Hello everyone,
We are happy to announce the release of molecule v26.11.0.
How to get it
You can install the latest version of all the ansible developer tools by running the following command:
python3 -m pip install -U ansible-dev-tools
This will install the following developer tools:
- ansible-builder: a utility for building Ansible execution environments.
- ansible-core: Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy and maintain. Automate everything from code deployment to network configuration to cloud management, in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems.
- ansible-creator: a utility for scaffolding Ansible project and content with recommended practices.
- ansible-dev-environment: a utility for building and managing a virtual environment for Ansible content development.
- ansible-lint: a utility to identify and correct stylistic errors and anti-patterns in Ansible playbooks and roles.
- ansible-navigator a text-based user interface (TUI) for developing and troubleshooting Ansible content with execution environments.
- ansible-sign: a utility for signing and verifying Ansible content.
- molecule: a functional test runner for Ansible collections, playbooks and roles
- pytest-ansible: a pytest testing framework extension that provides additional functionality for testing Ansible module and plugin Python code.
- tox-ansible: an extension to the tox testing utility that provides additional functionality to check Ansible module and plugin Python code under different Python interpreters and Ansible core versions.
For a single tool, you can install it by running:
python3 -m pip -U install <project>==<release>
All ansible developer tools are also packaged in an image that you can use as a VS Code development container. The image is updated shortly after releases of any individual tool.
The community-dev-tools image is available on GitHub Container Registry.
podman run -it ghcr.io/ansible/community-ansible-dev-tools:latest
Sample devcontainer.json files are available in the ansible-dev-tools repository.
Release notes for molecule v26.11.0
What’s Changed
- chore(deps): bump certifi from 2026.7.22 to 2026.10.19 by @dependabot[bot] in chore(deps): bump certifi from 2026.7.22 to 2026.10.19 by dependabot[bot] · Pull Request #4720 · ansible/molecule · GitHub
- chore(deps): bump virtualenv from 21.14.1 to 21.14.9 by @dependabot[bot] in chore(deps): bump virtualenv from 21.14.1 to 21.14.9 by dependabot[bot] · Pull Request #4721 · ansible/molecule · GitHub
- fix(security): update dependencies [SECURITY] by @renovate[bot] in fix(security): update dependencies [SECURITY] by renovate[bot] · Pull Request #4726 · ansible/molecule · GitHub
- chore(deps): bump virtualenv from 21.14.9 to 21.14.13 by @dependabot[bot] in chore(deps): bump virtualenv from 21.14.9 to 21.14.13 by dependabot[bot] · Pull Request #4725 · ansible/molecule · GitHub
- chore(deps): bump gitpython from 3.1.62 to 3.2.1 by @dependabot[bot] in chore(deps): bump gitpython from 3.1.62 to 3.2.1 by dependabot[bot] · Pull Request #4723 · ansible/molecule · GitHub
- chore(deps): bump black from 26.5.1 to 26.10.1 by @dependabot[bot] in chore(deps): bump black from 26.5.1 to 26.10.1 by dependabot[bot] · Pull Request #4722 · ansible/molecule · GitHub
- chore(deps): bump uv from 0.12.18 to 0.13.4 by @dependabot[bot] in chore(deps): bump uv from 0.12.18 to 0.13.4 by dependabot[bot] · Pull Request #4719 · ansible/molecule · GitHub
- fix: pass provisioner verbosity options to ansible by @jeffcpullen in fix: pass provisioner verbosity options to ansible by jeffcpullen · Pull Request #4709 · ansible/molecule · GitHub
- chore(deps): update pep621 by @renovate[bot] in chore(deps): update pep621 by renovate[bot] · Pull Request #4713 · ansible/molecule · GitHub
- fix(security): resolve Dependabot alerts in uv.lock [SECURITY] by @sudhirverma in fix(security): resolve Dependabot alerts in uv.lock [SECURITY] by sudhirverma · Pull Request #4732 · ansible/molecule · GitHub
Full Changelog: Comparing v26.10.0...v26.11.0 · ansible/molecule · GitHub
Release notes for all versions can be found in the changelog.