community.general/CHANGELOG.md

Community General Release Notes

Topics

• v12.0.1
  • Release Summary
  • Minor Changes
  • Bugfixes
• v12.0.0
  • Release Summary
  • Minor Changes
  • Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
  • Deprecated Features
  • Removed Features (previously deprecated)
  • Security Fixes
  • Bugfixes
  • New Plugins
    • Callback
    • Filter
    • Inventory
    • Lookup
  • New Modules This changelog describes changes after version 11.0.0.

v12.0.1

Release Summary

Bugfix release for inclusion in Ansible 13.0.0rc1.

Minor Changes

• datetime module utils - remove code for unsupported Python version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11048).
• dnsimple_info - use Ansible construct to validate parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11052).
• infinity - consolidate double and triple whitespaces (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11029).
• ipa_otptoken - consolidate double and triple whitespaces (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11029).
• irc - use proper boolean value in loops (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11076).
• jenkins_node - remove code for unsupported Python version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11048).
• opendj_backendprop - use Ansible construct to perform check for external commands (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11072).
• rhevm - consolidate double and triple whitespaces (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11029).
• slack - consolidate double and triple whitespaces (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11029).
• tss lookup plugin - fixed AccessTokenAuthorizer initialization to include base_url parameter for proper token authentication (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11031).
• zfs_facts - use Ansible construct to check result of external command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11054).

Bugfixes

• _filelock module utils - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• aerospike_migrations - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• aix_lvol - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• ali_instance - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• ali_instance - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• ali_instance_info - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• apt_rpm - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• apt_rpm - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• btrfs module utils - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• btrfs module utils - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• btrfs_subvolume - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• btrfs_subvolume - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• chef_databag lookup plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• consul - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• consul_kv lookup plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• cronvar - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• discord - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• dnf_versionlock - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• dnsmadeeasy - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• dpkg_divert - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• elastic callback plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• filesystem - avoid false positive change detection on XFS resize due to unusable slack space (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11033).
• gitlab module utils - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• gitlab_branch - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• gitlab_group_members - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• gitlab_issue - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• gitlab_merge_request - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• gitlab_project - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• gitlab_project_members - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• gitlab_protected_branch - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• gitlab_user - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• haproxy - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• homebrew - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• homebrew_services - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• hpilo_boot - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• infinity - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• ini_file - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• interfaces_file - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• ipa_group - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• ipa_otptoken - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• ipa_vault - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• ipmi_boot - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• jenkins_build - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• jenkins_build_info - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• jenkins_credential - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• jenkins_plugin - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• jenkins_plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• json_patch filter plugin - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• kea_command - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• keycloak_authz_permission - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• keycloak_clientscope_type - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• keycloak_component - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• keycloak_realm_key - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• keycloak_user_execute_actions_email - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• keycloak_user_federation - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• keycloak_userprofile - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• launchd - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• linode inventory plugin - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• listen_ports_facts - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• listen_ports_facts - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• logentries callback plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• lxc_container - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• lxd_container - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• manageiq_alert_profiles - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• manageiq_provider - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• manageiq_tenant - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• matrix - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• maven_artifact - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• memset_memstore_info - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• memset_server_info - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• memset_zone - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• module_helper module utils - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• monit - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• netcup_dns - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• nmcli - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• nomad_job - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• nosh - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• npm - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• odbc - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• one_host - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• one_image - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• one_service - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• one_template - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• one_vm - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• one_vm - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• one_vnet - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• oneandone module utils - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• onepassword_info - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• online inventory plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• opendj_backendprop - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• opennebula module utils - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• opentelemetry callback plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• ovh_monthly_billing - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• pamd - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• pkgin - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• portinstall - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• pulp_repo - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• redfish_utils module utils - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• redhat_subscription - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• redhat_subscription - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• redis_data_incr - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• rhevm - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• scaleway module utils - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• scaleway_sshkey - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• sensu_check - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• simpleinit_msb - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• sorcery - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• spectrum_model_attrs - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• spotinst_aws_elastigroup - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• svc - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• syslog_json callback plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• terraform - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• timestamp callback plugin - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• timezone - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• to_* time filter plugins - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• to_prettytable filter plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• vmadm - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• wsl connection plugin - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• wsl connection plugin - rename variable to fix type checking (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11030).
• xen_orchestra inventory plugin - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• xenserver module utils - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• xenserver_guest - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).
• xenserver_guest - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• xfs_quota - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• xml - improve Python code by removing unnecessary variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11049).
• zypper_repository - improve Python code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11043).

v12.0.0

Release Summary

This is release 12.0.0 of community.general, released on 2025-11-03.

