Add missing changelog fragments from 5.4.0 and 5.4.1 releases (#1015)

Reviewed-by: Mandar Kulkarni <mandar242@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Yuriy Novostavskiy <yuriy@novostavskiy.kyiv.ua>

.github/workflows/integration-tests.yaml

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: ${{ env.source_dir }}
           fetch-depth: "0"
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
 
       - name: list changes for pull request
         id: splitter

.gitignore

@@ -21,3 +21,6 @@ tests/integration/*-chart-*.tgz
 # ansible-test generated file
 tests/integration/inventory
 tests/integration/*-*.yml
+
+# VS Code settings
+.vscode/

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -4,6 +4,25 @@ Kubernetes Collection Release Notes
 
 .. contents:: Topics
 
+v6.2.0
+======
+
+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.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- 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).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Remove ``ansible.module_utils.six`` imports to avoid warnings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/998).
+- Update the ``k8s_cp`` module to also work for init containers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/971).
 
 v6.1.0
 ======
@@ -11,7 +30,7 @@ v6.1.0
 Release Summary
 ---------------
 
-This release includes a fix for kubeconfig output, added ``plain_http`` and ``take_ownership`` parameters for helm modules, support for ``hidden_fields`` in ``k8s_json_patch``, documented lack of idempotency support in ``helm_registry_auth`` with ``helm ≥ 3.18.0``, and improved ``k8s_rollback`` test coverage.
+This release adds ``plain_http`` and ``take_ownership`` parameters for helm modules, support for ``hidden_fields`` in ``k8s_json_patch``, documented lack of idempotency support in ``helm_registry_auth`` with ``helm ≥ 3.18.0``, and improved ``k8s_rollback`` test coverage.
 
 Minor Changes
 -------------
@@ -37,26 +56,54 @@ Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
 - Remove deprecated ``k8s`` invetory plugin (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/867).
 - Remove support for ``ansible-core<2.16`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/867).
 
+v5.4.1
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+This release includes bugfixes for k8s service field handling, k8s_cp init containers support, and removes deprecated ansible.module_utils.six imports.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Remove ``ansible.module_utils.six`` imports to avoid warnings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/998).
+- Update the `k8s_cp` module to also work for init containers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/971).
+- module_utils/k8s/service - hide fields first before creating diffs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/915).
+
+v5.4.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+This release updates the ``helm_registry_auth`` module to match the behavior of ``helm >= 3.18.0`` which reports a successful logout regardless of the current state (i.e., no idempotency).
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- Module ``helm_registry_auth`` does not support idempotency with ``helm >= 3.18.0`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/946)
+
 v5.3.0
 ======
 
 Release Summary
 ---------------
 
-This release includes minor changes, bug fixes and also bumps ansible-lint version to ``25.1.2``.
+This release includes minor changes, bug fixes and also bumps ``ansible-lint`` version to ``25.1.2``.
 
 Minor Changes
 -------------
 
-- Bump version of ansible-lint to 25.1.2 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/919).
+- Bump version of ``ansible-lint`` to 25.1.2 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/919).
 - action/k8s_info - update templating mechanism with changes from ``ansible-core 2.19`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/888).
-- helm - add reset_then_reuse_values support to helm module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/803).
+- helm - add ``reset_then_reuse_values`` support to helm module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/803).
 - helm - add support for ``insecure_skip_tls_verify`` option to helm and helm_repository(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/694).
 
 Bugfixes
 --------
 
-- module_utils/k8s/service - fix issue when trying to delete resource using `delete_options` and `check_mode=true` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/892).
+- module_utils/k8s/service - fix issue when trying to delete resource using ``delete_options`` and ``check_mode=true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/892).
 
 v5.2.0
 ======
@@ -84,7 +131,7 @@ This release came with new module ``helm_registry_auth``, improvements to the er
 Minor Changes
 -------------
 
-- Bump version of ansible-lint to minimum 24.7.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/765).
+- Bump version of ``ansible-lint`` to minimum 24.7.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/765).
 - Parameter insecure_registry added to helm_template as equivalent of insecure-skip-tls-verify (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/805).
 - k8s_drain - Improve error message for pod disruption budget when draining a node (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/797).
 

