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Ansible 8 Porting Guide
=======================

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Ansible 8 is based on Ansible-core 2.15.


We suggest you read this page along with the `Ansible 8 Changelog <https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/main/8/CHANGELOG-v8.rst>`_ to understand what updates you may need to make.


Playbook
========

No notable changes


Command Line
============

* The return code of ``ansible-galaxy search`` is now 0 instead of 1 and the stdout is empty when results are empty to align with other ``ansible-galaxy`` commands.


Deprecated
==========

* Providing a list of dictionaries to ``vars:`` is deprecated in favor of supplying a dictionary.

  Instead of:

  .. code-block:: yaml

     vars:
       - var1: foo
       - var2: bar

  Use:

  .. code-block:: yaml

     vars:
       var1: foo
       var2: bar

Modules
=======

No notable changes


Modules removed
---------------

The following modules no longer exist:

* No notable changes


Deprecation notices
-------------------

No notable changes


Noteworthy module changes
-------------------------

No notable changes


Plugins
=======

No notable changes


Porting custom scripts
======================

No notable changes


Networking
==========

No notable changes

Porting Guide for v8.2.0
========================

Known Issues
------------

Ansible-core
~~~~~~~~~~~~

- ansible-test - The Fedora 37 remote is known to occasionally hang during boot. It is no longer routinely tested as a result. If possible, use the Fedora 38 remote instead.

community.crypto
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Ansible markup will show up in raw form on ansible-doc text output for ansible-core before 2.15. If you have trouble deciphering the documentation markup, please upgrade to ansible-core 2.15 (or newer), or read the HTML documentation on https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/collections/community/crypto/.

community.hrobot
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Ansible markup will show up in raw form on ansible-doc text output for ansible-core before 2.15. If you have trouble deciphering the documentation markup, please upgrade to ansible-core 2.15 (or newer), or read the HTML documentation on https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/collections/community/hrobot/.

community.routeros
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Ansible markup will show up in raw form on ansible-doc text output for ansible-core before 2.15. If you have trouble deciphering the documentation markup, please upgrade to ansible-core 2.15 (or newer), or read the HTML documentation on https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/collections/community/routeros/.

community.sops
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Ansible markup will show up in raw form on ansible-doc text output for ansible-core before 2.15. If you have trouble deciphering the documentation markup, please upgrade to ansible-core 2.15 (or newer), or read the HTML documentation on https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/collections/community/sops/.

Breaking Changes
----------------

hetzner.hcloud
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- hcloud-python 1.20.0 is now required for full compatibility

Major Changes
-------------

chocolatey.chocolatey
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- win_chocolatey - add options for specifying checksums
- win_chocolatey_facts - add filter / gather_subset option

community.vmware
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- vmware_vasa - added a new module to register/unregister a VASA provider
- vmware_vasa_info - added a new module to gather the information about existing VASA provider(s)

grafana.grafana
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Addition of Grafana Server role by @gardar
- Configurable agent user groups by @NormanJS
- Grafana Plugins support on-prem Grafana installation by @ishanjainn
- Updated Service for flow mode by @bentonam

Deprecated Features
-------------------

- The collection ``community.sap`` has been renamed to ``community.sap_libs``. For now both collections are included in Ansible. The content in ``community.sap`` will be replaced with deprecated redirects to the new collection in Ansible 9.0.0, and the collection will be removed from Ansible 10 completely. Please update your FQCNs for ``community.sap``.
- The deprecated servicenow.servicenow collection has been removed from Ansible 7, but accidentally re-added to Ansible 8. It will be removed again from Ansible 9 (https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/246).

community.general
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- flowdock - module relies entirely on no longer responsive API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6930).
- proxmox - old feature flag ``proxmox_default_behavior`` will be removed in community.general 10.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6836).
- stackdriver - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6887).
- webfaction_app - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).
- webfaction_db - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).
- webfaction_domain - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).
- webfaction_mailbox - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).
- webfaction_site - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).

junipernetworks.junos
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- `junos_ospfv2` - add deprecate warning for area_range.
- add deprecate warning for junos_acl_interfaces key for junos facts results.

Porting Guide for v8.1.0
========================

Known Issues
------------

community.dns
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Ansible markup will show up in raw form on ansible-doc text output for ansible-core before 2.15. If you have trouble deciphering the documentation markup, please upgrade to ansible-core 2.15 (or newer), or read the HTML documentation on https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/collections/community/dns/.

community.docker
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Ansible markup will show up in raw form on ansible-doc text output for ansible-core before 2.15. If you have trouble deciphering the documentation markup, please upgrade to ansible-core 2.15 (or newer), or read the HTML documentation on https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/collections/community/docker/.

community.general
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Ansible markup will show up in raw form on ansible-doc text output for ansible-core before 2.15. If you have trouble deciphering the documentation markup, please upgrade to ansible-core 2.15 (or newer), or read the HTML documentation on https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/collections/community/general/ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6539).

dellemc.openmanage
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- idrac_redfish_storage_contoller - Issue(256164) - If incorrect value is provided for one of the attributes in the provided attribute list for controller configuration, then this module does not exit with error.
- ome_device_network_services - Issue(212681) - The module does not provide a proper error message if unsupported values are provided for the following parameters- port_number, community_name, max_sessions, max_auth_retries, and idle_timeout.
- ome_device_power_settings - Issue(212679) - The module displays the following message if the value provided for the parameter ``power_cap`` is not within the supported range of 0 to 32767, ``Unable to complete the request because PowerCap does not exist or is not applicable for the resource URI.``
- ome_smart_fabric_uplink - Issue(186024) - Despite the module supported by OpenManage Enterprise Modular, it does not allow the creation of multiple uplinks of the same name. If an uplink is created using the same name as an existing uplink, the existing uplink is modified.

Breaking Changes
----------------

- Please note that the breaking change announced in the dellemc.enterprise_sonic changelog below is from dellemc.enterprise_sonic 2.1.0 and was reverted in dellemc.enterprise_sonic 2.2.0, so it is not contained in Ansible 8. For technical reasons, this entry is still shown here.

dellemc.enterprise_sonic
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- sonic_aaa - Add default_auth attribute to the argspec to replace the deleted group and local attributes. This change allows for ordered login authentication. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/dellemc.enterprise_sonic/pull/195).

Major Changes
-------------

cloudscale_ch.cloud
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Bump minimum required Ansible version to 2.13.0

fortinet.fortimanager
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Support all FortiManager versions in 6.2, 6.4, 7.0, 7.2 and 7.4. 139 new modules.
- Support token based authentication.

fortinet.fortios
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Improve the `no_log` feature in some modules;
- Improve the documentation and example for `seq_num` in `fortios_router_static`;
- Improve the documentation for `member_path` in all the modules;
- Support new FOS versions.

Removed Features
----------------

community.ciscosmb
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- remove testing for Python 2.6 nad 2.7
- remove testing for ansible 2.9

Deprecated Features
-------------------

- The gluster.gluster collection is considered unmaintained and will be removed from Ansible 10 if no one starts maintaining it again before Ansible 10. See `the removal process for details on how this works <https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview/blob/main/removal_from_ansible.rst#cancelling-removal-of-an-unmaintained-collection>`__ (https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/225).

amazon.aws
~~~~~~~~~~