Minor Changes

• Modernize code for Python 3.7+. This includes code reformatting, and adding new checks to CI, including a type checker (mypy). Most of the code does not have type hints yet, but now it is possible to add typing hints and have these validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10285, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10886, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10891, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10892, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10897, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10899, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10902, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10903, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10904, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10907, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10908, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10909, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10939, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10940, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10941, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10942, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10945, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10947, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10958, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10959, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10968, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10969, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10970, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10971, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10973, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10974, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10975, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10976, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10977, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10978, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10979, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10980, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10981, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10992, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10993, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10997, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10999, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11015, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11016, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11017).
• aerospike_migrations - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10494).
• airbrake_deployment - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10494).
• android_sdk - minor refactor to improve readability (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10712).
• apk - using safer mechanism to run external command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10479, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10520).
• bigpanda - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10494).
• bootc_manage - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10494).
• bower - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10494).
• btrfs_subvolume - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10494).
• bundler - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10494).
• bzr - using safer mechanism to run external command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10523).
• campfire - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10494).
• capabilities - using safer mechanism to run external command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10524).
• cargo - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10494).
• catapult - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10494).
• cisco_webex - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10494).
• cloudflare_dns - adds support for PTR records (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10267).
• cloudflare_dns - remove redundant brackets in conditionals, no functional changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10328).
• cloudflare_dns - simplify validations and refactor some code, no functional changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10269).
• composer - using safer mechanism to run external command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10525).
• consul_kv - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10494).
• consul_policy - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10494).
• copr - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10494).
• crypttab - remove redundant brackets in conditionals, no functional changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10328).
• datadog_downtime - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10494).
• datadog_monitor - remove redundant brackets in conditionals, no functional changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10328).
• datadog_monitor - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10494).
• dconf - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10494).
• dimensiondata_network - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10494).
• dimensiondata_vlan - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10494).
• django module utils - remove deprecated parameter _DjangoRunner call (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10574).
• django module utils - simplify/consolidate the common settings for the command line (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10684).
• django_check - rename parameter database to databases, add alias for compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10700).
• django_check - simplify/consolidate the common settings for the command line (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10684).
• django_createcachetable - simplify/consolidate the common settings for the command line (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10684).
• dnf_config_manager - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10494).
• dnsmadeeasy - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10494).
• dpkg_divert - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10494).
• easy_install - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10494).
• easy_install - using safer mechanism to run external command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10526).
• elasticsearch_plugin - minor refactor to improve readability (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10712).
• elasticsearch_plugin - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10494).
• facter - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10494).
• filesize - minor refactor to simplify string formatting (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10727).
• filesystem - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10494).
• filetree - add exclude option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10936, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10936).
• gem - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• git_config_info - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• github_app_access_token lookup plugin - add support for GitHub Enterprise Server (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10879, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10880).
• github_app_access_token lookup plugin - support both jwt and pyjwt to avoid conflict with other modules requirements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10299).
• github_deploy_key - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• github_repo - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• github_webhook - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• github_webhook_info - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• gitlab_branch - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• gitlab_deploy_key - remove redundant brackets in conditionals, no functional changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10328).
• gitlab_group_access_token - add planner access level (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10679).
• gitlab_group_access_token - add missing scopes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10785).
• gitlab_group_access_token - remove redundant brackets in conditionals, no functional changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10328).
• gitlab_group_access_token - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• gitlab_group_variable - add description option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10812).
• gitlab_group_variable - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• gitlab_group_variable - support masked-and-hidden variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10787).
• gitlab_hook - remove redundant brackets in conditionals, no functional changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10328).
• gitlab_hook - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• gitlab_instance_variable - add description option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10812).
• gitlab_instance_variable - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• gitlab_issue - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• gitlab_label - minor refactor to improve readability (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10711).
• gitlab_label - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• gitlab_merge_request - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• gitlab_milestone - minor refactor to improve readability (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10711).
• gitlab_milestone - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• gitlab_project - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• gitlab_project_access_token - add planner access level (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10679).
• gitlab_project_access_token - add missing scopes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10785).
• gitlab_project_access_token - remove redundant brackets in conditionals, no functional changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10328).
