Ansible Version History

1 active, 12 end-of-life. 13 versions tracked.

Ansible ships new community package releases 3-4 times per year, bundling the latest versions of ansible-core and community collections. Ansible-core itself releases roughly every 6 months with patch releases in between.

Recommendation

For new automation projects, use the latest Ansible community package (ansible) with ansible-core 2.17+. Pin your collection versions in requirements.yml for reproducible runs.

Version Released End of Life Latest Patch Status
Ansible 13 November 19, 2025 TBD 13.4.0 Active
Ansible 12 September 9, 2025 December 9, 2025 12.3.0 End of Life
Ansible 11 November 19, 2024 December 9, 2025 11.13.0 End of Life
Ansible 10 June 4, 2024 December 3, 2024 10.7.0 End of Life
Ansible 9 November 21, 2023 December 3, 2024 9.13.0 End of Life
Ansible 8 May 30, 2023 December 6, 2023 8.7.0 End of Life
Ansible 7 November 22, 2022 June 22, 2023 7.7.0 End of Life
Ansible 6 June 21, 2022 December 6, 2022 6.7.0 End of Life
Ansible 5 December 2, 2021 June 8, 2022 5.10.0 End of Life
Ansible 4 May 18, 2021 December 14, 2021 4.10.0 End of Life
Ansible 3 February 18, 2021 May 11, 2021 3.4.0 End of Life
Ansible 2.10 September 22, 2020 February 9, 2021 2.10.7 End of Life
Ansible 2.9 October 31, 2019 May 23, 2022 2.9.27 End of Life
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Ansible Support Policy

Red Hat supports ansible-core through RHEL subscriptions for about 2 years per version. The community Ansible package has no formal support policy beyond 'use the latest.' Each ansible-core version gets maintenance releases for about 1 year.

What You Need to Know

Ansible split into ansible-core (engine) and the ansible package (collections bundle) in 2021. Make sure you know which one you're tracking.

ansible-core 2.16 and older are end-of-life. Use 2.17+ for current security patches.

All playbooks should use Fully Qualified Collection Names (FQCNs) like community.general.ufw instead of short names.

Ansible requires Python 3.10+ on the controller node as of ansible-core 2.17.

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the difference between ansible and ansible-core?
ansible-core is the engine (the 'ansible' command, module framework, etc.). The 'ansible' package bundles ansible-core plus ~85 community collections. Most people install the 'ansible' package to get everything.
How often does Ansible release new versions?
ansible-core ships a new minor version every ~6 months with patches in between. The community ansible package releases 3-4 times per year with updated collections. Pin your versions for stability.
How long is each ansible-core version supported?
Community support lasts about 1 year (until the next-next minor version is released). Red Hat provides extended support for ansible-core through RHEL subscriptions for approximately 2 years.

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