Community General Release Notes

Topics

v11.0.0
- Release Summary
- Minor Changes
- Deprecated Features
- Removed Features (previously deprecated)
- Security Fixes
- Bugfixes
- Known Issues
- New Plugins
  - Callback
  - Connection
  - Filter
  - Inventory
  - Lookup
- New Modules This changelog describes changes after version 10.0.0.

v11.0.0

Release Summary

This is release 11.0.0 of community.general, released on 2025-06-16.

Minor Changes

CmdRunner module utils - the convenience method cmd_runner_fmt.as_fixed() now accepts multiple arguments as a list (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9893).
MH module utils - delegate debug to the underlying AnsibleModule instance or issues a warning if an attribute already exists with that name (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9577).
alternatives - add family parameter that allows to utilize the --family option available in RedHat version of update-alternatives (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5060, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9096).
apache2_mod_proxy - better handling regexp extraction (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9609).
apache2_mod_proxy - change type of state to a list of strings. No change for the users (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9600).
apache2_mod_proxy - code simplification, no change in functionality (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9457).
apache2_mod_proxy - improve readability when using results from fecth_url() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9608).
apache2_mod_proxy - refactor repeated code into method (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9599).
apache2_mod_proxy - remove unused parameter and code from Balancer constructor (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9614).
apache2_mod_proxy - simplified and improved string manipulation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9614).
apache2_mod_proxy - use deps to handle dependencies (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9612).
apache2_module - added workaround for new PHP module name, from php7_module to php_module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9951).
bitwarden lookup plugin - add new option collection_name to filter results by collection name, and new option result_count to validate number of results (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9728).
bitwarden lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
cargo - add features parameter to allow activating specific features when installing Rust packages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10198).
cartesian lookup plugin - removed compatibility code for ansible-core < 2.14 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10160).
cgroup_memory_recap callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
cgroup_memory_recap callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
chef_databag lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
chroot connection plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
chroot connection plugin - clean up string conversions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9379).
chroot connection plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9322).
cloud_init_data_facts - open file using open() as a context manager (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9579).
cloudflare_dns - add support for comment and tags (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9132).
cobbler inventory plugin - add connection_timeout option to specify the connection timeout to the cobbler server (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11063).
cobbler inventory plugin - add facts_level option to allow requesting fully rendered variables for Cobbler systems (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9419, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9975).
cobbler inventory plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
cobbler inventory plugin - clean up string conversions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9379).
cobbler inventory plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9323).
collection_version lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
consul_kv lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
consul_token - fix idempotency when policies or roles are supplied by name (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9841, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9845).
context_demo callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
context_demo callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
counter filter plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9585).
counter_enabled callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
counter_enabled callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
cpanm - enable usage of option --with-recommends (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9554, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9555).
cpanm - enable usage of option --with-suggests (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9555).
crc32 filter plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9585).
credstash lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
cronvar - open file using open() as a context manager (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9579).
crypttab - open file using open() as a context manager (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9579).
cyberarkpassword lookup plugin - clean up string conversions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9379).
cyberarkpassword lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
default_without_diff callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
dense callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
dense callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
dependent lookup plugin - removed compatibility code for ansible-core < 2.14 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10160).
dependent lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
deps module utils - add deps.clear() to clear out previously declared dependencies (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9179).
dict filter plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9585).
dict_kv filter plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9585).
dig lookup plugin - clean up string conversions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9379).
dig lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
diy callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
diy callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
dnstxt lookup plugin - clean up string conversions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9379).
dnstxt lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
doas become plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
doas become plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9319).
dsv lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
dzdo become plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
dzdo become plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9319).
elastic callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
elastic callback plugin - instead of trying to extract the ansible-core version from task data, use ansible-core's actual version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10193).
elastic callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
etcd lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
etcd3 lookup plugin - clean up string conversions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9379).
etcd3 lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
filetree lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
flattened lookup plugin - removed compatibility code for ansible-core < 2.14 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10160).
from_csv filter plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9585).
from_csv filter plugin - clean up string conversions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9379).
from_ini filter plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9585).
from_ini filter plugin - clean up string conversions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9379).
funcd connection plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
funcd connection plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9322).
git_config - remove redundant required=False from argument_spec (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10177).
github_app_access_token lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
github_key - add api_url parameter to support GitHub Enterprise Server installations (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10191).
gitlab_instance_variable - add support for raw variables suboption (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9425).
