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releases:
0.2.0:
changes:
breaking_changes:
- setup - Make sure ``ansible_date_time.epoch`` is seconds since EPOCH in UTC
to mirror the POSIX facts. The ``ansible_date_time.epoch_local`` contains
seconds since EPOCH in the local timezone for backwards compatibility
- setup - Will now add the IPv6 scope on link local addresses for ``ansible_ip_addresses``
- setup - ``ansible_processor`` will now return the index before the other values
to match the POSIX fact behaviour
- win_find - No longer filters by size on directories, this feature had a lot
of bugs, slowed down the module, and not a supported scenario with the ``find``
module.
bugfixes:
- Fix detection of DHCP setting so that resetting to DHCP doesn't cause ``CHANGED``
status on every run. See https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/66450
- setup - Remove usage of WMI to speed up execution time and work with standard
user accounts
- win_acl - Fixed error when setting rights on directory for which inheritance
from parent directory has been disabled.
- win_dns_client - Only configure network adapters that are IP Enabled - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58958
- win_dsc - Always import module that contains DSC resource to ensure the required
assemblies are loaded before parsing it - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/66
- win_find - Fix deduped files mistaken for directories (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58511)
- win_find - Get-FileStat used [int] instead of [int64] for file size calculations
- win_package - Handle quoted and unquoted strings in the registry ``UninstallString``
value - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/40973
- win_reboot - add ``boot_time_command`` parameter to override the default command
used to determine whether or not a system was rebooted (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58868)
- win_share - Allow for root letters paths
- 'win_uri win_get_url - Fix the behaviour of ``follow_redirects: safe`` to
actual redirect on ``GET`` and ``HEAD`` requests - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/65556'
deprecated_features:
- win_domain_computer - Deprecated the undocumented ``log_path`` option. This
option will be removed in a major release after ``2022-07-01``.
- win_regedit - Deprecated using forward slashes as a path separator, use backslashes
to avoid ambiguity between a forward slash in the key name or a forward slash
as a path separator. This feature will be removed in a major release after
``2021-07-01``.
minor_changes:
- Checks for and resolves a condition where effective nameservers are obfucated,
usually by malware. See https://www.welivesecurity.com/2016/06/02/crouching-tiger-hidden-dns/
- Windows - add deprecation notice in the Windows setup module when running
on Server 2008, 2008 R2, and Windows 7
- setup - Added `ansible_architecture2`` to match the same format that setup
on POSIX hosts return. Unlike ``ansible_architecture`` this value is not localized
to the host's language settings.
- setup - Implemented the ``gather_timeout`` option to restrict how long each
subset can run for
- setup - Refactor to speed up the time taken to run the module
- setup.ps1 - parity with linux regarding missing local facts path (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/57974)
- win_command, win_shell - Add the ability to override the console output encoding
with ``output_encoding_override`` - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/54896
- win_dns_client - Added support for setting IPv6 DNS servers - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55962
- win_domain_computer - Use new Ansible.Basic wrapper for better invocation
reporting
- win_domain_controller - Added the ``domain_log_path`` to control the directory
for the new AD log files location - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/59348
- win_find - Improve performance when scanning heavily nested directories and
align behaviour to the ``find`` module.
- win_package - Added proxy support for retrieving packages from a URL - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/43818
- win_package - Added support for ``.appx``, ``.msix``, ``.appxbundle``, and
``.msixbundle`` package - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/50765
- win_package - Added support for ``.msp`` packages - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/22789
- win_package - Added support for specifying the HTTP method when getting files
from a URL - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/35377
- win_package - Move across to ``Ansible.Basic`` for better invocation logging
- win_package - Read uninstall strings from the ``QuietUninstallString`` if
present to better support argumentless uninstalls of registry based packages.
- win_package - Scan packages in the current user's registry hive - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/45950
- win_regedit - Use new Ansible.Basic wrapper for better invocation reporting
- win_share - Implement append parameter for access rules (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/59237)
- windows setup - Added ``ansible_os_installation_type`` to denote the type
of Windows installation the remote host is.
release_summary: 'This is the first proper release of the ``ansible.windows``
collection on 2020-07-18.
