# Ansible 2.2.1 RC1 is ready for testing **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [November 19, 2016, 7:23am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-2-1-rc1-is-ready-for-testing/23056 "2016-11-19T07:23:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [November 19, 2016, 7:23am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-2-1-rc1-is-ready-for-testing/23056/1 "2016-11-19T07:23:05Z")
Hi all, we’re very happy to announce that Ansible 2.2.1 RC1 is ready for testing! Some bug fix highlights: - Fixes a bug where undefined variables in with\_\* loops would cause a task failure even if the when condition would cause the task to be skipped. - Fixes multiple bugs related to field/attribute inheritance in nested blocks and includes, as well as task iteration logic during failures. - Fixes a bug with “vault rekey” when using environment variables to specify the vault password file. - Fixes a bug in which include\_vars was not working with failed\_when. - Fixes several bugs related to properly incrementing the failed count in the host statistics. - Fixes a bug with listening handlers which did not specify a `name` field. - Fixes a bug with the `play_hosts` internal variable, so that it properly reflects the current list of hosts. - Fixes a bug related to the v2\_playbook\_on\_start callback method and legacy (v1) plugins. - Fixes an openssh related process exit race condition, related to the fact that connections using ControlPersist do not close stderr. - Improvements and fixes to OpenBSD fact gathering. - More python 3 fixes. Modules: - Fixes a bug where the pip module was not properly installing things/using the wrong pip executable when run from inside a venv. - Fixes for the service/systemd module. - Fixes for several packaging modules, including apt, yum and dnf. - Several fixes for bugs in the cron module. How do you get it?