CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to Salt will be documented in this file.

This changelog follows keepachangelog format, and is intended for human consumption.

This project versioning is similar to Semantic Versioning, and is documented in SEP 14. Versions are MAJOR.PATCH.

3000.1

Removed

Deprecated

Changed

Fixed

• #56082 - Fix saltversioninfo grain for new version
• #56143 - Use encoding when caching pillar data
• #56172 - Only change mine data if using new allow_tgt feature
• #56094 - Fix type error in TornadoImporter
• #56174 - MySQL module fixes
• #56149 - Fix to scheduler for use of when and splay
• #56197 - Allows use of inline powershell for cmd.script args
• #55894 - pdbedit module should check for version 4.8.x or newer
• #55906 - smartos.vm_present could not handle nics with vrrp_vrid property
• #56218 - Changed StrictVersion checking of setuptools to LooseVersion
• #56099 - Fix Windows and macOS requirements handling in setup.py
• #56068 - Update the bootstrap script to latest version, v2020.02.24
• #56185 - Fix regression in service states with reload argument
• #56341 - Revert "Don't remove one directory level from slspath"
• #56290 - Ensures popping lgpo.secedit_data does not throw KeyError
• #56339 - Fix win_dns_client when used with scheduler
• #56215 - Fix for unless requisite when pip is not installed
• #56060 - Fix regex string for Del and DelVals
• #56337 - Handle Adapter Type 53 and Undefined Types
• #56160 - Fix issue with existing reg_dword entries
• #56358 - Fix version instantiation when minor is an empty string
• #56272 - Properly resolve the policy name
• #56310 - Only process ADMX files when loading policies
• #56327 - keep cache_copied_files variable a list
• #56360 - dont require virtualenv.virtualenv_version call, removed in 20.0.10
• #56378 - Include _version.py if building wheel
• #56376 - Fix win deps
• #56418 - Ensure version.py included before we install
• #56435 - Update mac build scripts

Added

3000 - Neon [2020-02-10]

Removed

• #54474 via #54475 - virt.pool_delete fast parameter removed. - @cbosdo
• #54943 - Removed RAET transport method per the deprecation schedule - @s0undt3ch
• #54983 - Removed Hipchat module, due to Hipchat discontinuation - @mchugh19
• #55197 - Removed Google+ link since Google+ is gone - @sramkrishna
• #55539 - Removed salt.auth.Authorize class and the any_auth method
• #55552 - Removed the config options hgfs_env_whitelist, hgfs_env_blacklist, svnfs_env_whitelist, and svnfs_env_whitelist in favor of hgfs_saltenv_whitelist, hgfs_saltenv_blacklist, svnfs_saltenv_whitelist, svnfs_saltenv_blacklist.
• #55569 - Removed nova cloud driver in favor of the openstack driver.
• #55573 - Removed quiet kwarg in cmd.run state module. Please set output_loglevel to quiet instead.
• #55609 - Removed smartos grains hypervisor_uuid and datacenter in favor of mdata:sdc:server_uuid and mdata:sdc:datacenter_name.
• #55641 - Removed enviroment kwarg from heat state and execution module. Please use correct spelling environment.
• #55680 - Removed deprecated args from several dockermod functions - @Ch3LL
• #55682 - Removed get_known_host and recv_known_host functions from ssh module.
• #55722 - Removed all functions in salt/utils/init.py.
• #55725 - Removed gitfs_env_whitelist and gitfs_env_blacklist in favor of gitfs_saltenv_whitelist and gitfs_saltenv_blacklist.

Deprecated

• #55592 - Add deprecation warning for glance state and execution module - @Ch3LL
• #55612 - Bump keystone deprecation to Sodium - @Ch3LL
• #55614 - Deprecate jinja filters for Neon - @Ch3LL
• #55664 - Bump deprecation warning to Aluminium for neutron module - @Ch3LL
• #55679 - Deprecate boto_vpc.describe_route_table in Magnesium - @Ch3LL
• #55726 - Deprecate override_name in Sodium - @Ch3LL

