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Community.General Release Notes 

This changelog describes changes after version 9.0.0.

v10.4.0 

Release Summary 

Regular bugfix and feature release.

Minor Changes 

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).
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).
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).
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).
lldp - adds multivalues parameter to control behavior when lldpctl outputs an attribute multiple times (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9657).
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).
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).
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).
proxmox_kvm - allow hibernation and suspending of VMs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9620, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9653).
redfish_command - add PowerFullPowerCycle to power command options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9729).
ssh_config - add other_options option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8053, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9684).
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).

Deprecated Features 

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).

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).
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).
ipa_host - module revoked existing host certificates even if user_certificate was not given (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9694).
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).
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).
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).
proxmox inventory plugin - plugin did not update cache correctly after meta: refresh_inventory (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9710, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9760).
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).
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).

New Modules 

community.general.systemd_info - Gather C(systemd) unit info.

v10.3.1 

Release Summary 

Bugfix release.

Minor Changes 

onepassword_ssh_key - refactor to move code to lookup class (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9633).

Bugfixes 

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).
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).
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_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).
proxmox - adds the pubkey parameter (back to) the update state (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9642, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9645).
proxmox - fixes a typo in the translation of the pubkey parameter to proxmox’ ssh-public-keys (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9642, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9645).
xml - ensure file descriptor is closed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9695).

v10.3.0 

Release Summary 

Regular bugfix and feature release.

Minor Changes 

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).
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 - 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).
cgroup_memory_recap callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
chroot connection plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
cloud_init_data_facts - open file using open() as a context manager (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9579).
cobbler inventory plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
context_demo callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
diy callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
doas become plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
dzdo become plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
elastic callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
from_csv filter plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9585).
from_ini filter plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9585).
funcd connection plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
gitlab_runners inventory plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
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).
icinga2 inventory plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
incus connection plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
iocage connection plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
iocage inventory plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
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).
jabber callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
jail connection plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
jc filter plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9585).
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_* 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).
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).
linode inventory plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
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).
log_plays callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
loganalytics callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
logdna callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
logentries callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
logstash callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
lxc connection plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
lxd connection plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
lxd inventory plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
machinectl become plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
mail callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
memcached cache plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
nmap inventory plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
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).
nrdp callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
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).
online inventory plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
opennebula inventory plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
opentelemetry callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
parted - open file using open() as a context manager (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9579).
pbrun become plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
pfexec become plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
pickle cache plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
pmrun become plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
proxmox - refactors the proxmox module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9225).
proxmox inventory plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
proxmox_pct_remote connection plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
proxmox_template - add support for checksum validation with new options checksum_algorithm and checksum (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9553, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9601).
pulp_repo - open file using open() as a context manager (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9579).
qubes connection plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
random_mac filter plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9585).
redfish_info - add command GetAccountServiceConfig to get full information about AccountService configuration (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9403).
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).
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).
reveal_ansible_type filter plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9585).
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).
say callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
scaleway inventory plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
selective callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
sesu become plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
shutdown action plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
slack callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
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).
stackpath_compute inventory plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
sudosu become plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
sumologic callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
syslog_json callback plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9583).
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).
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).
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).
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).
xen_orchestra inventory plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).
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).
zone connection plugin - adjust standard preamble for Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9584).

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).
proxmox - removes default value false of update parameter. This will be changed to a default of true in community.general 11.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9225).

Security Fixes 

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 

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).
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).
pipx - honor option global when state=latest (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9623).
proxmox - fixes idempotency of template conversions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9225, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8811).
proxmox - fixes incorrect parsing for bind-only mounts (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9225, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8982).
proxmox - fixes issues with disk_volume variable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9225, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9065).
proxmox module utils - fixes ignoring of choose_first_if_multiple argument in get_vmid (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9225).
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).

New Plugins 

Connection 

community.general.proxmox_pct_remote - Run tasks in Proxmox LXC container instances using pct CLI via SSH.

Filter 

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.

Lookup 

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

New Modules 

community.general.proxmox_backup_info - Retrieve information on Proxmox scheduled backups.

v10.2.0 

Release Summary 

Regular bugfix and feature release.

