Fixed
- [56082](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/56082) - Fix saltversioninfo grain for new version
- [56143](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/56143) - Use encoding when caching pillar data
- [56172](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/56172) - Only change mine data if using new allow_tgt feature
- [56094](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/56094) - Fix type error in TornadoImporter
- [56174](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/56174) - MySQL module fixes
- [56149](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/56149) - Fix to scheduler for use of when and splay
- [56197](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/56197) - Allows use of inline powershell for cmd.script args
- [55894](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55894) - pdbedit module should check for version 4.8.x or newer
- [55906](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55906) - smartos.vm_present could not handle nics with vrrp_vrid property
- [56218](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/56218) - Changed StrictVersion checking of setuptools to LooseVersion
- [56099](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/56099) - Fix Windows and macOS requirements handling in setup.py
- [56068](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/56068) - Update the bootstrap script to latest version, v2020.02.24
- [56185](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/56185) - Fix regression in service states with reload argument
- [56341](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/56341) - Revert "Don't remove one directory level from slspath"
- [56290](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/56290) - Ensures popping lgpo.secedit_data does not throw KeyError
- [56339](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/56339) - Fix win_dns_client when used with scheduler
- [56215](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/56215) - Fix for unless requisite when pip is not installed
- [56060](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/56060) - Fix regex string for Del and DelVals
- [56337](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/56337) - Handle Adapter Type 53 and Undefined Types
- [56160](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/56160) - Fix issue with existing reg_dword entries
- [56358](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/56358) - Fix version instantiation when minor is an empty string
- [56272](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/56272) - Properly resolve the policy name
- [56310](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/56310) - Only process ADMX files when loading policies
- [56327](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/56327) - keep cache_copied_files variable a list
- [56360](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/56360) - dont require virtualenv.virtualenv_version call, removed in 20.0.10
- [56378](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/56378) - Include _version.py if building wheel
- [56376](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/56376) - Fix win deps
- [56418](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/56418) - Ensure version.py included before we install
- [56435](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/56435) - Update mac build scripts
Added
3000 - Neon [2020-02-10]
Removed
- [54474](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/54474) via [#54475](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54475) - `virt.pool_delete` fast parameter removed. - [cbosdo](https://github.com/cbosdo)
- [54943](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54943) - Removed RAET transport method per the deprecation schedule - [s0undt3ch](https://github.com/s0undt3ch)
- [54983](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54983) - Removed Hipchat module, due to Hipchat discontinuation - [mchugh19](https://github.com/mchugh19)
- [55197](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55197) - Removed Google+ link since Google+ is gone - [sramkrishna](https://github.com/sramkrishna)
- [55539](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55539) - Removed salt.auth.Authorize class and the `any_auth` method
- [55552](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55552) - Removed the config options `hgfs_env_whitelist`, `hgfs_env_blacklist`, `svnfs_env_whitelist`, and `svnfs_env_whitelist` in favor of `hgfs_saltenv_whitelist`, `hgfs_saltenv_blacklist`, `svnfs_saltenv_whitelist`, `svnfs_saltenv_blacklist`.
- [55569](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55569) - Removed nova cloud driver in favor of the openstack driver.
- [55573](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55573) - Removed `quiet` kwarg in cmd.run state module. Please set `output_loglevel` to `quiet` instead.
- [55609](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55609) - Removed smartos grains `hypervisor_uuid` and `datacenter` in favor of `mdata:sdc:server_uuid` and `mdata:sdc:datacenter_name`.
- [55641](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55641) - Removed `enviroment` kwarg from heat state and execution module. Please use correct spelling `environment`.
- [55680](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55680) - Removed deprecated args from several `dockermod` functions - [Ch3LL](https://github.com/Ch3LL)
- [55682](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55682) - Removed `get_known_host` and `recv_known_host` functions from ssh module.
- [55722](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55722) - Removed all functions in salt/utils/__init__.py.
- [55725](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55725) - Removed `gitfs_env_whitelist` and `gitfs_env_blacklist` in favor of `gitfs_saltenv_whitelist` and `gitfs_saltenv_blacklist`.