- s3_object - support for passing object keys with a leading ``/`` has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2025-12-01 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1549).

community.ciscosmb
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- support for Python 2.6 nad 2.7
- support for ansible 2.9

community.general
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- CmdRunner module utils - deprecate ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_default_type()`` formatter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6601).
- MH VarsMixin module utils - deprecates ``VarsMixin`` and supporting classes in favor of plain ``vardict`` module util (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6649).
- cpanm - value ``compatibility`` is deprecated as default for parameter ``mode`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6512).
- redhat module utils - the ``module_utils.redhat`` module is deprecated, as
  effectively unused: the ``Rhsm``, ``RhsmPool``, and ``RhsmPools`` classes
  will be removed in community.general 9.0.0; the ``RegistrationBase`` class
  will be removed in community.general 10.0.0 together with the
  ``rhn_register`` module, as it is the only user of this class; this means
  that the whole ``module_utils.redhat`` module will be dropped in
  community.general 10.0.0, so importing it without even using anything of it
  will fail
  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6663).
- redhat_subscription - the ``autosubscribe`` alias for the ``auto_attach`` option has been
  deprecated for many years, although only in the documentation. Officially mark this alias
  as deprecated, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0
  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6646).
- redhat_subscription - the ``pool`` option is deprecated in favour of the
  more precise and flexible ``pool_ids`` option
  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6650).
- rhsm_repository - ``state=present`` has not been working as expected for many years,
  and it seems it was not noticed so far; also, "presence" is not really a valid concept
  for subscription repositories, which can only be enabled or disabled. Hence, mark the
  ``present`` and ``absent`` values of the ``state`` option as deprecated, slating them
  for removal in community.general 10.0.0
  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6673).

microsoft.ad
~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Deprecating support for Server 2012 and Server 2012 R2. These OS versions are reaching End of Life status from Microsoft and support for using them in Ansible are nearing its end.

