Reporting bugs and requesting features

Reporting a bug

Security bugs

Ansible practices responsible disclosure. To report security-related bugs, send an email to security@ansible.com for an immediate response. Do not submit a ticket or post to any public groups.

Bugs in ansible-core

Before reporting a bug, search in GitHub for already reported issues and open pull requests to see if someone has already addressed your issue. Unsure if you found a bug? Discuss the behavior with the community on the Ansible Forum.

Also, use the Ansible Forum to discuss whether the problem is in ansible-core or a collection, and for “how do I do this” type questions.

You need a free GitHub account to report bugs that affect:

  • multiple plugins

  • a plugin that remained in the ansible/ansible repo

  • the overall functioning of Ansible

How to write a good bug report

If you find a bug, open an issue using the issue template.

Fill out the issue template as completely and as accurately as possible. Include:

  • your Ansible version

  • the expected behavior and what you’ve tried, including the exact commands you were using or tasks you are running.

  • the current behavior and why you think it is a bug

  • the steps to reproduce the bug

  • a minimal reproducible example and comments describing examples

  • any relevant configurations and the components you used

  • any relevant output plus ansible -vvvv (debugging) output

  • add the output of ansible-test-env --show when filing bug reports involving ansible-test.

When sharing YAML in playbooks, ensure that you preserve formatting using code blocks. For multiple-file content, use gist.github.com, more durable than Pastebin content.

Requesting a feature

Before you request a feature, check what is planned for future Ansible Releases. Check existing pull requests tagged with feature.

To get your feature into Ansible, submit a pull request, either against ansible-core or a collection. See also Requirements to merge your PR. For ansible-core, you can also open an issue in ansible/ansible or in a corresponding collection repository (To find the correct issue tracker, refer to Bugs in collections ).