Minor Changes 

bitwarden lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
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 - 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).
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).
context_demo callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
counter_enabled callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
credstash lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
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).
dense callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
dependent lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
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 - 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 - 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 - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9319).
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).
from_csv filter plugin - clean up string conversions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9379).
from_ini filter plugin - clean up string conversions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9379).
funcd connection plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9322).
github_app_access_token lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
gitlab_instance_variable - add support for raw variables suboption (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9425).
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).
hiera lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
icinga2 inventory plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9323).
incus connection plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9322).
iocage connection plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9322).
iocage inventory plugin - clean up string conversions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9379).
iptables_state action plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9318).
jabber callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
jail connection plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9322).
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).
keyring lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
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).
linode inventory plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9323).
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 - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
loganalytics callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
logdna callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
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).
lxc connection plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9322).
lxd connection plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9322).
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 - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9319).
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).
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 - 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).
nrdp callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
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).
online inventory plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9323).
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 - 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).
passwordstore lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
pbrun become plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9319).
pfexec become plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9319).
pmrun become plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9319).
proxmox inventory plugin - clean up string conversions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9379).
proxmox inventory plugin - strip whitespace from user, token_id, and token_secret (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9227, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9228/).
proxmox inventory plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9323).
proxmox module utils - add method api_task_complete that can wait for task completion and return error message (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9256).
proxmox_backup - refactor permission checking to improve code readability and maintainability (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9239).
qubes connection plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9322).
random_pet lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
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).
revbitspss lookup plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9324).
saltstack connection plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9322).
say callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
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).
selective callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
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 - 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 - 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).
splunk callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
stackpath_compute inventory plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9323).
sudosu become plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9319).
timestamp callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
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).
unixy callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
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).
xbps - add root and repository options to enable bootstrapping new void installations (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9174).
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).
yaml callback plugin - use f-strings instead of interpolations or format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9321).
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).

Deprecated Features 

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).
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).
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).
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).

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).

Bugfixes 

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).
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).
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).
proxmox_backup - fix incorrect key lookup in vmid permission check (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9223).
proxmox_disk - fix async method and make resize_disk method handle errors correctly (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9256).
proxmox_template - fix the wrong path called on proxmox_template.task_status (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9276, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9277).
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).

New Plugins 

Inventory 

community.general.iocage - iocage inventory source.

New Modules 

community.general.android_sdk - Manages Android SDK packages.
community.general.ldap_inc - Use the Modify-Increment LDAP V3 feature to increment an attribute value.
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.

v10.1.0 

Release Summary 

Regular bugfix and feature release.

Minor Changes 

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).
cloudflare_dns - add support for comment and tags (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9132).
deps module utils - add deps.clear() to clear out previously declared dependencies (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9179).
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).
iso_extract - adds password parameter that is passed to 7z (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9159).
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).
nmcli - add sriov parameter that enables support for SR-IOV settings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9168).
pipx - add return value version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9180).
pipx_info - add return value version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9180).
proxmox_template - add server side artifact fetching support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9113).
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_utils module utils - remove redundant code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9190).
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).
scaleway_lb - minor simplification in the code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9189).
ssh_config - add dynamicforward option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9192).

Deprecated Features 

opkg - deprecate value "" for parameter force (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9172).
redfish_utils module utils - deprecate method RedfishUtils._init_session() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9190).

Bugfixes 

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).
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_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).
homebrew_cask - allow + symbol in Homebrew cask name validation regex (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9128).
keycloak_clientscope_type - sort the default and optional clientscope lists to improve the diff (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9202).
slack - fail if Slack API response is not OK with error message (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9198).

New Plugins 

Filter 

community.general.accumulate - Produce a list of accumulated sums of the input list contents.

New Modules 

community.general.decompress - Decompresses compressed files.
community.general.proxmox_backup - Start a VM backup in Proxmox VE cluster.

v10.0.1 

Release Summary 

Bugfix release for inclusion in Ansible 11.0.0rc1.

Bugfixes 

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_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).
redfish_utils module utils - remove undocumented default applytime (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9114).

v10.0.0 

Release Summary 

This is release 10.0.0 of community.general, released on 2024-11-04.

