Community.General Release Notes 

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.