Makefile

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Also needs to be updated in galaxy.yml
-VERSION = 6.1.0
+VERSION = 6.2.0
 
 TEST_ARGS ?= ""
 PYTHON_VERSION ?= `python -c 'import platform; print(".".join(platform.python_version_tuple()[0:2]))'`

README.md

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ You can also include it in a `requirements.yml` file and install it via `ansible
 ---
 collections:
   - name: kubernetes.core
-    version: 6.1.0
+    version: 6.2.0
 ```
 
 ### Installing the Kubernetes Python Library

changelogs/changelog.yaml

@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ releases:
       - kustomize - kustomize plugin fails with deprecation warnings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/639).
       - waiter - Fix waiting for daemonset when desired number of pods is 0. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/756).
       minor_changes:
-      - Bump version of ansible-lint to minimum 24.7.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/765).
+      - Bump version of ``ansible-lint`` to minimum 24.7.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/765).
       - Parameter insecure_registry added to helm_template as equivalent of insecure-skip-tls-verify
         (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/805).
       - k8s_drain - Improve error message for pod disruption budget when draining
@@ -1044,6 +1044,33 @@ releases:
     - 898-k8s-dont-delete-in-check-mode.yaml
     - 919-update-ansible-lint-version.yaml
     release_date: '2025-05-16'
+  5.4.0:
+    changes:
+      minor_changes:
+      - Module ``helm_registry_auth`` does not support idempotency with ``helm >= 3.18.0``
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/946).
+      release_summary: This release updates the ``helm_registry_auth`` module to match the behavior of ``helm >= 3.18.0`` which reports a successful logout regardless of the current state (i.e., no idempotency).
+    fragments:
+    - 20250411-kubeconfig-no_log-revert.yaml
+    - 20250503-fix-unit-tests.yml
+    - 20250605-fix-helm_registry_auth-integration_test.yaml
+    - 5.4.0.yml
+    release_date: '2025-08-12'
+  5.4.1:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - Remove ``ansible.module_utils.six`` imports to avoid warnings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/998).
+      - Update the `k8s_cp` module to also work for init containers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/971).
+      - module_utils/k8s/service - hide fields first before creating diffs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/915).
+      release_summary: This release includes bugfixes for k8s service field handling,
+        k8s_cp init containers support, and removes deprecated ansible.module_utils.six
+        imports.
+    fragments:
+    - 20250428-k8s-service-hide-fields-first.yaml
+    - 20250731-fix-k8s_cp-initcontainers.yaml
+    - 20250922-remove-ansible-six-imports.yaml
+    - 5.4.1.yml
+    release_date: '2025-10-07'
   6.0.0:
     changes:
       breaking_changes:
@@ -1067,10 +1094,10 @@ releases:
         (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/934).
       - helm_template - Parameter plain_http added for working with insecure OCI registries
         (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/934).
-      release_summary: "This release includes a fix for kubeconfig output, added ``plain_http``
+      release_summary: "This release adds ``plain_http`` and ``take_ownership`` parameters
-        and ``take_ownership`` parameters for helm modules, support for ``hidden_fields``
+        for helm modules, support for ``hidden_fields`` in ``k8s_json_patch``, documented
-        in ``k8s_json_patch``, documented lack of idempotency support in ``helm_registry_auth``
+        lack of idempotency support in ``helm_registry_auth`` with ``helm \u2265 3.18.0``,
-        with ``helm \u2265 3.18.0``, and improved ``k8s_rollback`` test coverage."
+        and improved ``k8s_rollback`` test coverage."
     fragments:
     - 20250411-kubeconfig-no_log-revert.yaml
     - 20250428-k8s-service-hide-fields-first.yaml
@@ -1081,3 +1108,22 @@ releases:
     - 20250911-add-support-helm-take-ownership.yaml
     - release_summary.yml
     release_date: '2025-08-12'
+  6.2.0:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - Remove ``ansible.module_utils.six`` imports to avoid warnings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/998).
+      - Update the `k8s_cp` module to also work for init containers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/971).
+      minor_changes:
+      - 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.
+
