive options were not used when possible \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6575](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6575)\)\.
+* ipa\_dnszone \- fix \'idnsallowsyncptr\' key error for reverse zone \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6906](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6906)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6905](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6905)\)\.
+* kernel\_blacklist \- simplified the mechanism to update the file\, fixing the error \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7382](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7382)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7362](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7362)\)\.
+* keycloak module util \- fix missing <code>http\_agent</code>\, <code>timeout</code>\, and <code>validate\_certs</code> <code>open\_url\(\)</code> parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7067](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7067)\)\.
+* keycloak module utils \- fix <code>is\_struct\_included</code> handling of lists of lists/dictionaries \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6688](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6688)\)\.
+* keycloak module utils \- the function <code>get\_user\_by\_username</code> now return the user representation or <code>None</code> as stated in the documentation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6758](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6758)\)\.
+* keycloak\_authentication \- fix Keycloak authentication flow \(step or sub\-flow\) indexing during update\, if not specified by the user \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6734](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6734)\)\.
+* keycloak\_client inventory plugin \- fix missing client secret \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6931](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6931)\)\.
+* ldap\_search \- fix string normalization and the <code>base64\_attributes</code> option on Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5704](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5704)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7264](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7264)\)\.
+* locale\_gen \- now works for locales without the underscore character such as <code>C\.UTF\-8</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6774](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6774)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5142](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5142)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4305](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4305)\)\.
+* lvol \- add support for percentage of origin size specification when creating snapshot volumes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/1630](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/1630)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7053](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7053)\)\.
+* lxc connection plugin \- now handles <code>remote\_addr</code> defaulting to <code>inventory\_hostname</code> correctly \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7104](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7104)\)\.
+* lxc connection plugin \- properly evaluate options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7369](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7369)\)\.
+* machinectl become plugin \- mark plugin as <code>require\_tty</code> to automatically disable pipelining\, with which this plugin is not compatible \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6932](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6932)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6935](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6935)\)\.
+* mail \- skip headers containing equals characters due to missing <code>maxsplit</code> on header key/value parsing \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7303](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7303)\)\.
+* memset module utils \- make compatible with ansible\-core 2\.17 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7379](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7379)\)\.
+* nmap inventory plugin \- fix <code>get\_option</code> calls \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7323](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7323)\)\.
+* nmap inventory plugin \- now uses <code>get\_option</code> in all cases to get its configuration information \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7119](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7119)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fix bond option <code>xmit\_hash\_policy</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6527](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6527)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fix support for empty list \(in compare and scrape\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6769](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6769)\)\.
+* nsupdate \- fix a possible <code>list index out of range</code> exception \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/836](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/836)\)\.
+* oci\_utils module util \- fix inappropriate logical comparison expressions and makes them simpler\. The previous checks had logical short circuits \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7125](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7125)\)\.
+* oci\_utils module utils \- avoid direct type comparisons \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7085](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7085)\)\.
+* onepassword \- fix KeyError exception when trying to access value of a field that is not filled out in OnePassword item \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7241](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7241)\)\.
+* openbsd\_pkg \- the pkg\_info\(1\) behavior has changed in OpenBSD \>7\.3\. The error message <code>Can\'t find</code> should not lead to an error case \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6785](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6785)\)\.
+* pacman \- module recognizes the output of <code>yay</code> running as <code>root</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6713](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6713)\)\.
+* portage \- fix <code>changed\_use</code> and <code>newuse</code> not triggering rebuilds \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6008](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6008)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6548](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6548)\)\.
+* pritunl module utils \- fix incorrect URL parameter for orgnization add method \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7161](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7161)\)\.
+* proxmox \- fix error when a configuration had no <code>template</code> field \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6838](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6838)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5372](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5372)\)\.
+* proxmox module utils \- add logic to detect whether an old Promoxer complains about the <code>token\_name</code> and <code>token\_value</code> parameters and provide a better error message when that happens \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6839](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6839)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5371](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5371)\)\.
+* proxmox module utils \- fix proxmoxer library version check \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6974](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6974)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6975](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6975)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6980](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6980)\)\.
+* proxmox\_disk \- fix unable to create <code>cdrom</code> media due to <code>size</code> always being appended \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6770](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6770)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- <code>absent</code> state with <code>force</code> specified failed to stop the VM due to the <code>timeout</code> value not being passed to <code>stop\_vm</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6827](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6827)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- <code>restarted</code> state did not actually restart a VM in some VM configurations\. The state now uses the Proxmox reboot endpoint instead of calling the <code>stop\_vm</code> and <code>start\_vm</code> functions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6773](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6773)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- allow creation of VM with existing name but new vmid \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6155](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6155)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6709](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6709)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- when <code>name</code> option is provided without <code>vmid</code> and VM with that name already exists then no new VM will be created \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6911](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6911)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6981](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6981)\)\.
+* proxmox\_tasks\_info \- remove <code>api\_user</code> \+ <code>api\_password</code> constraint from <code>required\_together</code> as it causes to require <code>api\_password</code> even when API token param is used \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6201](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6201)\)\.
+* proxmox\_template \- require <code>requests\_toolbelt</code> module to fix issue with uploading large templates \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5579](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5579)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6757](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6757)\)\.
+* proxmox\_user\_info \- avoid direct type comparisons \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7085](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7085)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- fix <code>ListUsers</code> to not show empty account slots \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6771](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6771)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6772](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6772)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- use the right D\-Bus options for the consumer type when
+  registering a RHEL system older than 9 or a RHEL 9 system older than 9\.2
+  and using <code>consumer\_type</code>
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7378](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7378)\)\.
+* refish\_utils module utils \- changing variable names to avoid issues occuring when fetching Volumes data \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6883](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6883)\)\.
+* rhsm\_repository \- when using the <code>purge</code> option\, the <code>repositories</code>
+  dictionary element in the returned JSON is now properly updated according
+  to the pruning operation
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6676](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6676)\)\.
+* rundeck \- fix <code>TypeError</code> on 404 API response \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6983](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6983)\)\.
+* selective callback plugin \- fix length of task name lines in output always being 3 characters longer than desired \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7374](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7374)\)\.
+* snap \- an exception was being raised when snap list was empty \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7124](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7124)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7120](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7120)\)\.
+* snap \- assume default track <code>latest</code> in parameter <code>channel</code> when not specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6835](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6835)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6821](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6821)\)\.
+* snap \- change the change detection mechanism from \"parsing installation\" to \"comparing end state with initial state\" \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7340](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7340)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7265](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7265)\)\.
+* snap \- fix crash when multiple snaps are specified and one has <code>\-\-\-</code> in its description \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7046](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7046)\)\.
+* snap \- fix the processing of the commands\' output\, stripping spaces and newlines from it \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6826](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6826)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6803](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6803)\)\.
+* sorcery \- fix interruption of the multi\-stage process \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7012](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7012)\)\.
+* sorcery \- fix queue generation before the whole system rebuild \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7012](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7012)\)\.
+* sorcery \- latest state no longer triggers update\_cache \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7012](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7012)\)\.
+* terraform \- prevents <code>\-backend\-config</code> option double encapsulating with <code>shlex\_quote</code> function\. \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7301](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7301)\)\.
+* tss lookup plugin \- fix multiple issues when using <code>fetch\_attachments\=true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6720](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6720)\)\.
+* zypper \- added handling of zypper exitcode 102\. Changed state is set correctly now and rc 102 is still preserved to be evaluated by the playbook \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6534](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6534)\)\.
+
+<a id="known-issues"></a>
+### Known Issues
+
+* Ansible markup will show up in raw form on ansible\-doc text output for ansible\-core before 2\.15\. If you have trouble deciphering the documentation markup\, please upgrade to ansible\-core 2\.15 \(or newer\)\, or read the HTML documentation on [https\://docs\.ansible\.com/ansible/devel/collections/community/general/](https\://docs\.ansible\.com/ansible/devel/collections/community/general/) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6539](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6539)\)\.
+
+<a id="new-plugins-3"></a>
+### New Plugins
+
+<a id="lookup-2"></a>
+#### Lookup
+
+* bitwarden\_secrets\_manager \- Retrieve secrets from Bitwarden Secrets Manager
+
+<a id="new-modules-5"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* consul\_policy \- Manipulate Consul policies
+* consul\_role \- Manipulate Consul roles
+* facter\_facts \- Runs the discovery program C\(facter\) on the remote system and return Ansible facts
+* gio\_mime \- Set default handler for MIME type\, for applications using Gnome GIO
+* gitlab\_instance\_variable \- Creates\, updates\, or deletes GitLab instance variables
+* gitlab\_merge\_request \- Create\, update\, or delete GitLab merge requests
+* jenkins\_build\_info \- Get information about Jenkins builds
+* keycloak\_authentication\_required\_actions \- Allows administration of Keycloak authentication required actions
+* keycloak\_authz\_custom\_policy \- Allows administration of Keycloak client custom Javascript policies via Keycloak API
+* keycloak\_authz\_permission \- Allows administration of Keycloak client authorization permissions via Keycloak API
+* keycloak\_authz\_permission\_info \- Query Keycloak client authorization permissions information
+* keycloak\_realm\_key \- Allows administration of Keycloak realm keys via Keycloak API
+* keycloak\_user \- Create and configure a user in Keycloak
+* lvg\_rename \- Renames LVM volume groups
+* pnpm \- Manage node\.js packages with pnpm
+* proxmox\_pool \- Pool management for Proxmox VE cluster
+* proxmox\_pool\_member \- Add or delete members from Proxmox VE cluster pools
+* proxmox\_vm\_info \- Retrieve information about one or more Proxmox VE virtual machines
+* simpleinit\_msb \- Manage services on Source Mage GNU/Linux
--- a/tests/sanity/ignore-2.11.txt.license
+++ b/tests/sanity/ignore-2.11.txt.license
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -4,233 +4,653 @@ Community General Release Notes

 .. contents:: Topics

-This changelog describes changes after version 5.0.0.
+This changelog describes changes after version 7.0.0.

-v6.0.0-a1
-=========
+v8.5.0
+======

 Release Summary
 ---------------

-This is a pre-release for the upcoming 6.0.0 major release. The main objective of this pre-release is to make it possible to test the large stuctural changes by flattening the directory structure. See the corresponding entry in the changelog for details.
-
-Major Changes
-------------
-
- The internal structure of the collection was changed for modules and action plugins. These no longer live in a directory hierarchy ordered by topic, but instead are now all in a single (flat) directory. This has no impact on users *assuming they did not use internal FQCNs*. These will still work, but result in deprecation warnings. They were never officially supported and thus the redirects are kept as a courtsey, and this is not labelled as a breaking change. Note that for example the Ansible VScode plugin started recommending these internal names. If you followed its recommendation, you will now have to change back to the short names to avoid deprecation warnings, and potential errors in the future as these redirects will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5461).
- newrelic_deployment - removed New Relic v1 API, added support for v2 API (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5341).
+Regular feature and bugfix release with security fixes.

 Minor Changes
 -------------

- Added MIT license as ``LICENSES/MIT.txt`` for tests/unit/plugins/modules/packaging/language/test_gem.py (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5065).
- All software licenses are now in the ``LICENSES/`` directory of the collection root (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5065, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5079, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5080, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5083, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5087, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5095, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5098, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5106).
- ModuleHelper module utils - added property ``verbosity`` to base class (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5035).
- ModuleHelper module utils - improved ``ModuleHelperException``, using ``to_native()`` for the exception message (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4755).
- The collection repository conforms to the `REUSE specification <https://reuse.software/spec/>`__ except for the changelog fragments (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5138).
- ali_instance - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5240).
- ali_instance_info - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5240).
- alternatives - add ``state=absent`` to be able to remove an alternative (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4654).
- alternatives - add ``subcommands`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4654).
- ansible_galaxy_install - minor refactoring using latest ``ModuleHelper`` updates (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4752).
- apk - add ``world`` parameter for supporting a custom world file (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4976).
- bitwarden lookup plugin - add option ``search`` to search for other attributes than name (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5297).
- cartesian lookup plugin - start using Ansible's configuration manager to parse options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5440).
- cmd_runner module util - added parameters ``check_mode_skip`` and ``check_mode_return`` to ``CmdRunner.context()``, so that the command is not executed when ``check_mode=True`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4736).
- cmd_runner module utils - add ``__call__`` method to invoke context (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4791).
- consul - adds ``ttl`` parameter for session  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4996).
- consul - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5367).
- consul_session - adds ``token`` parameter for session (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5193).
- cpanm - using ``do_raise()`` to raise exceptions in ``ModuleHelper`` derived modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4674).
- credstash lookup plugin - start using Ansible's configuration manager to parse options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5440).
- dependent lookup plugin - start using Ansible's configuration manager to parse options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5440).
- dig lookup plugin - add option ``fail_on_error`` to allow stopping execution on lookup failures (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4973).
- dig lookup plugin - start using Ansible's configuration manager to parse options. All documented options can now also be passed as lookup parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5440).
- dnstxt lookup plugin - start using Ansible's configuration manager to parse options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5440).
- filetree lookup plugin - start using Ansible's configuration manager to parse options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5440).
- flattened lookup plugin - start using Ansible's configuration manager to parse options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5440).
- gitlab module util - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5259).
- gitlab_branch - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5259).
- gitlab_deploy_key - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5259).
- gitlab_group - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5259).
- gitlab_group_members - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5259).
- gitlab_group_variable - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5259).
- gitlab_hook - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5259).
- gitlab_hook - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5271).
- gitlab_project - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5259).
- gitlab_project_members - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5259).
- gitlab_project_variable - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5259).
- gitlab_protected_branch - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5259).
- gitlab_runner - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5259).
- gitlab_user - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5259).
- hiera lookup plugin - start using Ansible's configuration manager to parse options. The Hiera executable and config file can now also be passed as lookup parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5440).
- homebrew, homebrew_tap - added Homebrew on Linux path to defaults (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5241).
- keycloak_* modules - add ``http_agent`` parameter with default value ``Ansible`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5023).
- keyring lookup plugin - start using Ansible's configuration manager to parse options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5440).
- lastpass - use config manager for handling plugin options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5022).
- linode inventory plugin - simplify option handling (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5438).
- listen_ports_facts - add new ``include_non_listening`` option which adds ``-a`` option to ``netstat`` and ``ss``. This shows both listening and non-listening (for TCP this means established connections) sockets, and returns ``state`` and ``foreign_address`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4762, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4953).
- lmdb_kv lookup plugin - start using Ansible's configuration manager to parse options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5440).
- lxc_container - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5358).
- machinectl become plugin - can now be used with a password from another user than root, if a polkit rule is present (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4849).
- machinectl become plugin - combine the success command when building the become command to be consistent with other become plugins (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5287).
- manifold lookup plugin - start using Ansible's configuration manager to parse options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5440).
- maven_artifact - add a new ``unredirected_headers`` option that can be used with ansible-core 2.12 and above. The default value is to not use ``Authorization`` and ``Cookie`` headers on redirects for security reasons. With ansible-core 2.11, all headers are still passed on for redirects (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4812).
- mksysb - using ``do_raise()`` to raise exceptions in ``ModuleHelper`` derived modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4674).
- nagios - minor refactoring on parameter validation for different actions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5239).
- netcup_dnsapi - add ``timeout`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5301).
- nmcli - add ``transport_mode`` configuration for Infiniband devices (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5361).
- nmcli - add bond option ``xmit_hash_policy`` to bond options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5148).
- nmcli - adds ``vpn`` type and parameter for supporting VPN with service type L2TP and PPTP (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4746).
- nmcli - honor IP options for VPNs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5228).
- opentelemetry callback plugin - allow configuring opentelementry callback via config file (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4916).
- opentelemetry callback plugin - send logs. This can be disabled by setting ``disable_logs=false`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4175).
- pacman - added parameters ``reason`` and ``reason_for`` to set/change the install reason of packages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4956).
- passwordstore lookup plugin - allow options to be passed lookup options instead of being part of the term strings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5444).
- passwordstore lookup plugin - allow using alternative password managers by detecting wrapper scripts, allow explicit configuration of pass and gopass backends (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4766).
- passwordstore lookup plugin - improve error messages to include stderr (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5436)
- pipx - added state ``latest`` to the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5105).
- pipx - changed implementation to use ``cmd_runner`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5085).
- pipx - module fails faster when ``name`` is missing for states ``upgrade`` and ``reinstall`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5100).
- pipx - using ``do_raise()`` to raise exceptions in ``ModuleHelper`` derived modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4674).
- pipx module utils - created new module util ``pipx`` providing a ``cmd_runner`` specific for the ``pipx`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5085).
- portage - add knobs for Portage's ``--backtrack`` and ``--with-bdeps`` options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5349).
- portage - use Portage's python module instead of calling gentoolkit-provided program in shell (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5349).
- proxmox inventory plugin - added new flag ``qemu_extended_statuses`` and new groups ``<group_prefix>prelaunch``, ``<group_prefix>paused``. They will be populated only when ``want_facts=true``, ``qemu_extended_statuses=true`` and only for ``QEMU`` machines (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4723).
- proxmox inventory plugin - simplify option handling code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5437).
- proxmox module utils, the proxmox* modules - add ``api_task_ok`` helper to standardize API task status checks across all proxmox modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5274).
- proxmox_kvm - allow ``agent`` argument to be a string (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5107).
- proxmox_snap - add ``unbind`` param to support snapshotting containers with configured mountpoints (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5274).
- puppet - adds ``confdir`` parameter to configure a custom confir location (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4740).
- redfish - added new command GetVirtualMedia, VirtualMediaInsert and VirtualMediaEject to Systems category due to Redfish spec changes the virtualMedia resource location from Manager to System (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5124).
- redfish_config - add ``SetSessionService`` to set default session timeout policy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5008).
- redfish_info - add ``GetManagerInventory`` to report list of Manager inventory information (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4899).
- seport - added new argument ``local`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5203)
- snap - using ``do_raise()`` to raise exceptions in ``ModuleHelper`` derived modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4674).
- sudoers - will attempt to validate the proposed sudoers rule using visudo if available, optionally skipped, or required (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4794, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4745).
- terraform - adds capability to handle complex variable structures for ``variables`` parameter in the module. This must be enabled with the new ``complex_vars`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4797).
- terraform - run ``terraform init`` with ``-no-color`` not to mess up the stdout of the task (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5147).
- wdc_redfish_command - add ``IndicatorLedOn`` and ``IndicatorLedOff`` commands for ``Chassis`` category (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5059).
- wdc_redfish_command - add ``PowerModeLow`` and ``PowerModeNormal`` commands for ``Chassis`` category (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5145).
- xfconf - add ``stdout``, ``stderr`` and ``cmd`` to the module results (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5037).
- xfconf - changed implementation to use ``cmd_runner`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4776).
- xfconf - use ``do_raise()`` instead of defining custom exception class (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4975).
- xfconf - using ``do_raise()`` to raise exceptions in ``ModuleHelper`` derived modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4674).
- xfconf module utils - created new module util ``xfconf`` providing a ``cmd_runner`` specific for ``xfconf`` modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4776).
- xfconf_info - changed implementation to use ``cmd_runner`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4776).
- xfconf_info - use ``do_raise()`` instead of defining custom exception class (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4975).
- znode - possibility to use ZooKeeper ACL authentication (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5306).
+- bitwarden lookup plugin - allows to fetch all records of a given collection ID, by allowing to pass an empty value for ``search_value`` when ``collection_id`` is provided (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8013).
+- icinga2 inventory plugin - adds new parameter ``group_by_hostgroups`` in order to make grouping by Icinga2 hostgroups optional (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7998).
+- ini_file - support optional spaces between section names and their surrounding brackets (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8075).
+- java_cert - enable ``owner``, ``group``, ``mode``, and other generic file arguments (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8116).
+- ldap_attrs - module now supports diff mode, showing which attributes are changed within an operation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8073).
+- lxd_container - uses ``/1.0/instances`` API endpoint, if available. Falls back to ``/1.0/containers`` or ``/1.0/virtual-machines``. Fixes issue when using Incus or LXD 5.19 due to migrating to ``/1.0/instances`` endpoint (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7980).
+- nmcli - allow setting ``MTU`` for ``bond-slave`` interface types (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8118).
+- proxmox - adds ``startup`` parameters to configure startup order, startup delay and shutdown delay (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8038).
+- revbitspss lookup plugin - removed a redundant unicode prefix. The prefix was not necessary for Python 3 and has been cleaned up to streamline the code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8087).

-Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
--------------------------------
+Security Fixes
+--------------

- newrelic_deployment - ``revision`` is required for v2 API (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5341).
-
-Deprecated Features
-------------------
-
- ArgFormat module utils - deprecated along ``CmdMixin``, in favor of the ``cmd_runner_fmt`` module util (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5370).
- CmdMixin module utils - deprecated in favor of the ``CmdRunner`` module util (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5370).
- CmdModuleHelper module utils - deprecated in favor of the ``CmdRunner`` module util (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5370).
- CmdStateModuleHelper module utils - deprecated in favor of the ``CmdRunner`` module util (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5370).
- cmd_runner module utils - deprecated ``fmt`` in favour of ``cmd_runner_fmt`` as the parameter format object (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4777).
- django_manage - support for Django releases older than 4.1 has been deprecated and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5400).
- django_manage - support for the commands ``cleanup``, ``syncdb`` and ``validate`` that have been deprecated in Django long time ago will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5400).
- django_manage - the behavior of "creating the virtual environment when missing" is being deprecated and will be removed in community.general version 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5405).
- gconftool2 - deprecates ``state=get`` in favor of using the module ``gconftool2_info`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4778).
- lxc_container - the module will no longer make any effort to support Python 2 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5304).
- newrelic_deployment - ``appname`` and ``environment`` are no longer valid options in the v2 API. They will be removed in community.general 7.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5341).
- proxmox - deprecated the current ``unprivileged`` default value, will be changed to ``true`` in community.general 7.0.0 (https://github.com/pull/5224).
- xfconf - deprecated parameter ``disable_facts``, as since version 4.0.0 it only allows value ``true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4520).
-
-Removed Features (previously deprecated)
----------------------------------------
-
- bitbucket* modules - ``username`` is no longer an alias of ``workspace``, but of ``user`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5326).
- gem - the default of the ``norc`` option changed from ``false`` to ``true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5326).
- gitlab_group_members - ``gitlab_group`` must now always contain the full path, and no longer just the name or path (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5326).
- keycloak_authentication - the return value ``flow`` has been removed. Use ``end_state`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5326).
- keycloak_group - the return value ``group`` has been removed. Use ``end_state`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5326).
- lxd_container - the default of the ``ignore_volatile_options`` option changed from ``true`` to ``false`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5326).
- mail callback plugin - the ``sender`` option is now required (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5326).
- module_helper module utils - remove the ``VarDict`` attribute from ``ModuleHelper``. Import ``VarDict`` from ``ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.mixins.vars`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5326).
- proxmox inventory plugin - the default of the ``want_proxmox_nodes_ansible_host`` option changed from ``true`` to ``false`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5326).
- vmadm - the ``debug`` option has been removed. It was not used anyway (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5326).
+- cobbler, gitlab_runners, icinga2, linode, lxd, nmap, online, opennebula, proxmox, scaleway, stackpath_compute, virtualbox, and xen_orchestra inventory plugin - make sure all data received from the remote servers is marked as unsafe, so remote code execution by obtaining texts that can be evaluated as templates is not possible (https://www.die-welt.net/2024/03/remote-code-execution-in-ansible-dynamic-inventory-plugins/, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8098).

