The Bullhorn #223: Ansible Community Newsletter Highlights (March 2026)

Introduction

The Bullhorn #223 is the latest issue of the Ansible community's weekly newsletter, published on March 30, 2026. This issue covers several significant announcements and community updates. Here are the key highlights.

See also: The Bullhorn #227: Ansible Community Newsletter Highlights (May 2026)

Key Announcements

Ansible 13.5.0 Released

The Ansible 13.5.0 community package has been released, depending on ansible-core 2.20.4. This release includes updated collections with new features, bugfixes, and modules across the ecosystem. Notable updates include community.docker 5.1.0, community.general 12.5.0, and community.routeros 3.18.0.

AWX-TUI: New Terminal Interface for AWX

Andrew Potozniak, a software engineer on the Ansible engineering team at Red Hat, announced awx-tui — a terminal user interface for managing AWX instances. This open-source project allows administrators to interact with AWX directly from the command line, featuring multi-instance support, dashboards, and job management capabilities. The announcement received strong community interest with 28 likes and active discussion.

Ansible Resource Management Taxonomy

Steve Fulmer, Product Manager for Ansible at Red Hat, introduced a new initiative for standardized resource management taxonomy. Working with community leaders including Don Naro, Gundalow Barker, Anwesha Das, Daniel Brennand, and Andrei Klychkov, this effort aims to enhance resource reporting and management across the Ansible ecosystem.

Collection CI Requirement: Devel Branch Testing

The Ansible community steering committee announced a new collection inclusion requirement: all collections included in the Ansible community package must add CI test runs against the devel branch of ansible-core. This is an ACTION REQUIRED change for collection maintainers.

GitHub Signed Commits Requirement

The github.com/ansible organization now requires signed commits. This security enhancement ensures code integrity across all Ansible repositories. Collection maintainers and contributors need to configure GPG or SSH signing for their commits.

Community Discussions

Lola AI Skills Manager

Community member Alina Buzachis proposed organizing Ansible skills in a way compatible with Lola, a package manager for AI skills, prompts, and workflows. This reflects the growing intersection of Ansible automation and AI tooling.

chocolatey.chocolatey Collection Maintenance

Mario Lenz reported a new release of the chocolatey.chocolatey collection on both GitHub and Galaxy, addressing the previously flagged maintenance concerns in Ansible 13.

See also: Ansible Bullhorn #223: ansible-core Releases, New Collections & AI Collaboration

Community Growth

This week's newsletter period saw: • 10 new topics created • 82 unread notifications across the community • 30 new users joining the Ansible community forum

Links

• The Bullhorn #223 on Ansible Forum • Ansible Community on Matrix • Past Bullhorn Issues

See also: Ansible Core 2.14.2 & Community 7.2.0: Latest Updates

Conclusion

The Bullhorn #223 highlights a vibrant and active Ansible community in 2026. From the Ansible 13.5.0 release to innovative projects like awx-tui and the new resource management taxonomy, the ecosystem continues to grow. Collection maintainers should pay special attention to the new CI testing and signed commits requirements.

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