From d424907172b548aff5d2121e708c35cb7591a21d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: s-hamann <10639154+s-hamann@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 12:29:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] apk: fix packages return value for apk-tools >= 3 (fix
 #11264) (#11265)

* apk: fix packages return value for apk-tools >= 3 (fix #11264)

* Add changelog fragment
---
 changelogs/fragments/11265-fix-apk-3.yml     | 3 +++
 plugins/modules/apk.py                       | 2 +-
 tests/integration/targets/apk/tasks/main.yml | 9 ++++++++-
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/11265-fix-apk-3.yml

diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/11265-fix-apk-3.yml b/changelogs/fragments/11265-fix-apk-3.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e35672932
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/11265-fix-apk-3.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - apk - fix ``packages`` return value for apk-tools >= 3 (Alpine 3.23) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11264).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/apk.py b/plugins/modules/apk.py
index f5008c52ac..4bee7e3f03 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/apk.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/apk.py
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 def parse_for_packages(stdout):
     packages = []
     data = stdout.split("\n")
-    regex = re.compile(r"^\(\d+/\d+\)\s+\S+\s+(\S+)")
+    regex = re.compile(r"^\(\s*\d+/\d+\)\s+\S+\s+(\S+)")
     for l in data:
         p = regex.search(l)
         if p:
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/apk/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/apk/tasks/main.yml
index b8e0e2efbe..9410b259ab 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/apk/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/apk/tasks/main.yml
@@ -89,6 +89,13 @@
           - less
           - nano
           - vim
+          - bash
+          - bash-completion
+          - bash-completion-doc
+          - zsh
+          - zsh-calendar
+          - zsh-completions
+          - zsh-doc
         state: present
       register: results
 
@@ -96,7 +103,7 @@
       ansible.builtin.assert:
         that:
           - results is changed
-          - (results.packages | length) >= 3
+          - (results.packages | length) >= 10
 
     - name: Install a bunch of packages again
       community.general.apk: