zap changelogs (#83988)

157 files changed, 1 insertions, 446 deletions

diff --git a/changelogs/changelog.yaml b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
index 2f4d649c4d..231ace8c76 100644
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-ancestor: 2.17.0
+ancestor: 2.18.0
 releases: {}
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/42960_vault_password.yml b/changelogs/fragments/42960_vault_password.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index db6b1b811d..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/42960_vault_password.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-- vault - handle vault password file value when it is directory (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/42960).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/46314.yml b/changelogs/fragments/46314.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9958061e8f..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/46314.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - apt - report changed=True when some packages are being removed (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/46314).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/46742-atomic_move-fix-setgid.yml b/changelogs/fragments/46742-atomic_move-fix-setgid.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c408262b4..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/46742-atomic_move-fix-setgid.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - atomic_move - fix using the setgid bit on the parent directory when creating files (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/46742, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67177).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/62151-loop_control-until.yml b/changelogs/fragments/62151-loop_control-until.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 70a17ee47f..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/62151-loop_control-until.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - loop_control - add a break_when option to to break out of a task loop early based on Jinja2 expressions (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83442).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/64092-get_url_verify_tmpsrc_checksum.yml b/changelogs/fragments/64092-get_url_verify_tmpsrc_checksum.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f65017541..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/64092-get_url_verify_tmpsrc_checksum.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - get_url - Verify checksum using tmpsrc, not dest (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/64092)
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/72321_git.yml b/changelogs/fragments/72321_git.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ba0ca7558..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/72321_git.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-- git - check if git version is available or not before using it for comparison (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/72321).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/81770-add-uid-guid-minmax-keys.yml b/changelogs/fragments/81770-add-uid-guid-minmax-keys.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e617e6e22b..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/81770-add-uid-guid-minmax-keys.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-    - Add ``uid_min``, ``uid_max`` to the user plugin to overwrite the defaults provided by the ``/etc/login.defs`` file (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81770).
-    - Add ``gid_min``, ``gid_max`` to the group plugin to overwrite the defaults provided by the ``/etc/login.defs`` file (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81770).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/82075.yml b/changelogs/fragments/82075.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index fccdd8eced..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/82075.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - addressed issue of trailing text been ignored, non-ASCII characters are parsed, enhance white space handling and fixed overly permissive issue of human_to_bytes filter(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82075)
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/82307-handlers-lockstep-linear-fix.yml b/changelogs/fragments/82307-handlers-lockstep-linear-fix.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index da97a9753b..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/82307-handlers-lockstep-linear-fix.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - Fix handlers not being executed in lockstep using the linear strategy in some cases (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82307)
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/82490_creating_user_dir_using_tilde_always_reports_changed.yml b/changelogs/fragments/82490_creating_user_dir_using_tilde_always_reports_changed.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f7abc1335c..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/82490_creating_user_dir_using_tilde_always_reports_changed.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - fixed the issue of creating user directory using tilde(~) always reported "changed".(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82490)
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/82535-properly-quote-shell.yml b/changelogs/fragments/82535-properly-quote-shell.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index be93f30c59..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/82535-properly-quote-shell.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- shell plugin - properly quote all needed components of shell commands (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82535)
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/82671-ansible-doc-role-examples.yml b/changelogs/fragments/82671-ansible-doc-role-examples.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f041babc5..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/82671-ansible-doc-role-examples.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - "ansible-doc - show examples in role entrypoint argument specs (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/82671)."
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/82831_countme_yum_repository.yml b/changelogs/fragments/82831_countme_yum_repository.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f6bec4c48..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/82831_countme_yum_repository.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - support the countme option when using yum_repository
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/82878-fetch-dest-is-dir.yml b/changelogs/fragments/82878-fetch-dest-is-dir.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index bf9c3bf088..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/82878-fetch-dest-is-dir.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- >-
-    fetch - add error message when using ``dest`` with a trailing slash that becomes a local directory -
-    https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82878
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/82941.yml b/changelogs/fragments/82941.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d15d7d3ebd..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/82941.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-removed_features:
-  - paramiko_ssh - removed deprecated ssh_extra_args from the paramiko_ssh connection plugin (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82941).
-  - paramiko_ssh - removed deprecated ssh_common_args from the paramiko_ssh connection plugin (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82940).
-  - paramiko_ssh - removed deprecated ssh_args from the paramiko_ssh connection plugin (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82939).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/82946.yml b/changelogs/fragments/82946.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 23f1886a5c..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/82946.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-removed_features:
-  - play_context - remove deprecated PlayContext.verbosity property (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82945).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/82947.yml b/changelogs/fragments/82947.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ff16288a8..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/82947.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-removed_features:
-  - loader - remove deprecated non-inclusive words (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82947).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/83019-linear-handlers-lockstep-fix.yml b/changelogs/fragments/83019-linear-handlers-lockstep-fix.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ee0090419..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/83019-linear-handlers-lockstep-fix.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "linear strategy: fix handlers included via ``include_tasks`` handler to be executed in lockstep (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83019)"
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/83031.yml b/changelogs/fragments/83031.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 32d7c09529..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/83031.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - lookup - Fixed examples of csv lookup plugin (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83031).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/83155-ansible-doc-paragraphs.yml b/changelogs/fragments/83155-ansible-doc-paragraphs.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b92bd526b7..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/83155-ansible-doc-paragraphs.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "ansible-doc - format top-level descriptions with multiple paragraphs as multiple paragraphs, instead of concatenating them (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/83155)."
