Prep 6.3.0 release (#1084) (#1088)

Merging changes from stable-6 back into main.

Reviewed-by: GomathiselviS <gomathiselvi@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Matthew Johnson

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -4,6 +4,42 @@ Kubernetes Collection Release Notes
 
 .. contents:: Topics
 
+v6.3.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+This release includes bugfixes such as implementing idempotency for the ``helm_pull`` module as well as a security update for selectively redacting sensitive information from kubeconfig.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- Remove deprecated import from ``ansible.module_utils._text`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/1053).
+- helm - add ``release_values`` key to ``status`` return value that can be accessed using Jinja2 dot notation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/1056).
+- helm_info - add ``release_values`` key to ``status`` return value that can be accessed using Jinja2 dot notation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/1056).
+
+Deprecated Features
+-------------------
+
+- helm - the ``status.values`` return value has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2027-01-08. Use ``status.release_values`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/1056).
+- helm_info - the ``status.values`` return value has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2027-01-08. Use ``status.release_values`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/1056).
+
+Security Fixes
+--------------
+
+- Selectively redact sensitive info from kubeconfig instead of applying blanket ``no_log=True`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/1014).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Add idempotency for ``helm_pull`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/1055).
+- Fixed a bug where setting ``K8S_AUTH_VERIFY_SSL=true`` (or any string value) caused the value to be treated as a separate ``kubectl`` command argument. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/1049).
+- Limit supported versions of Helm to <4.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/1039).
+- Replace passing ``warnings`` to ``exit_json`` with ``AnsibleModule.warn`` in the ``k8s_drain``, ``k8s_rollback.py`` and ``k8s_scale.py`` modules as it deprecated in ``ansible-core>=2.19.0`` and will be removed in ``ansible-core>=2.23.0`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/1033).
+- k8s - Fix return block from the module documentation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/1056).
+- meta - Add ``k8s_cluster_info``, ``k8s_json_patch`` and ``k8s_rollback`` to k8s action group (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/992).
+
 v6.2.0
 ======
 

README.md

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ You can also include it in a `requirements.yml` file and install it via `ansible
 ---
 collections:
   - name: kubernetes.core
-    version: 6.2.0
+    version: 6.3.0
 ```
 
 ### Installing the Kubernetes Python Library

changelogs/changelog.yaml

@@ -1162,9 +1162,8 @@ releases:
       - Add support of skip-schema-validation in ``helm`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/995)
       - kustomize - Add support of local environ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/786).
       release_summary: This release adds minor changes and bugfixes, including support
-        of skip-schema-validation in ``helm`` module and removing deprecated
-        ``ansible.module_utils.six`` imports.
-
+        of skip-schema-validation in ``helm`` module and removing deprecated ``ansible.module_utils.six``
+        imports.
     fragments:
     - 20241030-support-of-evrion-for-kustomize-lookup-plugin.yaml
     - 20250731-fix-k8s_cp-initcontainers.yaml
@@ -1172,3 +1171,48 @@ releases:
     - 20250922-remove-ansible-six-imports.yaml
     - 6_2_0.yml
     release_date: '2025-10-07'
+  6.3.0:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - Add idempotency for ``helm_pull`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/1055).
+      - Fixed a bug where setting ``K8S_AUTH_VERIFY_SSL=true`` (or any string value)
+        caused the value to be treated as a separate ``kubectl`` command argument.
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/1049).
+      - Limit supported versions of Helm to <4.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/1039).
+      - Replace passing ``warnings`` to ``exit_json`` with ``AnsibleModule.warn``
+        in the ``k8s_drain``, ``k8s_rollback.py`` and ``k8s_scale.py`` modules as
+        it deprecated in ``ansible-core>=2.19.0`` and will be removed in ``ansible-core>=2.23.0``
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/1033).
+      - k8s - Fix return block from the module documentation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/1056).
+      - meta - Add ``k8s_cluster_info``, ``k8s_json_patch`` and ``k8s_rollback`` to
+        k8s action group (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/992).
+      deprecated_features:
+      - helm - the ``status.values`` return value has been deprecated and will be
+        removed in a release after 2027-01-08. Use ``status.release_values`` instead
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/1056).
+      - helm_info - the ``status.values`` return value has been deprecated and will
+        be removed in a release after 2027-01-08. Use ``status.release_values`` instead
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/1056).
+      minor_changes:
+      - Remove deprecated import from ``ansible.module_utils._text`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/1053).
+      - helm - add ``release_values`` key to ``status`` return value that can be accessed
+        using Jinja2 dot notation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/1056).
+      - helm_info - add ``release_values`` key to ``status`` return value that can
+        be accessed using Jinja2 dot notation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/1056).
+      release_summary: This release includes bugfixes such as implementing idempotency
+        for the ``helm_pull`` module as well as a security update for selectively
+        redacting sensitive information from kubeconfig.
+      security_fixes:
+      - Selectively redact sensitive info from kubeconfig instead of applying blanket
+        ``no_log=True`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/1014).
+    fragments:
+    - 1033-warnings-deprecations.yaml
+    - 20251002-fix-k8s-actiongroup.yaml
+    - 20251007-selective-kubeconfig-redaction.yaml
+    - 20251115-limit-versions-of-helm.yaml
+    - 20251220-fix-K8S_AUTH_VERIFY_SSL-in-kubectl-connecton-plugion.yaml
+    - 20251228-1053-remove-deprecated-import.yaml
+    - 20260107-add-idempodency-for-helm-pull.yaml
+    - 20260108-fix-sanity-failures.yml
+    - 6-3-0.yaml
+    release_date: '2026-02-03'

changelogs/fragments/20251228-1053-remove-deprecated-import.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-- Remove deprecated import from ``ansible.module_utils._text`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/1053).