ancestor: 2.18.0
releases:
  2.19.0b1:
    changes:
      breaking_changes:
      - Support for the ``toml`` library has been removed from TOML inventory parsing
        and dumping. Use ``tomli`` for parsing on Python 3.10. Python 3.11 and later
        have built-in support for parsing. Use ``tomli-w`` to support outputting inventory
        in TOML format.
      - assert - The ``quiet`` argument must be a commonly-accepted boolean value.
        Previously, unrecognized values were silently treated as False.
      - callback plugins - The structure of the ``exception``, ``warnings`` and ``deprecations``
        values visible to callbacks has changed. Callbacks that inspect or serialize
        these values may require special handling.
      - conditionals - Conditional expressions that result in non-boolean values are
        now an error by default. Such results often indicate unintentional use of
        templates where they are not supported, resulting in a conditional that is
        always true. When this option is enabled, conditional expressions which are
        a literal ``None`` or empty string will evaluate as true, for backwards compatibility.
        The error can be temporarily changed to a deprecation warning by enabling
        the ``ALLOW_BROKEN_CONDITIONALS`` config option.
      - first_found lookup - When specifying ``files`` or ``paths`` as a templated
        list containing undefined values, the undefined list elements will be discarded
        with a warning. Previously, the entire list would be discarded without any
        warning.
      - internals - The ``AnsibleLoader`` and ``AnsibleDumper`` classes for working
        with YAML are now factory functions and cannot be extended.
      - internals - The ``ansible.utils.native_jinja`` Python module has been removed.
      - inventory - Invalid variable names provided by inventories result in an inventory
        parse failure. This behavior is now consistent with other variable name usages
        throughout Ansible.
      - lookup plugins - Lookup plugins called as `with_(lookup)` will no longer have
        the `_subdir` attribute set.
      - lookup plugins - ``terms`` will always be passed to ``run`` as the first positional
        arg, where previously it was sometimes passed as a keyword arg when using
        ``with_`` syntax.
      - loops - Omit placeholders no longer leak between loop item templating and
        task templating. Previously, ``omit`` placeholders could remain embedded in
        loop items after templating and be used as an ``omit`` for task templating.
        Now, values resolving to ``omit`` are dropped immediately when loop items
        are templated. To turn missing values into an ``omit`` for task templating,
        use ``| default(omit)``. This solution is backwards compatible with previous
        versions of ansible-core.
      - modules - Ansible modules using ``sys.excepthook`` must use a standard ``try/except``
        instead.
      - plugins - Any plugin that sources or creates templates must properly tag them
        as trusted.
      - plugins - Custom Jinja plugins that accept undefined top-level arguments must
        opt in to receiving them.
      - plugins - Custom Jinja plugins that use ``environment.getitem`` to retrieve
        undefined values will now trigger a ``MarkerError`` exception. This exception
        must be handled to allow the plugin to return a ``Marker``, or the plugin
        must opt-in to accepting ``Marker`` values.
      - public API - The ``ansible.vars.fact_cache.FactCache`` wrapper has been removed.
      - serialization of ``omit`` sentinel - Serialization of variables containing
        ``omit`` sentinels (e.g., by the ``to_json`` and ``to_yaml`` filters or ``ansible-inventory``)
        will fail if the variable has not completed templating. Previously, serialization
        succeeded with placeholder strings emitted in the serialized output.
      - set_fact - The string values "yes", "no", "true" and "false" were previously
        converted (ignoring case) to boolean values when not using Jinja2 native mode.
        Since Jinja2 native mode is always used, this conversion no longer occurs.
        When boolean values are required, native boolean syntax should be used where
        variables are defined, such as in YAML. When native boolean syntax is not
        an option, the ``bool`` filter can be used to parse string values into booleans.
      - template lookup - The ``convert_data`` option is deprecated and no longer
        has any effect. Use the ``from_json`` filter on the lookup result instead.
      - templating - Access to ``_`` prefixed attributes and methods, and methods
        with known side effects, is no longer permitted. In cases where a matching
        mapping key is present, the associated value will be returned instead of an
        error. This increases template environment isolation and ensures more consistent
        behavior between the ``.`` and ``[]`` operators.
      - templating - Conditionals and lookups which use embedded inline templates
        in Jinja string constants now display a warning. These templates should be
        converted to their expression equivalent.
      - templating - Many Jinja plugins (filters, lookups, tests) and methods previously
        silently ignored undefined inputs, which often masked subtle errors. Passing
        an undefined argument to a Jinja plugin or method that does not declare undefined
        support now results in an undefined value.
      - templating - Templates are always rendered in Jinja2 native mode. As a result,
        non-string values are no longer automatically converted to strings.
      - templating - Templates resulting in ``None`` are no longer automatically converted
        to an empty string.
      - templating - Templates with embedded inline templates that were not contained
        within a Jinja string constant now result in an error, as support for multi-pass
        templating was removed for security reasons. In most cases, such templates
        can be easily rewritten to avoid the use of embedded inline templates.
      - templating - The ``allow_unsafe_lookups`` option no longer has any effect.
        Lookup plugins are responsible for tagging strings containing templates to
        allow evaluation as a template.
      - templating - The result of the ``range()`` global function cannot be returned
        from a template- it should always be passed to a filter (e.g., ``random``).
        Previously, range objects returned from an intermediate template were always
        converted to a list, which is inconsistent with inline consumption of range
        objects.
      - templating - ``#jinja2:`` overrides in templates with invalid override names
        or types are now templating errors.
      bugfixes:
      - Ansible will now also warn when reserved keywords are set via a module (set_fact,
        include_vars, etc).
      - Ansible.Basic - Fix ``required_if`` check when the option value to check is
        unset or set to null.
      - Correctly return ``False`` when using the ``filter`` and ``test`` Jinja tests
        on plugin names which are not filters or tests, respectively. (resolves issue
        https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82084)
      - Do not run implicit ``flush_handlers`` meta tasks when the whole play is excluded
        from the run due to tags specified.
      - Errors now preserve stacked error messages even when YAML is involved.