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/83235-copy-module-update-mtime.yml b/changelogs/fragments/83235-copy-module-update-mtime.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7dd36aff64..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/83235-copy-module-update-mtime.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - copy - mtime/atime not updated. Fix now update mtime/atime(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83013)
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/83294-meta-host_pinned-affinity.yml b/changelogs/fragments/83294-meta-host_pinned-affinity.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b85d3f8499..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/83294-meta-host_pinned-affinity.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - Fix for ``meta`` tasks breaking host/fork affinity with ``host_pinned`` strategy (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83294)
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/83327.yml b/changelogs/fragments/83327.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8cdd448aa5..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/83327.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - fixed unit test test_borken_cowsay to address mock not been properly applied when existing unix system already have cowsay installed.
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diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/83331.yml b/changelogs/fragments/83331.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9de98f282b..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/83331.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - facts - add facts about x86_64 flags to detect microarchitecture (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83331).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/83373-dnf5-wildcard.yml b/changelogs/fragments/83373-dnf5-wildcard.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3cb6e362aa..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/83373-dnf5-wildcard.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - dnf, dnf5 - fix for installing a set of packages by specifying them using a wildcard character (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83373)
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/83392-fix-memory-issues-handlers.yml b/changelogs/fragments/83392-fix-memory-issues-handlers.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e4c2e5599..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/83392-fix-memory-issues-handlers.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - Fix rapid memory usage growth when notifying handlers using the ``listen`` keyword (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83392)
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/83406-dnf-fix-arch-cmp.yml b/changelogs/fragments/83406-dnf-fix-arch-cmp.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c890d662e4..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/83406-dnf-fix-arch-cmp.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - dnf - fix an issue where two packages of the same ``evr`` but different arch failed to install (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83406)
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/83447-end_host-rescue-rc.yml b/changelogs/fragments/83447-end_host-rescue-rc.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b4d8241497..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/83447-end_host-rescue-rc.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "``end_host`` - fix incorrect return code when executing ``end_host`` in the ``rescue`` section (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83447)"
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/83457-service_facts-openbsd-dont-crash-in-equals.yml b/changelogs/fragments/83457-service_facts-openbsd-dont-crash-in-equals.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index fc711ce390..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/83457-service_facts-openbsd-dont-crash-in-equals.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - service_facts - don't crash if OpenBSD rcctl variable contains '=' character (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83457)
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/83469-http-test-container.yml b/changelogs/fragments/83469-http-test-container.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d39bb4c4e3..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/83469-http-test-container.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - "ansible-test - update HTTP test container to 3.2.0 (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/83469)."
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/83480-fix-support-discard.yml b/changelogs/fragments/83480-fix-support-discard.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8cedf8206b..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/83480-fix-support-discard.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - facts - `support_discard` now returns `0` if either `discard_granularity`
-    or `discard_max_hw_bytes` is zero; otherwise it returns the value of
-    `discard_granularity`, as before
-    (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/83480).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/83498-command-tb-env.yml b/changelogs/fragments/83498-command-tb-env.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b28ad18114..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/83498-command-tb-env.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - Fix a traceback when an environment variable contains certain special characters (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83498)
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/83508_mount_facts.yml b/changelogs/fragments/83508_mount_facts.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index baa7e592b1..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/83508_mount_facts.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - Add a new mount_facts module to support gathering information about mounts that are excluded by default fact gathering.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/83530-validate-modules-casing.yml b/changelogs/fragments/83530-validate-modules-casing.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d00a344d2f..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/83530-validate-modules-casing.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - "validate-modules sanity test - reject option/aliases names that are identical up to casing but belong to different options (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/83530)."
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/83540-update_disto_version.yml b/changelogs/fragments/83540-update_disto_version.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 47141746bb..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/83540-update_disto_version.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - distro package - update the distro package version from 1.8.0 to 1.9.0  (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82935)
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/83541-add-sl-micro-suse-family.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/83541-add-sl-micro-suse-family.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index ea259e12a8..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/83541-add-sl-micro-suse-family.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-- distribution.py - Added SL-Micro in Suse OS Family. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/83541)
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/83575-fix-sanity-ignore-for-find.yml b/changelogs/fragments/83575-fix-sanity-ignore-for-find.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 85929d3517..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/83575-fix-sanity-ignore-for-find.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - find - change the datatype of ``elements`` to ``path`` in option ``paths`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/83575).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/83599-validate-modules-aliases.yml b/changelogs/fragments/83599-validate-modules-aliases.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 69a3514fc5..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/83599-validate-modules-aliases.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - "validate-modules sanity test - detect if names of an option (option name + aliases) do not match between argument spec and documentation
-     (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83598, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/83599)."
