ancestor: 7.0.0
releases:
  8.0.0:
    changes:
      breaking_changes:
      - collection_version lookup plugin - remove compatibility code for ansible-base
        2.10 and ansible-core 2.11 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7269).
      - gitlab_project - add ``default_branch`` support for project update. If you
        used the module so far with ``default_branch`` to update a project, the value
        of ``default_branch`` was ignored. Make sure that you either do not pass a
        value if you are not sure whether it is the one you want to have to avoid
        unexpected breaking changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7158).
      - selective callback plugin - remove compatibility code for Ansible 2.9 and
        ansible-core 2.10 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7269).
      - vardict module utils - ``VarDict`` will no longer accept variables named ``_var``,
        ``get_meta``, and ``as_dict`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6647).
      - version module util - remove fallback for ansible-core 2.11. All modules and
        plugins that do version collections no longer work with ansible-core 2.11
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7269).
      bugfixes:
      - CmdRunner module utils - does not attempt to resolve path if executable is
        a relative or absolute path (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7200).
      - MH DependencyMixin module utils - deprecation notice was popping up for modules
        not using dependencies (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6644,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6639).
      - bitwarden lookup plugin - the plugin made assumptions about the structure
        of a Bitwarden JSON object which may have been broken by an update in the
        Bitwarden API. Remove assumptions, and allow queries for general fields such
        as ``notes`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7061).
      - cmd_runner module utils - when a parameter in ``argument_spec`` has no type,
        meaning it is implicitly a ``str``, ``CmdRunner`` would fail trying to find
        the ``type`` key in that dictionary (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6968).
      - cobbler inventory plugin - fix calculation of cobbler_ipv4/6_address (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6925).
      - composer - fix impossible to run ``working_dir`` dependent commands. The module
        was throwing an error when trying to run a ``working_dir`` dependent command,
        because it tried to get the command help without passing the ``working_dir``
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3787).
      - csv module utils - detects and remove unicode BOM markers from incoming CSV
        content (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6662).
      - datadog_downtime - presence of ``rrule`` param lead to the Datadog API returning
        Bad Request due to a missing recurrence type (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6811).
      - ejabberd_user - module was failing to detect whether user was already created
        and/or password was changed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7033).
      - ejabberd_user - provide meaningful error message when the ``ejabberdctl``
        command is not found (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7028,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6949).
      - github_deploy_key - fix pagination behaviour causing a crash when only a single
        page of deploy keys exist (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7375).
      - gitlab_group - the module passed parameters to the API call even when not
        set. The module is now filtering out ``None`` values to remediate this (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6712).
      - gitlab_group_variable - deleted all variables when used with ``purge=true``
        due to missing ``raw`` property in KNOWN attributes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7250).
      - gitlab_project_variable - deleted all variables when used with ``purge=true``
        due to missing ``raw`` property in KNOWN attributes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7250).
      - icinga2_host - fix a key error when updating an existing host (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6748).
      - ini_file - add the ``follow`` paramter to follow the symlinks instead of replacing
        them (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6546).
      - ini_file - fix a bug where the inactive options were not used when possible
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6575).
      - ipa_dnszone - fix 'idnsallowsyncptr' key error for reverse zone (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6906,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6905).
      - kernel_blacklist - simplified the mechanism to update the file, fixing the
        error (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7382,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7362).
      - keycloak module util - fix missing ``http_agent``, ``timeout``, and ``validate_certs``
        ``open_url()`` parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7067).
      - keycloak module utils - fix ``is_struct_included`` handling of lists of lists/dictionaries
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6688).
      - keycloak module utils - the function ``get_user_by_username`` now return the
        user representation or ``None`` as stated in the documentation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6758).
      - keycloak_authentication - fix Keycloak authentication flow (step or sub-flow)
        indexing during update, if not specified by the user (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6734).
      - keycloak_client inventory plugin - fix missing client secret (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6931).
      - ldap_search - fix string normalization and the ``base64_attributes`` option
        on Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5704,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7264).
      - locale_gen - now works for locales without the underscore character such as
        ``C.UTF-8`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6774,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5142, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4305).
      - lvol - add support for percentage of origin size specification when creating
        snapshot volumes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1630,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7053).
      - lxc connection plugin - now handles ``remote_addr`` defaulting to ``inventory_hostname``
        correctly (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7104).
      - lxc connection plugin - properly evaluate options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7369).
      - machinectl become plugin - mark plugin as ``require_tty`` to automatically
        disable pipelining, with which this plugin is not compatible (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6932,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6935).
      - mail - skip headers containing equals characters due to missing ``maxsplit``
        on header key/value parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7303).
      - memset module utils - make compatible with ansible-core 2.17 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7379).
      - nmap inventory plugin - fix ``get_option`` calls (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7323).
      - nmap inventory plugin - now uses ``get_option`` in all cases to get its configuration
        information (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7119).
      - nmcli - fix bond option ``xmit_hash_policy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6527).
      - nmcli - fix support for empty list (in compare and scrape) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6769).
      - nsupdate - fix a possible ``list index out of range`` exception (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/836).
      - oci_utils module util - fix inappropriate logical comparison expressions and
        makes them simpler. The previous checks had logical short circuits (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7125).
      - oci_utils module utils - avoid direct type comparisons (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7085).
      - onepassword - fix KeyError exception when trying to access value of a field
        that is not filled out in OnePassword item (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7241).
      - openbsd_pkg - the pkg_info(1) behavior has changed in OpenBSD >7.3. The error
        message ``Can't find`` should not lead to an error case (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6785).
      - pacman - module recognizes the output of ``yay`` running as ``root`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6713).
      - portage - fix ``changed_use`` and ``newuse`` not triggering rebuilds (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6008,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6548).
      - pritunl module utils - fix incorrect URL parameter for orgnization add method
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7161).
      - proxmox - fix error when a configuration had no ``template`` field (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6838,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5372).
      - proxmox module utils - add logic to detect whether an old Promoxer complains
        about the ``token_name`` and ``token_value`` parameters and provide a better
        error message when that happens (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6839,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5371).
      - proxmox module utils - fix proxmoxer library version check (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6974,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6975, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6980).
      - proxmox_disk - fix unable to create ``cdrom`` media due to ``size`` always
        being appended (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6770).
      - proxmox_kvm - ``absent`` state with ``force`` specified failed to stop the
        VM due to the ``timeout`` value not being passed to ``stop_vm`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6827).
      - proxmox_kvm - ``restarted`` state did not actually restart a VM in some VM
        configurations. The state now uses the Proxmox reboot endpoint instead of
        calling the ``stop_vm`` and ``start_vm`` functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6773).
      - proxmox_kvm - allow creation of VM with existing name but new vmid (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6155,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6709).
      - proxmox_kvm - when ``name`` option is provided without ``vmid`` and VM with
        that name already exists then no new VM will be created (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6911,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6981).
      - proxmox_tasks_info - remove ``api_user`` + ``api_password`` constraint from
        ``required_together`` as it causes to require ``api_password`` even when API
        token param is used (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6201).
      - proxmox_template - require ``requests_toolbelt`` module to fix issue with
        uploading large templates (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5579,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6757).
      - proxmox_user_info - avoid direct type comparisons (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7085).
      - redfish_info - fix ``ListUsers`` to not show empty account slots (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6771,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6772).
      - 'redhat_subscription - use the right D-Bus options for the consumer type when