      - Fix a display.debug statement with the wrong param in _get_diff_data() method
      - Fix disabling SSL verification when installing collections and roles from
        git repositories. If ``--ignore-certs`` isn't provided, the value for the
        ``GALAXY_IGNORE_CERTS`` configuration option will be used (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83326).
      - Fix ipv6 pattern bug in lib/ansible/parsing/utils/addresses.py (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84237)
      - Fix returning 'unreachable' for the overall task result. This prevents false
        positives when a looped task has unignored unreachable items (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84019).
      - 'Implicit ``meta: flush_handlers`` tasks now have a parent block to prevent
        potential tracebacks when calling methods like ``get_play()`` on them internally.'
      - Improve performance on large inventories by reducing the number of implicit
        meta tasks.
      - Jinja plugins - Errors raised will always be derived from ``AnsibleTemplatePluginError``.
      - Optimize the way tasks from within ``include_tasks``/``include_role`` are
        inserted into the play.
      - Time out waiting on become is an unreachable error (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84468)
      - Use consistent multiprocessing context for action write locks
      - Use the requested error message in the ansible.module_utils.facts.timeout
        timeout function instead of hardcoding one.
      - Windows - add support for running on system where WDAC is in audit mode with
        ``Dynamic Code Security`` enabled.
      - YAML parsing - The `!unsafe` tag no longer coerces non-string scalars to strings.
      - "``ansible-galaxy`` \u2014 the collection dependency resolver now treats version
        specifiers starting with ``!=`` as unpinned."
      - '``package``/``dnf`` action plugins - provide the reason behind the failure
        to gather the ``ansible_pkg_mgr`` fact to identify the package backend'
      - action plugins - Action plugins that raise unhandled exceptions no longer
        terminate playbook loops. Previously, exceptions raised by an action plugin
        caused abnormal loop termination and loss of loop iteration results.
      - ansible-config - format galaxy server configs while dumping in JSON format
        (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84840).
      - ansible-doc - If none of the files in files exists, path will be undefined
        and a direct reference will throw an UnboundLocalError (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/84464).
      - ansible-galaxy - Small adjustments to URL building for ``download_url`` and
        relative redirects.
      - ansible-pull change detection will now work independently of callback or result
        format settings.
      - ansible-test - Enable the ``sys.unraisablehook`` work-around for the ``pylint``
        sanity test on Python 3.11. Previously the work-around was only enabled for
        Python 3.12 and later. However, the same issue has been discovered on Python
        3.11.
      - ansible-test - Ensure CA certificates are installed on managed FreeBSD instances.
      - ansible-test - Fix support for PowerShell module_util imports with the ``-Optional``
        flag.
      - ansible-test - Fix support for detecting PowerShell modules importing module
        utils with the newer ``#AnsibleRequires`` format.
      - ansible-test - Fix traceback that occurs after an interactive command fails.
      - ansible-test - Fix up coverage reporting to properly translate the temporary
        path of integration test modules to the expected static test module path.
      - ansible-test - Fixed traceback when handling certain YAML errors in the ``yamllint``
        sanity test.
      - ansible-test - Managed macOS instances now use the ``sudo_chdir`` option for
        the ``sudo`` become plugin to avoid permission errors when dropping privileges.
      - ansible-vault will now correctly handle `--prompt`, previously it would issue
        an error about stdin if no 2nd argument was passed
      - ansible_uptime_second - added ansible_uptime_seconds fact support for AIX
        (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/84321).
      - apt_key module - prevent tests from running when apt-key was removed
      - base.yml - deprecated libvirt_lxc_noseclabel config.
      - build - Pin ``wheel`` in ``pyproject.toml`` to ensure compatibility with supported
        ``setuptools`` versions.
      - config - various fixes to config lookup plugin (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/84398).
      - copy - refactor copy module for simplicity.
      - copy action now prevents user from setting internal options.
      - debconf - set empty password values (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83214).
      - debug - hide loop vars in debug var display (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/65856).
      - default callback - Error context is now shown for failing tasks that use the
        ``debug`` action.
      - display - The ``Display.deprecated`` method once again properly handles the
        ``removed=True`` argument (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82358).
      - distro - add support for Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84934).
      - distro - detect Debian as os_family for LMDE 6 (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84934).
      - dnf5 - Handle forwarded exceptions from dnf5-5.2.13 where a generic ``RuntimeError``
        was previously raised
      - dnf5 - fix ``is_installed`` check for packages that are not installed but
        listed as provided by an installed package (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84578)
      - dnf5 - fix installing a package using ``state=latest`` when a binary of the
        same name as the package is already installed (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84259)
      - dnf5 - fix traceback when ``enable_plugins``/``disable_plugins`` is used on
        ``python3-libdnf5`` versions that do not support this functionality
      - dnf5 - libdnf5 - use ``conf.pkg_gpgcheck`` instead of deprecated ``conf.gpgcheck``
        which is used only as a fallback
      - dnf5 - matching on a binary can be achieved only by specifying a full path
        (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84334)
      - facts - gather pagesize and calculate respective values depending upon architecture
        (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84773).
      - facts - skip if distribution file path is directory, instead of raising error
        (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84006).
      - find - skip ENOENT error code while recursively enumerating files. find module
        will now be tolerant to race conditions that remove files or directories from
        the target it is currently inspecting. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84873).
      - first_found lookup - Corrected return value documentation to reflect None
        (not empty string) for no files found.
      - gather_facts action now defaults to `ansible.legacy.setup` if `smart` was
        set, no network OS was found and no other alias for `setup` was present.
      - gather_facts action will now issues errors and warnings as appropriate if
        a network OS is detected but no facts modules are defined for it.
      - gather_facts action, will now add setup when 'smart' appears with other modules
        in the FACTS_MODULES setting (#84750).
      - get_url - add support for BSD-style checksum digest file (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84476).
      - get_url - fix honoring ``filename`` from the ``content-disposition`` header
        even when the type is ``inline`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83690)
      - host_group_vars - fixed defining the 'key' variable if the get_vars method
        is called with cache=False (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84384)
      - include_vars - fix including previously undefined hash variables with hash_behaviour
        merge (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84295).