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/83601-debconf-normalize-bools.yml b/changelogs/fragments/83601-debconf-normalize-bools.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e2eec66a8d..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/83601-debconf-normalize-bools.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - debconf - fix normalization of value representation for boolean vtypes in new packages (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83594)
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/83619-loop-label-register.yml b/changelogs/fragments/83619-loop-label-register.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index aab82f0dff..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/83619-loop-label-register.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - Fix an issue where registered variable was not available for templating in ``loop_control.label`` on skipped looped tasks (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83619)
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/83716-enable-subkey-fingerprint-validation-in-rpm-key-module.yml b/changelogs/fragments/83716-enable-subkey-fingerprint-validation-in-rpm-key-module.yml
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index 70306ff57f..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/83716-enable-subkey-fingerprint-validation-in-rpm-key-module.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - rpm_key - allow validation of gpg key with a subkey fingerprint
-  - rpm_key - enable gpg validation that requires presence of multiple fingerprints
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/83755-ini-new-interpolation-option.yml b/changelogs/fragments/83755-ini-new-interpolation-option.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 03b7fe1c3d..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/83755-ini-new-interpolation-option.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ini lookup - add new ``interpolation`` option (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83755)
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/83803-collection-import-poll-interval.yml b/changelogs/fragments/83803-collection-import-poll-interval.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e984bf3300..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/83803-collection-import-poll-interval.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-- >-
-  ``ansible-galaxy collection publish`` - add configuration options for the initial poll interval
-  and the exponential when checking the import status of a collection, since the default is relatively slow.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/83831-runtime-metadata-fix.yml b/changelogs/fragments/83831-runtime-metadata-fix.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 89e0ec7df2..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/83831-runtime-metadata-fix.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "runtime-metadata sanity test - do not crash on deprecations if ``galaxy.yml`` contains an empty ``version`` field (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/83831)."
-  - "Fix ``SemanticVersion.parse()`` to store the version string so that ``__repr__`` reports it instead of ``None`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/83831)."
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/83874-include-parse-error-location.yml b/changelogs/fragments/83874-include-parse-error-location.yml
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index 3c9a3df518..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/83874-include-parse-error-location.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - >-
-    include_tasks - Display location when attempting to load a task list where ``include_*`` did not specify any value -
-    https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83874
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/83960-dnf5-state-installed-fix.yml b/changelogs/fragments/83960-dnf5-state-installed-fix.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a99d705d0a..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/83960-dnf5-state-installed-fix.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "dnf5 - re-introduce the ``state: installed`` alias to ``state: present`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83960)"
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/PowerShell-AddType-temp.yml b/changelogs/fragments/PowerShell-AddType-temp.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6019f8058e..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/PowerShell-AddType-temp.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- >-
-  powershell - Implement more robust deletion mechanism for C# code compilation
-  temporary files. This should avoid scenarios where the underlying temporary
-  directory may be temporarily locked by antivirus tools or other IO problems.
-  A failure to delete one of these temporary directories will result in a
-  warning rather than an outright failure.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/action-plugin-docs-sidecar.yml b/changelogs/fragments/action-plugin-docs-sidecar.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c9faa07140..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/action-plugin-docs-sidecar.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- ansible-test action-plugin-docs - Fix to check for sidecar documentation for action plugins
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/add_systemd_facts.yml b/changelogs/fragments/add_systemd_facts.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 93af448a7f..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/add_systemd_facts.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - facts - add systemd version and features
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-config-validate.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-config-validate.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index fab48db902..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-config-validate.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ansible-config has new 'validate' option to find mispelled/forgein configurations in ini file or environment variables.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-doc-color.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-doc-color.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 045f212a58..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-doc-color.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - ansible-doc - make colors configurable.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-doc-inicate.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-doc-inicate.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 519730869f..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-doc-inicate.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - ansible-doc - fixed "inicates" typo in output
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-doc.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-doc.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e52017ac9..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-doc.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - ansible-doc - handle no_fail condition for role.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-drop-python-3.7.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-drop-python-3.7.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 73313a383d..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-drop-python-3.7.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - The minimum supported Python version on targets is now Python 3.8.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-galaxy-install-archive-url-timeout.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-galaxy-install-archive-url-timeout.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index bf87d43540..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-galaxy-install-archive-url-timeout.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- >-
-  ``ansible-galaxy role install`` - update the default timeout to download
-  archive URLs from 20 seconds to 60 (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83521).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-galaxy-install-help.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-galaxy-install-help.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 31b6de9a3c..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-galaxy-install-help.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- >-
-  Add descriptions for ``ansible-galaxy install --help` and ``ansible-galaxy role|collection install --help``.
