# The Bullhorn #192

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-192/43750>\
**Category:** Newsletter\
**Tags:** azure, proxmox, antsibull-nox, ansible-lint, ansible-core\
**Created:** [July 8, 2025, 7:18am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-192/43750 "2025-07-08T07:18:51Z")\
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**This week in Ansible Community**

_Issue #192, 2025-07-06 ([Past Issues](https://forum.ansible.com/c/news/bullhorn/17))_

Welcome to [The Bullhorn](https://forum.ansible.com/c/news/bullhorn/17), our newsletter for the Ansible Community. If you have any questions or content you’d like to share, you’re welcome to chat with us in the [Ansible Social room on Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#social:ansible.com), and mention [`newsbot`](https://matrix.to/#/@newsbot:ansible.im) to have your news item tagged for review for the next weekly issue!

## Major new releases 🏆

### Ansible-Core [↗](https://github.com/ansible/ansible)

The `ansible-core` package contains the base engine and a small subset of modules and plugins. To see what’s planned for the next release, look at the [`ansible-core` roadmaps](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/roadmap/ansible_core_roadmap_index.html).

**Ansible-Core Devel Branch Update**

[Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) contributed

> Now that ansible-core 2.19.0rc1 has been released, ansible-core’s `devel` branch has been bumped from 2.19.0.dev0 to 2.20.0.dev0. This potentially requires collection CIs to be updated which rely on `devel` using `tests/sanity/ignore-2.19.txt`, for example. Also it’s now time to add `stable-2.19` to CI if you relied on `devel` to cover 2.19 so far. Note that `milestone` has also been updated to 2.20.0dev0.

**Ansible-Core Release Announcement**

[ansible-announce](https://matrix.to/#/@ansible-announce:matrix.org) contributed

> New Release: ansible-core v2.19.0rc1 - [New Release: ansible-core v2.19.0rc1](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-ansible-core-v2-19-0rc1/43652)

**Collection Maintainer Notice**

[Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) said

> Ansible-core’s `devel` and `milestone` branch versions have been bumped to 2.20.0.dev0. As a collecftion maintainer, you might need to add a `tests/sanity/ignore-2.20.txt` file to avoid sanity test failures; and if you haven’t done so, you should add `stable-2.19` to your collection CI. ([Ansible-core devel and milestone bumped to 2.20.0.dev0](https://forum.ansible.com/t/43679))

### Antsibull [↗](https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull)

Tooling for building the `Ansible` package and collection documentation.

**Antsibull-Nox Release**

[Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) contributed

> antsibull-nox 0.7.0 ([antsibull-nox/CHANGELOG.md at main · ansible-community/antsibull-nox · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull-nox/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#v0-7-0)) has been released, which bumps the version for ansible-core’s `devel` and `milestone` branch to 2.20 for CI matrix generation, and adjusts the supported Python versions for 2.20. It also supports the new `antsibull-docs lint-collection-docs` feature.

### Ansible Community Package [↗](https://github.com/ansible-collections)

The `Ansible` package includes `ansible-core` and is a batteries-included package that provides a curated set of Ansible collections. See the [Ansible roadmaps](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/ansible_roadmap_index.html) for future release plans.

**Ansible Community Package Lifecycle Extension**

[Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) said

> The Ansible community package version 11’s lifetime will be extended until Ansible community package 13 is released, probably in November. This gives users more time to migrate from Ansible 11 to Ansible 12 (or directly to 13) due to the larger templating changes and improvements in ansible-core 2.19, on which Ansible 12 is based. ([[vote ended 2025-04-16] Make Ansible 11 a "LTS" (similar to Ansible 9)?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/40851/))

**Ansible 12.0.0a8 Pre-Release**

[anwesha](https://matrix.to/#/@anwesha:ansible.im) contributed

> Ansible 12.0.0a8 package (pre-release) is here! ❤  
> 🔗[Release announcement: Ansible community package 12.0.0a8 (Pre-Release)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-community-package-12-0-0a8-pre-release/43678)  
> 💽You can install it by running the following command:  
> python3 -m pip install ansible==12.0.0a8 --user  
> ➡ Check [Release Notes 📦🗒](https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/12.0.0a8/12/CHANGELOG-v12.md) and [Ansible 12 Porting Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides/porting_guide_12.html) for more details!

## Collection updates 🪄

**Community.Proxmox Release**

[thulium-drake](https://matrix.to/#/@thulium-drake:matrix.org) contributed

> community.proxmox 1.1.0 has been released! This release features a few new modules for managing ACLs and HA resources! Get it now! 🥳

**ServiceNow ITSM Collection Update**

[Martin Jackson](https://matrix.to/#/@mhjacks:matrix.org) said

> servicenow-itsm 2.10.0 has been released, which brings support for new authentication mechanisms (OAuth and APIkey) and also introduces a new option in the inventory plugin to speed up loads of large inventories

**Community.Crypto Major Release**

[Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) shared

> community.crypto 3.0.0 ([community.crypto/CHANGELOG.md at main · ansible-collections/community.crypto · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#v3-0-0)) has been released. This new major release features a modernization of the Python codebase, which drops support for older ansible-core, Python, and cryptography releases: ansible-core 2.17+, Python 3.7+, and cryptography 3.3+ are now required. Support for PyOpenSSL has been removed completely, and the Entrust modules and the Entrust providers for `community.crypto.x509_certificate*` have been removed. Check out the changelog for more details! Note that older ansible-core, Python, and cryptography versions are still supported by community.crypto 2.x.y, which will still receive bugfixes for some time.

## Certified Collections Updates

[f5networks.f5os:1.19.0](https://catalog.redhat.com/software/collection/f5networks/f5os)

[f5networks.f5\_bigip:3.14.0](https://catalog.redhat.com/software/collection/f5networks/f5_bigip)

[zscaler.zpacloud:2.0.1](https://catalog.redhat.com/software/collection/zscaler/zpacloud)

[ibm.ibm\_zos\_core:1.14.1](https://catalog.redhat.com/software/collection/ibm/ibm_zos_core)

[arista.eos:11.0.1](https://catalog.redhat.com/software/collection/arista/eos)

[cisco.nxos:10.2.0](https://catalog.redhat.com/software/collection/cisco/nxos)

[cisco.ios:10.1.1](https://catalog.redhat.com/software/collection/cisco/ios)

[ansible.netcommon:8.0.1](https://catalog.redhat.com/software/collection/ansible/netcommon)

[hpe.oneview:10.1.0](https://catalog.redhat.com/software/collection/hpe/oneview)

[servicenow.itsm:2.10.0](https://catalog.redhat.com/software/collection/servicenow/itsm)

[azure.azcollection:3.6.0](https://catalog.redhat.com/software/collection/azure/azcollection)

## Other events and releases

Use the Ansible Forum to see [other events](https://forum.ansible.com/c/events/8) and [releases](https://forum.ansible.com/c/news/releases/18).

## Join the Ansible community

Looking for ways to get involved? See [how can I help](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/how_can_I_help.html#how-can-i-help) for some ideas!

You can find easy issues in [collections](https://github.com/search?q=user:ansible-collections+label:easyfix,%22good+first+issue%22+state:open&type=Issues) and [other projects](https://github.com/search?q=user:ansible+user:ansible-community+label:easyfix,%22good+first+issue%22+state:open&type=Issues) for code or documentation contributions.

## That’s all for now!

Have any questions you’d like to ask, or issues you’d like to see covered? Please ask in [#social:ansible.com](https://matrix.to/#/#social:ansible.com)! See you next time!