# Project Discussions **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/c/project/7.md?page=1 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [I'm building an open-source IBM MQ automation project using Ansible — looking for feedback](https://forum.ansible.com/t/im-building-an-open-source-ibm-mq-automation-project-using-ansible-looking-for-feedback/46287)
**Author:** [@ankurlodhi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ankurlodhi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/im-building-an-open-source-ibm-mq-automation-project-using-ansible-looking-for-feedback/46287 "2026-09-09T13:15:04Z")
I’ve been building an open-source project that explores managing IBM MQ objects as code using Ansible. The idea is simple: YAML → Validation → Ansible → IBM MQ For example: queues: - name: APP.REQUEST type: loc… --- ## [Ansible is capable of many things](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-is-capable-of-many-things/45931)
**Author:** [@kks](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kks)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2026, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-is-capable-of-many-things/45931 "2026-09-07T14:24:17Z")
This is a first post in the series of posts (I hope) about little project I’ve been working on. Idea of the project is to demonstrate ansible capabilities. In my experience I see many misunderstandings (from my point of… --- ## [Environment variables prefix with ANSIBLE\_, and AWX](https://forum.ansible.com/t/environment-variables-prefix-with-ansible-and-awx/5737)
**Author:** [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2026, 5:50am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/environment-variables-prefix-with-ansible-and-awx/5737 "2026-09-06T05:50:27Z")
There is a long-standing issue with policy clashes: AWX disallows environment variables starting with ANSIBLE\_ for anything that isn’t coming from ansible-core, while it was decided project wide in 2019 that all environm… --- ## [Including large specialized collections in Ansible community package?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/including-large-specialized-collections-in-ansible-community-package/46222)
**Author:** [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2026, 3:30am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/including-large-specialized-collections-in-ansible-community-package/46222 "2026-09-04T03:30:42Z")
Right now, for inclusion into Ansible we mainly have the collection requirements (Ansible community package collections requirements — Ansible Community Documentation), which presents a lot of requirements, but doesn’t s… --- ## [Managing WSL instances directly with Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/managing-wsl-instances-directly-with-ansible/46252)
**Author:** [@mikemorency](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mikemorency)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/managing-wsl-instances-directly-with-ansible/46252 "2026-09-01T15:06:05Z")
Hi, Recently I published a certified collection that supports WSL automation via Ansible, microsoft.wsl. I put together a brief demo of how the modules can support direct management of WSL instances by setting up an SSH… --- ## [Unified Collection Testing Strategy - Kick off & Landscape Overview](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unified-collection-testing-strategy-kick-off-landscape-overview/45799)
**Author:** [@dbrennand](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dbrennand)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2026, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unified-collection-testing-strategy-kick-off-landscape-overview/45799 "2026-08-28T11:16:17Z")
Hey Ansible Community, As Don shared in his Ansible community roadmap 2026 post, and as mentioned in Clarifying the Role of ansible-test in Collection Testing a key area for the Community & Partner Engineering team is D… --- ## [Opinion poll: Tell us what you want to hear at CfgMgmtCamp 2027](https://forum.ansible.com/t/opinion-poll-tell-us-what-you-want-to-hear-at-cfgmgmtcamp-2027/46189)
**Author:** [@oranod](https://forum.ansible.com/u/oranod)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/opinion-poll-tell-us-what-you-want-to-hear-at-cfgmgmtcamp-2027/46189 "2026-08-27T18:49:27Z")
Hello everyone! As you might have noticed the CFP for CfgMgmtCamp 2027 is now open. The team that maintains several of the cloud related collections, code-named team Nebula, is considering several different submissions … --- ## [Deprecate build collection and test import to Galaxy GitHub Actions and shared workflows](https://forum.ansible.com/t/deprecate-build-collection-and-test-import-to-galaxy-github-actions-and-shared-workflows/46184)