        registering a RHEL system older than 9 or a RHEL 9 system older than 9.2

        and using ``consumer_type``

        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7378).

        '
      - refish_utils module utils - changing variable names to avoid issues occuring
        when fetching Volumes data (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6883).
      - 'rhsm_repository - when using the ``purge`` option, the ``repositories``

        dictionary element in the returned JSON is now properly updated according

        to the pruning operation

        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6676).

        '
      - rundeck - fix ``TypeError`` on 404 API response (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6983).
      - selective callback plugin - fix length of task name lines in output always
        being 3 characters longer than desired (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7374).
      - snap - an exception was being raised when snap list was empty (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7124,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7120).
      - snap - assume default track ``latest`` in parameter ``channel`` when not specified
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6835, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6821).
      - snap - change the change detection mechanism from "parsing installation" to
        "comparing end state with initial state" (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7340,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7265).
      - snap - fix crash when multiple snaps are specified and one has ``---`` in
        its description (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7046).
      - snap - fix the processing of the commands' output, stripping spaces and newlines
        from it (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6826,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6803).
      - sorcery - fix interruption of the multi-stage process (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7012).
      - sorcery - fix queue generation before the whole system rebuild (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7012).
      - sorcery - latest state no longer triggers update_cache (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7012).
      - terraform - prevents ``-backend-config`` option double encapsulating with
        ``shlex_quote`` function. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7301).
      - tss lookup plugin - fix multiple issues when using ``fetch_attachments=true``
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6720).
      - zypper - added handling of zypper exitcode 102. Changed state is set correctly
        now and rc 102 is still preserved to be evaluated by the playbook (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6534).
      deprecated_features:
      - CmdRunner module utils - deprecate ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_default_type()`` formatter
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6601).
      - MH VarsMixin module utils - deprecates ``VarsMixin`` and supporting classes
        in favor of plain ``vardict`` module util (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6649).
      - ansible_galaxy_install - the ``ack_ansible29`` and ``ack_min_ansiblecore211``
        options have been deprecated and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
      - consul - the ``ack_params_state_absent`` option has been deprecated and will
        be removed in community.general 10.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
      - cpanm - value ``compatibility`` is deprecated as default for parameter ``mode``
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6512).
      - ejabberd_user - deprecate the parameter ``logging`` in favour of producing
        more detailed information in the module output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7043).
      - flowdock - module relies entirely on no longer responsive API endpoints, and
        it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6930).
      - proxmox - old feature flag ``proxmox_default_behavior`` will be removed in
        community.general 10.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6836).
      - proxmox_kvm - deprecate the option ``proxmox_default_behavior`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7377).
      - redfish_info, redfish_config, redfish_command - the default value ``10`` for
        the ``timeout`` option is deprecated and will change to ``60`` in community.general
        9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7295).
      - 'redhat module utils - the ``module_utils.redhat`` module is deprecated, as

        effectively unused: the ``Rhsm``, ``RhsmPool``, and ``RhsmPools`` classes

        will be removed in community.general 9.0.0; the ``RegistrationBase`` class

        will be removed in community.general 10.0.0 together with the

        ``rhn_register`` module, as it is the only user of this class; this means

        that the whole ``module_utils.redhat`` module will be dropped in

        community.general 10.0.0, so importing it without even using anything of it

        will fail

        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6663).

        '
      - 'redhat_subscription - the ``autosubscribe`` alias for the ``auto_attach``
        option has been

        deprecated for many years, although only in the documentation. Officially
        mark this alias

        as deprecated, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0

        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6646).

        '
      - 'redhat_subscription - the ``pool`` option is deprecated in favour of the

        more precise and flexible ``pool_ids`` option

        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6650).

        '
      - 'rhsm_repository - ``state=present`` has not been working as expected for
        many years,

        and it seems it was not noticed so far; also, "presence" is not really a valid
        concept

        for subscription repositories, which can only be enabled or disabled. Hence,
        mark the

        ``present`` and ``absent`` values of the ``state`` option as deprecated, slating
        them

        for removal in community.general 10.0.0

        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6673).

        '
      - stackdriver - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints,
        and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6887).
      - webfaction_app - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints,
        and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).
      - webfaction_db - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints,
        and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).
      - webfaction_domain - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints,
        and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).
      - webfaction_mailbox - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints,
        and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).
      - webfaction_site - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints,
        and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).
      known_issues:
      - Ansible markup will show up in raw form on ansible-doc text output for ansible-core
        before 2.15. If you have trouble deciphering the documentation markup, please
        upgrade to ansible-core 2.15 (or newer), or read the HTML documentation on
        https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/collections/community/general/ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6539).
      minor_changes:
      - The collection will start using semantic markup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6539).
      - VarDict module utils - add method ``VarDict.as_dict()`` to convert to a plain
        ``dict`` object (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6602).
      - 'apt_rpm - extract package name from local ``.rpm`` path when verifying

        installation success. Allows installing packages from local ``.rpm`` files

        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7396).

