New release v2.13.9rc1 (#80535)v2.13.9rc1

4 files changed, 125 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.13.rst b/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.13.rst
index 6a80c408de..a6dd5ab785 100644
--- a/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.13.rst
+++ b/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.13.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,50 @@ ansible-core 2.13 "Nobody's Fault but Mine" Release Notes
 .. contents:: Topics
 
 
+v2.13.9rc1
+==========
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+| Release Date: 2023-04-17
+| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.13/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.13.html>`__
+
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- ansible-test - Moved git handling out of the validate-modules sanity test and into ansible-test.
+- ansible-test - Removed the ``--keep-git`` sanity test option, which was limited to testing ansible-core itself.
+- ansible-test - Updated the Azure Pipelines CI plugin to work with newer versions of git.
+
+Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
+--------------------------------
+
+- ansible-test - Integration tests which depend on specific file permissions when running in an ansible-test managed host environment may require changes. Tests that require permissions other than ``755`` or ``644`` may need to be updated to set the necessary permissions as part of the test run.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix ``MANIFEST.in`` to exclude unwanted files in the ``packaging/`` directory.
+- Fix ``MANIFEST.in`` to include ``*.md`` files in the ``test/support/`` directory.
+- Windows - Display a warning if the module failed to cleanup any temporary files rather than failing the task. The warning contains a brief description of what failed to be deleted.
+- Windows - Ensure the module temp directory contains more unique values to avoid conflicts with concurrent runs - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80294
+- Windows - Improve temporary file cleanup used by modules. Will use a more reliable delete operation on Windows Server 2016 and newer to delete files that might still be open by other software like Anti Virus scanners. There are still scenarios where a file or directory cannot be deleted but the new method should work in more scenarios.
+- ansible-doc - stop generating wrong module URLs for module see-alsos. The URLs for modules in ansible.builtin do now work, and URLs for modules outside ansible.builtin are no longer added (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/80280).
+- ansible-galaxy - Improve retries for collection installs, to properly retry, and extend retry logic to common URL related connection errors (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80170 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80174)
+- ansible-galaxy - reduce API calls to servers by fetching signatures only for final candidates.
+- ansible-test - Add support for ``argcomplete`` version 3.
+- ansible-test - Always indicate the Python version being used before installing requirements. Resolves issue https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/72855
+- ansible-test - Exclude ansible-core vendored Python packages from ansible-test payloads.
+- ansible-test - Integration test target prefixes defined in a ``tests/integration/target-prefixes.{group}`` file can now contain an underscore (``_``) character. Resolves issue https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79225
+- ansible-test - Removed pointless comparison in diff evaluation logic.
+- ansible-test - Set ``PYLINTHOME`` for the ``pylint`` sanity test to prevent failures due to ``pylint`` checking for the existence of an obsolete home directory.
+- ansible-test - Support loading of vendored Python packages from ansible-core.
+- ansible-test - Use consistent file permissions when delegating tests to a container or remote host. Files with any execute bit set will use permissions ``755``. All other files will use permissions ``644``. (Resolves issue https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75079)
+- password lookup now correctly reads stored ident fields.
+- pep517 build backend - Use the documented ``import_module`` import from ``importlib``.
+
 v2.13.8
 =======
 