• gitlab_project_access_token - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• gitlab_project_variable - add description option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10812, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8584, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10809).
• gitlab_project_variable - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• gitlab_project_variable - support masked-and-hidden variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10787).
• gitlab_protected_branch - add allow_force_push, code_owner_approval_required (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10795, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6432, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10289, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10765).
• gitlab_protected_branch - update protected branches if possible instead of recreating them (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10795).
• gitlab_runner - remove redundant brackets in conditionals, no functional changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10328).
• grove - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• hg - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• homebrew - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• homebrew_cask - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• homebrew_tap - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• honeybadger_deployment - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• htpasswd - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• icinga2_host - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• imgadm - using safer mechanism to run external command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10536).
• influxdb_user - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• ini_file - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• iocage inventory plugin - minor refactor to improve readability (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10712).
• ipa_dnsrecord - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• ipa_dnszone - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• ipa_group - remove redundant brackets in conditionals, no functional changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10328).
• ipa_host - add userclass and locality parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10935).
• ipa_host - minor refactor to improve readability (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10711).
• ipa_service - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• ipbase_info - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• iptables_state - minor refactor to simplify string formatting (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10727).
• ipwcli_dns - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• irc - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• jabber - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• java_keystore - remove redundant function (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10905).
• jenkins_build - remove redundant brackets in conditionals, no functional changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10328).
• jenkins_build_info - remove redundant brackets in conditionals, no functional changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10328).
• jenkins_credential - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• jenkins_job - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• jenkins_plugin - install dependencies for specific version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issue/4995, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10346).
• jenkins_script - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10505).
• keycloak - add support for grant_type=client_credentials to all keycloak modules, so that specifying auth_client_id and auth_client_secret is sufficient for authentication (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10231).
• keycloak module utils - remove redundant brackets in conditionals, no functional changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10328).
• keycloak_authz_authorization_scope - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• keycloak_authz_permission - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• keycloak_client - add idempotent support for optional_client_scopes and optional_client_scopes, and ensure consistent change detection between check mode and live run (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5495, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10842).
• keycloak_identity_provider – add support for fromUrl to automatically fetch OIDC endpoints from the well-known discovery URL, simplifying identity provider configuration (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10527).
• keycloak_realm - add support for WebAuthn policy configuration options, including both regular and passwordless WebAuthn policies (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10791).
• keycloak_realm - add support for brute_force_strategy and max_temporary_lockouts (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10412, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10415).
• keycloak_realm - add support for client-related options and Oauth2 device (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10538).
• keycloak_role - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• keycloak_user - return user created boolean flag (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10950).
• keycloak_userprofile - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• keyring - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• kibana_plugin - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• layman - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• ldap_attrs - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• ldap_inc - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• librato_annotation - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• linode module utils - remove redundant code for ancient versions of Ansible (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10906).
• lldp - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• logentries - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• logstash callback plugin - remove redundant brackets in conditionals, no functional changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10328).
• logstash_plugin - using safer mechanism to run external command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10479, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10520).
• lvg_rename - minor refactor to improve readability (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10711).
• lxca_cmms - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• lxca_nodes - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• macports - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• mail - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• manageiq - minor refactor to improve readability (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10712).
• manageiq_alert_profiles - minor refactor to improve readability (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10712).
• manageiq_alerts - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• manageiq_group - minor refactor to simplify string formatting (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10727).
• manageiq_group - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• manageiq_policies - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• manageiq_policies_info - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• manageiq_tags - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• manageiq_tenant - minor refactor to simplify string formatting (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10727).
• manageiq_tenant - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• matrix - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• mattermost - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• maven_artifact - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• memset_dns_reload - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• memset_zone - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• memset_zone_record - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• mqtt - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• mssql_db - minor refactor to simplify string formatting (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10727).
• mssql_db - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• mssql_script - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• nagios - make parameter services a list instead of a str (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10493).
• netcup_dns - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• newrelic_deployment - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• nmcli - remove redundant brackets in conditionals, no functional changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10328).
• nmcli - simplify validations and refactor some code, no functional changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10323).
• npm - improve parameter validation using Ansible construct (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10983).
• nsupdate - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10507).
• oci_vcn - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• one_image_info - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• one_template - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• one_vm - minor refactor to improve readability (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10712).
• one_vnet - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• oneandone_firewall_policy - remove redundant brackets in conditionals, no functional changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10328).
• oneandone_load_balancer - remove redundant brackets in conditionals, no functional changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10328).
• oneandone_monitoring_policy - remove redundant brackets in conditionals, no functional changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10328).
• onepassword_info - remove redundant brackets in conditionals, no functional changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10328).