      - iptables - Allows the wait parameter to be used with iptables chain creation
        (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84490)
      - linear strategy - fix executing ``end_role`` meta tasks for each host, instead
        of handling these as implicit run_once tasks (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84660).
      - local connection plugin - Become timeout errors now include all received data.
        Previously, the most recently-received data was discarded.
      - local connection plugin - Ensure ``become`` success validation always occurs,
        even when an active plugin does not set ``prompt``.
      - local connection plugin - Fixed cases where the internal ``BECOME-SUCCESS``
        message appeared in task output.
      - local connection plugin - Fixed hang or spurious failure when data arrived
        concurrently on stdout and stderr during a successful ``become`` operation
        validation.
      - local connection plugin - Fixed hang when a become plugin expects a prompt
        but a password was not provided.
      - local connection plugin - Fixed hang when an active become plugin incorrectly
        signals lack of prompt.
      - local connection plugin - Fixed hang when an internal become read timeout
        expired before the password prompt was written.
      - local connection plugin - Fixed hang when only one of stdout or stderr was
        closed by the ``become_exe`` subprocess.
      - local connection plugin - Fixed long timeout/hang for ``become`` plugins that
        repeat their prompt on failure (e.g., ``sudo``, some ``su`` implementations).
      - local connection plugin - Fixed silent ignore of ``become`` failures and loss
        of task output when data arrived concurrently on stdout and stderr during
        ``become`` operation validation.
      - local connection plugin - Fixed task output header truncation when post-become
        data arrived before ``become`` operation validation had completed.
      - lookup plugins - The ``terms`` arg to the ``run`` method is now always a list.
        Previously, there were cases where a non-list could be received.
      - module arg templating - When using a templated raw task arg and a templated
        ``args`` keyword, args are now merged. Previously use of templated raw task
        args silently ignored all values from the templated ``args`` keyword.
      - module defaults - Module defaults are no longer templated unless they are
        used by a task that does not override them. Previously, all module defaults
        for all modules were templated for every task.
      - module respawn - limit to supported Python versions
      - omitting task args - Use of omit for task args now properly falls back to
        args of lower precedence, such as module defaults. Previously an omitted value
        would obliterate values of lower precedence.
      - package_facts module when using 'auto' will return the first package manager
        found that provides an output, instead of just the first one, as this can
        be foreign and not have any packages.
      - psrp - Improve stderr parsing when running raw commands that emit error records
        or stderr lines.
      - regex_search filter - Corrected return value documentation to reflect None
        (not empty string) for no match.
      - respawn - use copy of env variables to update existing PYTHONPATH value (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84954).
      - runas become - Fix up become logic to still get the SYSTEM token with the
        most privileges when running as SYSTEM.
      - sequence lookup - sequence query/lookups without positional arguments now
        return a valid list if their kwargs comprise a valid sequence expression (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82921).
      - service_facts - skip lines which does not contain service names in openrc
        output (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84512).
      - ssh - Improve the logic for parsing CLIXML data in stderr when working with
        Windows host. This fixes issues when the raw stderr contains invalid UTF-8
        byte sequences and improves embedded CLIXML sequences.
      - ssh - Raise exception when sshpass returns error code (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58133).
      - ssh - connection options were incorrectly templated during ``reset_connection``
        tasks (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/84238).
      - stability - Fixed silent process failure on unhandled IOError/OSError under
        ``linear`` strategy.
      - su become plugin - Ensure generated regex from ``prompt_l10n`` config values
        is properly escaped.
      - su become plugin - Ensure that password prompts are correctly detected in
        the presence of leading output. Previously, this case resulted in a timeout
        or hang.
      - su become plugin - Ensure that trailing colon is expected on all ``prompt_l10n``
        config values.
      - sudo become plugin - The `sudo_chdir` config option allows the current directory
        to be set to the specified value before executing sudo to avoid permission
        errors when dropping privileges.
      - sunos - remove hard coding of virtinfo command in facts gathering code (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/84357).
      - to_yaml/to_nice_yaml filters - Eliminated possibility of keyword arg collisions
        with internally-set defaults.
      - unarchive - Clamp timestamps from beyond y2038 to representible values when
        unpacking zip files on platforms that use 32-bit time_t (e.g. Debian i386).
      - uri - Form location correctly when the server returns a relative redirect
        (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84540)
      - uri - Handle HTTP exceptions raised while reading the content (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83794).
      - uri - mark ``url`` as required (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/83642).
      - user - Create Buildroot subclass as alias to Busybox (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83665).
      - user - Set timeout for passphrase interaction.
      - user - Update prompt for SSH key passphrase (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84484).
      - user - Use higher precedence HOME_MODE as UMASK for path provided (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/84482).
      - user action will now require O(force) to overwrite the public part of an ssh
        key when generating ssh keys, as was already the case for the private part.
      - user module now avoids changing ownership of files symlinked in provided home
        dir skeleton
      - vars lookup - The ``default`` substitution only applies when trying to look
        up a variable which is not defined. If the variable is defined, but templates
        to an undefined value, the ``default`` substitution will not apply. Use the
        ``default`` filter to coerce those values instead.
      - wait_for_connection - a warning was displayed if any hosts used a local connection
        (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84419)
      deprecated_features:
      - CLI - The ``--inventory-file`` option alias is deprecated. Use the ``-i``
        or ``--inventory`` option instead.
      - Stategy Plugins - Use of strategy plugins not provided in ``ansible.builtin``
        are deprecated and do not carry any backwards compatibility guarantees going
        forward. A future release will remove the ability to use external strategy
        plugins. No alternative for third party strategy plugins is currently planned.
      - '``ansible.module_utils.compat.datetime`` - The datetime compatibility shims
        are now deprecated. They are scheduled to be removed in ``ansible-core`` v2.21.
        This includes ``UTC``, ``utcfromtimestamp()`` and ``utcnow`` importable from
        said module (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81874).'
      - bool filter - Support for coercing unrecognized input values (including None)
        has been deprecated. Consult the filter documentation for acceptable values,
        or consider use of the ``truthy`` and ``falsy`` tests.
      - cache plugins - The `ansible.plugins.cache.base` Python module is deprecated.