purestorage.fusion
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- fusion_api_client - 'app_id' and 'key_file' parameters are deprecated in favor of 'issuer_id' and 'private_key_file' parameters and will be removed in the version 2.0.0, FUSION_APP_ID and FUSION_HOST env variables are deprecated in favor of FUSION_ISSUER_ID and FUSION_HOST and will be removed in the version 2.0.0
- fusion_array - 'app_id' and 'key_file' parameters are deprecated in favor of 'issuer_id' and 'private_key_file' parameters and will be removed in the version 2.0.0, FUSION_APP_ID and FUSION_HOST env variables are deprecated in favor of FUSION_ISSUER_ID and FUSION_HOST and will be removed in the version 2.0.0
- fusion_az - 'app_id' and 'key_file' parameters are deprecated in favor of 'issuer_id' and 'private_key_file' parameters and will be removed in the version 2.0.0, FUSION_APP_ID and FUSION_HOST env variables are deprecated in favor of FUSION_ISSUER_ID and FUSION_HOST and will be removed in the version 2.0.0
- fusion_hap - 'app_id' and 'key_file' parameters are deprecated in favor of 'issuer_id' and 'private_key_file' parameters and will be removed in the version 2.0.0, FUSION_APP_ID and FUSION_HOST env variables are deprecated in favor of FUSION_ISSUER_ID and FUSION_HOST and will be removed in the version 2.0.0
- fusion_hap - parameters `nqn`, `wwns`, `host_password`, `host_user`, `target_password`and `target_user` were deprecated
- fusion_hw - FUSION_APP_ID and FUSION_HOST env variables are deprecated in favor of FUSION_ISSUER_ID and FUSION_HOST and will be removed in the version 2.0.0
- fusion_info - 'app_id' and 'key_file' parameters are deprecated in favor of 'issuer_id' and 'private_key_file' parameters and will be removed in the version 2.0.0, FUSION_APP_ID and FUSION_HOST env variables are deprecated in favor of FUSION_ISSUER_ID and FUSION_HOST and will be removed in the version 2.0.0
- fusion_info - 'hosts' subset is deprecated in favor of 'host_access_policies' and will be removed in the version 2.0.0
- fusion_info - 'interfaces' subset is deprecated in favor of 'network_interfaces' and will be removed in the version 2.0.0
- fusion_info - 'zones' subset is deprecated in favor of 'availability_zones' and will be removed in the version 2.0.0
- fusion_ni - 'app_id' and 'key_file' parameters are deprecated in favor of 'issuer_id' and 'private_key_file' parameters and will be removed in the version 2.0.0, FUSION_APP_ID and FUSION_HOST env variables are deprecated in favor of FUSION_ISSUER_ID and FUSION_HOST and will be removed in the version 2.0.0
- fusion_nig - 'app_id' and 'key_file' parameters are deprecated in favor of 'issuer_id' and 'private_key_file' parameters and will be removed in the version 2.0.0, FUSION_APP_ID and FUSION_HOST env variables are deprecated in favor of FUSION_ISSUER_ID and FUSION_HOST and will be removed in the version 2.0.0
- fusion_pg - 'app_id' and 'key_file' parameters are deprecated in favor of 'issuer_id' and 'private_key_file' parameters and will be removed in the version 2.0.0, FUSION_APP_ID and FUSION_HOST env variables are deprecated in favor of FUSION_ISSUER_ID and FUSION_HOST and will be removed in the version 2.0.0
- fusion_pp - 'app_id' and 'key_file' parameters are deprecated in favor of 'issuer_id' and 'private_key_file' parameters and will be removed in the version 2.0.0, FUSION_APP_ID and FUSION_HOST env variables are deprecated in favor of FUSION_ISSUER_ID and FUSION_HOST and will be removed in the version 2.0.0
- fusion_ra - 'app_id' and 'key_file' parameters are deprecated in favor of 'issuer_id' and 'private_key_file' parameters and will be removed in the version 2.0.0, FUSION_APP_ID and FUSION_HOST env variables are deprecated in favor of FUSION_ISSUER_ID and FUSION_HOST and will be removed in the version 2.0.0
- fusion_region - 'app_id' and 'key_file' parameters are deprecated in favor of 'issuer_id' and 'private_key_file' parameters and will be removed in the version 2.0.0, FUSION_APP_ID and FUSION_HOST env variables are deprecated in favor of FUSION_ISSUER_ID and FUSION_HOST and will be removed in the version 2.0.0
- fusion_sc - 'app_id' and 'key_file' parameters are deprecated in favor of 'issuer_id' and 'private_key_file' parameters and will be removed in the version 2.0.0, FUSION_APP_ID and FUSION_HOST env variables are deprecated in favor of FUSION_ISSUER_ID and FUSION_HOST and will be removed in the version 2.0.0
- fusion_se - 'app_id' and 'key_file' parameters are deprecated in favor of 'issuer_id' and 'private_key_file' parameters and will be removed in the version 2.0.0, FUSION_APP_ID and FUSION_HOST env variables are deprecated in favor of FUSION_ISSUER_ID and FUSION_HOST and will be removed in the version 2.0.0
- fusion_se - `endpoint_type` parameter is now deprecated and will be removed in version 2.0.0
- fusion_ss - 'app_id' and 'key_file' parameters are deprecated in favor of 'issuer_id' and 'private_key_file' parameters and will be removed in the version 2.0.0, FUSION_APP_ID and FUSION_HOST env variables are deprecated in favor of FUSION_ISSUER_ID and FUSION_HOST and will be removed in the version 2.0.0
- fusion_tenant - 'app_id' and 'key_file' parameters are deprecated in favor of 'issuer_id' and 'private_key_file' parameters and will be removed in the version 2.0.0, FUSION_APP_ID and FUSION_HOST env variables are deprecated in favor of FUSION_ISSUER_ID and FUSION_HOST and will be removed in the version 2.0.0
- fusion_tn - FUSION_APP_ID and FUSION_HOST env variables are deprecated in favor of FUSION_ISSUER_ID and FUSION_HOST and will be removed in the version 2.0.0
- fusion_ts - 'app_id' and 'key_file' parameters are deprecated in favor of 'issuer_id' and 'private_key_file' parameters and will be removed in the version 2.0.0, FUSION_APP_ID and FUSION_HOST env variables are deprecated in favor of FUSION_ISSUER_ID and FUSION_HOST and will be removed in the version 2.0.0
- fusion_volume - 'app_id' and 'key_file' parameters are deprecated in favor of 'issuer_id' and 'private_key_file' parameters and will be removed in the version 2.0.0, FUSION_APP_ID and FUSION_HOST env variables are deprecated in favor of FUSION_ISSUER_ID and FUSION_HOST and will be removed in the version 2.0.0

Porting Guide for v8.0.0
========================

Added Collections
-----------------

- dellemc.powerflex (version 1.6.0)
- dellemc.unity (version 1.6.0)
- grafana.grafana (version 2.0.0)
- microsoft.ad (version 1.1.0)
- servicenow.servicenow (version 1.0.6)

Known Issues
------------

Ansible-core
~~~~~~~~~~~~

- ansible-test - Additional configuration may be required for certain container host and container combinations. Further details are available in the testing documentation.
- ansible-test - Custom containers with ``VOLUME`` instructions may be unable to start, when previously the containers started correctly. Remove the ``VOLUME`` instructions to resolve the issue. Containers with this condition will cause ``ansible-test`` to emit a warning.
- ansible-test - Systems with Podman networking issues may be unable to run containers, when previously the issue went unreported. Correct the networking issues to continue using ``ansible-test`` with Podman.
- ansible-test - Unit tests for collections do not support ``pytest`` assertion rewriting on Python 2.7.
- ansible-test - Using Docker on systems with SELinux may require setting SELinux to permissive mode. Podman should work with SELinux in enforcing mode.
- dnf5 - The DNF5 package manager currently does not provide all functionality to ensure feature parity between the existing ``dnf`` and the new ``dnf5`` module. As a result the following ``dnf5`` options are effectively a no-op: ``cacheonly``, ``enable_plugin``, ``disable_plugin`` and ``lock_timeout``.

cisco.meraki
~~~~~~~~~~~~

- meraki_network - Updated documentation for `local_status_page_enabled` and `remote_status_page_enabled` as these no longer work.

community.docker
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- The modules and plugins using the vendored code from Docker SDK for Python currently do not work with requests 2.29.0 and/or urllib3 2.0.0. The same is currently true for the latest version of Docker SDK for Python itself (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/issues/611, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/612).
- docker_api connection plugin - does **not work with TCP TLS sockets**! This is caused by the inability to send an ``close_notify`` TLS alert without closing the connection with Python's ``SSLSocket`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/issues/605, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/621).
- docker_container_exec - does **not work with TCP TLS sockets** when the ``stdin`` option is used! This is caused by the inability to send an ``close_notify`` TLS alert without closing the connection with Python's ``SSLSocket`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/issues/605, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/621).

community.routeros
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- api_modify - when limits for entries in ``queue tree`` are defined as human readable - for example ``25M`` -, the configuration will be correctly set in ROS, but the module will indicate the item is changed on every run even when there was no change done. This is caused by the ROS API which returns the number in bytes - for example ``25000000`` (which is inconsistent with the CLI behavior). In order to mitigate that, the limits have to be defined in bytes (those will still appear as human readable in the ROS CLI) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/131).
- api_modify, api_info - ``routing ospf area``, ``routing ospf area range``, ``routing ospf instance``, ``routing ospf interface-template`` paths are not fully implemeted for ROS6 due to the significat changes between ROS6 and ROS7 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/131).