Minor Changes 

CmdRunner module util - argument formats can be specified as plain functions without calling cmd_runner_fmt.as_func() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8479).
CmdRunner module utils - the parameter force_lang now supports the special value auto which will automatically try and determine the best parsable locale in the system (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8517).
MH module utils - add parameter when to cause_changes decorator (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8766).
MH module utils - minor refactor in decorators (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8766).
alternatives - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8833).
ansible_galaxy_install - add return value version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9060).
ansible_galaxy_install - add upgrade feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8431, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8351).
ansible_galaxy_install - minor refactor in the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8413).
apache2_mod_proxy - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8814).
apache2_mod_proxy - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8833).
cargo - add option directory, which allows source directory to be specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8480).
cgroup_memory_recap, hipchat, jabber, log_plays, loganalytics, logentries, logstash, slack, splunk, sumologic, syslog_json callback plugins - make sure that all options are typed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8628).
chef_databag, consul_kv, cyberarkpassword, dsv, etcd, filetree, hiera, onepassword, onepassword_doc, onepassword_raw, passwordstore, redis, shelvefile, tss lookup plugins - make sure that all options are typed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8626).
chroot, funcd, incus, iocage, jail, lxc, lxd, qubes, zone connection plugins - make sure that all options are typed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8627).
cmd_runner module utils - add decorator cmd_runner_fmt.stack (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8415).
cmd_runner module utils - refactor argument formatting code to its own Python module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8964).
cmd_runner_fmt module utils - simplify implementation of cmd_runner_fmt.as_bool_not() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8512).
cobbler, linode, lxd, nmap, online, scaleway, stackpath_compute, virtualbox inventory plugins - make sure that all options are typed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8625).
consul_acl - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8833).
consul_kv - add argument for the datacenter option on Consul API (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9026).
copr - Added includepkgs and excludepkgs parameters to limit the list of packages fetched or excluded from the repository(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8779).
cpanm - add return value cpanm_version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9061).
credstash lookup plugin - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
csv module utils - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8814).
deco MH module utils - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
dig lookup plugin - add port option to specify DNS server port (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8966).
django module utils - always retrieve version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9063).
django_check - add return value version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9063).
django_command - add return value version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9063).
django_createcachetable - add return value version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9063).
doas, dzdo, ksu, machinectl, pbrun, pfexec, pmrun, sesu, sudosu become plugins - make sure that all options are typed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8623).
etcd3 - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
flatpak - improve the parsing of Flatpak application IDs based on official guidelines (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8909).
gconftool2 - make use of ModuleHelper features to simplify code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8711).
gcontool2 - add return value version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9064).
gcontool2 module utils - add argument formatter version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9064).
gcontool2_info - add return value version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9064).
gio_mime - add return value version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9067).
gio_mime - adjust code ahead of the old VardDict deprecation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8855).
gio_mime - mute the old VarDict deprecation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8776).
gio_mime module utils - add argument formatter version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9067).
github_app_access_token lookup plugin - adds new private_key parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8989).
gitlab_deploy_key - better construct when using dict.items() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8876).
gitlab_group - add many new parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8908).
gitlab_group - better construct when using dict.items() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8876).
gitlab_group - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8814).
gitlab_issue - better construct when using dict.items() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8876).
gitlab_merge_request - better construct when using dict.items() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8876).
gitlab_project - add option container_expiration_policy to schedule container registry cleanup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8674).
gitlab_project - add option issues_access_level to enable/disable project issues (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8760).
gitlab_project - add option model_registry_access_level to disable model registry (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8688).
gitlab_project - add option pages_access_level to disable project pages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8688).
gitlab_project - add option repository_access_level to disable project repository (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8674).
gitlab_project - add option service_desk_enabled to disable service desk (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8688).
gitlab_project - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
gitlab_project - sorted parameters in order to avoid future merge conflicts (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8759).
gitlab_runner - better construct when using dict.items() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8876).
hashids filter plugin - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8814).
homebrew - speed up brew install and upgrade (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9022).
hwc_ecs_instance - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
hwc_evs_disk - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
hwc_vpc_eip - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
hwc_vpc_peering_connect - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
hwc_vpc_port - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
hwc_vpc_subnet - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
icinga2_host - replace loop with dict comprehension (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8876).
imc_rest - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8833).
ipa_dnsrecord - adds SSHFP record type for managing SSH fingerprints in FreeIPA DNS (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8404).
ipa_otptoken - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
jenkins_node - add offline_message parameter for updating a Jenkins node offline cause reason when the state is “disabled” (offline) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9084).”
jira - adjust code ahead of the old VardDict deprecation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8856).
jira - mute the old VarDict deprecation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8776).
jira - replace deprecated params when using decorator cause_changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8791).
keep_keys filter plugin - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8814).
keycloak module utils - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
keycloak_client - add client-x509 choice to client_authenticator_type (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8973).
keycloak_client - assign auth flow by name (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8428).
keycloak_client - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8814).
keycloak_clientscope - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8814).
keycloak_identity_provider - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8814).
keycloak_realm - add boolean toggle to configure organization support for a given keycloak realm (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9027, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8927/).
keycloak_user_federation - add module argument allowing users to optout of the removal of unspecified mappers, for example to keep the keycloak default mappers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8764).
keycloak_user_federation - add the user federation config parameter referral to the module arguments (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8954).
keycloak_user_federation - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8814).
keycloak_user_federation - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
keycloak_user_federation - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8833).
linode - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8814).
locale_gen - add support for multiple locales (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8677, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8682).
lxc_container - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
lxd_container - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8814).
manageiq_provider - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8814).
mattermost - adds support for message priority (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9068, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9087).
memcached, pickle, redis, yaml cache plugins - make sure that all options are typed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8624).
memset_dns_reload - replace loop with dict() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8876).
memset_memstore_info - replace loop with dict() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8876).
memset_server_info - replace loop with dict() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8876).
memset_zone - replace loop with dict() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8876).
memset_zone_domain - replace loop with dict() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8876).