Changed

• SEP 1, SEP 14 - Adopted keepachangelog format.
• SEP 14 - Changed to numeric versions.
• #49078 via #54572 - Use ip link set iface up/down instead of ifup/ifdown - @dmurphy18
• #50023 via #54620 - Change to reduce roster_matcher internal complexity - @kojiromike
• #50579 via #55389 - Update kafka returner to use confluent kafka - @justindesilets
• #52749 - Padding change in versions report output - @dwoz
• #54013 - Set session_id cookie in the rest_tornado backend.
• #55002 - Changed mdadm_raid metadata to text to allow float pillar data - @aplanas
• #55354 - Changed naive usage to use wrapped msgpack - @Akm0d
• #55423 - Changed default configs to be immutable - @s0undt3ch
• #55464 - Changed to name subprocesses - @s0undt3ch
• #55500 - Start Linting Under Py3 - @s0undt3ch
• #55643 - Remove deprecation for refresh_db in aptpkg - @Ch3LL
• #55660 - Use wrapped json module for ThreadsafeProxy - @Akm0d
• #55683 - Changed prune_services in the firewall state module to be False by default. And update force_masquerade to be False by default in the firewall execution module.
• #55739 - Microoptimized the command to set FreeBSD's virtual grain - @asomers

Fixed

• #6922 via #51343 - Fixed errors when producing network errors - @waynew
• #13971 via #53462 - Support all valid protos for remote sources - []
• #37646 - Fixed recursion error during msgpack serialization - @waynew
• #39875 via #52710 and #54665 - Fixed complex grain comparison - @mickenordin
• #41818 via #51988 and #54664 - Fixed file.comment and file.uncomment for when the pattern existed in both forms - @mbunkus
• #49222 via #49223 and #54668 - Fixed salt-key token_file creation when using external auth - @msciciel
• #49256 via #55060 - Fixed proxmox failure to apply settings - @BrianSidebotham
• #49490 via #55404 - Fixed misleading cmdmod error message - @rares-pop and @joechainz
• #49748 via #49843 and #54546 - Fixed file.rename to be successful when target exists and force not set - @MTecknology
• #49903 via #54625 - Fixed inconsistencies with consul_pillar configuration parsing - @FraaJad
• #49977 via #55050 - [#4997]Fix novaclient api - @slivik
• #50041 via #54566 - Actually use extra_install_flags in win_pkg module - @cmcmarrow
• #50374 via #54616 - Fixed local_cache returner to report proper path in error message - @isbm
• #50523 via #54605 - Fixed OS arch fallback when no rpm is installed - @isbm
• #50757 via #54638 - Fixed restartcheck bytestring bug - @10ne1
• #50938 via #54642 - Fixed performance issue with undefined opkg functions - @andzn
• #50970 via #54631 - Fix win_path index checks to allow for 0 - @jalandis
• #51038 via #55706 - Fixed zabbix module failure on boolean return - @thechile
• #51537 via #51538 and #54650 - Fixed directory vs. file issue in salt.utils.etcd_util - @arizvisa
• #51711 via #51718 - Fix Cheetah template renderer - @arizvisa
• #51785 via #54645 - Fixed POSIX vs. Windows inconsistencies in salt.utils.path.which - @arizvisa
• #51795 via #51801 - Fix netbox execution module cannot be loaded - @misch42
• #51811 via #51813 and #54647 - Fixed npm version check on Windows - @arizvisa
• #51915 via #54685 - Changed nulls to empty strings to prevent Zabbix API errors - @timdufrane
• #51929 via #54611 - Fixed lvm to not show errors when pv, lv, or vg is not expected - @aplanas
• #51954 via #54603 - Ignore misleading errors during linuxlvm.pvcreate and .pvremove - @aplanas
• #52230 via #52352 and #54640 - Fixed salt failing on missing _syspaths variables - @alan-cugler
• #52265 via #54569 - Stop the Windows installer from hanging - @twangboy
• #52431 via #52574 and #54687 - Fix inconsistent virt.get_xml usage - @zer0def
• #52538 via #52747 and #54678 - Fix issue on Python3 when reading csv pillar with binary format - @que5o
• #52589 via #54536 - Ignore retcode when checking filesystem type - @terminalmage
• #52786 via #54588 - Fixed setting homedrive, profile, logonscript, and description for user.present under Windows- @twangboy
• #52788 via #51706 - Ignore HOST_NOT_FOUND and NO_DATA when resolving FQDN - @aplanas
• #53017 via #54196 - Fixed virt state on stopped VMs, virt.running's use of virt.vm_state, virt.pool_running, and virt.network_define - @cbosdo
• #53401 via #54166 - Fixed Docker image grains and pillar - @waynew
• #53600 via #54480 - Allow Windows minion to manage a binary file from ext_pillar - @xeacott
• #53935 - Poweroff when shutting down FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD - @morganwillcock
