Ansible 14.6.0 Community Package - Whats New and How to Test

Introduction

Ansible 14.6.0 is the latest point release of the community package, published on 2026-11-04 as a follow-up to Ansible 14.5.0. This release is primarily a collection bump release: no new Ansible 14 features are introduced, but a batch of collections included in the package have been updated to their latest versions, and two new collections have been added to the package for the first time. The headline change is the bump of ansible-core from 2.21.5 to 2.21.6, which carries its own set of fixes reported in the combined changelog.

The package is built from the ansible-community/ansible-build-data repository, and this article summarizes exactly what moved between 14.5.0 and 14.6.0 so that users can decide whether to upgrade right away or wait for the next release.

Whats New

Ansible-core bump

Ansible 14.6.0 contains ansible-core 2.21.6, up from 2.21.5 in Ansible 14.5.0. The detailed list of ansible-core fixes shipped in this point release is reported in the combined changelog published alongside the release notes on PyPI and in the build-data repository.

Added collections

Two collections are included in the Ansible package for the first time with this release:

• everpure.flasharray (version 1.46.0)
• everpure.flashblade (version 1.29.0)

Changed collections

The following table lists every collection whose version changed between Ansible 14.5.0 and Ansible 14.6.0. Unless noted otherwise, the individual changelog entries for each collection are reported in the combined changelog bundled with the release.

Note: the release notes provided in the changelog excerpt were cut off after community.libvirt; readers should consult the full porting guide and changelog on PyPI for the complete list of changed collections beyond this point.

Why upgrade

Patch-level bumps such as amazon.aws 11.4.0 -> 11.5.1, community.aws 11.2.0 -> 11.2.2, community.crypto 3.5.0 -> 3.5.1, community.dns 4.2.0 -> 4.3.1 and community.general 13.5.0 -> 13.5.1 are typically bugfix-only releases for those collections. Users relying on modules from these collections, or on Windows modules via ansible.windows (3.8.0 -> 3.9.2), should check the respective collection changelogs for the specific fixes that apply to their playbooks, but in general these bumps are safe to adopt as part of a routine Ansible package upgrade.

How to Install and Test

# Install or upgrade to Ansible 14.6.0 in a virtual environment
python3 -m venv ansible14-venv
source ansible14-venv/bin/activate
pip install --upgrade pip
pip install ansible==14.6.0

# Verify the installed package version
pip show ansible | grep -i version

# Verify the ansible-core version bundled with the package
ansible --version

# Confirm the newly added collections are available
ansible-galaxy collection list | grep -E 'everpure.flasharray|everpure.flashblade'

# Confirm a bumped collection version, e.g. community.general
ansible-galaxy collection list community.general

# Check the full list of installed collection versions
ansible-galaxy collection list

Conclusion

Ansible 14.6.0 is a maintenance release focused on an ansible-core bump (2.21.5 -> 2.21.6) and a round of collection updates, including the addition of everpure.flasharray and everpure.flashblade. Users should review the combined changelog on PyPI for the full details of each collection bump before upgrading production environments, paying particular attention to amazon.aws, ansible.windows, cisco.intersight, community.aws, community.crypto, community.dns, community.general and community.libvirt.