memset_zone_record - replace loop with dict() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8876).
nmcli - add conn_enable param to reload connection (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3752, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8704, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8897).
nmcli - add state=up and state=down to enable/disable connections (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3752, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8704, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7152, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8897).
nmcli - better construct when using dict.items() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8876).
npm - add force parameter to allow --force (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8885).
ocapi_utils - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8833).
one_image - add create, template and datastore_id arguments for image creation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9075).
one_image - add wait_timeout argument for adjustable timeouts (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9075).
one_image - add option persistent to manage image persistence (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3578, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8889).
one_image - extend xsd scheme to make it return a lot more info about image (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8889).
one_image - refactor code to make it more similar to one_template and one_vnet (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8889).
one_image_info - extend xsd scheme to make it return a lot more info about image (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8889).
one_image_info - refactor code to make it more similar to one_template and one_vnet (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8889).
one_service - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8814).
one_vm - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8814).
onepassword lookup plugin - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8833).
open_iscsi - allow login to a portal with multiple targets without specifying any of them (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8719).
openbsd_pkg - adds diff support to show changes in installed package list. This does not yet work for check mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8402).
opennebula.py - add VM id and VM host to inventory host data (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8532).
opentelemetry callback plugin - fix default value for store_spans_in_file causing traces to be produced to a file named None (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8566, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8741).
opkg - add return value version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9086).
passwordstore lookup plugin - add subkey creation/update support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8952).
passwordstore lookup plugin - add the current user to the lockfile file name to address issues on multi-user systems (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8689).
pids - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8833).
pipx - add parameter suffix to module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8675, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8656).
pipx - added new states install_all, uninject, upgrade_shared, pin, and unpin (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8809).
pipx - added parameter global to module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8793).
pipx - refactor out parsing of pipx list output to module utils (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9044).
pipx - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8833).
pipx_info - add new return value pinned (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9044).
pipx_info - added parameter global to module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8793).
pipx_info - refactor out parsing of pipx list output to module utils (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9044).
pipx_info - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8833).
pkg5_publisher - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8833).
pkgng - add option use_globs (default true) to optionally disable glob patterns (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8632, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8633).
proxmox - add disk_volume and mount_volumes keys for better readability (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8542).
proxmox - allow specification of the API port when using proxmox_* (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8440, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8441).
proxmox - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8814).
proxmox - translate the old disk and mounts keys to the new handling internally (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8542).
proxmox inventory plugin - add new fact for LXC interface details (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8713).
proxmox inventory plugin - clean up authentication code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8917).
proxmox inventory plugin - fix urllib3 InsecureRequestWarnings not being suppressed when a token is used (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9099).
proxmox_disk - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8814).
proxmox_kvm - adds the ciupgrade parameter to specify whether cloud-init should upgrade system packages at first boot (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9066).
proxmox_kvm - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8814).
proxmox_kvm - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
proxmox_template - small refactor in logic for determining whether a template exists or not (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8516).
proxmox_vm_info - add network option to retrieve current network information (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8471).
redfish_* modules - adds ciphers option for custom cipher selection (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8533).
redfish_command - add UpdateUserAccountTypes command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9058, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9059).
redfish_command - add wait and wait_timeout options to allow a user to block a command until a service is accessible after performing the requested command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8051, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8434).
redfish_command - add handling of the PasswordChangeRequired message from services in the UpdateUserPassword command to directly modify the user’s password if the requested user is the one invoking the operation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8652, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8653).
redfish_confg - remove CapacityBytes from required paramaters of the CreateVolume command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8956).
redfish_config - add parameter storage_none_volume_deletion to CreateVolume command in order to control the automatic deletion of non-RAID volumes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8990).
redfish_info - add command CheckAvailability to check if a service is accessible (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8051, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8434).
redfish_info - adds RedfishURI and StorageId to Disk inventory (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8937).
redfish_utils - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8833).
redfish_utils module utils - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
redfish_utils module utils - schedule a BIOS configuration job at next reboot when the BIOS config is changed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9012).
redis cache plugin - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8833).
redis, redis_info - add client_cert and client_key options to specify path to certificate for Redis authentication (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8654).
redis_info - adds support for getting cluster info (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8464).
remove_keys filter plugin - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8814).
replace_keys filter plugin - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8814).
scaleway - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8833).
scaleway module utils - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
scaleway_compute - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8833).
scaleway_container - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8858).
scaleway_container_info - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8858).
scaleway_container_namespace - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8858).
scaleway_container_namespace_info - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8858).
scaleway_container_registry - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8858).
scaleway_container_registry_info - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8858).
scaleway_function - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8858).
scaleway_function_info - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8858).
scaleway_function_namespace - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8858).
scaleway_function_namespace_info - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8858).
scaleway_ip - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8833).
scaleway_lb - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8833).
scaleway_security_group - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
scaleway_security_group - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8833).
scaleway_user_data - better construct when using dict.items() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8876).
scaleway_user_data - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8833).
sensu_silence - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8833).
snmp_facts - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8833).
sorcery - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8833).
sudosu become plugin - added an option (alt_method) to enhance compatibility with more versions of su (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8214).
udm_dns_record - replace loop with dict.update() (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8876).
ufw - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
unsafe plugin utils - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8814).
vardict module utils - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8814).
vars MH module utils - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8814).
virtualbox inventory plugin - expose a new parameter enable_advanced_group_parsing to change how the VirtualBox dynamic inventory parses VM groups (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8508, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8510).
vmadm - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
wdc_redfish_command - minor change to handle upgrade file for Redfish WD platforms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8444).