• #54072 - Check for Windows registry key before trying to list it - @twangboy
• #54177 - Fixed file.managed bug with contents_newline flag - @xeacott
• #54197 - virt.network_define can now create NAT networks - @cbosdo
• #54216 - Fixed Homebrew cask namespace support - @cdalvaro
• #54335 - Fixed virt.full_info output - @cbosdo
• #54402 via #54900 - Fix gitfs to use bytes when using gitpython with python3.x - @vin01
• #54411 - Correctly handle wusa 3010 return code - @tlemarchand
• #54653 via #55403 - Fixed issue with publish.publish trim mods after comma split - @bmiguel-teixeira and @saltybaker
• #54769 - Fixed cmd.run to call bash only when necessary on macOS - @cdalvaro
• #54896 - Fix multiple LGPO issues - @twangboy
• #55003 - Fix collections ABC warning - @aplanas
• #55005 - Fixed mount.remount when fstype was unset - @aplanas
• #55006 - Fixed args/kwargs bug in loop state - @aplanas
• #55052 - Fixed fileclient for ftp connections - @garethgreenaway
• #55065 - Fixed multiprocessing process after fork and finalize regression - @s0undt3ch
• #55083 - Fixed iLo module to use proper tempfile settings - @garethgreenaway
• #55137 - Fixed smartos_imgadm to correctly handle orphan images - @sjorge
• #55149 via #55497 - Removed incorrect pass of opts to compound_match.match - @Akm0d
• #55165 - Fixed virt.volume_infos to handle volumes missing since last refresh - @cbosdo
• #55190 - Fixed missing lazyloader functionality - @max-arnold and @mattp-
• #55191 - Fixed missing list_downloaded for apt module - @brejoc
• #55196 - Fixed schedule.modify to use function from current job - @garethgreenaway
• #55207 - Fixed complex CORS option on CherryPy - @niflostancu
• #55216 - Fixed failure to check for jid before returning data - @brejoc
• #55258 - Fixed aptpkg.info to return only installed packages - @mateiw
• #55271 - Fixed Py3 compatability issue in upstart - @s0undt3ch
• #55336 - Fixed grains to allow __utils__ in grains modules - @max-arnold
• #55351 - Fixed virt.get_hypervisor() - @cbosdo
• #55374 - Fixed issue with zfs.filesystem_present under Python3 - @silenius
• #55434 - Stopped removing a directory level from slspath in templates - @terminalmage
• #55441 - Fixed bug in logging - @s0undt3ch
• #55452 - Fixed missing service.reload alias in gentoo_service module - @vulnbe
• #55472 - Fixed several Py2/Py3 Unicode issues - @s0undt3ch
• #55501 - Fixed slowdown by using ss filter to match TCP connections on Linux - @cifvts
• #55510 - Corrected num_cpus and cpu_model grains for IBM/S390 - @FerrySchuller
• #55532 - Fixed missing beacons timeout error handling - @s0undt3ch
• #55534 - Stopped _virtual from hard coding the 'virtual' key. - @cmcmarrow
• #55540 - Fixed race condition in service.running on systemd - @terminalmage
• #55557 - Changed to use UTC times for jids - @dwoz
• #55578 - Fixed postgres.datadir_init to use checksums arg - @meaksh
• #55580 - Fixed inconsistency with pkg.list_pkgs when using attr on RHEL systems - @meaksh
• #55582 - Do not report patches as installed when not all the related pkgs are installed (yumpkg) - @meaksh
• #55583 - Fixed utils.network issue with IPv6 that could cause a crash - @meaksh
• #55584 - Stopped breaking multiline repo files in yumpkg - @meaksh
• #55589 - Acme state fixes - @github-abcde
• #55607 - Fixed failure to fire events to all syndics from MoM when using tcp transport - @lukasraska
• #55616 - Fixed jboss run_operation and datasource_exists - @cmcmarrow
• #55624 - Fixed issue with matchers, fallback to ext_pillar if there is no pillar in opts - @vquiering
• #55635 - Fixed issue with minion signing during/after job execution - @lukasraska
• #55651 - Fixed ldap.managed errors - @sathieu
• #55655 - Fixed using password hashes with MariaDB - @pprkut
• #55672 - Fixed issue with busy guestfs mount folders - @cbosdo
• #55694 - Fixed S3 pillar pagination - @garethgreenaway
• #55705 - Fixed zypper upgrade fromrepo - @pkwestm
• #55730 - Restored original minion configured publish_port behavior - @mattp- and @Ch3LL
• #55780 - Fallback to disabled LG_INCLUDE_INDIRECT when DC is unavailable - @lukasraska
• #55795 - Fixed issue with whitespace in ADML data - @twangboy
• #55796 - Fixed cached osrelease_info grain type - @srg91
• #55817 - Bring #51372 to Master Branch - @twangboy
• #55823 - Fix issue with overly long names in the LGPO module - @twangboy
• #55843 - Fixed file.mkdir to respect test=True - @mchugh19
• #55845 - Fixed logging to return multiprocessing queue if it's already set - @s0undt3ch

