Ansible 2.8.7?

[chuckmilam]

Are there plans to update to a more current version of Ansible or even Ansible Core?

I'm hitting several issues here I believe are related to Ansible 2.8.7 running in a python venv, including some jinja warnings, and eventually, errors, including this gem:

fatal: [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]: FAILED! => {
    "msg": "template error while templating string: No filter named 'from_json'.. String: {{ secrets.stdout|from_json }}"
}

Currently running the role against CentOS Stream 8 AMIs.

Just trying to figure out if I should start submitting PRs assuming we're sticking with Ansible 2.8.7 or should we plan for a more recent Ansible version.

[alpar-t]

We're not opposed to the idea of upgrading, but can't comment on when it will happen.

[chuckmilam]

What would be the best way to handle moving to a supported Ansible version? Is that something we could contribute to here, or do we wait for upstream changes from Elastic?