# Ansible 2.1.1 RC5 is ready for testing

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-1-1-rc5-is-ready-for-testing/22103>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [July 24, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-1-1-rc5-is-ready-for-testing/22103 "2016-07-24T23:22:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![James\_Cammarata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7c8e57/32.png) [@James\_Cammarata](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_Cammarata)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-1-1-rc5-is-ready-for-testing/22103/1 "2016-07-24T23:22:36Z")

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Hi all, we’re happy to announce that RC5 for 2.1.1 is now available for testing.

This release candidate adds in one more patch, which restores some functionality provided by  
an internal API method related to getting variables for hosts and groups. We wanted to get this  
in before the 2.1.1 final release so some external projects using this method continued to work.

How do you get it?