# The Bullhorn #197 **URL:** \ **Category:** Newsletter\ **Tags:** aap, aws, awx\ **Created:** [August 8, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-197/44261 "2025-08-08T15:02:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![samccann](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/samccann/32/18_2.png) [@samccann](https://forum.ansible.com/u/samccann)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-197/44261/1 "2025-08-08T15:02:04Z")
![bullhorn-pool.png](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/bfccdf465dbf3994b176735604b2bf4241fa03fa.png) **This week in Ansible Community** _Issue #197, 2025-08-08 ([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! ## General news updates 🔈 ### Closing the Ansible Network Slack instance [gundalow](https://matrix.to/#/@gundalow:ansible.im) shared > Proposal: Closing the Ansible Network Slack instance > Following on from Proposal: Consolidating Ansible discussion platforms, we are considering what to do with the Ansible Network Slack instance (which you’ve likely never heard of). > > As the Forum has critical mass of people, and the Ansible Network slack instance is very quiet, we are proposing archiving the Slack instance, and bring everybody to [network part of the Forum](https://forum.ansible.com/tag/network). > > [Join the discussion](https://forum.ansible.com/t/proposal-closing-the-ansible-network-slack-instance/43993) ## Major new releases 🏆 ### 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 12 beta [gotmax23](https://matrix.to/#/@gotmax:matrix.org) shared > Ansible 12.0.0b3 package (pre-release) is here! ❤ > 🔗[Release announcement: Ansible community package 12.0.0b3 (Pre-Release)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-community-package-12-0-0b3-pre-release/44210) > 💽You can install it by running the following command: > > ```auto > python3 -m pip install ansible==12.0.0b3 --user > > ``` > > ➡ Check [Release Notes 📦🗒](https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/12.0.0b3/12/CHANGELOG-v12.md) and [Ansible 12 Porting Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides/porting_guide_12.html) for more details! > > Please note that Ansible 12.0.0 is delayed due to important parts of ansible.netcommon and several network connections not working with ansible-core 2.19 right now. For that reason, we decided to keep publishing beta releases until ansible.netcommon is fixed, and stopped feature freeze until then to avoid other collections becoming stale. Also Ansible 12.0.0 will depend on ansible-core 2.19.1 (or whichever version is released by then), instead of ansible-core 2.19.0. See [this forum thread for more information](https://forum.ansible.com/t/44186). ## Project updates 🛠 ### community.internal\_test\_tools release [Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) shared > community.internal\_test\_tools 0.18.0 ([community.internal\_test\_tools/CHANGELOG.md at main · ansible-collections/community.internal\_test\_tools · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.internal_test_tools/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#v0-18-0)) has been released. Its deprecated extra sanity test runner has been removed, in favor of antsibull-nox which is better suited for these kind of tests. ## Collection updates 🪄 ### amazon.aws releases [gomathiselvi](https://matrix.to/#/@gomathiselvi:ansible.im) shared > : amazon.aws 9.5.1 has been released with a bug fix and documentation updates. Refer the [release notes](https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/releases/tag/9.5.1) for details! [gomathiselvi](https://matrix.to/#/@gomathiselvi:ansible.im) said > : amazon.aws 10.1.1 has been released with a bug fix and documentation updates. Refer the [release notes](https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/releases/tag/10.1.1) for details! ### Certified collections updates [samccann](https://matrix.to/#/@samccann:ansible.im) said > Certified collections updated this week: > > - [amazon.aws:10.1.1](https://catalog.redhat.com/software/collection/amazon/aws) > - [zscaler.zpacloud:2.0.7](https://catalog.redhat.com/software/collection/zscaler/zpacloud) > - [google.cloud:1.7.0](https://catalog.redhat.com/software/collection/google/cloud) > - [redhat.rhel\_idm:1.15.1](https://catalog.redhat.com/software/collection/redhat/rhel_idm) ### ibm.qradar deprecation announcement [AAYUSH ANAND](https://matrix.to/#/@aayush_209:matrix.org) contributed > The `ibm.qradar` collection has been deprecated and will not have any more major releases. End of life is scheduled for Dec 2026 ### community.docker release [Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) shared > community.docker 4.7.0 ([community.docker/CHANGELOG.md at main · ansible-collections/community.docker · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#v4-7-0)) has been released with a bugfix (working around a bug in Docker 28.3.3 when pushing images without authentication) and a new feature for the `docker_swarm_service` module. ## Community events and meetups 📅 [samccann](https://matrix.to/#/@samccann:ansible.im) contributed > Upcoming events: > > - 2025-08-12, [AWX Community Meeting](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-community-meeting/120) > - 2025-08-21, [Ansible-Atlanta: Ansible + AIOPs (Take 2) [2025-08-21]](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-atlanta-ansible-aiops-take-2-2025-08-21/44172) > - 2025-08-26, [Announcing Our Official Code Freeze Schedule & Process](https://forum.ansible.com/t/announcing-our-official-code-freeze-schedule-process/44176) > - 2025-08-28, [Ansible-Minneapolis: August Meetup [2025-08-28]](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-minneapolis-august-meetup-2025-08-28/43809) > - 2025-08-28, [AWS Community Meeting](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aws-community-meeting/1848) > - 2025-09-02, [8th Ansible Anwendertreffen](https://forum.ansible.com/t/8th-ansible-anwendertreffen/43960) > - 2025-09-04, [AAP Config as Code Office Hours - First Thursday of Every Month](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aap-config-as-code-office-hours-first-thursday-of-every-month/398) > - 2025-09-06, [Ansible-India: Ansible Bangalore Meetup - September 2025 [2025-09-06]](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-india-ansible-bangalore-meetup-september-2025-2025-09-06/44105) > - 2025-10-02, [Ansible Virtual Meetup: October 2025 [2025-10-02]](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-virtual-meetup-october-2025-2025-10-02/44238) > - 2025-10-09, [Ansible-London: Ansible London – Thursday 9th October 2025 [2025-10-09]](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-london-ansible-london-thursday-9th-october-2025-2025-10-09/43849) > - 2025-10-09, [Red Hat Summit: Connect 2025 London](https://forum.ansible.com/t/red-hat-summit-connect-2025-london/43244) > - 2025-10-15, [CFP close for CfgMgmtCamp 2026](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cfp-close-for-cfgmgmtcamp-2026/44251) > - 2025-11-05, [Ansible-Barcelona: A Deep Dive into Configuration as Code using Ansible’s community aap\_configurati [2025-11-05]](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-barcelona-a-deep-dive-into-configuration-as-code-using-ansible-s-community-aap-configurati-2025-11-05/44256) > - 2026-02-02, [CfgMgmtCamp 2026](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cfgmgmtcamp-2026/44250) > - Every Tuesday @11AM ET, [Documentation Working Group](https://forum.ansible.com/t/documentation-wg-weekly-meeting/7229) > - Every Thursday @13:00 UTC, [Network Working Group](https://forum.ansible.com/t/network-automation-working-group-agenda/2539) ## 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!