-- >-
-  ``ansible-galaxy install --help`` - Fix the usage text and document that the requirements file passed to ``-r`` can include collections and roles.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-galaxy-role-install-symlink.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-galaxy-role-install-symlink.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c2003b15cd..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-galaxy-role-install-symlink.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - ansible-galaxy role install - fix symlinks (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82702, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81965).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-container-update.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-container-update.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index de9d5afbf1..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-container-update.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ansible-test - Update ``base`` and ``default`` containers to omit Python 3.7.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-coverage-update.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-coverage-update.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 69b8e9b36f..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-coverage-update.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ansible-test - Update ``coverage`` to version 7.6.1.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-error-message-improvement.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-error-message-improvement.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a07a255ac2..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-error-message-improvement.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ansible-test - Improve the error message shown when an unknown ``--remote`` or ``--docker`` option is given.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-http-test-container-update.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-http-test-container-update.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b76ac5285..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-http-test-container-update.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ansible-test - Update ``http-test-container`` to version 3.0.0.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-nios-container.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-nios-container.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index eb719ee8af..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-nios-container.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ansible-test - Update ``nios-test-container`` to version 5.0.0.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-no-egg-info.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-no-egg-info.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b36efa13b..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-no-egg-info.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ansible-test - An ``ansible_core.egg-info`` directory is no longer generated when running tests.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-platform-updates.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-platform-updates.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a42a833c7e..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-platform-updates.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ansible-test - Replace Fedora 39 container and remote with Fedora 40.
-  - ansible-test - Replace Alpine 3.19 container and remote with Alpine 3.20.
-  - ansible-test - Replace Ubuntu 20.04 container with Ubuntu 24.04 container.
-  - ansible-test - Add Ubuntu 24.04 remote.
-  - ansible-test - Replace RHEL 9.3 remote with RHEL 9.4.
-  - ansible-test - Replace FreeBSD 14.0 remote with FreeBSD 14.1.
-known_issues:
-  - ansible-test - When using the Fedora 40 container with Podman on a Ubuntu 24.04 host,
-    the ``unix-chkpwd`` AppArmor profile must be disabled on the host to allow SSH connections to the container.
-  - ansible-test - When using ansible-test containers with Podman on a Ubuntu 24.04 host,
-    ansible-test must be run as a non-root user to avoid permission issues caused by AppArmor.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-pylint-py-version.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-pylint-py-version.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ea54fa7ba..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-pylint-py-version.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - ansible-test - The ``pylint`` sanity test now includes the controller/target context of files when grouping them.
-    This allows the ``--py-version`` option to be passed to ``pylint`` to indicate the minimum supported Python version
-    for each test context, preventing ``pylint`` from defaulting to the Python version used to invoke the test.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-pypi-test-container-update.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-pypi-test-container-update.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 91a1f5b1a5..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-pypi-test-container-update.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ansible-test - Update ``pypi-test-container`` to version 3.2.0.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-sanity-empty-init.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-sanity-empty-init.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ba349bc77..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-sanity-empty-init.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ansible-test - The ``empty-init`` sanity test no longer applies to ``module_utils`` packages.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-sanity-test-requirements.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-sanity-test-requirements.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2bfd645e90..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-sanity-test-requirements.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ansible-test - Updated the frozen requirements for all sanity tests.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-utility-container-update.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-utility-container-update.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 86498e2bc4..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-utility-container-update.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ansible-test - Update ``ansible-test-utility-container`` to version 3.1.0.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-venv-bootstrap.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-venv-bootstrap.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f6d8aa2b8..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-venv-bootstrap.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ansible-test - Virtual environments created by ansible-test no longer include the ``wheel`` or ``setuptools`` packages.
-  - ansible-test - Upgrade ``pip`` used in ansible-test managed virtual environments from version 24.0 to 24.2.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-vyos.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-vyos.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4def23b902..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-vyos.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ansible-test - Removed the ``vyos/1.1.8`` network remote as it is no longer functional.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-windows-remote.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-windows-remote.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ab8bd7926..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-windows-remote.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ansible-test - Connection options can be set for ansible-test managed remote Windows instances.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible_connection_path.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible_connection_path.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d1eb1866fb..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/ansible_connection_path.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - persistent connection plugins - The correct Ansible persistent connection helper is now always used.
-    Previously, the wrong script could be used, depending on the value of the ``PATH`` environment variable.
-    As a result, users were sometimes required to set ``ANSIBLE_CONNECTION_PATH`` to use the correct script.
-deprecated_features:
-  - persistent connection plugins - The ``ANSIBLE_CONNECTION_PATH`` config option no longer has any effect, and will be removed in a future release.
