# New release beta: ansible-core 2.12.0b2

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-beta-ansible-core-2-12-0b2/35847>\
**Category:** Ansible Developer\
**Created:** [October 11, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-beta-ansible-core-2-12-0b2/35847 "2021-10-11T20:05:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![sivel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sivel/32/1198_2.png) [@sivel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sivel)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-beta-ansible-core-2-12-0b2/35847/1 "2021-10-11T20:05:14Z")

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Hi all- we’re happy to announce the beta release of:

- ansible-core 2.12.0b2

How to get it

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**Author:** ![Dhiwakar\_Ravikumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecc23a/32.png) [@Dhiwakar\_Ravikumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dhiwakar_Ravikumar)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-beta-ansible-core-2-12-0b2/35847/2 "2021-10-18T13:34:00Z")

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Hi Matt

Does core 2.12.0b2 support module\_defaults for collections ?  
I’m working on a collection of modules and would like to use the ability to specify module\_defaults for my custom collection like so.

_- hosts:_  
_- localhost_  
_module\_defaults:_  
_mynamespace.mycollection:_  
_mymoduledefaultparam: ansible\_date\_time.epoch_

_tasks:_

_- name: “mytestmodule”_  
_mynamespace.mycollection.mytestmodule:_

Just wondering if this is now available with this release.  
I went through the change log but couldn’t really tell if it was available or not.

Thanks  
Dhiwakar

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**Author:** ![sivel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sivel/32/1198_2.png) [@sivel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sivel)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-beta-ansible-core-2-12-0b2/35847/3 "2021-10-18T13:39:36Z")

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Yes, the feature is called `action_groups` in the changelog.

Under this section in the documentation: [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/user\_guide/playbooks\_module\_defaults.html#module-defaults-groups](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/user_guide/playbooks_module_defaults.html#module-defaults-groups)

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