Ansible-core 2.20

Release Schedule

Expected

PRs must be raised sufficiently in advance of the following dates to have a chance of inclusion in this ansible-core release.

Note

Dates are subject to change.

Development Phase

The milestone branch will be advanced at the start date of each development phase and the beta 1 release.

  • 2025-08-18 Development Phase 5

  • 2025-09-22 Beta 1

Release Phase

  • 2025-09-15 Feature Freeze

  • 2025-09-22 Beta 1

  • 2025-10-13 Release Candidate 1

  • 2025-11-03 Release

Note

The beta and release candidate schedules allow for up to 3 releases on a weekly schedule depending on the necessity of creating a release.

Release Manager

Ansible Core Team

Planned work

  • Drop Python 3.11 and add Python 3.14 for controller code

  • Drop Python 3.8 and add Python 3.14 for target code

  • Tech preview of Play argument specs

  • Support for 3rd party fact injection plugins

  • Register Projections

  • Remove deprecated functionality

  • Add controller type hinting for discrete areas of the code

  • Decrease testing sanity ignores

  • Update ansible-test container images and VMs

  • Update ansible-test dependencies

Delayed work

The following work has been delayed and retargeted for a future release:

  • TBD