-breaking_changes:
-  - persistent connection plugins - The ``ANSIBLE_CONNECTION_PATH`` config option no longer has any effect.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible_managed_restore.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible_managed_restore.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 63d15bf9dc..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/ansible_managed_restore.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - ansible_managed restored it's 'templatability' by ensuring the possible injection routes are cut off earlier in the process.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/apk_package_facts.yml b/changelogs/fragments/apk_package_facts.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6eb1a35162..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/apk_package_facts.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - package_facts - apk fix when cache is empty (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83126).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/apt_cache.yml b/changelogs/fragments/apt_cache.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d407431e03..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/apt_cache.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - apt_* - add more info messages raised while updating apt cache (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77941).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/assemble.yml b/changelogs/fragments/assemble.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 27b6655149..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/assemble.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - assemble - update argument_spec with 'decrypt' option which is required by action plugin (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80840).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/atomic_update_perms_time.yml b/changelogs/fragments/atomic_update_perms_time.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f776845e38..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/atomic_update_perms_time.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - module_utils atomic_move (used by most file based modules), now correctly handles permission copy and setting mtime correctly across all paths
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/become-runas-system.yml b/changelogs/fragments/become-runas-system.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ad7e46562..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/become-runas-system.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - ->
-    runas become - Generate new token for the SYSTEM token to use for become. This should result in the full SYSTEM
-    token being used and problems starting the process that fails with ``The process creation has been blocked``.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/cleanup-outdated-galaxy-install-info.yml b/changelogs/fragments/cleanup-outdated-galaxy-install-info.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7fde75f13e..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/cleanup-outdated-galaxy-install-info.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - ansible-galaxy collection install - remove old installation info when installing collections (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83182).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/colors_for_included_events.yml b/changelogs/fragments/colors_for_included_events.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ff029717c..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/colors_for_included_events.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - COLOR_SKIP will not alter "included" events color display anymore.
-minor_changes:
-  - Introducing COLOR_INCLUDED parameter. This can set a specific color for "included" events.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/config_init_fix.yml b/changelogs/fragments/config_init_fix.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f3b402dbdd..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/config_init_fix.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - ansible-config will now properly template defaults before dumping them.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/correct-callback-fqcn-old-style-action-invocation.yml b/changelogs/fragments/correct-callback-fqcn-old-style-action-invocation.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 675439604e..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/correct-callback-fqcn-old-style-action-invocation.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - Fix the task attribute ``resolved_action`` to show the FQCN instead of ``None`` when ``action`` or ``local_action`` is used in the playbook.
-  - Fix using ``module_defaults`` with ``local_action``/``action`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81905).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/correct_connection_callback.yml b/changelogs/fragments/correct_connection_callback.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e59691a3a..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/correct_connection_callback.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - Callbacks now correctly get the resolved connection plugin name as the connection used.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/darwin_facts.yml b/changelogs/fragments/darwin_facts.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index bad6d97a3c..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/darwin_facts.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - Darwin - add unit tests for Darwin hardware fact gathering.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/delay_type.yml b/changelogs/fragments/delay_type.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 03b44dc098..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/delay_type.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - delay keyword is now a float, matching the underlying 'time' API and user expectations.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/deprecate-safe-evals.yml b/changelogs/fragments/deprecate-safe-evals.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9aea56f67b..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/deprecate-safe-evals.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-  - Deprecate ``ansible.module_utils.basic.AnsibleModule.safe_eval`` and ``ansible.module_utils.common.safe_eval`` as they are no longer used.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/dinit.yml b/changelogs/fragments/dinit.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4122fa7b9a..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/dinit.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - service_mgr - add support for dinit service manager (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/83489).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/display_fix_log_severity.yml b/changelogs/fragments/display_fix_log_severity.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 943896ca55..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/display_fix_log_severity.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - display now does a better job of mapping warnings/errors to the proper log severity when using ansible.log. We still use color as a fallback mapping (now prioritiezed by severity) but mostly rely on it beind directly set by warnning/errors calls.
-minor_changes:
-  - ansible.log now also shows log severity field
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/dnf-exceptions-vs-text.yml b/changelogs/fragments/dnf-exceptions-vs-text.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 59e4bf3aec..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/dnf-exceptions-vs-text.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - dnf - minor internal changes in how the errors from the dnf API are handled; rely solely on the exceptions rather than inspecting text embedded in them
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/dnf-installroot-substitutions.yml b/changelogs/fragments/dnf-installroot-substitutions.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index aef96f4e2b..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/dnf-installroot-substitutions.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - dnf - honor installroot for ``cachedir``, ``logdir`` and ``persistdir``
-  - dnf - perform variable substitutions in ``logdir`` and ``persistdir``
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/dnf-remove-legacy-code.yml b/changelogs/fragments/dnf-remove-legacy-code.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 980f9824a7..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/dnf-remove-legacy-code.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - dnf - remove legacy code for unsupported dnf versions
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/dnf5-api-breaks.yml b/changelogs/fragments/dnf5-api-breaks.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 99c9ecd6cf..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/dnf5-api-breaks.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - dnf5 - replace removed API calls
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/dnf5-enable-disable-plugins.yml b/changelogs/fragments/dnf5-enable-disable-plugins.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d4eacfbac..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/dnf5-enable-disable-plugins.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - dnf5 - implement ``enable_plugin`` and ``disable_plugin`` options
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/dnf_cache_path.yml b/changelogs/fragments/dnf_cache_path.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 50b72f9a10..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/dnf_cache_path.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - dnf - Substitute variables in DNF cache path (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/80094).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/dnf_handle_downloaderror.yml b/changelogs/fragments/dnf_handle_downloaderror.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ec4e0e147f..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/dnf_handle_downloaderror.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - dnf - Ensure that we are handling DownloadError properly in the dnf module
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/dwim_is_role_fix_task_relative.yml b/changelogs/fragments/dwim_is_role_fix_task_relative.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index bb4c6b39c0..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/dwim_is_role_fix_task_relative.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - Fix using the current task's directory for looking up relative paths within roles (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82695).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/empty_log_path.yml b/changelogs/fragments/empty_log_path.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c8e5022bbb..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/empty_log_path.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - display - warn user about empty log filepath (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79959).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/enabled_runtime.yml b/changelogs/fragments/enabled_runtime.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a316630774..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/enabled_runtime.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - systemd - extend systemctl is-enabled check to handle "enabled-runtime" (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77754).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/end_role.yml b/changelogs/fragments/end_role.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 702199207d..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/end_role.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - Add a new meta task ``end_role`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/22286)
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/extras_fix.yml b/changelogs/fragments/extras_fix.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d8e24594f..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/extras_fix.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - connection plugins using the 'extras' option feature would need variables to match the plugin's loaded name,
-    sometimes requiring fqcn, which is not the same as the documented/declared/expected variables.