• onepassword_info - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• oneview_fc_network_info - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• open_iscsi - using safer mechanism to run external command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10599).
• openbsd_pkg - add autoremove parameter to remove unused dependencies (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10705).
• openbsd_pkg - minor refactor to simplify string formatting (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10727).
• opendj_backendprop - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• osx_defaults - remove redundant brackets in conditionals, no functional changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10328).
• ovh_ip_loadbalancing_backend - remove redundant brackets in conditionals, no functional changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10328).
• ovh_monthly_billing - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• pacemaker_cluster - add state=maintenance for managing pacemaker maintenance mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10200, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10227).
• pacemaker_cluster - rename node to name and add node alias (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10227).
• pacemaker_resource - add state=cleanup for cleaning up pacemaker resources [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10413](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10413)
• pacemaker_resource - add state=cloned for cloning pacemaker resources or groups (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10322, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10665).
• pacemaker_resource - enhance module by removing duplicative code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10227).
• pacemaker_resource - the parameter name is no longer a required parameter in community.general 11.3.0 [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10413](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10413)
• packet_device - remove redundant brackets in conditionals, no functional changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10328).
• pagerduty - remove redundant brackets in conditionals, no functional changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10328).
• pagerduty - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• pagerduty_change - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• pagerduty_user - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• pam_limits - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• parted - using safer mechanism to run external command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10642).
• pear - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• pear - using safer mechanism to run external command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10601).
• pingdom - remove redundant brackets in conditionals, no functional changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10328).
• pipx module_utils - use PIPX_USE_EMOJI to disable emojis in the output of pipx 1.8.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10874).
• pkgng - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• pnpm - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• portage - add a changed_deps option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11023).
• portage - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• portage - using safer mechanism to run external command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10602).
• pritunl_org - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• pritunl_org_info - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• pritunl_user - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• pritunl_user_info - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• pubnub_blocks - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• pushbullet - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• pushover - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• python_runner module utils - remove redundant brackets in conditionals, no functional changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10328).
• random_string lookup plugin - allow to specify seed while generating random string (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5362, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10710).
• redis_data - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• redis_data_incr - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• rhevm - remove redundant brackets in conditionals, no functional changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10328).
• riak - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• riak - using safer mechanism to run external command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10603).
• rocketchat - remove redundant brackets in conditionals, no functional changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10328).
• rocketchat - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• rollbar_deployment - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• say - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• scaleway modules - add a scaleway group to use module_defaults (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10647).
• scaleway_* modules, scaleway inventory plugin - update available zones and API URLs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10383, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10424).
• scaleway_container - add a cpu_limit argument (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10646).
• scaleway_database_backup - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• sendgrid - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• sensu_silence - remove redundant brackets in conditionals, no functional changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10328).
• sensu_silence - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• sensu_subscription - normalize quotes in the module output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10483).
• sl_vm - remove redundant brackets in conditionals, no functional changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10328).
• solaris_zone - using safer mechanism to run external command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10604).
• sorcery - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• ssh_config - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• statusio_maintenance - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• svr4pkg - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• swdepot - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• swupd - using safer mechanism to run external command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10605).
• syslogger - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• sysrc - adjustments to the code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10417).
• sysrc - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• systemd_creds_decrypt - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• systemd_creds_encrypt - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10512).
• taiga_issue - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10513).
• tasks_only callback plugin - add result_format and pretty_results options similarly to the default callback (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10422).
• terraform - minor refactor to improve readability (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10711).
• timezone - using safer mechanism to run external command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10612).
• twilio - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10513).
• ufw - minor refactor to simplify string formatting (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10727).
• urpmi - remove redundant brackets in conditionals, no functional changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10328).
• urpmi - using safer mechanism to run external command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10606).
• utm_aaa_group - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10513).
• utm_ca_host_key_cert - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10513).
• utm_dns_host - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10513).
• utm_network_interface_address - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10513).
• utm_proxy_auth_profile - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10513).
• utm_proxy_exception - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10513).
• utm_proxy_frontend - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10513).
• utm_proxy_location - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10513).
• vertica_configuration - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10513).
• vertica_info - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10513).
• vertica_role - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10513).
• xattr - remove redundant brackets in conditionals, no functional changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10328).
• xbps - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10513).
• xbps - using safer mechanism to run external command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10608).
• xenserver module utils - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10769).
• xenserver_facts - minor refactor to simplify string formatting (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10727).
• xfconf - minor adjustments the the code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10311).
• xfs_quota - using safer mechanism to run external command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10609).
• xml - remove redundant brackets in conditionals, no functional changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10328).
• yarn - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10513).
• zfs_facts - minor refactor to simplify string formatting (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10727).
• zypper - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10513).
• zypper - support the --gpg-auto-import-keys option in zypper (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10660, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10661).
• zypper_repository - remove redundant constructs from argument specs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10513).