Added

• #16674 via #50083 and #54632 - Added migrate support for Django module - @jrbeilke
• #39475 - Added hardlink for file state and module - @arizvisa
• #48792 via #49399 and #54879 - Add IIS webconfiguration - @tlemarchand
• #49212 via #49378 - Added minion_id_remove_domain- @markuskramerIgitt
• #49250 via #54657 - Add capability jboss7 to keep unchanged deployments - @garethgreenaway
• #49481 via #54532 - Added grains_blacklist to block specific grains - @rongzeng54
• #50005 via #54651 - Added ability to create events based on an arbitrary script's output - @austinpapp
• #50306 via #54542 - Added noaction flag for opkg execution module - @rares-pop
• #50706 via #54604 - Added token to disk.blkid to allow extended search - @aplanas
• #50953 via #54548 - Add nvme_nqn grain - @sdodsley
• #51047 via #55253 - Added new execution module for troubleshooting Jinja map files- @terminalmage and @max-arnold
• #51074 via #54613 - Added fat parameter to disk module to allow specifying FAT sizes - @aplanas
• #51385 via #54656 - Added support for directories and checking for free space in the disk state - @maxim-sermin
• #51758 via #55400 - Added cwd grain - @theskabeater and @dwoz
• #52293 via #55723 - Added saltenv support in slsutil.renderer - @afischer-opentext-com
• #52458 via #54623 - Added camel_to_snake_case and snake_to_camel_case to stringutils - @github-abcde
• #52715 via #54577 - Added webhook support to Slack state - @garethgreenaway
• #52764 via #54058 - Added vSphere tagging ability - @xeacott
• #53307 - Added slot parsing inside nested state data structures - @max-arnold
• #53621 - Added support for git_pillar_update_interval - @sathieu
• #53736 - Added index get_settings, put_settings methods for Elasticsearch module. - @Oloremo
• #53738 - Added request_interval feature to http.wait_for_successful_query module - @Oloremo
• #53959 - Added additional optional warnings to test module - @max-arnold
• #54505 - Added cluster get_settings, put_settings and flush_synced methods for Elasticsearch module. - @Oloremo
• #54518 via #54526 - Add salt-cloud support for Tencent Cloud - @likexian
• #54902 - Added cert_info beacon to get cert information from local files - @nicholasmhughes
• #54903 - Added multipart/form-data file posting to http.query util - @nicholasmhughes
• #54948 - Added ability to pass grains on minion startup event - @admd
• #54955 - Added root parameter to useradd, shadow and groupadd - @aplanas
• #54956 - Added root parameter for wait and run states - @aplanas
• #54958 - Added optional root parameter for systemd - @aplanas
• #54959 - Added new chroot module - @aplanas
• #54960 - Added new freezer module - @aplanas
• #54961 - Added all subvolume commands to btrfs - @aplanas
• #54965 - Added fstab present/absent to mount state - @aplanas
• #54977 - Added xml state & module - @mchugh19
• #54981 - Added ssh_auth.manage to both add and remove ssh keys - @mchugh19
• #54982 - Added new AWS SSM module - @mchugh19
• #54984 - Added saltutil states to match saltutil modules - @mchugh19 and @max-arnold
• #54991 - Added keystore state and modules for Java keystore files - @mchugh19
• #54992 - Added ability to use salt modules in onlyif and unless - @mchugh19 and @gtmanfred
• #54993 - Added support for parsing slot results - @mchugh19
• #54996 - Added binds parameter for run_chroot - @aplanas
• #55001 - Added ability to ignore errors on mdadm_raid.examine - @aplanas
• #55047 - Added ability to deprecate by date - @s0undt3ch
• #55145 and #50150 - Added status code lists and status regex for http.query state - @Ajnbro and @mchugh19
• #55150 - Added 'ppc64le' as a valid RPM package architecture - @meaksh
