Ansible 2.3.1 RC2 is available for testing

We are happy to announce the availability of Ansible 2.3.1 RC2!

This release candidate includes a lot of small bug fixes, including (but not limited to):

  • Performance fix when using loops, avoiding default serialization of classes in dump_attrs.
  • Fixed a bug with the copy module, where symlinks were not being properly followed when doing checksums.
  • Fixed a bug where the “always” portion of a block might be incorrectly skipped.
  • Fix to increase the win_async_wrapper fire and forget sleep time.
  • Fix pam_limits writing text to a file opened in binary mode.
  • Fix template not showing a diff with a directory.
  • Fix timeout issue in ansible-connection.
  • Fixed a bug related to the new way we manage facts internally.
  • Fix for UnboundLocalError while accessing deprecations in result in module_utils/basic.py.
  • Added better detection for dead worker processes in the TQM.
  • Fixes for Py3 and winrm connections.

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