gitlab_project - add option build_timeout (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9960).
gitlab_project_members - extend choices parameter access_level by missing upstream valid value owner (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9953).
gitlab_runners inventory plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
gitlab_runners inventory plugin - clean up string conversions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9379).
gitlab_runners inventory plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9323).
groupby_as_dict filter plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9585).
hashids filter plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9585).
hiera lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
homebrew - greatly speed up module when multiple packages are passed in the name option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9181).
homebrew - remove duplicated package name validation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9076).
hpilo_boot - add option to get an idempotent behavior while powering on server, resulting in success instead of failure when using state: boot_once option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9646).
icinga2 inventory plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
icinga2 inventory plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9323).
idrac_redfish_command, idrac_redfish_config, idrac_redfish_info - add validate_certs, ca_path, and ciphers options to configure TLS/SSL (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3686, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9964).
ilo_redfish_command, ilo_redfish_config, ilo_redfish_info - add validate_certs, ca_path, and ciphers options to configure TLS/SSL (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3686, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9964).
incus connection plugin - adds remote_user and incus_become_method parameters for allowing a non-root user to connect to an Incus instance (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9743).
incus connection plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
incus connection plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9322).
ini_file - modify an inactive option also when there are spaces in front of the comment symbol (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10102, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8539).
iocage connection plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
iocage connection plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9322).
iocage inventory plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
iocage inventory plugin - clean up string conversions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9379).
iocage inventory plugin - the new parameter hooks_results of the plugin is a list of files inside a jail that provide configuration parameters for the inventory. The inventory plugin reads the files from the jails and put the contents into the items of created variable iocage_hooks (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9650, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9651).
iocage inventory plugin - the new parameter inventory_hostname_tag of the plugin provides the name of the tag in the C(iocage properties notes) that contains the jails alias. The new parameter inventory_hostname_required, if enabled, makes the tag mandatory (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10206, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10207).
iocage inventory plugin - the new parameter sudo of the plugin lets the command iocage list -l to run as root on the iocage host. This is needed to get the IPv4 of a running DHCP jail (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9572, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9573).
iptables_state action plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
iptables_state action plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9318).
iso_extract - adds password parameter that is passed to 7z (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9159).
jabber callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
jabber callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
jail connection plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
jail connection plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9322).
jc filter plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9585).
jira - adds client_cert and client_key parameters for supporting client certificate authentification when connecting to Jira (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9753).
jira - transition operation now has status_id to directly reference wanted transition (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9602).
json_query filter plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9585).
keep_keys filter plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9585).
keycloak - add an action group for Keycloak modules to allow module_defaults to be set for Keycloak tasks (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9284).
keycloak module_utils - user groups can now be referenced by their name, like staff, or their path, like /staff/engineering. The path syntax allows users to reference subgroups, which is not possible otherwise (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9898).
keycloak_* modules - refresh_token parameter added. When multiple authentication parameters are provided (token, refresh_token, and auth_username/auth_password), modules will now automatically retry requests upon authentication errors (401), using in order the token, refresh token, and username/password (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9494).
keycloak_realm - remove ID requirement when creating a realm to allow Keycloak generating its own realm ID (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9768).
keycloak_user module - user groups can now be referenced by their name, like staff, or their path, like /staff/engineering. The path syntax allows users to reference subgroups, which is not possible otherwise (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9898).
keyring lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
known_hosts - open file using open() as a context manager (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9579).
ksu become plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
ksu become plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9319).
lastpass lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
launchd - add plist option for services such as sshd, where the plist filename doesn't match the service name (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9102).
linode inventory plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
linode inventory plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9323).
lists filter plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9585).
lists_mergeby filter plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9585).
lldp - adds multivalues parameter to control behavior when lldpctl outputs an attribute multiple times (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9657).
lmdb_kv lookup plugin - clean up string conversions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9379).
lmdb_kv lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
locale_gen - invert the logic to determine ubuntu_mode, making it look first for /etc/locale.gen (set ubuntu_mode to False) and only then looking for /var/lib/locales/supported.d/ (set ubuntu_mode to True) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9238, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9131, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8487).
locale_gen - new return value mechanism to better express the semantics of the ubuntu_mode, with the possible values being either glibc (ubuntu_mode=False) or ubuntu_legacy (ubuntu_mode=True) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9238).
log_plays callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
log_plays callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
loganalytics callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
loganalytics callback plugin - instead of trying to extract the ansible-core version from task data, use ansible-core's actual version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10193).
loganalytics callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
logdna callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
logdna callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
logentries callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
logentries callback plugin - clean up string conversions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9379).
logentries callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
logstash callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