        '
      - cargo - add option ``executable``, which allows user to specify path to the
        cargo binary (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7352).
      - cargo - add option ``locked`` which allows user to specify install the locked
        version of dependency instead of latest compatible version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6134).
      - chroot connection plugin - add ``disable_root_check`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7099).
      - cloudflare_dns - add CAA record support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7399).
      - cobbler inventory plugin - add ``exclude_mgmt_classes`` and ``include_mgmt_classes``
        options to exclude or include hosts based on management classes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7184).
      - cobbler inventory plugin - add ``inventory_hostname`` option to allow using
        the system name for the inventory hostname (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6502).
      - cobbler inventory plugin - add ``want_ip_addresses`` option to collect all
        interface DNS name to IP address mapping (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6711).
      - cobbler inventory plugin - add primary IP addess to ``cobbler_ipv4_address``
        and IPv6 address to ``cobbler_ipv6_address`` host variable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6711).
      - cobbler inventory plugin - add warning for systems with empty profiles (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6502).
      - cobbler inventory plugin - convert Ansible unicode strings to native Python
        unicode strings before passing user/password to XMLRPC client (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6923).
      - consul_session - drops requirement for the ``python-consul`` library to communicate
        with the Consul API, instead relying on the existing ``requests`` library
        requirement (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6755).
      - copr - respawn module to use the system python interpreter when the ``dnf``
        python module is not available in ``ansible_python_interpreter`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6522).
      - cpanm - minor refactor when creating the ``CmdRunner`` object (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7231).
      - datadog_monitor - adds ``notification_preset_name``, ``renotify_occurrences``
        and ``renotify_statuses`` parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6521,https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5823).
      - dig lookup plugin - add TCP option to enable the use of TCP connection during
        DNS lookup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7343).
      - ejabberd_user - module now using ``CmdRunner`` to execute external command
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7075).
      - filesystem - add ``uuid`` parameter for UUID change feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6680).
      - 'gitlab_group - add option ``force_delete`` (default: false) which allows
        delete group even if projects exists in it (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7364).'
      - gitlab_group_variable - add support for ``raw`` variables suboption (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7132).
      - gitlab_project_variable - add support for ``raw`` variables suboption (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7132).
      - gitlab_project_variable - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6928).
      - gitlab_runner - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6927).
      - htpasswd - minor code improvements in the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6901).
      - htpasswd - the parameter ``crypt_scheme`` is being renamed as ``hash_scheme``
        and added as an alias to it (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6841).
      - icinga2_host - the ``ip`` option is no longer required, since Icinga 2 allows
        for an empty address attribute (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7452).
      - ini_file - add ``ignore_spaces`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7273).
      - ini_file - add ``modify_inactive_option`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7401).
      - ipa_config - add module parameters to manage FreeIPA user and group objectclasses
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7019).
      - ipa_config - adds ``idp`` choice to ``ipauserauthtype`` parameter's choices
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7051).
      - jenkins_build - add new ``detach`` option, which allows the module to exit
        successfully as long as the build is created (default functionality is still
        waiting for the build to end before exiting) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7204).
      - jenkins_build - add new ``time_between_checks`` option, which allows to configure
        the wait time between requests to the Jenkins server (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7204).
      - keycloak_authentication - added provider ID choices, since Keycloak supports
        only those two specific ones (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6763).
      - keycloak_client_rolemapping - adds support for subgroups with additional parameter
        ``parents`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6687).
      - keycloak_role - add composite roles support for realm and client roles (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6469).
      - keyring - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6927).
      - ldap_* - add new arguments ``client_cert`` and ``client_key`` to the LDAP
        modules in order to allow certificate authentication (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6668).
      - ldap_search - add a new ``page_size`` option to enable paged searches (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6648).
      - locale_gen - module has been refactored to use ``ModuleHelper`` and ``CmdRunner``
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6903).
      - locale_gen - module now using ``CmdRunner`` to execute external commands (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6820).
      - lvg - add ``active`` and ``inactive`` values to the ``state`` option for active
        state management feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6682).
      - lvg - add ``reset_vg_uuid``, ``reset_pv_uuid`` options for UUID reset feature
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6682).
      - lxc connection plugin - properly handle a change of the ``remote_addr`` option
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7373).
      - lxd connection plugin - automatically translate ``remote_addr`` from FQDN
        to (short) hostname (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7360).
      - lxd connection plugin - update error parsing to work with newer messages mentioning
        instances (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7360).
      - lxd inventory plugin - add ``server_cert`` option for trust anchor to use
        for TLS verification of server certificates (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7392).
      - lxd inventory plugin - add ``server_check_hostname`` option to disable hostname
        verification of server certificates (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7392).
      - make - add new ``targets`` parameter allowing multiple targets to be used