dellemc.openmanage
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- idrac_firmware - Issue(249879) - Firmware update of iDRAC9-based Servers fails if SOCKS proxy with authentication is used.
- idrac_os_deployment- Issue(260496) - OS installation will support only NFS and CIFS share to store the custom ISO in the destination_path, HTTP/HTTPS/FTP not supported
- idrac_redfish_storage_contoller - Issue(256164) - If incorrect value is provided for one of the attributes in the provided attribute list for controller configuration, then this module does not exit with error.
- idrac_user - Issue(192043) The module may error out with the message ``Unable to perform the import or export operation because there are pending attribute changes or a configuration job is in progress``. Wait for the job to complete and run the task again.
- idrac_user - Issue(192043) The module may error out with the message ``unable to perform the import or export operation because there are pending attribute changes or a configuration job is in progress``. Wait for the job to complete and run the task again.
- ome_application_alerts_syslog - Issue(215374) - The module does not provide a proper error message if the destination_address is more than 255 characters.
- ome_device_network_services - Issue(212681) - The module does not provide a proper error message if unsupported values are provided for the following parameters- port_number, community_name, max_sessions, max_auth_retries, and idle_timeout.
- ome_device_network_services - Issue(212681) - The module does not provide a proper error message if unsupported values are provided for the parameters- port_number, community_name, max_sessions, max_auth_retries, and idle_timeout.
- ome_device_power_settings - Issue(212679) - The module displays the following message if the value provided for the parameter ``power_cap`` is not within the supported range of 0 to 32767, ``Unable to complete the request because PowerCap does not exist or is not applicable for the resource URI.``
- ome_inventory - Issue(256257) - All hosts are not retrieved for ``Modular System`` group and corresponding child groups.
- ome_inventory - Issue(256589) - All hosts are not retrieved for ``Custom Groups`` group and corresponding child groups.
- ome_inventory - Issue(256593) - All hosts are not retrieved for ``PLUGIN GROUPS`` group and corresponding child groups.
- ome_smart_fabric_uplink - Issue(186024) - Despite the module supported by OpenManage Enterprise Modular, it does not allow the creation of multiple uplinks of the same name. If an uplink is created using the same name as an existing uplink, the existing uplink is modified.
- ome_smart_fabric_uplink - Issue(186024) - The module does not allow the creation of multiple uplinks of the same name even though it is supported by OpenManage Enterprise Modular. If an uplink is created using the same name as an existing uplink, the existing uplink is modified.

Breaking Changes
----------------

Ansible-core
~~~~~~~~~~~~

- ansible-doc - no longer treat plugins in collections whose name starts with ``_`` as deprecated (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/79362).
- ansible-test - Integration tests which depend on specific file permissions when running in an ansible-test managed host environment may require changes. Tests that require permissions other than ``755`` or ``644`` may need to be updated to set the necessary permissions as part of the test run.
- ansible-test - The ``vcenter`` test plugin now defaults to using a user-provided static configuration instead of the ``govcsim`` simulator for collections. Set the ``ANSIBLE_VCSIM_CONTAINER`` environment variable to ``govcsim`` to use the simulator. Keep in mind that the simulator is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
- ansible-test sanity - previously plugins and modules in collections whose name started with ``_`` were treated as deprecated, even when they were not marked as deprecated in ``meta/runtime.yml``. This is no longer the case (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/79362).
- ansible-test validate-modules - Removed the ``missing-python-doc`` error code in validate modules, ``missing-documentation`` is used instead for missing PowerShell module documentation.

amazon.aws
~~~~~~~~~~

- The amazon.aws collection has dropped support for ``botocore<1.25.0`` and ``boto3<1.22.0``. Most modules will continue to work with older versions of the AWS SDK, however compatibility with older versions of the SDK is not guaranteed and will not be tested. When using older versions of the SDK a warning will be emitted by Ansible (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1342).
- amazon.aws - compatibility code for Python < 3.6 has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1257).
- ec2_eip - the previously deprecated ``instance_id`` alias for the ``device_id`` parameter has been removed. Please use the ``device_id`` parameter name instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/issues/1176).
- ec2_instance - the default value for ``instance_type`` has been removed. At least one of ``instance_type`` or ``launch_template`` must be specified when launching new instances (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1315).
- ec2_vpc_dhcp_options - the ``new_options`` return value has been deprecated after being renamed to ``dhcp_config``.  Please use the ``dhcp_config`` or ``dhcp_options`` return values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1327).
- ec2_vpc_endpoint - the ``policy_file`` parameter has been removed.  I(policy) with a file lookup can be used instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/issues/1178).
- ec2_vpc_net - the ``classic_link_enabled`` return value has been removed. Support for EC2 Classic networking was dropped by AWS (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1374).
- ec2_vpc_net_info - the ``classic_link_dns_status`` return value has been removed. Support for EC2 Classic networking was dropped by AWS (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1374).
- ec2_vpc_net_info - the ``classic_link_enabled`` return value has been removed. Support for EC2 Classic networking was dropped by AWS (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1374).
- module_utils.cloud - the previously deprecated ``CloudRetry.backoff`` has been removed. Please use ``CloudRetry.exponential_backoff`` or ``CloudRetry.jittered_backoff`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/issues/1110).

ansible.netcommon
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- NetworkConnectionBase now inherits from PersistentConnectionBase in ansible.utils. As a result, the minimum ansible.utils version has increased to 2.7.0.
- NetworkTemplate is no longer importable from ansible_collections.ansible.netcommon.plugins.module_utils.network.common and should now be found at its proper location ansible_collections.ansible.netcommon.plugins.module_utils.network.common.rm_base.network_template
- ResourceModule is no longer importable from ansible_collections.ansible.netcommon.plugins.module_utils.network.common and should now be found at its proper location ansible_collections.ansible.netcommon.plugins.module_utils.network.common.rm_base.resource_module
- VALID_MASKS, is_masklen, is_netmask, to_bits, to_ipv6_network, to_masklen, to_netmask, and to_subnet are no longer importable from ansible_collections.ansible.netcommon.plugins.module_utils.network.common.utils and should now be found at their proper location ansible.module_utils.common.network

community.aws
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- The community.aws collection has dropped support for ``botocore<1.25.0`` and ``boto3<1.22.0``. Most modules will continue to work with older versions of the AWS SDK, however compatability with older versions of the SDK is not guaranteed and will not be tested. When using older versions of the SDK a warning will be emitted by Ansible (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/pull/1743).
- aws_ssm - the AWS SSM plugin was incorrectly prepending ``sudo`` to most commands.  This behaviour was incorrect and has been removed. To execute commands as a specific user, including the ``root`` user, the ``become`` and ``become_user`` directives should be used.  See the `Ansible documentation for more information <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbook_guide/playbooks_privilege_escalation.html>`_ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/issues/853).
- codebuild_project - ``tags`` parameter now accepts a dict representing the tags, rather than the boto3 format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/pull/1643).