Deprecated
- [55592](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55592) - Add deprecation warning for `glance` state and execution module - [Ch3LL](https://github.com/Ch3LL)
- [55612](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55612) - Bump keystone deprecation to Sodium - [Ch3LL](https://github.com/Ch3LL)
- [55614](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55614) - Deprecate jinja filters for Neon - [Ch3LL](https://github.com/Ch3LL)
- [55664](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55664) - Bump deprecation warning to Aluminium for neutron module - [Ch3LL](https://github.com/Ch3LL)
- [55679](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55679) - Deprecate `boto_vpc.describe_route_table` in Magnesium - [Ch3LL](https://github.com/Ch3LL)
- [55726](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55726) - Deprecate `override_name` in Sodium - [Ch3LL](https://github.com/Ch3LL)
Changed
- [SEP 1](https://github.com/saltstack/salt-enhancement-proposals/blob/master/accepted/0001-changelog-format.md), [SEP 14](https://github.com/saltstack/salt-enhancement-proposals/pull/20) - Adopted keepachangelog format.
- [SEP 14](https://github.com/saltstack/salt-enhancement-proposals/pull/20) - Changed to numeric versions.
- [49078](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/49078) via [#54572](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54572) - Use `ip link set iface up/down` instead of `ifup/ifdown` - [dmurphy18](https://github.com/dmurphy18)
- [50023](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/50023) via [#54620](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54620) - Change to reduce `roster_matcher` internal complexity - [kojiromike](https://github.com/kojiromike)
- [50579](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/50579) via [#55389](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55389) - Update kafka returner to use confluent kafka - [justindesilets](https://github.com/justindesilets)
- [52749](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/52749) - Padding change in versions report output - [dwoz](https://github.com/dwoz)
- [54013](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54103) - Set `session_id` cookie in the `rest_tornado` backend.
- [55002](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55002) - Changed `mdadm_raid` metadata to text to allow float pillar data - [aplanas](https://github.com/aplanas)
- [55354](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55354) - Changed naive usage to use wrapped msgpack - [Akm0d](https://github.com/Akm0d)
- [55423](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55423) - Changed default configs to be immutable - [s0undt3ch](https://github.com/s0undt3ch)
- [55464](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55464) - Changed to name subprocesses - [s0undt3ch](https://github.com/s0undt3ch)
- [55500](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55500) - Start Linting Under Py3 - [s0undt3ch](https://github.com/s0undt3ch)
- [55643](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55643) - Remove deprecation for `refresh_db` in aptpkg - [Ch3LL](https://github.com/Ch3LL)
- [55660](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55660) - Use wrapped json module for ThreadsafeProxy - [Akm0d](https://github.com/Akm0d)
- [55683](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55683) - Changed `prune_services` in the firewall state module to be False by default. And update `force_masquerade` to be False by default in the firewall execution module.
- [55739](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55739) - Microoptimized the command to set FreeBSD's virtual grain - [asomers](https://github.com/asomers)
Fixed
- [6922](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/6922) via [#51343](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/51343) - Fixed errors when producing network errors - [waynew](https://github.com/waynew)
- [13971](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/13971) via [#53462](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/53462) - Support all valid protos for remote sources - []
- [37646](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/37646) - Fixed recursion error during msgpack serialization - [waynew](https://github.com/waynew)
- [39875](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/39875) via [#52710](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/52710) and [#54665](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54665) - Fixed complex grain comparison - [mickenordin](https://github.com/mickenordin)
- [41818](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/41818) via [#51988](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/51988) and [#54664](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54664) - Fixed `file.comment` and `file.uncomment` for when the pattern existed in both forms - [mbunkus](https://github.com/mbunkus)
- [49222](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/49222) via [#49223](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/49223) and [#54668](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54668) - Fixed salt-key `token_file` creation when using external auth - [msciciel](https://github.com/msciciel)
- [49256](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/49256) via [#55060](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55060) - Fixed proxmox failure to apply settings - [BrianSidebotham](https://github.com/BrianSidebotham)
- [49490](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/49490) via [#55404](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55404) - Fixed misleading cmdmod error message - [rares-pop](https://github.com/rares-pop) and [joechainz](https://github.com/joechainz)
- [49748](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/49748) via [#49843](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/49843) and [#54546](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54546) - Fixed `file.rename` to be successful when target exists and force not set - [MTecknology](https://github.com/MTecknology)
- [49903](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/49903) via [#54625](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54625) - Fixed inconsistencies with `consul_pillar` configuration parsing - [FraaJad](https://github.com/FraaJad)