lvg - add remove_extra_pvs parameter to control if ansible should remove physical volumes which are not in the pvs parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9698).
lxc connection plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
lxc connection plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9322).
lxd connection plugin - adds remote_user and lxd_become_method parameters for allowing a non-root user to connect to an LXD instance (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9659).
lxd connection plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
lxd connection plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9322).
lxd inventory plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
lxd inventory plugin - clean up string conversions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9379).
lxd inventory plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9323).
machinectl become plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
machinectl become plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9319).
mail callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
mail callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
manageiq_alert_profiles - improve handling of parameter requirements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9449).
manifold lookup plugin - clean up string conversions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9379).
manifold lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
maven_artifact - removed compatibility code for ansible-core < 2.12 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10192).
memcached cache plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
memcached cache plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9320).
merge_variables lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
nmap inventory plugin - adds dns_servers option for specifying DNS servers for name resolution. Accepts hostnames or IP addresses in the same format as the exclude option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9849).
nmap inventory plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
nmap inventory plugin - clean up string conversions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9379).
nmap inventory plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9323).
nmcli - add sriov parameter that enables support for SR-IOV settings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9168).
nmcli - add a option fail_over_mac (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9570, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9571).
nmcli - add support for Infiniband MAC setting when type is infiniband (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9962).
nmcli - adds VRF support with new type value vrf and new slave_type value vrf as well as new table parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9658, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8014).
nmcli - adds autoconnect_priority and autoconnect_retries options to support autoconnect logic (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10134).
nrdp callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
nrdp callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
null callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
one_template - adds filter option for retrieving templates which are not owned by the user (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9547, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9278).
one_vm - update allowed values for updateconf to include new parameters as per the latest OpenNebula API documentation. Added parameters:
- OS: FIRMWARE;
- CPU_MODEL: MODEL, FEATURES;
- FEATURES: VIRTIO_BLK_QUEUES, VIRTIO_SCSI_QUEUES, IOTHREADS;
- GRAPHICS: PORT, COMMAND;
- VIDEO: ATS, IOMMU, RESOLUTION, TYPE, VRAM;
- RAW: VALIDATE;
- BACKUP_CONFIG: FS_FREEZE, KEEP_LAST, BACKUP_VOLATILE, MODE, INCREMENT_MODE.
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9959).
onepassword lookup plugin - clean up string conversions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9379).
onepassword lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
onepassword_doc lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
onepassword_ssh_key - refactor to move code to lookup class (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9633).
online inventory plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
online inventory plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9323).
opennebula inventory plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
opennebula inventory plugin - clean up string conversions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9379).
opennebula inventory plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9323).
opentelemetry callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
opentelemetry callback plugin - instead of trying to extract the ansible-core version from task data, use ansible-core's actual version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10193).
opentelemetry callback plugin - remove code handling Python versions prior to 3.7 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9482).
opentelemetry callback plugin - remove code handling Python versions prior to 3.7 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9503).
opentelemetry callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
pacemaker_cluster - remove unused code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9471).
pacemaker_cluster - using safer mechanism to run external command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9471).
pacemaker_resource - add maintenance mode support for handling resource creation and deletion (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10180, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10194).
pacman_key - support verifying that keys are trusted and not expired (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9949, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9950).
parted - open file using open() as a context manager (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9579).
passwordstore lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
pbrun become plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
pbrun become plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9319).
pfexec become plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
pfexec become plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9319).
pickle cache plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
pipx - add return value version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9180).
pipx - parameter name now accepts Python package specifiers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7815, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10031).
pipx module_utils - filtering application list by name now happens in the modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10031).
pipx_info - add return value version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9180).
pipx_info - filtering application list by name now happens in the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10031).
pmrun become plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
pmrun become plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9319).
pulp_repo - open file using open() as a context manager (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9579).
puppet - improve parameter formatting, no impact to user (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10014).
qubes connection plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
qubes connection plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9322).
random_mac filter plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9585).
random_pet lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
redfish module utils - add REDFISH_COMMON_ARGUMENT_SPEC, a corresponding redfish docs fragment, and support for its validate_certs, ca_path, and ciphers options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3686, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9964).
redfish module utils - removed compatibility code for ansible-core < 2.14 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10160).
redfish_command - add PowerFullPowerCycle to power command options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9729).
redfish_command - add update_custom_oem_header, update_custom_oem_params, and update_custom_oem_mime_type options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9123).
redfish_command, redfish_config, redfish_info - add validate_certs and ca_path options to configure TLS/SSL (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3686, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9964).
redfish_config - add command SetPowerRestorePolicy to set the desired power state of the system when power is restored (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9837).