Breaking Changes / Porting Guide

• mh.base module utils - debug will now always be delegated to the underlying AnsibleModule object (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10883).
• oneview module utils - remove import of standard library os (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10644).
• slack - the default of prepend_hash changed from auto to never (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10883).

Deprecated Features

• catapult - module is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 13.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10318, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10329).
• cpanm - deprecate mode=compatibility, mode=new should be used instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10434).
• dimensiondata doc_fragments plugin - fragments is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 13.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10986).
• dimensiondata module_utils plugin - utils is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 13.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10986).
• dimensiondata_network - module is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 13.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10986).
• dimensiondata_vlan - module is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 13.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10986).
• dimensiondata_wait doc_fragments plugin - fragments is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 13.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10986).
• github_repo - deprecate force_defaults=true (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10435).
• hiera lookup plugin - retrieving data with Hiera has been deprecated a long time ago; because of that this plugin will be removed from community.general 13.0.0. If you disagree with this deprecation, please create an issue in the community.general repository (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4462, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10779).
• oci_utils module utils - utils is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 13.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10318, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10652).
• oci_vcn - module is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 13.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10318, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10652).
• oneandone module utils - DNS fails to resolve the API endpoint used by the module. The module is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 13.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10994).
• oneandone_firewall_policy - DNS fails to resolve the API endpoint used by the module. The module is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 13.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10994).
• oneandone_load_balancer - DNS fails to resolve the API endpoint used by the module. The module is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 13.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10994).
• oneandone_monitoring_policy - DNS fails to resolve the API endpoint used by the module. The module is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 13.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10994).
• oneandone_private_network - DNS fails to resolve the API endpoint used by the module. The module is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 13.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10994).
• oneandone_public_ip - DNS fails to resolve the API endpoint used by the module. The module is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 13.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10994).
• oneandone_server - DNS fails to resolve the API endpoint used by the module. The module is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 13.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10994).
• oracle* doc fragments - fragments are deprecated and will be removed in community.general 13.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10318, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10652).
• pacemaker_cluster - the state cleanup will be removed from community.general 14.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10741).
• rocketchat - the default value for is_pre740, currently true, is deprecated and will change to false in community.general 13.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10490).
• typetalk - module is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 13.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9499).