+    fragments:
+    - 20241030-support-of-evrion-for-kustomize-lookup-plugin.yaml
+    - 20250731-fix-k8s_cp-initcontainers.yaml
+    - 20250916-skip-schema-validation.yaml
+    - 20250922-remove-ansible-six-imports.yaml
+    - 6_2_0.yml
+    release_date: '2025-10-07'

docs/kubernetes.core.helm_module.rst

@@ -622,6 +622,27 @@ Parameters
                         <div>Skip custom resource definitions when installing or upgrading.</div>
                 </td>
             </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>skip_schema_validation</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 6.2.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
+                                    <li>yes</li>
+                        </ul>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Disables JSON schema validation for Chart and values.</div>
+                        <div>This feature requires helm &gt;= 3.16.0</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
             <tr>
                 <td colspan="2">
                     <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>

docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_cp_module.rst

@@ -512,6 +512,7 @@ Notes
 
 .. note::
    - the tar binary is required on the container when copying from local filesystem to pod.
+   - the (init) container has to be started before you copy files or directories to it.
    - To avoid SSL certificate validation errors when ``validate_certs`` is *True*, the full certificate chain for the API server must be provided via ``ca_cert`` or in the kubeconfig file.
 
 

docs/kubernetes.core.kustomize_lookup.rst

@@ -95,6 +95,26 @@ Parameters
                         <div>Enable the helm chart inflation generator</div>
                 </td>
             </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>environment</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">raw</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 6.2.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">{}</div>
+                </td>
+                    <td>
+                    </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>The environment variables to pass to the kustomize or kubectl command.</div>
+                        <div>This can be a dictionary or a string in the format key=value, multiple pairs separated by space.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
             <tr>
                 <td colspan="1">
                     <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
@@ -145,6 +165,14 @@ Examples
       kubernetes.core.k8s:
         definition: "{{ lookup('kubernetes.core.kustomize', dir='/path/to/kustomization', enable_helm=True) }}"
 
+    - name: Create kubernetes resources for lookup output with environment variables in string format
+      kubernetes.core.k8s:
+        definition: "{{ lookup('kubernetes.core.kustomize', binary_path='/path/to/kubectl', environment='HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy.example.com:3128') }}"
+
+    - name: Create kubernetes resources for lookup output with environment variables in dict format
+      kubernetes.core.k8s:
+        definition: "{{ lookup('kubernetes.core.kustomize', binary_path='/path/to/kubectl', environment={'HTTP_PROXY': 'http://proxy.example.com:3128'}) }}"
+
 
 
 Return Values

galaxy.yml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ tags:
   - openshift
   - okd
   - cluster
-version: 6.1.0
+version: 6.2.0
 build_ignore:
   - .DS_Store
   - "*.tar.gz"

plugins/action/k8s_info.py

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ from ansible.errors import (
 )
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_native, to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.parsing.convert_bool import boolean
-from ansible.module_utils.six import iteritems, string_types
 from ansible.plugins.action import ActionBase
 
 try:
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
             "trim_blocks": True,
             "lstrip_blocks": False,
         }
-        if isinstance(template, string_types):
+        if isinstance(template, str):
             # treat this as raw_params
             template_param["path"] = template
         elif isinstance(template, dict):
@@ -120,7 +119,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
             ):
                 if s_type in template_args:
                     value = ensure_type(template_args[s_type], "string")
-                    if value is not None and not isinstance(value, string_types):
+                    if value is not None and not isinstance(value, str):
                         raise AnsibleActionFail(