community.general
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- If you are not using this collection as part of Ansible, but installed (and/or upgraded) community.general manually, you need to make sure to also install ``community.sap_libs`` if you are using any of the ``sapcar_extract``, ``sap_task_list_execute``, and ``hana_query`` modules.
  Without that collection installed, the redirects for these modules do not work.
- ModuleHelper module utils - when the module sets output variables named ``msg``, ``exception``, ``output``, ``vars``, or ``changed``, the actual output will prefix those names with ``_`` (underscore symbol) only when they clash with output variables generated by ModuleHelper itself, which only occurs when handling exceptions. Please note that this breaking change does not require a new major release since before this release, it was not possible to add such variables to the output `due to a bug <https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5755>`__ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5765).
- gconftool2 - fix processing of ``gconftool-2`` when ``key`` does not exist, returning ``null`` instead of empty string for both ``value`` and ``previous_value`` return values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6028).
- gitlab_runner - the default of ``access_level_on_creation`` changed from ``false`` to ``true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6428).
- ldap_search - convert all string-like values to UTF-8 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5704, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6473).
- nmcli - the default of the ``hairpin`` option changed from ``true`` to ``false`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6428).
- proxmox - the default of the ``unprivileged`` option changed from ``false`` to ``true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6428).

community.hashi_vault
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Support for ``ansible-core`` 2.11 and 2.12 has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.hashi_vault/issues/340).
- The minimum version of ``hvac`` for ``community.hashi_vault`` is now ``1.1.0`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.hashi_vault/issues/324).
- hashi_vault lookup - duplicate option entries in the term string now raises an exception instead of a warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.hashi_vault/issues/356).

community.zabbix
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- agent role - removed support for Darwin, Amazon, Fedora, XCP-ng, Suse, Mint, and Sangoma operating systems
- agent role - removed support for zabbix_create_host and replaced it with zabbix_agent_host_state
- agent role - removed support for zabbix_create_hostgroup and replaced it with zabbix_agent_hostgroups_state
- agent role - removed support for zabbix_http_password, zabbix_api_http_password, zabbix_api_pass, and zabbix_api_login_pass and replaced it with zabbix_api_login_pass
- agent role - removed support for zabbix_http_user, zabbix_api_http_user, zabbix_api_user, and zabbix_api_login_user and replaced it with zabbix_api_login_user
- agent role - removed support for zabbix_inventory_mode and replaced it with zabbix_agent_inventory_mode
- agent role - removed support for zabbix_link_templates adn replaced it with zabbix_agent_link_templates
- agent role - removed support for zabbix_macros and replaced it with zabbix_agent_macros
- agent role - removed support for zabbix_proxy and replaced it with zabbix_agent_proxy
- agent role - removed support for zabbix_update_host and replaced it with zabbix_agent_host_update
- all modules - dropped support of Zabbix versions < 6.0
- all roles  - removed support for the zabbix_version variable.
- all roles - removed support for all versions of Zabbix < 6.0.
- all roles - removed support for installation from epel and non-standard repositories
- dropped support of zabbix-api to make REST API calls to Zabbix
- proxy role - removed support for zabbix_database_creation  and replaced it with zabbix_proxy_database_creation
- proxy role - removed support for zabbix_database_sqlload  and replaced it with zabbix_proxy_database_sqlload
- proxy role - removed support for zabbix_selinux  and replaced it with zabbix_proxy_selinux
- server role - removed support for zabbix_server_mysql_login_password and replaced with zabbix_server_dbpassword
- server role - removed support for zabbix_server_mysql_login_user and replaced with zabbix_server_dbuser
- stopped supporting Ansible < 2.12
- stopped supporting Python < 3.9
- zabbix_action - message parameter renamed to op_message
- zabbix_group_facts module - removed in favour of zabbix_group_info
- zabbix_host_facts module - removed in favour of zabbix_host_info

hetzner.hcloud
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- inventory plugin - Python v3.5+ is now required.

lowlydba.sqlserver
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Updating minimum DBATools version to v2.0.0 to allow for pwsh 7.3+ compatibility. There may also be breaking change behavior in DBATools, see https://blog.netnerds.net/2023/03/whats-new-dbatools-2.0/. (https://github.com/lowlydba/lowlydba.sqlserver/pull/181)

Major Changes
-------------

Ansible-core
~~~~~~~~~~~~

- ansible-test - Docker Desktop on WSL2 is now supported (additional configuration required).
- ansible-test - Docker and Podman are now supported on hosts with cgroup v2 unified. Previously only cgroup v1 and cgroup v2 hybrid were supported.
- ansible-test - Podman now works on container hosts without systemd. Previously only some containers worked, while others required rootfull or rootless Podman, but would not work with both. Some containers did not work at all.
- ansible-test - Podman on WSL2 is now supported.
- ansible-test - When additional cgroup setup is required on the container host, this will be automatically detected. Instructions on how to configure the host will be provided in the error message shown.

ansible.windows
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Set the minimum Ansible version supported by this collection to Ansible 2.12

chocolatey.chocolatey
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- win_chocolatey - Allow users to select the TLS versions used for bootstrapping Chocolatey installation.

cisco.iosxr
~~~~~~~~~~~

- iosxr_l3_interfaces - fix issue in ipv4 address formatting. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/cisco.iosxr/issues/311).