- [49977](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/49977) via [#55050](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55050) - [#4997]Fix novaclient api - [slivik](https://github.com/slivik)
- [50041](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/50041) via [#54566](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54566) - Actually use `extra_install_flags` in `win_pkg` module - [cmcmarrow](https://github.com/cmcmarrow)
- [50374](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/50374) via [#54616](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54616) - Fixed `local_cache` returner to report proper path in error message - [isbm](https://github.com/isbm)
- [50523](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/50523) via [#54605](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54605) - Fixed OS arch fallback when no `rpm` is installed - [isbm](https://github.com/isbm)
- [50757](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/50757) via [#54638](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54638) - Fixed restartcheck bytestring bug - [10ne1](https://github.com/10ne1)
- [50938](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/50938) via [#54642](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54642) - Fixed performance issue with undefined opkg functions - [andzn](https://github.com/andzn)
- [50970](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/50970) via [#54631](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54631) - Fix `win_path` index checks to allow for 0 - [jalandis](https://github.com/jalandis)
- [51038](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/51038) via [#55706](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55706) - Fixed zabbix module failure on boolean return - [thechile](https://github.com/thechile)
- [51537](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/51537) via [#51538](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/51538) and [#54650](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54650) - Fixed directory vs. file issue in `salt.utils.etcd_util` - [arizvisa](https://github.com/arizvisa)
- [51711](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/52788) via [#51718](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/51718) - Fix Cheetah template renderer - [arizvisa](https://github.com/arizvisa)
- [51785](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/51785) via [#54645](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54645) - Fixed POSIX vs. Windows inconsistencies in `salt.utils.path.which` - [arizvisa](https://github.com/arizvisa)
- [51795](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/51795) via [#51801](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/51801) - Fix netbox execution module cannot be loaded - [misch42](https://github.com/misch42)
- [51811](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/51811) via [#51813](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/51813) and [#54647](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54647) - Fixed `npm` version check on Windows - [arizvisa](https://github.com/arizvisa)
- [51915](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/51915) via [#54685](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54685) - Changed nulls to empty strings to prevent Zabbix API errors - [timdufrane](https://github.com/timdufrane)
- [51929](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/51929) via [#54611](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54611) - Fixed lvm to not show errors when pv, lv, or vg is not expected - [aplanas](https://github.com/aplanas)
- [51954](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/51954) via [#54603](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54603) - Ignore misleading errors during `linuxlvm.pvcreate` and `.pvremove` - [aplanas](https://github.com/aplanas)
- [52230](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/52230) via [#52352](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/52352) and [#54640](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54640) - Fixed salt failing on missing `_syspaths` variables - [alan-cugler](https://github.com/alan-cugler)
- [52265](http://www.github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/52265) via [#54569](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54569) - Stop the Windows installer from hanging - [twangboy](https://github.com/twangboy)
- [52431](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/52431) via [#52574](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/52574) and [#54687](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54687) - Fix inconsistent `virt.get_xml` usage - [zer0def](https://github.com/zer0def)
- [52538](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/52538) via [#52747](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/52747) and [#54678](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54678) - Fix issue on Python3 when reading csv pillar with binary format - [que5o](https://github.com/que5o)
- [52589](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/52589) via [#54536](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54536) - Ignore retcode when checking filesystem type - [terminalmage](https://github.com/terminalmage)
- [52786](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/52786) via [#54588](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54588) - Fixed setting homedrive, profile, logonscript, and description for `user.present` under Windows- [twangboy](https://github.com/twangboy)
- [52788](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/52788) via [#51706](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/51706) - Ignore `HOST_NOT_FOUND` and `NO_DATA` when resolving FQDN - [aplanas](https://github.com/aplanas)
- [53017](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/53401) via [#54196](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54196) - Fixed virt state on stopped VMs, virt.running's use of virt.vm_state, virt.pool_running, and virt.network_define - [cbosdo](https://github.com/cbosdo)
- [53401](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/53401) via [#54166](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54166) - Fixed Docker image grains and pillar - [waynew](https://github.com/waynew)
- [53600](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/53600) via [#54480](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54480) - Allow Windows minion to manage a binary file from `ext_pillar` - [xeacott](https://github.com/xeacott)