 Bugfixes
 --------

- Include ``PSF-license.txt`` file for ``plugins/module_utils/_mount.py``.
- Include ``simplified_bsd.txt`` license file for various module utils, the ``lxca_common`` docs fragment, and the ``utm_utils`` unit tests.
- alternatives - do not set the priority if the priority was not set by the user (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4810).
- alternatives - only pass subcommands when they are specified as module arguments (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4803, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4804, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4836).
- alternatives - when ``subcommands`` is specified, ``link`` must be given for every subcommand. This was already mentioned in the documentation, but not enforced by the code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4836).
- apache2_mod_proxy - avoid crash when reporting inability to parse balancer_member_page HTML caused by using an undefined variable in the error message (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5111).
- archive - avoid crash when ``lzma`` is not present and ``format`` is not ``xz`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5393).
- cmd_runner module utils - fix bug caused by using the ``command`` variable instead of ``self.command`` when looking for binary path (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4903).
- consul - fixed bug introduced in PR 4590 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4680).
- credstash lookup plugin - pass plugin options to credstash for all terms, not just for the first (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5440).
- dig lookup plugin - add option to return empty result without empty strings, and return empty list instead of ``NXDOMAIN`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5439, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5428).
- dig lookup plugin - fix evaluation of falsy values for boolean parameters ``fail_on_error`` and ``retry_servfail`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5129).
- dnsimple_info - correctly report missing library as ``requests`` and not ``another_library`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5111).
- dnstxt lookup plugin - add option to return empty result without empty strings, and return empty list instead of ``NXDOMAIN`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5457, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5428).
- dsv lookup plugin - do not ignore the ``tld`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4911).
- filesystem - handle ``fatresize --info`` output lines without ``:`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4700).
- filesystem - improve error messages when output cannot be parsed by including newlines in escaped form (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4700).
- funcd connection plugin - fix signature of ``exec_command`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5111).
- ini_file - minor refactor fixing a python lint error (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5307).
- keycloak_realm - fix default groups and roles (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4241).
- keyring_info - fix the result from the keyring library never getting returned (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4964).
- ldap_attrs - fix ordering issue by ignoring the ``{x}`` prefix on attribute values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/977, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5385).
- listen_ports_facts - removed leftover ``EnvironmentError`` . The ``else`` clause had a wrong indentation. The check is now handled in the ``split_pid_name`` function (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5202).
- locale_gen - fix support for Ubuntu (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5281).
- lxc_container - the module has been updated to support Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5304).
- lxd connection plugin - fix incorrect ``inventory_hostname`` in ``remote_addr``. This is needed for compatibility with ansible-core 2.13 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4886).
- manageiq_alert_profiles - avoid crash when reporting unknown profile caused by trying to return an undefined variable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5111).
- nmcli - avoid changed status for most cases with VPN connections (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5126).
- nmcli - fix error caused by adding undefined module arguments for list options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4373, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4813).
- nmcli - fix error when setting previously unset MAC address, ``gsm.apn`` or ``vpn.data``: current values were being normalized without checking if they might be ``None`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5291).
- nmcli - fix int options idempotence (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4998).
- nsupdate - compatibility with NS records (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5112).
- nsupdate - fix silent failures when updating ``NS`` entries from Bind9 managed DNS zones (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4657).
- opentelemetry callback plugin - support opentelemetry-api 1.13.0 that removed support for ``_time_ns`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5342).
- osx_defaults - no longer expand ``~`` in ``value`` to the user's home directory, or expand environment variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5234, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5243).
- packet_ip_subnet - fix error reporting in case of invalid CIDR prefix lengths (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5111).
- pacman - fixed name resolution of URL packages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4959).
- passwordstore lookup plugin - fix ``returnall`` for gopass (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5027).
- passwordstore lookup plugin - fix password store path detection for gopass (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4955).
- pfexec become plugin - remove superflous quotes preventing exe wrap from working as expected (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3671, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3889).
- pip_package_info - remove usage of global variable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5111).
- pkgng - fix case when ``pkg`` fails when trying to upgrade all packages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5363).
- proxmox - fix error handling when getting VM by name when ``state=absent`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4945).
- proxmox inventory plugin - fix crash when ``enabled=1`` is used in agent config string (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4910).
- proxmox inventory plugin - fixed extended status detection for qemu (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4816).
- proxmox_kvm - fix ``agent`` parameter when boolean value is specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5198).
- proxmox_kvm - fix error handling when getting VM by name when ``state=absent`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4945).
- proxmox_kvm - fix exception when no ``agent`` argument is specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5194).
- proxmox_kvm - fix wrong condition (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5108).
- proxmox_kvm - replace new condition with proper condition to allow for using ``vmid`` on update (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5206).
- rax_clb_nodes - fix code to be compatible with Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4933).
- redfish_command - fix the check if a virtual media is unmounted to just check for ``instered= false`` caused by Supermicro hardware that does not clear the ``ImageName`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4839).
- redfish_command - the Supermicro Redfish implementation only supports the ``image_url`` parameter in the underlying API calls to ``VirtualMediaInsert`` and ``VirtualMediaEject``. Any values set (or the defaults) for ``write_protected`` or ``inserted`` will be ignored (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4839).
- redfish_info - fix to ``GetChassisPower`` to correctly report power information when multiple chassis exist, but not all chassis report power information (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4901).
- redfish_utils module utils - centralize payload checking when performing modification requests to a Redfish service (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5210/).
- redhat_subscription - fix unsubscribing on RHEL 9 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4741).
- redhat_subscription - make module idempotent when ``pool_ids`` are used (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5313).
- redis* modules - fix call to ``module.fail_json`` when failing because of missing Python libraries (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4733).
- slack - fix incorrect channel prefix ``#`` caused by incomplete pattern detection by adding ``G0`` and ``GF`` as channel ID patterns (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5019).
- slack - fix message update for channels which start with ``CP``. When ``message-id`` was passed it failed for channels which started with ``CP`` because the ``#`` symbol was added before the ``channel_id`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5249).
- sudoers - ensure sudoers config files are created with the permissions requested by sudoers (0440) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4814).
- sudoers - fix incorrect handling of ``state: absent`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4852).
- tss lookup plugin - adding support for updated Delinea library (https://github.com/DelineaXPM/python-tss-sdk/issues/9, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5151).
- virtualbox inventory plugin - skip parsing values with keys that have both a value and nested data. Skip parsing values that are nested more than two keys deep (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5332, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5348).
- xcc_redfish_command - for compatibility due to Redfish spec changes the virtualMedia resource location changed from Manager to System (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4682).
- xenserver_facts - fix broken ``AnsibleModule`` call that prevented the module from working at all (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5383).
- xfconf - fix setting of boolean values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4999, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5007).
- zfs - fix wrong quoting of properties (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4707, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4726).
+- aix_filesystem - fix issue with empty list items in crfs logic and option order (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8052).
+- consul_token - fix token creation without ``accessor_id`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8091).
+- homebrew - error returned from brew command was ignored and tried to parse empty JSON. Fix now checks for an error and raises it to give accurate error message to users (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8047).
+- ipa_hbacrule - the module uses a string for ``ipaenabledflag`` for new FreeIPA versions while the returned value is a boolean (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7880).
+- ipa_sudorule - the module uses a string for ``ipaenabledflag`` for new FreeIPA versions while the returned value is a boolean (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7880).
+- iptables_state - fix idempotency issues when restoring incomplete iptables dumps (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8029).
+- linode inventory plugin - add descriptive error message for linode inventory plugin (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8133).
+- pacemaker_cluster - actually implement check mode, which the module claims to support. This means that until now the module also did changes in check mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8081).
+- pam_limits - when the file does not exist, do not create it in check mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8050, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8057).
+- proxmox_kvm - fixed status check getting from node-specific API endpoint (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7817).

 New Modules
 -----------

- scaleway_function_namespace - Scaleway Function namespace management
- scaleway_function_namespace_info - Retrieve information on Scaleway Function namespace
+- usb_facts - Allows listing information about USB devices
+
+v8.4.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- bitwarden lookup plugin - add ``bw_session`` option, to pass session key instead of reading from env (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7994).
+- gitlab_deploy_key, gitlab_group_members, gitlab_group_variable, gitlab_hook, gitlab_instance_variable, gitlab_project_badge, gitlab_project_variable, gitlab_user - improve API pagination and compatibility with different versions of ``python-gitlab`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7790).
+- gitlab_hook - adds ``releases_events`` parameter for supporting Releases events triggers on GitLab hooks (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7956).
+- icinga2 inventory plugin - add Jinja2 templating support to ``url``, ``user``, and ``password`` paramenters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7074, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7996).
+- mssql_script - adds transactional (rollback/commit) support via optional boolean param ``transaction`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7976).
+- proxmox_kvm - add parameter ``update_unsafe`` to avoid limitations when updating dangerous values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7843).
+- redfish_config - add command ``SetServiceIdentification`` to set service identification (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7916).
+- sudoers - add support for the ``NOEXEC`` tag in sudoers rules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7983).
+- terraform - fix ``diff_mode`` in state ``absent`` and when terraform ``resource_changes`` does not exist (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7963).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- cargo - fix idempotency issues when using a custom installation path for packages (using the ``--path`` parameter). The initial installation runs fine, but subsequent runs use the ``get_installed()`` function which did not check the given installation location, before running ``cargo install``. This resulted in a false ``changed`` state. Also the removal of packeges using ``state: absent`` failed, as the installation check did not use the given parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7970).
+- gitlab_issue - fix behavior to search GitLab issue, using ``search`` keyword instead of ``title`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7846).
+- gitlab_runner - fix pagination when checking for existing runners (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7790).
+- keycloak_client - fixes issue when metadata is provided in desired state when task is in check mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1226, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7881).
+- modprobe - listing modules files or modprobe files could trigger a FileNotFoundError if ``/etc/modprobe.d`` or ``/etc/modules-load.d`` did not exist. Relevant functions now return empty lists if the directories do not exist to avoid crashing the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7717).
+- onepassword lookup plugin - failed for fields that were in sections and had uppercase letters in the label/ID. Field lookups are now case insensitive in all cases (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7919).
+- pkgin - pkgin (pkgsrc package manager used by SmartOS) raises erratic exceptions and spurious ``changed=true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7971).
+- redfish_info - allow for a GET operation invoked by ``GetUpdateStatus`` to allow for an empty response body for cases where a service returns 204 No Content (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8003).
+- redfish_info - correct uncaught exception when attempting to retrieve ``Chassis`` information (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7952).
+
+New Plugins
+-----------
+
+Callback
+~~~~~~~~
+
+- default_without_diff - The default ansible callback without diff output
+
+Filter
+~~~~~~
+
+- lists_difference - Difference of lists with a predictive order
+- lists_intersect - Intersection of lists with a predictive order
+- lists_symmetric_difference - Symmetric Difference of lists with a predictive order
+- lists_union - Union of lists with a predictive order
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+- gitlab_group_access_token - Manages GitLab group access tokens
+- gitlab_project_access_token - Manages GitLab project access tokens
+
+v8.3.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- consul_auth_method, consul_binding_rule, consul_policy, consul_role, consul_session, consul_token - added action group ``community.general.consul`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7897).
+- consul_policy - added support for diff and check mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7878).
+- consul_policy, consul_role, consul_session - removed dependency on ``requests`` and factored out common parts (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7826, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7878).
+- consul_role - ``node_identities`` now expects a ``node_name`` option to match the Consul API, the old ``name`` is still supported as alias (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7878).
+- consul_role - ``service_identities`` now expects a ``service_name`` option to match the Consul API, the old ``name`` is still supported as alias (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7878).
+- consul_role - added support for diff mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7878).
+- consul_role - added support for templated policies (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7878).
+- redfish_info - add command ``GetServiceIdentification`` to get service identification (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7882).
+- terraform - add support for ``diff_mode`` for terraform resource_changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7896).
+
+Deprecated Features
+-------------------
+
+- consul_acl - the module has been deprecated and will be removed in community.general 10.0.0. ``consul_token`` and ``consul_policy`` can be used instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7901).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- homebrew - detect already installed formulae and casks using JSON output from ``brew info`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/864).
+- incus connection plugin - treats ``inventory_hostname`` as a variable instead of a literal in remote connections (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7874).
+- ipa_otptoken - the module expect ``ipatokendisabled`` as string but the ``ipatokendisabled`` value is returned as a boolean (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7795).
+- ldap - previously the order number (if present) was expected to follow an equals sign in the DN. This makes it so the order number string is identified correctly anywhere within the DN (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7646).
+- mssql_script - make the module work with Python 2 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7818, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7821).
+- nmcli - fix ``connection.slave-type`` wired to ``bond`` and not with parameter ``slave_type`` in case of connection type ``wifi`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7389).
+- proxmox - fix updating a container config if the setting does not already exist (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7872).
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+- consul_acl_bootstrap - Bootstrap ACLs in Consul
+- consul_auth_method - Manipulate Consul auth methods
+- consul_binding_rule - Manipulate Consul binding rules
+- consul_token - Manipulate Consul tokens
+- gitlab_label - Creates/updates/deletes GitLab Labels belonging to project or group.
+- gitlab_milestone - Creates/updates/deletes GitLab Milestones belonging to project or group
+
+v8.2.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- ipa_dnsrecord - adds ability to manage NS record types (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7737).
+- ipa_pwpolicy - refactor module and exchange a sequence ``if`` statements with a ``for`` loop (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7723).
+- ipa_pwpolicy - update module to support ``maxrepeat``, ``maxsequence``, ``dictcheck``, ``usercheck``, ``gracelimit`` parameters in FreeIPA password policies (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7723).
+- keycloak_realm_key - the ``config.algorithm`` option now supports 8 additional key algorithms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7698).
+- keycloak_realm_key - the ``config.certificate`` option value is no longer defined with ``no_log=True`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7698).
+- keycloak_realm_key - the ``provider_id`` option now supports RSA encryption key usage (value ``rsa-enc``) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7698).
+- keycloak_user_federation - allow custom user storage providers to be set through ``provider_id`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7789).
+- mail - add ``Message-ID`` header; which is required by some mail servers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7740).
+- mail module, mail callback plugin - allow to configure the domain name of the Message-ID header with a new ``message_id_domain`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7765).
+- ssh_config - new feature to set ``AddKeysToAgent`` option to ``yes`` or ``no`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7703).
+- ssh_config - new feature to set ``IdentitiesOnly`` option to ``yes`` or ``no`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7704).
+- xcc_redfish_command - added support for raw POSTs (``command=PostResource`` in ``category=Raw``) without a specific action info (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7746).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- keycloak_identity_provider - ``mappers`` processing was not idempotent if the mappers configuration list had not been sorted by name (in ascending order). Fix resolves the issue by sorting mappers in the desired state using the same key which is used for obtaining existing state (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7418).
+- keycloak_identity_provider - it was not possible to reconfigure (add, remove) ``mappers`` once they were created initially. Removal was ignored, adding new ones resulted in dropping the pre-existing unmodified mappers. Fix resolves the issue by supplying correct input to the internal update call (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7418).
+- keycloak_user - when ``force`` is set, but user does not exist, do not try to delete it (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7696).
+- proxmox_kvm - running ``state=template`` will first check whether VM is already a template (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7792).
+- statusio_maintenance - fix error caused by incorrectly formed API data payload. Was raising "Failed to create maintenance HTTP Error 400 Bad Request" caused by bad data type for date/time and deprecated dict keys (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7754).
+
+New Plugins
+-----------
+
+Connection
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- incus - Run tasks in Incus instances via the Incus CLI.
+
+Filter
+~~~~~~
+
+- from_ini - Converts INI text input into a dictionary
+- to_ini - Converts a dictionary to the INI file format
+
+Lookup
+~~~~~~
+
+- github_app_access_token - Obtain short-lived Github App Access tokens
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+- dnf_config_manager - Enable or disable dnf repositories using config-manager
+- keycloak_component_info - Retrive component info in Keycloak
+- keycloak_realm_rolemapping - Allows administration of Keycloak realm role mappings into groups with the Keycloak API
+- proxmox_node_info - Retrieve information about one or more Proxmox VE nodes
+- proxmox_storage_contents_info - List content from a Proxmox VE storage
+
+v8.1.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- bitwarden lookup plugin - when looking for items using an item ID, the item is now accessed directly with ``bw get item`` instead of searching through all items. This doubles the lookup speed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7468).
+- elastic callback plugin - close elastic client to not leak resources (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7517).
+- git_config - allow multiple git configs for the same name with the new ``add_mode`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7260).
+- git_config - the ``after`` and ``before`` fields in the ``diff`` of the return value can be a list instead of a string in case more configs with the same key are affected (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7260).
+- git_config - when a value is unset, all configs with the same key are unset (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7260).
+- gitlab modules - add ``ca_path`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7472).
+- gitlab modules - remove duplicate ``gitlab`` package check (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7486).
+- gitlab_runner - add support for new runner creation workflow (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7199).
+- ipa_config - adds ``passkey`` choice to ``ipauserauthtype`` parameter's choices (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7588).
+- ipa_sudorule - adds options to include denied commands or command groups (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7415).
+- ipa_user - adds ``idp`` and ``passkey`` choice to ``ipauserauthtype`` parameter's choices (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7589).
+- irc - add ``validate_certs`` option, and rename ``use_ssl`` to ``use_tls``, while keeping ``use_ssl`` as an alias. The default value for ``validate_certs`` is ``false`` for backwards compatibility. We recommend to every user of this module to explicitly set ``use_tls=true`` and `validate_certs=true`` whenever possible, especially when communicating to IRC servers over the internet (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7550).
+- keycloak module utils - expose error message from Keycloak server for HTTP errors in some specific situations (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7645).
+- keycloak_user_federation - add option for ``krbPrincipalAttribute`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7538).
+- lvol - change ``pvs`` argument type to list of strings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7676, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7504).
+- lxd connection plugin - tighten the detection logic for lxd ``Instance not found`` errors, to avoid false detection on unrelated errors such as ``/usr/bin/python3: not found`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7521).
+- netcup_dns - adds support for record types ``OPENPGPKEY``, ``SMIMEA``, and ``SSHFP`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7489).
+- nmcli - add support for new connection type ``loopback`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6572).
+- nmcli - allow for ``infiniband`` slaves of ``bond`` interface types (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7569).
+- nmcli - allow for the setting of ``MTU`` for ``infiniband`` and ``bond`` interface types (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7499).
+- onepassword lookup plugin - support 1Password Connect with the opv2 client by setting the connect_host and connect_token parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7116).
+- onepassword_raw lookup plugin - support 1Password Connect with the opv2 client by setting the connect_host and connect_token parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7116)
+- passwordstore - adds ``timestamp`` and ``preserve`` parameters to modify the stored password format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7426).
+- proxmox - adds ``template`` value to the ``state`` parameter, allowing conversion of container to a template (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7143).
+- proxmox - adds ``update`` parameter, allowing update of an already existing containers configuration (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7540).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - adds an option to exclude nodes from the dynamic inventory generation. The new setting is optional, not using this option will behave as usual (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6714, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7461).
+- proxmox_disk - add ability to manipulate CD-ROM drive (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7495).
+- proxmox_kvm - adds ``template`` value to the ``state`` parameter, allowing conversion of a VM to a template (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7143).
+- proxmox_kvm - support the ``hookscript`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7600).
+- proxmox_ostype - it is now possible to specify the ``ostype`` when creating an LXC container (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7462).
+- proxmox_vm_info - add ability to retrieve configuration info (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7485).
+- redfish_info - adding the ``BootProgress`` property when getting ``Systems`` info (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7626).
+- ssh_config - adds ``controlmaster``, ``controlpath`` and ``controlpersist`` parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7456).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- apt-rpm - the module did not upgrade packages if a newer version exists. Now the package will be reinstalled if the candidate is newer than the installed version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7414).
+- cloudflare_dns - fix Cloudflare lookup of SHFP records (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7652).
+- interface_files - also consider ``address_family`` when changing ``option=method`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7610, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7612).
+- irc - replace ``ssl.wrap_socket`` that was removed from Python 3.12 with code for creating a proper SSL context (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7542).
+- keycloak_* - fix Keycloak API client to quote ``/`` properly (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7641).
+- keycloak_authz_permission - resource payload variable for scope-based permission was constructed as a string, when it needs to be a list, even for a single item (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7151).
+- log_entries callback plugin - replace ``ssl.wrap_socket`` that was removed from Python 3.12 with code for creating a proper SSL context (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7542).
+- lvol - test for output messages in both ``stdout`` and ``stderr`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7601, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7182).
+- onepassword lookup plugin - field and section titles are now case insensitive when using op CLI version two or later. This matches the behavior of version one (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7564).
+- redhat_subscription - use the D-Bus registration on RHEL 7 only on 7.4 and
+  greater; older versions of RHEL 7 do not have it
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7622,
+  https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7624).
+- terraform - fix multiline string handling in complex variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7535).
+
+New Plugins
+-----------
+
+Lookup
+~~~~~~
+
+- onepassword_doc - Fetch documents stored in 1Password
+
+Test
+~~~~
+
+- fqdn_valid - Validates fully-qualified domain names against RFC 1123
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+- git_config_info - Read git configuration
+- gitlab_issue - Create, update, or delete GitLab issues
+- nomad_token - Manage Nomad ACL tokens
+
+v8.0.2
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Bugfix release for inclusion in Ansible 9.0.0rc1.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- ocapi_utils, oci_utils, redfish_utils module utils - replace ``type()`` calls with ``isinstance()`` calls (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7501).
+- pipx module utils - change the CLI argument formatter for the ``pip_args`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7497, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7506).
+
+v8.0.1
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Bugfix release for inclusion in Ansible 9.0.0b1.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- gitlab_group_members - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_group_members`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).
+- gitlab_project_members - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_project_members`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).
+- gitlab_protected_branches - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_protected_branches`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).
+- gitlab_user - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_user`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).
+- proxmox_pool_member - absent state for type VM did not delete VMs from the pools (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7464).
+- redfish_command - fix usage of message parsing in ``SimpleUpdate`` and ``MultipartHTTPPushUpdate`` commands to treat the lack of a ``MessageId`` as no message (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7465, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7471).
+
+v8.0.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+This is release 8.0.0 of ``community.general``, released on 2023-11-01.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- The collection will start using semantic markup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6539).
+- VarDict module utils - add method ``VarDict.as_dict()`` to convert to a plain ``dict`` object (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6602).
+- apt_rpm - extract package name from local ``.rpm`` path when verifying
+  installation success. Allows installing packages from local ``.rpm`` files
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7396).
+- cargo - add option ``executable``, which allows user to specify path to the cargo binary (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7352).
+- cargo - add option ``locked`` which allows user to specify install the locked version of dependency instead of latest compatible version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6134).
+- chroot connection plugin - add ``disable_root_check`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7099).
+- cloudflare_dns - add CAA record support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7399).
+- cobbler inventory plugin - add ``exclude_mgmt_classes`` and ``include_mgmt_classes`` options to exclude or include hosts based on management classes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7184).
+- cobbler inventory plugin - add ``inventory_hostname`` option to allow using the system name for the inventory hostname (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6502).
+- cobbler inventory plugin - add ``want_ip_addresses`` option to collect all interface DNS name to IP address mapping (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6711).
+- cobbler inventory plugin - add primary IP addess to ``cobbler_ipv4_address`` and IPv6 address to ``cobbler_ipv6_address`` host variable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6711).
+- cobbler inventory plugin - add warning for systems with empty profiles (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6502).
+- cobbler inventory plugin - convert Ansible unicode strings to native Python unicode strings before passing user/password to XMLRPC client (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6923).
+- consul_session - drops requirement for the ``python-consul`` library to communicate with the Consul API, instead relying on the existing ``requests`` library requirement (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6755).
+- copr - respawn module to use the system python interpreter when the ``dnf`` python module is not available in ``ansible_python_interpreter`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6522).
+- cpanm - minor refactor when creating the ``CmdRunner`` object (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7231).
+- datadog_monitor - adds ``notification_preset_name``, ``renotify_occurrences`` and ``renotify_statuses`` parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6521,https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5823).
+- dig lookup plugin - add TCP option to enable the use of TCP connection during DNS lookup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7343).
+- ejabberd_user - module now using ``CmdRunner`` to execute external command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7075).
+- filesystem - add ``uuid`` parameter for UUID change feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6680).
+- gitlab_group - add option ``force_delete`` (default: false) which allows delete group even if projects exists in it (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7364).
+- gitlab_group_variable - add support for ``raw`` variables suboption (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7132).
+- gitlab_project_variable - add support for ``raw`` variables suboption (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7132).
+- gitlab_project_variable - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6928).
+- gitlab_runner - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6927).
+- htpasswd - minor code improvements in the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6901).
+- htpasswd - the parameter ``crypt_scheme`` is being renamed as ``hash_scheme`` and added as an alias to it (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6841).
+- icinga2_host - the ``ip`` option is no longer required, since Icinga 2 allows for an empty address attribute (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7452).
+- ini_file - add ``ignore_spaces`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7273).
+- ini_file - add ``modify_inactive_option`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7401).
+- ipa_config - add module parameters to manage FreeIPA user and group objectclasses (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7019).
+- ipa_config - adds ``idp`` choice to ``ipauserauthtype`` parameter's choices (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7051).
+- jenkins_build - add new ``detach`` option, which allows the module to exit successfully as long as the build is created (default functionality is still waiting for the build to end before exiting) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7204).
+- jenkins_build - add new ``time_between_checks`` option, which allows to configure the wait time between requests to the Jenkins server (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7204).
+- keycloak_authentication - added provider ID choices, since Keycloak supports only those two specific ones (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6763).
+- keycloak_client_rolemapping - adds support for subgroups with additional parameter ``parents`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6687).
+- keycloak_role - add composite roles support for realm and client roles (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6469).
+- keyring - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6927).
+- ldap_* - add new arguments ``client_cert`` and ``client_key`` to the LDAP modules in order to allow certificate authentication (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6668).
+- ldap_search - add a new ``page_size`` option to enable paged searches (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6648).
+- locale_gen - module has been refactored to use ``ModuleHelper`` and ``CmdRunner`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6903).
+- locale_gen - module now using ``CmdRunner`` to execute external commands (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6820).
+- lvg - add ``active`` and ``inactive`` values to the ``state`` option for active state management feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6682).
+- lvg - add ``reset_vg_uuid``, ``reset_pv_uuid`` options for UUID reset feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6682).
+- lxc connection plugin - properly handle a change of the ``remote_addr`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7373).
+- lxd connection plugin - automatically translate ``remote_addr`` from FQDN to (short) hostname (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7360).
+- lxd connection plugin - update error parsing to work with newer messages mentioning instances (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7360).
+- lxd inventory plugin - add ``server_cert`` option for trust anchor to use for TLS verification of server certificates (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7392).
+- lxd inventory plugin - add ``server_check_hostname`` option to disable hostname verification of server certificates (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7392).
+- make - add new ``targets`` parameter allowing multiple targets to be used with ``make`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6882, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4919).
+- make - allows ``params`` to be used without value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7180).
+- mas - disable sign-in check for macOS 12+ as ``mas account`` is non-functional (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6520).
+- newrelic_deployment - add option ``app_name_exact_match``, which filters results for the exact app_name provided (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7355).
+- nmap inventory plugin - now has a ``use_arp_ping`` option to allow the user to disable the default ARP ping query for a more reliable form (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7119).
+- nmcli - add support for ``ipv4.dns-options`` and ``ipv6.dns-options`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6902).
+- nomad_job, nomad_job_info - add ``port`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7412).
+- npm - minor improvement on parameter validation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6848).
+- npm - module now using ``CmdRunner`` to execute external commands (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6989).
+- onepassword lookup plugin - add service account support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6635, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6660).
+- onepassword lookup plugin - introduce ``account_id`` option which allows specifying which account to use (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7308).
+- onepassword_raw lookup plugin - add service account support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6635, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6660).
+- onepassword_raw lookup plugin - introduce ``account_id`` option which allows specifying which account to use (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7308).
+- opentelemetry callback plugin - add span attributes in the span event (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6531).
+- opkg - add ``executable`` parameter allowing to specify the path of the ``opkg`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6862).
+- opkg - remove default value ``""`` for parameter ``force`` as it causes the same behaviour of not having that parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6513).
+- pagerduty - adds in option to use v2 API for creating pagerduty incidents (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6151)
+- parted - on resize, use ``--fix`` option if available (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7304).
+- pnpm - set correct version when state is latest or version is not mentioned. Resolves previous idempotency problem (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7339).
+- pritunl module utils - ensure ``validate_certs`` parameter is honoured in all methods (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7156).
+- proxmox - add ``vmid`` (and ``taskid`` when possible) to return values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7263).
+- proxmox - support ``timezone`` parameter at container creation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6510).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - add composite variables support for Proxmox nodes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6640).
+- proxmox_kvm - added support for ``tpmstate0`` parameter to configure TPM (Trusted Platform Module) disk. TPM is required for Windows 11 installations (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6533).
+- proxmox_kvm - enabled force restart of VM, bringing the ``force`` parameter functionality in line with what is described in the docs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6914).
+- proxmox_kvm - re-use ``timeout`` module param to forcefully shutdown a virtual machine when ``state`` is ``stopped`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6257).
+- proxmox_snap - add ``retention`` parameter to delete old snapshots (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6576).
+- proxmox_vm_info - ``node`` parameter is no longer required. Information can be obtained for the whole cluster (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6976).
+- proxmox_vm_info - non-existing provided by name/vmid VM would return empty results instead of failing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7049).
+- pubnub_blocks - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6928).
+- random_string - added new ``ignore_similar_chars`` and ``similar_chars`` option to ignore certain chars (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7242).
+- redfish_command - add ``MultipartHTTPPushUpdate`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6471, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6612).
+- redfish_command - add ``account_types`` and ``oem_account_types`` as optional inputs to ``AddUser`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6823, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6871).
+- redfish_command - add new option ``update_oem_params`` for the ``MultipartHTTPPushUpdate`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7331).
+- redfish_config - add ``CreateVolume`` command to allow creation of volumes on servers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6813).
+- redfish_config - add ``DeleteAllVolumes`` command to allow deletion of all volumes on servers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6814).
+- redfish_config - adding ``SetSecureBoot`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7129).
+- redfish_info - add ``AccountTypes`` and ``OEMAccountTypes`` to the output of ``ListUsers`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6823, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6871).
+- redfish_info - add support for ``GetBiosRegistries`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7144).
+- redfish_info - adds ``LinkStatus`` to NIC inventory (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7318).
+- redfish_info - adds ``ProcessorArchitecture`` to CPU inventory (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6864).
+- redfish_info - fix for ``GetVolumeInventory``, Controller name was getting populated incorrectly and duplicates were seen in the volumes retrieved (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6719).
+- redfish_info - report ``Id`` in the output of ``GetManagerInventory`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7140).
+- redfish_utils - use ``Controllers`` key in redfish data to obtain Storage controllers properties (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7081).
+- redfish_utils module utils - add support for ``PowerCycle`` reset type for ``redfish_command`` responses feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7083).
+- redfish_utils module utils - add support for following ``@odata.nextLink`` pagination in ``software_inventory`` responses feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7020).
+- redfish_utils module utils - support ``Volumes`` in response for ``GetDiskInventory`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6819).
+- redhat_subscription - the internal ``RegistrationBase`` class was folded
+  into the other internal ``Rhsm`` class, as the separation had no purpose
+  anymore
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6658).
+- redis_info - refactor the redis_info module to use the redis module_utils enabling to pass TLS parameters to the Redis client (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7267).
+- rhsm_release - improve/harden the way ``subscription-manager`` is run;
+  no behaviour change is expected
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6669).
+- rhsm_repository - the interaction with ``subscription-manager`` was
+  refactored by grouping things together, removing unused bits, and hardening
+  the way it is run; also, the parsing of ``subscription-manager repos --list``
+  was improved and made slightly faster; no behaviour change is expected
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6783,
+  https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6837).
+- scaleway_security_group_rule - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6928).
+- shutdown - use ``shutdown -p ...`` with FreeBSD to halt and power off machine (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7102).
+- snap - add option ``dangerous`` to the module, that will map into the command line argument ``--dangerous``, allowing unsigned snap files to be installed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6908, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5715).
+- snap - module is now aware of channel when deciding whether to install or refresh the snap (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6435, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1606).
+- sorcery - add grimoire (repository) management support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7012).
+- sorcery - minor refactor (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6525).
+- supervisorctl - allow to stop matching running processes before removing them with ``stop_before_removing=true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7284).
+- tss lookup plugin - allow to fetch secret IDs which are in a folder based on folder ID. Previously, we could not fetch secrets based on folder ID but now use ``fetch_secret_ids_from_folder`` option to indicate to fetch secret IDs based on folder ID (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6223).
+- tss lookup plugin - allow to fetch secret by path. Previously, we could not fetch secret by path but now use ``secret_path`` option to indicate to fetch secret by secret path (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6881).
+- unixy callback plugin - add support for ``check_mode_markers`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7179).
+- vardict module utils - added convenience methods to ``VarDict`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6647).
+- xenserver_guest_info - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6928).
+- xenserver_guest_powerstate - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6928).
+- yum_versionlock - add support to pin specific package versions instead of only the package itself (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6861, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4470).
+
+Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
+--------------------------------
+
+- collection_version lookup plugin - remove compatibility code for ansible-base 2.10 and ansible-core 2.11 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7269).
+- gitlab_project - add ``default_branch`` support for project update. If you used the module so far with ``default_branch`` to update a project, the value of ``default_branch`` was ignored. Make sure that you either do not pass a value if you are not sure whether it is the one you want to have to avoid unexpected breaking changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7158).
+- selective callback plugin - remove compatibility code for Ansible 2.9 and ansible-core 2.10 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7269).
+- vardict module utils - ``VarDict`` will no longer accept variables named ``_var``, ``get_meta``, and ``as_dict`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6647).
+- version module util - remove fallback for ansible-core 2.11. All modules and plugins that do version collections no longer work with ansible-core 2.11 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7269).
+
+Deprecated Features
+-------------------
+
+- CmdRunner module utils - deprecate ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_default_type()`` formatter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6601).
+- MH VarsMixin module utils - deprecates ``VarsMixin`` and supporting classes in favor of plain ``vardict`` module util (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6649).
+- ansible_galaxy_install - the ``ack_ansible29`` and ``ack_min_ansiblecore211`` options have been deprecated and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
+- consul - the ``ack_params_state_absent`` option has been deprecated and will be removed in community.general 10.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
+- cpanm - value ``compatibility`` is deprecated as default for parameter ``mode`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6512).
+- ejabberd_user - deprecate the parameter ``logging`` in favour of producing more detailed information in the module output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7043).
+- flowdock - module relies entirely on no longer responsive API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6930).
+- proxmox - old feature flag ``proxmox_default_behavior`` will be removed in community.general 10.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6836).
+- proxmox_kvm - deprecate the option ``proxmox_default_behavior`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7377).
+- redfish_info, redfish_config, redfish_command - the default value ``10`` for the ``timeout`` option is deprecated and will change to ``60`` in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7295).
+- redhat module utils - the ``module_utils.redhat`` module is deprecated, as
+  effectively unused: the ``Rhsm``, ``RhsmPool``, and ``RhsmPools`` classes
+  will be removed in community.general 9.0.0; the ``RegistrationBase`` class
+  will be removed in community.general 10.0.0 together with the
+  ``rhn_register`` module, as it is the only user of this class; this means
+  that the whole ``module_utils.redhat`` module will be dropped in
+  community.general 10.0.0, so importing it without even using anything of it
+  will fail
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6663).
+- redhat_subscription - the ``autosubscribe`` alias for the ``auto_attach`` option has been
+  deprecated for many years, although only in the documentation. Officially mark this alias
+  as deprecated, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6646).
+- redhat_subscription - the ``pool`` option is deprecated in favour of the
+  more precise and flexible ``pool_ids`` option
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6650).
+- rhsm_repository - ``state=present`` has not been working as expected for many years,
+  and it seems it was not noticed so far; also, "presence" is not really a valid concept
+  for subscription repositories, which can only be enabled or disabled. Hence, mark the
+  ``present`` and ``absent`` values of the ``state`` option as deprecated, slating them
+  for removal in community.general 10.0.0
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6673).
+- stackdriver - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6887).
+- webfaction_app - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).
+- webfaction_db - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).
+- webfaction_domain - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).
+- webfaction_mailbox - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).
+- webfaction_site - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).
+
+Removed Features (previously deprecated)
+----------------------------------------
+
+- The collection no longer supports ansible-core 2.11 and ansible-core 2.12. Parts of the collection might still work on these ansible-core versions, but others might not (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7269).
+- ansible_galaxy_install - support for Ansible 2.9 and ansible-base 2.10 has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
+- consul - when ``state=absent``, the options ``script``, ``ttl``, ``tcp``, ``http``, and ``interval`` can no longer be specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
+- gconftool2 - ``state=get`` has been removed. Use the module ``community.general.gconftool2_info`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
+- gitlab_runner - remove the default value for the ``access_level`` option. To restore the previous behavior, explicitly set it to ``ref_protected`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
+- htpasswd - removed code for passlib <1.6 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6901).
+- manageiq_polices - ``state=list`` has been removed. Use the module ``community.general.manageiq_policies_info`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
+- manageiq_tags - ``state=list`` has been removed. Use the module ``community.general.manageiq_tags_info`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
+- mh.mixins.cmd module utils - the ``ArgFormat`` class has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
+- mh.mixins.cmd module utils - the ``CmdMixin`` mixin has been removed. Use ``community.general.plugins.module_utils.cmd_runner.CmdRunner`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
+- mh.mixins.cmd module utils - the mh.mixins.cmd module utils has been removed after all its contents were removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
+- mh.module_helper module utils - the ``CmdModuleHelper`` and ``CmdStateModuleHelper`` classes have been removed. Use ``community.general.plugins.module_utils.cmd_runner.CmdRunner`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
+- proxmox module utils - removed unused imports (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6873).
+- xfconf - the deprecated ``disable_facts`` option was removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- CmdRunner module utils - does not attempt to resolve path if executable is a relative or absolute path (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7200).
+- MH DependencyMixin module utils - deprecation notice was popping up for modules not using dependencies (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6644, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6639).
+- bitwarden lookup plugin - the plugin made assumptions about the structure of a Bitwarden JSON object which may have been broken by an update in the Bitwarden API. Remove assumptions, and allow queries for general fields such as ``notes`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7061).
+- cmd_runner module utils - when a parameter in ``argument_spec`` has no type, meaning it is implicitly a ``str``, ``CmdRunner`` would fail trying to find the ``type`` key in that dictionary (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6968).
+- cobbler inventory plugin - fix calculation of cobbler_ipv4/6_address (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6925).
+- composer - fix impossible to run ``working_dir`` dependent commands. The module was throwing an error when trying to run a ``working_dir`` dependent command, because it tried to get the command help without passing the ``working_dir`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3787).
+- csv module utils - detects and remove unicode BOM markers from incoming CSV content (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6662).
+- datadog_downtime - presence of ``rrule`` param lead to the Datadog API returning Bad Request due to a missing recurrence type (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6811).
+- ejabberd_user - module was failing to detect whether user was already created and/or password was changed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7033).
+- ejabberd_user - provide meaningful error message when the ``ejabberdctl`` command is not found (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7028, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6949).
+- github_deploy_key - fix pagination behaviour causing a crash when only a single page of deploy keys exist (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7375).
+- gitlab_group - the module passed parameters to the API call even when not set. The module is now filtering out ``None`` values to remediate this (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6712).
+- gitlab_group_variable - deleted all variables when used with ``purge=true`` due to missing ``raw`` property in KNOWN attributes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7250).
+- gitlab_project_variable - deleted all variables when used with ``purge=true`` due to missing ``raw`` property in KNOWN attributes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7250).
+- icinga2_host - fix a key error when updating an existing host (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6748).
+- ini_file - add the ``follow`` paramter to follow the symlinks instead of replacing them (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6546).
+- ini_file - fix a bug where the inactive options were not used when possible (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6575).
+- ipa_dnszone - fix 'idnsallowsyncptr' key error for reverse zone (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6906, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6905).
+- kernel_blacklist - simplified the mechanism to update the file, fixing the error (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7382, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7362).
+- keycloak module util - fix missing ``http_agent``, ``timeout``, and ``validate_certs`` ``open_url()`` parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7067).
+- keycloak module utils - fix ``is_struct_included`` handling of lists of lists/dictionaries (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6688).
+- keycloak module utils - the function ``get_user_by_username`` now return the user representation or ``None`` as stated in the documentation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6758).
+- keycloak_authentication - fix Keycloak authentication flow (step or sub-flow) indexing during update, if not specified by the user (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6734).
+- keycloak_client inventory plugin - fix missing client secret (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6931).
+- ldap_search - fix string normalization and the ``base64_attributes`` option on Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5704, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7264).
+- locale_gen - now works for locales without the underscore character such as ``C.UTF-8`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6774, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5142, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4305).
+- lvol - add support for percentage of origin size specification when creating snapshot volumes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1630, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7053).
+- lxc connection plugin - now handles ``remote_addr`` defaulting to ``inventory_hostname`` correctly (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7104).
+- lxc connection plugin - properly evaluate options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7369).
+- machinectl become plugin - mark plugin as ``require_tty`` to automatically disable pipelining, with which this plugin is not compatible (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6932, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6935).
+- mail - skip headers containing equals characters due to missing ``maxsplit`` on header key/value parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7303).
+- memset module utils - make compatible with ansible-core 2.17 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7379).
+- nmap inventory plugin - fix ``get_option`` calls (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7323).
+- nmap inventory plugin - now uses ``get_option`` in all cases to get its configuration information (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7119).
+- nmcli - fix bond option ``xmit_hash_policy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6527).
+- nmcli - fix support for empty list (in compare and scrape) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6769).
+- nsupdate - fix a possible ``list index out of range`` exception (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/836).
+- oci_utils module util - fix inappropriate logical comparison expressions and makes them simpler. The previous checks had logical short circuits (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7125).
+- oci_utils module utils - avoid direct type comparisons (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7085).
+- onepassword - fix KeyError exception when trying to access value of a field that is not filled out in OnePassword item (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7241).
+- openbsd_pkg - the pkg_info(1) behavior has changed in OpenBSD >7.3. The error message ``Can't find`` should not lead to an error case (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6785).
+- pacman - module recognizes the output of ``yay`` running as ``root`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6713).
+- portage - fix ``changed_use`` and ``newuse`` not triggering rebuilds (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6008, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6548).
+- pritunl module utils - fix incorrect URL parameter for orgnization add method (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7161).
+- proxmox - fix error when a configuration had no ``template`` field (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6838, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5372).
+- proxmox module utils - add logic to detect whether an old Promoxer complains about the ``token_name`` and ``token_value`` parameters and provide a better error message when that happens (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6839, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5371).
+- proxmox module utils - fix proxmoxer library version check (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6974, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6975, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6980).
+- proxmox_disk - fix unable to create ``cdrom`` media due to ``size`` always being appended (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6770).
+- proxmox_kvm - ``absent`` state with ``force`` specified failed to stop the VM due to the ``timeout`` value not being passed to ``stop_vm`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6827).
+- proxmox_kvm - ``restarted`` state did not actually restart a VM in some VM configurations. The state now uses the Proxmox reboot endpoint instead of calling the ``stop_vm`` and ``start_vm`` functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6773).
+- proxmox_kvm - allow creation of VM with existing name but new vmid (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6155, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6709).
+- proxmox_kvm - when ``name`` option is provided without ``vmid`` and VM with that name already exists then no new VM will be created (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6911, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6981).
+- proxmox_tasks_info - remove ``api_user`` + ``api_password`` constraint from ``required_together`` as it causes to require ``api_password`` even when API token param is used (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6201).
+- proxmox_template - require ``requests_toolbelt`` module to fix issue with uploading large templates (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5579, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6757).
+- proxmox_user_info - avoid direct type comparisons (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7085).
+- redfish_info - fix ``ListUsers`` to not show empty account slots (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6771, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6772).
+- redhat_subscription - use the right D-Bus options for the consumer type when
+  registering a RHEL system older than 9 or a RHEL 9 system older than 9.2
+  and using ``consumer_type``
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7378).
+- refish_utils module utils - changing variable names to avoid issues occuring when fetching Volumes data (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6883).
+- rhsm_repository - when using the ``purge`` option, the ``repositories``
+  dictionary element in the returned JSON is now properly updated according
+  to the pruning operation
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6676).
+- rundeck - fix ``TypeError`` on 404 API response (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6983).
+- selective callback plugin - fix length of task name lines in output always being 3 characters longer than desired (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7374).
+- snap - an exception was being raised when snap list was empty (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7124, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7120).
+- snap - assume default track ``latest`` in parameter ``channel`` when not specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6835, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6821).
+- snap - change the change detection mechanism from "parsing installation" to "comparing end state with initial state" (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7340, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7265).
+- snap - fix crash when multiple snaps are specified and one has ``---`` in its description (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7046).
+- snap - fix the processing of the commands' output, stripping spaces and newlines from it (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6826, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6803).
+- sorcery - fix interruption of the multi-stage process (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7012).
+- sorcery - fix queue generation before the whole system rebuild (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7012).
+- sorcery - latest state no longer triggers update_cache (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7012).
+- terraform - prevents ``-backend-config`` option double encapsulating with ``shlex_quote`` function. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7301).
+- tss lookup plugin - fix multiple issues when using ``fetch_attachments=true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6720).
+- zypper - added handling of zypper exitcode 102. Changed state is set correctly now and rc 102 is still preserved to be evaluated by the playbook (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6534).
+
+Known Issues
+------------
+
+- Ansible markup will show up in raw form on ansible-doc text output for ansible-core before 2.15. If you have trouble deciphering the documentation markup, please upgrade to ansible-core 2.15 (or newer), or read the HTML documentation on https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/collections/community/general/ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6539).
+
+New Plugins
+-----------
+
+Lookup
+~~~~~~
+
+- bitwarden_secrets_manager - Retrieve secrets from Bitwarden Secrets Manager
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+- consul_policy - Manipulate Consul policies
+- consul_role - Manipulate Consul roles
+- facter_facts - Runs the discovery program C(facter) on the remote system and return Ansible facts
+- gio_mime - Set default handler for MIME type, for applications using Gnome GIO
+- gitlab_instance_variable - Creates, updates, or deletes GitLab instance variables
+- gitlab_merge_request - Create, update, or delete GitLab merge requests
+- jenkins_build_info - Get information about Jenkins builds
+- keycloak_authentication_required_actions - Allows administration of Keycloak authentication required actions
+- keycloak_authz_custom_policy - Allows administration of Keycloak client custom Javascript policies via Keycloak API
+- keycloak_authz_permission - Allows administration of Keycloak client authorization permissions via Keycloak API
+- keycloak_authz_permission_info - Query Keycloak client authorization permissions information
+- keycloak_realm_key - Allows administration of Keycloak realm keys via Keycloak API
+- keycloak_user - Create and configure a user in Keycloak
+- lvg_rename - Renames LVM volume groups
+- pnpm - Manage node.js packages with pnpm
+- proxmox_pool - Pool management for Proxmox VE cluster
+- proxmox_pool_member - Add or delete members from Proxmox VE cluster pools
+- proxmox_vm_info - Retrieve information about one or more Proxmox VE virtual machines
+- simpleinit_msb - Manage services on Source Mage GNU/Linux
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Also, consider taking up a valuable, reviewed, but abandoned pull request which
 * Try committing your changes with an informative but short commit message.
 * Do not squash your commits and force-push to your branch if not needed. Reviews of your pull request are much easier with individual commits to comprehend the pull request history. All commits of your pull request branch will be squashed into one commit by GitHub upon merge.
 * Do not add merge commits to your PR. The bot will complain and you will have to rebase ([instructions for rebasing](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/dev_guide/developing_rebasing.html)) to remove them before your PR can be merged. To avoid that git automatically does merges during pulls, you can configure it to do rebases instead by running `git config pull.rebase true` inside the repository checkout.
-* Make sure your PR includes a [changelog fragment](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/development_process.html#changelogs-how-to). (You must not include a fragment for new modules or new plugins, except for test and filter plugins. Also you shouldn't include one for docs-only changes. If you're not sure, simply don't include one, we'll tell you whether one is needed or not :) )
+* Make sure your PR includes a [changelog fragment](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/development_process.html#creating-changelog-fragments). (You must not include a fragment for new modules or new plugins. Also you shouldn't include one for docs-only changes. If you're not sure, simply don't include one, we'll tell you whether one is needed or not :) )
 * Avoid reformatting unrelated parts of the codebase in your PR. These types of changes will likely be requested for reversion, create additional work for reviewers, and may cause approval to be delayed.