Removed Features previously deprecated

• Ansible-core 2.16 is no longer supported. This also means that the collection now requires Python 3.7+ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10884).
• bearychat - the module has been removed as the chat service is no longer available (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10883).
• cmd_runner module utils - the parameter ignore_value_none to CmdRunner.__call__() has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10883).
• cmd_runner_fmt module utils - the parameter ctx_ignore_none to argument formatters has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10883).
• facter - the module has been replaced by community.general.facter_facts (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10883).
• mh.deco module utils - the parameters on_success and on_failure of cause() have been removed; use when="success" and when="failure" instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10883).
• opkg - the value "" for the option force is no longer allowed. Omit force instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10883).
• pacemaker_cluster - the option state is now required (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10883).
• pure module utils - the modules using this module utils have been removed from community.general 3.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10883).
• purestorage doc fragment - the modules using this doc fragment have been removed from community.general 3.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10883).
• yaml callback plugin - the deprecated plugin has been removed. Use the default callback with result_format=yaml instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10883).

Security Fixes

• keycloak_user - the parameter credentials[].value is now marked as no_log=true. Before it was logged by Ansible, unless the task was marked as no_log: true. Since this parameter can be used for passwords, this resulted in credential leaking (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11000, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11005).

Bugfixes

• Avoid deprecated functionality in ansible-core 2.20 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10687).
• Avoid usage of deprecated ansible.module_utils.six in all code that does not have to support Python 2 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10873).
• Remove all usage of ansible.module_utils.six (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10888).
• apache2_module - avoid ansible-core 2.19 deprecation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10459).
• apache2_module - check the cgi module restrictions only during activation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10423).
• apk - fix check for empty/whitespace-only package names (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10532).
• apk - handle empty name strings properly (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10441, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10442).
• capabilities - using invalid path symlink/directory/\.\.\. returned unrelated and incoherent error messages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5649, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10455).
• cloudflare_dns - roll back changes to CAA record validation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10934, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10956).
• cloudflare_dns - roll back changes to SRV record validation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10934, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10937).
• cronvar - fix crash on missing cron_file parent directories (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10460, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10461).
• cronvar - handle empty strings on value properly (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10439, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10445).
• dependent lookup plugin - avoid deprecated ansible-core 2.19 functionality (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10359).
• doas become plugin - disable pipelining on ansible-core 2.19+. The plugin does not work with pipelining, and since ansible-core 2.19 become plugins can indicate that they do not work with pipelining (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9977, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10537).
• gem - fix soundness issue when uninstalling default gems on Ubuntu (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10451, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10689).
• github_app_access_token lookup plugin - fix compatibility imports for using jwt (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10807, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10810).
• github_deploy_key - fix bug during error handling if no body was present in the result (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10853, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10857).
• github_release - support multiple types of GitHub tokens; no longer failing when ghs_ token type is provided (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10338, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10339).
• gitlab_runner - fix exception in check mode when a new runner is created (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8854).
• homebrew - do not fail when cask or formula name has changed in homebrew repo (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10804, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10805).
• htpasswd - avoid ansible-core 2.19 deprecation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10459).
• icinga2 inventory plugin - avoid using deprecated option when templating options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10271).
• incus connection plugin - fix error handling to return more useful Ansible errors to the user (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10344, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10349).
• irc - pass hostname to wrap_socket() if use_tls=true and validate_certs=true (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10472, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10491).
• jenkins_plugin - install latest compatible version instead of latest (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/854, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10346).
• jenkins_plugin - separate Jenkins and external URL credentials (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4419, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10346).
• json_query filter plugin - make compatible with lazy evaluation list and dictionary types of ansible-core 2.19 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10539).