Breaking Changes / Porting Guide 

The collection no longer supports ansible-core 2.13 and ansible-core 2.14. While most (or even all) modules and plugins might still work with these versions, they are no longer tested in CI and breakages regarding them will not be fixed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8921).
cmd_runner module utils - CLI arguments created directly from module parameters are no longer assigned a default formatter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8928).
irc - the defaults of use_tls and validate_certs changed from false to true (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8918).
rhsm_repository - the states present and absent have been removed. Use enabled and disabled instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8918).

Deprecated Features 

CmdRunner module util - setting the value of the ignore_none parameter within a CmdRunner context is deprecated and that feature should be removed in community.general 12.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8479).
MH decorator cause_changes module utils - deprecate parameters on_success and on_failure (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8791).
git_config - the list_all option has been deprecated and will be removed in community.general 11.0.0. Use the community.general.git_config_info module instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8453).
git_config - using state=present without providing value is deprecated and will be disallowed in community.general 11.0.0. Use the community.general.git_config_info module instead to read a value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8453).
hipchat - the hipchat service has been discontinued and the self-hosted variant has been End of Life since 2020. The module is therefore deprecated and will be removed from community.general 11.0.0 if nobody provides compelling reasons to still keep it (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8919).
pipx - support for versions of the command line tool pipx older than 1.7.0 is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 11.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8793).
pipx_info - support for versions of the command line tool pipx older than 1.7.0 is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 11.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8793).

Removed Features (previously deprecated)

The consul_acl module has been removed. Use community.general.consul_token and/or community.general.consul_policy instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8921).
The hipchat callback plugin has been removed. 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/8921).
The redhat module utils has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8921).
The rhn_channel module has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8921).
The rhn_register module has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8921).
consul - removed the ack_params_state_absent option. It had no effect anymore (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8918).
ejabberd_user - removed the logging option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8918).
gitlab modules - remove basic auth feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8405).
proxmox_kvm - removed the proxmox_default_behavior option. Explicitly specify the old default values if you were using proxmox_default_behavior=compatibility, otherwise simply remove it (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8918).
redhat_subscriptions - removed the pool option. Use pool_ids instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8918).