**Author:** [@dbrennand](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dbrennand)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2026, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/deprecate-build-collection-and-test-import-to-galaxy-github-actions-and-shared-workflows/46184 "2026-08-27T18:40:44Z")
(This was split off from Pinning GHA actions/shared workflows to commits - #2 by felixfontein) Regarding: GitHub - ansible-community/github-action-test-galaxy-import: GitHub Action for testing Galaxy import of an Ansi… --- ## [Introducing Automation Orchestrator for Ansible Automation Platform](https://forum.ansible.com/t/introducing-automation-orchestrator-for-ansible-automation-platform/46221)
**Author:** [@IPvSean](https://forum.ansible.com/u/IPvSean)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2026, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/introducing-automation-orchestrator-for-ansible-automation-platform/46221 "2026-08-27T11:26:57Z")
Hi everyone, I put together a new video overview of automation orchestrator, a visual workflow canvas add-on for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform: Automation orchestrator extends the Ansible automation… --- ## [UI improvement request: not display doc\_fragments and module\_utils directories content on the Documentation tab of a collection](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ui-improvement-request-not-display-doc-fragments-and-module-utils-directories-content-on-the-documentation-tab-of-a-collection/7628)
**Author:** [@Andersson007](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andersson007)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ui-improvement-request-not-display-doc-fragments-and-module-utils-directories-content-on-the-documentation-tab-of-a-collection/7628 "2026-08-26T15:07:29Z")
Hello, UPDATE: the original proposal was about excluding module\_utils and doc\_fragments content but during the discussion i realized that the true thing that confused me was displaying empty pages on the Documentation, … --- ## [Conventional Commits in Collections](https://forum.ansible.com/t/conventional-commits-in-collections/46190)
**Author:** [@chynasan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/chynasan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/conventional-commits-in-collections/46190 "2026-08-25T18:25:48Z")
Howdy everyone! :cowboy\_hat\_face: The Red Hat team that works on many of the cloud content collections has been discussing the adoption of the conventional commits format. We wanted to bring this to the attention of the… --- ## [\[Vote ended on 2026-08-25\] ACP 14.0.0: Possible violation of collection requirements from dellemc.unity](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vote-ended-on-2026-08-25-acp-14-0-0-possible-violation-of-collection-requirements-from-dellemc-unity/46085)
**Author:** [@mariolenz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mariolenz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vote-ended-on-2026-08-25-acp-14-0-0-possible-violation-of-collection-requirements-from-dellemc-unity/46085 "2026-08-25T16:29:41Z")
I’ve stumbled upon this collection when looking for possibly unmaintained collections in ACP 14.0.0 because there hasn’t been a new release since Aug 8, 2025. There are recent commits in the repo, though. Well, maybe the… --- ## [CRA: Updating SECURITY.md](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cra-updating-security-md/46223)
**Author:** [@gundalow](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gundalow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cra-updating-security-md/46223 "2026-08-25T12:28:15Z")
Hi folks Summary You might see some PRs to update SECURITY.md updates rolling out across Ansible repos. The process for reporting potential security concerns remains the same, email security@ansible.com. The updates ju… --- ## [Is There an Estimated Timeline for the Next AWX Release?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-there-an-estimated-timeline-for-the-next-awx-release/46156)
**Author:** [@InfraAuto](https://forum.ansible.com/u/InfraAuto)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-there-an-estimated-timeline-for-the-next-awx-release/46156 "2026-08-20T19:07:22Z")
Hello, I would like to know whether there is currently an estimated timeline for the next AWX release, and if a release during 2026 is considered possible. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. --- ## [Jewel container image now available on GHCR](https://forum.ansible.com/t/jewel-container-image-now-available-on-ghcr/46116)