• kdeconfig - kwriteconfig executable could not be discovered automatically on systems with only kwriteconfig6 installed. kwriteconfig6 can now be discovered by Ansible (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10746, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10751).
• keycloak_clientsecret, keycloak_clientsecret_info - make client_auth work (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10932, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10933).
• keycloak_group - fixes an issue where module ignores realm when searching subgroups by name (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10840).
• keycloak_realm - support setting adminPermissionsEnabled for a realm (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10962).
• keycloak_role - fixes an issue where the module incorrectly returns changed=true when using the alias clientId in composite roles (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10829).
• linode inventory plugin - avoid using deprecated option when templating options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10271).
• listen_port_facts - avoid crash when required commands are missing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10457, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10458).
• logstash callback plugin - remove reference to Python 2 library (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10345).
• lvm_pv - properly detect SCSI or NVMe devices to rescan (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10444, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10596).
• machinectl become plugin - disable pipelining on ansible-core 2.19+. The plugin does not work with pipelining, and since ansible-core 2.19 become plugins can indicate that they do not work with pipelining (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10537).
• merge_variables lookup plugin - avoid deprecated functionality from ansible-core 2.19 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10566).
• monit - fix crash caused by an unknown status value returned from the monit service (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10742, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10743).
• omapi_host - make return values compatible with ansible-core 2.19 and Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11001).
• onepassword_doc and onepassword_ssh_key lookup plugins - ensure that all connection parameters are passed to CLI class (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10965).
• pacemaker - use regex for matching maintenance-mode output to determine cluster maintenance status (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10426, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10707).
• pacemaker_resource - fix resource_type parameter formatting (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10426, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10663).
• parted - variable is a list, not text (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10823, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10817).
• pids - prevent error when an empty string is provided for name (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10672, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10688).
• pritunl_user - improve resilience when comparing user parameters if remote fields are null or missing. List parameters <code>groups</code>\, <code>mac\_addresses</code> now safely default to empty lists for comparison and avoids KeyError issues (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10954, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10955).
• random_string lookup plugin - replace random.SystemRandom() with secrets.SystemRandom() when generating strings. This has no practical effect, as both are the same (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10893).
• rocketchat - fix message delivery in Rocket Chat >= 7.5.3 by forcing Content-Type header to application/json instead of the default application/x-www-form-urlencoded (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10796, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10796).
• selective callback plugin - specify ansible_loop_var instead of the explicit value item when printing task result (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10752).
• syspatch - avoid ansible-core 2.19 deprecation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10459).
• sysrc - fixes parsing with multi-line variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10394, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10417).
• sysupgrade - avoid ansible-core 2.19 deprecation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10459).
• terraform - fix bug when null values inside complex vars are throwing error instead of being passed to terraform. Now terraform can handle null``s in ``complex_vars itself (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10961).
• wsl connection plugin - avoid deprecated ansible-core paramiko import helper, import paramiko directly instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10515, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10531).
• xfconf - fix handling of empty array properties (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11026).
• xfconf_info - fix handling of empty array properties (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11026).
• yaml cache plugin - make compatible with ansible-core 2.19 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10849, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10852).
• zypper_repository - avoid ansible-core 2.19 deprecation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10459).

New Plugins

Callback

• community.general.tasks_only - Only show tasks.

Filter

• community.general.to_nice_yaml - Convert variable to YAML string.
• community.general.to_yaml - Convert variable to YAML string.

Inventory

• community.general.incus - Incus inventory source.

Lookup

• community.general.binary_file - Read binary file and return it Base64 encoded.

New Modules

• community.general.django_dumpdata - Wrapper for django-admin dumpdata.
• community.general.django_loaddata - Wrapper for django-admin loaddata.
• community.general.jenkins_credential - Manage Jenkins credentials and domains through API.
• community.general.kea_command - Submits generic command to ISC KEA server on target.
• community.general.keycloak_user_execute_actions_email - Send a Keycloak execute-actions email to a user.
• community.general.lvm_pv_move_data - Move data between LVM Physical Volumes (PVs).
• community.general.pacemaker_info - Gather information about Pacemaker cluster.
• community.general.pacemaker_stonith - Manage Pacemaker STONITH.