Hello,
I am running ansible 2.21 on a Debian 13. Whenever I run Ansible, I get a deprecation warning. None of my playbooks use that deprecated function and the warning shows up no matter what arguments I give it (even no arguments or --version or --help). I have updated ansible’s own collections but the message persists.
Here is the message:
[WARNING]: Deprecation warnings can be disabled by setting `deprecation_warnings=False` in ansible.cfg.
[DEPRECATION WARNING]: Importing 'to_text' from 'ansible.module_utils._text' is deprecated. This feature will be removed from ansible-core version 2.24. Use ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters instead.
Here’s what --version has to say:
ansible [core 2.21.2]
config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
configured module search path = ['/home/myuser/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible
ansible collection location = /home/myuser/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
executable location = /usr/local/bin/ansible
python version = 3.13.5 (main, Jul 15 2026, 20:25:40) [GCC 14.2.0] (/usr/bin/python3)
jinja version = 3.1.6
pyyaml version = 6.0.2 (with libyaml v0.2.5)
And here is the result of ansible-galaxy collection list:
# /home/myuser/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections
Collection Version
---------------------------------------- -------
ansible.netcommon 8.6.0
ansible.posix 2.2.2
ansible.utils 6.0.3
ansible.windows 3.7.0
community.general 13.2.0
# /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible/_internal/ansible_collections
Collection Version
---------------------------------------- -------
ansible._protomatter *
# /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible_collections
Collection Version
---------------------------------------- -------
amazon.aws 11.4.0
ansible.mysql 5.1.0
ansible.netcommon 8.6.0
ansible.posix 2.2.2
ansible.utils 6.0.3
ansible.windows 3.7.0
arista.eos 12.1.2
azure.azcollection 3.20.0
check_point.mgmt 6.9.0
chocolatey.chocolatey 1.6.0
cisco.aci 2.13.0
cisco.intersight 2.20.0
cisco.ios 11.4.2
cisco.iosxr 12.3.2
cisco.meraki 2.24.1
cisco.mso 2.13.0
cisco.nxos 11.2.0
cisco.ucs 1.16.0
cloudscale_ch.cloud 2.5.3
community.aws 11.1.0
community.ciscosmb 1.0.12
community.clickhouse 2.3.0
community.crypto 3.3.0
community.dns 4.0.2
community.docker 5.2.1
community.general 13.2.0
community.grafana 2.3.0
community.hashi_vault 7.1.0
community.hrobot 2.7.2
community.library_inventory_filtering_v1 1.1.5
community.libvirt 2.3.0
community.mongodb 1.8.0
community.mysql 5.0.2
community.okd 5.0.0
community.postgresql 4.2.0
community.proxmox 2.0.0
community.proxysql 1.8.0
community.rabbitmq 1.7.0
community.routeros 3.21.0
community.sap_libs 1.7.0
community.sops 2.4.0
community.vmware 6.2.1
community.windows 3.3.0
community.zabbix 4.2.0
containers.podman 1.20.2
cyberark.conjur 1.3.12
cyberark.pas 1.0.39
dellemc.enterprise_sonic 4.1.0
dellemc.openmanage 10.0.3
dellemc.powerflex 3.1.0
dellemc.unity 2.1.0
f5networks.f5_modules 1.42.0
fortinet.fortimanager 2.14.0
fortinet.fortios 2.5.1
google.cloud 1.13.0
grafana.grafana 6.1.0
graphiant.naas 26.6.0
hetzner.hcloud 6.10.0
hitachivantara.vspone_block 4.8.2
hitachivantara.vspone_object 1.2.0
ibm.storage_virtualize 3.3.0
ieisystem.inmanage 4.0.0
infinidat.infinibox 1.8.1
infoblox.nios_modules 1.9.0
inspur.ispim 2.2.4
kaytus.ksmanage 4.0.0
kubernetes.core 6.5.0
kubevirt.core 2.3.0
lowlydba.sqlserver 2.8.1
microsoft.ad 1.12.0
microsoft.iis 1.2.1
netapp.cloudmanager 21.24.0
netapp.ontap 23.5.0
netapp.storagegrid 21.16.0
netapp_eseries.santricity 2.0.1
netbox.netbox 3.23.0
ngine_io.cloudstack 3.0.0
openstack.cloud 2.6.0
ovirt.ovirt 3.2.2
pcg.alpaca_operator 2.2.0
purestorage.flasharray 1.43.0
purestorage.flashblade 1.26.0
ravendb.ravendb 1.0.4
splunk.es 6.0.1
telekom_mms.icinga_director 2.5.1
theforeman.foreman 5.11.0
vmware.vmware 2.9.0
vmware.vmware_rest 4.11.0
vultr.cloud 1.14.1
vyos.vyos 6.0.0
wti.remote 1.0.11
Where can I find out where the deprecation is coming from and fix it?
Thank you
