# New beta release: ansible-core 2.11.0b4

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**Created:** [March 30, 2021, 5:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-beta-release-ansible-core-2-11-0b4/34881 "2021-03-30T05:10:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 30, 2021, 5:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-beta-release-ansible-core-2-11-0b4/34881/1 "2021-03-30T05:10:47Z")

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Hi all- we're happy to announce that the beta release of ansible-core,  
2.11.0b4 is now available!

Note that because we are shipping a fourth beta, the rc1 release candidate of  
ansible-core has been pushed back one week and is expected to land on 5 April  
2021. The branching to stable-2.11 will take place then too. All other dates in  
the recent "Dates worth knowing" email to the ansible-devel@ mailing list remain  
unchanged.

ansible-core 2.11 is a rename of ansible-base. As with ansible-base, it includes  
only a minimal, vetted set of modules and plugins, and is extensible through the  
use of Ansible Collections. This release of ansible-core includes some new  
features and changes that we'd like to highlight below. This list is not  
exhaustive:

- As of this release, Python 3.8 is now a \*soft requirement\* on the  
&nbsp;&nbsp;controller. (This release will continue to work with the same versions of  
&nbsp;&nbsp;Python as ansible-base 2.10, but ansible-core 2.12 will NOT)

- Role arguments can now be validated at runtime to ensure that roles are used  
&nbsp;&nbsp;correctly

- ansible-galaxy now makes use of "resolvelib" for resolving dependencies

- New virtualization facts are now included (as lists), so that administrators  
&nbsp;&nbsp;can see all virtual guest and host technologies available to the node

- Playbooks can now be run from collections

- For module authors, module\_utils imports are now treated as optional if in  
&nbsp;&nbsp;any nested block (such as 'try' or 'if') allowing for implementation of  
&nbsp;&nbsp;fallback behavior for module\_utils that do not exist in older versions of  
&nbsp;&nbsp;Ansible.

In addition, this fourth beta includes a bugfix affecting role argument  
validation, several small enhancements to `ansible-galaxy collection verify`,  
and a few smaller bugfixes. See the changelog for more details.

We appreciate any and all early adopters and welcome any reports of issues on  
GitHub. Happy testing!

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