# Release Announcement: ansible.netcommon 8.6.0

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-netcommon-8-6-0/46062>\
**Category:** Ecosystem Releases\
**Tags:** release, network\
**Created:** [July 20, 2026, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-netcommon-8-6-0/46062 "2026-07-20T09:39:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Piyush\_Malik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/piyush_malik/32/10957_2.png) [@Piyush\_Malik](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Piyush_Malik)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2026, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-netcommon-8-6-0/46062/1 "2026-07-20T09:39:23Z")

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Hey Everyone! 👋  
We’ve now rolled out `ansible.netcommon` **8.6.0**

The changes in this include:

- Cleaned up deprecated ansible-core imports (`_collections_compat`, `six`, `_text`) for newer Python / ansible-core compatibility
- Fixed deprecated `warnings` usage in `exit_json` with shared `emit_warnings` / `warn_and_exit` helpers (covers netcommon modules and downstream `ResourceModule` collections)  
You can check out the full changelog and details [here](https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon/releases/tag/v8.6.0).

Thanks to everyone who reported issues and contributed fixes! ❤