- [53935](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/53935) - Poweroff when shutting down FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD - [morganwillcock](https://github.com/morganwillcock)
- [54072](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54072) - Check for Windows registry key before trying to list it - [twangboy](https://github.com/twangboy)
- [54177](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/54177) - Fixed `file.managed` bug with `contents_newline` flag - [xeacott](https://github.com/xeacott)
- [54197](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54197) - `virt.network_define` can now create NAT networks - [cbosdo](https://github.com/cbosdo)
- [54216](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54216) - Fixed Homebrew cask namespace support - [cdalvaro](https://github.com/cdalvaro)
- [54335](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54335) - Fixed `virt.full_info` output - [cbosdo](https://github.com/cbosdo)
- [54402](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54402) via [#54900](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54900) - Fix gitfs to use bytes when using gitpython with python3.x - [vin01](https://github.com/vin01)
- [54411](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54411) - Correctly handle `wusa` 3010 return code - [tlemarchand](https://github.com/tlemarchand)
- [54653](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54653) via [#55403](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55403) - Fixed issue with `publish.publish` trim mods after comma split - [bmiguel-teixeira](https://github.com/bmiguel-teixeira) and [saltybaker](https://github.com/saltybaker)
- [54769](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54769) - Fixed `cmd.run` to call bash only when necessary on macOS - [cdalvaro](https://github.com/cdalvaro)
- [54896](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54896) - Fix multiple LGPO issues - [twangboy](https://github.com/twangboy)
- [55003](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55003) - Fix `collections` ABC warning - [aplanas](https://github.com/aplanas)
- [55005](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55005) - Fixed `mount.remount` when fstype was unset - [aplanas](https://github.com/aplanas)
- [55006](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55006) - Fixed args/kwargs bug in loop state - [aplanas](https://github.com/aplanas)
- [55052](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55052) - Fixed fileclient for ftp connections - [garethgreenaway](https://github.com/garethgreenaway)
- [55065](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55065) - Fixed multiprocessing process after fork and finalize regression - [s0undt3ch](https://github.com/s0undt3ch)
- [55083](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55083) - Fixed iLo module to use proper tempfile settings - [garethgreenaway](https://github.com/garethgreenaway)
- [55137](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55137) - Fixed `smartos_imgadm` to correctly handle orphan images - [sjorge](https://github.com/sjorge)
- [55149](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55149) via [#55497](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55497) - Removed incorrect pass of opts to `compound_match.match` - [Akm0d](https://github.com/Akm0d)
- [55165](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55165) - Fixed `virt.volume_infos` to handle volumes missing since last refresh - [cbosdo](https://github.com/cbosdo)
- [55190](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55190) - Fixed missing lazyloader functionality - [max-arnold](https://github.com/max-arnold) and [mattp-](https://github.com/mattp-)
- [55191](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55191) - Fixed missing `list_downloaded` for apt module - [brejoc](https://github.com/brejoc)
- [55196](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55196) - Fixed `schedule.modify` to use function from current job - [garethgreenaway](https://github.com/garethgreenaway)
- [55207](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55207) - Fixed complex CORS option on CherryPy - [niflostancu](https://github.com/niflostancu)
- [55216](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55216) - Fixed failure to check for jid before returning data - [brejoc](https://github.com/brejoc)
- [55258](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55258) - Fixed aptpkg.info to return only installed packages - [mateiw](https://github.com/mateiw)
- [55271](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55271) - Fixed Py3 compatability issue in upstart - [s0undt3ch](https://github.com/s0undt3ch)
- [55336](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55336) - Fixed grains to allow `__utils__` in grains modules - [max-arnold](https://github.com/max-arnold)
- [55351](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55351) - Fixed `virt.get_hypervisor()` - [cbosdo](https://github.com/cbosdo)
- [55374](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55374) - Fixed issue with `zfs.filesystem_present` under Python3 - [silenius](https://github.com/silenius)
- [55434](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55434) - Stopped removing a directory level from slspath in templates - [terminalmage](https://github.com/terminalmage)
- [55441](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55441) - Fixed bug in logging - [s0undt3ch](https://github.com/s0undt3ch)
- [55452](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55452) - Fixed missing service.reload alias in `gentoo_service` module - [vulnbe](https://github.com/vulnbe)
- [55472](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55472) - Fixed several Py2/Py3 Unicode issues - [s0undt3ch](https://github.com/s0undt3ch)
- [55501](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55501) - Fixed slowdown by using ss filter to match TCP connections on Linux - [cifvts](https://github.com/cifvts)
- [55510](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55510) - Corrected `num_cpus` and `cpu_model` grains for IBM/S390 - [FerrySchuller](https://github.com/FerrySchuller)
- [55532](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55532) - Fixed missing beacons timeout error handling - [s0undt3ch](https://github.com/s0undt3ch)
