# ETA of Ansible 9.0.0 Alpha 1 release is postponed

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/eta-of-ansible-9-0-0-alpha-1-release-is-postponed/1127>\
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**Created:** [September 26, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/eta-of-ansible-9-0-0-alpha-1-release-is-postponed/1127 "2023-09-26T15:34:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![anwesha](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/anwesha/32/20_2.png) [@anwesha](https://forum.ansible.com/u/anwesha)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/eta-of-ansible-9-0-0-alpha-1-release-is-postponed/1127/1 "2023-09-26T15:34:21Z")

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The release of ansible-core 2.16 beta 1 is delayed. so as the Ansible Release 9.0.0 Alpha1 (which was due release today). ansible-core is expected to release today. Here are two dates in consideration for Ansible 9.0.0 Alpha1 release

1. 2023/09/28 - Giving us a day buffer after the expected ansible-core release today.

2. 2023/10/03 - Maintaining the Tuesday release cadence.

We are going to discuss about it on Ansible Community WG meeting tomorrow at 19:00 UTC in the Matrix Room : [#community:ansible.com](https://matrix.to/#/#community:ansible.com).

Community Topic

> <https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/276>
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> \### Summary
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> The release of ansible-core 2.16 beta 1 is delayed. This issue h…as been created to decide on the ETA for Ansible Release 9.0.0 Alpha1. Proposal dates 
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> 1. 2023/09/28 - ansible-core will tentatively release on 23rd (keep a day in buffer after that)
> 2. 2023/10/03 - keep the Tuesday release cadence alive.

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**Author:** ![anwesha](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/anwesha/32/20_2.png) [@anwesha](https://forum.ansible.com/u/anwesha)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/eta-of-ansible-9-0-0-alpha-1-release-is-postponed/1127/2 "2023-09-28T17:23:17Z")

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Ansible 9.0.0 Alpha 1 released today. Check out the details here

> [@Release announcement : Ansible Community Package 9.0.0a1 (Pre Release)](http://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-community-package-9-0-0a1-pre-release/1175):
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> Hello everyone, We’re happy to announce the Alpha release of Ansible 9.0.0a1! This pre-release version contains the latest version of ansible-core 2.16b1 and includes a curated set of Ansible collections that provides a vast number of modules and plugins. ansible-core is a required dependency, not contained within the ansible packages. How to get it? This release is available on PyPI and can be installed with pip: $ python3 -m pip install ansible==9.0.0a1 --user The source and the wheel…