                             "%s is expected to be a string, but got %s instead"
                             % (s_type, type(value))
@@ -196,7 +195,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
             )
 
         template_params = []
-        if isinstance(template, string_types) or isinstance(template, dict):
+        if isinstance(template, str) or isinstance(template, dict):
             template_params.append(self.get_template_args(template))
         elif isinstance(template, list):
             for element in template:
@@ -246,7 +245,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
                 # add ansible 'template' vars
                 temp_vars = copy.deepcopy(task_vars)
                 overrides = {}
-                for key, value in iteritems(template_item):
+                for key, value in template_item.items():
                     if hasattr(self._templar.environment, key):
                         if value is not None:
                             overrides[key] = value
@@ -303,7 +302,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
             )
 
     def get_kubeconfig(self, kubeconfig, remote_transport, new_module_args):
-        if isinstance(kubeconfig, string_types):
+        if isinstance(kubeconfig, str):
             # find the kubeconfig in the expected search path
             if not remote_transport:
                 # kubeconfig is local

plugins/lookup/kustomize.py

@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ DOCUMENTATION = """
         description:
         - Enable the helm chart inflation generator
         default: "False"
+      environment:
+        description:
+        - The environment variables to pass to the kustomize or kubectl command.
+        - This can be a dictionary or a string in the format key=value, multiple pairs separated by space.
+        type: raw
+        default: {}
+        version_added: 6.2.0
 
     requirements:
       - "python >= 3.6"
@@ -55,6 +62,14 @@ EXAMPLES = """
 - name: Create kubernetes resources for lookup output with `--enable-helm` set
   kubernetes.core.k8s:
     definition: "{{ lookup('kubernetes.core.kustomize', dir='/path/to/kustomization', enable_helm=True) }}"
+
+- name: Create kubernetes resources for lookup output with environment variables in string format
+  kubernetes.core.k8s:
+    definition: "{{ lookup('kubernetes.core.kustomize', binary_path='/path/to/kubectl', environment='HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy.example.com:3128') }}"
+
+- name: Create kubernetes resources for lookup output with environment variables in dict format
+  kubernetes.core.k8s:
+    definition: "{{ lookup('kubernetes.core.kustomize', binary_path='/path/to/kubectl', environment={'HTTP_PROXY': 'http://proxy.example.com:3128'}) }}"
 """
 
 RETURN = """
@@ -72,6 +87,7 @@ RETURN = """
         key1: val1
 """
 
+import os
 import subprocess
 
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleLookupError
@@ -92,8 +108,10 @@ def get_binary_from_path(name, opt_dirs=None):
         return None
 
 
-def run_command(command):
+def run_command(command, environ=None):
-    cmd = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    cmd = subprocess.Popen(
+        command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, env=environ
+    )
     stdout, stderr = cmd.communicate()
     return cmd.returncode, stdout, stderr
 
@@ -107,6 +125,7 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
         binary_path=None,
         opt_dirs=None,
         enable_helm=False,
+        environment=None,
         **kwargs
     ):
         executable_path = binary_path
@@ -141,7 +160,21 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
         if enable_helm:
             command += ["--enable-helm"]
 
-        (ret, out, err) = run_command(command)
+        environ = None
+        if environment:
+            environ = os.environ.copy()
+            if isinstance(environment, str):
+                if not all(env.count("=") == 1 for env in environment.split(" ")):
+                    raise AnsibleLookupError(
+                        "environment should be dict or string in the format key=value, multiple pairs separated by space"
+                    )
+                for env in environment.split(" "):
+                    key, value = env.split("=")
+                    environ[key] = value
+            if isinstance(environment, dict):
+                environ.update(environment)
+
+        (ret, out, err) = run_command(command, environ=environ)
         if ret != 0:
             if err:
                 raise AnsibleLookupError(

plugins/module_utils/args_common.py

@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 