redfish_info - add command GetAccountServiceConfig to get full information about AccountService configuration (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9403).
redfish_info - add command GetPowerRestorePolicy to get the desired power state of the system when power is restored (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9824).
redfish_utils module utils - remove redundant code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9190).
redhat_subscription - open file using open() as a context manager (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9579).
redis cache plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
redis cache plugin - clean up string conversions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9379).
redis cache plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9320).
redis lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
remove_keys filter plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9585).
replace_keys filter plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9585).
revbitspss lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
reveal_ansible_type filter plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9585).
rocketchat - fix duplicate JSON conversion for Rocket.Chat < 7.4.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9965).
rocketchat - option is_pre740 has been added to control the format of the payload. For Rocket.Chat 7.4.0 or newer, it must be set to false (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9882).
rpm_ostree_pkg - added the options apply_live (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9167).
rpm_ostree_pkg - added the return value needs_reboot (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9167).
run0 become plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
saltstack connection plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
saltstack connection plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9322).
say callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
say callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
scaleway inventory plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
scaleway inventory plugin - clean up string conversions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9379).
scaleway inventory plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9323).
scaleway_lb - minor simplification in the code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9189).
selective callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
selective callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
sesu become plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
sesu become plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9319).
shelvefile lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
shutdown action plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
shutdown action plugin - clean up string conversions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9379).
shutdown action plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9318).
slack callback plugin - add http_agent option to enable the user to set a custom user agent for slack callback plugin (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9813, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9836).
slack callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
slack callback plugin - clean up string conversions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9379).
slack callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
snap - add return value version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9598).
snap_alias - add return value version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9598).
solaris_zone - open file using open() as a context manager (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9579).
sorcery - open file using open() as a context manager (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9579).
splunk callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
splunk callback plugin - instead of trying to extract the ansible-core version from task data, use ansible-core's actual version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10193).
splunk callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
ssh_config - add dynamicforward option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9192).
ssh_config - add other_options option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8053, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9684).
stackpath_compute inventory plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
stackpath_compute inventory plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9323).
sudosu become plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
sudosu become plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9319).
sumologic callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
sumologic callback plugin - instead of trying to extract the ansible-core version from task data, use ansible-core's actual version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10193).
syslog_json callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
systemd_info - add wildcard expression support in unitname option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9821).
systemd_info - extend support to timer units (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9891).
terraform - adds the no_color parameter, which suppresses or allows color codes in stdout from Terraform commands (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10154).
time filter plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9585).
timestamp callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
timestamp callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
timezone - open file using open() as a context manager (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9579).
to_ini filter plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9585).
to_ini filter plugin - clean up string conversions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9379).
tss lookup plugin - clean up string conversions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9379).
tss lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
ufw - add support for vrrp protocol (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9562, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9582).
unicode_normalize filter plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9585).
unixy callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
unixy callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
version_sort filter plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9585).
virtualbox inventory plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
virtualbox inventory plugin - clean up string conversions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9379).
virtualbox inventory plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9323).
vmadm - add new options flexible_disk_size and owner_uuid (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9892).
wdc_redfish_command, wdc_redfish_info - add validate_certs, ca_path, and ciphers options to configure TLS/SSL (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3686, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9964).
xbps - add root and repository options to enable bootstrapping new void installations (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9174).
xcc_redfish_command - add validate_certs, ca_path, and ciphers options to configure TLS/SSL (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3686, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9964).
xen_orchestra inventory plugin - add use_vm_uuid and use_host_uuid boolean options to allow switching over to using VM/Xen name labels instead of UUIDs as item names (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9787).
xen_orchestra inventory plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
xen_orchestra inventory plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9323).
xfconf - add return value version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9226).
xfconf_info - add return value version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9226).
xml - support adding value of children when creating with subnodes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8437).
yaml cache plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
yaml callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
yaml callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
zone connection plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
zone connection plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9322).
zypper - add quiet option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9270).
zypper - add simple_errors option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9270).
zypper - adds skip_post_errors that allows to skip RPM post-install errors (Zypper return code 107) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9972).