        with ``make`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6882,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4919).
      - make - allows ``params`` to be used without value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7180).
      - mas - disable sign-in check for macOS 12+ as ``mas account`` is non-functional
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6520).
      - newrelic_deployment - add option ``app_name_exact_match``, which filters results
        for the exact app_name provided (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7355).
      - nmap inventory plugin - now has a ``use_arp_ping`` option to allow the user
        to disable the default ARP ping query for a more reliable form (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7119).
      - nmcli - add support for ``ipv4.dns-options`` and ``ipv6.dns-options`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6902).
      - nomad_job, nomad_job_info - add ``port`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7412).
      - npm - minor improvement on parameter validation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6848).
      - npm - module now using ``CmdRunner`` to execute external commands (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6989).
      - onepassword lookup plugin - add service account support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6635,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6660).
      - onepassword lookup plugin - introduce ``account_id`` option which allows specifying
        which account to use (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7308).
      - onepassword_raw lookup plugin - add service account support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6635,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6660).
      - onepassword_raw lookup plugin - introduce ``account_id`` option which allows
        specifying which account to use (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7308).
      - opentelemetry callback plugin - add span attributes in the span event (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6531).
      - opkg - add ``executable`` parameter allowing to specify the path of the ``opkg``
        command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6862).
      - opkg - remove default value ``""`` for parameter ``force`` as it causes the
        same behaviour of not having that parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6513).
      - pagerduty - adds in option to use v2 API for creating pagerduty incidents
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6151)
      - parted - on resize, use ``--fix`` option if available (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7304).
      - pnpm - set correct version when state is latest or version is not mentioned.
        Resolves previous idempotency problem (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7339).
      - pritunl module utils - ensure ``validate_certs`` parameter is honoured in
        all methods (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7156).
      - proxmox - add ``vmid`` (and ``taskid`` when possible) to return values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7263).
      - proxmox - support ``timezone`` parameter at container creation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6510).
      - proxmox inventory plugin - add composite variables support for Proxmox nodes
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6640).
      - proxmox_kvm - added support for ``tpmstate0`` parameter to configure TPM (Trusted
        Platform Module) disk. TPM is required for Windows 11 installations (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6533).
      - proxmox_kvm - enabled force restart of VM, bringing the ``force`` parameter
        functionality in line with what is described in the docs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6914).
      - proxmox_kvm - re-use ``timeout`` module param to forcefully shutdown a virtual
        machine when ``state`` is ``stopped`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6257).
      - proxmox_snap - add ``retention`` parameter to delete old snapshots (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6576).
      - proxmox_vm_info - ``node`` parameter is no longer required. Information can
        be obtained for the whole cluster (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6976).
      - proxmox_vm_info - non-existing provided by name/vmid VM would return empty
        results instead of failing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7049).
      - pubnub_blocks - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6928).
      - random_string - added new ``ignore_similar_chars`` and ``similar_chars`` option
        to ignore certain chars (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7242).
      - redfish_command - add ``MultipartHTTPPushUpdate`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6471,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6612).
      - redfish_command - add ``account_types`` and ``oem_account_types`` as optional
        inputs to ``AddUser`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6823,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6871).
      - redfish_command - add new option ``update_oem_params`` for the ``MultipartHTTPPushUpdate``
        command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7331).
      - redfish_config - add ``CreateVolume`` command to allow creation of volumes
        on servers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6813).
      - redfish_config - add ``DeleteAllVolumes`` command to allow deletion of all
        volumes on servers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6814).
      - redfish_config - adding ``SetSecureBoot`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7129).
      - redfish_info - add ``AccountTypes`` and ``OEMAccountTypes`` to the output
        of ``ListUsers`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6823,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6871).
      - redfish_info - add support for ``GetBiosRegistries`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7144).
      - redfish_info - adds ``LinkStatus`` to NIC inventory (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7318).
      - redfish_info - adds ``ProcessorArchitecture`` to CPU inventory (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6864).
      - redfish_info - fix for ``GetVolumeInventory``, Controller name was getting
        populated incorrectly and duplicates were seen in the volumes retrieved (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6719).
      - redfish_info - report ``Id`` in the output of ``GetManagerInventory`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7140).
      - redfish_utils - use ``Controllers`` key in redfish data to obtain Storage
        controllers properties (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7081).
      - redfish_utils module utils - add support for ``PowerCycle`` reset type for
        ``redfish_command`` responses feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7083).
      - redfish_utils module utils - add support for following ``@odata.nextLink``
        pagination in ``software_inventory`` responses feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7020).
      - redfish_utils module utils - support ``Volumes`` in response for ``GetDiskInventory``
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6819).
      - 'redhat_subscription - the internal ``RegistrationBase`` class was folded