-from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
-
 __metaclass__ = type
 
 
 def list_dict_str(value):
-    if isinstance(value, (list, dict, string_types)):
+    if isinstance(value, (list, dict, str)):
         return value
     raise TypeError
 

plugins/module_utils/copy.py

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class K8SCopy(metaclass=ABCMeta):
             return error, stdout, stderr
         except Exception as e:
             self.module.fail_json(
-                msg="Error while running/parsing from pod {1}/{2} command='{0}' : {3}".format(
+                msg="Error while running/parsing from pod {0}/{1} command='{2}' : {3}".format(
                     self.namespace, self.name, cmd, to_native(e)
                 )
             )
@@ -435,11 +435,21 @@ def check_pod(svc):
 
     try:
         result = svc.client.get(resource, name=name, namespace=namespace)
-        containers = [
+        containers = dict(
-            c["name"] for c in result.to_dict()["status"]["containerStatuses"]
+            {
-        ]
+                c["name"]: c
-        if container and container not in containers:
+                for cl in ["initContainerStatuses", "containerStatuses"]
+                for c in result.to_dict()["status"].get(cl, [])
+            }
+        )
+        if container and container not in containers.keys():
             module.fail_json(msg="Pod has no container {0}".format(container))
-        return containers
+        if (
+            container
+            and container in containers
+            and not bool(containers[container].get("started", False))
+        ):
+            module.fail_json(msg="Pod container {0} is not started".format(container))
+        return containers.keys()
     except Exception as exc:
         _fail(exc)

plugins/module_utils/helm.py

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import tempfile
 import traceback
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule, missing_required_lib
-from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
 from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.version import (
     LooseVersion,
 )
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ class AnsibleHelmModule(object):
         kubeconfig_content = None
         kubeconfig = self.params.get("kubeconfig")
         if kubeconfig:
-            if isinstance(kubeconfig, string_types):
+            if isinstance(kubeconfig, str):
                 with open(os.path.expanduser(kubeconfig)) as fd:
                     kubeconfig_content = yaml.safe_load(fd)
             elif isinstance(kubeconfig, dict):

plugins/module_utils/k8s/client.py

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import hashlib
 import os
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
 
-from ansible.module_utils.six import iteritems, string_types
 from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.args_common import (
     AUTH_ARG_MAP,
     AUTH_ARG_SPEC,
@@ -115,7 +114,7 @@ def _load_config(auth: Dict) -> None:
         "persist_config": auth.get("persist_config"),
     }
     if kubeconfig:
-        if isinstance(kubeconfig, string_types):
+        if isinstance(kubeconfig, str):
             kubernetes.config.load_kube_config(config_file=kubeconfig, **optional_arg)
         elif isinstance(kubeconfig, dict):
             kubernetes.config.load_kube_config_from_dict(
@@ -163,7 +162,7 @@ def _create_configuration(auth: Dict):
     except AttributeError:
         configuration = kubernetes.client.Configuration()
 
-    for key, value in iteritems(auth):
+    for key, value in auth.items():
         if key in AUTH_ARG_MAP.keys() and value is not None:
             if key == "api_key":
                 setattr(

plugins/module_utils/k8s/resource.py

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 import os
 from typing import Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Union, cast
 
-from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import Request
 
 try:
@@ -78,11 +77,11 @@ def create_definitions(params: Dict) -> List[ResourceDefinition]:
 def from_yaml(definition: Union[str, List, Dict]) -> Iterable[Dict]:
     """Load resource definitions from a yaml definition."""
     definitions: List[Dict] = []
-    if isinstance(definition, string_types):
+    if isinstance(definition, str):
         definitions += yaml.safe_load_all(definition)
     elif isinstance(definition, list):
         for item in definition:
-            if isinstance(item, string_types):
+            if isinstance(item, str):
                 definitions += yaml.safe_load_all(item)
             else:
                 definitions.append(item)

