New release v2.14.6rc1 (#80798)v2.14.6rc1

4 files changed, 74 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.14.rst b/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.14.rst
index 989587ac6d..b0eefa5c20 100644
--- a/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.14.rst
+++ b/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.14.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,35 @@ ansible-core 2.14 "C'mon Everybody" Release Notes
 .. contents:: Topics
 
 
+v2.14.6rc1
+==========
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+| Release Date: 2023-05-15
+| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__
+
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- ansible-test - Allow float values for the ``--timeout`` option to the ``env`` command. This simplifies testing.
+- ansible-test - Refactored ``env`` command logic and timeout handling.
+- ansible-test - Use ``datetime.datetime.now`` with ``tz`` specified instead of ``datetime.datetime.utcnow``.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Display - Defensively configure writing to stdout and stderr with the replace encoding error handler that will replace invalid characters (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80258)
+- Properly disable ``jinja2_native`` in the template module when jinja2 override is used in the template (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80605)
+- ansible-galaxy - fix installing signed collections (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80648).
+- ansible-galaxy collection verify - fix verifying signed collections when the keyring is not configured.
+- ansible-test - Fix handling of timeouts exceeding one day.
+- ansible-test - Fix various cases where the test timeout could expire without terminating the tests.
+- ansible-test - When bootstrapping remote FreeBSD instances, use the OS packaged ``setuptools`` instead of installing the latest version from PyPI.
+- pep517 build backend - Copy symlinks when copying the source tree. This avoids tracebacks in various scenarios, such as when a venv is present in the source tree.
+
 v2.14.5
 =======
 
diff --git a/changelogs/changelog.yaml b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
index a4cc783e3c..dd6f627d67 100644
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
@@ -1252,3 +1252,44 @@ releases:
     - pep517-backend-import-fix.yml
     - win-temp-cleanup.yml
     release_date: '2023-04-17'
+  2.14.6rc1:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - Display - Defensively configure writing to stdout and stderr with the replace
+        encoding error handler that will replace invalid characters (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80258)
+      - Properly disable ``jinja2_native`` in the template module when jinja2 override
+        is used in the template (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80605)
+      - ansible-galaxy - fix installing signed collections (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80648).
+      - ansible-galaxy collection verify - fix verifying signed collections when the
+        keyring is not configured.
+      - ansible-test - Fix handling of timeouts exceeding one day.
+      - ansible-test - Fix various cases where the test timeout could expire without
+        terminating the tests.
+      - ansible-test - When bootstrapping remote FreeBSD instances, use the OS packaged
+        ``setuptools`` instead of installing the latest version from PyPI.
+      - pep517 build backend - Copy symlinks when copying the source tree. This avoids
+        tracebacks in various scenarios, such as when a venv is present in the source
+        tree.
+      minor_changes:
+      - ansible-test - Allow float values for the ``--timeout`` option to the ``env``
+        command. This simplifies testing.
+      - ansible-test - Refactored ``env`` command logic and timeout handling.
+      - ansible-test - Use ``datetime.datetime.now`` with ``tz`` specified instead
+        of ``datetime.datetime.utcnow``.
+      release_summary: '| Release Date: 2023-05-15
+
+        | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__
+
+        '
+    codename: C'mon Everybody
+    fragments:
+    - 2.14.6rc1_summary.yaml
+    - 80258-defensive-display-non-utf8.yml
+    - 80605-template-overlay-native-jinja.yml
+    - 80648-fix-ansible-galaxy-cache-signatures-bug.yml
+    - ansible-test-freebsd-bootstrap-setuptools.yml
+    - ansible-test-long-timeout-fix.yml
+    - ansible-test-timeout-fix.yml
+    - ansible-test-utcnow.yml
+    - pep517-backend-traceback-fix.yml
+    release_date: '2023-05-15'
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2.14.6rc1_summary.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/2.14.6rc1_summary.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..85ffe21b91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/2.14.6rc1_summary.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+release_summary: |
+   | Release Date: 2023-05-15
+   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.14/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.14.html>`__
diff --git a/lib/ansible/release.py b/lib/ansible/release.py
index 646cfd5cc6..409fcb8603 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__ = '2.14.5.post0'
+__version__ = '2.14.6rc1'
 __author__ = 'Ansible, Inc.'
 __codename__ = "C'mon Everybody"