        into the other internal ``Rhsm`` class, as the separation had no purpose

        anymore

        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6658).

        '
      - redis_info - refactor the redis_info module to use the redis module_utils
        enabling to pass TLS parameters to the Redis client (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7267).
      - 'rhsm_release - improve/harden the way ``subscription-manager`` is run;

        no behaviour change is expected

        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6669).

        '
      - 'rhsm_repository - the interaction with ``subscription-manager`` was

        refactored by grouping things together, removing unused bits, and hardening

        the way it is run; also, the parsing of ``subscription-manager repos --list``

        was improved and made slightly faster; no behaviour change is expected

        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6783,

        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6837).

        '
      - scaleway_security_group_rule - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6928).
      - shutdown - use ``shutdown -p ...`` with FreeBSD to halt and power off machine
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7102).
      - snap - add option ``dangerous`` to the module, that will map into the command
        line argument ``--dangerous``, allowing unsigned snap files to be installed
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6908, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5715).
      - snap - module is now aware of channel when deciding whether to install or
        refresh the snap (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6435,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1606).
      - sorcery - add grimoire (repository) management support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7012).
      - sorcery - minor refactor (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6525).
      - supervisorctl - allow to stop matching running processes before removing them
        with ``stop_before_removing=true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7284).
      - tss lookup plugin - allow to fetch secret IDs which are in a folder based
        on folder ID. Previously, we could not fetch secrets based on folder ID but
        now use ``fetch_secret_ids_from_folder`` option to indicate to fetch secret
        IDs based on folder ID (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6223).
      - tss lookup plugin - allow to fetch secret by path. Previously, we could not
        fetch secret by path but now use ``secret_path`` option to indicate to fetch
        secret by secret path (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6881).
      - unixy callback plugin - add support for ``check_mode_markers`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7179).
      - vardict module utils - added convenience methods to ``VarDict`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6647).
      - xenserver_guest_info - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6928).
      - xenserver_guest_powerstate - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6928).
      - yum_versionlock - add support to pin specific package versions instead of
        only the package itself (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6861,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4470).
      release_summary: This is release 8.0.0 of ``community.general``, released on
        2023-11-01.
      removed_features:
      - The collection no longer supports ansible-core 2.11 and ansible-core 2.12.
        Parts of the collection might still work on these ansible-core versions, but
        others might not (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7269).
      - ansible_galaxy_install - support for Ansible 2.9 and ansible-base 2.10 has
        been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
      - consul - when ``state=absent``, the options ``script``, ``ttl``, ``tcp``,
        ``http``, and ``interval`` can no longer be specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
      - gconftool2 - ``state=get`` has been removed. Use the module ``community.general.gconftool2_info``
        instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
      - gitlab_runner - remove the default value for the ``access_level`` option.
        To restore the previous behavior, explicitly set it to ``ref_protected`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
      - htpasswd - removed code for passlib <1.6 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6901).
      - manageiq_polices - ``state=list`` has been removed. Use the module ``community.general.manageiq_policies_info``
        instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
      - manageiq_tags - ``state=list`` has been removed. Use the module ``community.general.manageiq_tags_info``
        instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
      - mh.mixins.cmd module utils - the ``ArgFormat`` class has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
      - mh.mixins.cmd module utils - the ``CmdMixin`` mixin has been removed. Use
        ``community.general.plugins.module_utils.cmd_runner.CmdRunner`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
      - mh.mixins.cmd module utils - the mh.mixins.cmd module utils has been removed
        after all its contents were removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
      - mh.module_helper module utils - the ``CmdModuleHelper`` and ``CmdStateModuleHelper``
        classes have been removed. Use ``community.general.plugins.module_utils.cmd_runner.CmdRunner``
        instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
      - proxmox module utils - removed unused imports (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6873).
      - xfconf - the deprecated ``disable_facts`` option was removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7358).
    fragments:
    - 3787-pass-composer-working-dir.yml
    - 6134-add-locked-option-for-cargo.yml
    - 6223-get-secret-ids-by-folderid.yml
    - 6435-snap-channel-aware.yml
    - 6469-add-composites-support-for-keycloak-role.yml
    - 6471-redfish-add-multipart-http-push-command.yml
    - 6502-cobbler-inventory_hostname.yml
    - 6510-proxmox-create-support_timezone.yaml
    - 6512-cpanm-default-mode.yml
    - 6513-opkg-default-force.yml
    - 6520-mas-disable-signin.yaml
    - 6522-copr-respawn.yaml
    - 6523-datadog-monitor-notification-preset-name-and-renotify.yaml
    - 6525-sorcery-import.yaml
    - 6527-nmcli-bond-fix-xmit_hash_policy.yml
    - 6531-opentelemetry-add-event-attributes.yml
    - 6533-proxmox_kvm-tpmstate0-support.yaml
    - 6534-zypper-exitcode-102-handled.yaml