-    Now we fall back to the 'basename' of the fqcn, but plugin authors can still set the expected value directly.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/fetch-filename.yml b/changelogs/fragments/fetch-filename.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f921f346a5..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/fetch-filename.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - psrp - Fix bug when attempting to fetch a file path that contains special glob characters like ``[]``
-  - ssh - Fix bug when attempting to fetch a file path with characters that should be quoted when using the ``piped`` transfer method
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/file_hardlink.yml b/changelogs/fragments/file_hardlink.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 26c5eeaf7c..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/file_hardlink.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - file - retrieve the link's full path when hard linking a soft link with follow (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/33911).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/fix-inconsistent-csvfile-missing-search-error.yml b/changelogs/fragments/fix-inconsistent-csvfile-missing-search-error.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d0dcf935c..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/fix-inconsistent-csvfile-missing-search-error.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - csvfile lookup - give an error when no search term is provided using modern config syntax (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83689).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/fix-module-defaults-deprecations.yml b/changelogs/fragments/fix-module-defaults-deprecations.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e0242aae3c..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/fix-module-defaults-deprecations.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - module_defaults - do not display action/module deprecation warnings when using an action_group that contains a deprecated plugin (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83490).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/fix_floating_ints.yml b/changelogs/fragments/fix_floating_ints.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a8df434a0..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/fix_floating_ints.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - Avoid truncating floats when casting into int, as it can lead to truncation and unexpected results. 0.99999 will be 0, not 1.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/fix_log_verbosity.yml b/changelogs/fragments/fix_log_verbosity.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 72ccb3a552..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/fix_log_verbosity.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - ensure we have logger before we log when we have increased verbosity.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/freebsd_disk_regex.yml b/changelogs/fragments/freebsd_disk_regex.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 74930f212c..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/freebsd_disk_regex.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - freebsd - update disk and slices regex for fact gathering (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/82081).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/freebsd_facts_refactor.yml b/changelogs/fragments/freebsd_facts_refactor.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f0f01354f7..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/freebsd_facts_refactor.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - freebsd - refactor dmidecode fact gathering code for simplicity.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/freebsd_service.yml b/changelogs/fragments/freebsd_service.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index dcf5f8cc00..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/freebsd_service.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - service - fix order of CLI arguments on FreeBSD (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81377).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/galaxy-reauth-error-handling.yml b/changelogs/fragments/galaxy-reauth-error-handling.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 35c169b8e0..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/galaxy-reauth-error-handling.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-- ansible-galaxy - Handle authentication errors and token expiration
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/gather-s390-sysinfo.yml b/changelogs/fragments/gather-s390-sysinfo.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a9a60d0ff..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/gather-s390-sysinfo.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-- fact gathering - Gather /proc/sysinfo facts on s390 Linux on Z
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/gather_facts_single.yml b/changelogs/fragments/gather_facts_single.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 65e4f57193..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/gather_facts_single.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - setup module (fact gathering), added fallbcak code path to handle mount fact gathering in linux when threading is not available
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/getoffmylawn.yml b/changelogs/fragments/getoffmylawn.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1cc805c179..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/getoffmylawn.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - plugins, deprecations and warnings concerning configuration are now displayed to the user, technical issue that prevented 'de-duplication' have been resolved.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/hostvars_fix.yml b/changelogs/fragments/hostvars_fix.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b9b3c33f5f..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/hostvars_fix.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - templating hostvars under native jinja will not cause serialization errors anymore.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/isidentifier.yml b/changelogs/fragments/isidentifier.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b5b09241e..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/isidentifier.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - isidentifier - remove unwanted Python 2 specific code.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/known_hosts_module_args.yml b/changelogs/fragments/known_hosts_module_args.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2499885629..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/known_hosts_module_args.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - known_hosts - the returned module invocation now accurately reflects the module arguments.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/language.yml b/changelogs/fragments/language.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e9569f491..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/language.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - Set LANGUAGE environment variable is set to a non-English locale (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83608).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/linear_started_name.yml b/changelogs/fragments/linear_started_name.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e620680bb6..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/linear_started_name.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - linear strategy now provides a properly templated task name to the v2_runner_on_started callback event.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/linux_network_get.yml b/changelogs/fragments/linux_network_get.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 01af77621d..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/linux_network_get.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - linux - remove extraneous get_bin_path API call.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/listify.yml b/changelogs/fragments/listify.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c77458bcc5..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/listify.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-removed_features:
-  - utils/listify - remove deprecated 'loader' argument from listify_lookup_plugin_terms API (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82949).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/local_facts_d.yml b/changelogs/fragments/local_facts_d.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 884abc74ba..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/local_facts_d.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - local - handle error while parsing values in ini files (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82717).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/mask_me.yml b/changelogs/fragments/mask_me.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 57aac99aa9..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/mask_me.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - systemd_service - handle mask operation failure (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81649).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/mc_fix.yml b/changelogs/fragments/mc_fix.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index efe7642600..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/mc_fix.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - config, restored the ability to set module compression via a variable
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/package_facts_aliases.yml b/changelogs/fragments/package_facts_aliases.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e408ff6eb..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/package_facts_aliases.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - package_facts module now supports using aliases for supported package managers, for example managers=yum or managers=dnf will resolve to using the underlying rpm.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/package_facts_warnings.yml b/changelogs/fragments/package_facts_warnings.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0edb03f052..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/package_facts_warnings.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - package_facts - returns the correct warning when package listing fails.