Deprecated Features

MH module utils - attribute debug definition in subclasses of MH is now deprecated, as that name will become a delegation to AnsibleModule in community.general 12.0.0, and any such attribute will be overridden by that delegation in that version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9577).
atomic_container - module is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 13.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9487).
atomic_host - module is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 13.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9487).
atomic_image - module is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 13.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9487).
facter - module is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 12.0.0, use community.general.facter_facts instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9451).
locale_gen - ubuntu_mode=True, or mechanism=ubuntu_legacy is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 13.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9238).
manifold lookup plugin - plugin is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 11.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10028).
opkg - deprecate value "" for parameter force (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9172).
pipx module_utils - function make_process_list() is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 13.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10031).
profitbricks - module is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 11.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9733).
profitbricks_datacenter - module is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 11.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9733).
profitbricks_nic - module is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 11.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9733).
profitbricks_volume - module is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 11.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9733).
profitbricks_volume_attachments - module is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 11.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9733).
pure module utils - the module utils is deprecated and will be removed from community.general 12.0.0. The modules using this were removed in community.general 3.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9432).
purestorage doc fragments - the doc fragment is deprecated and will be removed from community.general 12.0.0. The modules using this were removed in community.general 3.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9432).
redfish_utils module utils - deprecate method RedfishUtils._init_session() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9190).
sensu_check - module is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 13.0.0, use collection sensu.sensu_go instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9483).
sensu_client - module is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 13.0.0, use collection sensu.sensu_go instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9483).
sensu_handler - module is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 13.0.0, use collection sensu.sensu_go instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9483).
sensu_silence - module is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 13.0.0, use collection sensu.sensu_go instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9483).
sensu_subscription - module is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 13.0.0, use collection sensu.sensu_go instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9483).
slack - the default value auto of the prepend_hash option is deprecated and will change to never in community.general 12.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9443).
stackpath_compute inventory plugin - plugin is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 11.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10026).
yaml callback plugin - deprecate plugin in favor of result_format=yaml in plugin ansible.bulitin.default (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9456).
yaml callback plugin - the YAML callback plugin was deprecated for removal in community.general 13.0.0. Since it needs to use ansible-core internals since ansible-core 2.19 that are changing a lot, we will remove this plugin already from community.general 12.0.0 to ease the maintenance burden (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10213).

