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Ansible 2.7
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.. contents:: Topics
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Release Schedule
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Expected
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- 2018-09-06 Core Freeze (Engine and Core Modules/Plugins)
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- 2018-09-06 Alpha Release 1
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- 2018-09-13 Community Freeze (Non-Core Modules/Plugins)
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- 2018-09-13 Beta Release 1
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- 2018-09-27 Release Candidate 1
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- 2018-10-04 General Availability
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Cleaning Duty
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- Drop Py2.6 for controllers `Docs PR #42971 <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/42971>`_ and
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`issue #42972 <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/42972>`_
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- Remove dependency on simplejson `issue #42761 <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/42761>`_
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Engine Improvements
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- Make ``become`` plugin based. `pr #38861 <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/38861>`_
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- Introduce a ``live`` keyword to provide modules the ability to push intermediate (live) updates `pr #13620 <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/13620>`_
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- Add content_path for mazer installed content `pr #42867 <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/42867/>`_
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- Investigate what it will take to utilise the work performed by Mitogen maintainers. `pr #41749 <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/41749>`_, `branch <https://github.com/jimi-c/ansible/tree/abadger-ansiballz-one-interpreter>`_ and talk to jimi-c
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- Provide sane connection defaults by platform `ansible_platform` `proposal #77 <https://github.com/ansible/proposals/issues/77>`_
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- Refactor connection/shell/action/terminal/become plugins to allow looser coupling and more mix-and-match behaviour.(nitzmahone)
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- Investigate performance improvements in using threads as opposed to forks `branch from jimi-c
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<https://github.com/ansible/ansible/tree/threading_plus_forking>`_
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- Jinja native types will allow for users to render a Python native type. `pr #32738 <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/32738>`_
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Core Modules
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- Include feature changes and improvements
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- Create new argument `apply` that will allow for included tasks to inherit explicitly provided attributes. `pr #39236 <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/39236>`_
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- Create "private" functionality for allowing vars/default sot be exposed outside of roles. `pr #41330 <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/41330>`_
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- Provide a parameter for the `template` module to output to different encoding formats `pr
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#42171 <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/42171>`_
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- `reboot` module for Linux hosts (@sdoran)
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Cloud Modules
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General
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* Cloud auth plugin `proposal #24 <https://github.com/ansible/proposals/issues/24>`_
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AWS
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* Inventory plugin for RDS `pr #41919 <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/41919>`_
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* Count support for `ec2_instance`
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* `aws_eks` module `pr #41183 <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/41183>`_
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* Cloudformation stack sets support (`PR#41669 <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/41669>`_)
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* RDS instance and snapshot modules `pr #39994 <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/39994>`_ `issue #19524 <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/19524>`_
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* Diff mode improvements for cloud modules `pr #37212 <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/37212>`_
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Azure
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* Azure inventory plugin `issue #42769 <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/42769>`__
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* Azure stack support for modules `project tracker <https://github.com/nitzmahone/ansible/projects/2>`__
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Network
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General
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* Refactor the APIs in cliconf (`issue #39056 <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/39056>`_) and netconf (`issue #39160 <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/39160>`_) plugins so that they have a uniform signature across supported network platforms.
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Modules
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* New ``cli_config`` module `issue #39228 <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/39228>`_
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* New ``cli_command`` module `issue #39284 <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/39284>`_
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* Refactor ``netconf_config`` module to add additional functionality. `proposal #104 <https://github.com/ansible/proposals/issues/104>`_
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Windows
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General
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* Investigate the cause of WinRM HTTPS read timeouts `issue #41145 <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/41145>`__
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* WinRM connection persistence (improves performance) `pr #41729 <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/41729>`__
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* Experiment with OpenSSH + powershell `pr #33074 <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/33074>`_
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Modules
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* `win_domain` and `win_domain_controller` action wrappers `issue #42764 <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/42764>`__
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* Add link to `win_file` `issue #43060 <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/43060>`__
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* Hostname change support for `win_domain` and `win_domain_controller` `issue #42768 <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/42768>`__
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