 You can also read [our Quick-start development guide](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/main/create_pr_quick_start_guide.rst).
@@ -121,19 +121,3 @@ Creating new modules and plugins requires a bit more work than other Pull Reques
   listed as `maintainers` will be pinged for new issues and PRs that modify the module/plugin or its tests.

   When you add a new plugin/module, we expect that you perform maintainer duty for at least some time after contributing it.
-
-## pre-commit
-
-To help ensure high-quality contributions this repository includes a [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com) configuration which
-corrects and tests against common issues that would otherwise cause CI to fail. To begin using these pre-commit hooks see
-the [Installation](#installation) section below.
-
-This is optional and not required to contribute to this repository.
-
-### Installation
-
-Follow the [instructions](https://pre-commit.com/#install) provided with pre-commit and run `pre-commit install` under the repository base. If for any reason you would like to disable the pre-commit hooks run `pre-commit uninstall`.
-
-This is optional to run it locally.
-
-You can trigger it locally with `pre-commit run --all-files` or even to run only for a given file `pre-commit run --files YOUR_FILE`.
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later

 # Community General Collection

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

 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.
@@ -23,9 +24,7 @@ If you encounter abusive behavior violating the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https:

 ## Tested with Ansible

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

 ## External requirements

@@ -33,13 +32,13 @@ Some modules and plugins require external libraries. Please check the requiremen

 ## Included content

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

 ## Using this collection

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

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

    ansible-galaxy collection install community.general

@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ Note that if you install the collection manually, it will not be upgraded automa
 ansible-galaxy collection install community.general --upgrade
 ```

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

 ```bash
 ansible-galaxy collection install community.general:==X.Y.Z
@@ -116,7 +115,7 @@ See the [Releasing guidelines](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/ma

 ## Release notes

-See the [changelog](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst).
+See the [changelog](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-8/CHANGELOG.md).

 ## Roadmap

--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
--- a/changelogs/config.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/config.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ mention_ancestor: true
 flatmap: true
 new_plugins_after_name: removed_features
 notesdir: fragments
+output_formats:
+  - md
+  - rst
 prelude_section_name: release_summary
 prelude_section_title: Release Summary
 sections:
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4728-onepassword-v2.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/4728-onepassword-v2.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-   - onepassword - support version 2 of the OnePassword CLI (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4728)
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5435-escape-ldap-param.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5435-escape-ldap-param.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - ldap_attrs - fix bug which caused a ``Bad search filter`` error. The error was occuring when the ldap attribute value contained special characters such as ``(`` or ``*`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5434, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5435).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5450-allow-for-xordered-dns.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5450-allow-for-xordered-dns.yaml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ldap_attrs - allow for DNs to have ``{x}`` prefix on first RDN (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/977, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5450).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5468-iso-create-not-add-folders.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5468-iso-create-not-add-folders.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - iso_create - the module somtimes failed to add folders for Joliet and UDF formats (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5275).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5475-snap-option-value-whitespace.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5475-snap-option-value-whitespace.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - snap - allow values in the ``options`` parameter to contain whitespaces (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5475).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5477-ansible-galaxy-install-cmd-runner.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5477-ansible-galaxy-install-cmd-runner.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ansible_galaxy_install - refactored module to use ``CmdRunner`` to execute ``ansible-galaxy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5477).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5483-hponcfg-cmd-runner.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5483-hponcfg-cmd-runner.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - hponcfg - refactored module to use ``CmdRunner`` to execute ``hponcfg`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5483).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5484-mksysb-cmd-runner.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5484-mksysb-cmd-runner.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - mksysb - refactored module to use ``CmdRunner`` to execute ``mksysb`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5484).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5485-cpanm-cmd-runner.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5485-cpanm-cmd-runner.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - cpanm - refactored module to use ``CmdRunner`` to execute ``cpanm`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5485).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/6.0.0.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/6.0.0.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: >-
-  New major release of community.general with lots of bugfixes, new features, some removed deprecated features, and some other breaking changes.
-  Please check the coresponding sections of the changelog for more details.
--- a/docs/docsite/extra-docs.yml
+++ b/docs/docsite/extra-docs.yml
@@ -8,3 +8,9 @@ sections:
    toctree:
      - filter_guide
      - test_guide
+  - title: Cloud Guides
+    toctree:
+      - guide_alicloud
+      - guide_online
+      - guide_packet
+      - guide_scaleway
--- a/docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations.rst
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ Abstract transformations
   filter_guide_abstract_informations_dictionaries
   filter_guide_abstract_informations_grouping
   filter_guide_abstract_informations_merging_lists_of_dictionaries
+   filter_guide_abstract_informations_lists_helper
   filter_guide_abstract_informations_counting_elements_in_sequence
--- a/docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_counting_elements_in_sequence.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_counting_elements_in_sequence.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Counting elements in a sequence
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

-The ``community.general.counter`` filter plugin allows you to count (hashable) elements in a sequence. Elements are returned as dictionary keys and their counts are stored as dictionary values.
+The :ansplugin:`community.general.counter filter plugin <community.general.counter#filter>` allows you to count (hashable) elements in a sequence. Elements are returned as dictionary keys and their counts are stored as dictionary values.

 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja

--- a/docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_dictionaries.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_dictionaries.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Dictionaries
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^

-You can use the ``dict_kv`` filter to create a single-entry dictionary with ``value | community.general.dict_kv(key)``:
+You can use the :ansplugin:`community.general.dict_kv filter <community.general.dict_kv#filter>` to create a single-entry dictionary with ``value | community.general.dict_kv(key)``:

 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ This produces:

 .. versionadded:: 2.0.0

-If you need to convert a list of key-value pairs to a dictionary, you can use the ``dict`` function. Unfortunately, this function cannot be used with ``map``. For this, the ``community.general.dict`` filter can be used:
+If you need to convert a list of key-value pairs to a dictionary, you can use the ``dict`` function. Unfortunately, this function cannot be used with ``map``. For this, the :ansplugin:`community.general.dict filter <community.general.dict#filter>` can be used:

 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja

--- a/docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_grouping.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_grouping.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Grouping
 ^^^^^^^^

-If you have a list of dictionaries, the Jinja2 ``groupby`` filter allows to group the list by an attribute. This results in a list of ``(grouper, list)`` namedtuples, where ``list`` contains all dictionaries where the selected attribute equals ``grouper``. If you know that for every ``grouper``, there will be a most one entry in that list, you can use the ``community.general.groupby_as_dict`` filter to convert the original list into a dictionary which maps ``grouper`` to the corresponding dictionary.
+If you have a list of dictionaries, the Jinja2 ``groupby`` filter allows to group the list by an attribute. This results in a list of ``(grouper, list)`` namedtuples, where ``list`` contains all dictionaries where the selected attribute equals ``grouper``. If you know that for every ``grouper``, there will be a most one entry in that list, you can use the :ansplugin:`community.general.groupby_as_dict filter <community.general.groupby_as_dict#filter>` to convert the original list into a dictionary which maps ``grouper`` to the corresponding dictionary.