**Author:** [@Doston](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Doston)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 8:09am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/jewel-container-image-now-available-on-ghcr/46116 "2026-08-20T08:09:36Z")
Hi everyone, Following up on the Ansible Jewel project announcement and the AWX modernization: Ansible Jewel post, one of the early pieces of feedback we heard was that building Jewel from source added friction for anyo… --- ## [Closed GitHub PR for Prompt timeout with Pause](https://forum.ansible.com/t/closed-github-pr-for-prompt-timeout-with-pause/46187)
**Author:** [@jb272](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jb272)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/closed-github-pr-for-prompt-timeout-with-pause/46187 "2026-08-19T16:29:36Z")
Hello Ansible Community, Last week I opened a PR on the main Anisble repo implementing a feature that was requested in an issue nearly 10 years ago. I also had reason to use this feature so I thought it’d be worth spend… --- ## [Possibly unmaintained collections in ACP 14: community.okd](https://forum.ansible.com/t/possibly-unmaintained-collections-in-acp-14-community-okd/46064)
**Author:** [@mariolenz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mariolenz)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/possibly-unmaintained-collections-in-acp-14-community-okd/46064 "2026-08-18T15:58:00Z")
I’m not sure what we should do about this collection. On the one hand, it looks like there have been recent commits. On the other hand, there hasn’t been a new release since Jun 12, 2025. Additionally, there hasn’t been… --- ## [Proposal for new windows modules](https://forum.ansible.com/t/proposal-for-new-windows-modules/45746)
**Author:** [@lutin-malin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/lutin-malin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/proposal-for-new-windows-modules/45746 "2026-08-18T14:19:14Z")
Hi Community, Let me introduce myself. I’m working for the company named Giesecke+Devrient. After (long…) discussion internally we’ve finally open outbound contribution to OSS projects. On my side, I’m using Ansible si… --- ## [Pinning GHA actions/shared workflows to commits](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pinning-gha-actions-shared-workflows-to-commits/46118)
**Author:** [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 9:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pinning-gha-actions-shared-workflows-to-commits/46118 "2026-08-18T09:10:05Z")
There’s currently a push to pin GHA actions and shared workflows to commit hashes (to thwart certain types of supply chain attacks). While doing that for several repos, I found several (potential) problems and solutions. … --- ## [Ansible AI Policy?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-ai-policy/42642)
**Author:** [@chris](https://forum.ansible.com/u/chris)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 9:05am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-ai-policy/42642 "2026-08-18T09:05:55Z")
Should the Ansible project have a AI policy? Some Free / Open Source projects have AI polices, for example Servo has: AI contributions Contributions must not include content generated by large language models or other… --- ## [How is Claude Code used for AWX test-writing? (research question)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-is-claude-code-used-for-awx-test-writing-research-question/46183)
**Author:** [@doug\_leith](https://forum.ansible.com/u/doug_leith)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2026, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-is-claude-code-used-for-awx-test-writing-research-question/46183 "2026-08-16T15:57:26Z")
Hi all, I’m running an academic study comparing the quality of AI-authored tests across several codebases, and AWX is one of them (found via commits carrying a Co-authored-by: Claude \ trailer). I reached out to a… --- ## [Improving Ansible performance by hinting the Python GC about unreachable cycles](https://forum.ansible.com/t/improving-ansible-performance-by-hinting-the-python-gc-about-unreachable-cycles/46157)
**Author:** [@omripalmon](https://forum.ansible.com/u/omripalmon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 9:56am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/improving-ansible-performance-by-hinting-the-python-gc-about-unreachable-cycles/46157 "2026-08-11T09:56:17Z")
I have recently tried to convince the Python community to add a feature to the Python GC which would accept hints that a certain group of objects is unreachable and can be deallocated. Such a feature would reduce the amo… --- ## [Add oneline callback to a collection (like community.general)?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/add-oneline-callback-to-a-collection-like-community-general/45967)
