# Ansible-core devel bumped to 2.18.0.dev0, stable-2.17 branch created

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-core-devel-bumped-to-2-18-0-dev0-stable-2-17-branch-created/4695>\
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**Created:** [April 3, 2024, 5:22am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-core-devel-bumped-to-2-18-0-dev0-stable-2-17-branch-created/4695 "2024-04-03T05:22:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 5:22am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-core-devel-bumped-to-2-18-0-dev0-stable-2-17-branch-created/4695/1 "2024-04-03T05:22:22Z")

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ansible-core’s `devel` branch’s version has been bumped to 2.18.0.dev0, and a `stable-2.17` branch has been created. If you are a collection maintainer, you need to consider:

1. If you test against `devel` and have a `tests/sanity/ignore-2.17.txt` file, you need to copy it over to `tests/sanity/ignore-2.18.txt`;
2. Update your CI matrix to include `stable-2.17`; if you did not test against `devel` before, potentially need to create a `tests/sanity/ignore-2.17.txt` file.