plugins/modules/helm.py

@@ -251,6 +251,13 @@ options:
     type: bool
     default: False
     version_added: 6.1.0
+  skip_schema_validation:
+    description:
+      - Disables JSON schema validation for Chart and values.
+      - This feature requires helm >= 3.16.0
+    type: bool
+    default: False
+    version_added: 6.2.0
 extends_documentation_fragment:
   - kubernetes.core.helm_common_options
 """
@@ -568,6 +575,7 @@ def deploy(
     insecure_skip_tls_verify=False,
     plain_http=False,
     take_ownership=False,
+    skip_schema_validation=False,
 ):
     """
     Install/upgrade/rollback release chart
@@ -658,6 +666,17 @@ def deploy(
     if set_value_args:
         deploy_command += " " + set_value_args
 
+    if skip_schema_validation:
+        helm_version = module.get_helm_version()
+        if LooseVersion(helm_version) < LooseVersion("3.16.0"):
+            module.fail_json(
+                msg="skip_schema_validation requires helm >= 3.16.0, current version is {0}".format(
+                    helm_version
+                )
+            )
+        else:
+            deploy_command += " --skip-schema-validation"
+
     deploy_command += " " + release_name + f" '{chart_name}'"
     return deploy_command
 
@@ -731,6 +750,7 @@ def helmdiff_check(
     reset_then_reuse_values=False,
     insecure_skip_tls_verify=False,
     plain_http=False,
+    skip_schema_validation=False,
 ):
     """
     Use helm diff to determine if a release would change by upgrading a chart.
@@ -786,6 +806,17 @@ def helmdiff_check(
     if insecure_skip_tls_verify:
         cmd += " --insecure-skip-tls-verify"
 
+    if skip_schema_validation:
+        helm_version = module.get_helm_version()
+        if LooseVersion(helm_version) < LooseVersion("3.16.0"):
+            module.fail_json(
+                msg="skip_schema_validation requires helm >= 3.16.0, current version is {0}".format(
+                    helm_version
+                )
+            )
+        else:
+            cmd += " --skip-schema-validation"
+
     if plain_http:
         helm_version = module.get_helm_version()
         if LooseVersion(helm_version) < LooseVersion("3.13.0"):
@@ -862,6 +893,7 @@ def argument_spec():
             ),
             plain_http=dict(type="bool", default=False),
             take_ownership=dict(type="bool", default=False),
+            skip_schema_validation=dict(type="bool", default=False),
         )
     )
     return arg_spec
@@ -918,6 +950,7 @@ def main():
     insecure_skip_tls_verify = module.params.get("insecure_skip_tls_verify")
     plain_http = module.params.get("plain_http")
     take_ownership = module.params.get("take_ownership")
+    skip_schema_validation = module.params.get("skip_schema_validation")
 
     if update_repo_cache:
         run_repo_update(module)
@@ -945,6 +978,15 @@ def main():
                 )
             )
 
+    if skip_schema_validation:
+        helm_version = module.get_helm_version()
+        if LooseVersion(helm_version) < LooseVersion("3.16.0"):
+            module.fail_json(
+                msg="skip_schema_validation requires helm >= 3.16.0, current version is {0}".format(
+                    helm_version
+                )
+            )
+
     opt_result = {}
     if release_state == "absent" and release_status is not None:
         # skip release statuses 'uninstalled' and 'uninstalling'
@@ -1037,6 +1079,7 @@ def main():
                 reset_then_reuse_values=reset_then_reuse_values,
                 insecure_skip_tls_verify=insecure_skip_tls_verify,
                 plain_http=plain_http,
+                skip_schema_validation=skip_schema_validation,
             )
             changed = True
 
@@ -1065,6 +1108,7 @@ def main():
                     reset_then_reuse_values=reset_then_reuse_values,
                     insecure_skip_tls_verify=insecure_skip_tls_verify,
                     plain_http=plain_http,
+                    skip_schema_validation=skip_schema_validation,
                 )
                 if would_change and module._diff:
                     opt_result["diff"] = {"prepared": prepared}
@@ -1104,6 +1148,7 @@ def main():
                     insecure_skip_tls_verify=insecure_skip_tls_verify,
                     plain_http=plain_http,
                     take_ownership=take_ownership,
+                    skip_schema_validation=skip_schema_validation,
                 )
                 changed = True
 

plugins/modules/k8s_cp.py

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ options:
 
 notes:
     - the tar binary is required on the container when copying from local filesystem to pod.
+    - the (init) container has to be started before you copy files or directories to it.