The changelog describes all changes made to the modules and plugins included
in this collection since Ansible 2.9.0.
'
fragments:
- 57804-win_acl-no-longer-needs-SeSecurityPrivilege.yml
- 58466-FIX_win_find-Bug-Get-FileStat_fails_on_large_files.yml
- 66-win_dsc-load-assemblies.yml
- 66451-win_dns_client-dhcp-support.yml
- reboot-add-last-boot-time-parameter.yaml
- server2008-dep.yaml
- setup-refactor.yml
- setup.ps1-parity-with-linux-regarding-missing-local-facts-path.yml
- summary-0.2.0.yml
- win_command-encoding.yaml
- win_dns_client-ipenabled.yaml
- win_dns_client_ipv6.yaml
- win_domain_computer.yml
- win_domain_controller-log.yaml
- win_find-fix-ignore-of-deduped-files.yml
- win_find-performance.yaml
- win_get_url-redirection.yaml
- win_package-basic.yaml
- win_package-revamp.yaml
- win_regedit-basic-dep.yml
- win_setup-install-type.yaml
- win_share-Allow-Root-Drives.yml
- win_share-Implement-append-paramtere-for-access-rules.yml
release_date: '2020-07-18'
1.0.0:
changes:
breaking_changes:
- "win_find - module has been refactored to better match the behaviour of the
``find`` module. Here is what has changed:\n * When the directory specified
by ``paths`` does not exist or is a file, it will no longer fail and will
just warn the user\n * Junction points are no longer reported as ``islnk``,
use ``isjunction`` to properly report these files. This behaviour matches
the win_stat module\n * Directories no longer return a ``size``, this matches
the ``stat`` and ``find`` behaviour and has been removed due to the difficulties
in correctly reporting the size of a directory\n"
- win_user - Change idempotency checks for ``description`` to be case sensitive
- win_user - Change idempotency checks for ``fullname`` to be case sensitive
deprecated_features:
- win_domain_controller - the ``log_path`` option has been deprecated and will
be removed in a later release. This was undocumented and only related to debugging
information for module development.
- win_package - the ``ensure`` alias for the ``state`` option has been deprecated
and will be removed in a later release. Please use ``state`` instead of ``ensure``.
- win_package - the ``productid`` alias for the ``product_id`` option has been
deprecated and will be removed in a later release. Please use ``product_id``
instead of ``productid``.
- 'win_package - the ``username`` and ``password`` options has been deprecated
and will be removed in a later release. The same functionality can be done
by using ``become: yes`` and ``become_flags: logon_type=new_credentials logon_flags=netcredentials_only``
on the task.'
minor_changes:
- win_hostname - Added diff mode support
- win_hostname - Use new ``Ansible.Basic.AnsibleModule`` wrapper
- win_user - Added check mode support
- win_user - Added diff mode support
- win_user - Added the ``home_directory`` option
- win_user - Added the ``login_script`` option
- win_user - Added the ``profile`` option
- win_user - Use new ``Ansible.Basic.AnsibleModule`` wrapper for better invocation
reporting
- win_user_right - Improved error messages to show what right and account an
operation failed on
- win_user_right - Refactored to use ``Ansible.Basic.AnsibleModule`` for better
module invocation reporting
removed_features:
- win_stat - removed the deprecated ``get_md55`` option and ``md5`` return value.
