Ansible-core 2.22
Release Schedule
Expected
PRs must be raised sufficiently in advance of the following dates to have a chance of inclusion in this ansible-core release.
Note
Dates are subject to change.
Development Phase
The milestone branch will be advanced at the start date of each development phase and the beta 1 release.
2026-04-27 Development Phase 1
2026-05-25 Development Phase 2
2026-06-22 Development Phase 3
2026-07-20 Development Phase 4
2026-08-17 Development Phase 5
Release Phase
2026-09-14 Feature Freeze
2026-09-21 Beta 1
2026-10-12 Release Candidate 1
2026-11-02 Release
Note
The beta and release candidate schedules allow for up to 3 releases on a weekly schedule depending on the necessity of creating a release.
Release Manager
Ansible Core Team
Planned work
Add Python 3.15 support
Drop Python 3.12 for controller
Windows connection resiliency and performance improvements
Introspection/debugging of running core processes
Deprecate module/actions returning
skippedEnable Pipelining by default
Delayed work
The following work has been delayed and retargeted for a future release:
Drop Python 3.9 on target (delayed for 2.23)