New release v2.8.16rc1v2.8.16rc1

4 files changed, 54 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/changelogs/.changes.yaml b/changelogs/.changes.yaml
index 9727b417d6..5c2054ef1c 100644
--- a/changelogs/.changes.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/.changes.yaml
@@ -1689,6 +1689,20 @@ releases:
     - dnf_gpg.yml
     - v2.8.15_summary.yaml
     release_date: '2020-08-31'
+  2.8.16rc1:
+    codename: How Many More Times
+    fragments:
+    - 159_kubectl.yml
+    - 69508-ansible-test-local-changes-detection.yml
+    - ansible-test-azp-resource-prefix.yml
+    - ansible-test-change-classification.yml
+    - ansible-test-ci-support-azure.yml
+    - ansible-test-ci-support-shippable-auth.yml
+    - ansible-test-ci-support.yml
+    - ansible-test-endpoint-update.yml
+    - ansible-test-parallels-endpoint.yml
+    - v2.8.16rc1_summary.yaml
+    release_date: '2020-09-28'
   2.8.2:
     codename: How Many More Times
     fragments:
diff --git a/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.8.rst b/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.8.rst
index d62fb3abef..ae51f998f8 100644
--- a/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.8.rst
+++ b/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.8.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,42 @@ Ansible 2.8 "How Many More Times" Release Notes
 .. contents:: Topics
 
 
+v2.8.16rc1
+==========
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+| Release Date: 2020-09-28
+| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
+
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- ansible-test - Added CI provider support for Azure Pipelines.
+- ansible-test - Added support for Ansible Core CI request signing for Shippable.
+- ansible-test - Allow custom ``--remote-stage`` options for development and testing.
+- ansible-test - Refactored CI related logic into a basic provider abstraction.
+- ansible-test - Remove the discontinued ``us-east-2`` choice from the ``--remote-aws-region`` option.
+- ansible-test - Request remote resources by provider name for all provider types.
+- ansible-test - Show a warning when the obsolete ``--remote-aws-region`` option is used.
+- ansible-test - Support custom remote endpoints with the ``--remote-endpoint`` option.
+- ansible-test - Update built-in service endpoints for the ``--remote`` option.
+- ansible-test - Use new endpoint for Parallels based instances with the ``--remote`` option.
+
+Security Fixes
+--------------
+
+- kubectl - connection plugin now redact kubectl_token and kubectl_password in console log (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.kubernetes/issues/65) (CVE-2020-1753).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- ansible-test - Change classification using ``--changed`` now consistently handles common configuration files for supported CI providers.
+- ansible-test - The ``resource_prefix`` variable provided to tests running on Azure Pipelines is now converted to lowercase to match other CI providers.
+- ansible-test - for local change detection, allow to specify branch to compare to with ``--base-branch`` for all types of tests (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/69508).
+
 v2.8.15
 =======
 
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/v2.8.16rc1_summary.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/v2.8.16rc1_summary.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a0d22bb5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/v2.8.16rc1_summary.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+release_summary: |
+   | Release Date: 2020-09-28
+   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
diff --git a/lib/ansible/release.py b/lib/ansible/release.py
index aa2c3ebdfb..7bbec5d3a4 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__ = '2.8.15.post0'
+__version__ = '2.8.16rc1'
 __author__ = 'Ansible, Inc.'
 __codename__ = 'How Many More Times'