 """
 
 EXAMPLES = r"""

tests/integration/targets/helm/defaults/main.yml

@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ test_namespace:
   - "helm-reset-then-reuse-values"
   - "helm-insecure"
   - "helm-test-take-ownership"
+  - "helm-skip-schema-validation"

tests/integration/targets/helm/tasks/run_test.yml

@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@
 - name: Test take ownership flag feature
   include_tasks: test_helm_take_ownership.yml
 
+- name: Test helm skip_schema_validation
+  include_tasks: test_skip_schema_validation.yml
+
 - name: Clean helm install
   file:
     path: "{{ item }}"

tests/integration/targets/helm/tasks/test_skip_schema_validation.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+---
+- name: Test helm skip_schema_validation
+  vars:
+    helm_namespace: "{{ test_namespace[14] }}"
+    chart_release_values:
+      replica:
+        replicaCount: 3
+      master:
+        count: 1
+        kind: Deployment
+  block:
+    - name: Chart installation
+      helm:
+        binary_path: "{{ helm_binary }}"
+        chart_ref: oci://registry-1.docker.io/bitnamicharts/redis
+        release_name: test-redis
+        release_namespace: "{{ helm_namespace }}"
+        create_namespace: true
+        release_values: "{{ chart_release_values }}"
+        skip_schema_validation: true
+      register: install
+      ignore_errors: true
+
+    - name: Debug install result
+      debug:
+        var: install
+
+    - name: Validate skip_schema_validation with helm >= 3.16.0 works
+      assert:
+        that:
+          - install is changed
+          - "'--skip-schema-validation' in install.command"
+      when: "helm_version is ansible.builtin.version('v3.16.0', '>=')"
+
+    - name: Validate skip_schema_validation with helm < 3.16.0 fails
+      assert:
+        that:
+          - install is failed
+          - "'skip_schema_validation requires helm >= 3.16.0' in install.msg"
+      when: "helm_version is ansible.builtin.version('v3.16.0', '<')"
+
+  always:
+    - name: Remove helm namespace
+      k8s:
+        api_version: v1
+        kind: Namespace
+        name: "{{ helm_namespace }}"
+        state: absent

tests/integration/targets/k8s_copy/defaults/main.yml

@@ -14,3 +14,9 @@ pod_with_two_container:
 
 pod_without_executable_find:
   name: openjdk-pod
+
+pod_with_initcontainer_and_container:
+  name: pod-copy-2
+  container:
+  - container-20
+  - container-21

tests/integration/targets/k8s_copy/tasks/main.yml

@@ -18,6 +18,23 @@
         wait: yes
         template: pods_definition.j2
 
+    - name: Create Init Pod
+      k8s:
+        namespace: '{{ copy_namespace }}'
+        template: pods_definition_init.j2
+
+    - kubernetes.core.k8s_info:
+        api_version: v1
+        kind: Pod
+        name: '{{ pod_with_initcontainer_and_container.name }}'
+        namespace: '{{ copy_namespace }}'
+      register: init_pod_status
+      until: >-
+        init_pod_status.resources|length > 0
+        and 'initContainerStatuses' in init_pod_status.resources.0.status
+        and init_pod_status.resources.0.status.initContainerStatuses|length > 0
+        and init_pod_status.resources.0.status.initContainerStatuses.0.started|bool
+
     - include_tasks: test_copy_errors.yml
     - include_tasks: test_check_mode.yml
     - include_tasks: test_copy_file.yml
@@ -25,6 +42,7 @@
     - include_tasks: test_copy_directory.yml
     - include_tasks: test_copy_large_file.yml
     - include_tasks: test_copy_item_with_space_in_its_name.yml
+    - include_tasks: test_init_container_pod.yml
 
   always:
 

tests/integration/targets/k8s_copy/tasks/test_copy_errors.yml

@@ -67,3 +67,21 @@
     that:
       - copy_fake_container is failed
       - copy_fake_container.msg == "Pod has no container this_is_a_fake_container"
+
+# copy file to not started container in pod should fail
+- name: copy file to not started container in pod should fail
+  k8s_cp:
+    namespace: '{{ copy_namespace }}'
+    pod: '{{ pod_with_initcontainer_and_container.name }}'
+    remote_path: /tmp
+    local_path: files/simple_file.txt
+    state: to_pod
+    container: '{{ pod_with_initcontainer_and_container.container[1] }}'
+  ignore_errors: true
+  register: copy_not_started_container
+
+- name: check that error message is as expected
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - copy_not_started_container is failed
+      - copy_not_started_container.msg == "Pod container {{ pod_with_initcontainer_and_container.container[1] }} is not started"

tests/integration/targets/k8s_copy/tasks/test_init_container_pod.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+---
+- set_fact:
