New release v2.12.2rc1 (#76831)v2.12.2rc1

4 files changed, 113 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.12.rst b/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.12.rst
index 942e8817d9..a5ff0ec1ae 100644
--- a/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.12.rst
+++ b/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.12.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,41 @@ ansible-core 2.12 "Dazed and Confused" Release Notes
 .. contents:: Topics
 
 
+v2.12.2rc1
+==========
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+| Release Date: 2022-01-24
+| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix ``AttributeError`` when providing password file via ``--connection-password-file`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76530)
+- Fix ``end_play`` to end the current play only (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76672)
+- Templating - Ensure we catch exceptions when getting ``.filters`` and ``.tests`` attributes on their respective plugins and properly error, instead of aborting which results in no filters being added to the jinja2 environment
+- ``Templar.copy_with_new_env`` - set the ``finalize`` method of the new ``Templar`` object for the new environment (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76379)
+- ansible-config avoid showing _terms and _input when --only-changed.
+- ansible-galaxy - Fix using the '--ignore-certs' option when there is no server-specific configuration for the Galaxy server.
+- ansible-galaxy collection build - Ignore any existing ``MANIFEST.json`` and ``FILES.json`` in the root directory when building a collection.
+- ansible-test - Fix the ``import`` sanity test to work properly when Ansible's built-in vendoring support is in use.
+- ansible-test - Fix traceback in the ``validate-modules`` sanity test when testing an Ansible module without any callables.
+- ansible-test - Fix traceback when running from an install and delegating execution to a different Python interpreter.
+- ansible-test - Update help links to reference ``ansible-core`` instead of ``ansible``.
+- ansible-test - Update unit tests to use the ``--forked`` option instead of the deprecated ``--boxed`` option.
+- async - Improve performance of sending async callback events by never sending the full task through the queue (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76729)
+- default callback - Ensure we compare FQCN also in lockstep logic, to ensure using the FQCN of a strategy plugin triggers the correct behavior in the default callback plugin. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76782)
+- hostname - Do not require SystemdStrategy subclasses for every distro (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76792)
+- include_vars, properly initialize variable as there is corner case in which it can end up referenced and not defined
+- ssh connection - properly quote controlpersist path given by user to avoid issues with spaces and other characters
+- ssh connection avoid parsing ssh cli debug lines as they can match expected output at high verbosities.
+- sudo become plugin, fix handling of non interactive flags, previous substitution was too naive
+- unarchive - Fix zip archive file listing that caused issues with content postprocessing (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76067).
+- yum - prevent storing unnecessary cache data by running `yum makecache fast` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76336)
+
 v2.12.1
 =======
 
diff --git a/changelogs/changelog.yaml b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
index e71e88640f..8bb32b0ac0 100644
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
@@ -1141,3 +1141,77 @@ releases:
     - v2.12.1rc1_summary.yaml
     - win_LinkUtil-ignore-LIB.yml
     release_date: '2021-11-29'
+  2.12.2rc1:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - Fix ``AttributeError`` when providing password file via ``--connection-password-file``
+        (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76530)
+      - Fix ``end_play`` to end the current play only (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76672)
+      - Templating - Ensure we catch exceptions when getting ``.filters`` and ``.tests``
+        attributes on their respective plugins and properly error, instead of aborting
+        which results in no filters being added to the jinja2 environment
+      - '``Templar.copy_with_new_env`` - set the ``finalize`` method of the new ``Templar``
+        object for the new environment (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76379)'
+      - ansible-config avoid showing _terms and _input when --only-changed.
+      - ansible-galaxy - Fix using the '--ignore-certs' option when there is no server-specific
+        configuration for the Galaxy server.
+      - ansible-galaxy collection build - Ignore any existing ``MANIFEST.json`` and
+        ``FILES.json`` in the root directory when building a collection.
+      - ansible-test - Fix the ``import`` sanity test to work properly when Ansible's
+        built-in vendoring support is in use.
+      - ansible-test - Fix traceback in the ``validate-modules`` sanity test when
+        testing an Ansible module without any callables.
+      - ansible-test - Fix traceback when running from an install and delegating execution
+        to a different Python interpreter.
+      - ansible-test - Update help links to reference ``ansible-core`` instead of
+        ``ansible``.
+      - ansible-test - Update unit tests to use the ``--forked`` option instead of
+        the deprecated ``--boxed`` option.
+      - async - Improve performance of sending async callback events by never sending
+        the full task through the queue (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76729)
+      - default callback - Ensure we compare FQCN also in lockstep logic, to ensure
+        using the FQCN of a strategy plugin triggers the correct behavior in the default
+        callback plugin. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76782)
+      - hostname - Do not require SystemdStrategy subclasses for every distro (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76792)
+      - include_vars, properly initialize variable as there is corner case in which
+        it can end up referenced and not defined
+      - ssh connection - properly quote controlpersist path given by user to avoid
+        issues with spaces and other characters
+      - ssh connection avoid parsing ssh cli debug lines as they can match expected
+        output at high verbosities.
+      - sudo become plugin, fix handling of non interactive flags, previous substitution
+        was too naive
+      - unarchive - Fix zip archive file listing that caused issues with content postprocessing
+        (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76067).
+      - yum - prevent storing unnecessary cache data by running `yum makecache fast`
+        (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76336)
+      release_summary: '| Release Date: 2022-01-24
+
+        | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
+
+        '
+    codename: Dazed and Confused
+    fragments:
+    - 74127-bad-filter-2.yml
+    - 76069-fix-unarchive-file-listing-in-zip.yaml
+    - 76336-yum-makecache-fast.yml
+    - 76379-set-finalize-on-new-env.yml
+    - 76530-connection-password-file-tb-fix.yml
+    - 76672-fix-end_play-multiple_plays.yml
+    - 76729-async-callback-perf.yml
+    - 76735-ansible-galaxy-fix-ignore-certs.yaml
+    - 76782-fqcn-compare-lockstep-strategies.yml
+    - 76792-hostname-all-systemd.yml
+    - ansible-test-delegation-pythonpath.yml
+    - ansible-test-links.yml
+    - ansible-test-pytest-forked.yml
+    - ansible-test-sanity-vendoring.yml
+    - ansible-test-validate-modules-no-callable.yml
+    - config_fix_terms.yml
+    - fix_sudo_flag_mangling.yml
+    - galaxy-build-files-ignore.yml
+    - include_vars_failed.yml
+    - ssh_debug_noparse.yml
+    - ssh_quote_cp.yml
+    - v2.12.2rc1_summary.yaml
+    release_date: '2022-01-24'
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/v2.12.2rc1_summary.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/v2.12.2rc1_summary.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1c48e570e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/v2.12.2rc1_summary.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+release_summary: |
+   | Release Date: 2022-01-24
+   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
diff --git a/lib/ansible/release.py b/lib/ansible/release.py
index 14ee7b7c67..f3e3ae6a18 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/release.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/release.py
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
-__version__ = '2.12.1.post0'
+__version__ = '2.12.2rc1'
 __author__ = 'Ansible, Inc.'
 __codename__ = 'Dazed and Confused'