fragments:
- 1.0.0-summary.yml
- porting-guide.yml
- win_hostname-basic.yml
- win_user-refactor.yml
- win_user_right.yml
release_date: '2020-08-14'
1.0.1:
changes:
bugfixes:
- win_copy - fix bug when copying a single file during a folder copy operation
fragments:
- 1.0.1-summary.yml
- win_copy-single-fix.yml
release_date: '2020-09-26'
1.10.0:
changes:
bugfixes:
- win_reboot - Always set a minimum of 2 seconds for ``pre_reboot_delay`` to
ensure the plugin can read the result
minor_changes:
- setup - Added ipv4, ipv6, mtu and speed data to ansible_interfaces
- win_environment - Trigger ``WM_SETTINGCHANGE`` on a change to notify other
host processes of an environment change
- win_path - Migrate to newer style module parser that adds features like module
invocation under ``-vvv``
- win_path - Trigger ``WM_SETTINGCHANGE`` on a change to notify other host processes
of an environment change
release_summary: Release summary for v1.10.0
fragments:
- environment_notify.yml
- release-v1.10.0.yml
- setup_more_interface_data.yml
- win_reboot-pre-delay.yml
release_date: '2022-05-13'
1.11.0:
changes:
bugfixes:
- setup - Ignore PATH entries with invalid roots when trying to find ``facter.exe``
- https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/397
- setup - Ignore invalid ``PATH`` entries when trying to find ``facter.exe``
- https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/364
- win_find - Fix up share checks when the share contains the ``'`` character
- win_package - Skip ``msix`` provider on older hosts that do not implement
the required cmdlets
- win_powershell - Do not attempt to serialize ETS properties of primitive types
- https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/360
- win_powershell - Make sure ``target_object`` on an error record uses the ``depth``
object when serializing the value - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/375
- win_stat - Fix up share checks when the share contains the ``'`` character
- win_updates - Try to display warnings on search suceeded with warnings - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/366
minor_changes:
- Raise minimum Ansible version to ``2.11`` or newer
- setup - also read ``*.json`` files in ``fact_path`` as raw JSON text in addition
to ``.ps1`` scripts
- win_acl_inheritance - support for setting inheritance for registry keys
- win_command - Added the ``argv`` module option for specifying the command
to run as a list to be escaped rather than the free form input
- win_command - Added the ``cmd`` module option for specifying the command to
run as a module option rather than the free form input
- win_command - Migrated to the newer Ansible.Basic style module to improve
module invocation output
- win_stat - Added ``get_size`` to control whether ``win_stat`` will calculate
the size of files or directories - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/384
release_summary: Release summary for v1.11.0
fragments:
- 1.11.0-release.yml
- ansible-version-bump.yml
- setup-ignore-invalid-root.yml
- setup-invalid-PATH.yml
- setup-local-facts-from-json.yml
- win_acl_inheritance-reg-key-sup.yml
- win_command-cmd-argv.yaml
- win_package-msix-legacy.yml
- win_powershell-err-depth.yml
- win_powershell-ets-props.yml
- win_stat-get-size.yml
- win_stat-share-slash.yml
- win_updates-search-warnings.yml
release_date: '2022-08-11'
1.11.1:
changes:
bugfixes:
- win_command - Fix bug that stopped win_command from finding executables that
are located more than once in ``PATH`` - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/403
- win_copy - Fix error message when failing to find ``src`` on the controller
filesystem
release_summary: Release summary for v1.11.1
fragments:
- v1.11.1-release-summary.yml
- win_command-PATH.yml
- win_copy-src-err.yml
release_date: '2022-08-25'
1.12.0:
changes:
bugfixes:
- win_acl_inheritance - Fix broken pathqualifier when using a UNC path - (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/408).