        Use `ansible.plugins.cache` instead.
      - callback plugins - The `v2_on_any` callback method is deprecated. Use specific
        callback methods instead.
      - callback plugins - The v1 callback API (callback methods not prefixed with
        `v2_`) is deprecated. Use `v2_` prefixed methods instead.
      - conditionals - Conditionals using Jinja templating delimiters (e.g., ``{{``,
        ``{%``) should be rewritten as expressions without delimiters, unless the
        entire conditional value is a single template that resolves to a trusted string
        expression. This is useful for dynamic indirection of conditional expressions,
        but is limited to trusted literal string expressions.
      - config - The ``ACTION_WARNINGS`` config has no effect. It previously disabled
        command warnings, which have since been removed.
      - config - The ``DEFAULT_JINJA2_NATIVE`` option has no effect. Jinja2 native
        mode is now the default and only option.
      - config - The ``DEFAULT_NULL_REPRESENTATION`` option has no effect. Null values
        are no longer automatically converted to another value during templating of
        single variable references.
      - display - The ``Display.get_deprecation_message`` method has been deprecated.
        Call ``Display.deprecated`` to display a deprecation message, or call it with
        ``removed=True`` to raise an ``AnsibleError``.
      - file loading - Loading text files with ``DataLoader`` containing data that
        cannot be decoded under the expected encoding is deprecated. In most cases
        the encoding must be UTF-8, although some plugins allow choosing a different
        encoding. Previously, invalid data was silently wrapped in Unicode surrogate
        escape sequences, often resulting in later errors or other data corruption.
      - first_found lookup - Splitting of file paths on ``,;:`` is deprecated. Pass
        a list of paths instead. The ``split`` method on strings can be used to split
        variables into a list as needed.
      - interpreter discovery - The ``auto_legacy`` and ``auto_legacy_silent`` options
        for ``INTERPRETER_PYTHON`` are deprecated. Use ``auto`` or ``auto_silent``
        options instead, as they have the same effect.
      - oneline callback - The ``oneline`` callback and its associated ad-hoc CLI
        args (``-o``, ``--one-line``) are deprecated.
      - paramiko - The paramiko connection plugin has been deprecated with planned
        removal in 2.21.
      - playbook variables - The ``play_hosts`` variable has been deprecated, use
        ``ansible_play_batch`` instead.
      - plugin error handling - The ``AnsibleError`` constructor arg ``suppress_extended_error``
        is deprecated. Using ``suppress_extended_error=True`` has the same effect
        as ``show_content=False``.
      - plugins - The ``listify_lookup_plugin_terms`` function is obsolete and in
        most cases no longer needed.
      - template lookup - The jinja2_native option is no longer used in the Ansible
        Core code base. Jinja2 native mode is now the default and only option.
      - templating - Support for enabling Jinja2 extensions (not plugins) has been
        deprecated.
      - templating - The ``ansible_managed`` variable available for certain templating
        scenarios, such as the ``template`` action and ``template`` lookup has been
        deprecated. Define and use a custom variable instead of relying on ``ansible_managed``.
      - templating - The ``disable_lookups`` option has no effect, since plugins must
        be updated to apply trust before any templating can be performed.
      - to_yaml/to_nice_yaml filters - Implicit YAML dumping of vaulted value ciphertext
        is deprecated. Set `dump_vault_tags` to explicitly specify the desired behavior.
      - tree callback - The ``tree`` callback and its associated ad-hoc CLI args (``-t``,
        ``--tree``) are deprecated.
      known_issues:
      - templating - Any string value starting with ``#jinja2:`` which is templated
        will always be interpreted as Jinja2 configuration overrides. To include this
        literal value at the start of a string, a space or other character must precede
        it.
      - variables - Tagged values cannot be used for dictionary keys in many circumstances.
      - variables - The values ``None``, ``True`` and ``False`` cannot be tagged because
        they are singletons. Attempts to apply tags to these values will be silently
        ignored.
      major_changes:
      - Jinja plugins - Jinja builtin filter and test plugins are now accessible via
        their fully-qualified names ``ansible.builtin.{name}``.
      - Task Execution / Forks - Forks no longer inherit stdio from the parent ``ansible-playbook``
        process. ``stdout``, ``stderr``, and ``stdin`` within a worker are detached
        from the terminal, and non-functional. All needs to access stdio from a fork
        for controller side plugins requires use of ``Display``.
      - ansible-test - Packages beneath ``module_utils`` can now contain ``__init__.py``
        files.
      - variables - The type system underlying Ansible's variable storage has been
        significantly overhauled and formalized. Attempts to store unsupported Python
        object types in variables will now result in an error.
      - variables - To support new Ansible features, many variable objects are now
        represented by subclasses of their respective native Python types. In most
        cases, they behave indistinguishably from their original types, but some Python
        libraries do not handle builtin object subclasses properly. Custom plugins
        that interact with such libraries may require changes to convert and pass
        the native types.
      minor_changes:
      - Added a -vvvvv log message indicating when a host fails to produce output
        within the timeout period.
      - AnsibleModule.uri - Add option ``multipart_encoding`` for ``form-multipart``
        files in body to change default base64 encoding for files
      - INVENTORY_IGNORE_EXTS config, removed ``ini`` from the default list, inventory
        scripts using a corresponding .ini configuration are rare now and inventory.ini
        files are more common. Those that need to ignore the ini files for inventory
        scripts can still add it to configuration.
      - Jinja plugins - Plugins can declare support for undefined values.
      - Jinja2 version 3.1.0 or later is now required on the controller.
      - Move ``follow_redirects`` parameter to module_utils so external modules can
        reuse it.
      - PlayIterator - do not return tasks from already executed roles so specific
        strategy plugins do not have to do the filtering of such tasks themselves
      - SSH Escalation-related -vvv log messages now include the associated host information.
      - Windows - Add support for Windows Server 2025 to Ansible and as an ``ansible-test``
        remote target - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84229
      - Windows - refactor the async implementation to better handle errors during
        bootstrapping and avoid WMI when possible.