Removed Features (previously deprecated)

Dropped support for ansible-core 2.15. The collection now requires ansible-core 2.16 or newer. This means that on the controller, Python 3.10+ is required. On the target side, Python 2.7 and Python 3.6+ are supported (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10160, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10192).
The Proxmox content (modules and plugins) has been moved to the new collection community.proxmox. Since community.general 11.0.0, these modules and plugins have been replaced by deprecated redirections to community.proxmox. You need to explicitly install community.proxmox, for example with ansible-galaxy collection install community.proxmox, or by installing a new enough version of the Ansible community package. We suggest to update your roles and playbooks to use the new FQCNs as soon as possible to avoid getting deprecation messages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10110).
apt_rpm - the present and installed states are no longer equivalent to latest, but to present_not_latest (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10126).
clc_* modules and doc fragment - the modules were removed since CenturyLink Cloud services went EOL in September 2023 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10126).
django_manage - the ack_venv_creation_deprecation option has been removed. It had no effect anymore anyway (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10126).
git_config - it is no longer allowed to use state=present with no value to read the config value. Use the community.general.git_config_info module instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10126).
git_config - the list_all option has been removed. Use the community.general.git_config_info module instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10126).
hipchat - the module was removed since the hipchat service has been discontinued and the self-hosted variant has been End of Life since 2020 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10126).
manifold lookup plugin - the plugin was removed since the company was acquired in 2021 and service was ceased afterwards (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10126).
mh.mixins.deps module utils - this module utils has been removed. Use the deps module utils instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10126).
mh.mixins.vars module utils - this module utils has been removed. Use VarDict from the vardict module utils instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10126).
mh.module_helper module utils - AnsibleModule and VarsMixin are no longer provided (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10126).
mh.module_helper module utils - VarDict is now imported from the vardict module utils and no longer from the removed mh.mixins.vars module utils (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10126).
mh.module_helper module utils - the attributes use_old_vardict and mute_vardict_deprecation from ModuleHelper have been removed. We suggest to remove them from your modules if you no longer support community.general < 11.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10126).
module_helper module utils - StateMixin, DependencyCtxMgr, VarMeta, VarDict, and VarsMixin are no longer provided (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10126).
pipx - module no longer supports pipx older than 1.7.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10137).
pipx_info - module no longer supports pipx older than 1.7.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10137).
profitbrick* modules - the modules were removed since the supporting library is unsupported since 2021 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10126).
redfish_utils module utils - the _init_session method has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10126).
stackpath_compute inventory plugin - the plugin was removed since the company and the service were sunset in June 2024 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10126).

Security Fixes

keycloak_authentication - API calls did not properly set the priority during update resulting in incorrectly sorted authentication flows. This apparently only affects Keycloak 25 or newer (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9263).
keycloak_client - Sanitize saml.encryption.private.key so it does not show in the logs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9621).