 One example is ``ansible_facts.mounts``, which is a list of dictionaries where each has one ``device`` element to indicate the device which is mounted. Therefore, ``ansible_facts.mounts | community.general.groupby_as_dict('device')`` is a dictionary mapping a device to the mount information:

--- a/docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_lists_helper.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_lists_helper.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+..
+  Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+  GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+Union, intersection and difference of lists
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Starting with Ansible Core 2.16, the builtin filters :ansplugin:`ansible.builtin.union#filter`, :ansplugin:`ansible.builtin.intersect#filter`, :ansplugin:`ansible.builtin.difference#filter` and :ansplugin:`ansible.builtin.symmetric_difference#filter` began to behave differently and do no longer preserve the item order. Items in the resulting lists are returned in arbitrary order and the order can vary between subsequent runs.
+
+The Ansible community.general collection provides the following additional list filters:
+
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_union#filter`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_intersect#filter`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_difference#filter`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_symmetric_difference#filter`
+
+These filters preserve the item order, eliminate duplicates and are an extended version of the builtin ones, because they can operate on more than two lists.
+
+.. note:: Stick to the builtin filters, when item order is not important or when you do not need the n-ary operating mode. The builtin filters are faster, because they rely mostly on sets as their underlying datastructure.
+
+Let us use the lists below in the following examples:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+  A: [9, 5, 7, 1, 9, 4, 10, 5, 9, 7]
+  B: [4, 1, 2, 8, 3, 1, 7]
+  C: [10, 2, 1, 9, 1]
+
+The union of ``A`` and ``B`` can be written as:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+  result: "{{ A | community.general.lists_union(B) }}"
+
+This statement produces:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+  result: [9, 5, 7, 1, 4, 10, 2, 8, 3]
+
+If you want to calculate the intersection of ``A``, ``B`` and ``C``, you can use the following statement:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+  result: "{{ A | community.general.lists_intersect(B, C) }}"
+
+Alternatively, you can use a list of lists as an input of the filter
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+  result: "{{ [A, B] | community.general.lists_intersect(C) }}"
+
+or
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+  result: "{{ [A, B, C] | community.general.lists_intersect(flatten=true) }}"
+
+All three statements are equivalent and give:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+  result: [1]
+
+.. note:: Be aware that in most cases, filter calls without any argument require ``flatten=true``, otherwise the input is returned as result. The reason for this is, that the input is considered as a variable argument and is wrapped by an additional outer list. ``flatten=true`` ensures that this list is removed before the input is processed by the filter logic.
+
+The filters ansplugin:`community.general.lists_difference#filter` or :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_symmetric_difference#filter` can be used in the same way as the filters in the examples above. They calculate the difference or the symmetric difference between two or more lists and preserve the item order.
+
+For example, the symmetric difference of ``A``, ``B`` and ``C`` may be written as:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+  result: "{{ A | community.general.lists_symmetric_difference(B, C) }}"
+
+This gives:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+  result: [5, 8, 3, 1]
+
--- a/docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_merging_lists_of_dictionaries.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_merging_lists_of_dictionaries.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Merging lists of dictionaries
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

-If you have two or more lists of dictionaries and want to combine them into a list of merged dictionaries, where the dictionaries are merged by an attribute, you can use the ``lists_mergeby`` filter.
+If you have two or more lists of dictionaries and want to combine them into a list of merged dictionaries, where the dictionaries are merged by an attribute, you can use the :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_mergeby filter <community.general.lists_mergeby#filter>`.

 .. note:: The output of the examples in this section use the YAML callback plugin. Quoting: "Ansible output that can be quite a bit easier to read than the default JSON formatting." See :ref:`the documentation for the community.general.yaml callback plugin <ansible_collections.community.general.yaml_callback>`.

@@ -76,15 +76,15 @@ This produces the same result as in the previous example:
    name: meh


-The filter also accepts two optional parameters: ``recursive`` and ``list_merge``. These parameters are only supported when used with ansible-base 2.10 or ansible-core, but not with Ansible 2.9. This is available since community.general 4.4.0.
+The filter also accepts two optional parameters: :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:recursive` and :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge`. This is available since community.general 4.4.0.

 **recursive**
-    Is a boolean, default to ``False``. Should the ``community.general.lists_mergeby`` recursively merge nested hashes. Note: It does not depend on the value of the ``hash_behaviour`` setting in ``ansible.cfg``.
+    Is a boolean, default to ``false``. Should the :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter` filter recursively merge nested hashes. Note: It does not depend on the value of the ``hash_behaviour`` setting in ``ansible.cfg``.

 **list_merge**
-    Is a string, its possible values are ``replace`` (default), ``keep``, ``append``, ``prepend``, ``append_rp`` or ``prepend_rp``. It modifies the behaviour of ``community.general.lists_mergeby`` when the hashes to merge contain arrays/lists.
+    Is a string, its possible values are :ansval:`replace` (default), :ansval:`keep`, :ansval:`append`, :ansval:`prepend`, :ansval:`append_rp` or :ansval:`prepend_rp`. It modifies the behaviour of :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter` when the hashes to merge contain arrays/lists.

-The examples below set ``recursive=true`` and display the differences among all six options of ``list_merge``. Functionality of the parameters is exactly the same as in the filter ``combine``. See :ref:`Combining hashes/dictionaries <combine_filter>` to learn details about these options.
+The examples below set :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:recursive=true` and display the differences among all six options of :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge`. Functionality of the parameters is exactly the same as in the filter :ansplugin:`ansible.builtin.combine#filter`. See :ref:`Combining hashes/dictionaries <combine_filter>` to learn details about these options.

 Let us use the lists below in the following examples

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Let us use the lists below in the following examples
    - name: myname02
      param01: [3, 4, 4, {key: value}]

-Example ``list_merge=replace`` (default):
+Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=replace` (default):

 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja

@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ This produces:
    - 4
    - key: value

-Example ``list_merge=keep``:
+Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=keep`:

 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja

@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ This produces:
    - 2
    - 3

-Example ``list_merge=append``:
+Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=append`:

 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja

@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ This produces:
    - 4
    - key: value

-Example ``list_merge=prepend``:
+Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=prepend`:

 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja

@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ This produces:
    - 2
    - 3

-Example ``list_merge=append_rp``:
+Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=append_rp`:

 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja

@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ This produces:
    - 4
    - key: value

-Example ``list_merge=prepend_rp``:
+Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=prepend_rp`:

 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja

--- a/docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_conversions.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_conversions.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Conversions
 Parsing CSV files
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

-Ansible offers the :ref:`community.general.read_csv module <ansible_collections.community.general.read_csv_module>` to read CSV files. Sometimes you need to convert strings to CSV files instead. For this, the ``from_csv`` filter exists.
+Ansible offers the :ansplugin:`community.general.read_csv module <community.general.read_csv#module>` to read CSV files. Sometimes you need to convert strings to CSV files instead. For this, the :ansplugin:`community.general.from_csv filter <community.general.from_csv#filter>` exists.

 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ This produces:
        ]
    }

-The ``from_csv`` filter has several keyword arguments to control its behavior:
+The :ansplugin:`community.general.from_csv filter <community.general.from_csv#filter>` has several keyword arguments to control its behavior:

 :dialect: Dialect of the CSV file. Default is ``excel``. Other possible choices are ``excel-tab`` and ``unix``. If one of ``delimiter``, ``skipinitialspace`` or ``strict`` is specified, ``dialect`` is ignored.
 :fieldnames: A set of column names to use. If not provided, the first line of the CSV is assumed to contain the column names.
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ The ``from_csv`` filter has several keyword arguments to control its behavior:
 Converting to JSON
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

-`JC <https://pypi.org/project/jc/>`_ is a CLI tool and Python library which allows to interpret output of various CLI programs as JSON. It is also available as a filter in community.general. This filter needs the `jc Python library <https://pypi.org/project/jc/>`_ installed on the controller.
+`JC <https://pypi.org/project/jc/>`_ is a CLI tool and Python library which allows to interpret output of various CLI programs as JSON. It is also available as a filter in community.general, called :ansplugin:`community.general.jc#filter`. This filter needs the `jc Python library <https://pypi.org/project/jc/>`_ installed on the controller.

 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja

--- a/docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_creating_identifiers.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_creating_identifiers.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ The following filters allow to create identifiers.
 Hashids
 ^^^^^^^

-`Hashids <https://hashids.org/>`_ allow to convert sequences of integers to short unique string identifiers. This filter needs the `hashids Python library <https://pypi.org/project/hashids/>`_ installed on the controller.
+`Hashids <https://hashids.org/>`_ allow to convert sequences of integers to short unique string identifiers. The :ansplugin:`community.general.hashids_encode#filter` and :ansplugin:`community.general.hashids_decode#filter` filters need the `hashids Python library <https://pypi.org/project/hashids/>`_ installed on the controller.

 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ The hashids filters accept keyword arguments to allow fine-tuning the hashids ge
 Random MACs
 ^^^^^^^^^^^

-You can use the ``random_mac`` filter to complete a partial `MAC address <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address>`_ to a random 6-byte MAC address.
+You can use the :ansplugin:`community.general.random_mac filter <community.general.random_mac#filter>` to complete a partial `MAC address <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address>`_ to a random 6-byte MAC address.

 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja

--- a/docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_paths.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_paths.rst
@@ -6,14 +6,4 @@
 Paths
 -----

-The ``path_join`` filter has been added in ansible-base 2.10. If you want to use this filter, but also need to support Ansible 2.9, you can use ``community.general``'s ``path_join`` shim, ``community.general.path_join``. This filter redirects to ``path_join`` for ansible-base 2.10 and ansible-core 2.11 or newer, and re-implements the filter for Ansible 2.9.
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    # ansible-base 2.10 or newer:
-    path: {{ ('/etc', path, 'subdir', file) | path_join }}
-
-    # Also works with Ansible 2.9:
-    path: {{ ('/etc', path, 'subdir', file) | community.general.path_join }}
-
-.. versionadded:: 3.0.0
+The :ansplugin:`ansible.builtin.path_join filter <ansible.builtin.path_join#filter>` has been added in ansible-base 2.10. Community.general 3.0.0 and newer contains an alias ``community.general.path_join`` for this filter that could be used on Ansible 2.9 as well. Since community.general no longer supports Ansible 2.9, this is now a simple redirect to :ansplugin:`ansible.builtin.path_join filter <ansible.builtin.path_join#filter>`.
--- a/docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_selecting_json_data.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_selecting_json_data.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 Selecting JSON data: JSON queries
 ---------------------------------

-To select a single element or a data subset from a complex data structure in JSON format (for example, Ansible facts), use the ``json_query`` filter.  The ``json_query`` filter lets you query a complex JSON structure and iterate over it using a loop structure.
+To select a single element or a data subset from a complex data structure in JSON format (for example, Ansible facts), use the :ansplugin:`community.general.json_query filter <community.general.json_query#filter>`.  The :ansplugin:`community.general.json_query#filter` filter lets you query a complex JSON structure and iterate over it using a loop structure.

 .. note:: You must manually install the **jmespath** dependency on the Ansible controller before using this filter. This filter is built upon **jmespath**, and you can use the same syntax. For examples, see `jmespath examples <http://jmespath.org/examples.html>`_.

@@ -146,4 +146,4 @@ To extract ports from all clusters with name containing 'server1':
      vars:
        server_name_query: "domain.server[?contains(name,'server1')].port"

-.. note:: while using ``starts_with`` and ``contains``, you have to use `` to_json | from_json `` filter for correct parsing of data structure.
+.. note:: while using ``starts_with`` and ``contains``, you have to use ``to_json | from_json`` filter for correct parsing of data structure.
--- a/docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_working_with_times.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_working_with_times.rst
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 Working with times
 ------------------

-The ``to_time_unit`` filter allows to convert times from a human-readable string to a unit. For example, ``'4h 30min 12second' | community.general.to_time_unit('hour')`` gives the number of hours that correspond to 4 hours, 30 minutes and 12 seconds.
+The :ansplugin:`community.general.to_time_unit filter <community.general.to_time_unit#filter>` allows to convert times from a human-readable string to a unit. For example, ``'4h 30min 12second' | community.general.to_time_unit('hour')`` gives the number of hours that correspond to 4 hours, 30 minutes and 12 seconds.

-There are shorthands to directly convert to various units, like ``to_hours``, ``to_minutes``, ``to_seconds``, and so on. The following table lists all units that can be used:
+There are shorthands to directly convert to various units, like :ansplugin:`community.general.to_hours#filter`, :ansplugin:`community.general.to_minutes#filter`, :ansplugin:`community.general.to_seconds#filter`, and so on. The following table lists all units that can be used:

 .. list-table:: Units
   :widths: 25 25 25 25
@@ -21,37 +21,37 @@ There are shorthands to directly convert to various units, like ``to_hours``, ``
   * - Millisecond
     - 1/1000 second
     - ``ms``, ``millisecond``, ``milliseconds``, ``msec``, ``msecs``, ``msecond``, ``mseconds``
-     - ``to_milliseconds``
+     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_milliseconds#filter`
   * - Second
     - 1 second
     - ``s``, ``sec``, ``secs``, ``second``, ``seconds``
-     - ``to_seconds``
+     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_seconds#filter`
   * - Minute
     - 60 seconds
     - ``m``, ``min``, ``mins``, ``minute``, ``minutes``
-     - ``to_minutes``
+     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_minutes#filter`
   * - Hour
     - 60*60 seconds
     - ``h``, ``hour``, ``hours``
-     - ``to_hours``
+     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_hours#filter`
   * - Day
     - 24*60*60 seconds
     - ``d``, ``day``, ``days``
-     - ``to_days``
+     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_days#filter`
   * - Week
     - 7*24*60*60 seconds
     - ``w``, ``week``, ``weeks``
-     - ``to_weeks``
+     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_weeks#filter`
   * - Month
     - 30*24*60*60 seconds
     - ``mo``, ``month``, ``months``
-     - ``to_months``
+     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_months#filter`
   * - Year
     - 365*24*60*60 seconds
     - ``y``, ``year``, ``years``
-     - ``to_years``
+     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_years#filter`

-Note that months and years are using a simplified representation: a month is 30 days, and a year is 365 days. If you need different definitions of months or years, you can pass them as keyword arguments. For example, if you want a year to be 365.25 days, and a month to be 30.5 days, you can write ``'11months 4' | community.general.to_years(year=365.25, month=30.5)``. These keyword arguments can be specified to ``to_time_unit`` and to all shorthand filters.
+Note that months and years are using a simplified representation: a month is 30 days, and a year is 365 days. If you need different definitions of months or years, you can pass them as keyword arguments. For example, if you want a year to be 365.25 days, and a month to be 30.5 days, you can write ``'11months 4' | community.general.to_years(year=365.25, month=30.5)``. These keyword arguments can be specified to :ansplugin:`community.general.to_time_unit#filter` and to all shorthand filters.

 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja

--- a/docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_working_with_unicode.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_working_with_unicode.rst
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 Working with Unicode
 ---------------------

-`Unicode <https://unicode.org/main.html>`_ makes it possible to produce two strings which may be visually equivalent, but are comprised of distinctly different characters/character sequences. To address this ``Unicode`` defines `normalization forms <https://unicode.org/reports/tr15/>`_ which avoid these distinctions by choosing a unique character sequence for a given visual representation.
+`Unicode <https://unicode.org/main.html>`_ makes it possible to produce two strings which may be visually equivalent, but are comprised of distinctly different characters/character sequences. To address this Unicode defines `normalization forms <https://unicode.org/reports/tr15/>`_ which avoid these distinctions by choosing a unique character sequence for a given visual representation.

-You can use the ``community.general.unicode_normalize`` filter to normalize ``Unicode`` strings within your playbooks.
+You can use the :ansplugin:`community.general.unicode_normalize filter <community.general.unicode_normalize#filter>` to normalize Unicode strings within your playbooks.

 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ This produces:
        "msg": true
    }

-The ``community.general.unicode_normalize`` filter accepts a keyword argument to select the ``Unicode`` form used to normalize the input string.
+The :ansplugin:`community.general.unicode_normalize filter <community.general.unicode_normalize#filter>` accepts a keyword argument :ansopt:`community.general.unicode_normalize#filter:form` to select the Unicode form used to normalize the input string.

 :form: One of ``'NFC'`` (default), ``'NFD'``, ``'NFKC'``, or ``'NFKD'``. See the `Unicode reference <https://unicode.org/reports/tr15/>`_ for more information.

--- a/docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_working_with_versions.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_working_with_versions.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Working with versions
 ---------------------