      - "``ansible-galaxy collection install`` \u2014 the collection dependency resolver
        now prints out conflicts it hits during dependency resolution when it's taking
        too long and it ends up backtracking a lot. It also displays suggestions on
        how to help it compute the result more quickly."
      - 'ansible, ansible-console, ansible-pull - add --flush-cache option (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83749).

        '
      - ansible-galaxy - Add support for Keycloak service accounts
      - ansible-galaxy - support ``resolvelib >= 0.5.3, < 2.0.0`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84217).
      - ansible-test - Added a macOS 15.3 remote VM, replacing 14.3.
      - ansible-test - Automatically retry HTTP GET/PUT/DELETE requests on exceptions.
      - ansible-test - Default to Python 3.13 in the ``base`` and ``default`` containers.
      - ansible-test - Disable the ``deprecated-`` prefixed ``pylint`` rules as their
        results vary by Python version.
      - ansible-test - Disable the ``pep8`` sanity test rules ``E701`` and ``E704``
        to improve compatibility with ``black``.
      - ansible-test - Improve container runtime probe error handling. When unexpected
        probe output is encountered, an error with more useful debugging information
        is provided.
      - ansible-test - Replace container Alpine 3.20 with 3.21.
      - ansible-test - Replace container Fedora 40 with 41.
      - ansible-test - Replace remote Alpine 3.20 with 3.21.
      - ansible-test - Replace remote Fedora 40 with 41.
      - ansible-test - Replace remote FreeBSD 13.3 with 13.5.
      - ansible-test - Replace remote FreeBSD 14.1 with 14.2.
      - ansible-test - Replace remote RHEL 9.4 with 9.5.
      - ansible-test - Show a more user-friendly error message when a ``runme.sh``
        script is not executable.
      - ansible-test - The ``yamllint`` sanity test now enforces string values for
        the ``!vault`` tag.
      - ansible-test - Update ``nios-test-container`` to version 7.0.0.
      - ansible-test - Update ``pylint`` sanity test to use version 3.3.1.
      - ansible-test - Update distro containers to remove unnecessary pakages (apache2,
        subversion, ruby).
      - ansible-test - Update sanity test requirements to latest available versions.
      - ansible-test - Update the HTTP test container.
      - ansible-test - Update the PyPI test container.
      - ansible-test - Update the ``base`` and ``default`` containers.
      - ansible-test - Update the utility container.
      - ansible-test - Use Python's ``urllib`` instead of ``curl`` for HTTP requests.
      - ansible-test - When detection of the current container network fails, a warning
        is now issued and execution continues. This simplifies usage in cases where
        the current container cannot be inspected, such as when running in GitHub
        Codespaces.
      - ansible-test acme test container - bump `version to 2.3.0 <https://github.com/ansible/acme-test-container/releases/tag/2.3.0>`__
        to include newer versions of Pebble, dependencies, and runtimes. This adds
        support for ACME profiles, ``dns-account-01`` support, and some smaller improvements
        (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/84547).
      - apt_key module - add notes to docs and errors to point at the CLI tool deprecation
        by Debian and alternatives
      - apt_repository module - add notes to errors to point at the CLI tool deprecation
        by Debian and alternatives
      - become plugins get new property 'pipelining' to show support or lack there
        of for the feature.
      - callback plugins - add has_option() to CallbackBase to match other functions
        overloaded from AnsiblePlugin
      - callback plugins - fix get_options() for CallbackBase
      - copy - fix sanity test failures (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/83643).
      - copy - parameter ``local_follow`` was incorrectly documented as having default
        value ``True`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/83643).
      - cron - Provide additional error information while writing cron file (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83223).
      - csvfile - let the config system do the typecasting (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/82263).
      - display - Deduplication of warning and error messages considers the full content
        of the message (including source and traceback contexts, if enabled). This
        may result in fewer messages being omitted.
      - distribution - Added openSUSE MicroOS to Suse OS family (#84685).
      - dnf5, apt - add ``auto_install_module_deps`` option (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84206)
      - docs - add collection name in message from which the module is being deprecated
        (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84116).
      - env lookup - The error message generated for a missing environment variable
        when ``default`` is an undefined value (e.g. ``undef('something')``) will
        contain the hint from that undefined value, except when the undefined value
        is the default of ``undef()`` with no arguments. Previously, any existing
        undefined hint would be ignored.
      - file - enable file module to disable diff_mode (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80817).
      - file - make code more readable and simple.
      - filter - add support for URL-safe encoding and decoding in b64encode and b64decode
        (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84147).
      - find - add a checksum_algorithm parameter to specify which type of checksum
        the module will return
      - from_json filter - The filter accepts a ``profile`` argument, which defaults
        to ``tagless``.
      - handlers - Templated handler names with syntax errors, or that resolve to
        ``omit`` are now skipped like handlers with undefined variables in their name.
      - improved error message for yaml parsing errors in plugin documentation
      - local connection plugin - A new ``become_strip_preamble`` config option (default
        True) was added; disable to preserve diagnostic ``become`` output in task
        results.
      - local connection plugin - A new ``become_success_timeout`` operation-wide
        timeout config (default 10s) was added for ``become``.
      - local connection plugin - When a ``become`` plugin's ``prompt`` value is a
        non-string after the ``check_password_prompt`` callback has completed, no
        prompt stripping will occur on stderr.
      - lookup_template - add an option to trim blocks while templating (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75962).
      - module - set ipv4 and ipv6 rules simultaneously in iptables module (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84404).
      - module_utils - Add ``NoReturn`` type annotations to functions which never
        return.
      - modules - PowerShell modules can now receive ``datetime.date``, ``datetime.time``
        and ``datetime.datetime`` values as ISO 8601 strings.
      - modules - PowerShell modules can now receive strings sourced from inline vault-encrypted
        strings.
      - modules - Unhandled exceptions during Python module execution are now returned
        as structured data from the target. This allows the new traceback handling
        to be applied to exceptions raised on targets.
      - pipelining logic has mostly moved to connection plugins so they can decide/override
        settings.
