Release announcement : Ansible Community Package 8.5.0

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Hello everyone,

We’re happy to announce the release of the Ansible 8.5.0 package!

Ansible 8.5.0 includes ansible-core 2.15.5 as well as a curated set of

Ansible collections that provide a vast number of modules and plugins.

How to get it

This release is available on PyPI and can be installed with pip:

$ python3 -m pip install ansible==8.5.0 --user

The sources for this release can be found here:

Release tarball:

https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/37/6e/53718ca07b7c46ac4777f9d1b13480cbe0b04f6a686c8436029f00ce25be/ansible-8.5.0.tar.gz

SHA256:

327c509bdaf5cdb2489d85c09d2c107e9432f9874c8bb5c0702a731160915f2d

Wheel package:

https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/08/a2/35c6110299306db0495b61c57d24d042f57858923fbb1bee85347c1ed8bc/ansible-8.5.0-py3-none-any.whl

SHA256:

2749032e26b0dbc9a694528b85fd89e7f950b8c7b53606f17dd997f23ac7cc88

Important Details

There is an important CVE (CVE-2023-5115) fix inthe ansible core, read the details in here.

Changelog

Check Release Notes and Ansible 8 Porting Guide for more details!

What’s the schedule for new Ansible releases after 8.5.0?

The next release roadmap can be found at
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/ansible_roadmap_index.html

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On behalf of the Ansible community, thank you and happy automating!

Cheers
Ansible Community Team

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Thank you for sharing this announcement, along with the resource.

Can the package be installed by using a package manager (e.g. yum, dnf, etc.), as well as using the method that you show in your
announcement?

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Yes, although you have to wait for package maintainers to build and release it on your distribution repos. Here is the relevant documentation page.

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Awesome! Thank you for the response, and for pointing me to the
page for validation.

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Is there a Changelog ?

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Hi @kmf , welcome to the forum!

You can find the changelog for the Ansible Community Package 8.5.0 here:

ps. Added to the main post as well, thanks!

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thanks for the update

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fwiw the changelogs are always linked to from the porting guide as well.