# New release: ansible-builder 3.1.0

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-ansible-builder-3-1-0/6685>\
**Category:** Ecosystem Releases\
**Tags:** ansible-builder, release, ee\
**Created:** [June 20, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-ansible-builder-3-1-0/6685 "2024-06-20T16:24:13Z")\
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# ansible-builder 3.1.0

View this release on:

- [GitHub](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-builder/releases/tag/3.1.0)
- [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/ansible-builder/3.1.0/)

## What's Changed

### New Features

- Support for tags from the configuration file by [@Akasurde](https://github.com/Akasurde) in [#555](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-builder/pull/555)
- Support multiple -v for verbosity by [@Shrews](https://github.com/Shrews) in [#564](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-builder/pull/564)
- Allow the .yaml file extension on the default EE file by [@Shrews](https://github.com/Shrews) in [#631](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-builder/pull/631)
- Account for PEP668 in pip invocations by [@Shrews](https://github.com/Shrews) in [#627](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-builder/pull/627)
- Expose a way to exclude dependencies by [@Shrews](https://github.com/Shrews) in [#664](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-builder/pull/664)
- Support extra build command args by [@Shrews](https://github.com/Shrews) in [#677](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-builder/pull/677)

### Other Improvements

- Various improvements to documentation.
- Warn if `USER` directive is found in `additional_build_steps` by [@Akasurde](https://github.com/Akasurde) in [#528](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-builder/pull/528)
- Warn about version less than 3 by [@Akasurde](https://github.com/Akasurde) in [#574](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-builder/pull/574)
- Warn user about using default base image in v3 by [@Akasurde](https://github.com/Akasurde) in [#591](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-builder/pull/591)
- Fix container policy for version 3 by [@Shrews](https://github.com/Shrews) in [#652](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-builder/pull/652)
- Guarantee collection base path exists by [@Shrews](https://github.com/Shrews) in [#683](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-builder/pull/683)

## New Contributors

- [@sivel](https://github.com/sivel) made their first contribution in [#535](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-builder/pull/535)
- [@Andersson007](https://github.com/Andersson007) made their first contribution in [#549](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-builder/pull/549)
- [@felixfontein](https://github.com/felixfontein) made their first contribution in [#544](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-builder/pull/544)
- [@acozine](https://github.com/acozine) made their first contribution in [#552](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-builder/pull/552)
- [@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot) made their first contribution in [#545](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-builder/pull/545)
- [@samccann](https://github.com/samccann) made their first contribution in [#623](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-builder/pull/623)
- [@w4hf](https://github.com/w4hf) made their first contribution in [#598](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-builder/pull/598)
- [@bhavikbhavsar](https://github.com/bhavikbhavsar) made their first contribution in [#642](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-builder/pull/642)
- [@webknjaz](https://github.com/webknjaz) made their first contribution in [#667](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-builder/pull/667)
- [@audgirka](https://github.com/audgirka) made their first contribution in [#662](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-builder/pull/662)

**Full Changelog** : [3.0.0...3.1.0](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-builder/compare/3.0.0...3.1.0)