      - plugin error handling - When raising exceptions in an exception handler, be
        sure to use ``raise ... from`` as appropriate. This supersedes the use of
        the ``AnsibleError`` arg ``orig_exc`` to represent the cause. Specifying ``orig_exc``
        as the cause is still permitted. Failure to use ``raise ... from`` when ``orig_exc``
        is set will result in a warning. Additionally, if the two cause exceptions
        do not match, a warning will be issued.
      - removed harcoding of su plugin as it now works with pipelining.
      - runtime-metadata sanity test - improve validation of ``action_groups`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/83965).
      - service_facts module got freebsd support added.
      - ssh connection plugin - Support ``SSH_ASKPASS`` mechanism to provide passwords,
        making it the default, but still offering an explicit choice to use ``sshpass``
        (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/83936)
      - ssh connection plugin now overrides pipelining when a tty is requested.
      - ssh-agent - ``ansible``, ``ansible-playbook`` and ``ansible-console`` are
        capable of spawning or reusing an ssh-agent, allowing plugins to interact
        with the ssh-agent. Additionally a pure python ssh-agent client has been added,
        enabling easy interaction with the agent. The ssh connection plugin contains
        new functionality via ``ansible_ssh_private_key`` and ``ansible_ssh_private_key_passphrase``,
        for loading an SSH private key into the agent from a variable.
      - templating - Access to an undefined variable from inside a lookup, filter,
        or test (which raises MarkerError) no longer ends processing of the current
        template. The triggering undefined value is returned as the result of the
        offending plugin invocation, and the template continues to execute.
      - templating - Embedding ``range()`` values in containers such as lists will
        result in an error on use. Previously the value would be converted to a string
        representing the range parameters, such as ``range(0, 3)``.
      - templating - Handling of omitted values is now a first-class feature of the
        template engine, and is usable in all Ansible Jinja template contexts. Any
        template that resolves to ``omit`` is automatically removed from its parent
        container during templating.
      - templating - Template evaluation is lazier than in previous versions. Template
        expressions which resolve only portions of a data structure no longer result
        in the entire structure being templated.
      - templating - Templating errors now provide more information about both the
        location and context of the error, especially for deeply-nested and/or indirected
        templating scenarios.
      - templating - Unified ``omit`` behavior now requires that plugins calling ``Templar.template()``
        handle cases where the entire template result is omitted, by catching the
        ``AnsibleValueOmittedError`` that is raised. Previously, this condition caused
        a randomly-generated string marker to appear in the template result.
      - templating - Variables of type ``set`` and ``tuple`` are now converted to
        ``list`` when exiting the final pass of templating.
      - to_json / to_nice_json filters - The filters accept a ``profile`` argument,
        which defaults to ``tagless``.
      - troubleshooting - Tracebacks can be collected and displayed for most errors,
        warnings, and deprecation warnings (including those generated by modules).
        Tracebacks are no longer enabled with ``-vvv``; the behavior is directly configurable
        via the ``DISPLAY_TRACEBACK`` config option. Module tracebacks passed to ``fail_json``
        via the ``exception`` kwarg will not be included in the task result unless
        error tracebacks are configured.
      - undef jinja function - The ``undef`` jinja function now raises an error if
        a non-string hint is given. Attempting to use an undefined hint also results
        in an error, ensuring incorrect use of the function can be distinguished from
        the function's normal behavior.
      - validate-modules sanity test - make sure that ``module`` and ``plugin`` ``seealso``
        entries use FQCNs (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/84325).
      - vault - improved vault filter documentation by adding missing example content
        for dump_template_data.j2, refining examples for clarity, and ensuring variable
        consistency (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83583).
      - warnings - All warnings (including deprecation warnings) issued during a task's
        execution are now accessible via the ``warnings`` and ``deprecations`` keys
        on the task result.
      - when the ``dict`` lookup is given a non-dict argument, show the value of the
        argument and its type in the error message.
      - windows - add hard minimum limit for PowerShell to 5.1. Ansible dropped support
        for older versions of PowerShell in the 2.16 release but this reqirement is
        now enforced at runtime.
      - windows - refactor windows exec runner to improve efficiency and add better
        error reporting on failures.
      - winrm - Remove need for pexpect on macOS hosts when using ``kinit`` to retrieve
        the Kerberos TGT. By default the code will now only use the builtin ``subprocess``
        library which should handle issues with select and a high fd count and also
        simplify the code.
      release_summary: '| Release Date: 2025-04-14

        | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.19/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.19.html>`__

        '
      removed_features:
      - Remove deprecated plural form of collection path (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/84156).
      - Removed deprecated STRING_CONVERSION_ACTION (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84220).
      - encrypt - passing unsupported passlib hashtype now raises AnsibleFilterError.
      - manager - remove deprecated include_delegate_to parameter from get_vars API.
      - modules - Modules returning non-UTF8 strings now result in an error. The ``MODULE_STRICT_UTF8_RESPONSE``
        setting can be used to disable this check.
      - removed deprecated pycompat24 and compat.importlib.
      - selector - remove deprecated compat.selector related files (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/84155).
      - windows - removed common module functions ``ConvertFrom-AnsibleJson``, ``Format-AnsibleException``
        from Windows modules as they are not used and add uneeded complexity to the
        code.
      security_fixes:
      - include_vars action - Ensure that result masking is correctly requested when
        vault-encrypted files are read. (CVE-2024-8775)
      - task result processing - Ensure that action-sourced result masking (``_ansible_no_log=True``)
        is preserved. (CVE-2024-8775)
      - templating - Ansible's template engine no longer processes Jinja templates
        in strings unless they are marked as coming from a trusted source. Untrusted
        strings containing Jinja template markers are ignored with a warning. Examples
        of trusted sources include playbooks, vars files, and many inventory sources.
        Examples of untrusted sources include module results and facts. Plugins which
        have not been updated to preserve trust while manipulating strings may inadvertently
        cause them to lose their trusted status.
      - templating - Changes to conditional expression handling removed numerous instances
        of insecure multi-pass templating (which could result in execution of untrusted
        template expressions).