cisco.meraki
~~~~~~~~~~~~

- meraki_mr_l7_firewall - New module
- meraki_webhook_payload_template - New module

community.hrobot
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- firewall - Hetzner added output rules support to the firewall. This change unfortunately means that using old versions of the firewall module will always set the output rule list to empty, thus disallowing the server to send out packets (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.hrobot/issues/75, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.hrobot/pull/76).

community.postgresql
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- postgresql_privs - the ``password`` argument is deprecated and will be removed in community.postgresql 4.0.0, use the ``login_password`` argument instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.postgresql/issues/406).

community.vmware
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Use true/false (lowercase) for boolean values in documentation and examples (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.vmware/issues/1660).

community.zabbix
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- all modules are opting away from zabbix-api and using httpapi ansible.netcommon plugin. We will support zabbix-api for backwards compatibility until next major release. See our README.md for more information about how to migrate
- zabbix_agent and zabbix_proxy roles are opting away from zabbix-api and use httpapi ansible.netcommon plugin. We will support zabbix-api for backwards compatibility until next major release. See our README.md for more information about how to migrate

containers.podman
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- New become plugin - podman_unshare
- Podman generate systemd module

dellemc.openmanage
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Rebranded from Dell EMC to Dell.
- Support for IPv6 address for OMSDK dependent iDRAC modules.
- idrac_firmware - This module is enhanced to support proxy.
- idrac_redfish_storage_controller - This module is enhanced to configure controller attributes and online capacity expansion.
- idrac_server_config_profile - This module is enhanced to support proxy settings, import buffer, include in export, and ignore certificate warning.
- idrac_user_info - This module allows to retrieve iDRAC Local user information details.
- ome_domian_user_groups - This module allows to import the LDAP directory groups.
- ome_inventory - This plugin allows to create a inventory from the group on OpenManage Enterprise.
- ome_inventory - This plugin is enhanced to support inventory retrieval of System and Plugin Groups of OpenManage Enterprise.
- ome_profile_info - This module allows to retrieve profiles with attributes on OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular.
- ome_smart_fabric_info - This module retrieves the list of smart fabrics in the inventory of OpenManage Enterprise Modular.
- ome_smart_fabric_uplink_info - This module retrieve details of fabric uplink on OpenManage Enterprise Modular.
- ome_template_network_vlan_info - This module allows to retrieve the network configuration of a template on OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular.

fortinet.fortios
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Add annotations of member operation for every module.
- Support FortiOS v7.0.6, v7.0.7, v7.0.8, v7.2.1, v7.2.2.
- Update ``fortios.py`` for higher performance;
- supports temporary session key and pre/post login banner;
- update the examples on how to use member operation in Q&A.

infoblox.nios_modules
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Added Grid Master Candidate feature `#152 <https://github.com/infobloxopen/infoblox-ansible/pull/152>`_
- Added Member Assignment to network and ranges `#152 <https://github.com/infobloxopen/infoblox-ansible/pull/152>`_
- Added NIOS Range module with Create, Update and Delete features `#152 <https://github.com/infobloxopen/infoblox-ansible/pull/152>`_
- Fixes issue unable to update/delete EAs using Ansible plugin `#180 <https://github.com/infobloxopen/infoblox-ansible/pull/180>`_
- Fixes static and dynamic allocation of IPV4 address of A Record `#182 <https://github.com/infobloxopen/infoblox-ansible/pull/182>`_
- Fixes to Update host name of  NIOS member `#176 <https://github.com/infobloxopen/infoblox-ansible/pull/176>`_
- Updates default WAPI version to 2.9 `#176 <https://github.com/infobloxopen/infoblox-ansible/pull/176>`_

junipernetworks.junos
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- change gathered key from junos_acls to acls

kubernetes.core
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- refactor K8sAnsibleMixin into module_utils/k8s/ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/481).

purestorage.fusion
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Patching of resource properties was brought to parity with underlying Python SDK
- fusion_volume - fixed and reorganized, arguments changed

Removed Collections
-------------------

- dellemc.os10 (previously included version: 1.1.1)
- dellemc.os6 (previously included version: 1.0.7)
- dellemc.os9 (previously included version: 1.0.4)
- mellanox.onyx (previously included version: 1.0.0)

Removed Features
----------------

- ``dellemc.os10`` was considered unmaintained and removed from Ansible 8 as per the `removal from Ansible process <https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview/blob/main/removal_from_ansible.rst#unmaintained-collections>`_. Users can still install this collection with ``ansible-galaxy collection install dellemc.os10``.
- ``dellemc.os6`` was considered unmaintained and removed from Ansible 8 as per the `removal from Ansible process <https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview/blob/main/removal_from_ansible.rst#unmaintained-collections>`_. Users can still install this collection with ``ansible-galaxy collection install dellemc.os6``.
- ``dellemc.os9`` was considered unmaintained and removed from Ansible 8 as per the `removal from Ansible process <https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview/blob/main/removal_from_ansible.rst#unmaintained-collections>`_. Users can still install this collection with ``ansible-galaxy collection install dellemc.os9``.
- ``mellanox.onyx`` was considered unmaintained and removed from Ansible 8 as per the `removal from Ansible process <https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview/blob/main/removal_from_ansible.rst#unmaintained-collections>`_. Users can still install this collection with ``ansible-galaxy collection install mellanox.onyx``.

Ansible-core
~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Remove deprecated ``ANSIBLE_CALLBACK_WHITELIST`` configuration environment variable, use ``ANSIBLE_CALLBACKS_ENABLED`` instead. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78821)
- Remove deprecated ``ANSIBLE_COW_WHITELIST`` configuration environment variable, use ``ANSIBLE_COW_ACCEPTLIST`` instead. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78819)
- Remove deprecated ``callback_whitelist`` configuration option, use ``callbacks_enabled`` instead. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78822)
- Remove deprecated ``cow_whitelist`` configuration option, use ``cowsay_enabled_stencils`` instead. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78820)

amazon.aws
~~~~~~~~~~

- ec2_vpc_endpoint_info - support for the ``query`` parameter was removed. The ``amazon.aws.ec2_vpc_endpoint_info`` module now only queries for endpoints. Services can be queried using the ``amazon.aws.ec2_vpc_endpoint_service_info`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1308).
- s3_object - support for creating and deleting buckets using the ``s3_object`` module has been removed. S3 buckets can be created and deleted using the ``amazon.aws.s3_bucket`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/issues/1112).