-  - package_facts - no longer fails silently when the selected package manager is unable to list packages.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/powershell-clixml.yml b/changelogs/fragments/powershell-clixml.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3da3222d75..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/powershell-clixml.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - powershell - Improve CLIXML decoding to decode all control characters and
-    unicode characters that are encoded as surrogate pairs.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/psrp-extras.yml b/changelogs/fragments/psrp-extras.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ec114c35bf..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/psrp-extras.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - psrp - Remove connection plugin extras vars lookup. This should have no affect on existing users as all options
-    have been documented.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/psrp-version-req.yml b/changelogs/fragments/psrp-version-req.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a1ccf0661..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/psrp-version-req.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- Add a version ceiling constraint for pypsrp to avoid potential breaking changes in the 1.0.0 release.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/python-3.13.yml b/changelogs/fragments/python-3.13.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 43a8021a92..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/python-3.13.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ansible-test - Add support for Python 3.13.
-  - Add ``python3.13`` to the default ``INTERPRETER_PYTHON_FALLBACK`` list.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/raw_clean_msg.yml b/changelogs/fragments/raw_clean_msg.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ebae8dd452..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/raw_clean_msg.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - the raw arguments error now just displays the short names of modules instead of every possible variation
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/remove-deprecated-gather-facts-config.yml b/changelogs/fragments/remove-deprecated-gather-facts-config.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a7037458a..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/remove-deprecated-gather-facts-config.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- >-
-  Remove deprecated config options DEFAULT_FACT_PATH, DEFAULT_GATHER_SUBSET, and
-  DEFAULT_GATHER_TIMEOUT in favor of setting ``fact_path``, ``gather_subset``
-  and ``gather_timeout`` as ``module_defaults`` for ``ansible.builtin.setup``.
-
-  These will apply to both the ``gather_facts`` play keyword, and any
-  ``ansible.builtin.setup`` tasks.
-
-  To configure these options only for the ``gather_facts`` keyword, set these
-  options as play keywords also.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/remove-deprecated-get_delegated_vars.yml b/changelogs/fragments/remove-deprecated-get_delegated_vars.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8cc0659ee5..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/remove-deprecated-get_delegated_vars.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-removed_features:
-  - Remove deprecated `VariableManager._get_delegated_vars` method (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82950)
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/remove-deprecated-role-cache.yml b/changelogs/fragments/remove-deprecated-role-cache.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ff8e14fc19..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/remove-deprecated-role-cache.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-removed_features:
-  - Play - removed deprecated ``ROLE_CACHE`` property in favor of ``role_cache``.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/remove-deprecated-vars-syntax.yml b/changelogs/fragments/remove-deprecated-vars-syntax.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ec9fb9fd2a..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/remove-deprecated-vars-syntax.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-removed_features:
-  - Removed support for setting the ``vars`` keyword to lists of dictionaries. It is now required to be a single dictionary.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/remove-python-2-compat.yml b/changelogs/fragments/remove-python-2-compat.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index aaf6031b8f..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/remove-python-2-compat.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - unarchive - Remove Python 2.7 compatibility imports.
