diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 1e56834681e..f7e11fd8c21 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,89 @@ Community General Release Notes
 
 This changelog describes changes after version 7.0.0.
 
+v8.1.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release.
+
+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).
+
+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).
+
+New Plugins
+-----------
+
+Lookup
+~~~~~~
+
+- onepassword_doc - Fetch documents stored in 1Password
+
+Test
+~~~~
+
+- fqdn_valid - Validates fully-qualified domain names against RFC 1123
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+- git_config_info - Read git configuration
+- gitlab_issue - Create, update, or delete GitLab issues
+- nomad_token - Manage Nomad ACL tokens
+
 v8.0.2
 ======
 
diff --git a/changelogs/changelog.yaml b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
index 4e7e2ad04e4..fadf26775f9 100644
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
@@ -823,3 +823,161 @@ releases:
     - 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'
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/000-redhat_subscription-dbus-on-7.4-plus.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/000-redhat_subscription-dbus-on-7.4-plus.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 64390308d71..00000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/000-redhat_subscription-dbus-on-7.4-plus.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - |
-    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).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/5588-support-1password-connect.yml b/changelogs/fragments/5588-support-1password-connect.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index bec2300d3fb..00000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/5588-support-1password-connect.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - 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)
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/6572-nmcli-add-support-loopback-type.yml b/changelogs/fragments/6572-nmcli-add-support-loopback-type.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4382851d684..00000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/6572-nmcli-add-support-loopback-type.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - nmcli - add support for new connection type ``loopback`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6572).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7143-proxmox-template.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7143-proxmox-template.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 89d44594d3b..00000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/7143-proxmox-template.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - 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_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).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7151-fix-keycloak_authz_permission-incorrect-resource-payload.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7151-fix-keycloak_authz_permission-incorrect-resource-payload.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2fa50a47ee2..00000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/7151-fix-keycloak_authz_permission-incorrect-resource-payload.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - 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).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7199-gitlab-runner-new-creation-workflow.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7199-gitlab-runner-new-creation-workflow.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d4c5f96f9d2..00000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/7199-gitlab-runner-new-creation-workflow.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - gitlab_runner - add support for new runner creation workflow (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7199).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7242-multi-values-for-same-name-in-git-config.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7242-multi-values-for-same-name-in-git-config.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index be3dfdcac97..00000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/7242-multi-values-for-same-name-in-git-config.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-    - "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)."
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7426-add-timestamp-and-preserve-options-for-passwordstore.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/7426-add-timestamp-and-preserve-options-for-passwordstore.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 59e22b450f5..00000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/7426-add-timestamp-and-preserve-options-for-passwordstore.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - passwordstore - adds ``timestamp`` and ``preserve`` parameters to modify the stored password format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7426).
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7456-add-ssh-control-master.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7456-add-ssh-control-master.yml
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-minor_changes:
-  - ssh_config - adds ``controlmaster``, ``controlpath`` and ``controlpersist`` parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7456).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7461-proxmox-inventory-add-exclude-nodes.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/7461-proxmox-inventory-add-exclude-nodes.yaml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/7461-proxmox-inventory-add-exclude-nodes.yaml
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-minor_changes:
-  - 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).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7462-Add-ostype-parameter-in-LXC-container-clone-of-ProxmoxVE.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/7462-Add-ostype-parameter-in-LXC-container-clone-of-ProxmoxVE.yaml
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-minor_changes:
-  - proxmox_ostype - it is now possible to specify the ``ostype`` when creating an LXC container (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7462).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7472-gitlab-add-ca-path-option.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7472-gitlab-add-ca-path-option.yml
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-minor_changes:
-  - gitlab modules - add ``ca_path`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7472).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7485-proxmox_vm_info-config.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7485-proxmox_vm_info-config.yml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/7485-proxmox_vm_info-config.yml
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-minor_changes:
-  - proxmox_vm_info - add ability to retrieve configuration info (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7485).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7486-gitlab-refactor-package-check.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7486-gitlab-refactor-package-check.yml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/7486-gitlab-refactor-package-check.yml
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-minor_changes:
-  - gitlab modules - remove duplicate ``gitlab`` package check (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7486).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7489-netcup-dns-record-types.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7489-netcup-dns-record-types.yml
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-minor_changes:
-  - netcup_dns - adds support for record types ``OPENPGPKEY``, ``SMIMEA``, and ``SSHFP`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7489).
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diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7495-proxmox_disk-manipulate-cdrom.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7495-proxmox_disk-manipulate-cdrom.yml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/7495-proxmox_disk-manipulate-cdrom.yml
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-minor_changes:
-  - proxmox_disk - add ability to manipulate CD-ROM drive (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7495).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7499-allow-mtu-setting-on-bond-and-infiniband-interfaces.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7499-allow-mtu-setting-on-bond-and-infiniband-interfaces.yml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/7499-allow-mtu-setting-on-bond-and-infiniband-interfaces.yml
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-minor_changes:
-  - nmcli - allow for the setting of ``MTU`` for ``infiniband`` and ``bond`` interface types (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7499).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7517-elastic-close-client.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/7517-elastic-close-client.yaml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/7517-elastic-close-client.yaml