+    random_content: "{{ lookup('password', '/dev/null chars=ascii_lowercase,digits,punctuation length=128') }}"
+
+- name: Copy content into init container
+  k8s_cp:
+    namespace: '{{ copy_namespace }}'
+    pod: '{{ pod_with_initcontainer_and_container.name }}'
+    remote_path: /file_from_localhost.txt
+    content: '{{ random_content }}'
+    container: '{{ pod_with_initcontainer_and_container.container[0] }}'
+    state: to_pod
+
+- name: Get the content from copied file
+  kubernetes.core.k8s_exec:
+    namespace: '{{ copy_namespace }}'
+    pod: '{{ pod_with_initcontainer_and_container.name }}'
+    container: '{{ pod_with_initcontainer_and_container.container[0] }}'
+    command: cat /file_from_localhost.txt
+  register: exec_out
+
+- name: check that content is found and the same as generated earlier
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - exec_out.stdout == random_content

tests/integration/targets/k8s_copy/templates/pods_definition_init.j2

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: '{{ pod_with_initcontainer_and_container.name }}'
+spec:
+  initContainers:
+  - name: '{{ pod_with_initcontainer_and_container.container[0] }}'
+    image: busybox
+    command:
+      - /bin/sh
+      - -c
+      - while true;do date;sleep 5; done
+  containers:
+  - name: '{{ pod_with_initcontainer_and_container.container[1] }}'
+    image: busybox
+    command:
+      - /bin/sh
+      - -c
+      - while true;do date;sleep 5; done

tests/integration/targets/lookup_kustomize/tasks/main.yml

@@ -94,6 +94,52 @@
         namespace: "{{ kustomize_ns }}"
         definition: "{{ lookup('kubernetes.core.kustomize', dir=kustomize_dir, opt_dirs=tmp_dir_path) }}"
 
+    - name: Create temporarly directory for test
+      ansible.builtin.tempfile:
+        state: directory
+        suffix: .testkustomize
+      register: _tmp_dir_kustomize
+
+    - name: Download helloWorld example
+      ansible.builtin.get_url:
+        url: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/refs/heads/master/examples/loadHttp/kustomization.yaml"
+        dest: "{{ _tmp_dir_kustomize.path }}"
+
+    - name: Run tinyproxy in docker
+      # Replace the 'app: hello' with 'app: ${TEST_APP}'
+      ansible.builtin.command: "docker run --rm -d -p 8888:8888 --name=tinyproxy dannydirect/tinyproxy ANY"
+
+    - name: Ensure that tinyproxy is running
+      ansible.builtin.wait_for:
+        host: localhost
+        port: 8888
+        state: started
+
+    - name: Test kustomize lookup plugin with environment variables in the string format
+      set_fact:
+        resource_kustomize: "{{ lookup('kubernetes.core.kustomize', dir=_tmp_dir_kustomize.path, environment='HTTPS_PROXY=http://localhost:8888 VAR2=Flase') }}"
+
+    - name: Test kustomize lookup plugin with environment variables in the dict format
+      set_fact:
+        resource_kustomize: "{{ lookup('kubernetes.core.kustomize', dir=_tmp_dir_kustomize.path, environment={'HTTPS_PROXY': 'http://localhost:8888', 'VAR2': 'Flase'}) }}"
+
+
+    - name: Stop tinyproxy
+      ansible.builtin.command: "docker stop tinyproxy"
+
+    - name: Ensure kustomize lookup plugin fail with proxy down
+      set_fact:
+        resource_kustomize: "{{ lookup('kubernetes.core.kustomize', dir=_tmp_dir_kustomize.path, environment='HTTPS_PROXY=http://localhost:8888 VAR2=Flase') }}"
+      register: result
+      ignore_errors: true
+
+    - name: Assert that kustomize lookup plugin failed
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that:
+        - result.failed
+        - "'proxyconnect tcp: dial' in result.msg"
+        - "'connection refused' in result.msg"
+
   always:
   - name: Delete namespace
     k8s:
@@ -105,4 +151,11 @@
   - name: Delete temporary directory
     file:
       state: absent
-      path: "{{ tmp_dir_path }}"
+      path: "{{ item }}"
+    with_items:
+    - "{{ tmp_dir_path }}"
+    - "{{ _tmp_dir_kustomize.path }}"
+
+  - name: Stop tinyproxy
+    ansible.builtin.command: "docker stop tinyproxy"
+    ignore_errors: true

tests/unit/conftest.py

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import ansible.module_utils.basic
 import pytest
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes
 from ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat import MutableMapping
-from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ def stdin(mocker, request):
     old_argv = sys.argv
     sys.argv = ["ansible_unittest"]
 
-    if isinstance(request.param, string_types):
+    if isinstance(request.param, str):
         args = request.param
     elif isinstance(request.param, MutableMapping):
         if "ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS" not in request.param: