New release v2.9.19rc1v2.9.19rc1

4 files changed, 58 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/changelogs/.changes.yaml b/changelogs/.changes.yaml
index 9d7b87d8b7..bbe9561148 100644
--- a/changelogs/.changes.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/.changes.yaml
@@ -1748,6 +1748,25 @@ releases:
     - snmp_facts.yml
     - v2.9.18rc1_summary.yaml
     release_date: '2021-02-08'
+  2.9.19rc1:
+    codename: Immigrant Song
+    fragments:
+    - 66322-moved_line_causing_terraform_output_suppression.yml
+    - 72299-fix-check-compatibility.yaml
+    - 73364-default-callback-host-pinned-not-lockstep.yml
+    - 73619-hostname-almalinux-support.yml
+    - 73669-module_defaults-iam_saml_federation.yml
+    - 73670-module_defaults-ec2_vpc_endpoint_service_info.yml
+    - 73709-normalize-configparser.yml
+    - ansible-test-podman-json-format.yml
+    - ansible_test_yamllint_avoid_attribute_exception.yaml
+    - community.cryto-180-openssl-csr-basic-constraint.yml
+    - community.docker-73-docker_image-fix-old-docker-py-version.yml
+    - community.docker-87-docker_image-load-image-ids.yml
+    - community.docker-88-docker_container-healthcheck.yml
+    - support_almalinux.yml
+    - v2.9.19rc1_summary.yaml
+    release_date: '2021-03-08'
   2.9.2:
     codename: Immigrant Song
     fragments:
diff --git a/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst b/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst
index 57a42e8f4b..906690a074 100644
--- a/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst
+++ b/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,41 @@ Ansible 2.9 "Immigrant Song" Release Notes
 .. contents:: Topics
 
 
+v2.9.19rc1
+==========
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+| Release Date: 2021-03-08
+| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
+
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- ansible-test - now makes a better attempt to support podman when calling ``docker images`` and asking for JSON format.
+- module_defaults - add module ec2_vpc_endpoint_service_info from community.aws to aws module_defaults group (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/73669).
+- module_defaults - add module iam_saml_federation from community.aws to aws module_defaults group (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/73669).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- ConfigManager - Normalize ConfigParser between Python2 and Python3 for handling comments (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/73709)
+- add AlmaLinux to fact gathering (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/73458)
+- default callback - Ensure that the ``host_pinned`` strategy is not treated as lockstep (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/73364)
+- docker_container - fix healthcheck disabling idempotency issue with strict comparison (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/issues/85).
+- docker_image - fix crash on loading images with versions of Docker SDK for Python before 2.5.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/issues/72, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/73).
+- docker_image - prevent module failure when removing image that is removed between inspection and removal (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/87).
+- docker_image - prevent module failure when removing non-existant image by ID (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/87).
+- docker_image_info - prevent module failure when image vanishes between listing and inspection (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/87).
+- docker_image_info - prevent module failure when querying non-existant image by ID (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/87).
+- hostname - add Almalinux support (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/73619)
+- mongodb_replicaset - fixes check_compatibility function (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.mongodb/issues/230).
+- openssl_csr - no longer fails when comparing CSR without basic constraint when ``basic_constraints`` is specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/issues/179, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/pull/180).
+- terraform - reset out and err before plan creation (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/64369)
+- yamllint - do not raise an ``AttributeError`` if a value is assigned to a module attribute at the top of the module.
+
 v2.9.18
 =======
 
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/v2.9.19rc1_summary.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/v2.9.19rc1_summary.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..958e979266
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/v2.9.19rc1_summary.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+release_summary: |
+   | Release Date: 2021-03-08
+   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
diff --git a/lib/ansible/release.py b/lib/ansible/release.py
index 5b3c7af365..01f30c2163 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/release.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/release.py
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
-__version__ = '2.9.18.post0'
+__version__ = '2.9.19rc1'
 __author__ = 'Ansible, Inc.'
 __codename__ = 'Immigrant Song'