======================================== Ansible 2.6 "Heartbreaker" Release Notes ======================================== .. _Ansible 2.6 "Heartbreaker" Release Notes_v2.6.0a1: v2.6.0a1 ======== .. _Ansible 2.6 "Heartbreaker" Release Notes_v2.6.0a1_Release Summary: Release Summary --------------- | Release Date: 2018-05-21 | `Porting Guide `_ .. _Ansible 2.6 "Heartbreaker" Release Notes_v2.6.0a1_Minor Changes: Minor Changes ------------- - azure_rm_loadbalancer - add support for sku - azure_rm_publicipaddress - add support for sku - Added an ``encoding`` option to the ``b64encode`` and ``b64decode`` filters to specify the encoding of the string that is base64 encoded. - import/include - Cache task_vars to speed up IncludedFile.process_include_results (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/39026) - PowerShell modules that use Convert-ToSID in Ansible.ModuleUtils.SID.psm1 like win_user_right now accept an actual SID as an input string. This means any local or domain accounts that are named like a SID need to be prefixed with the domain, hostname, or . to ensure it converts to that accounts SID https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/38502 .. _Ansible 2.6 "Heartbreaker" Release Notes_v2.6.0a1_Removed Features (previously deprecated): Removed Features (previously deprecated) ---------------------------------------- - win_chocolatey - removed deprecated upgrade option and choco_* output return values - win_feature - removed deprecated reboot option - win_iis_webapppool - removed the ability to supply attributes as a string in favour of a dictionary - win_package - removed deprecated name option - win_regedit - removed deprecated support for specifying HKCC as HCCC .. _Ansible 2.6 "Heartbreaker" Release Notes_v2.6.0a1_Bugfixes: Bugfixes -------- - template - Fix for encoding issues when a template path contains non-ascii characters and using the template path in ansible_managed (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/27262) - copy - fixed copy to only follow symlinks for files in the non-recursive case - file - fixed the default follow behaviour of file to be true - copy module - The copy module was attempting to change the mode of files for remote_src=True even if mode was not set as a parameter. This failed on filesystems which do not have permission bits (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/40099) - Fix an encoding issue when parsing the examples from a plugins' documentation - file module - The file module allowed the user to specify src as a parameter when state was not link or hard. This is documented as only applying to state=link or state=hard but in previous Ansible, this could have an effect in rare cornercases. For instance, "ansible -m file -a 'state=directory path=/tmp src=/var/lib'" would create /tmp/lib. This has been disabled and a warning emitted (will change to an error in Ansible-2.10). - file module - Fix error when running a task which assures a symlink to a nonexistent file exists for the second and subsequent times (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/39558) - file module - Fix error when recursively assigning permissions and a symlink to a nonexistent file is present in the directory tree (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/39456) - file module - Eliminate an error if we're asked to remove a file but something removes it while we are processing the request (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/39466) - Various grafana_* modules - Port away from the deprecated b64encodestring function to the b64encode function instead. https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/38388 - import/include - Update TaskInclude _raw_params with the expanded/templated path to file allowing nested includes using host vars in file (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/39365) - dynamic includes - Don't treat undefined vars for conditional includes as truthy (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/39377) - import/include - Ensure role handlers have the proper parent, allowing for correct attribute inheritance (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/39426) - include_role/import_role - Use the computed role name for include_role/import_role so to diffentiate between names computed from host vars (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/39516) - import_playbook - Pass vars applied to import_playbook into parsing of the playbook as they may be needed to parse the imported plays (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/39521) - include_role/import_role - Don't overwrite included role handlers with play handlers on parse (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/39563) - dynamic includes - Improved performance by fixing re-parenting on copy (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/38747) - dynamic includes - Fix IncludedFile comparison for free strategy (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/37083) - dynamic includes - Allow inheriting attributes from static parents (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/38827) - include_role/import_role - improved performance and recursion depth (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/36470) - include_role/import_role - Fix parameter templating (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/36372) - dynamic includes - Use the copied and merged task for calculating task vars (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/39762) - Implement mode=preserve for the template module - Fix mode=preserve with remote_src=True for the copy module - Document mode=preserve for both the copy and template module - pause - ensure ctrl+c interrupt works in all cases (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/35372) - spwd - With python 3.6 spwd.getspnam returns PermissionError instead of KeyError if user does not have privileges (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/39472) - template action plugin - fix the encoding of filenames to avoid tracebacks on Python2 when characters that are not present in the user's locale are present. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/39424) - user - only change the expiration time when necessary (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/13235) - win_environment - Fix for issue where the environment value was deleted when a null value or empty string was set - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/40450 - win_file - fix issue where special chars like [ and ] were not being handled correctly https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/37901 - win_get_url - fixed a few bugs around authentication and force no when using an FTP URL - win_template - fix when specifying the dest option as a directory with and without the trailing slash https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/39886 - win_updates - Fix typo that hid the download error when a download failed - win_updates - Fix logic when using a whitelist for multiple updates - windows become - Show better error messages when the become process fails - winrm - allow `ansible_user` or `ansible_winrm_user` to override `ansible_ssh_user` when both are defined in an inventory - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/39844 - The yaml callback plugin now allows non-ascii characters to be displayed.