@@ -1848,6 +1848,18 @@ releases:

     - v2.9.20rc1_summary.yaml

     - wafv2-mod-defaults.yml

     release_date: '2021-04-05'

+  2.9.21rc1:

+    codename: Immigrant Song

+    fragments:

+    - 72411-fips-mode-ansible-test.yml

+    - ansible-test-connection-units-init.yml

+    - ansible-test-docker-network-detect.yml

+    - ansible-test-opensuse-15-2.yml

+    - ansible-test-pypi-container-no-publish.yml

+    - ansible-test-pypi-test-container.yml

+    - v2.9.21rc1_summary.yaml

+    - validate-modules_found_try_except_import_fails_module_attribute.yaml

+    release_date: '2021-04-27'

   2.9.3:

     codename: Immigrant Song

     fragments:

@@ -5,6 +5,35 @@ Ansible 2.9 "Immigrant Song" Release Notes

 .. contents:: Topics

+v2.9.21rc1

+==========

+

+Release Summary

+---------------

+

+| Release Date: 2021-04-27

+| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__

+

+

+Major Changes

+-------------

+

+- ansible-test - Tests run with the ``centos6`` and ``default`` test containers now use a PyPI proxy container to access PyPI when Python 2.6 is used. This allows tests running under Python 2.6 to continue functioning even though PyPI is discontinuing support for non-SNI capable clients.

+

+Minor Changes

+-------------

+

+- Switch to hashlib.sha256() for ansible-test to allow for FIPs mode.

+- ansible-test - Use version 1.21.0 of opensuse test containers which is 15.2, since 15.1 is now EOL.

+

+Bugfixes

+--------

+

+- ansible-test - Avoid publishing the port used by the ``pypi-test-container`` since it is only accessed by other containers. This avoids issues when trying to run tests in parallel on a single host.

+- ansible-test - Fix docker container IP address detection. The ``bridge`` network is no longer assumed to be the default.

+- ansible-test - ensure the correct unit test target is given when the ``__init__.py`` file is modified inside the connection plugins directory

+- validate-modules - do not raise an ``AttributeError`` if a value is assigned to a module attribute in a try/except block.

+

 v2.9.20

 =======

new file mode 100644

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@

+release_summary: |

+   | Release Date: 2021-04-27

+   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__

@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@

 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)

 __metaclass__ = type

-__version__ = '2.9.20.post0'

+__version__ = '2.9.21rc1'

 __author__ = 'Ansible, Inc.'

 __codename__ = 'Immigrant Song'