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Ansible AWS Community Meeting May 2026 — What to Expect

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2024-01-013By Luca Berton

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Ansible AWS Community Meeting May 2026 — What to Expect

Introduction

The Ansible AWS community holds regular meetings to discuss the amazon.aws and community.aws collections, cloud automation patterns, and upcoming changes. The next meeting is scheduled for May 28, 2026. Here's what's typically covered and how to participate.

Meeting Details

DetailInfo
DateMay 28, 2026
FormatVirtual (Matrix/IRC)
Channel#aws:ansible.com on Matrix
WhoCollection maintainers, contributors, users
AgendaOpen — add topics via the forum

Expected Topics

amazon.aws 10.3.1 Review

The latest release (May 2026) fixed bugs in s3_object_info, autoscaling_group, kms_key, and CloudFront utilities. The meeting will likely discuss:

  • Remaining known issues
  • Roadmap for 10.4.0
  • Breaking change plans for 11.0.0

Code Freeze Preparation

With code freeze starting June 2, 2026:

  • Feature PRs that need to land before freeze
  • Deprecation timeline for older modules
  • Testing priorities for release candidates

Community Contributions

  • Open issues needing help
  • New module proposals
  • Documentation improvements

How to Join

Room: #aws:ansible.com
Server: matrix.org
  1. Create a Matrix account at https://app.element.io
  2. Search for #aws:ansible.com
  3. Join the room
  4. Attend on May 28

IRC Bridge

Network: Libera.Chat
Channel: #ansible-aws

Forum

Check https://forum.ansible.com for the meeting announcement and agenda thread.

How to Contribute

Report Bugs

# Test and report issues before the meeting
ansible-playbook test-aws-playbook.yml -v

# File issues at:
# https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/issues

Submit PRs

# Fork and clone
git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USER/amazon.aws.git
cd amazon.aws

# Create feature branch
git checkout -b fix-s3-pagination

# Make changes, test, submit PR before code freeze (Jun 2)

Review PRs

Help the maintainers by reviewing open PRs — test them locally and provide feedback.

Past Meeting Highlights

Recent AWS community meetings have covered:

  • Migration from community.aws to amazon.aws — which modules moved
  • AWS SSO integration — using IAM Identity Center with Ansible
  • Terraform vs Ansible for AWS provisioning — when to use which
  • Performance improvements — reducing API calls in large inventories

Conclusion

The May 28 AWS community meeting is the last chance to discuss feature requests before the June 2 code freeze. Join the Matrix room, bring your use cases and bug reports, and help shape the next release of the amazon.aws collection.

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