Bugfixes

apache2_mod_proxy - make compatible with Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9762).
apache2_mod_proxy - passing the cluster's page as referer for the member's pages. This makes the module actually work again for halfway modern Apache versions. According to some comments founds on the net the referer was required since at least 2019 for some versions of Apache 2 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9762).
cloudflare_dns - fix crash when deleting a DNS record or when updating a record with solo=true (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9652, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9649).
cloudlare_dns - handle exhausted response stream in case of HTTP errors to show nice error message to the user (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9782, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9818).
cobbler_system - fix bug with Cobbler >= 3.4.0 caused by giving more than 2 positional arguments to CobblerXMLRPCInterface.get_system_handle() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8506, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10145).
cobbler_system - update minimum version number to avoid wrong comparisons that happen in some cases using LooseVersion class which results in TypeError (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8506, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10145, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10178).
dependent look plugin - make compatible with ansible-core's Data Tagging feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9833).
dig lookup plugin - correctly handle NoNameserver exception (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9363, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9362).
diy callback plugin - make compatible with ansible-core's Data Tagging feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9833).
dnf_config_manager - fix hanging when prompting to import GPG keys (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9124, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8830).
dnf_config_manager - forces locale to C before module starts. If the locale was set to non-English, the output of the dnf config-manager could not be parsed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9157, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9046).
dnf_versionlock - add support for dnf5 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9556).
elasticsearch_plugin - fix ERROR: D is not a recognized option issue when configuring proxy settings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9774, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9773).
flatpak - force the locale language to C when running the flatpak command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9187, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8883).
gio_mime - fix command line when determining version of gio (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9171, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9158).
github_deploy_key - check that key really exists on 422 to avoid masking other errors (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6718, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10011).
github_key - in check mode, a faulty call to `datetime.strftime(...)` was being made which generated an exception (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9185).
gitlab_group_access_token, gitlab_project_access_token - fix handling of group and project access tokens for changes in GitLab 17.10 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10196).
hashids and unicode_normalize filter plugins - avoid deprecated AnsibleFilterTypeError on ansible-core 2.19 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9992).
homebrew - emit a useful error message if brew info reports a package tap is null (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10013, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10012).
homebrew - fix crash when package names include tap (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9777, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9803).
homebrew - fix incorrect handling of aliased homebrew modules when the alias is requested (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9255, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9240).
homebrew - fix incorrect handling of homebrew modules when a tap is requested (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9546, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9533).
homebrew - make package name parsing more resilient (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9665, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9641).
homebrew_cask - allow + symbol in Homebrew cask name validation regex (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9128).
homebrew_cask - handle unusual brew version strings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8432, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9881).
htpasswd - report changes when file permissions are adjusted (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9485, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9490).
iocage inventory plugin - the plugin parses the IP4 tab of the jails list and put the elements into the new variable iocage_ip4_dict. In multiple interface format the variable iocage_ip4 keeps the comma-separated list of IP4 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9538).
ipa_host - module revoked existing host certificates even if user_certificate was not given (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9694).
java_cert - the module no longer fails if the optional parameters pkcs12_alias and cert_alias are not provided (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9970).
kdeconfig - allow option values beginning with a dash (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10127, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10128).
keycloak - update more than 10 sub-groups (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9690, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9692).
keycloak module utils - replaces missing return in get_role_composites method which caused it to return None instead of composite roles (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9678, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9691).
keycloak_authentication - fix authentification config duplication for Keycloak < 26.2.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9987).
keycloak_client - fix and improve existing tests. The module showed a diff without actual changes, solved by improving the normalise_cr() function (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9644).
keycloak_client - fix diff by removing code that turns the attributes dict which contains additional settings into a list (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9077).
keycloak_client - fix the idempotency regression by normalizing the Keycloak response for after_client (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9905, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9976).
keycloak_client - in check mode, detect whether the lists in before client (for example redirect URI list) contain items that the lists in the desired client do not contain (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9739).
keycloak_clientscope - fix diff and end_state by removing the code that turns the attributes dict, which contains additional config items, into a list (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9082).
keycloak_clientscope_type - sort the default and optional clientscope lists to improve the diff (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9202).
keycloak_user_rolemapping - fix --diff mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10067, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10075).
lldp - fix crash caused by certain lldpctl output where an attribute is defined as branch and leaf (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9657).
nmcli - enable changing only the order of DNS servers or search suffixes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8724, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9880).
onepassword_doc lookup plugin - ensure that 1Password Connect support also works for this plugin (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9625).
passwordstore lookup plugin - fix subkey creation even when create=false (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9105, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9106).
pickle cache plugin - avoid extra JSON serialization with ansible-core >= 2.19 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10136).
pipx - honor option global when state=latest (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9623).
qubes connection plugin - fix the printing of debug information (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9334).
redfish_utils module utils - Fix VerifyBiosAttributes command on multi system resource nodes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9234).
redfish_utils module utils - remove undocumented default applytime (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9114).
redhat_subscription - do not try to unsubscribe (i.e. remove subscriptions) when unregistering a system: newer versions of subscription-manager, as available in EL 10 and Fedora 41+, do not support entitlements anymore, and thus unsubscribing will fail (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9578).
redhat_subscription - use the "enable_content" option (when available) when registering using D-Bus, to ensure that subscription-manager enables the content on registration; this is particular important on EL 10+ and Fedora 41+ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9778).
reveal_ansible_type filter plugin and ansible_type test plugin - make compatible with ansible-core's Data Tagging feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9833).
rundeck_acl_policy - ensure that project ACLs are sent to the correct endpoint (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10097).
slack - fail if Slack API response is not OK with error message (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9198).
sudoers - display stdout and stderr raised while failed validation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9674, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9871).
sysrc - no longer always reporting changed=true when state=absent. This fixes the method exists() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10004, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10005).
sysrc - split the output of sysrc -e -a on the first = only (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10120, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10121).
xml - ensure file descriptor is closed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9695).
yaml callback plugin - adjust to latest changes in ansible-core devel (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10212).
yaml callback plugin - use ansible-core internals to avoid breakage with Data Tagging (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9833).
yaml callback plugin - when using ansible-core 2.19.0b2 or newer, uses a new utility provided by ansible-core. This allows us to remove all hacks and vendored code that was part of the plugin for ansible-core versions with Data Tagging so far (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10242).
zfs - fix handling of multi-line values of user-defined ZFS properties (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6264).
zfs_facts - parameter type now accepts multple values as documented (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5909, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9697).
zypper_repository - make compatible with Python 3.12+ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10222, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10223).
zypper_repository - use metalink attribute to identify repositories without <url/> element (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10224, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10225).