Bugfixes 

bitwarden lookup plugin - fix KeyError in search_field (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8549, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8557).
bitwarden lookup plugin - support BWS v0.3.0 syntax breaking change (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9028).
cloudflare_dns - fix changing Cloudflare SRV records (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8679, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8948).
cmd_runner module utils - call to get_best_parsable_locales() was missing parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8929).
collection_version lookup plugin - use importlib directly instead of the deprecated and in ansible-core 2.19 removed ansible.module_utils.compat.importlib (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9084).
cpanm - use new VarDict to prevent deprecation warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8410, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8411).
dig lookup plugin - fix using only the last nameserver specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8970).
django module utils - use new VarDict to prevent deprecation warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8410, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8411).
django_command - option command is now split lexically before passed to underlying PythonRunner (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8944).
gconftool2_info - use new VarDict to prevent deprecation warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8410, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8411).
git_config - fix behavior of state=absent if value is present (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8436, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8452).
gitlab_group_access_token - fix crash in check mode caused by attempted access to a newly created access token (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8796).
gitlab_label - update label’s color (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9010).
gitlab_project - fix container_expiration_policy not being applied when creating a new project (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8790).
gitlab_project - fix crash caused by old Gitlab projects not having a container_expiration_policy attribute (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8790).
gitlab_project_access_token - fix crash in check mode caused by attempted access to a newly created access token (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8796).
gitlab_runner - fix paused parameter being ignored (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8648).
homebrew - do not fail when brew prints warnings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8406, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7044).
homebrew_cask - fix upgrade_all returns changed when nothing upgraded (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8707, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8708).
homectl - the module now tries to use legacycrypt on Python 3.13+ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4691, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8987).
hponcfg - use new VarDict to prevent deprecation warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8410, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8411).
ini_file - pass absolute paths to module.atomic_move() (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83950, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8925).
ipa_host - add force_create, fix enabled and disabled states (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1094, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8920).
ipa_hostgroup - fix enabled `` and ``disabled states (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8408, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8900).
java_keystore - pass absolute paths to module.atomic_move() (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83950, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8925).
jenkins_node - fixed enabled, disable and absent node state redirect authorization issues, same as was present for present (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9084).
jenkins_plugin - pass absolute paths to module.atomic_move() (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83950, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8925).
kdeconfig - pass absolute paths to module.atomic_move() (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83950, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8925).
kernel_blacklist - use new VarDict to prevent deprecation warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8410, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8411).
keycloak_client - fix TypeError when sanitizing the saml.signing.private.key attribute in the module’s diff or state output. The sanitize_cr function expected a dict where in some cases a list might occur (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8403).
keycloak_clientscope - remove IDs from clientscope and its protocol mappers on comparison for changed check (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8545).
keycloak_clientscope_type - fix detect changes in check mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9092, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9093).
keycloak_group - fix crash caused in subgroup creation. The crash was caused by a missing or empty subGroups property in Keycloak ≥23 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8788, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8979).
keycloak_realm - add normalizations for attributes and protocol_mappers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8496).
keycloak_realm - fix change detection in check mode by sorting the lists in the realms beforehand (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8877).
keycloak_realm_key - fix invalid usage of parent_id (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7850, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8823).
keycloak_user_federation - add module argument allowing users to configure the update mode for the parameter bindCredential (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8898).
keycloak_user_federation - fix key error when removing mappers during an update and new mappers are specified in the module args (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8762).
keycloak_user_federation - fix the UnboundLocalError that occurs when an ID is provided for a user federation mapper (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8831).
keycloak_user_federation - get cleartext IDP clientSecret from full realm info to detect changes to it (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8294, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8735).
keycloak_user_federation - minimize change detection by setting krbPrincipalAttribute to '' in Keycloak responses if missing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8785).
keycloak_user_federation - remove lastSync parameter from Keycloak responses to minimize diff/changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8812).
keycloak_user_federation - remove existing user federation mappers if they are not present in the federation configuration and will not be updated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7169, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8695).
keycloak_user_federation - sort desired and after mapper list by name (analog to before mapper list) to minimize diff and make change detection more accurate (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8761).
keycloak_userprofile - fix empty response when fetching userprofile component by removing parent=parent_id filter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8923).
keycloak_userprofile - improve diff by deserializing the fetched kc.user.profile.config and serialize it only when sending back (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8940).
launched - correctly report changed status in check mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8406).
locale_gen - use new VarDict to prevent deprecation warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8410, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8411).
lxd_container - fix bug introduced in previous commit (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8895, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8888).
mksysb - use new VarDict to prevent deprecation warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8410, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8411).
modprobe - fix check mode not being honored for persistent option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9051, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9052).
nsupdate - fix ‘index out of range’ error when changing NS records by falling back to authority section of the response (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8612, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8614).
one_host - fix if statements for cases when ID=0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1199, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8907).
one_image - fix module failing due to a class method typo (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9056).
one_image_info - fix module failing due to a class method typo (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9056).
one_service - fix service creation after it was deleted with unique parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3137, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8887).
one_vnet - fix module failing due to a variable typo (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9019).
opennebula inventory plugin - fix invalid reference to IP when inventory runs against NICs with no IPv4 address (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8489).
opentelemetry callback - do not save the JSON response when using the ansible.builtin.uri module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8430).
opentelemetry callback - do not save the content response when using the ansible.builtin.slurp module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8430).
pam_limits - pass absolute paths to module.atomic_move() (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83950, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8925).
paman - do not fail if an empty list of packages has been provided and there is nothing to do (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8514).
pipx - it was ignoring global when listing existing applications (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9044).
pipx module utils - add missing command line formatter for argument spec_metadata (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9044).
pipx_info - use new VarDict to prevent deprecation warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8410, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8411).
proxmox - fix idempotency on creation of mount volumes using Proxmox’ special <storage>:<size> syntax (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8407, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8542).
proxmox - fixed an issue where the new volume handling incorrectly converted null values into "None" strings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8646).
proxmox - fixed an issue where volume strings where overwritten instead of appended to in the new build_volume() method (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8646).
proxmox - removed the forced conversion of non-string values to strings to be consistent with the module documentation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8646).
proxmox inventory plugin - fixed a possible error on concatenating responses from proxmox. In case an API call unexpectedly returned an empty result, the inventory failed with a fatal error. Added check for empty response (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8798, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8794).
python_runner module utils - parameter path_prefix was being handled as string when it should be a list (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8944).
redfish_utils module utils - do not fail when language is not exactly “en” (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8613).
redfish_utils module utils - fix issue with URI parsing to gracefully handling trailing slashes when extracting member identifiers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9047, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9057).
snap - use new VarDict to prevent deprecation warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8410, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8411).
snap_alias - use new VarDict to prevent deprecation warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8410, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8411).
udm_user - the module now tries to use legacycrypt on Python 3.13+ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4690, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8987).