      - user action won't allow ssh-keygen, chown and chmod to run on existing ssh
        public key file, avoiding traversal on existing symlinks (CVE-2024-9902).
    codename: What Is and What Should Never Be
    fragments:
    - 2.19.0b1_summary.yaml
    - 81709-ansible-galaxy-slow-resolution-hints.yml
    - 81812-ansible-galaxy-negative-spec-is-pinned.yml
    - 81874-deprecate-datetime-compat.yml
    - 83642-fix-sanity-ignore-for-uri.yml
    - 83643-fix-sanity-ignore-for-copy.yml
    - 83690-get_url-content-disposition-filename.yml
    - 83700-enable-file-disable-diff.yml
    - 83757-deprecate-paramiko.yml
    - 83936-ssh-askpass.yml
    - 83965-action-groups-schema.yml
    - 84008-additional-logging.yml
    - 84019-ignore_unreachable-loop.yml
    - 84149-add-flush-cache-for-adhoc-commands.yml
    - 84206-dnf5-apt-auto-install-module-deps.yml
    - 84213-ansible-galaxy-url-building.yml
    - 84229-windows-server-2025.yml
    - 84238-fix-reset_connection-ssh_executable-templated.yml
    - 84259-dnf5-latest-fix.yml
    - 84321-added-ansible_uptime_seconds_aix.yml
    - 84325-validate-modules-seealso-fqcn.yml
    - 84334-dnf5-consolidate-settings.yml
    - 84384-fix-undefined-key-host-group-vars.yml
    - 84419-fix-wait_for_connection-warning.yml
    - 84468-timeout_become_unreachable.yml
    - 84473-dict-lookup-type-error-message.yml
    - 84490-allow-iptables-chain-creation-with-wait.yml
    - 84496-CallbackBase-get_options.yml
    - 84540-uri-relative-redirect.yml
    - 84547-acme-test-container.yml
    - 84578-dnf5-is_installed-provides.yml
    - 84660-fix-meta-end_role-linear-strategy.yml
    - 84685-add-opensuse-microos.yml
    - 84705-error-message-malformed-plugin-documentation.yml
    - 84725-deprecate-strategy-plugins.yml
    - Ansible.Basic-required_if-null.yml
    - ansible-galaxy-keycloak-service-accounts.yml
    - ansible-test-added-macos-15.3.yml
    - ansible-test-containers.yml
    - ansible-test-coverage-test-files.yml
    - ansible-test-curl.yml
    - ansible-test-fix-command-traceback.yml
    - ansible-test-freebsd-nss.yml
    - ansible-test-network-detection.yml
    - ansible-test-nios-container.yml
    - ansible-test-no-exec-script.yml
    - ansible-test-probe-error-handling.yml
    - ansible-test-pylint-fix.yml
    - ansible-test-remotes.yml
    - ansible-test-update.yml
    - apt_key_bye.yml
    - become-runas-system-deux.yml
    - buildroot.yml
    - compat_removal.yml
    - config.yml
    - config_dump.yml
    - copy_validate_input.yml
    - cron_err.yml
    - csvfile-col.yml
    - cve-2024-8775.yml
    - darwin_pagesize.yml
    - debconf_empty_password.yml
    - deprecated.yml
    - distro_LMDE_6.yml
    - dnf5-exception-forwarding.yml
    - dnf5-plugins-compat.yml
    - dnf5-remove-usage-deprecated-option.yml
    - feature-uri-add-option-multipart-encoding.yml
    - file_simplify.yml
    - find-checksum.yml
    - find_enoent.yml
    - fix-ansible-galaxy-ignore-certs.yml
    - fix-cli-doc-path_undefined.yaml
    - fix-display-bug-in-action-plugin.yml
    - fix-include_vars-merge-hash.yml
    - fix-ipv6-pattern.yml
    - fix-is-filter-is-test.yml
    - fix-lookup-sequence-keyword-args-only.yml
    - fix-module-utils-facts-timeout.yml
    - fix_errors.yml
    - follow_redirects_url.yml
    - gather_facts_netos_fixes.yml
    - gather_facts_smart_fix.yml
    - get_url_bsd_style_digest.yml
    - hide-loop-vars-debug-vars.yml
    - implicit_flush_handlers_parents.yml
    - include_delegate_to.yml
    - interpreter-discovery-auto-legacy.yml
    - jinja-version.yml
    - libvirt_lxc.yml
    - local-become-fixes.yml
    - lookup_config.yml
    - macos-correct-lock.yml
    - no-inherit-stdio.yml
    - no-return.yml
    - openrc-status.yml
    - os_family.yml
    - package-dnf-action-plugins-facts-fail-msg.yml
    - package_facts_fix.yml
    - passlib.yml
    - pin-wheel.yml
    - pipelining_refactor.yml
    - playiterator-add_tasks-optimize.yml
    - ps-import-sanity.yml
    - pull_changed_fix.yml
    - remove_ini_ignored_dir.yml
    - reserved_module_chekc.yml
    - respawn-min-python.yml
    - respawn_os_env.yml
    - selector_removal.yml
    - service_facts_fbsd.yml
    - set_ipv4_and_ipv6_simultaneously.yml
    - simplify-copy-module.yml
    - skip-handlers-tagged-play.yml
    - skip-implicit-flush_handlers-no-notify.yml
    - skip-role-task-iterator.yml
    - ssh-agent.yml
    - ssh-clixml.yml
    - ssh_raise_exception.yml
    - string_conversion.yml
    - sunos_virtinfo.yml
    - templates_types_datatagging.yml
    - toml-library-support-dropped.yml
    - trim_blocks.yml
    - unarchive_timestamp_t32.yaml
    - update-resolvelib-lt-2_0_0.yml
    - uri_httpexception.yml
    - url_safe_b64_encode_decode.yml
    - user_action_fix.yml
    - user_module.yml
    - user_passphrase.yml
    - user_ssh_fix.yml
    - v2.19.0-initial-commit.yaml
    - vault_cli_fix.yml
    - vault_docs_fix.yaml
    - win-async-refactor.yml
    - win-wdac-audit.yml
    - windows-exec.yml
    - winrm-kinit-pexpect.yml
    release_date: '2025-04-14'
  2.19.0b2:
    changes:
      bugfixes:
      - Remove use of `required` parameter in `get_bin_path` which has been deprecated.