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-minor_changes:
-  - elastic callback plugin - close elastic client to not leak resources (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7517).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7535-terraform-fix-multiline-string-handling-in-complex-variables.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7535-terraform-fix-multiline-string-handling-in-complex-variables.yml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/7535-terraform-fix-multiline-string-handling-in-complex-variables.yml
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-bugfixes:
-  - "terraform - fix multiline string handling in complex variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7535)."
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7538-add-krbprincipalattribute-option.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7538-add-krbprincipalattribute-option.yml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/7538-add-krbprincipalattribute-option.yml
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-minor_changes:
-  - keycloak_user_federation - add option for ``krbPrincipalAttribute`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7538).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7540-proxmox-update config.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7540-proxmox-update config.yml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/7540-proxmox-update config.yml	
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-minor_changes:
-  - proxmox - adds ``update`` parameter, allowing update of an already existing containers configuration (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7540).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7542-irc-logentries-ssl.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7542-irc-logentries-ssl.yml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/7542-irc-logentries-ssl.yml
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-bugfixes:
-  - "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)."
-  - "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)."
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7550-irc-use_tls-validate_certs.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7550-irc-use_tls-validate_certs.yml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/7550-irc-use_tls-validate_certs.yml
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-minor_changes:
-  - "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)."
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7564-onepassword-lookup-case-insensitive.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/7564-onepassword-lookup-case-insensitive.yaml
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-bugfixes:
-  - >-
-    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).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7569-infiniband-slave-support.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7569-infiniband-slave-support.yml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/7569-infiniband-slave-support.yml
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-minor_changes:
-  - nmcli - allow for ``infiniband`` slaves of ``bond`` interface types (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7569).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7577-fix-apt_rpm-module.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7577-fix-apt_rpm-module.yml
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-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).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7588-ipa-config-new-choice-passkey-to-ipauserauthtype.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7588-ipa-config-new-choice-passkey-to-ipauserauthtype.yml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/7588-ipa-config-new-choice-passkey-to-ipauserauthtype.yml
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
- - ipa_config - adds ``passkey`` choice to ``ipauserauthtype`` parameter's choices (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7588).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7589-ipa-config-new-choices-idp-and-passkey-to-ipauserauthtype.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7589-ipa-config-new-choices-idp-and-passkey-to-ipauserauthtype.yml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/7589-ipa-config-new-choices-idp-and-passkey-to-ipauserauthtype.yml
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
- - ipa_user - adds ``idp`` and ``passkey`` choice to ``ipauserauthtype`` parameter's choices (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7589).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7600-proxmox_kvm-hookscript.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7600-proxmox_kvm-hookscript.yml
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index 5d79e716575..00000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/7600-proxmox_kvm-hookscript.yml
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - "proxmox_kvm - support the ``hookscript`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7600)."
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7601-lvol-fix.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7601-lvol-fix.yml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/7601-lvol-fix.yml
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-bugfixes:
-  - 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).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7612-interface_file-method.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7612-interface_file-method.yml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/7612-interface_file-method.yml
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-bugfixes:
-  - "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)."
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7626-redfish-info-add-boot-progress-property.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7626-redfish-info-add-boot-progress-property.yml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/7626-redfish-info-add-boot-progress-property.yml
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - redfish_info - adding the ``BootProgress`` property when getting ``Systems`` info (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7626).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7641-fix-keycloak-api-client-to-quote-properly.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7641-fix-keycloak-api-client-to-quote-properly.yml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/7641-fix-keycloak-api-client-to-quote-properly.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - keycloak_* - fix Keycloak API client to quote ``/`` properly (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7641).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7645-Keycloak-print-error-msg-from-server.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7645-Keycloak-print-error-msg-from-server.yml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/7645-Keycloak-print-error-msg-from-server.yml
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - 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).
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diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7653-fix-cloudflare-lookup.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7653-fix-cloudflare-lookup.yml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/7653-fix-cloudflare-lookup.yml
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-bugfixes:
-  - cloudflare_dns - fix Cloudflare lookup of SHFP records (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7652).  
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7676-lvol-pvs-as-list.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7676-lvol-pvs-as-list.yml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/7676-lvol-pvs-as-list.yml
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-minor_changes:
-  - 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).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/8.1.0.yml b/changelogs/fragments/8.1.0.yml
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-release_summary: Regular bugfix and feature release.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/add-ipa-sudorule-deny-cmd.yml b/changelogs/fragments/add-ipa-sudorule-deny-cmd.yml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/add-ipa-sudorule-deny-cmd.yml
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ipa_sudorule - adds options to include denied commands or command groups (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7415).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/bitwarden-lookup-performance.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/bitwarden-lookup-performance.yaml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/bitwarden-lookup-performance.yaml
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-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)."
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/lxd-instance-not-found-avoid-false-positives.yml b/changelogs/fragments/lxd-instance-not-found-avoid-false-positives.yml
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-minor_changes:
-  - "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)."