Known Issues 

jenkins_node - the module is not able to update offline message when node is already offline due to internally using toggleOffline API (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9084).

New Plugins 

Filter 

community.general.keep_keys - Keep specific keys from dictionaries in a list.
community.general.remove_keys - Remove specific keys from dictionaries in a list.
community.general.replace_keys - Replace specific keys in a list of dictionaries.
community.general.reveal_ansible_type - Return input type.

Test 

community.general.ansible_type - Validate input type.

New Modules 

community.general.bootc_manage - Bootc Switch and Upgrade.
community.general.consul_agent_check - Add, modify, and delete checks within a consul cluster.
community.general.consul_agent_service - Add, modify and delete services within a consul cluster.
community.general.django_check - Wrapper for C(django-admin check).
community.general.django_createcachetable - Wrapper for C(django-admin createcachetable).
community.general.homebrew_services - Services manager for Homebrew.
community.general.ipa_getkeytab - Manage keytab file in FreeIPA.
community.general.jenkins_node - Manage Jenkins nodes.
community.general.keycloak_component - Allows administration of Keycloak components via Keycloak API.
community.general.keycloak_realm_keys_metadata_info - Allows obtaining Keycloak realm keys metadata via Keycloak API.
community.general.keycloak_userprofile - Allows managing Keycloak User Profiles.
community.general.krb_ticket - Kerberos utils for managing tickets.
community.general.one_vnet - Manages OpenNebula virtual networks.
community.general.zypper_repository_info - List Zypper repositories.