      - ansible-doc - fix indentation for first line of descriptions of suboptions
        and sub-return values (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/84690).
      - ansible-doc - fix line wrapping for first line of description of options and
        return values (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/84690).
      minor_changes:
      - comment filter - Improve the error message shown when an invalid ``style``
        argument is provided.
      release_summary: '| Release Date: 2025-04-24

        | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.19/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.19.html>`__

        '
    codename: What Is and What Should Never Be
    fragments:
    - 2.19.0b2_summary.yaml
    - 84690-ansible-doc-indent-wrapping.yml
    - comment_fail.yml
    - get_bin_path-remove-use-of-deprecated-param.yml
    release_date: '2025-04-23'
  2.19.0b3:
    changes:
      bugfixes:
      - Ansible will now ensure predictable permissions on remote artifacts, until
        now it only ensured executable and relied on system masks for the rest.
      - dnf5 - avoid generating excessive transaction entries in the dnf5 history
        (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/85046)
      deprecated_features:
      - Passing a ``warnings` or ``deprecations`` key to ``exit_json`` or ``fail_json``
        is deprecated. Use ``AnsibleModule.warn`` or ``AnsibleModule.deprecate`` instead.
      - plugins - Accessing plugins with ``_``-prefixed filenames without the ``_``
        prefix is deprecated.
      minor_changes:
      - ansible-config will now show internal, but not test configuration entries.
        This allows for debugging but still denoting the configurations as internal
        use only (_ prefix).
      - ansible-test - Improved ``pylint`` checks for Ansible-specific deprecation
        functions.
      - ansible-test - Use the ``-t`` option to set the stop timeout when stopping
        a container. This avoids use of the ``--time`` option which was deprecated
        in Docker v28.0.
      - collection metadata - The collection loader now parses scalar values from
        ``meta/runtime.yml`` as strings. This avoids issues caused by unquoted values
        such as versions or dates being parsed as types other than strings.
      - deprecation warnings - Deprecation warning APIs automatically capture the
        identity of the deprecating plugin. The ``collection_name`` argument is only
        required to correctly attribute deprecations that occur in module_utils or
        other non-plugin code.
      - deprecation warnings - Improved deprecation messages to more clearly indicate
        the affected content, including plugin name when available.
      - deprecations - Collection name strings not of the form ``ns.coll`` passed
        to deprecation API functions will result in an error.
      - deprecations - Removed support for specifying deprecation dates as a ``datetime.date``,
        which was included in an earlier 2.19 pre-release.
      - deprecations - Some argument names to ``deprecate_value`` for consistency
        with existing APIs. An earlier 2.19 pre-release included a ``removal_`` prefix
        on the ``date`` and ``version`` arguments.
      - modules - The ``AnsibleModule.deprecate`` function no longer sends deprecation
        messages to the target host's logging system.
      release_summary: '| Release Date: 2025-05-06

        | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.19/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.19.html>`__

        '
    codename: What Is and What Should Never Be
    fragments:
    - 2.19.0b3_summary.yaml
    - 85046-dnf5-history-entries.yml
    - ansible-test-container-stop.yml
    - config_priv.yml
    - deprecator.yml
    - ensure_remote_perms.yml
    release_date: '2025-05-06'
  2.19.0b4:
    changes:
      bugfixes:
      - ansible-test - Updated the ``pylint`` sanity test to skip some deprecation
        validation checks when all arguments are dynamic.
      - config - Preserve or apply Origin tag to values returned by config.
      - config - Prevented fatal errors when ``MODULE_IGNORE_EXTS`` configuration
        was set.
      - config - Templating failures on config defaults now issue a warning. Previously,
        failures silently returned an unrendered and untrusted template to the caller.
      - config - ``ensure_type`` correctly propagates trust and other tags on returned
        values.
      - config - ``ensure_type`` now converts mappings to ``dict`` when requested,
        instead of returning the mapping.
      - config - ``ensure_type`` now converts sequences to ``list`` when requested,
        instead of returning the sequence.
      - config - ``ensure_type`` now correctly errors when ``pathlist`` or ``pathspec``
        types encounter non-string list items.
      - config - ``ensure_type`` now reports an error when ``bytes`` are provided
        for any known ``value_type``. Previously, the behavior was undefined, but
        often resulted in an unhandled exception or incorrect return type.
      - config - ``ensure_type`` with expected type ``int`` now properly converts
        ``True`` and ``False`` values to ``int``. Previously, these values were silently
        returned unmodified.
      - convert_bool.boolean API conversion function - Unhashable values passed to
        ``boolean`` behave like other non-boolean convertible values, returning False
        or raising ``TypeError`` depending on the value of ``strict``. Previously,
        unhashable values always raised ``ValueError`` due to an invalid set membership
        check.
      - dnf5 - when ``bugfix`` and/or ``security`` is specified, skip packages that
        do not have any such updates, even for new versions of libdnf5 where this
        functionality changed and it is considered failure
      - plugin loader - Apply template trust to strings loaded from plugin configuration
        definitions and doc fragments.
      - template action - Template files where the entire file's output renders as
        ``None`` are no longer emitted as the string "None", but instead render to
        an empty file as in previous releases.
      minor_changes:
      - facts - add "CloudStack KVM Hypervisor" for Linux VM in virtual facts (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/85089).
      - modules - use ``AnsibleModule.warn`` instead of passing ``warnings`` to ``exit_json``
        or ``fail_json`` which is deprecated.
      release_summary: '| Release Date: 2025-05-12

        | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.19/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.19.html>`__

        '
    codename: What Is and What Should Never Be
    fragments:
    - 2.19.0b4_summary.yaml
    - 85117-add-cloudstack-kvm-for-linux-facts.yml
    - ansible-test-pylint-deprecated-fix.yml
    - dnf5-advisory-type.yml
    - ensure_type.yml
    - plugin-loader-trust-docs.yml
    - preserve_config_origin.yml
    - remove-warnings-retval.yml
    - template-none.yml
    release_date: '2025-05-12'