- win_certificate_store - Allow to reimport a certificate + key if the private
key was not present the first time you imported it
- win_setup - Fix custom facts that return false are missing - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/430
- win_updates - Fix broken call when logging a warning about updates with errors
- https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/411
- win_updates - Handle running with a temp profile path that is deleted between
reboots - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/417
minor_changes:
- win_acl - Added the ``follow`` parameter with will follow the symlinks and
junctions before applying ACLs to change the target instead of the link
- win_powershell - Add support for setting diff output with ``$Ansible.Diff``
in the script
- win_uri - Use SHA256 for file idempotency checks instead of SHA1
release_summary: Release summary for v1.12.0
fragments:
- 437-win_setup-missing-false-facts.yml
- v1.12.0-release.yml
- win_acl_follow.yml
- win_acl_inheritance-path-qualifier-unc-compatibility.yml
- win_certificate_store-privkey-present.yml
- win_powershell-diff.yml
- win_updates-tmp-profile.yml
- win_updates-write-log-arg.yml
- win_uri-checksum.yml
release_date: '2022-11-02'
1.13.0:
changes:
bugfixes:
- setup - Fallback to using the WMI Win32_Processor provider if the SMBIOS version
is too old to return processor core counts
- setup - Fix calculation for ``ansible_processor_threads_per_core`` to reflect
the number of threads per core instead of threads per processor
- setup - Ignore processors that are not enabled in the ``ansible_processor_count``
return value
- setup - Support core and thread counts greater than 256 in ``ansible_processor_count``
and ``ansible_processor_threads_per_core``
- win_dns_client - Fix failure to lookup registry DNS servers when it contains
null characters
- 'win_powershell - Support PowerShell 7 script syntax when targeting ``executable:
pwsh.exe`` - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/452'
- win_wait_for - fix incorrect function name during ``state=drained`` - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/451
major_changes:
- Set the minimum Ansible version supported by this collection to Ansible 2.12
minor_changes:
- win_reboot - Display connection messages under 4 v's ``-vvvv`` instead of
3
release_summary: Release summary for v1.13.0
fragments:
- ansible-ver.yml
- powershell-support-7-syntax.yml
- release-summary.yml
- setup-procinfo.yml
- win_dns_client-null-chars.yml
- win_reboot-msg.yml
- win_wait_for-drained.yml
release_date: '2022-12-20'
1.14.0:
changes:
bugfixes:
- setup - Be more resilient when parsing the BIOS release date - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/pull/496
- win_package - Fix ``product_id`` check and skip downloaded requested file
if the package is already installed - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/479
- win_updates - Add better handling for the polling output for connection plugins
that might drop newlines on the output - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/477
- win_updates - Ensure failure condition doesn't lock the polling file - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/490
- win_updates - Improve batch task runner reliability and attempt to return
more info on failures - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/448
minor_changes:
- Process - Add support for starting a process with a custom parent
- win_updates - Added the ``rebooted`` return value to document if a host was
rebooted - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/485
release_summary: Release summary for v1.14.0
fragments:
- release-1.14.0.yml
- setup-bios-date.yml
- win_package-product-id-check.yml
- win_updates-batch-runner.yml
- win_updates-file-locking.yml
- win_updates-poll-newlines.yml
- win_updates-rebooted.yml
release_date: '2023-05-02'
1.2.0:
fragments:
- 1.1.0-release.yml
release_date: '2020-10-23'
1.3.0:
changes:
bugfixes:
- setup - handle PATH environment vars that contain blank entries like ``C:\Windows;;C:\Program
Files`` - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/pull/78#issuecomment-745229594
- win_package - Do not fail when trying to set SYSTEM ACE on read only path
- https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/142
- win_service - Fix edge case bug when running against PowerShell 5.0 - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/125
- win_service - Fix opening services with limited rights - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/118
- win_service - Fix up account name lookup when dealing with netlogon formatted
accounts (``DOMAIN\account``) - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/156
- win_service_info - Provide failure details in warning when failing to open
service
minor_changes:
- setup - add ``epoch_int`` option to date_time facts (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/72479).
- win_environment - add ``variables`` dictionary option for setting many env
vars at once (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/pull/113).
