This week in Ansible Community
Issue #211, 2025-11-28 (Past Issues)
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Major new releases 
Antsibull 
docs 2.23.0
Tooling for building the Ansible package and collection documentation.
Felix Fontein said
antsibull-docs 2.23.0 (antsibull-docs/CHANGELOG.md at main · ansible-community/antsibull-docs · GitHub) has been released. Its Sphinx extension has two new roles,
:ansoptref:and:ansretvalref:that allow to reference options and return values of modules, plugins, and roles with explicit titles. This can be used in extra docs or the Ansible docsite.
General news updates 
Unmaintained collection: netapp.santricity
mariolenz contributed
It looks like the netapp.santricity collection is effectively unmaintained. According to the current Ansible Community Package Collections Removal Process, we consider removing it in a future version of the Ansible Community Package. Please see Unmaintained collection again: netapp.santricity for more information or to announce that you’re interested in taking over the maintenance of (a fork of)
netapp.santricity.
At least one month after this announcement appears here and in the collection’s issue tracker, the Ansible Community Steering Committee will vote on whether this collection is considered unmaintained and will be removed, or whether it will be kept. If it will be removed, this will happen earliest in Ansible Community Package 15. Please note that you can still manually install the collection withansible-galaxy collection install netapp.santricityeven when it has been removed from Ansible Community Package.
Unmaintained collection: netapp.cloudmanage
mariolenz shared
It looks like the netapp.cloudmanager collection is effectively unmaintained. According to the current Ansible Community Package Collections Removal Process, we consider removing it in a future version of the Ansible Community Package. Please see Unmaintained collection: netapp.cloudmanager for more information or to announce that you’re interested in taking over the maintenance of (a fork of)
netapp.cloudmanager.
At least one month after this announcement appears here and in the collection’s issue tracker, the Ansible Community Steering Committee will vote on whether this collection is considered unmaintained and will be removed, or whether it will be kept. If it will be removed, this will happen earliest in Ansible Community Package 15. Please note that you can still manually install the collection withansible-galaxy collection install netapp.cloudmanagereven when it has been removed from Ansible Community Package.
Collection updates 
infra.aap_configuration
Sean Sullivan shared
infra.aap_configuration 3.9.0 has been released.\
This Ansible collection allows for easy interaction with Ansible Automation Platform via Ansible roles using the supported collections modules.\
Visit GitHub - redhat-cop/infra.aap_configuration: A collection of roles to manage Ansible Automation Platform 2.5+ with code For more information and updates.
community.general
Felix Fontein contributed
community.general 12.1.0 (community.general/CHANGELOG.md at stable-12 · ansible-collections/community.general · GitHub) and community.general 11.4.2 (community.general/CHANGELOG.md at stable-11 · ansible-collections/community.general · GitHub) have been released with bugfixes, new features, and new modules (the latter two in 12.1.0 only). In 12.1.0, the work on modernizing the code-base has been proceeding since Python 2 and 3.6 support was dropped in 12.0.0.
community.clickhouse
fako1024 said
The community.clickhouse collection version 1.0.0 has been released!
community.routeros
Felix Fontein said
community.routeros 3.14.0 (community.routeros/CHANGELOG.md at main · ansible-collections/community.routeros · GitHub) has been released with several new features and bugfixes for the API modules.
Certified Collections
anwesha said
Certified collections updated this week
- os_migrate.vmware_migration_kit:2.1.3
- redhat.artifact_signer:1.3.1
- hitachivantara.vspone_object:1.1.1
- redhat.trusted_profile_analyzer:2.2.0
Help wanted 
Review Ansible Meetup Strategy
anwesha contributed
The core message is that Ansible meetups are crucial for the ecosystem’s strength and community building.
Because of the recent migration to Meetup Pro, which enhances global visibility, it is now time to finalize a comprehensive strategy. This new strategy will establish clear guidelines and rules to better support and grow the meetup initiative worldwide.
The community is asked to review the proposed strategy PR and provide feedback directly there.
Community events and meetups 
- 2025-12-01, Ansible @ AWS: re:invent - December 2025
- 2025-12-04, AAP Config as Code Office Hours - First Thursday of Every Month
- 2025-12-16, Announcing Our Official Code Freeze Schedule & Process
- 2025-12-18, Ansible-Minneapolis: Automating with Ansible Localhost
- 2025-12-25, AWS Community Meeting
- 2026-02-02, CfgMgmtCamp 2026
- Every Tuesday @11AM ET, Documentation Working Group
- Every Thursday @13:00 UTC, Network Working Group
Other events and releases
Use the Ansible Forum to see other events and releases.
Join the Ansible community
Looking for ways to get involved? See how can I help for some ideas!
You can find easy issues in collections and other projects for code or documentation contributions.
That’s all for now!
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