# New Release: ansible-core v2.18.2rc1

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-ansible-core-v2-18-2rc1/39726>\
**Category:** Ecosystem Releases\
**Tags:** release, ansible-core\
**Created:** [January 20, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-ansible-core-v2-18-2rc1/39726 "2025-01-20T21:32:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ansible-announce](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/ansible-announce/32/2187_2.png) [@ansible-announce](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ansible-announce)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-ansible-core-v2-18-2rc1/39726/1 "2025-01-20T21:32:54Z")

</div>

# ansible-core v2.18.2rc1

View this release on:

- [GitHub](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/releases/tag/v2.18.2rc1)
- [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/ansible-core/v2.18.2rc1/)

# Changelog

See the [full changelog](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.18.2rc1/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.18.rst) for the changes included in this release.

# Release Artifacts

- Built Distribution: [ansible\_core-2.18.2rc1-py3-none-any.whl](https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/fd/d7/21d60bfc3f259d9b45c9a5b02e2441562ee37ad8872cb79e9a07aa3defdd/ansible_core-2.18.2rc1-py3-none-any.whl) - ‌2216748 bytes
  - 31ee8481e3df06aefe0e60b0e1da7922b09bd1e61663b254a795680117ec8ef0 (SHA256)

- Source Distribution: [ansible\_core-2.18.2rc1.tar.gz](https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/13/60/4d3cf080a94a4929f94881a234069121bcf70c11fce14a7571d6d377dafc/ansible_core-2.18.2rc1.tar.gz) - ‌3081155 bytes
  - 50dfd7eb69739a72a1e0f57e1b1e71c885956aeb1087058d1ca6cecb59411b31 (SHA256)