    - 6539-semantic-markup.yml
    - 6548-portage-changed_use-newuse.yml
    - 6554-proxmox-tasks-info-fix-required-password.yaml
    - 6568-fix-get-user-by-username-in-keycloak-module-utils.yml
    - 6570-handle-shutdown-timeout.yaml
    - 6576-proxmox-snap-allow-to-remove-old-snapshots.yml
    - 6601-cmdrunner-deprecate-default-type.yml
    - 6602-vardict-as-dict.yml
    - 6640-proxmox-composite-variables-support.yml
    - 6644-dependencymixin-fix.yml
    - 6646-redhat_subscription-deprecate-autosubscribe.yml
    - 6647-vardict-methods.yml
    - 6648_ldap_search_page_size.yml
    - 6649-varsmixin-deprecation.yml
    - 6650-redhat_subscription-deprecate-pool.yml
    - 6658-redhat_subscription-internal-rhsm-refactor.yml
    - 6660-onepassword-lookup-service-account.yaml
    - 6662-csv-bom.yml
    - 6663-deprecate-module_utils-redhat.yml
    - 6668-ldap-client-cert.yml
    - 6669-rhsm_release-internal-sub-man-exec.yml
    - 6673-rhsm_repository-deprecate-present-absent.yml
    - 6676-rhsm_repository-fix-returned-repositories-with-purge.yml
    - 6680-filesystem-uuid-change.yml
    - 6682-lvg-clonesupport.yml
    - 6687-support-subgroups-for-keycloak-client-rolemapping.yml
    - 6688-is-struct-included-bug-in-keycloak-py.yml
    - 6709-proxmox-create-vm-with-existing-name.yml
    - 6711-cobbler-ip-address.yml
    - 6712-gitlab_group-filtered-for-none-values.yml
    - 6713-yay-become.yml
    - 6719-redfish-utils-fix-for-get-volume-inventory.yml
    - 6720-tss-fix-fetch-attachments.yml
    - 6734-keycloak-auth-management-indexing.yml
    - 6748-icinga2_host-datafix.yml
    - 6755-refactor-consul-session-to-use-requests-lib-instead-of-consul.yml
    - 6757-proxmox-template-fix-upload-error.yml
    - 6763-keycloak-auth-provider-choices.yml
    - 6769-nmcli-fix-empty-list.yml
    - 6770-proxmox_disk_create_cdrom.yml
    - 6771-redfish-filter-empty-account-slots.yml
    - 6773-proxmox_kvm-restarted-state-bug-fix.yaml
    - 6774-locale-gen-fix.yml
    - 6783-6837-rhsm_repository-internal-refactor.yml
    - 6785-openbsd_pkg_pkg_info_handling.yml
    - 6811-datadog-downtime-rrule-type.yaml
    - 6813-redfish-config-add-create-volume.yml
    - 6814-redfish-config-add-delete-all-volumes.yml
    - 6819-redfish-utils-add-links-parameter-for-get_disk_inventory.yml
    - 6820-locale-gen-cmdrunner.yml
    - 6823-redfish-add-account-type-management.yml
    - 6826-snap-out-strip.yml
    - 6827-proxmox_kvm-force-delete-bug-fix.yaml
    - 6835-snap-missing-track.yml
    - 6836-proxmox-deprecate-compatibility.yml
    - 6838-proxmox-dict-template.yml
    - 6839-promoxer-tokens.yml
    - 6841-htpasswd-crypt-scheme.yml
    - 6848-npm-required-if.yml
    - 6861-yum_versionlock_minor_change_add-pinning-specific-versions.yml
    - 6862-opkg-exec.yml
    - 6864-redfish-utils-fix-for-processorarchitecture-in-cpu-inventory.yaml
    - 6873-proxmox-imports.yml
    - 6882-make-multiple-targets.yml
    - 6883-redfish-utils-changing-variable-names-in-get-volume-inventory.yml
    - 6887-deprecate-stackdrive.yml
    - 6901-htpasswd-refactor.yml
    - 6902-added-support-in-nmcli-for-ipvx-dns-options.yml
    - 6903-locale-gen-refactor.yml
    - 6905-ipa_dnszone-key-error-fix.yml
    - 6908-snap-dangerous.yml
    - 6909-deprecate-webfaction.yml
    - 6914-proxmox_kvm-enable-force-restart.yml
    - 6923-cobbler-inventory_unicode.yml
    - 6925-cobbler-inventory-bugfix.yml
    - 6927-pylint-comments.yml
    - 6928-noqa-comments.yml
    - 6930-deprecate-flowdock.yml
    - 6931-keycloak_client-inventory-bugfix.yml
    - 6935-machinectl-become.yml
    - 6949-ejabberdctl-error.yml
    - 6968-cmdrunner-implicit-type.yml
    - 6976-proxmox-vm-info-not-require-node.yml
    - 6980-proxmox-fix-token-auth.yml
    - 6981-proxmox-fix-vm-creation-when-only-name-provided.yml
    - 6983-rundeck-fix-typerrror-on-404-api-response.yml
    - 6989-npm-cmdrunner.yml
    - 7012-sorcery-grimoire-mgmt.yml
    - 7019-ipa_config-user-and-group-objectclasses.yml
    - 7020-redfish-utils-pagination.yml
    - 7033-ejabberd-user-bugs.yml
    - 7043-ejabberd-user-deprecate-logging.yml
    - 7046-snap-newline-before-separator.yml
    - 7049-proxmox-vm-info-empty-results.yml
    - 7051-ipa-config-new-choice-idp-to-ipauserauthtype.yml
    - 7061-fix-bitwarden-get_field.yml
    - 7067-keycloak-api-paramerter-fix.yml
    - 7075-ejabberd-user-cmdrunner.yml
    - 7081-redfish-utils-fix-for-storagecontrollers-deprecated-key.yaml
    - 7085-sanity.yml
    - 7099-chroot-disable-root-check-option.yml
    - 7102-freebsd-shutdown-p.yml
    - 7104_fix_lxc_remoteaddr_default.yml
    - 7113-redfish-utils-power-cycle.yml
    - 7118-nmap_inv_plugin_no_arp_option.yml
    - 7124-snap-empty-list.yml
    - 7125-fix-inappropriate-comparison.yml
    - 7129-adding_set_secure_boot_command_to_redfish_config.yml
    - 7132-gitlab-raw-variables.yml
    - 7140-id-getmanagerinv-output.yml
    - 7144-add-getbiosregistry-command-to-redfish-info.yml
    - 7156-ensure-validate-certs-parameter-is-honoured.yml
    - 7158-gitlab-project-default-branch-update.yml
    - 7161-fix-incorrect-post-parameter.yml
    - 7179-unixy-support-checkmode-markers.yml
    - 7180-make_params_without_value.yml
    - 7184-cobbler-mgmt-classes.yml
    - 7200-cmd-runner-abs-path.yml
    - 7219-fix-nsupdate-cname.yaml
    - 7231-cpanm-adjustments.yml
    - 7241-prevent-key-error-when-value-does-not-exist.yml
    - 7242_ignore_similar_chars.yml
    - 7251-gitlab-variables-deleteing-all-variables.yml
    - 7263-proxmox-return-vmid-and-taskid.yaml
    - 7264-ldap_search-strings.yml
    - 7267-redis_info.yml
    - 7273-ini_file_ignore_spaces.yml
    - 7284-supervisorctl-stop-before-remove.yaml
    - 7295-adding_deprecation_for_timeout_in_redfish_info_config_command.yml
    - 7301-fix-backend-config-string-encapsulation.yml
    - 7303-mail-incorrect-header-parsing.yml
    - 7304-prevent-parted-warnings.yml
    - 7308-onepassword-multi-acc.yml
    - 7318-add-linkstatus-attribute-to-nic-inventory.yml
    - 7323-nmap.yml
    - 7330-redfish-utils-oem-params.yml
    - 7339-pnpm-correct-version-when-state-latest.yml
    - 7340-snap-fix.yml
    - 7343-dig-tcp-option.yml
    - 7352-add-executable-option-for-cargo.yml
    - 7355-newrelic-deployment-add-exact-name.yml
    - 7360-lxd-remote-addr-host.yml
    - 7364-add-option-force-gitlab-group.yml
    - 7369-fix-lxc-options.yml
    - 7373-lxc-remote-addr-change.yml
    - 7374-fix-selective-callback-taskname-length.yml
    - 7375-fix-github-deploy-key-pagination.yml
    - 7377-proxmox-kvm-deprecate-flag.yml
    - 7378-redhat_subscription-dbus-consumer-type.yaml
    - 7379-url.yml
    - 7382-kernel-blacklist-bugfix.yml
    - 7392-lxd-inventory-server-cert.yml
    - 7396-fix-apt_rpm-local-rpm-installation.yml
    - 7399-cloudflare_dns-add-CAA-record-support.yml
    - 7401-ini-file-modify-inactive-option.yaml
    - 7412-add-port-for-nomad-connection.yaml