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

 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja

--- a/docs/docsite/rst/guide_alicloud.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/guide_alicloud.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+..
+  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
+
+.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_alicloud:
+
+Alibaba Cloud Compute Services Guide
+====================================
+
+Introduction
+````````````
+
+The community.general collection contains several modules for controlling and managing Alibaba Cloud Compute Services (Alicloud).  This guide
+explains how to use the Alicloud Ansible modules together.
+
+All Alicloud modules require ``footmark`` - install it on your control machine with ``pip install footmark``.
+
+Cloud modules, including Alicloud modules, are usually executed on your local machine (the control machine) with ``connection: local``, rather than on remote machines defined in your hosts.
+
+Normally, you'll use the following pattern for plays that provision Alicloud resources:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+    - hosts: localhost
+      connection: local
+      vars:
+        - ...
+      tasks:
+        - ...
+
+Authentication
+``````````````
+
+You can specify your Alicloud authentication credentials (access key and secret key) by passing them as
+environment variables or by storing them in a vars file.
+
+To pass authentication credentials as environment variables:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    export ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY='Alicloud123'
+    export ALICLOUD_SECRET_KEY='AlicloudSecret123'
+
+To store authentication credentials in a vars file, encrypt them with :ref:`Ansible Vault <vault>` to keep them secure, then list them:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+    ---
+    alicloud_access_key: "--REMOVED--"
+    alicloud_secret_key: "--REMOVED--"
+
+Note that if you store your credentials in a vars file, you need to refer to them in each Alicloud module. For example:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    - community.general.ali_instance:
+        alicloud_access_key: "{{ alicloud_access_key }}"
+        alicloud_secret_key: "{{ alicloud_secret_key }}"
+        image_id: "..."
+
+Provisioning
+````````````
+
+Alicloud modules create Alicloud ECS instances (:ansplugin:`community.general.ali_instance#module`) and retrieve information on these (:ansplugin:`community.general.ali_instance_info#module`).
+
+You can use the ``count`` parameter to control the number of resources you create or terminate. For example, if you want exactly 5 instances tagged ``NewECS``, set the ``count`` of instances to 5 and the ``count_tag`` to ``NewECS``, as shown in the last task of the example playbook below. If there are no instances with the tag ``NewECS``, the task creates 5 new instances. If there are 2 instances with that tag, the task creates 3 more. If there are 8 instances with that tag, the task terminates 3 of those instances.
+
+If you do not specify a ``count_tag``, the task creates the number of instances you specify in ``count`` with the ``instance_name`` you provide.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    # alicloud_setup.yml
+
+    - hosts: localhost
+      connection: local
+
+      tasks:
+        - name: Create a set of instances
+          community.general.ali_instance:
+             instance_type: ecs.n4.small
+             image_id: "{{ ami_id }}"
+             instance_name: "My-new-instance"
+             instance_tags:
+                 Name: NewECS
+                 Version: 0.0.1
+             count: 5
+             count_tag:
+                 Name: NewECS
+             allocate_public_ip: true
+             max_bandwidth_out: 50
+          register: create_instance
+
+In the example playbook above, data about the instances created by this playbook is saved in the variable defined by the ``register`` keyword in the task.
+
+Each Alicloud module offers a variety of parameter options. Not all options are demonstrated in the above example. See each individual module for further details and examples.
--- a/docs/docsite/rst/guide_online.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/guide_online.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+..
+  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
+
+.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_online:
+
+****************
+Online.net Guide
+****************
+
+Introduction
+============
+
+Online is a French hosting company mainly known for providing bare-metal servers named Dedibox.
+Check it out: `https://www.online.net/en <https://www.online.net/en>`_
+
+Dynamic inventory for Online resources
+--------------------------------------
+
+Ansible has a dynamic inventory plugin that can list your resources.
+
+1. Create a YAML configuration such as ``online_inventory.yml`` with this content:
+
+   .. code-block:: yaml
+
+       plugin: community.general.online
+
+2. Set your ``ONLINE_TOKEN`` environment variable with your token.
+
+   You need to open an account and log into it before you can get a token.
+   You can find your token at the following page: `https://console.online.net/en/api/access <https://console.online.net/en/api/access>`_
+
+3. You can test that your inventory is working by running:
+
+   .. code-block:: console
+
+       $ ansible-inventory -v -i online_inventory.yml --list
+
+
+4. Now you can run your playbook or any other module with this inventory:
+
+   .. code-block:: ansible-output
+
+       $ ansible all -i online_inventory.yml -m ping
+       sd-96735 | SUCCESS => {
+           "changed": false,
+           "ping": "pong"
+       }
--- a/docs/docsite/rst/guide_packet.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/guide_packet.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+..
+  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
+
+.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_packet:
+
+**********************************
+Packet.net Guide
+**********************************
+
+Introduction
+============
+
+`Packet.net <https://packet.net>`_ is a bare metal infrastructure host that is supported by the community.general collection through six cloud modules. The six modules are:
+
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.packet_device#module`: manages servers on Packet. You can use this module to create, restart and delete devices.
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.packet_ip_subnet#module`: assign IP subnet to a bare metal server
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.packet_project#module`: create/delete a project in Packet host
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.packet_sshkey#module`: adds a public SSH key from file or value to the Packet infrastructure. Every subsequently-created device will have this public key installed in .ssh/authorized_keys.
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.packet_volume#module`: create/delete a volume in Packet host
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.packet_volume_attachment#module`: attach/detach a volume to a device in the Packet host
+
+Note, this guide assumes you are familiar with Ansible and how it works. If you are not, have a look at their :ref:`docs <ansible_documentation>` before getting started.
+
+Requirements
+============
+
+The Packet modules connect to the Packet API using the `packet-python package <https://pypi.org/project/packet-python/>`_. You can install it with pip:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    $ pip install packet-python
+
+In order to check the state of devices created by Ansible on Packet, it is a good idea to install one of the `Packet CLI clients <https://www.packet.net/developers/integrations/>`_. Otherwise you can check them through the `Packet portal <https://app.packet.net/portal>`_.
+
+To use the modules you will need a Packet API token. You can generate an API token through the Packet portal `here <https://app.packet.net/portal#/api-keys>`__. The simplest way to authenticate yourself is to set the Packet API token in an environment variable:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    $ export PACKET_API_TOKEN=Bfse9F24SFtfs423Gsd3ifGsd43sSdfs
+
+If you are not comfortable exporting your API token, you can pass it as a parameter to the modules.
+
+On Packet, devices and reserved IP addresses belong to `projects <https://www.packet.com/developers/api/#projects>`_. In order to use the packet_device module, you need to specify the UUID of the project in which you want to create or manage devices. You can find a project's UUID in the Packet portal `here <https://app.packet.net/portal#/projects/list/table/>`_ (it is just under the project table) or through one of the available `CLIs <https://www.packet.net/developers/integrations/>`_.
+
+
+If you want to use a new SSH key pair in this tutorial, you can generate it to ``./id_rsa`` and ``./id_rsa.pub`` as:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    $ ssh-keygen -t rsa -f ./id_rsa
+
+If you want to use an existing key pair, just copy the private and public key over to the playbook directory.
+
+
+Device Creation
+===============
+
+The following code block is a simple playbook that creates one `Type 0 <https://www.packet.com/cloud/servers/t1-small/>`_ server (the ``plan`` parameter). You have to supply ``plan`` and ``operating_system``. ``location`` defaults to ``ewr1`` (Parsippany, NJ). You can find all the possible values for the parameters through a `CLI client <https://www.packet.net/developers/integrations/>`_.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    # playbook_create.yml
+
+    - name: Create Ubuntu device
+      hosts: localhost
+      tasks:
+
+      - community.general.packet_sshkey:
+          key_file: ./id_rsa.pub
+          label: tutorial key
+
+      - community.general.packet_device:
+          project_id: <your_project_id>
+          hostnames: myserver
+          operating_system: ubuntu_16_04
+          plan: baremetal_0
+          facility: sjc1
+
+After running ``ansible-playbook playbook_create.yml``, you should have a server provisioned on Packet. You can verify through a CLI or in the `Packet portal <https://app.packet.net/portal#/projects/list/table>`__.
+
+If you get an error with the message "failed to set machine state present, error: Error 404: Not Found", please verify your project UUID.
+
+
+Updating Devices
+================
+
+The two parameters used to uniquely identify Packet devices are: "device_ids" and "hostnames". Both parameters accept either a single string (later converted to a one-element list), or a list of strings.
+
+The ``device_ids`` and ``hostnames`` parameters are mutually exclusive. The following values are all acceptable:
+
+- device_ids: ``a27b7a83-fc93-435b-a128-47a5b04f2dcf``
+
+- hostnames: ``mydev1``
+
+- device_ids: ``[a27b7a83-fc93-435b-a128-47a5b04f2dcf, 4887130f-0ccd-49a0-99b0-323c1ceb527b]``
+
+- hostnames: ``[mydev1, mydev2]``
+
+In addition, hostnames can contain a special ``%d`` formatter along with a ``count`` parameter that lets you easily expand hostnames that follow a simple name and number pattern; in other words, ``hostnames: "mydev%d", count: 2`` will expand to [mydev1, mydev2].
+
+If your playbook acts on existing Packet devices, you can only pass the ``hostname`` and ``device_ids`` parameters. The following playbook shows how you can reboot a specific Packet device by setting the ``hostname`` parameter:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    # playbook_reboot.yml
+
+    - name: reboot myserver
+      hosts: localhost
+      tasks:
+
+      - community.general.packet_device:
+          project_id: <your_project_id>
+          hostnames: myserver
+          state: rebooted
+
+You can also identify specific Packet devices with the ``device_ids`` parameter. The device's UUID can be found in the `Packet Portal <https://app.packet.net/portal>`_ or by using a `CLI <https://www.packet.net/developers/integrations/>`_. The following playbook removes a Packet device using the ``device_ids`` field:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    # playbook_remove.yml
+
+    - name: remove a device
+      hosts: localhost
+      tasks:
+
+      - community.general.packet_device:
+          project_id: <your_project_id>
+          device_ids: <myserver_device_id>
+          state: absent
+
+
+More Complex Playbooks
+======================
+
+In this example, we will create a CoreOS cluster with `user data <https://packet.com/developers/docs/servers/key-features/user-data/>`_.
+
+
+The CoreOS cluster will use `etcd <https://etcd.io/>`_ for discovery of other servers in the cluster. Before provisioning your servers, you will need to generate a discovery token for your cluster:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    $ curl -w "\n" 'https://discovery.etcd.io/new?size=3'
+
+The following playbook will create an SSH key, 3 Packet servers, and then wait until SSH is ready (or until 5 minutes passed). Make sure to substitute the discovery token URL in ``user_data``, and the ``project_id`` before running ``ansible-playbook``. Also, feel free to change ``plan`` and ``facility``.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    # playbook_coreos.yml
+
+    - name: Start 3 CoreOS nodes in Packet and wait until SSH is ready
+      hosts: localhost
+      tasks:
+
+      - community.general.packet_sshkey:
+          key_file: ./id_rsa.pub
+          label: new
+
+      - community.general.packet_device:
+          hostnames: [coreos-one, coreos-two, coreos-three]
+          operating_system: coreos_beta
+          plan: baremetal_0
+          facility: ewr1
+          project_id: <your_project_id>
+          wait_for_public_IPv: 4
+          user_data: |
+            #cloud-config
+            coreos:
+              etcd2:
+                discovery: https://discovery.etcd.io/<token>
+                advertise-client-urls: http://$private_ipv4:2379,http://$private_ipv4:4001
+                initial-advertise-peer-urls: http://$private_ipv4:2380
+                listen-client-urls: http://0.0.0.0:2379,http://0.0.0.0:4001
+                listen-peer-urls: http://$private_ipv4:2380
+              fleet:
+                public-ip: $private_ipv4
+              units:
+                - name: etcd2.service
+                  command: start
+                - name: fleet.service
+                  command: start
+        register: newhosts
+
+      - name: wait for ssh
+        ansible.builtin.wait_for:
+          delay: 1
+          host: "{{ item.public_ipv4 }}"
+          port: 22
+          state: started
+          timeout: 500
+        loop: "{{ newhosts.results[0].devices }}"
+
+
+As with most Ansible modules, the default states of the Packet modules are idempotent, meaning the resources in your project will remain the same after re-runs of a playbook. Thus, we can keep the ``packet_sshkey`` module call in our playbook. If the public key is already in your Packet account, the call will have no effect.
+
+The second module call provisions 3 Packet Type 0 (specified using the ``plan`` parameter) servers in the project identified by the ``project_id`` parameter. The servers are all provisioned with CoreOS beta (the ``operating_system`` parameter) and are customized with cloud-config user data passed to the ``user_data`` parameter.
+
+The ``packet_device`` module has a ``wait_for_public_IPv`` that is used to specify the version of the IP address to wait for (valid values are ``4`` or ``6`` for IPv4 or IPv6). If specified, Ansible will wait until the GET API call for a device contains an Internet-routeable IP address of the specified version. When referring to an IP address of a created device in subsequent module calls, it is wise to use the ``wait_for_public_IPv`` parameter, or ``state: active`` in the packet_device module call.
+
+Run the playbook:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    $ ansible-playbook playbook_coreos.yml
+
+Once the playbook quits, your new devices should be reachable through SSH. Try to connect to one and check if etcd has started properly:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    tomk@work $ ssh -i id_rsa core@$one_of_the_servers_ip
+    core@coreos-one ~ $ etcdctl cluster-health
+
+If you have any questions or comments let us know! help@packet.net
--- a/docs/docsite/rst/guide_scaleway.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/guide_scaleway.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,320 @@
+..
+  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
+
+.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_scaleway:
+
+**************
+Scaleway Guide
+**************
+
+Introduction
+============
+
+`Scaleway <https://scaleway.com>`_ is a cloud provider supported by the community.general collection through a set of plugins and modules.
+Those modules are:
+
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_compute#module`: manages servers on Scaleway. You can use this module to create, restart and delete servers.
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_compute_private_network#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_container#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_container_info#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_container_namespace_info#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_container_namespace#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_container_registry_info#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_container_registry#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_database_backup#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_function#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_function_info#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_function_namespace_info#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_function_namespace#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_image_info#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_ip#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_ip_info#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_lb#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_organization_info#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_private_network#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_security_group#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_security_group_info#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_security_group_rule#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_server_info#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_snapshot_info#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_sshkey#module`: adds a public SSH key from a file or value to the Packet infrastructure. Every subsequently-created device will have this public key installed in .ssh/authorized_keys.
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_user_data#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_volume#module`: manages volumes on Scaleway.
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_volume_info#module`
+
+The plugins are:
+
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway#inventory`: inventory plugin
+
+
+.. note::
+   This guide assumes you are familiar with Ansible and how it works.
+   If you are not, have a look at :ref:`ansible_documentation` before getting started.
+
+Requirements
+============
+
+The Scaleway modules and inventory script connect to the Scaleway API using `Scaleway REST API <https://developer.scaleway.com>`_.
+To use the modules and inventory script you will need a Scaleway API token.
+You can generate an API token through the `Scaleway console's credential page <https://cloud.scaleway.com/#/credentials>`__.
+The simplest way to authenticate yourself is to set the Scaleway API token in an environment variable:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    $ export SCW_TOKEN=00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444
+
+If you are not comfortable exporting your API token, you can pass it as a parameter to the modules using the ``api_token`` argument.
+
+If you want to use a new SSH key pair in this tutorial, you can generate it to ``./id_rsa`` and ``./id_rsa.pub`` as:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    $ ssh-keygen -t rsa -f ./id_rsa
+
+If you want to use an existing key pair, just copy the private and public key over to the playbook directory.
+
+How to add an SSH key?
+======================
+
+Connection to Scaleway Compute nodes use Secure Shell.
+SSH keys are stored at the account level, which means that you can reuse the same SSH key in multiple nodes.
+The first step to configure Scaleway compute resources is to have at least one SSH key configured.
+
+:ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_sshkey#module` is a module that manages SSH keys on your Scaleway account.
+You can add an SSH key to your account by including the following task in a playbook:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    - name: "Add SSH key"
+      community.general.scaleway_sshkey:
+        ssh_pub_key: "ssh-rsa AAAA..."
+        state: "present"
+
+The ``ssh_pub_key`` parameter contains your ssh public key as a string. Here is an example inside a playbook:
+
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    - name: Test SSH key lifecycle on a Scaleway account
+      hosts: localhost
+      gather_facts: false
+      environment:
+        SCW_API_KEY: ""
+
+      tasks:
+
+        - community.general.scaleway_sshkey:
+            ssh_pub_key: "ssh-rsa AAAAB...424242 developer@example.com"
+            state: present
+          register: result
+
+        - ansible.builtin.assert:
+            that:
+              - result is success and result is changed
+
+How to create a compute instance?
+=================================
+
+Now that we have an SSH key configured, the next step is to spin up a server!
+:ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_compute#module` is a module that can create, update and delete Scaleway compute instances:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    - name: Create a server
+      community.general.scaleway_compute:
+        name: foobar
+        state: present
+        image: 00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444
+        organization: 00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444
+        region: ams1
+        commercial_type: START1-S
+
+Here are the parameter details for the example shown above:
+
+- ``name`` is the name of the instance (the one that will show up in your web console).
+- ``image`` is the UUID of the system image you would like to use.
+  A list of all images is available for each availability zone.
+- ``organization`` represents the organization that your account is attached to.
+- ``region`` represents the Availability Zone which your instance is in (for this example, ``par1`` and ``ams1``).
+- ``commercial_type`` represents the name of the commercial offers.
+  You can check out the Scaleway pricing page to find which instance is right for you.
+
+Take a look at this short playbook to see a working example using ``scaleway_compute``:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    - name: Test compute instance lifecycle on a Scaleway account
+      hosts: localhost
+      gather_facts: false
+      environment:
+        SCW_API_KEY: ""
+
+      tasks:
+
+        - name: Create a server
+          register: server_creation_task
+          community.general.scaleway_compute:
+            name: foobar
+            state: present
+            image: 00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444
+            organization: 00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444
+            region: ams1
+            commercial_type: START1-S
+            wait: true
+
+        - ansible.builtin.debug:
+            var: server_creation_task
+
+        - ansible.builtin.assert:
+            that:
+              - server_creation_task is success
+              - server_creation_task is changed
+
+        - name: Run it
+          community.general.scaleway_compute:
+            name: foobar
+            state: running
+            image: 00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444
+            organization: 00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444
+            region: ams1
+            commercial_type: START1-S
+            wait: true
+            tags:
+              - web_server
+          register: server_run_task
+
+        - ansible.builtin.debug:
+            var: server_run_task
+
+        - ansible.builtin.assert:
+            that:
+              - server_run_task is success
+              - server_run_task is changed
+
+Dynamic Inventory Plugin
+========================
+
+Ansible ships with :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway#inventory`.
+You can now get a complete inventory of your Scaleway resources through this plugin and filter it on
+different parameters (``regions`` and ``tags`` are currently supported).
+
+Let us create an example!
+Suppose that we want to get all hosts that got the tag web_server.
+Create a file named ``scaleway_inventory.yml`` with the following content:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    plugin: community.general.scaleway
+    regions:
+      - ams1
+      - par1
+    tags:
+      - web_server
+
+This inventory means that we want all hosts that got the tag ``web_server`` on the zones ``ams1`` and ``par1``.
+Once you have configured this file, you can get the information using the following command:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    $ ansible-inventory --list -i scaleway_inventory.yml
+
+The output will be:
+
+.. code-block:: json
+
+    {
+        "_meta": {
+            "hostvars": {
+                "dd8e3ae9-0c7c-459e-bc7b-aba8bfa1bb8d": {
+                    "ansible_verbosity": 6,
+                    "arch": "x86_64",
+                    "commercial_type": "START1-S",
+                    "hostname": "foobar",
+                    "ipv4": "192.0.2.1",
+                    "organization": "00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444",
+                    "state": "running",
+                    "tags": [
+                        "web_server"
+                    ]
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        "all": {
+            "children": [
+                "ams1",
+                "par1",
+                "ungrouped",
+                "web_server"
+            ]
+        },
+        "ams1": {},
+        "par1": {
+            "hosts": [
+                "dd8e3ae9-0c7c-459e-bc7b-aba8bfa1bb8d"
+            ]
+        },
+        "ungrouped": {},
+        "web_server": {
+            "hosts": [
+                "dd8e3ae9-0c7c-459e-bc7b-aba8bfa1bb8d"
+            ]
+        }
+    }
+
+As you can see, we get different groups of hosts.
+``par1`` and ``ams1`` are groups based on location.
+``web_server`` is a group based on a tag.
+
+In case a filter parameter is not defined, the plugin supposes all values possible are wanted.
+This means that for each tag that exists on your Scaleway compute nodes, a group based on each tag will be created.
+
+Scaleway S3 object storage
+==========================
+
+`Object Storage <https://www.scaleway.com/object-storage>`_ allows you to store any kind of objects (documents, images, videos, and so on).
+As the Scaleway API is S3 compatible, Ansible supports it natively through the amazon.aws modules: :ansplugin:`amazon.aws.s3_bucket#module`, :ansplugin:`amazon.aws.s3_object#module`.
+
+You can find many examples in the `scaleway_s3 integration tests <https://github.com/ansible/ansible-legacy-tests/tree/devel/test/legacy/roles/scaleway_s3>`_.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    - hosts: myserver
+      vars:
+        scaleway_region: nl-ams
+        s3_url: https://s3.nl-ams.scw.cloud
+      environment:
+        # AWS_ACCESS_KEY matches your scaleway organization id available at https://cloud.scaleway.com/#/account
+        AWS_ACCESS_KEY: 00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444
+        # AWS_SECRET_KEY matches a secret token that you can retrieve at https://cloud.scaleway.com/#/credentials
+        AWS_SECRET_KEY: aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee
+      module_defaults:
+        group/amazon.aws.aws:
+          s3_url: '{{ s3_url }}'
+          region: '{{ scaleway_region }}'
+      tasks:
+       # use a fact instead of a variable, otherwise template is evaluate each time variable is used
+        - ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+            bucket_name: "{{ 99999999 | random | to_uuid }}"
+
+        # "requester_pays:" is mandatory because Scaleway does not implement related API
+        # another way is to use amazon.aws.s3_object and "mode: create" !
+        - amazon.aws.s3_bucket:
+            name: '{{ bucket_name }}'
+            requester_pays:
+
+        - name: Another way to create the bucket
+          amazon.aws.s3_object:
+            bucket: '{{ bucket_name }}'
+            mode: create
+            encrypt: false
+          register: bucket_creation_check
+
+        - name: add something in the bucket
+          amazon.aws.s3_object:
+            mode: put
+            bucket: '{{ bucket_name }}'
+            src: /tmp/test.txt  #  needs to be created before
+            object: test.txt
+            encrypt: false  # server side encryption must be disabled
--- a/docs/docsite/rst/test_guide.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/test_guide.rst
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ The :ref:`community.general collection <plugins_in_community.general>` offers cu
 Feature Tests
 -------------

-The ``a_module`` test allows to check whether a given string refers to an existing module or action plugin. This can be useful in roles, which can use this to ensure that required modules are present ahead of time.
+The :ansplugin:`community.general.a_module test <community.general.a_module#test>` allows to check whether a given string refers to an existing module or action plugin. This can be useful in roles, which can use this to ensure that required modules are present ahead of time.

 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja

--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -5,17 +5,17 @@

 namespace: community
 name: general
-version: 6.0.0
+version: 8.5.0
 readme: README.md
 authors:
  - Ansible (https://github.com/ansible)
-description: null
+description: >-
+  The community.general 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.
 license_file: COPYING
-tags: [community]
-# NOTE: No dependencies are expected to be added here
-# dependencies:
+tags:
+  - community
 repository: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general
 documentation: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/
 homepage: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general
 issues: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues
-#type: flatmap
--- a/meta/runtime.yml
+++ b/meta/runtime.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,15 @@
 # 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

-requires_ansible: '>=2.11.0'
+requires_ansible: '>=2.13.0'
+action_groups:
+  consul:
+    - consul_auth_method
+    - consul_binding_rule
+    - consul_policy
+    - consul_role
+    - consul_session
+    - consul_token
 plugin_routing:
  connection:
    docker:
@@ -22,6 +30,124 @@ plugin_routing:
    nios_next_network:
      redirect: infoblox.nios_modules.nios_next_network
  modules:
+    consul_acl:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 10.0.0
+        warning_text: Use community.general.consul_token and/or community.general.consul_policy instead.
+    rax_cbs_attachments:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
+    rax_cbs:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
+    rax_cdb_database:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
+    rax_cdb_user:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
+    rax_cdb:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
+    rax_clb_nodes:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
+    rax_clb_ssl:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
+    rax_clb:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
+    rax_dns_record:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
+    rax_dns:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
+    rax_facts:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
+    rax_files_objects:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
+    rax_files:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
+    rax_identity:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
+    rax_keypair:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
+    rax_meta:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
+    rax_mon_alarm:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
+    rax:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
+    rax_mon_check:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
+    rax_mon_entity:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
+    rax_mon_notification_plan:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
+    rax_mon_notification:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
+    rax_network:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
+    rax_queue:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
+    rax_scaling_group:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
+    rax_scaling_policy:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
+    rhn_channel:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 10.0.0
+        warning_text: RHN is EOL, please contact the community.general maintainers
+          if still using this; see the module documentation for more details.
+    rhn_register:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 10.0.0
+        warning_text: RHN is EOL, please contact the community.general maintainers
+          if still using this; see the module documentation for more details.
    database.aerospike.aerospike_migrations:
      redirect: community.general.aerospike_migrations
      deprecation:
@@ -36,6 +162,12 @@ plugin_routing:
        warning_text: You are using an internal name to access the community.general.airbrake_deployment
          modules. This has never been supported or documented, and will stop working
          in community.general 9.0.0.
+    stackdriver:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore,
+          and any new development in the direction of providing an alternative should
+          happen in the context of the google.cloud collection.
    system.aix_devices:
      redirect: community.general.aix_devices
      deprecation:
@@ -684,6 +816,11 @@ plugin_routing:
        warning_text: You are using an internal name to access the community.general.flatpak_remote
          modules. This has never been supported or documented, and will stop working
          in community.general 9.0.0.
+    flowdock:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore and
+          there is no clear path to update.
    notification.flowdock:
      redirect: community.general.flowdock
      deprecation:
@@ -972,6 +1109,8 @@ plugin_routing:
        warning_text: You are using an internal name to access the community.general.heroku_collaborator
          modules. This has never been supported or documented, and will stop working
          in community.general 9.0.0.
+    hana_query:
+      redirect: community.sap_libs.sap_hdbsql
    hetzner_failover_ip:
      redirect: community.hrobot.failover_ip
    hetzner_failover_ip_info:
@@ -3389,6 +3528,10 @@ plugin_routing:
        warning_text: You are using an internal name to access the community.general.redfish_info
          modules. This has never been supported or documented, and will stop working
          in community.general 9.0.0.
+    sapcar_extract:
+      redirect: community.sap_libs.sapcar_extract
+    sap_task_list_execute:
+      redirect: community.sap_libs.sap_task_list_execute
    packaging.os.redhat_subscription:
      redirect: community.general.redhat_subscription
      deprecation:
@@ -4313,6 +4456,11 @@ plugin_routing:
        warning_text: You are using an internal name to access the community.general.wdc_redfish_info
          modules. This has never been supported or documented, and will stop working
          in community.general 9.0.0.
+    webfaction_app:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore and
+          there is no clear path to update.
    cloud.webfaction.webfaction_app:
      redirect: community.general.webfaction_app
      deprecation:
@@ -4320,6 +4468,11 @@ plugin_routing:
        warning_text: You are using an internal name to access the community.general.webfaction_app
          modules. This has never been supported or documented, and will stop working
          in community.general 9.0.0.
+    webfaction_db:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore and
+          there is no clear path to update.
    cloud.webfaction.webfaction_db:
      redirect: community.general.webfaction_db
      deprecation:
@@ -4327,6 +4480,11 @@ plugin_routing:
        warning_text: You are using an internal name to access the community.general.webfaction_db
          modules. This has never been supported or documented, and will stop working
          in community.general 9.0.0.
+    webfaction_domain:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore and
+          there is no clear path to update.
    cloud.webfaction.webfaction_domain:
      redirect: community.general.webfaction_domain
      deprecation:
@@ -4334,6 +4492,11 @@ plugin_routing:
        warning_text: You are using an internal name to access the community.general.webfaction_domain
          modules. This has never been supported or documented, and will stop working
          in community.general 9.0.0.
+    webfaction_mailbox:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore and
+          there is no clear path to update.
    cloud.webfaction.webfaction_mailbox:
      redirect: community.general.webfaction_mailbox
      deprecation:
@@ -4341,6 +4504,11 @@ plugin_routing:
        warning_text: You are using an internal name to access the community.general.webfaction_mailbox
          modules. This has never been supported or documented, and will stop working
          in community.general 9.0.0.
+    webfaction_site:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore and
+          there is no clear path to update.
    cloud.webfaction.webfaction_site:
      redirect: community.general.webfaction_site
      deprecation:
@@ -4493,6 +4661,11 @@ plugin_routing:
          modules. This has never been supported or documented, and will stop working
          in community.general 9.0.0.
  doc_fragments:
+    rackspace:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This doc fragment is used by rax modules, that rely on the deprecated
+          package pyrax.
    _gcp:
      redirect: community.google._gcp
    docker:
@@ -4508,6 +4681,10 @@ plugin_routing:
    postgresql:
      redirect: community.postgresql.postgresql
  module_utils:
+    rax:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module util relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
    docker.common:
      redirect: community.docker.common
    docker.swarm:
--- a/plugins/action/iptables_state.py
+++ b/plugins/action/iptables_state.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):

    def _async_result(self, async_status_args, task_vars, timeout):
        '''
-        Retrieve results of the asynchonous task, and display them in place of
+        Retrieve results of the asynchronous task, and display them in place of
        the async wrapper results (those with the ansible_job_id key).
        '''
        async_status = self._task.copy()
--- a/plugins/action/shutdown.py
+++ b/plugins/action/shutdown.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later

 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+
 __metaclass__ = type

 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleConnectionFailure
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
    SHUTDOWN_COMMAND_ARGS = {
        'alpine': '',
        'void': '-h +{delay_min} "{message}"',
-        'freebsd': '-h +{delay_sec}s "{message}"',
+        'freebsd': '-p +{delay_sec}s "{message}"',
        'linux': DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_COMMAND_ARGS,
        'macosx': '-h +{delay_min} "{message}"',
        'openbsd': '-h +{delay_min} "{message}"',
@@ -80,13 +81,6 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
                    getattr(self, default_value))))
        return value

-    def get_shutdown_command_args(self, distribution):
-        args = self._get_value_from_facts('SHUTDOWN_COMMAND_ARGS', distribution, 'DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_COMMAND_ARGS')
-        # Convert seconds to minutes. If less that 60, set it to 0.
-        delay_sec = self.delay
-        shutdown_message = self._task.args.get('msg', self.DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_MESSAGE)
-        return args.format(delay_sec=delay_sec, delay_min=delay_sec // 60, message=shutdown_message)
-
    def get_distribution(self, task_vars):
        # FIXME: only execute the module if we don't already have the facts we need
        distribution = {}
@@ -101,7 +95,8 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
                    to_native(module_output['module_stdout']).strip(),
                    to_native(module_output['module_stderr']).strip()))
            distribution['name'] = module_output['ansible_facts']['ansible_distribution'].lower()
-            distribution['version'] = to_text(module_output['ansible_facts']['ansible_distribution_version'].split('.')[0])
+            distribution['version'] = to_text(
+                module_output['ansible_facts']['ansible_distribution_version'].split('.')[0])
            distribution['family'] = to_text(module_output['ansible_facts']['ansible_os_family'].lower())
            display.debug("{action}: distribution: {dist}".format(action=self._task.action, dist=distribution))
            return distribution
@@ -109,6 +104,23 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
            raise AnsibleError('Failed to get distribution information. Missing "{0}" in output.'.format(ke.args[0]))

    def get_shutdown_command(self, task_vars, distribution):
+        def find_command(command, find_search_paths):
+            display.debug('{action}: running find module looking in {paths} to get path for "{command}"'.format(
+                action=self._task.action,
+                command=command,
+                paths=find_search_paths))
+            find_result = self._execute_module(
+                task_vars=task_vars,
+                # prevent collection search by calling with ansible.legacy (still allows library/ override of find)
+                module_name='ansible.legacy.find',
+                module_args={
+                    'paths': find_search_paths,
+                    'patterns': [command],
+                    'file_type': 'any'
+                }
+            )
+            return [x['path'] for x in find_result['files']]
+
        shutdown_bin = self._get_value_from_facts('SHUTDOWN_COMMANDS', distribution, 'DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_COMMAND')
        default_search_paths = ['/sbin', '/usr/sbin', '/usr/local/sbin']
        search_paths = self._task.args.get('search_paths', default_search_paths)
@@ -127,45 +139,53 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
        except TypeError:
            raise AnsibleError(err_msg.format(search_paths))

-        display.debug('{action}: running find module looking in {paths} to get path for "{command}"'.format(
-            action=self._task.action,
-            command=shutdown_bin,
-            paths=search_paths))
-        find_result = self._execute_module(
-            task_vars=task_vars,
-            # prevent collection search by calling with ansible.legacy (still allows library/ override of find)
-            module_name='ansible.legacy.find',
-            module_args={
-                'paths': search_paths,
-                'patterns': [shutdown_bin],
-                'file_type': 'any'
-            }
-        )
+        full_path = find_command(shutdown_bin, search_paths)  # find the path to the shutdown command
+        if not full_path:  # if we could not find the shutdown command
+            display.vvv('Unable to find command "{0}" in search paths: {1}, will attempt a shutdown using systemd '
+                        'directly.'.format(shutdown_bin, search_paths))  # tell the user we will try with systemd
+            systemctl_search_paths = ['/bin', '/usr/bin']
+            full_path = find_command('systemctl', systemctl_search_paths)  # find the path to the systemctl command
+            if not full_path:  # if we couldn't find systemctl
+                raise AnsibleError(
+                    'Could not find command "{0}" in search paths: {1} or systemctl command in search paths: {2}, unable to shutdown.'.
+                    format(shutdown_bin, search_paths, systemctl_search_paths))  # we give up here
+            else:
+                return "{0} poweroff".format(full_path[0])  # done, since we cannot use args with systemd shutdown