diff --git a/changelogs/changelog.yaml b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
index 736c362d95..989d44d5ae 100644
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
@@ -1358,3 +1358,80 @@ releases:
     - v2.13.8rc1_summary.yaml
     - validate-module-ps-cmdlet.yml
     release_date: '2023-02-20'
+  2.13.9rc1:
+    changes:
+      breaking_changes:
+      - ansible-test - Integration tests which depend on specific file permissions
+        when running in an ansible-test managed host environment may require changes.
+        Tests that require permissions other than ``755`` or ``644`` may need to be
+        updated to set the necessary permissions as part of the test run.
+      bugfixes:
+      - Fix ``MANIFEST.in`` to exclude unwanted files in the ``packaging/`` directory.
+      - Fix ``MANIFEST.in`` to include ``*.md`` files in the ``test/support/`` directory.
+      - Windows - Display a warning if the module failed to cleanup any temporary
+        files rather than failing the task. The warning contains a brief description
+        of what failed to be deleted.
+      - Windows - Ensure the module temp directory contains more unique values to
+        avoid conflicts with concurrent runs - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80294
+      - Windows - Improve temporary file cleanup used by modules. Will use a more
+        reliable delete operation on Windows Server 2016 and newer to delete files
+        that might still be open by other software like Anti Virus scanners. There
+        are still scenarios where a file or directory cannot be deleted but the new
+        method should work in more scenarios.
+      - ansible-doc - stop generating wrong module URLs for module see-alsos. The
+        URLs for modules in ansible.builtin do now work, and URLs for modules outside
+        ansible.builtin are no longer added (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/80280).
+      - ansible-galaxy - Improve retries for collection installs, to properly retry,
+        and extend retry logic to common URL related connection errors (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80170
+        https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80174)
+      - ansible-galaxy - reduce API calls to servers by fetching signatures only for
+        final candidates.
+      - ansible-test - Add support for ``argcomplete`` version 3.
+      - ansible-test - Always indicate the Python version being used before installing
+        requirements. Resolves issue https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/72855
+      - ansible-test - Exclude ansible-core vendored Python packages from ansible-test
+        payloads.
+      - ansible-test - Integration test target prefixes defined in a ``tests/integration/target-prefixes.{group}``
+        file can now contain an underscore (``_``) character. Resolves issue https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79225
+      - ansible-test - Removed pointless comparison in diff evaluation logic.
+      - ansible-test - Set ``PYLINTHOME`` for the ``pylint`` sanity test to prevent
+        failures due to ``pylint`` checking for the existence of an obsolete home
+        directory.
+      - ansible-test - Support loading of vendored Python packages from ansible-core.
+      - ansible-test - Use consistent file permissions when delegating tests to a
+        container or remote host. Files with any execute bit set will use permissions
+        ``755``. All other files will use permissions ``644``. (Resolves issue https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75079)
+      - password lookup now correctly reads stored ident fields.
+      - pep517 build backend - Use the documented ``import_module`` import from ``importlib``.
+      minor_changes:
+      - ansible-test - Moved git handling out of the validate-modules sanity test
+        and into ansible-test.
+      - ansible-test - Removed the ``--keep-git`` sanity test option, which was limited
+        to testing ansible-core itself.
+      - ansible-test - Updated the Azure Pipelines CI plugin to work with newer versions
+        of git.
+      release_summary: '| Release Date: 2023-04-17
+
+        | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.13/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.13.html>`__
+
+        '
+    codename: Nobody's Fault but Mine
+    fragments:
+    - 2.13.9rc1_summary.yaml
+    - 80280-ansible-doc-seealso-urls.yml
+    - 80334-reduce-ansible-galaxy-api-calls.yml
+    - ansible-basic-tmpdir-uniqueness.yml
+    - ansible-test-argcomplete-3.yml
+    - ansible-test-fix-pointless-comparison.yml
+    - ansible-test-git-handling.yml
+    - ansible-test-integration-target-prefixes.yml
+    - ansible-test-payload-file-permissions.yml
+    - ansible-test-pylint-home.yml
+    - ansible-test-requirements-message.yml
+    - ansible-test-vendoring-support.yml
+    - fix-manifest.yml
+    - galaxy-improve-retries.yml
+    - password_lookup_file_fix.yml
+    - pep517-backend-import-fix.yml
+    - win-temp-cleanup.yml
+    release_date: '2023-04-17'
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2.13.9rc1_summary.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/2.13.9rc1_summary.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11d90bd6fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/2.13.9rc1_summary.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+release_summary: |
+   | Release Date: 2023-04-17
+   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.13/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.13.html>`__
diff --git a/lib/ansible/release.py b/lib/ansible/release.py
index 149c21796b..576e68872a 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__ = '2.13.8.post0'
+__version__ = '2.13.9rc1'
 __author__ = 'Ansible, Inc.'
 __codename__ = "Nobody's Fault but Mine"