# Add oneline callback to a collection (like community.general)?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/add-oneline-callback-to-a-collection-like-community-general/45967>\
**Category:** Project Discussions\
**Tags:** oneline, callback, community-general, collections, deprecation\
**Created:** [June 22, 2026, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/add-oneline-callback-to-a-collection-like-community-general/45967 "2026-06-22T19:19:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![felixfontein](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/felixfontein/32/7530_2.png) [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/add-oneline-callback-to-a-collection-like-community-general/45967/1 "2026-06-22T19:19:57Z")

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This topic is about the [ansible.builtin.oneline callback plugin](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/collections/ansible/builtin/oneline_callback.html#ansible-collections-ansible-builtin-oneline-callback), which is essentially deprecated and will eventually be removed from ansible-core. @utoddl created a thread ([Mitigating deprecation of --one-line and associated callback plugin](https://forum.ansible.com/t/45965)) on how to keep your own local copy and how to mitigate the missing `--one-line` parameter.

When reading the post, one of my first thought was “why not add the online to some collection like `community.general`?” That would make the plugin much easier to use for everyone, and I guess there are still quite a few users out there who like this plugin. This won’t help for the missing `--one-line` parameter, but at least you don’t have to keep around (and maintain) your own fork.

Adding it to `community.general` was my first thought since that collection tends to collect everything, and it is sufficiently maintained so that if something breaks in the future, it’s easy to get a fix in. Someone still has to fix it, though, but it’s a lot easier than if everyone has to fix their own copy of the plugin.

What do you think? Is there demand to keep the plugin in a collection, and which collection would be preferred? (If it’s added to community.general, also some tests need to be added. At least a few basic ones. So then it would have tests 🎉!) And if yes, to which collection should it be added?

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**Author:** ![utoddl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/utoddl/32/249_2.png) [@utoddl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/utoddl)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/add-oneline-callback-to-a-collection-like-community-general/45967/2 "2026-08-06T12:58:00Z")

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Beyond the ❤ s, has there been any progress toward moving the `oneline` callback plugin into `community.general`?

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**Author:** ![felixfontein](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/felixfontein/32/7530_2.png) [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/add-oneline-callback-to-a-collection-like-community-general/45967/3 "2026-08-06T16:01:09Z")

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Since nobody ever added a comment here (I don’t get emails for reactions so I often don’t notice them), I didn’t look into it again.

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**Author:** ![utoddl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/utoddl/32/249_2.png) [@utoddl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/utoddl)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/add-oneline-callback-to-a-collection-like-community-general/45967/4 "2026-08-06T18:14:49Z")

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I thought that might be the case. Perfectly understandable; would have done the same myself.

If you can spare the cycles sometime, I for one would appreciate your efforts. TIA 🎁

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**Author:** ![felixfontein](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/felixfontein/32/7530_2.png) [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/add-oneline-callback-to-a-collection-like-community-general/45967/5 "2026-08-06T20:13:25Z")

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> <https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/12534>
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> \##### SUMMARY
> Ref: https://forum.ansible.com/t/45967
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> \##### ISSUE TYPE
> \- New… Module/Plugin Pull Request
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> \##### COMPONENT NAME
> oneline