Known Issues

reveal_ansible_type filter plugin and ansible_type test plugin - note that ansible-core's Data Tagging feature implements new aliases, such as _AnsibleTaggedStr for str, _AnsibleTaggedInt for int, and _AnsibleTaggedFloat for float (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9833).

New Plugins

Callback

community.general.print_task - Prints playbook task snippet to job output.

Connection

community.general.wsl - Run tasks in WSL distribution using wsl.exe CLI via SSH.

Filter

community.general.accumulate - Produce a list of accumulated sums of the input list contents.
community.general.json_diff - Create a JSON patch by comparing two JSON files.
community.general.json_patch - Apply a JSON-Patch (RFC 6902) operation to an object.
community.general.json_patch_recipe - Apply JSON-Patch (RFC 6902) operations to an object.
community.general.to_prettytable - Format a list of dictionaries as an ASCII table.

Inventory

community.general.iocage - iocage inventory source.

Lookup

community.general.onepassword_ssh_key - Fetch SSH keys stored in 1Password.

New Modules

community.general.android_sdk - Manages Android SDK packages.
community.general.decompress - Decompresses compressed files.
community.general.ldap_inc - Use the Modify-Increment LDAP V3 feature to increment an attribute value.
community.general.lvm_pv - Manage LVM Physical Volumes.
community.general.pacemaker_resource - Manage pacemaker resources.
community.general.systemd_creds_decrypt - C(systemd)'s C(systemd-creds decrypt) plugin.
community.general.systemd_creds_encrypt - C(systemd)'s C(systemd-creds encrypt) plugin.
community.general.systemd_info - Gather C(systemd) unit info.
community.general.xdg_mime - Set default handler for MIME types, for applications using XDG tools.
community.general.zpool - Manage ZFS zpools.

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