- 'win_find - Change ``hidden: yes`` to return hidden files and normal files
to match the behaviour with ``find`` - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/130'
- win_service - Allow opening driver services using this module. Not all functionality
is available for these types of services - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/115
fragments:
- 113-win_environment-multi-var.yaml
- 123-date_time_facts_add_epoch_int.yml
- release_summary.yml
- setup_empty_path.yml
- win_find-hidden.yml
- win_package-readonly.yaml
- win_service-pwsh5.0.yaml
- win_service-sid.yml
- win_service.yaml
release_date: '2020-12-18'
1.4.0:
changes:
bugfixes:
- win_package - fix msi detection when the msi product is already installed
under a different version - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/166
- win_package - treat a missing ``creates_path`` when ``creates_version`` as
though the package was not installed instead of a failure - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/169
minor_changes:
- setup - Added more virtualization types to the virtual facts based on the
Linux setup module
fragments:
- release_summary.yml
- setup-virtual.yml
- win_package-creates-version.yml
- win_package-msi-code.yml
release_date: '2021-02-03'
1.5.0:
changes:
bugfixes:
- setup - Return correct epoch integer value for the ``ansible_date_time.epoch_int``
fact
- win_template - Fix changed internal API that win_template uses to work with
devel again
- win_user - Compare existing vs desired groups in a case insenstive way - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/168
minor_changes:
- win_certificate_store - Added functionality to open the store for a service
account using ``store_type=service store_location=<service name>``
- win_user - Support specifying groups using the SecurityIdentifier - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/153
fragments:
- release_150.yml
- setup-epoch.yml
- win_certificate_store_service.yml
- win_template-dest_path.yml
- win_user-groups.yml
modules:
- description: Run PowerShell scripts
name: win_powershell
namespace: ''
release_date: '2021-04-13'
1.6.0:
changes:
bugfixes:
- 'win_certificate_store - Make sure `store_name: CertificateAuthority` refers
to the `CA` store for backwards compatibility - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/pull/216'
- win_reboot - Ensure documented return values are always returned even on a
failure
- win_reboot - Handle more connection failures during the reboot phases
- win_reboot - User defined commands are run wrapped as a PowerShell command
so they work on all shells - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/36
deprecated_features:
- 'win_reboot - Unreachable hosts can be ignored with ``ignore_errors: True``,
this ability will be removed in a future version. Use ``ignore_unreachable:
True`` to ignore unreachable hosts instead. - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/62'
minor_changes:
- win_reboot - Change the default ``test_command`` run after a reboot to wait
for more services to start up before the plugin finished. This should better
handle waiting until the logon screen appears rather than just when WinRM
is first online.
removed_features:
- win_reboot - Removed ``shutdown_timeout`` and ``shutdown_timeout_sec`` which
has not done anything since Ansible 2.5.
fragments:
- release_summary.yml
- win_certificate_store-ca.yml
- win_reboot-refactor.yml
release_date: '2021-05-15'
1.7.0:
changes:
bugfixes:
- win_reboot - Handle connection failures when getting the first boot time command
- win_updates - Always return the ``failed_updates_count`` on a standard failure
- https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/13
- win_updates - Always use a scheduled task which should be less prone to random
token errors when trying to connect to Windows Update - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/193
- win_updates - Attempt a reboot once when ``reboot=True`` is set and a failure
occurred - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/22
- win_updates - Improve the reboot detection behaviour when ``reboot=True``
is set - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/25
- win_updates - Improve the reboot mechanism - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/143
- win_updates - Reboot the host when ``reboot=True`` if the first search result
indicates a reboot is required - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/49
deprecated_features:
- win_updates - Deprecated the ``filtered_reason`` return value for each filtered
up in favour of ``filtered_reasons``. This has been done to show all the reasons
why an update was filtered and not just the first reason.
- win_updates - Deprecated the ``use_scheduled_task`` option as it is no longer
used.
- win_updates - Deprecated the ``whitelist`` and ``blacklist`` options in favour
of ``accept_list`` and ``reject_list`` respectively to conform to the new
standards used in Ansible for these types of options.