-        full_path = [x['path'] for x in find_result['files']]
-        if not full_path:
-            raise AnsibleError('Unable to find command "{0}" in search paths: {1}'.format(shutdown_bin, search_paths))
-        self._shutdown_command = full_path[0]
-        return self._shutdown_command
+        # systemd case taken care of, here we add args to the command
+        args = self._get_value_from_facts('SHUTDOWN_COMMAND_ARGS', distribution, 'DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_COMMAND_ARGS')
+        # Convert seconds to minutes. If less that 60, set it to 0.
+        delay_sec = self.delay
+        shutdown_message = self._task.args.get('msg', self.DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_MESSAGE)
+        return '{0} {1}'. \
+            format(
+                full_path[0],
+                args.format(
+                    delay_sec=delay_sec,
+                    delay_min=delay_sec // 60,
+                    message=shutdown_message
+                )
+            )

    def perform_shutdown(self, task_vars, distribution):
        result = {}
        shutdown_result = {}
-        shutdown_command = self.get_shutdown_command(task_vars, distribution)
-        shutdown_command_args = self.get_shutdown_command_args(distribution)
-        shutdown_command_exec = '{0} {1}'.format(shutdown_command, shutdown_command_args)
+        shutdown_command_exec = self.get_shutdown_command(task_vars, distribution)

        self.cleanup(force=True)
        try:
            display.vvv("{action}: shutting down server...".format(action=self._task.action))
-            display.debug("{action}: shutting down server with command '{command}'".format(action=self._task.action, command=shutdown_command_exec))
+            display.debug("{action}: shutting down server with command '{command}'".
+                          format(action=self._task.action, command=shutdown_command_exec))
            if self._play_context.check_mode:
                shutdown_result['rc'] = 0
            else:
                shutdown_result = self._low_level_execute_command(shutdown_command_exec, sudoable=self.DEFAULT_SUDOABLE)
        except AnsibleConnectionFailure as e:
            # If the connection is closed too quickly due to the system being shutdown, carry on
-            display.debug('{action}: AnsibleConnectionFailure caught and handled: {error}'.format(action=self._task.action, error=to_text(e)))
+            display.debug(
+                '{action}: AnsibleConnectionFailure caught and handled: {error}'.format(action=self._task.action,
+                                                                                        error=to_text(e)))
            shutdown_result['rc'] = 0

        if shutdown_result['rc'] != 0:
--- a/plugins/become/machinectl.py
+++ b/plugins/become/machinectl.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
              - section: machinectl_become_plugin
                key: password
    notes:
-      - When not using this plugin with user C(root), it only works correctly with a polkit rule which will alter
+      - When not using this plugin with user V(root), it only works correctly with a polkit rule which will alter
        the behaviour of machinectl. This rule must alter the prompt behaviour to ask directly for the user credentials,
        if the user is allowed to perform the action (take a look at the examples section).
        If such a rule is not present the plugin only work if it is used in context with the root user,
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ class BecomeModule(BecomeBase):
    prompt = 'Password: '
    fail = ('==== AUTHENTICATION FAILED ====',)
    success = ('==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE ====',)
+    require_tty = True  # see https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6932

    @staticmethod
    def remove_ansi_codes(line):
--- a/plugins/become/pfexec.py
+++ b/plugins/become/pfexec.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
            env:
              - name: ANSIBLE_PFEXEC_WRAP_EXECUTION
    notes:
-      - This plugin ignores I(become_user) as pfexec uses it's own C(exec_attr) to figure this out.
+      - This plugin ignores O(become_user) as pfexec uses it's own C(exec_attr) to figure this out.
 '''

 from ansible.plugins.become import BecomeBase
--- a/plugins/cache/memcached.py
+++ b/plugins/cache/memcached.py
@@ -52,11 +52,9 @@ import time
 from multiprocessing import Lock
 from itertools import chain

-from ansible import constants as C
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat import MutableSet
 from ansible.plugins.cache import BaseCacheModule
-from ansible.release import __version__ as ansible_base_version
 from ansible.utils.display import Display

 try:
--- a/plugins/cache/redis.py
+++ b/plugins/cache/redis.py
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
      _uri:
        description:
          - A colon separated string of connection information for Redis.
-          - The format is C(host:port:db:password), for example C(localhost:6379:0:changeme).
-          - To use encryption in transit, prefix the connection with C(tls://), as in C(tls://localhost:6379:0:changeme).
-          - To use redis sentinel, use separator C(;), for example C(localhost:26379;localhost:26379;0:changeme). Requires redis>=2.9.0.
+          - The format is V(host:port:db:password), for example V(localhost:6379:0:changeme).
+          - To use encryption in transit, prefix the connection with V(tls://), as in V(tls://localhost:6379:0:changeme).
+          - To use redis sentinel, use separator V(;), for example V(localhost:26379;localhost:26379;0:changeme). Requires redis>=2.9.0.
        required: true
        env:
          - name: ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGIN_CONNECTION
@@ -67,12 +67,10 @@ import re
 import time
 import json

-from ansible import constants as C
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 from ansible.parsing.ajson import AnsibleJSONEncoder, AnsibleJSONDecoder
 from ansible.plugins.cache import BaseCacheModule
-from ansible.release import __version__ as ansible_base_version
 from ansible.utils.display import Display

 try:
@@ -152,7 +150,7 @@ class CacheModule(BaseCacheModule):
        # format: "localhost:26379;localhost2:26379;0:changeme"
        connections = uri.split(';')
        connection_args = connections.pop(-1)
-        if len(connection_args) > 0:  # hanle if no db nr is given
+        if len(connection_args) > 0:  # handle if no db nr is given
            connection_args = connection_args.split(':')
            kw['db'] = connection_args.pop(0)
            try:
--- a/plugins/callback/cgroup_memory_recap.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/cgroup_memory_recap.py
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
      - cgroups
    short_description: Profiles maximum memory usage of tasks and full execution using cgroups
    description:
-        - This is an ansible callback plugin that profiles maximum memory usage of ansible and individual tasks, and displays a recap at the end using cgroups
+        - This is an ansible callback plugin that profiles maximum memory usage of ansible and individual tasks, and displays a recap at the end using cgroups.
    notes:
-        - Requires ansible to be run from within a cgroup, such as with C(cgexec -g memory:ansible_profile ansible-playbook ...)
-        - This cgroup should only be used by ansible to get accurate results
-        - To create the cgroup, first use a command such as C(sudo cgcreate -a ec2-user:ec2-user -t ec2-user:ec2-user -g memory:ansible_profile)
+        - Requires ansible to be run from within a cgroup, such as with C(cgexec -g memory:ansible_profile ansible-playbook ...).
+        - This cgroup should only be used by ansible to get accurate results.
+        - To create the cgroup, first use a command such as C(sudo cgcreate -a ec2-user:ec2-user -t ec2-user:ec2-user -g memory:ansible_profile).
    options:
      max_mem_file:
        required: true
-        description: Path to cgroups C(memory.max_usage_in_bytes) file. Example C(/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/ansible_profile/memory.max_usage_in_bytes)
+        description: Path to cgroups C(memory.max_usage_in_bytes) file. Example V(/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/ansible_profile/memory.max_usage_in_bytes).
        env:
          - name: CGROUP_MAX_MEM_FILE
        ini:
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
            key: max_mem_file
      cur_mem_file:
        required: true
-        description: Path to C(memory.usage_in_bytes) file. Example C(/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/ansible_profile/memory.usage_in_bytes)
+        description: Path to C(memory.usage_in_bytes) file. Example V(/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/ansible_profile/memory.usage_in_bytes).
        env:
          - name: CGROUP_CUR_MEM_FILE
        ini:
--- a/plugins/callback/context_demo.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/context_demo.py
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
    type: aggregate
    short_description: demo callback that adds play/task context
    description:
-      - Displays some play and task context along with normal output
-      - This is mostly for demo purposes
+      - Displays some play and task context along with normal output.
+      - This is mostly for demo purposes.
    requirements:
      - whitelist in configuration
 '''
--- a/plugins/callback/counter_enabled.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/counter_enabled.py
@@ -21,13 +21,12 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
    extends_documentation_fragment:
      - default_callback
    requirements:
-      - set as stdout callback in ansible.cfg  (stdout_callback = counter_enabled)
+      - set as stdout callback in C(ansible.cfg) (C(stdout_callback = counter_enabled))
 '''

 from ansible import constants as C
 from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
 from ansible.utils.color import colorize, hostcolor
-from ansible.template import Templar
 from ansible.playbook.task_include import TaskInclude


--- a/plugins/callback/default_without_diff.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/default_without_diff.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright (c) 2024, Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+DOCUMENTATION = r'''
+  name: default_without_diff
+  type: stdout
+  short_description: The default ansible callback without diff output
+  version_added: 8.4.0
+  description:
+    - This is basically the default ansible callback plugin (P(ansible.builtin.default#callback)) without
+      showing diff output. This can be useful when using another callback which sends more detailed information
+      to another service, like the L(ARA, https://ara.recordsansible.org/) callback, and you want diff output
+      sent to that plugin but not shown on the console output.
+  author: Felix Fontein (@felixfontein)
+  extends_documentation_fragment:
+    - ansible.builtin.default_callback
+    - ansible.builtin.result_format_callback
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = r'''
+# Enable callback in ansible.cfg:
+ansible_config: |
+  [defaults]
+  stdout_callback = community.general.default_without_diff
+
+# Enable callback with environment variables:
+environment_variable: |
+  ANSIBLE_STDOUT_CALLBACK=community.general.default_without_diff
+'''
+
+from ansible.plugins.callback.default import CallbackModule as Default
+
+
+class CallbackModule(Default):
+    CALLBACK_VERSION = 2.0
+    CALLBACK_TYPE = 'stdout'
+    CALLBACK_NAME = 'community.general.default_without_diff'
+
+    def v2_on_file_diff(self, result):
+        pass
--- a/plugins/callback/dense.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/dense.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ short_description: minimal stdout output
 extends_documentation_fragment:
 - default_callback
 description:
- When in verbose mode it will act the same as the default callback
+- When in verbose mode it will act the same as the default callback.
 author:
 - Dag Wieers (@dagwieers)
 requirements:
--- a/plugins/callback/diy.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/diy.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
  extends_documentation_fragment:
    - default_callback
  notes:
-    - Uses the C(default) callback plugin output when a custom callback message(C(msg)) is not provided.
+    - Uses the P(ansible.builtin.default#callback) callback plugin output when a custom callback V(message(msg\)) is not provided.
    - Makes the callback event data available via the C(ansible_callback_diy) dictionary, which can be used in the templating context for the options.
      The dictionary is only available in the templating context for the options. It is not a variable that is available via the other
      various execution contexts, such as playbook, play, task etc.
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
                    if value C(is not None and not omit and length is greater than 0),
                    then the option is being used with output.
       **Effect**: render value as template and output"
-    - "Valid color values: C(black), C(bright gray), C(blue), C(white), C(green), C(bright blue), C(cyan), C(bright green), C(red), C(bright cyan),
-      C(purple), C(bright red), C(yellow), C(bright purple), C(dark gray), C(bright yellow), C(magenta), C(bright magenta), C(normal)"
+    - "Valid color values: V(black), V(bright gray), V(blue), V(white), V(green), V(bright blue), V(cyan), V(bright green), V(red), V(bright cyan),
+      V(purple), V(bright red), V(yellow), V(bright purple), V(dark gray), V(bright yellow), V(magenta), V(bright magenta), V(normal)"
  seealso:
    - name: default – default Ansible screen output
      description: The official documentation on the B(default) callback plugin.
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''

    on_any_msg_color:
      description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(on_any_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(on_any_msg).
        - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
      ini:
        - section: callback_diy
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''

    runner_on_failed_msg_color:
      description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(runner_on_failed_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(runner_on_failed_msg).
        - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
      ini:
        - section: callback_diy
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''

    runner_on_ok_msg_color:
      description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(runner_on_ok_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(runner_on_ok_msg).
        - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
      ini:
        - section: callback_diy
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''

    runner_on_skipped_msg_color:
      description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(runner_on_skipped_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(runner_on_skipped_msg).
        - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
      ini:
        - section: callback_diy
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''

    runner_on_unreachable_msg_color:
      description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(runner_on_unreachable_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(runner_on_unreachable_msg).
        - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
      ini:
        - section: callback_diy
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''

    playbook_on_start_msg_color:
      description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(playbook_on_start_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(playbook_on_start_msg).
        - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
      ini:
        - section: callback_diy
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''

    playbook_on_notify_msg_color:
      description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(playbook_on_notify_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(playbook_on_notify_msg).
        - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
      ini:
        - section: callback_diy
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''

    playbook_on_no_hosts_matched_msg_color:
      description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(playbook_on_no_hosts_matched_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(playbook_on_no_hosts_matched_msg).
        - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
      ini:
        - section: callback_diy
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''

    playbook_on_no_hosts_remaining_msg_color:
      description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(playbook_on_no_hosts_remaining_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(playbook_on_no_hosts_remaining_msg).
        - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
      ini:
        - section: callback_diy
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''

    playbook_on_task_start_msg_color:
      description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(playbook_on_task_start_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(playbook_on_task_start_msg).
        - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
      ini:
        - section: callback_diy
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''

    playbook_on_handler_task_start_msg_color:
      description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(playbook_on_handler_task_start_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(playbook_on_handler_task_start_msg).
        - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
      ini:
        - section: callback_diy
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''

    playbook_on_vars_prompt_msg_color:
      description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(playbook_on_vars_prompt_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(playbook_on_vars_prompt_msg).
        - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
      ini:
        - section: callback_diy
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''

    playbook_on_play_start_msg_color:
      description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(playbook_on_play_start_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(playbook_on_play_start_msg).
        - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
      ini:
        - section: callback_diy
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''

    playbook_on_stats_msg_color:
      description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(playbook_on_stats_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(playbook_on_stats_msg).
        - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
      ini:
        - section: callback_diy
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''

    on_file_diff_msg_color:
      description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(on_file_diff_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(on_file_diff_msg).
        - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
      ini:
        - section: callback_diy
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''

    playbook_on_include_msg_color:
      description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(playbook_on_include_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(playbook_on_include_msg).
        - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
      ini:
        - section: callback_diy
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''

    runner_item_on_ok_msg_color:
      description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(runner_item_on_ok_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(runner_item_on_ok_msg).
        - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
      ini:
        - section: callback_diy
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''

    runner_item_on_failed_msg_color:
      description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(runner_item_on_failed_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(runner_item_on_failed_msg).
        - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
      ini:
        - section: callback_diy
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''

    runner_item_on_skipped_msg_color:
      description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(runner_item_on_skipped_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(runner_item_on_skipped_msg).
        - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
      ini:
        - section: callback_diy
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''

    runner_retry_msg_color:
      description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(runner_retry_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(runner_retry_msg).
        - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
      ini:
        - section: callback_diy
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''

    runner_on_start_msg_color:
      description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(runner_on_start_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(runner_on_start_msg).
        - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
      ini:
        - section: callback_diy
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''

    runner_on_no_hosts_msg_color:
      description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(runner_on_no_hosts_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(runner_on_no_hosts_msg).
        - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
      ini:
        - section: callback_diy
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''

    playbook_on_setup_msg_color:
      description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(playbook_on_setup_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(playbook_on_setup_msg).
        - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
      ini:
        - section: callback_diy
@@ -786,10 +786,6 @@ playbook.yml: >

 import sys
 from contextlib import contextmanager
-from ansible import constants as C
-from ansible.playbook.task_include import TaskInclude
-from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
-from ansible.utils.color import colorize, hostcolor
 from ansible.template import Templar
 from ansible.vars.manager import VariableManager
 from ansible.plugins.callback.default import CallbackModule as Default
--- a/plugins/callback/elastic.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/elastic.py
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ import time
 import uuid

 from collections import OrderedDict
+from contextlib import closing
 from os.path import basename

 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleRuntimeError
@@ -201,24 +202,25 @@ class ElasticSource(object):

        apm_cli = self.init_apm_client(apm_server_url, apm_service_name, apm_verify_server_cert, apm_secret_token, apm_api_key)
        if apm_cli:
-            instrument()  # Only call this once, as early as possible.
-            if traceparent:
-                parent = trace_parent_from_string(traceparent)
-                apm_cli.begin_transaction("Session", trace_parent=parent, start=parent_start_time)
-            else:
-                apm_cli.begin_transaction("Session", start=parent_start_time)
-            # Populate trace metadata attributes
-            if self.ansible_version is not None:
-                label(ansible_version=self.ansible_version)
-            label(ansible_session=self.session, ansible_host_name=self.host, ansible_host_user=self.user)
-            if self.ip_address is not None:
-                label(ansible_host_ip=self.ip_address)
+            with closing(apm_cli):
+                instrument()  # Only call this once, as early as possible.
+                if traceparent:
+                    parent = trace_parent_from_string(traceparent)
+                    apm_cli.begin_transaction("Session", trace_parent=parent, start=parent_start_time)
+                else:
+                    apm_cli.begin_transaction("Session", start=parent_start_time)
+                # Populate trace metadata attributes
+                if self.ansible_version is not None:
+                    label(ansible_version=self.ansible_version)
+                label(ansible_session=self.session, ansible_host_name=self.host, ansible_host_user=self.user)
+                if self.ip_address is not None:
+                    label(ansible_host_ip=self.ip_address)

-            for task_data in tasks:
-                for host_uuid, host_data in task_data.host_data.items():
-                    self.create_span_data(apm_cli, task_data, host_data)
+                for task_data in tasks:
+                    for host_uuid, host_data in task_data.host_data.items():
+                        self.create_span_data(apm_cli, task_data, host_data)

-            apm_cli.end_transaction(name=__name__, result=status, duration=end_time - parent_start_time)
+                apm_cli.end_transaction(name=__name__, result=status, duration=end_time - parent_start_time)

    def create_span_data(self, apm_cli, task_data, host_data):
        """ create the span with the given TaskData and HostData """
--- a/plugins/callback/jabber.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/jabber.py
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
    type: notification
    short_description: post task events to a jabber server
    description:
-      - The chatty part of ChatOps with a Hipchat server as a target
+      - The chatty part of ChatOps with a Hipchat server as a target.
      - This callback plugin sends status updates to a HipChat channel during playbook execution.
    requirements:
-      - xmpp (python lib https://github.com/ArchipelProject/xmpppy)
+      - xmpp (Python library U(https://github.com/ArchipelProject/xmpppy))
    options:
      server:
        description: connection info to jabber server
--- a/plugins/callback/log_plays.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/log_plays.py
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
    type: notification
    short_description: write playbook output to log file
    description:
-      - This callback writes playbook output to a file per host in the C(/var/log/ansible/hosts) directory
+      - This callback writes playbook output to a file per host in the C(/var/log/ansible/hosts) directory.
    requirements:
     - Whitelist in configuration
-     - A writeable /var/log/ansible/hosts directory by the user executing Ansible on the controller
+     - A writeable C(/var/log/ansible/hosts) directory by the user executing Ansible on the controller
    options:
      log_folder:
        default: /var/log/ansible/hosts
--- a/plugins/callback/loganalytics.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/loganalytics.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ __metaclass__ = type

 DOCUMENTATION = '''
    name: loganalytics
-    type: aggregate
+    type: notification
    short_description: Posts task results to Azure Log Analytics
    author: "Cyrus Li (@zhcli) <cyrus1006@gmail.com>"
    description:
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ examples: |
 import hashlib
 import hmac
 import base64
-import logging
 import json
 import uuid
 import socket
@@ -155,7 +154,7 @@ class AzureLogAnalyticsSource(object):

 class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
    CALLBACK_VERSION = 2.0
-    CALLBACK_TYPE = 'aggregate'
+    CALLBACK_TYPE = 'notification'
    CALLBACK_NAME = 'loganalytics'
    CALLBACK_NEEDS_WHITELIST = True

--- a/plugins/callback/logdna.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/logdna.py
@@ -9,17 +9,17 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 DOCUMENTATION = '''
    author: Unknown (!UNKNOWN)
    name: logdna
-    type: aggregate
+    type: notification
    short_description: Sends playbook logs to LogDNA
    description:
-      - This callback will report logs from playbook actions, tasks, and events to LogDNA (https://app.logdna.com)
+      - This callback will report logs from playbook actions, tasks, and events to LogDNA (U(https://app.logdna.com)).
    requirements:
-      - LogDNA Python Library (https://github.com/logdna/python)
+      - LogDNA Python Library (U(https://github.com/logdna/python))
      - whitelisting in configuration
    options:
      conf_key:
        required: true
-        description: LogDNA Ingestion Key
+        description: LogDNA Ingestion Key.
        type: string
        env:
          - name: LOGDNA_INGESTION_KEY
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
            key: conf_key
      plugin_ignore_errors:
        required: false
-        description: Whether to ignore errors on failing or not
+        description: Whether to ignore errors on failing or not.
        type: boolean
        env:
          - name: ANSIBLE_IGNORE_ERRORS
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
        default: false
      conf_hostname:
        required: false
-        description: Alternative Host Name; the current host name by default
+        description: Alternative Host Name; the current host name by default.
        type: string
        env:
          - name: LOGDNA_HOSTNAME
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
            key: conf_hostname
      conf_tags:
        required: false
-        description: Tags
+        description: Tags.
        type: string
        env:
          - name: LOGDNA_TAGS
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def isJSONable(obj):
 class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):

    CALLBACK_VERSION = 0.1
-    CALLBACK_TYPE = 'aggregate'
+    CALLBACK_TYPE = 'notification'
    CALLBACK_NAME = 'community.general.logdna'
    CALLBACK_NEEDS_WHITELIST = True

--- a/plugins/callback/logentries.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/logentries.py
@@ -13,15 +13,15 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
    short_description: Sends events to Logentries
    description:
      - This callback plugin will generate JSON objects and send them to Logentries via TCP for auditing/debugging purposes.
-      - Before 2.4, if you wanted to use an ini configuration, the file must be placed in the same directory as this plugin and named logentries.ini
+      - Before 2.4, if you wanted to use an ini configuration, the file must be placed in the same directory as this plugin and named C(logentries.ini).
      - In 2.4 and above you can just put it in the main Ansible configuration file.
    requirements:
      - whitelisting in configuration
-      - certifi (python library)
-      - flatdict (python library), if you want to use the 'flatten' option
+      - certifi (Python library)
+      - flatdict (Python library), if you want to use the O(flatten) option
    options:
      api:
-        description: URI to the Logentries API
+        description: URI to the Logentries API.
        env:
          - name: LOGENTRIES_API
        default: data.logentries.com
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
          - section: callback_logentries
            key: api
      port:
-        description: HTTP port to use when connecting to the API
+        description: HTTP port to use when connecting to the API.
        env:
            - name: LOGENTRIES_PORT
        default: 80
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
          - section: callback_logentries
            key: port
      tls_port:
-        description: Port to use when connecting to the API when TLS is enabled
+        description: Port to use when connecting to the API when TLS is enabled.
        env:
            - name: LOGENTRIES_TLS_PORT
        default: 443
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
          - section: callback_logentries
            key: tls_port
      token:
-        description: The logentries "TCP token"
+        description: The logentries C(TCP token).
        env:
          - name: LOGENTRIES_ANSIBLE_TOKEN
        required: true
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
            key: token
      use_tls:
        description:
-          - Toggle to decide whether to use TLS to encrypt the communications with the API server
+          - Toggle to decide whether to use TLS to encrypt the communications with the API server.
        env:
          - name: LOGENTRIES_USE_TLS
        default: false
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
          - section: callback_logentries
            key: use_tls
      flatten:
-        description: flatten complex data structures into a single dictionary with complex keys
+        description: Flatten complex data structures into a single dictionary with complex keys.
        type: boolean
        default: false
        env:
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ examples: >
    api = data.logentries.com
    port = 10000
    tls_port = 20000
-    use_tls = no
+    use_tls = true
    token = dd21fc88-f00a-43ff-b977-e3a4233c53af
-    flatten = False
+    flatten = false
 '''

 import os
@@ -196,15 +196,11 @@ else:
    class TLSSocketAppender(PlainTextSocketAppender):
        def open_connection(self):
            sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-            sock = ssl.wrap_socket(
+            context = ssl.create_default_context(
+                purpose=ssl.Purpose.SERVER_AUTH,
+                cafile=certifi.where(), )
+            sock = context.wrap_socket(
                sock=sock,
-                keyfile=None,
-                certfile=None,
-                server_side=False,
-                cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_REQUIRED,
-                ssl_version=getattr(
-                    ssl, 'PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2', ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1),
-                ca_certs=certifi.where(),
                do_handshake_on_connect=True,
                suppress_ragged_eofs=True, )
            sock.connect((self.LE_API, self.LE_TLS_PORT))
--- a/plugins/callback/logstash.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/logstash.py
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
    type: notification
    short_description: Sends events to Logstash
    description:
-      - This callback will report facts and task events to Logstash https://www.elastic.co/products/logstash
+      - This callback will report facts and task events to Logstash U(https://www.elastic.co/products/logstash).
    requirements:
      - whitelisting in configuration
-      - logstash (python library)
+      - logstash (Python library)
    options:
      server:
-        description: Address of the Logstash server
+        description: Address of the Logstash server.
        env:
          - name: LOGSTASH_SERVER
        ini:
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
            version_added: 1.0.0
        default: localhost
      port:
-        description: Port on which logstash is listening
+        description: Port on which logstash is listening.
        env:
            - name: LOGSTASH_PORT
        ini:
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
            version_added: 1.0.0
        default: 5000
      type:
-        description: Message type
+        description: Message type.
        env:
          - name: LOGSTASH_TYPE
        ini:
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
        env:
          - name: LOGSTASH_PRE_COMMAND
      format_version:
-        description: Logging format
+        description: Logging format.
        type: str
        version_added: 2.0.0
        ini:
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
 class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):

    CALLBACK_VERSION = 2.0
-    CALLBACK_TYPE = 'aggregate'
+    CALLBACK_TYPE = 'notification'
    CALLBACK_NAME = 'community.general.logstash'
    CALLBACK_NEEDS_WHITELIST = True

--- a/plugins/callback/mail.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/mail.py
@@ -71,6 +71,16 @@ options:
    ini:
        - section: callback_mail
          key: bcc
+  message_id_domain:
+    description:
+        - The domain name to use for the L(Message-ID header, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message-ID).
+        - The default is the hostname of the control node.
+    type: str
+    ini:
+        - section: callback_mail
+          key: message_id_domain
+    version_added: 8.2.0
+
 '''

 import json
@@ -79,7 +89,6 @@ import re
 import email.utils
 import smtplib

-from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes
 from ansible.parsing.ajson import AnsibleJSONEncoder
 from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
@@ -132,7 +141,7 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
            content += 'To: %s\n' % ', '.join([email.utils.formataddr(pair) for pair in to_addresses])
        if self.cc:
            content += 'Cc: %s\n' % ', '.join([email.utils.formataddr(pair) for pair in cc_addresses])
-        content += 'Message-ID: %s\n' % email.utils.make_msgid()
+        content += 'Message-ID: %s\n' % email.utils.make_msgid(domain=self.get_option('message_id_domain'))
        content += 'Subject: %s\n\n' % subject.strip()
        content += body