ansible.netcommon
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- cli_parse - This plugin was moved to ansible.utils in version 1.0.0, and the redirect to that collection has now been removed.

community.general
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- All ``sap`` modules have been removed from this collection.
  They have been migrated to the `community.sap_libs <https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/sap_libs>`_ collection.
  Redirections have been provided.
  Following modules are affected:
  - sapcar_extract
  - sap_task_list_execute
  - hana_query
- cmd_runner module utils - the ``fmt`` alias of ``cmd_runner_fmt`` has been removed. Use ``cmd_runner_fmt`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6428).
- newrelic_deployment - the ``appname`` and ``environment`` options have been removed. They did not do anything (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6428).
- puppet - the alias ``show-diff`` of the ``show_diff`` option has been removed. Use ``show_diff`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6428).
- xfconf - generating facts was deprecated in community.general 3.0.0, however three factoids, ``property``, ``channel`` and ``value`` continued to be generated by mistake. This behaviour has been removed and ``xfconf`` generate no facts whatsoever (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5502).
- xfconf - generating facts was deprecated in community.general 3.0.0, however two factoids, ``previous_value`` and ``type`` continued to be generated by mistake. This behaviour has been removed and ``xfconf`` generate no facts whatsoever (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5502).

community.zabbix
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- agent role - removed support to configure firewall
- web role - removed installation of apache, debian, and php

Deprecated Features
-------------------

- The cisco.nso collection is considered unmaintained and will be removed from Ansible 9 if no one starts maintaining it again before Ansible 9. See `the removal process for details on how this works <https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview/blob/main/removal_from_ansible.rst#cancelling-removal-of-an-unmaintained-collection>`__ (https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/155).
- The community.fortios collection is considered unmaintained and will be removed from Ansible 9 if no one starts maintaining it again before Ansible 9. See `the removal process for details on how this works <https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview/blob/main/removal_from_ansible.rst#cancelling-removal-of-an-unmaintained-collection>`__ (https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/162).
- The community.google collection is considered unmaintained and will be removed from Ansible 9 if no one starts maintaining it again before Ansible 9. See `the removal process for details on how this works <https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview/blob/main/removal_from_ansible.rst#cancelling-removal-of-an-unmaintained-collection>`__ (https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/160).
- The community.skydive collection is considered unmaintained and will be removed from Ansible 9 if no one starts maintaining it again before Ansible 9. See `the removal process for details on how this works <https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview/blob/main/removal_from_ansible.rst#cancelling-removal-of-an-unmaintained-collection>`__ (https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/171).
- The netapp.aws collection is considered unmaintained and will be removed from Ansible 10 if no one starts maintaining it again before Ansible 10. See `the removal process for details on how this works <https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview/blob/main/removal_from_ansible.rst#cancelling-removal-of-an-unmaintained-collection>`__ (https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/223).

Ansible-core
~~~~~~~~~~~~

- The ``ConnectionBase()._new_stdin`` attribute is deprecated, use ``display.prompt_until(msg)`` instead.
- ansible-test - The ``foreman`` test plugin is now deprecated. It will be removed in a future release.
- ansible-test - The ``govcsim`` simulator in the ``vcenter`` test plugin is now deprecated. It will be removed in a future release. Users should switch to providing their own test environment through a static configuration file.
- password_hash - deprecate using passlib.hash.hashtype if hashtype isn't in the list of documented choices.
- vars - Specifying a list of dictionaries for ``vars:`` is deprecated in favor of specifying a dictionary.

amazon.aws
~~~~~~~~~~

- amazon.aws collection - due to the AWS SDKs Python support policies (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/python-support-policy-updates-for-aws-sdks-and-tools/) support for Python less than 3.8 by this collection is expected to be removed in a release after 2024-12-01 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1342).
- amazon.aws collection - due to the AWS SDKs announcing the end of support for Python less than 3.7 (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/python-support-policy-updates-for-aws-sdks-and-tools/) support for Python less than 3.7 by this collection has been deprecated and will be removed in release 7.0.0. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1342).
- amazon.aws lookup plugins - the ``boto3_profile`` alias for the ``profile`` option has been deprecated, please use ``profile`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1225).
- docs_fragments - ``amazon.aws.aws_credentials`` docs fragment has been deprecated please use ``amazon.aws.common.plugins`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1248).
- docs_fragments - ``amazon.aws.aws_region`` docs fragment has been deprecated please use ``amazon.aws.region.plugins`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1248).
- docs_fragments - ``amazon.aws.aws`` docs fragment has been deprecated please use ``amazon.aws.common.modules`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1248).
- docs_fragments - ``amazon.aws.ec2`` docs fragment has been deprecated please use ``amazon.aws.region.modules`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1248).
- module_utils.policy - ``ansible_collections.amazon.aws.module_utils.policy.sort_json_policy_dict`` has been deprecated consider using ``ansible_collections.amazon.aws.module_utils.poilcies.compare_policies`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1136).
- s3_object - Support for passing ``dualstack`` and ``endpoint_url`` at the same time has been deprecated, the ``dualstack`` parameter is ignored when ``endpoint_url`` is passed. Support will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1305).
- s3_object - Support for passing values of ``overwrite`` other than ``always``, ``never``, ``different`` or last ``last`` has been deprecated.  Boolean values should be replaced by the strings ``always`` or ``never`` Support will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1305).
- s3_object_info - Support for passing ``dualstack`` and ``endpoint_url`` at the same time has been deprecated, the ``dualstack`` parameter is ignored when ``endpoint_url`` is passed. Support will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1305).
- support for passing both profile and security tokens through a mix of environment variables and parameters has been deprecated and support will be removed in release 6.0.0. After release 6.0.0 it will only be possible to pass either a profile or security tokens, regardless of mechanism used to pass them.  To explicitly block a parameter coming from an environment variable pass an empty string as the parameter value.  Support for passing profile and security tokens together was originally deprecated in release 1.2.0, however only partially implemented in release 5.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1355).

check_point.mgmt
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- add/set/delete nat-rule modules - will be replaced by the single cp_mgmt_nat_rule module.
- cp_mgmt_show_task/s modules - will be replaced by the by the single cp_mgmt_task_facts module.

chocolatey.chocolatey
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- win_chocolatey - Deprecate side-by-side installs.

