# Latest ncclient seems to break Zuul

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/latest-ncclient-seems-to-break-zuul/40735>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** zuul\
**Created:** [March 2, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/latest-ncclient-seems-to-break-zuul/40735 "2025-03-02T13:54:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![mariolenz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/mariolenz/32/108_2.png) [@mariolenz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mariolenz)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/latest-ncclient-seems-to-break-zuul/40735/1 "2025-03-02T13:54:51Z")

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It looks like [the latest ncclient release breaks (at least some) Zuul jobs](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-zuul-jobs/issues/1895).

I’m not sure if ncclient is really needed, so I don’t want to remove it. Instead, I’ve created a PR to [restrict the verstion to \< 0.6.18](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-zuul-jobs/pull/1894/files)

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**Author:** ![mariolenz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/mariolenz/32/108_2.png) [@mariolenz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mariolenz)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/latest-ncclient-seems-to-break-zuul/40735/2 "2025-03-02T14:23:54Z")

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For the record: [Installation of 0.6.18 fails because of missing ‘requirements-test.txt’ in package](https://github.com/ncclient/ncclient/issues/623)

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**Author:** ![felixfontein](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/felixfontein/32/7530_2.png) [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/latest-ncclient-seems-to-break-zuul/40735/3 "2025-03-02T18:23:25Z")

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0.6.18 has been yanked: [Installation of 0.6.18 fails because of missing 'requirements-test.txt' in package · Issue #623 · ncclient/ncclient · GitHub](https://github.com/ncclient/ncclient/issues/623#issuecomment-2692842916)

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**Author:** ![felixfontein](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/felixfontein/32/7530_2.png) [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/latest-ncclient-seems-to-break-zuul/40735/4 "2025-03-02T19:12:42Z")

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0.6.19 has been released with that issue fixed ([fixed broken manifest by einarnn · Pull Request #624 · ncclient/ncclient · GitHub](https://github.com/ncclient/ncclient/pull/624)).

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**Author:** ![mariolenz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/mariolenz/32/108_2.png) [@mariolenz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mariolenz)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/latest-ncclient-seems-to-break-zuul/40735/5 "2025-03-05T17:50:04Z")

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I agree, looks fixed to me also.