This week in Ansible Community
Issue #222, 2026-03-20 (Past Issues)
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General news updates 
Signed Commits Required for Ansible GitHub
gundalow said
Git signed commits required for Ansible · GitHub
From Monday 16th March required signed commits before PRs can be merged into any repo in the Ansible GitHub Org.See the Requiring signed commits forum post for step-by-step guide
Major new releases 
Ansible Community Package 
The Ansible package includes ansible-core and is a batteries-included package that provides a curated set of Ansible collections. See the Ansible roadmaps for future release plans.
Chocolatey Collection Possibly Unmaintained
mariolenz said
It looks like the chocolatey.chocolatey 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: chocolatey.chocolatey for more information or to announce that you’re interested in taking over the maintenance of (a fork of)
chocolatey.chocolatey.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 with
ansible-galaxy collection install chocolatey.chocolateyeven when it has been removed from Ansible Community Package.
Collection updates 
New infra.controller_configuration Release
Sean Sullivan said
infra.controller_configuration 3.2.5 has been released.
This Ansible collection allows for easy interaction with an AWX or Ansible Controller server via Ansible roles using the AWX/Controller collection modules.
Visit GitHub - redhat-cop/infra.controller_configuration: ansible collection for standardizing configuring AAP 2.4 and earlier · GitHub for more information and updates.
New community.mysql Release
andersson007_ said
The community.mysql collection version 4.2.0 has been released!
New infra.aap_configuration Release
Sean Sullivan said
infra.aap_configuration 4.3.0 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 · GitHub for more information and updates.
New infra.controller_configuration Release
Sean Sullivan said
infra.controller_configuration 3.2.4 has been released.
This Ansible collection allows for easy interaction with an AWX or Ansible Controller server via Ansible roles using the AWX/Controller collection modules.
Visit GitHub - redhat-cop/infra.controller_configuration: ansible collection for standardizing configuring AAP 2.4 and earlier · GitHub for more information and updates.
Certified Collections Weekly Update
dbrennand shared
Certified collections updated this week:
Community events and meetups 
Ansible London Meetup Recap
dbrennand contributed
The Ansible London meetup took place on March 12 2026 and it was a great evening of talks, discussions and pizza!
Thank you to everyone who attended! Check out the updated forum post for links to the slides and details about the talks.
Upcoming Meetups and Working Groups
dbrennand shared
- 2026-03-26, AWS Community Meeting
- 2026-03-26, Ansible-munchen: Spring starts with Ansible [2026-03-26]
- 2026-03-26, Ansible-Atlanta: AIOps AAP MCP Server capabilities [2026-03-26]
- 2026-04-02, AAP Config as Code Office Hours - First Thursday of Every Month
- 2026-04-07, Announcing Our Official Code Freeze Schedule & Process
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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