--- a/plugins/callback/nrdp.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/nrdp.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
    short_description: Post task results to a Nagios server through nrdp
    description:
        - This callback send playbook result to Nagios.
-        - Nagios shall use NRDP to recive passive events.
+        - Nagios shall use NRDP to receive passive events.
        - The passive check is sent to a dedicated host/service for Ansible.
    options:
        url:
@@ -67,9 +67,6 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
            type: string
 '''

-import os
-import json
-
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlencode
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import open_url
--- a/plugins/callback/null.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/null.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
      - set as main display callback
    short_description: Don't display stuff to screen
    description:
-        - This callback prevents outputing events to screen
+        - This callback prevents outputting events to screen.
 '''

 from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
 class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):

    '''
-    This callback wont print messages to stdout when new callback events are received.
+    This callback won't print messages to stdout when new callback events are received.
    '''

    CALLBACK_VERSION = 2.0
--- a/plugins/callback/opentelemetry.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/opentelemetry.py
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
      enable_from_environment:
        type: str
        description:
-          - Whether to enable this callback only if the given environment variable exists and it is set to C(true).
+          - Whether to enable this callback only if the given environment variable exists and it is set to V(true).
          - This is handy when you use Configuration as Code and want to send distributed traces
            if running in the CI rather when running Ansible locally.
-          - For such, it evaluates the given I(enable_from_environment) value as environment variable
+          - For such, it evaluates the given O(enable_from_environment) value as environment variable
            and if set to true this plugin will be enabled.
        env:
          - name: ANSIBLE_OPENTELEMETRY_ENABLE_FROM_ENVIRONMENT
@@ -73,6 +73,17 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
          - section: callback_opentelemetry
            key: disable_logs
        version_added: 5.8.0
+      disable_attributes_in_logs:
+        default: false
+        type: bool
+        description:
+          - Disable populating span attributes to the logs.
+        env:
+          - name: ANSIBLE_OPENTELEMETRY_DISABLE_ATTRIBUTES_IN_LOGS
+        ini:
+          - section: callback_opentelemetry
+            key: disable_attributes_in_logs
+        version_added: 7.1.0
    requirements:
      - opentelemetry-api (Python library)
      - opentelemetry-exporter-otlp (Python library)
@@ -244,7 +255,7 @@ class OpenTelemetrySource(object):
        task.dump = dump
        task.add_host(HostData(host_uuid, host_name, status, result))

-    def generate_distributed_traces(self, otel_service_name, ansible_playbook, tasks_data, status, traceparent, disable_logs):
+    def generate_distributed_traces(self, otel_service_name, ansible_playbook, tasks_data, status, traceparent, disable_logs, disable_attributes_in_logs):
        """ generate distributed traces from the collected TaskData and HostData """

        tasks = []
@@ -280,9 +291,9 @@ class OpenTelemetrySource(object):
            for task in tasks:
                for host_uuid, host_data in task.host_data.items():
                    with tracer.start_as_current_span(task.name, start_time=task.start, end_on_exit=False) as span:
-                        self.update_span_data(task, host_data, span, disable_logs)
+                        self.update_span_data(task, host_data, span, disable_logs, disable_attributes_in_logs)

-    def update_span_data(self, task_data, host_data, span, disable_logs):
+    def update_span_data(self, task_data, host_data, span, disable_logs, disable_attributes_in_logs):
        """ update the span with the given TaskData and HostData """

        name = '[%s] %s: %s' % (host_data.name, task_data.play, task_data.name)
@@ -315,39 +326,47 @@ class OpenTelemetrySource(object):
                status = Status(status_code=StatusCode.UNSET)

        span.set_status(status)
+
+        # Create the span and log attributes
+        attributes = {
+            "ansible.task.module": task_data.action,
+            "ansible.task.message": message,
+            "ansible.task.name": name,
+            "ansible.task.result": rc,
+            "ansible.task.host.name": host_data.name,
+            "ansible.task.host.status": host_data.status
+        }
        if isinstance(task_data.args, dict) and "gather_facts" not in task_data.action:
            names = tuple(self.transform_ansible_unicode_to_str(k) for k in task_data.args.keys())
            values = tuple(self.transform_ansible_unicode_to_str(k) for k in task_data.args.values())
-            self.set_span_attribute(span, ("ansible.task.args.name"), names)
-            self.set_span_attribute(span, ("ansible.task.args.value"), values)
-        self.set_span_attribute(span, "ansible.task.module", task_data.action)
-        self.set_span_attribute(span, "ansible.task.message", message)
-        self.set_span_attribute(span, "ansible.task.name", name)
-        self.set_span_attribute(span, "ansible.task.result", rc)
-        self.set_span_attribute(span, "ansible.task.host.name", host_data.name)
-        self.set_span_attribute(span, "ansible.task.host.status", host_data.status)
+            attributes[("ansible.task.args.name")] = names
+            attributes[("ansible.task.args.value")] = values
+
+        self.set_span_attributes(span, attributes)
+
        # This will allow to enrich the service map
        self.add_attributes_for_service_map_if_possible(span, task_data)
        # Send logs
        if not disable_logs:
-            span.add_event(task_data.dump)
-        span.end(end_time=host_data.finish)
+            # This will avoid populating span attributes to the logs
+            span.add_event(task_data.dump, attributes={} if disable_attributes_in_logs else attributes)
+            span.end(end_time=host_data.finish)

-    def set_span_attribute(self, span, attributeName, attributeValue):
-        """ update the span attribute with the given attribute and value if not None """
+    def set_span_attributes(self, span, attributes):
+        """ update the span attributes with the given attributes if not None """

        if span is None and self._display is not None:
            self._display.warning('span object is None. Please double check if that is expected.')
        else:
-            if attributeValue is not None:
-                span.set_attribute(attributeName, attributeValue)
+            if attributes is not None:
+                span.set_attributes(attributes)

    def add_attributes_for_service_map_if_possible(self, span, task_data):
        """Update the span attributes with the service that the task interacted with, if possible."""

        redacted_url = self.parse_and_redact_url_if_possible(task_data.args)
        if redacted_url:
-            self.set_span_attribute(span, "http.url", redacted_url.geturl())
+            span.set_attribute("http.url", redacted_url.geturl())

    @staticmethod
    def parse_and_redact_url_if_possible(args):
@@ -434,6 +453,7 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
    def __init__(self, display=None):
        super(CallbackModule, self).__init__(display=display)
        self.hide_task_arguments = None
+        self.disable_attributes_in_logs = None
        self.disable_logs = None
        self.otel_service_name = None
        self.ansible_playbook = None
@@ -465,6 +485,8 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):

        self.hide_task_arguments = self.get_option('hide_task_arguments')

+        self.disable_attributes_in_logs = self.get_option('disable_attributes_in_logs')
+
        self.disable_logs = self.get_option('disable_logs')

        self.otel_service_name = self.get_option('otel_service_name')
@@ -562,7 +584,8 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
            self.tasks_data,
            status,
            self.traceparent,
-            self.disable_logs
+            self.disable_logs,
+            self.disable_attributes_in_logs
        )

    def v2_runner_on_async_failed(self, result, **kwargs):
--- a/plugins/callback/say.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/say.py
@@ -14,12 +14,10 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
    type: notification
    requirements:
      - whitelisting in configuration
-      - the '/usr/bin/say' command line program (standard on macOS) or 'espeak' command line program
+      - the C(/usr/bin/say) command line program (standard on macOS) or C(espeak) command line program
    short_description: notify using software speech synthesizer
    description:
-      - This plugin will use the 'say' or 'espeak' program to "speak" about play events.
-    notes:
-      - In 2.8, this callback has been renamed from C(osx_say) into M(community.general.say).
+      - This plugin will use the C(say) or C(espeak) program to "speak" about play events.
 '''

 import platform
--- a/plugins/callback/selective.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/selective.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
    options:
      nocolor:
        default: false
-        description: This setting allows suppressing colorizing output
+        description: This setting allows suppressing colorizing output.
        env:
          - name: ANSIBLE_NOCOLOR
          - name: ANSIBLE_SELECTIVE_DONT_COLORIZE
@@ -44,26 +44,17 @@ from ansible import constants as C
 from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text

-try:
-    codeCodes = C.COLOR_CODES
-except AttributeError:
-    # This constant was moved to ansible.constants in
-    # https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/1202dd000f10b0e8959019484f1c3b3f9628fc67
-    # (will be included in ansible-core 2.11.0). For older Ansible/ansible-base versions,
-    # we include from the original location.
-    from ansible.utils.color import codeCodes
-

 DONT_COLORIZE = False
 COLORS = {
    'normal': '\033[0m',
-    'ok': '\033[{0}m'.format(codeCodes[C.COLOR_OK]),
+    'ok': '\033[{0}m'.format(C.COLOR_CODES[C.COLOR_OK]),
    'bold': '\033[1m',
    'not_so_bold': '\033[1m\033[34m',
-    'changed': '\033[{0}m'.format(codeCodes[C.COLOR_CHANGED]),
-    'failed': '\033[{0}m'.format(codeCodes[C.COLOR_ERROR]),
+    'changed': '\033[{0}m'.format(C.COLOR_CODES[C.COLOR_CHANGED]),
+    'failed': '\033[{0}m'.format(C.COLOR_CODES[C.COLOR_ERROR]),
    'endc': '\033[0m',
-    'skipped': '\033[{0}m'.format(codeCodes[C.COLOR_SKIP]),
+    'skipped': '\033[{0}m'.format(C.COLOR_CODES[C.COLOR_SKIP]),
 }


@@ -115,8 +106,8 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
            line_length = 120
            if self.last_skipped:
                print()
-            msg = colorize("# {0} {1}".format(task_name,
-                                              '*' * (line_length - len(task_name))), 'bold')
+            line = "# {0} ".format(task_name)
+            msg = colorize("{0}{1}".format(line, '*' * (line_length - len(line))), 'bold')
            print(msg)

    def _indent_text(self, text, indent_level):
--- a/plugins/callback/slack.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/slack.py
@@ -18,11 +18,10 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
    short_description: Sends play events to a Slack channel
    description:
        - This is an ansible callback plugin that sends status updates to a Slack channel during playbook execution.
-        - Before 2.4 only environment variables were available for configuring this plugin
    options:
      webhook_url:
        required: true
-        description: Slack Webhook URL
+        description: Slack Webhook URL.
        env:
          - name: SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL
        ini:
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
          - section: callback_slack
            key: username
      validate_certs:
-        description: validate the SSL certificate of the Slack server. (For HTTPS URLs)
+        description: Validate the SSL certificate of the Slack server for HTTPS URLs.
        env:
          - name: SLACK_VALIDATE_CERTS
        ini:
--- a/plugins/callback/splunk.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/splunk.py
@@ -8,27 +8,27 @@ __metaclass__ = type

 DOCUMENTATION = '''
    name: splunk
-    type: aggregate
+    type: notification
    short_description: Sends task result events to Splunk HTTP Event Collector
    author: "Stuart Hirst (!UNKNOWN) <support@convergingdata.com>"
    description:
      - This callback plugin will send task results as JSON formatted events to a Splunk HTTP collector.
-      - The companion Splunk Monitoring & Diagnostics App is available here "https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/4023/"
+      - The companion Splunk Monitoring & Diagnostics App is available here U(https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/4023/).
      - Credit to "Ryan Currah (@ryancurrah)" for original source upon which this is based.
    requirements:
      - Whitelisting this callback plugin
      - 'Create a HTTP Event Collector in Splunk'
-      - 'Define the url and token in ansible.cfg'
+      - 'Define the URL and token in C(ansible.cfg)'
    options:
      url:
-        description: URL to the Splunk HTTP collector source
+        description: URL to the Splunk HTTP collector source.
        env:
          - name: SPLUNK_URL
        ini:
          - section: callback_splunk
            key: url
      authtoken:
-        description: Token to authenticate the connection to the Splunk HTTP collector
+        description: Token to authenticate the connection to the Splunk HTTP collector.
        env:
          - name: SPLUNK_AUTHTOKEN
        ini:
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
            key: authtoken
      validate_certs:
        description: Whether to validate certificates for connections to HEC. It is not recommended to set to
-                     C(false) except when you are sure that nobody can intercept the connection
-                     between this plugin and HEC, as setting it to C(false) allows man-in-the-middle attacks!
+                     V(false) except when you are sure that nobody can intercept the connection
+                     between this plugin and HEC, as setting it to V(false) allows man-in-the-middle attacks!
        env:
          - name: SPLUNK_VALIDATE_CERTS
        ini:
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
        version_added: '1.0.0'
      include_milliseconds:
        description: Whether to include milliseconds as part of the generated timestamp field in the event
-                     sent to the Splunk HTTP collector
+                     sent to the Splunk HTTP collector.
        env:
          - name: SPLUNK_INCLUDE_MILLISECONDS
        ini:
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class SplunkHTTPCollectorSource(object):

 class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
    CALLBACK_VERSION = 2.0
-    CALLBACK_TYPE = 'aggregate'
+    CALLBACK_TYPE = 'notification'
    CALLBACK_NAME = 'community.general.splunk'
    CALLBACK_NEEDS_WHITELIST = True

--- a/plugins/callback/sumologic.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/sumologic.py
@@ -6,20 +6,20 @@
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type

-DOCUMENTATION = '''
+DOCUMENTATION = r'''
 name: sumologic
-type: aggregate
+type: notification
 short_description: Sends task result events to Sumologic
 author: "Ryan Currah (@ryancurrah)"
 description:
-  - This callback plugin will send task results as JSON formatted events to a Sumologic HTTP collector source
+  - This callback plugin will send task results as JSON formatted events to a Sumologic HTTP collector source.
 requirements:
  - Whitelisting this callback plugin
-  - 'Create a HTTP collector source in Sumologic and specify a custom timestamp format of C(yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss ZZZZ) and a custom timestamp locator
-    of C("timestamp": "(.*)")'
+  - 'Create a HTTP collector source in Sumologic and specify a custom timestamp format of V(yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss ZZZZ) and a custom timestamp locator
+    of V("timestamp": "(.*\)")'
 options:
  url:
-    description: URL to the Sumologic HTTP collector source
+    description: URL to the Sumologic HTTP collector source.
    env:
      - name: SUMOLOGIC_URL
    ini:
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ options:
 '''

 EXAMPLES = '''
-examples: >
+examples: |
  To enable, add this to your ansible.cfg file in the defaults block
    [defaults]
    callback_whitelist = community.general.sumologic
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class SumologicHTTPCollectorSource(object):

 class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
    CALLBACK_VERSION = 2.0
-    CALLBACK_TYPE = 'aggregate'
+    CALLBACK_TYPE = 'notification'
    CALLBACK_NAME = 'community.general.sumologic'
    CALLBACK_NEEDS_WHITELIST = True

--- a/plugins/callback/syslog_json.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/syslog_json.py
@@ -15,11 +15,10 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
      - whitelist in configuration
    short_description: sends JSON events to syslog
    description:
-      - This plugin logs ansible-playbook and ansible runs to a syslog server in JSON format
-      - Before Ansible 2.9 only environment variables were available for configuration
+      - This plugin logs ansible-playbook and ansible runs to a syslog server in JSON format.
    options:
      server:
-        description: syslog server that will receive the event
+        description: Syslog server that will receive the event.
        env:
        - name: SYSLOG_SERVER
        default: localhost
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
          - section: callback_syslog_json
            key: syslog_server
      port:
-        description: port on which the syslog server is listening
+        description: Port on which the syslog server is listening.
        env:
          - name: SYSLOG_PORT
        default: 514
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
          - section: callback_syslog_json
            key: syslog_port
      facility:
-        description: syslog facility to log as
+        description: Syslog facility to log as.
        env:
          - name: SYSLOG_FACILITY
        default: user
@@ -54,9 +53,6 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
        version_added: 4.5.0
 '''

-import os
-import json
-
 import logging
 import logging.handlers

@@ -71,7 +67,7 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
    """

    CALLBACK_VERSION = 2.0
-    CALLBACK_TYPE = 'aggregate'
+    CALLBACK_TYPE = 'notification'
    CALLBACK_NAME = 'community.general.syslog_json'
    CALLBACK_NEEDS_WHITELIST = True

--- a/plugins/callback/unixy.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/unixy.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright (c) 2017, Allyson Bowles <@akatch>
+# Copyright (c) 2023, Al Bowles <@akatch>
 # Copyright (c) 2012-2014, Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com>
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 DOCUMENTATION = '''
    name: unixy
    type: stdout
-    author: Allyson Bowles (@akatch)
+    author: Al Bowles (@akatch)
    short_description: condensed Ansible output
    description:
      - Consolidated Ansible output in the style of LINUX/UNIX startup logs.
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackModule_default):
    - Only display task names if the task runs on at least one host
    - Add option to display all hostnames on a single line in the appropriate result color (failures may have a separate line)
    - Consolidate stats display
-    - Display whether run is in --check mode
    - Don't show play name if no hosts found
    '''

@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackModule_default):

    def _preprocess_result(self, result):
        self.delegated_vars = result._result.get('_ansible_delegated_vars', None)
-        self._handle_exception(result._result, use_stderr=self.display_failed_stderr)
+        self._handle_exception(result._result, use_stderr=self.get_option('display_failed_stderr'))
        self._handle_warnings(result._result)

    def _process_result_output(self, result, msg):
@@ -92,24 +91,36 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackModule_default):
    def v2_playbook_on_task_start(self, task, is_conditional):
        self._get_task_display_name(task)
        if self.task_display_name is not None:
-            self._display.display("%s..." % self.task_display_name)
+            if task.check_mode and self.get_option('check_mode_markers'):
+                self._display.display("%s (check mode)..." % self.task_display_name)
+            else:
+                self._display.display("%s..." % self.task_display_name)

    def v2_playbook_on_handler_task_start(self, task):
        self._get_task_display_name(task)
        if self.task_display_name is not None:
-            self._display.display("%s (via handler)... " % self.task_display_name)
+            if task.check_mode and self.get_option('check_mode_markers'):
+                self._display.display("%s (via handler in check mode)... " % self.task_display_name)
+            else:
+                self._display.display("%s (via handler)... " % self.task_display_name)

    def v2_playbook_on_play_start(self, play):
        name = play.get_name().strip()
-        if name and play.hosts:
-            msg = u"\n- %s on hosts: %s -" % (name, ",".join(play.hosts))
+        if play.check_mode and self.get_option('check_mode_markers'):
+            if name and play.hosts:
+                msg = u"\n- %s (in check mode) on hosts: %s -" % (name, ",".join(play.hosts))
+            else:
+                msg = u"- check mode -"
        else:
-            msg = u"---"
+            if name and play.hosts:
+                msg = u"\n- %s on hosts: %s -" % (name, ",".join(play.hosts))
+            else:
+                msg = u"---"

        self._display.display(msg)

    def v2_runner_on_skipped(self, result, ignore_errors=False):
-        if self.display_skipped_hosts:
+        if self.get_option('display_skipped_hosts'):
            self._preprocess_result(result)
            display_color = C.COLOR_SKIP
            msg = "skipped"
@@ -128,7 +139,7 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackModule_default):
            msg += " | item: %s" % (item_value,)

        task_result = self._process_result_output(result, msg)
-        self._display.display("  " + task_result, display_color, stderr=self.display_failed_stderr)
+        self._display.display("  " + task_result, display_color, stderr=self.get_option('display_failed_stderr'))

    def v2_runner_on_ok(self, result, msg="ok", display_color=C.COLOR_OK):
        self._preprocess_result(result)
@@ -142,7 +153,7 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackModule_default):
            display_color = C.COLOR_CHANGED
            task_result = self._process_result_output(result, msg)
            self._display.display("  " + task_result, display_color)
-        elif self.display_ok_hosts:
+        elif self.get_option('display_ok_hosts'):
            task_result = self._process_result_output(result, msg)
            self._display.display("  " + task_result, display_color)

@@ -162,7 +173,7 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackModule_default):
        display_color = C.COLOR_UNREACHABLE
        task_result = self._process_result_output(result, msg)

-        self._display.display("  " + task_result, display_color, stderr=self.display_failed_stderr)
+        self._display.display("  " + task_result, display_color, stderr=self.get_option('display_failed_stderr'))

    def v2_on_file_diff(self, result):
        if result._task.loop and 'results' in result._result:
@@ -205,7 +216,7 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackModule_default):
                colorize(u'ignored', t['ignored'], None)),
                log_only=True
            )
-        if stats.custom and self.show_custom_stats:
+        if stats.custom and self.get_option('show_custom_stats'):
            self._display.banner("CUSTOM STATS: ")
            # per host
            # TODO: come up with 'pretty format'
@@ -227,8 +238,10 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackModule_default):
        self._display.display("  Ran out of hosts!", color=C.COLOR_ERROR)

    def v2_playbook_on_start(self, playbook):
-        # TODO display whether this run is happening in check mode
-        self._display.display("Executing playbook %s" % basename(playbook._file_name))
+        if context.CLIARGS['check'] and self.get_option('check_mode_markers'):
+            self._display.display("Executing playbook %s in check mode" % basename(playbook._file_name))
+        else:
+            self._display.display("Executing playbook %s" % basename(playbook._file_name))

        # show CLI arguments
        if self._display.verbosity > 3:
--- a/plugins/callback/yaml.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/yaml.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
    author: Unknown (!UNKNOWN)
    name: yaml
    type: stdout
-    short_description: yaml-ized Ansible screen output
+    short_description: YAML-ized Ansible screen output
    description:
        - Ansible output that can be quite a bit easier to read than the
          default JSON formatting.
@@ -25,12 +25,10 @@ import yaml
 import json
 import re
 import string
-import sys

-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_text
-from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
 from ansible.parsing.yaml.dumper import AnsibleDumper
-from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase, strip_internal_keys, module_response_deepcopy
+from ansible.plugins.callback import strip_internal_keys, module_response_deepcopy
 from ansible.plugins.callback.default import CallbackModule as Default


--- a/plugins/connection/chroot.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/chroot.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
            - The path of the chroot you want to access.
        default: inventory_hostname
        vars:
+            - name: inventory_hostname
            - name: ansible_host
      executable:
        description:
@@ -45,8 +46,42 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
        vars:
          - name: ansible_chroot_exe
        default: chroot
+      disable_root_check:
+        description:
+            - Do not check that the user is not root.
+        ini:
+          - section: chroot_connection
+            key: disable_root_check
+        env:
+          - name: ANSIBLE_CHROOT_DISABLE_ROOT_CHECK
+        vars:
+          - name: ansible_chroot_disable_root_check
+        default: false
+        type: bool
+        version_added: 7.3.0
 '''

+EXAMPLES = r"""
+# Plugin requires root privileges for chroot, -E preserves your env (and location of ~/.ansible):
+# sudo -E ansible-playbook ...
+#
+# Static inventory file
+# [chroots]
+# /path/to/debootstrap
+# /path/to/feboostrap
+# /path/to/lxc-image
+# /path/to/chroot
+
+# playbook
+---
+- hosts: chroots
+  connection: community.general.chroot
+  tasks:
+    - debug:
+        msg: "This is coming from chroot environment"
+
+"""
+
 import os
 import os.path
 import subprocess
@@ -80,11 +115,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):

        self.chroot = self._play_context.remote_addr

-        if os.geteuid() != 0:
-            raise AnsibleError("chroot connection requires running as root")
-
-        # we're running as root on the local system so do some
-        # trivial checks for ensuring 'host' is actually a chroot'able dir
+        # do some trivial checks for ensuring 'host' is actually a chroot'able dir
        if not os.path.isdir(self.chroot):
            raise AnsibleError("%s is not a directory" % self.chroot)

@@ -98,6 +129,11 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):

    def _connect(self):
        """ connect to the chroot """
+        if not self.get_option('disable_root_check') and os.geteuid() != 0:
+            raise AnsibleError(
+                "chroot connection requires running as root. "
+                "You can override this check with the `disable_root_check` option.")
+
        if os.path.isabs(self.get_option('chroot_exe')):
            self.chroot_cmd = self.get_option('chroot_exe')
        else:
--- a/plugins/connection/funcd.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/funcd.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
        if in_data:
            raise AnsibleError("Internal Error: this module does not support optimized module pipelining")