    - 7452-fix-icinga2_host-requiring-ip-key.yml
    - 8.0.0.yml
    - ansible-core-2.11-2.12.yml
    - get-secret-by-path.yml
    - improvements-to-jenkins-build-module.yml
    - ini_file-preserve-symlink.yml
    - ini_file-use-inactive-options-when-possible.yml
    - lvol-pct-of-origin.yml
    - removals.yml
    - update-v2-pagerduty-alert.yml
    modules:
    - description: Manipulate Consul policies
      name: consul_policy
      namespace: ''
    - description: Manipulate Consul roles
      name: consul_role
      namespace: ''
    - description: Runs the discovery program C(facter) on the remote system and return
        Ansible facts
      name: facter_facts
      namespace: ''
    - description: Set default handler for MIME type, for applications using Gnome
        GIO
      name: gio_mime
      namespace: ''
    - description: Creates, updates, or deletes GitLab instance variables
      name: gitlab_instance_variable
      namespace: ''
    - description: Create, update, or delete GitLab merge requests
      name: gitlab_merge_request
      namespace: ''
    - description: Get information about Jenkins builds
      name: jenkins_build_info
      namespace: ''
    - description: Allows administration of Keycloak authentication required actions
      name: keycloak_authentication_required_actions
      namespace: ''
    - description: Allows administration of Keycloak client custom Javascript policies
        via Keycloak API
      name: keycloak_authz_custom_policy
      namespace: ''
    - description: Allows administration of Keycloak client authorization permissions
        via Keycloak API
      name: keycloak_authz_permission
      namespace: ''
    - description: Query Keycloak client authorization permissions information
      name: keycloak_authz_permission_info
      namespace: ''
    - description: Allows administration of Keycloak realm keys via Keycloak API
      name: keycloak_realm_key
      namespace: ''
    - description: Create and configure a user in Keycloak
      name: keycloak_user
      namespace: ''
    - description: Renames LVM volume groups
      name: lvg_rename
      namespace: ''
    - description: Manage node.js packages with pnpm
      name: pnpm
      namespace: ''
    - description: Pool management for Proxmox VE cluster
      name: proxmox_pool
      namespace: ''
    - description: Add or delete members from Proxmox VE cluster pools
      name: proxmox_pool_member
      namespace: ''
    - description: Retrieve information about one or more Proxmox VE virtual machines
      name: proxmox_vm_info
      namespace: ''
    - description: Manage services on Source Mage GNU/Linux
      name: simpleinit_msb
      namespace: ''
    plugins:
      lookup:
      - description: Retrieve secrets from Bitwarden Secrets Manager
        name: bitwarden_secrets_manager
        namespace: null
    release_date: '2023-11-01'
  8.0.1:
    changes:
      bugfixes:
      - gitlab_group_members - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_group_members``
        module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).
      - gitlab_project_members - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_project_members``
        module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).
      - gitlab_protected_branches - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_protected_branches``
        module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).
      - gitlab_user - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_user`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).
      - proxmox_pool_member - absent state for type VM did not delete VMs from the
        pools (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7464).
      - redfish_command - fix usage of message parsing in ``SimpleUpdate`` and ``MultipartHTTPPushUpdate``
        commands to treat the lack of a ``MessageId`` as no message (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7465,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7471).
      release_summary: Bugfix release for inclusion in Ansible 9.0.0b1.
    fragments:
    - 7464-fix-vm-removal-in-proxmox_pool_member.yml
    - 7465-redfish-firmware-update-message-id-hardening.yml
    - 7467-fix-gitlab-constants-calls.yml
    - 8.0.1.yml
    release_date: '2023-11-06'
  8.0.2:
    changes:
      bugfixes:
      - ocapi_utils, oci_utils, redfish_utils module utils - replace ``type()`` calls
        with ``isinstance()`` calls (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7501).
      - pipx module utils - change the CLI argument formatter for the ``pip_args``
        parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7497,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7506).
      release_summary: Bugfix release for inclusion in Ansible 9.0.0rc1.
    fragments:
    - 7501-type.yml
    - 7506-pipx-pipargs.yml
    - 8.0.2.yml
    release_date: '2023-11-13'
  8.1.0:
    changes:
      bugfixes:
      - apt-rpm - the module did not upgrade packages if a newer version exists. Now
        the package will be reinstalled if the candidate is newer than the installed
        version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7414).
      - cloudflare_dns - fix Cloudflare lookup of SHFP records (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7652).
      - interface_files - also consider ``address_family`` when changing ``option=method``
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7610, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7612).
      - irc - replace ``ssl.wrap_socket`` that was removed from Python 3.12 with code
        for creating a proper SSL context (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7542).
      - keycloak_* - fix Keycloak API client to quote ``/`` properly (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7641).
      - keycloak_authz_permission - resource payload variable for scope-based permission
        was constructed as a string, when it needs to be a list, even for a single
        item (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7151).
      - log_entries callback plugin - replace ``ssl.wrap_socket`` that was removed
        from Python 3.12 with code for creating a proper SSL context (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7542).
      - lvol - test for output messages in both ``stdout`` and ``stderr`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7601,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7182).
      - onepassword lookup plugin - field and section titles are now case insensitive
        when using op CLI version two or later. This matches the behavior of version
        one (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7564).
      - 'redhat_subscription - use the D-Bus registration on RHEL 7 only on 7.4 and