-  - ansible-test - Remove Python 2.7 compatibility imports.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/remove-python3.10-controller-support.yml b/changelogs/fragments/remove-python3.10-controller-support.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2196392201..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/remove-python3.10-controller-support.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-removed_features:
-  - Removed Python 3.10 as a supported version on the controller. Python 3.11 or newer is required.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/replace_regex.yml b/changelogs/fragments/replace_regex.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index dccad8e3e9..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/replace_regex.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - replace - Updated before/after example (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83390).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/secrets.yml b/changelogs/fragments/secrets.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a07b0bb734..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/secrets.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - replace random with secrets library.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/selinux_import.yml b/changelogs/fragments/selinux_import.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 881e41959e..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/selinux_import.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - remove extraneous selinux import (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83657).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/service_facts_systemd_fix.yml b/changelogs/fragments/service_facts_systemd_fix.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3606442438..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/service_facts_systemd_fix.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - service_facts will now detect failed services more accurately across systemd implementations.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/shell-environment.yml b/changelogs/fragments/shell-environment.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c49a5f85f..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/shell-environment.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - Removed the shell ``environment`` config entry as this is already covered by the play/task directives documentation
-    and the value itself is not used in the shell plugins. This should remove any confusion around how people set the
-    environment for a task.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ssh-windows.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ssh-windows.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 678f4b4603..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/ssh-windows.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-breaking_changes:
-- >-
-  Stopped wrapping all commands sent over SSH on a Windows target with a
-  ``powershell.exe`` executable. This results in one less process being started
-  on each command for Windows to improve efficiency, simplify the code, and
-  make ``raw`` an actual raw command run with the default shell configured on
-  the Windows sshd settings. This should have no affect on most tasks except
-  for ``raw`` which now is not guaranteed to always be running in a PowerShell
-  shell and from having the console output codepage set to UTF-8. To avoid this
-  issue either swap to using ``ansible.windows.win_command``,
-  ``ansible.windows.win_shell``, ``ansible.windows.win_powershell`` or manually
-  wrap the raw command with the shell commands needed to set the output console
-  encoding.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/suppress-paramiko-warnings.yml b/changelogs/fragments/suppress-paramiko-warnings.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 15c726cb36..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/suppress-paramiko-warnings.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - Suppress cryptography deprecation warnings for Blowfish and TripleDES when the ``paramiko`` Python module is installed.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/sysctl_fact_fix.yml b/changelogs/fragments/sysctl_fact_fix.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 55f51b9142..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/sysctl_fact_fix.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - setup/gather_facts will skip missing ``sysctl`` instead of being a fatal error (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81297).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/systemd_facts.yml b/changelogs/fragments/systemd_facts.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2015e64bab..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/systemd_facts.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-   - systemd facts - handle AttributeError raised while gathering facts on non-systemd hosts.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/timedout_test.yml b/changelogs/fragments/timedout_test.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7784b691da..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/timedout_test.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - timedout test for checking if a task result represents a 'timed out' task.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/timeout_show_frame.yml b/changelogs/fragments/timeout_show_frame.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index fcdb61beef..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/timeout_show_frame.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - task timeout now returns timedout key with frame/code that was in execution when the timeout is triggered.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/unarchive_differs.yml b/changelogs/fragments/unarchive_differs.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c95af7e257..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/unarchive_differs.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - unarchive - trigger change when size and content differ when other
-                properties are unchanged (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/83454).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/unarchive_timestamp.yml b/changelogs/fragments/unarchive_timestamp.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a945b9c41d..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/unarchive_timestamp.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - unarchive - Better handling of files with an invalid timestamp in zip file (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81092).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/uri_follow_redirect.yml b/changelogs/fragments/uri_follow_redirect.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1df21a486c..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/uri_follow_redirect.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - uri - deprecate 'yes' and 'no' value for 'follow_redirects' parameter.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/v2.18.0-initial-commit.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/v2.19.0-initial-commit.yaml
index 0967ef424b..0967ef424b 100644
--- a/changelogs/fragments/v2.18.0-initial-commit.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/v2.19.0-initial-commit.yaml
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/vaulted_file_and_fixes.yml b/changelogs/fragments/vaulted_file_and_fixes.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index fbb85ec547..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/vaulted_file_and_fixes.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - vault.is_encrypted_file is now optimized to be called in runtime and not for being called in tests
-  - vault_encrypted test documentation, name and examples have been fixed, other parts were clarified
-minor_changes:
-  - vaulted_file test filter added, to test if the provided path is an 'Ansible vaulted' file
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/vmware_facts.yml b/changelogs/fragments/vmware_facts.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 257fe90c3f..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/vmware_facts.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - facts - add a generic detection for VMware in product name.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/winrm-quota.yml b/changelogs/fragments/winrm-quota.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a84f3315d..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/winrm-quota.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - winrm - Add retry after exceeding commands per user quota that can occur in loops and action plugins running
-    multiple commands.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/yum_repository.yml b/changelogs/fragments/yum_repository.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 508760614d..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/yum_repository.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-  - yum_repository - deprecate ``async`` option as it has been removed in RHEL 8 and will be removed in ansible-core 2.22.
-  - >-
-    yum_repository - the following options are deprecated: ``deltarpm_metadata_percentage``, ``gpgcakey``, ``http_caching``,
-    ``keepalive``, ``metadata_expire_filter``, ``mirrorlist_expire``, ``protect``, ``ssl_check_cert_permissions``,
-    ``ui_repoid_vars`` as they have no effect for dnf as an underlying package manager.
-    The options will be removed in ansible-core 2.22.
-minor_changes:
-  - yum_repository - add ``excludepkgs`` alias to the ``exclude`` option.