-        # totally ignores privlege escalation
+        # totally ignores privilege escalation
        display.vvv("EXEC %s" % cmd, host=self.host)
        p = self.client.command.run(cmd)[self.host]
        return p[0], p[1], p[2]
--- a/plugins/connection/incus.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/incus.py
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Based on lxd.py (c) 2016, Matt Clay <matt@mystile.com>
+# (c) 2023, Stephane Graber <stgraber@stgraber.org>
+# Copyright (c) 2023 Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+DOCUMENTATION = """
+    author: Stéphane Graber (@stgraber)
+    name: incus
+    short_description: Run tasks in Incus instances via the Incus CLI.
+    description:
+        - Run commands or put/fetch files to an existing Incus instance using Incus CLI.
+    version_added: "8.2.0"
+    options:
+      remote_addr:
+        description:
+            - The instance identifier.
+        default: inventory_hostname
+        vars:
+            - name: inventory_hostname
+            - name: ansible_host
+            - name: ansible_incus_host
+      executable:
+        description:
+            - The shell to use for execution inside the instance.
+        default: /bin/sh
+        vars:
+            - name: ansible_executable
+            - name: ansible_incus_executable
+      remote:
+        description:
+            - The name of the Incus remote to use (per C(incus remote list)).
+            - Remotes are used to access multiple servers from a single client.
+        default: local
+        vars:
+            - name: ansible_incus_remote
+      project:
+        description:
+            - The name of the Incus project to use (per C(incus project list)).
+            - Projects are used to divide the instances running on a server.
+        default: default
+        vars:
+            - name: ansible_incus_project
+"""
+
+import os
+from subprocess import call, Popen, PIPE
+
+from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleConnectionFailure, AnsibleFileNotFound
+from ansible.module_utils.common.process import get_bin_path
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_text
+from ansible.plugins.connection import ConnectionBase
+
+
+class Connection(ConnectionBase):
+    """ Incus based connections """
+
+    transport = "incus"
+    has_pipelining = True
+    default_user = 'root'
+
+    def __init__(self, play_context, new_stdin, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(Connection, self).__init__(play_context, new_stdin, *args, **kwargs)
+
+        self._incus_cmd = get_bin_path("incus")
+
+        if not self._incus_cmd:
+            raise AnsibleError("incus command not found in PATH")
+
+    def _connect(self):
+        """connect to Incus (nothing to do here) """
+        super(Connection, self)._connect()
+
+        if not self._connected:
+            self._display.vvv(u"ESTABLISH Incus CONNECTION FOR USER: root",
+                              host=self._instance())
+            self._connected = True
+
+    def _instance(self):
+        # Return only the leading part of the FQDN as the instance name
+        # as Incus instance names cannot be a FQDN.
+        return self.get_option('remote_addr').split(".")[0]
+
+    def exec_command(self, cmd, in_data=None, sudoable=True):
+        """ execute a command on the Incus host """
+        super(Connection, self).exec_command(cmd, in_data=in_data, sudoable=sudoable)
+
+        self._display.vvv(u"EXEC {0}".format(cmd),
+                          host=self._instance())
+
+        local_cmd = [
+            self._incus_cmd,
+            "--project", self.get_option("project"),
+            "exec",
+            "%s:%s" % (self.get_option("remote"), self._instance()),
+            "--",
+            self._play_context.executable, "-c", cmd]
+
+        local_cmd = [to_bytes(i, errors='surrogate_or_strict') for i in local_cmd]
+        in_data = to_bytes(in_data, errors='surrogate_or_strict', nonstring='passthru')
+
+        process = Popen(local_cmd, stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
+        stdout, stderr = process.communicate(in_data)
+
+        stdout = to_text(stdout)
+        stderr = to_text(stderr)
+
+        if stderr == "Error: Instance is not running.\n":
+            raise AnsibleConnectionFailure("instance not running: %s" %
+                                           self._instance())
+
+        if stderr == "Error: Instance not found\n":
+            raise AnsibleConnectionFailure("instance not found: %s" %
+                                           self._instance())
+
+        return process.returncode, stdout, stderr
+
+    def put_file(self, in_path, out_path):
+        """ put a file from local to Incus """
+        super(Connection, self).put_file(in_path, out_path)
+
+        self._display.vvv(u"PUT {0} TO {1}".format(in_path, out_path),
+                          host=self._instance())
+
+        if not os.path.isfile(to_bytes(in_path, errors='surrogate_or_strict')):
+            raise AnsibleFileNotFound("input path is not a file: %s" % in_path)
+
+        local_cmd = [
+            self._incus_cmd,
+            "--project", self.get_option("project"),
+            "file", "push", "--quiet",
+            in_path,
+            "%s:%s/%s" % (self.get_option("remote"),
+                          self._instance(),
+                          out_path)]
+
+        local_cmd = [to_bytes(i, errors='surrogate_or_strict') for i in local_cmd]
+
+        call(local_cmd)
+
+    def fetch_file(self, in_path, out_path):
+        """ fetch a file from Incus to local """
+        super(Connection, self).fetch_file(in_path, out_path)
+
+        self._display.vvv(u"FETCH {0} TO {1}".format(in_path, out_path),
+                          host=self._instance())
+
+        local_cmd = [
+            self._incus_cmd,
+            "--project", self.get_option("project"),
+            "file", "pull", "--quiet",
+            "%s:%s/%s" % (self.get_option("remote"),
+                          self._instance(),
+                          in_path),
+            out_path]
+
+        local_cmd = [to_bytes(i, errors='surrogate_or_strict') for i in local_cmd]
+
+        call(local_cmd)
+
+    def close(self):
+        """ close the connection (nothing to do here) """
+        super(Connection, self).close()
+
+        self._connected = False
--- a/plugins/connection/jail.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/jail.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
            - Path to the jail
        default: inventory_hostname
        vars:
+            - name: inventory_hostname
            - name: ansible_host
            - name: ansible_jail_host
      remote_user:
--- a/plugins/connection/lxc.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/lxc.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
            - Container identifier
        default: inventory_hostname
        vars:
+            - name: inventory_hostname
            - name: ansible_host
            - name: ansible_lxc_host
      executable:
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
    def __init__(self, play_context, new_stdin, *args, **kwargs):
        super(Connection, self).__init__(play_context, new_stdin, *args, **kwargs)

-        self.container_name = self._play_context.remote_addr
+        self.container_name = None
        self.container = None

    def _connect(self):
@@ -67,12 +68,15 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
        super(Connection, self)._connect()

        if not HAS_LIBLXC:
-            msg = "lxc bindings for python2 are not installed"
+            msg = "lxc python bindings are not installed"
            raise errors.AnsibleError(msg)

-        if self.container:
+        container_name = self.get_option('remote_addr')
+        if self.container and self.container_name == container_name:
            return

+        self.container_name = container_name
+
        self._display.vvv("THIS IS A LOCAL LXC DIR", host=self.container_name)
        self.container = _lxc.Container(self.container_name)
        if self.container.state == "STOPPED":
@@ -117,7 +121,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
        super(Connection, self).exec_command(cmd, in_data=in_data, sudoable=sudoable)

        # python2-lxc needs bytes. python3-lxc needs text.
-        executable = to_native(self._play_context.executable, errors='surrogate_or_strict')
+        executable = to_native(self.get_option('executable'), errors='surrogate_or_strict')
        local_cmd = [executable, '-c', to_native(cmd, errors='surrogate_or_strict')]

        read_stdout, write_stdout = None, None
--- a/plugins/connection/lxd.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/lxd.py
@@ -10,13 +10,15 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 DOCUMENTATION = '''
    author: Matt Clay (@mattclay) <matt@mystile.com>
    name: lxd
-    short_description: Run tasks in lxc containers via lxc CLI
+    short_description: Run tasks in LXD instances via C(lxc) CLI
    description:
-        - Run commands or put/fetch files to an existing lxc container using lxc CLI
+        - Run commands or put/fetch files to an existing instance using C(lxc) CLI.
    options:
      remote_addr:
        description:
-            - Container identifier.
+            - Instance (container/VM) identifier.
+            - Since community.general 8.0.0, a FQDN can be provided; in that case, the first component (the part before C(.))
+              is used as the instance identifier.
        default: inventory_hostname
        vars:
            - name: inventory_hostname
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
            - name: ansible_lxd_host
      executable:
        description:
-            - shell to use for execution inside container
+            - Shell to use for execution inside instance.
        default: /bin/sh
        vars:
            - name: ansible_executable
@@ -69,32 +71,38 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
            raise AnsibleError("lxc command not found in PATH")

        if self._play_context.remote_user is not None and self._play_context.remote_user != 'root':
-            self._display.warning('lxd does not support remote_user, using container default: root')
+            self._display.warning('lxd does not support remote_user, using default: root')
+
+    def _host(self):
+        """ translate remote_addr to lxd (short) hostname """
+        return self.get_option("remote_addr").split(".", 1)[0]

    def _connect(self):
        """connect to lxd (nothing to do here) """
        super(Connection, self)._connect()

        if not self._connected:
-            self._display.vvv(u"ESTABLISH LXD CONNECTION FOR USER: root", host=self.get_option('remote_addr'))
+            self._display.vvv(u"ESTABLISH LXD CONNECTION FOR USER: root", host=self._host())
            self._connected = True

    def exec_command(self, cmd, in_data=None, sudoable=True):
        """ execute a command on the lxd host """
        super(Connection, self).exec_command(cmd, in_data=in_data, sudoable=sudoable)

-        self._display.vvv(u"EXEC {0}".format(cmd), host=self.get_option('remote_addr'))
+        self._display.vvv(u"EXEC {0}".format(cmd), host=self._host())

        local_cmd = [self._lxc_cmd]
        if self.get_option("project"):
            local_cmd.extend(["--project", self.get_option("project")])
        local_cmd.extend([
            "exec",
-            "%s:%s" % (self.get_option("remote"), self.get_option("remote_addr")),
+            "%s:%s" % (self.get_option("remote"), self._host()),
            "--",
            self.get_option("executable"), "-c", cmd
        ])

+        self._display.vvvvv(u"EXEC {0}".format(local_cmd), host=self._host())
+
        local_cmd = [to_bytes(i, errors='surrogate_or_strict') for i in local_cmd]
        in_data = to_bytes(in_data, errors='surrogate_or_strict', nonstring='passthru')

@@ -104,11 +112,13 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
        stdout = to_text(stdout)
        stderr = to_text(stderr)

-        if stderr == "error: Container is not running.\n":
-            raise AnsibleConnectionFailure("container not running: %s" % self.get_option('remote_addr'))
+        self._display.vvvvv(u"EXEC lxc output: {0} {1}".format(stdout, stderr), host=self._host())

-        if stderr == "error: not found\n":
-            raise AnsibleConnectionFailure("container not found: %s" % self.get_option('remote_addr'))
+        if "is not running" in stderr:
+            raise AnsibleConnectionFailure("instance not running: %s" % self._host())
+
+        if stderr.strip() == "Error: Instance not found" or stderr.strip() == "error: not found":
+            raise AnsibleConnectionFailure("instance not found: %s" % self._host())

        return process.returncode, stdout, stderr

@@ -116,7 +126,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
        """ put a file from local to lxd """
        super(Connection, self).put_file(in_path, out_path)

-        self._display.vvv(u"PUT {0} TO {1}".format(in_path, out_path), host=self.get_option('remote_addr'))
+        self._display.vvv(u"PUT {0} TO {1}".format(in_path, out_path), host=self._host())

        if not os.path.isfile(to_bytes(in_path, errors='surrogate_or_strict')):
            raise AnsibleFileNotFound("input path is not a file: %s" % in_path)
@@ -127,7 +137,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
        local_cmd.extend([
            "file", "push",
            in_path,
-            "%s:%s/%s" % (self.get_option("remote"), self.get_option("remote_addr"), out_path)
+            "%s:%s/%s" % (self.get_option("remote"), self._host(), out_path)
        ])

        local_cmd = [to_bytes(i, errors='surrogate_or_strict') for i in local_cmd]
@@ -139,14 +149,14 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
        """ fetch a file from lxd to local """
        super(Connection, self).fetch_file(in_path, out_path)

-        self._display.vvv(u"FETCH {0} TO {1}".format(in_path, out_path), host=self.get_option('remote_addr'))
+        self._display.vvv(u"FETCH {0} TO {1}".format(in_path, out_path), host=self._host())

        local_cmd = [self._lxc_cmd]
        if self.get_option("project"):
            local_cmd.extend(["--project", self.get_option("project")])
        local_cmd.extend([
            "file", "pull",
-            "%s:%s/%s" % (self.get_option("remote"), self.get_option("remote_addr"), in_path),
+            "%s:%s/%s" % (self.get_option("remote"), self._host(), in_path),
            out_path
        ])

--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/alicloud.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/alicloud.py
@@ -15,40 +15,40 @@ class ModuleDocFragment(object):
 options:
  alicloud_access_key:
    description:
-      - Alibaba Cloud access key. If not set then the value of environment variable C(ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY),
-        C(ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID) will be used instead.
+      - Alibaba Cloud access key. If not set then the value of environment variable E(ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY),
+        E(ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID) will be used instead.
    aliases: ['access_key_id', 'access_key']
    type: str
  alicloud_secret_key:
    description:
-      - Alibaba Cloud secret key. If not set then the value of environment variable C(ALICLOUD_SECRET_KEY),
-        C(ALICLOUD_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY) will be used instead.
+      - Alibaba Cloud secret key. If not set then the value of environment variable E(ALICLOUD_SECRET_KEY),
+        E(ALICLOUD_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY) will be used instead.
    aliases: ['secret_access_key', 'secret_key']
    type: str
  alicloud_region:
    description:
      - The Alibaba Cloud region to use. If not specified then the value of environment variable
-        C(ALICLOUD_REGION), C(ALICLOUD_REGION_ID) will be used instead.
+        E(ALICLOUD_REGION), E(ALICLOUD_REGION_ID) will be used instead.
    aliases: ['region', 'region_id']
    required: true
    type: str
  alicloud_security_token:
    description:
      - The Alibaba Cloud security token. If not specified then the value of environment variable
-        C(ALICLOUD_SECURITY_TOKEN) will be used instead.
+        E(ALICLOUD_SECURITY_TOKEN) will be used instead.
    aliases: ['security_token']
    type: str
  alicloud_assume_role:
    description:
      - If provided with a role ARN, Ansible will attempt to assume this role using the supplied credentials.
-      - The nested assume_role block supports I(alicloud_assume_role_arn), I(alicloud_assume_role_session_name),
-        I(alicloud_assume_role_session_expiration) and I(alicloud_assume_role_policy)
+      - The nested assume_role block supports C(alicloud_assume_role_arn), C(alicloud_assume_role_session_name),
+        C(alicloud_assume_role_session_expiration) and C(alicloud_assume_role_policy).
    type: dict
    aliases: ['assume_role']
  alicloud_assume_role_arn:
    description:
-      - The Alibaba Cloud role_arn. The ARN of the role to assume. If ARN is set to an empty string,
-        it does not perform role switching. It supports environment variable ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_ARN.
+      - The Alibaba Cloud C(role_arn). The ARN of the role to assume. If ARN is set to an empty string,
+        it does not perform role switching. It supports environment variable E(ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_ARN).
        ansible will execute with provided credentials.
    aliases: ['assume_role_arn']
    type: str
@@ -56,14 +56,14 @@ options:
    description:
      - The Alibaba Cloud session_name. The session name to use when assuming the role. If omitted,
        'ansible' is passed to the AssumeRole call as session name. It supports environment variable
-        ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_SESSION_NAME
+        E(ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_SESSION_NAME).
    aliases: ['assume_role_session_name']
    type: str
  alicloud_assume_role_session_expiration:
    description:
-      - The Alibaba Cloud session_expiration. The time after which the established session for assuming
+      - The Alibaba Cloud C(session_expiration). The time after which the established session for assuming
        role expires. Valid value range 900-3600 seconds. Default to 3600 (in this case Alicloud use own default
-        value). It supports environment variable ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_SESSION_EXPIRATION
+        value). It supports environment variable E(ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_SESSION_EXPIRATION).
    aliases: ['assume_role_session_expiration']
    type: int
  ecs_role_name:
@@ -79,31 +79,31 @@ options:
  profile:
    description:
      - This is the Alicloud profile name as set in the shared credentials file. It can also be sourced from the
-        ALICLOUD_PROFILE environment variable.
+        E(ALICLOUD_PROFILE) environment variable.
    type: str
  shared_credentials_file:
    description:
-      - This is the path to the shared credentials file. It can also be sourced from the ALICLOUD_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE
+      - This is the path to the shared credentials file. It can also be sourced from the E(ALICLOUD_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE)
        environment variable.
-      - If this is not set and a profile is specified,  ~/.aliyun/config.json will be used.
+      - If this is not set and a profile is specified, C(~/.aliyun/config.json) will be used.
    type: str
 author:
    - "He Guimin (@xiaozhu36)"
 requirements:
-    - "python >= 3.6"
+    - "Python >= 3.6"
 notes:
  - If parameters are not set within the module, the following
    environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence
-    C(ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY) or C(ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID),
-    C(ALICLOUD_SECRET_KEY) or C(ALICLOUD_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY),
-    C(ALICLOUD_REGION) or C(ALICLOUD_REGION_ID),
-    C(ALICLOUD_SECURITY_TOKEN),
-    C(ALICLOUD_ECS_ROLE_NAME),
-    C(ALICLOUD_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE),
-    C(ALICLOUD_PROFILE),
-    C(ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_ARN),
-    C(ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_SESSION_NAME),
-    C(ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_SESSION_EXPIRATION),
-  - C(ALICLOUD_REGION) or C(ALICLOUD_REGION_ID) can be typically be used to specify the
-    ALICLOUD region, when required, but this can also be configured in the footmark config file
+    E(ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY) or E(ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID),
+    E(ALICLOUD_SECRET_KEY) or E(ALICLOUD_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY),
+    E(ALICLOUD_REGION) or E(ALICLOUD_REGION_ID),
+    E(ALICLOUD_SECURITY_TOKEN),
+    E(ALICLOUD_ECS_ROLE_NAME),
+    E(ALICLOUD_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE),
+    E(ALICLOUD_PROFILE),
+    E(ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_ARN),
+    E(ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_SESSION_NAME),
+    E(ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_SESSION_EXPIRATION).
+  - E(ALICLOUD_REGION) or E(ALICLOUD_REGION_ID) can be typically be used to specify the
+    Alicloud region, when required, but this can also be configured in the footmark config file
 '''
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/attributes.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/attributes.py
@@ -20,9 +20,13 @@ attributes:
      description: Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in C(check_mode)), when in diff mode.
 '''

-#    platform:
-#      description: Target OS/families that can be operated against.
-#      support: N/A
+    PLATFORM = r'''
+options: {}
+attributes:
+    platform:
+      description: Target OS/families that can be operated against.
+      support: N/A
+'''

    # Should be used together with the standard fragment
    INFO_MODULE = r'''
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/auth_basic.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/auth_basic.py
@@ -14,19 +14,19 @@ class ModuleDocFragment(object):
 options:
  api_url:
    description:
-      - The resolvable endpoint for the API
+      - The resolvable endpoint for the API.
    type: str
  api_username:
    description:
-      - The username to use for authentication against the API
+      - The username to use for authentication against the API.
    type: str
  api_password:
    description:
-      - The password to use for authentication against the API
+      - The password to use for authentication against the API.
    type: str
  validate_certs:
    description:
-      - Whether or not to validate SSL certs when supplying a https endpoint.
+      - Whether or not to validate SSL certs when supplying a HTTPS endpoint.
    type: bool
    default: true
 '''
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/bitbucket.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/bitbucket.py
@@ -16,25 +16,25 @@ options:
  client_id:
    description:
      - The OAuth consumer key.
-      - If not set the environment variable C(BITBUCKET_CLIENT_ID) will be used.
+      - If not set the environment variable E(BITBUCKET_CLIENT_ID) will be used.
    type: str
  client_secret:
    description:
      - The OAuth consumer secret.
-      - If not set the environment variable C(BITBUCKET_CLIENT_SECRET) will be used.
+      - If not set the environment variable E(BITBUCKET_CLIENT_SECRET) will be used.
    type: str
  user:
    description:
      - The username.
-      - If not set the environment variable C(BITBUCKET_USERNAME) will be used.
-      - I(username) is an alias of I(user) since community.genreal 6.0.0. It was an alias of I(workspace) before.
+      - If not set the environment variable E(BITBUCKET_USERNAME) will be used.
+      - O(ignore:username) is an alias of O(user) since community.general 6.0.0. It was an alias of O(workspace) before.
    type: str
    version_added: 4.0.0
    aliases: [ username ]
  password:
    description:
      - The App password.
-      - If not set the environment variable C(BITBUCKET_PASSWORD) will be used.
+      - If not set the environment variable E(BITBUCKET_PASSWORD) will be used.
    type: str
    version_added: 4.0.0
 notes:
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/consul.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/consul.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright (c) Ansible project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+
+class ModuleDocFragment:
+    # Common parameters for Consul modules
+    DOCUMENTATION = r"""
+options:
+  host:
+    description:
+      - Host of the consul agent, defaults to V(localhost).
+    default: localhost
+    type: str
+  port:
+    type: int
+    description:
+      - The port on which the consul agent is running.
+    default: 8500
+  scheme:
+    description:
+      - The protocol scheme on which the consul agent is running.
+        Defaults to V(http) and can be set to V(https) for secure connections.
+    default: http
+    type: str
+  validate_certs:
+    type: bool
+    description:
+      - Whether to verify the TLS certificate of the consul agent.
+    default: true
+  ca_path:
+    description:
+      - The CA bundle to use for https connections
+    type: str
+"""
+
+    TOKEN = r"""
+options:
+  token:
+    description:
+      - The token to use for authorization.
+    type: str
+"""
+
+    ACTIONGROUP_CONSUL = r"""
+options: {}
+attributes:
+  action_group:
+    description: Use C(group/community.general.consul) in C(module_defaults) to set defaults for this module.
+    support: full
+    membership:
+      - community.general.consul
+    version_added: 8.3.0
+"""
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/dimensiondata.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/dimensiondata.py
@@ -20,22 +20,22 @@ options:
  region:
    description:
      - The target region.
-      - Regions are defined in Apache libcloud project [libcloud/common/dimensiondata.py]
-      - They are also listed in U(https://libcloud.readthedocs.io/en/latest/compute/drivers/dimensiondata.html)
-      - Note that the default value "na" stands for "North America".
-      - The module prepends 'dd-' to the region choice.
+      - Regions are defined in Apache libcloud project [libcloud/common/dimensiondata.py].
+      - They are also listed in U(https://libcloud.readthedocs.io/en/latest/compute/drivers/dimensiondata.html).
+      - Note that the default value C(na) stands for "North America".
+      - The module prepends C(dd-) to the region choice.
    type: str
    default: na
  mcp_user:
    description:
      - The username used to authenticate to the CloudControl API.
-      - If not specified, will fall back to C(MCP_USER) from environment variable or C(~/.dimensiondata).
+      - If not specified, will fall back to E(MCP_USER) from environment variable or C(~/.dimensiondata).
    type: str
  mcp_password:
    description:
      - The password used to authenticate to the CloudControl API.
-      - If not specified, will fall back to C(MCP_PASSWORD) from environment variable or C(~/.dimensiondata).
-      - Required if I(mcp_user) is specified.
+      - If not specified, will fall back to E(MCP_PASSWORD) from environment variable or C(~/.dimensiondata).
+      - Required if O(mcp_user) is specified.
    type: str
  location:
    description:
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ options:
    required: true
  validate_certs:
    description:
-      - If C(false), SSL certificates will not be validated.
+      - If V(false), SSL certificates will not be validated.
      - This should only be used on private instances of the CloudControl API that use self-signed certificates.
    type: bool
    default: true
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/dimensiondata_wait.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/dimensiondata_wait.py
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ options:
  wait_time:
    description:
      - The maximum amount of time (in seconds) to wait for the task to complete.
-      - Only applicable if I(wait=true).
+      - Only applicable if O(wait=true).
    type: int
    default: 600
  wait_poll_interval:
    description:
      - The amount of time (in seconds) to wait between checks for task completion.
-      - Only applicable if I(wait=true).
+      - Only applicable if O(wait=true).
    type: int
    default: 2
-    '''
+'''
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/emc.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/emc.py
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ options:
        default: sysadmin
 requirements:
  - An EMC VNX Storage device.
-  - Ansible 2.7.
-  - storops (0.5.10 or greater). Install using 'pip install storops'.
+  - storops (0.5.10 or greater). Install using C(pip install storops).
 notes:
-  - The modules prefixed with emc_vnx are built to support the EMC VNX storage platform.
+  - The modules prefixed with C(emc_vnx) are built to support the EMC VNX storage platform.
 '''
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/gitlab.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/gitlab.py
@@ -29,4 +29,9 @@ options:
      - GitLab CI job token for logging in.
    type: str
    version_added: 4.2.0
+  ca_path:
+    description:
+      - The CA certificates bundle to use to verify GitLab server certificate.
+    type: str
+    version_added: 8.1.0
 '''
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/hpe3par.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/hpe3par.py
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ options:
      required: true

 requirements:
-  - hpe3par_sdk >= 1.0.2. Install using 'pip install hpe3par_sdk'
+  - hpe3par_sdk >= 1.0.2. Install using C(pip install hpe3par_sdk).
  - WSAPI service should be enabled on the 3PAR storage array.
 notes:
-  -  check_mode not supported
    '''
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/hwc.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/hwc.py
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ options:
        required: true
    user:
        description:
-            - The user name to login with (currently only user names are
-              supported, and not user IDs).
+            - The user name to login with.
+            - Currently only user names are supported, and not user IDs.
        type: str
        required: true
    password:
@@ -31,14 +31,13 @@ options:
    domain:
        description:
            - The name of the Domain to scope to (Identity v3).
-              (currently only domain names are supported, and not domain IDs).
+            - Currently only domain names are supported, and not domain IDs.
        type: str
        required: true
    project:
        description:
            - The name of the Tenant (Identity v2) or Project (Identity v3).
-              (currently only project names are supported, and not
-               project IDs).
+            - Currently only project names are supported, and not project IDs.
        type: str
        required: true
    region:
@@ -47,20 +46,20 @@ options:
        type: str
    id:
        description:
-            - The id of resource to be managed.
+            - The ID of resource to be managed.
        type: str
 notes:
  - For authentication, you can set identity_endpoint using the
-    C(ANSIBLE_HWC_IDENTITY_ENDPOINT) env variable.
+    E(ANSIBLE_HWC_IDENTITY_ENDPOINT) environment variable.
  - For authentication, you can set user using the
-    C(ANSIBLE_HWC_USER) env variable.
-  - For authentication, you can set password using the C(ANSIBLE_HWC_PASSWORD) env
+    E(ANSIBLE_HWC_USER) environment variable.
+  - For authentication, you can set password using the E(ANSIBLE_HWC_PASSWORD) environment
    variable.
-  - For authentication, you can set domain using the C(ANSIBLE_HWC_DOMAIN) env
+  - For authentication, you can set domain using the E(ANSIBLE_HWC_DOMAIN) environment
    variable.
-  - For authentication, you can set project using the C(ANSIBLE_HWC_PROJECT) env
+  - For authentication, you can set project using the E(ANSIBLE_HWC_PROJECT) environment
    variable.
-  - For authentication, you can set region using the C(ANSIBLE_HWC_REGION) env variable.
+  - For authentication, you can set region using the E(ANSIBLE_HWC_REGION) environment variable.
  - Environment variables values will only be used if the playbook values are
    not set.
 '''
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/ibm_storage.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/ibm_storage.py
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ options:
        required: true
 notes:
  - This module requires pyxcli python library.
-    Use 'pip install pyxcli' in order to get pyxcli.
+    Use C(pip install pyxcli) in order to get pyxcli.
 requirements:
-  - python >= 2.7
  - pyxcli
 '''
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More