minor_changes:
- win_updates - Added ``accept_list`` and ``reject_list`` to replace ``whitelist``
and ``blacklist``
- win_updates - Added ``failure_msg`` result to the return value of each update
that gives a human readable error message if the update failed to download
or install
- win_updates - Added ``filtered_reasons`` that list all the reasons why the
update has been filtered - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/226
- win_updates - Added progress logs to display on higher verbosities the download
and install progress for each host
- win_updates - Added the ``downloaded`` result to the return value of each
update to indicate if an update was downloaded or not
- win_updates - Added the category ``*`` that matches all categories
- win_updates - Improve Windows Update HRESULT error messages
- win_updates - Improve the details present in the ``log_path`` log entries
for better monitoring
fragments:
- release-summary.yml
- win_reboot-flaky-connection.yml
- win_updates-refactor.yml
release_date: '2021-06-26'
1.7.1:
changes:
bugfixes:
- win_dsc - Fix import errors when running against host that wasn't installed
with the ``en-US`` locale - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/83
- win_state - Fixed the ``creationtime``, ``lastaccesstime``, and ``lastwritetime``
to report the time in UTC. This matches the ``stat`` module's behaviour and
what many would expect for a epoch based timestamp - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/240
- win_updates - Fixed ``win_updates`` output to not cast to an integer to preserve
original behaviour and issues with non integer values - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/247
- win_updates - fallback to run as SYSTEM if current user does not have batch
logon rights - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/253
fragments:
- release_summary.yml
- win_dsc-locale.yml
- win_state-datetime.yml
- win_updates-batch.yml
- win_updates-kb.yml
release_date: '2021-07-27'
1.7.2:
changes:
bugfixes:
- win_group - fixed ``description`` setting for a group that doesn't exist when
running in check_mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/pull/260).
fragments:
- 260-description-checkmode.yml
- release.yml
release_date: '2021-08-07'
1.7.3:
changes:
bugfixes:
- win_reboot - Fix local variable referenced before assignment issue - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/276
- win_updates - Bypass execution policy checks when polling or cancelling the
update task - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/272
- win_user - Set validate user logic to always check local database
fragments:
- reboot_error_outside_block.yml
- release_summary.yml
- win_updates-executionpolicy.yml
- win_user-domain.yml
release_date: '2021-09-23'
1.8.0:
changes:
bugfixes:
- win_copy - Fix remote dest size calculation logic
- win_dns_client - Fix method used to read IPv6 DNS settings given by DHCP -
https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/283
- win_file - Fix conflicts with existing ``LIB`` environment variable
- win_find - Fix conflicts with existing ``LIB`` environment variable
- win_stat - Fix conflicts with existing ``LIB`` environment variable
- win_updates - Fix conflicts with existing ``LIB`` environment variable
- win_updates - Ignore named pipes with illegal filenames when checking for
the task named pipe during bootstrapping - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/291
- win_updates - Improve error handling when starting background update task
- 'win_user - Fix ``msg`` return value when setting ``state: query``'
- win_whoami - Fix conflicts with existing ``LIB`` environment variable
minor_changes:
- win_updates - Added the ``skip_optional`` module option to skip optional updates
fragments:
- 283-win_dns_client_IPv6_DNS.yml
- 290-win_user-state-query.yml
- 291-win_updates-illegal-pipe-path.yml
- add-type-env.yml
- release.yml
- win_copy-dst-size.yml
- win_updates-skip-optional.yml
release_date: '2021-11-03'
1.9.0:
changes:
bugfixes:
- win_command - Use the 24 hour format for the hours of ``start`` and ``end``
- https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/303
- win_copy - improve dest folder size detection to handle broken and recursive
symlinks as well as inaccesible folders - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/298
- win_dsc - Provide better error message when trying to invoke a composite DSC
resource
- win_shell - Use the 24 hour format for the hours of ``start`` and ``end``
- https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/303
- win_updates - Fix return value for ``updates`` and ``filtered_updates`` to
match original stucture - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/307
- win_updates - Fixed issue when attempting to run ``task.ps1`` with a host
that has a restrictive execution policy set through GPO
- win_updates - prevent the host from going to sleep if a low sleep timeout
is set - https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.windows/issues/310
minor_changes:
- win_dsc - deduplicated error writing code with a new function. No actual error
text was changed.
- win_powershell - Added ``$Ansible.Verbosity`` for scripts to adjust code based
on the verbosity Ansible is running as
fragments:
- release-1.9.0.yml
- win_command-shell-time.yml
- win_copy-dest-calc-fix.yml
- win_dsc-composite-resource-error.yml
- win_dsc-write-error-standardize.yml
- win_powershell.yml
- win_updates-execution-policy.yml
- win_updates-return.yml
- win_updates-sleep.yml
release_date: '2021-12-21'