• #55195 - Added salt_version module - @rallytime and @max-arnold
• #55200 - Added virt.pool_deleted state - @cbosdo
• #55202 - Added test ability and pool editing to virt.pool_running - @cbosdo
• #55203 - Adds enabled kwarg to aptpkg module - @brejoc
• #55245 - Adding kernel boot parameters to libvirt xml - @ldeweysuse
• #55256 - Added status to dpkg.info response - @mateiw
• #55342 - Added Slack webhook returner - @cdalvaro
• #55345 - Add chroot apply_, sls, and highstate for state execution - @aplanas
• #55346 - Added virt.pool_capabilities module - @cbosdo
• #55418 - Added clean_parent argument for the archive state. - @Oloremo
• #55420 - Added performance tracing/logging to gitfs file_list cache rebuild - @duckfez
• #55424 - Added Azure DNS modules and states - @nicholasmhughes
• #55432 - Add null to YAML dumper for threadsafe loader - @Akm0d
• #55443 - Added a skip_files_list_verify argument to archive.extracted state. - @Oloremo
• #55448 - Adds downloadonly/download_only alias for aptpkg module - @brejoc
• #55480 - Add lint pre-commit hooks - @s0undt3ch
• #55492 - Allow arbitrary arguments to be passed through the pip module - @Akm0d
• #55506 - Added hashutil.hmac_compute - @Ajnbro
• #55515 - Added disk_set and disk_toggle to parted module - @aplanas
• #55516 - Added not_change to several functions in the mount module, set_fstab & others - @aplanas
• #55565 - Added ability to pass the context dictionary to Sminion and Runner - @s0undt3ch
• #55590 - Added version to depends decorator - @github-abcde
• #55593 - Added a support for a global proxy to pip module. - @Oloremo
• #55613 - Added saltcheck updates for Neon - @mchugh19
• #55636 - Added DSON outputter - @terminalmage
• #55637 - Added wildcard matches and grains matching to config.option - @terminalmage
• #55639 - Added loop.until_no_eval - @github-abcde
• #55666 - Added the internal flag to openvswitch - @Akm0d
• #55711 - Added fluentd engine - @mchugh19
• #55733 - Added salt.utils.data.filter_falsey - @github-abcde
• #55749 - Added port of json_query Jinja filter from Ansible - @max-arnold
• #55751 - Added the osfullname grain on FreeBSD - @asomers
• #55759 - Added salt.utils.data.recursive_diff - @github-abcde
• #55760 - Add minion-side access control - @github-abcde
• #55762 - Added virt.(pool|network)_get_xml functions - @cbosdo
• #55767 - Added ability to manipulate RabbitMQ upstream definitions - @github-abcde
• #55768 - Added boto3_elasticsearch module and state - @github-abcde
• #55844 - Allow multiple running instances of Salt engine - @garethgreenaway

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[2019.2.2]

Changed

• #54758 - Missing sls file during state.show_states displays message instead of failing - @Ch3LL

Fixed

• #54521 - failhard during orchestration now fails as expected - @mattp- / @Oloremo
• #54741 - schedule.run_job without time element now works as expected - @garethgreenaway
• #54755 - Pip state ensures pip was imported before trying to remove - @dwoz
• #54760 - Fix salt-cloud -Q for OpenStack driver - @vdloo / @Akm0d
• #54762 - IPv6 addresses with brackets no longer break master/minion communication - @dhiltonp
• #54765 - Masterless jinja imports - @dwoz
• #54776 - ping_interval in minion config no longer prevents startup - @dwoz
• #54820 - scheduler.present no longer always reports changes when scheduler is disabled - @garethgreenaway
• #54941 - Pillar data is no longer refreshed on every call - @dwoz

Added

• #54919 - Added missing win_wusa state and module docs - @twangboy

[2019.2.1] - 2019-09-25 [YANKED]

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