        greater; older versions of RHEL 7 do not have it

        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7622,

        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7624).

        '
      - terraform - fix multiline string handling in complex variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7535).
      minor_changes:
      - bitwarden lookup plugin - when looking for items using an item ID, the item
        is now accessed directly with ``bw get item`` instead of searching through
        all items. This doubles the lookup speed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7468).
      - elastic callback plugin - close elastic client to not leak resources (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7517).
      - git_config - allow multiple git configs for the same name with the new ``add_mode``
        option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7260).
      - git_config - the ``after`` and ``before`` fields in the ``diff`` of the return
        value can be a list instead of a string in case more configs with the same
        key are affected (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7260).
      - git_config - when a value is unset, all configs with the same key are unset
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7260).
      - gitlab modules - add ``ca_path`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7472).
      - gitlab modules - remove duplicate ``gitlab`` package check (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7486).
      - gitlab_runner - add support for new runner creation workflow (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7199).
      - ipa_config - adds ``passkey`` choice to ``ipauserauthtype`` parameter's choices
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7588).
      - ipa_sudorule - adds options to include denied commands or command groups (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7415).
      - ipa_user - adds ``idp`` and ``passkey`` choice to ``ipauserauthtype`` parameter's
        choices (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7589).
      - irc - add ``validate_certs`` option, and rename ``use_ssl`` to ``use_tls``,
        while keeping ``use_ssl`` as an alias. The default value for ``validate_certs``
        is ``false`` for backwards compatibility. We recommend to every user of this
        module to explicitly set ``use_tls=true`` and `validate_certs=true`` whenever
        possible, especially when communicating to IRC servers over the internet (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7550).
      - keycloak module utils - expose error message from Keycloak server for HTTP
        errors in some specific situations (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7645).
      - keycloak_user_federation - add option for ``krbPrincipalAttribute`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7538).
      - lvol - change ``pvs`` argument type to list of strings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7676,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7504).
      - 'lxd connection plugin - tighten the detection logic for lxd ``Instance not
        found`` errors, to avoid false detection on unrelated errors such as ``/usr/bin/python3:
        not found`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7521).'
      - netcup_dns - adds support for record types ``OPENPGPKEY``, ``SMIMEA``, and
        ``SSHFP`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7489).
      - nmcli - add support for new connection type ``loopback`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6572).
      - nmcli - allow for ``infiniband`` slaves of ``bond`` interface types (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7569).
      - nmcli - allow for the setting of ``MTU`` for ``infiniband`` and ``bond`` interface
        types (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7499).
      - onepassword lookup plugin - support 1Password Connect with the opv2 client
        by setting the connect_host and connect_token parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7116).
      - onepassword_raw lookup plugin - support 1Password Connect with the opv2 client
        by setting the connect_host and connect_token parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7116)
      - passwordstore - adds ``timestamp`` and ``preserve`` parameters to modify the
        stored password format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7426).
      - proxmox - adds ``template`` value to the ``state`` parameter, allowing conversion
        of container to a template (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7143).
      - proxmox - adds ``update`` parameter, allowing update of an already existing
        containers configuration (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7540).
      - proxmox inventory plugin - adds an option to exclude nodes from the dynamic
        inventory generation. The new setting is optional, not using this option will
        behave as usual (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6714,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7461).
      - proxmox_disk - add ability to manipulate CD-ROM drive (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7495).
      - proxmox_kvm - adds ``template`` value to the ``state`` parameter, allowing
        conversion of a VM to a template (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7143).
      - proxmox_kvm - support the ``hookscript`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7600).
      - proxmox_ostype - it is now possible to specify the ``ostype`` when creating
        an LXC container (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7462).
      - proxmox_vm_info - add ability to retrieve configuration info (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7485).
      - redfish_info - adding the ``BootProgress`` property when getting ``Systems``
        info (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7626).
      - ssh_config - adds ``controlmaster``, ``controlpath`` and ``controlpersist``
        parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7456).
      release_summary: Regular bugfix and feature release.
    fragments:
    - 000-redhat_subscription-dbus-on-7.4-plus.yaml
    - 5588-support-1password-connect.yml
    - 6572-nmcli-add-support-loopback-type.yml
    - 7143-proxmox-template.yml
    - 7151-fix-keycloak_authz_permission-incorrect-resource-payload.yml
    - 7199-gitlab-runner-new-creation-workflow.yml
    - 7242-multi-values-for-same-name-in-git-config.yml
    - 7426-add-timestamp-and-preserve-options-for-passwordstore.yaml
    - 7456-add-ssh-control-master.yml
    - 7461-proxmox-inventory-add-exclude-nodes.yaml
    - 7462-Add-ostype-parameter-in-LXC-container-clone-of-ProxmoxVE.yaml
    - 7472-gitlab-add-ca-path-option.yml
    - 7485-proxmox_vm_info-config.yml
    - 7486-gitlab-refactor-package-check.yml
    - 7489-netcup-dns-record-types.yml
    - 7495-proxmox_disk-manipulate-cdrom.yml
    - 7499-allow-mtu-setting-on-bond-and-infiniband-interfaces.yml
    - 7517-elastic-close-client.yaml
    - 7535-terraform-fix-multiline-string-handling-in-complex-variables.yml
    - 7538-add-krbprincipalattribute-option.yml
    - 7540-proxmox-update config.yml
    - 7542-irc-logentries-ssl.yml
    - 7550-irc-use_tls-validate_certs.yml
    - 7564-onepassword-lookup-case-insensitive.yaml
    - 7569-infiniband-slave-support.yml
    - 7577-fix-apt_rpm-module.yml
    - 7588-ipa-config-new-choice-passkey-to-ipauserauthtype.yml
    - 7589-ipa-config-new-choices-idp-and-passkey-to-ipauserauthtype.yml
    - 7600-proxmox_kvm-hookscript.yml
    - 7601-lvol-fix.yml
    - 7612-interface_file-method.yml
    - 7626-redfish-info-add-boot-progress-property.yml
    - 7641-fix-keycloak-api-client-to-quote-properly.yml
    - 7645-Keycloak-print-error-msg-from-server.yml
    - 7653-fix-cloudflare-lookup.yml
    - 7676-lvol-pvs-as-list.yml
    - 8.1.0.yml
    - add-ipa-sudorule-deny-cmd.yml
    - bitwarden-lookup-performance.yaml
    - lxd-instance-not-found-avoid-false-positives.yml
    modules:
    - description: Read git configuration
      name: git_config_info
      namespace: ''
    - description: Create, update, or delete GitLab issues
      name: gitlab_issue
      namespace: ''
    - description: Manage Nomad ACL tokens
      name: nomad_token
      namespace: ''
    plugins:
      lookup:
      - description: Fetch documents stored in 1Password
        name: onepassword_doc
        namespace: null
      test:
      - description: Validates fully-qualified domain names against RFC 1123
        name: fqdn_valid
        namespace: null
    release_date: '2023-12-04'