cisco.ios
~~~~~~~~~

- ios_bgp_address_family - deprecate neighbors.address/tag/ipv6_adddress with neighbor_address which enables common attributes for facts rendering
- ios_bgp_address_family - deprecate neighbors.password with password_options which allows encryption and password
- ios_bgp_address_family - deprecate redistribute.ospf.match.external with redistribute.ospf.match.externals which enables attributes for OSPF type E1 and E2 routes
- ios_bgp_address_family - deprecate redistribute.ospf.match.nssa_external with redistribute.ospf.match.nssa_externals which enables attributes for OSPF type N1 and N2 routes
- ios_bgp_address_family - deprecate redistribute.ospf.match.type_1 with redistribute.ospf.match.nssa_externals.type_1
- ios_bgp_address_family - deprecate redistribute.ospf.match.type_2 with redistribute.ospf.match.nssa_externals.type_2
- ios_bgp_address_family - deprecate slow_peer with slow_peer_options which supports a dict attribute

community.aws
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- community.aws collection - due to the AWS SDKs Python support policies (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/python-support-policy-updates-for-aws-sdks-and-tools/) support for Python less than 3.8 by this collection is expected to be removed in a release after 2024-12-01 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/pull/1743).
- community.aws collection - due to the AWS SDKs announcing the end of support for Python less than 3.7 (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/python-support-policy-updates-for-aws-sdks-and-tools/) support for Python less than 3.7 by this collection has been deprecated and will be removed in release 7.0.0. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/pull/1743).
- ecs_service -  In a release after 2024-06-01, tha default value of ``purge_placement_constraints`` will be change from ``false`` to ``true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/pull/1716).
- ecs_service -  In a release after 2024-06-01, tha default value of ``purge_placement_strategy`` will be change from ``false`` to ``true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/pull/1716).
- iam_role - All top level return values other than ``iam_role`` and ``changed`` have been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2023-12-01 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/issues/551).
- iam_role - In a release after 2023-12-01 the contents of ``assume_role_policy_document`` will no longer be converted from CamelCase to snake_case.  The ``assume_role_policy_document_raw`` return value already returns the policy document in this future format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/issues/551).
- iam_role_info - In a release after 2023-12-01 the contents of ``assume_role_policy_document`` will no longer be converted from CamelCase to snake_case.  The ``assume_role_policy_document_raw`` return value already returns the policy document in this future format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/issues/551).

community.crypto
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- x509_crl - the ``mode`` option is deprecated; use ``crl_mode`` instead. The ``mode`` option will change its meaning in community.crypto 3.0.0, and will refer to the CRL file's mode instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/issues/596).

community.dns
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- The default of the newly added option ``txt_character_encoding`` will change from ``octal`` to ``decimal`` in community.dns 3.0.0. The new default will be compatible with `RFC 1035 <https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1035.txt>`__ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.dns/pull/134).

community.general
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- ModuleHelper module_utils - ``deps`` mixin for MH classes deprecated in favour of using the ``deps`` module_utils (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6465).
- consul - deprecate using parameters unused for ``state=absent`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5772).
- gitlab_runner - the default of the new option ``access_level_on_creation`` will change from ``false`` to ``true`` in community.general 7.0.0. This will cause ``access_level`` to be used during runner registration as well, and not only during updates (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5908).
- gitlab_runner - the option ``access_level`` will lose its default value in community.general 8.0.0. From that version on, you have set this option to ``ref_protected`` explicitly, if you want to have a protected runner (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5925).
- manageiq_policies - deprecate ``state=list`` in favour of using ``community.general.manageiq_policies_info`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5721).
- manageiq_tags - deprecate ``state=list`` in favour of using ``community.general.manageiq_tags_info`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5727).
- rax - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
- rax module utils - module utils code relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
- rax_cbs - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
- rax_cbs_attachments - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
- rax_cdb - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
- rax_cdb_database - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
- rax_cdb_user - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
- rax_clb - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
- rax_clb_nodes - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
- rax_clb_ssl - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
- rax_dns - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
- rax_dns_record - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
- rax_facts - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
- rax_files - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
- rax_files_objects - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
- rax_identity - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
- rax_keypair - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
- rax_meta - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
- rax_mon_alarm - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
- rax_mon_check - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
- rax_mon_entity - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
- rax_mon_notification - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
- rax_mon_notification_plan - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
- rax_network - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
- rax_queue - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
- rax_scaling_group - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
- rax_scaling_policy - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
- rhn_channel, rhn_register - RHN hosted at redhat.com was discontinued years
  ago, and Spacewalk 5 (which uses RHN) is EOL since 2020, May 31st;
  while these modules could work on Uyuni / SUSE Manager (fork of Spacewalk 5),
  we have not heard about anyone using them in those setups. Hence, these
  modules are deprecated, and will be removed in community.general 10.0.0
  in case there are no reports about being still useful, and potentially
  noone that steps up to maintain them
  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6493).

community.hashi_vault
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- ansible-core - support for ``ansible-core`` versions ``2.11`` and ``2.12`` will be dropped in collection version ``5.0.0``, making ``2.13`` the minimum supported version of ``ansible-core`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.hashi_vault/issues/340).
- hashi_vault lookup - in ``v5.0.0`` duplicate term string options will raise an exception instead of showing a warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.hashi_vault/issues/356).
- hvac - the minimum version of ``hvac`` to be supported in collection version ``5.0.0`` will be at least ``1.0.2``; this minimum may be raised before ``5.0.0`` is released, so please subscribe to the linked issue and look out for new notices in the changelog (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.hashi_vault/issues/324).

purestorage.fusion
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- fusion_hw - hardware module is being removed as changing hardware type has never been supported by Pure Storage Fusion
- fusion_info - nigs subset is deprecated in favor of network_interface_groups and will be removed in the version 1.7.0
- fusion_info - placements subset is deprecated in favor of placement_groups and will be removed in the version 1.7.0
- fusion_pg - placement_engine option is deprecated because Fusion API does not longer support this parameter It will be removed in the version 2.0.0
- fusion_se - parameters 'addresses', 'gateway' and 'network_interface_groups' are deprecated in favor of 'iscsi' and will be removed in version 2.0.0
- fusion_tn - tenant networks are being replaced by storage endpoints ```fusion_se``` and Network Interface Groups ```fusion_nig```