**Author:** [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/add-oneline-callback-to-a-collection-like-community-general/45967 "2026-08-06T20:13:25Z")
This topic is about the ansible.builtin.oneline callback plugin, which is essentially deprecated and will eventually be removed from ansible-core. @utoddl created a thread (Mitigating deprecation of --one-line and associ… --- ## [Ansible-test devel: FreeBSD 15.0 remote replaced with FreeBSD 15.1](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-test-devel-freebsd-15-0-remote-replaced-with-freebsd-15-1/46137)
**Author:** [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2026, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-test-devel-freebsd-15-0-remote-replaced-with-freebsd-15-1/46137 "2026-08-06T19:22:24Z")
If you’re using FreeBSD 15 remotes (VMs) in your collection CI, please note that these changed in devel: ansible-test - upgrade FreeBSD 15.0 to 15.1. by pkingstonxyz · Pull Request #87346 · ansible/ansible · GitHub --- ## [How should we refer to the ansible community package? (was: Ansible 15 roadmap)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-should-we-refer-to-the-ansible-community-package-was-ansible-15-roadmap/46107)
**Author:** [@russoz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/russoz)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-should-we-refer-to-the-ansible-community-package-was-ansible-15-roadmap/46107 "2026-07-31T15:08:27Z")
I feel like this must have been discussed a hundred times before but, since this is about the ACP, wouldn’t it be more consistent, if nothing else, to be referring to it as such? I mean, not only here in the vote, but t… --- ## [\[Vote ended on 2026-07-28\] Ansible 15 roadmap](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vote-ended-on-2026-07-28-ansible-15-roadmap/45989)
**Author:** [@mariolenz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mariolenz)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2026, 2:01am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vote-ended-on-2026-07-28-ansible-15-roadmap/45989 "2026-07-31T02:01:55Z")
I’ve created a draft for a possible Ansible 15 roadmap. I’m not sure when we should start a vote on this. Maybe we should wait one or two weeks to give people enough time to review. --- ## [Create by name, update by ID: Idempotency discussion](https://forum.ansible.com/t/create-by-name-update-by-id-idempotency-discussion/46073)
**Author:** [@Ron\_Gershburg](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ron_Gershburg)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2026, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/create-by-name-update-by-id-idempotency-discussion/46073 "2026-07-26T13:24:07Z")
Hey folks, @CollectionMaintainer I have started working on a collection for OCI (Oracle CLoud) platform. During the design and planning I tackled an interesting point and I would be happy to consult this topic in this… --- ## [\[Vote ended on 2026-07-20\] Include ansible.mariadb collection in the Ansible community package](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vote-ended-on-2026-07-20-include-ansible-mariadb-collection-in-the-ansible-community-package/46041)
**Author:** [@Andersson007](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andersson007)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2026, 6:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/vote-ended-on-2026-07-20-include-ansible-mariadb-collection-in-the-ansible-community-package/46041 "2026-07-20T06:10:19Z")
The context: It was decided to clone ansible.mariadb from ansible.mysql \[RESOLVED\] Should ansible.mysql be split into separate MySQL and MariaDB collections? and continue mariadb related development in ansible.mariadb a… --- ## [ansible-lint speed improvement research](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-lint-speed-improvement-research/46045)
**Author:** [@bendem](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bendem)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2026, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-lint-speed-improvement-research/46045 "2026-07-14T20:34:58Z")
The slowest part of our CI is ansible-lint, we have a modest ansible repo (36 roles, 265 playbooks), the ansible-lint execution on our CI takes between 7 and 12 minutes. I got my hands on a Claude subscription and I was… --- ## [AWX modernization: Ansible Jewel](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-modernization-ansible-jewel/45775)
**Author:** [@thedoubl3j](https://forum.ansible.com/u/thedoubl3j)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2026, 11:22am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-modernization-ansible-jewel/45775 "2026-07-12T11:22:52Z")
Hey folks, Jake here again, We’ve got another update on the AWX modernization that we’d like to share with the Ansible community. As we’ve mentioned from the first announcement here in the forum, our goal has been to re… [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/c/project/7.md) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/c/project/7.md?page=2)