- [55534](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55534) - Stopped `_virtual` from hard coding the 'virtual' key. - [cmcmarrow](https://github.com/cmcmarrow)
- [55540](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55540) - Fixed race condition in service.running on systemd - [terminalmage](https://github.com/terminalmage)
- [55557](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55557) - Changed to use UTC times for jids - [dwoz](https://github.com/dwoz)
- [55578](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55578) - Fixed `postgres.datadir_init` to use `checksums` arg - [meaksh](https://github.com/meaksh)
- [55580](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55580) - Fixed inconsistency with `pkg.list_pkgs` when using `attr` on RHEL systems - [meaksh](https://github.com/meaksh)
- [55582](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55582) - Do not report patches as installed when not all the related pkgs are installed (yumpkg) - [meaksh](https://github.com/meaksh)
- [55583](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55583) - Fixed `utils.network` issue with IPv6 that could cause a crash - [meaksh](https://github.com/meaksh)
- [55584](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55584) - Stopped breaking multiline repo files in `yumpkg` - [meaksh](https://github.com/meaksh)
- [55589](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55589) - Acme state fixes - [github-abcde](https://github.com/github-abcde)
- [55607](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55607) - Fixed failure to fire events to all syndics from MoM when using tcp transport - [lukasraska](https://github.com/lukasraska)
- [55616](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55616) - Fixed jboss `run_operation` and `datasource_exists` - [cmcmarrow](https://github.com/cmcmarrow)
- [55624](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55624) - Fixed issue with matchers, fallback to `ext_pillar` if there is no pillar in __opts__ - [vquiering](https://github.com/vquiering)
- [55635](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55635) - Fixed issue with minion signing during/after job execution - [lukasraska](https://github.com/lukasraska)
- [55651](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55651) - Fixed `ldap.managed` errors - [sathieu](https://github.com/sathieu)
- [55655](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55655) - Fixed using password hashes with MariaDB - [pprkut](https://github.com/pprkut)
- [55672](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55672) - Fixed issue with busy guestfs mount folders - [cbosdo](https://github.com/cbosdo)
- [55694](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55694) - Fixed S3 pillar pagination - [garethgreenaway](https://github.com/garethgreenaway)
- [55705](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55705) - Fixed zypper upgrade fromrepo - [pkwestm](https://github.com/pkwestm)
- [55730](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55730) - Restored original minion configured `publish_port` behavior - [mattp-](https://github.com/mattp-) and [Ch3LL](https://github.com/Ch3LL)
- [55780](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55780) - Fallback to disabled `LG_INCLUDE_INDIRECT` when DC is unavailable - [lukasraska](https://github.com/lukasraska)
- [55795](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55795) - Fixed issue with whitespace in ADML data - [twangboy](https://github.com/twangboy)
- [55796](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55796) - Fixed cached `osrelease_info` grain type - [srg91](https://github.com/srg91)
- [55817](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55817) - Bring #51372 to Master Branch - [twangboy](https://github.com/twangboy)
- [55823](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55823) - Fix issue with overly long names in the LGPO module - [twangboy](https://github.com/twangboy)
- [55843](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55843) - Fixed `file.mkdir` to respect `test=True` - [mchugh19](https://github.com/mchugh19)
- [55845](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55845) - Fixed logging to return multiprocessing queue if it's already set - [s0undt3ch](https://github.com/s0undt3ch)
Added
- [16674](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/16674) via [#50083](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/50083) and [#54632](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54632) - Added `migrate` support for Django module - [jrbeilke](https://github.com/jrbeilke)
- [39475](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/39475) - Added `hardlink` for `file` state and module - [arizvisa](https://github.com/arizvisa)
- [48792](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/48792) via [#49399](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/49399) and [#54879](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54879) - Add IIS webconfiguration - [tlemarchand](https://github.com/tlemarchand)
- [49212](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/49212) via [#49378](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/49378) - Added `minion_id_remove_domain`- [markuskramerIgitt](https://github.com/markuskramerIgitt)
- [49250](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/49250) via [#54657](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54657) - Add capability `jboss7` to keep unchanged deployments - [garethgreenaway](https://github.com/garethgreenaway)
- [49481](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/49481) via [#54532](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54532) - Added `grains_blacklist` to block specific grains - [rongzeng54](https://github.com/rongzeng54)
- [50005](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/50005) via [#54651](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54651) - Added ability to create events based on an arbitrary script's output - [austinpapp](https://github.com/austinpapp)
- [50306](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/50306) via [#54542](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54542) - Added `noaction` flag for opkg execution module - [rares-pop](https://github.com/rares-pop)
- [50706](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/50706) via [#54604](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54604) - Added `token` to `disk.blkid` to allow extended search - [aplanas](https://github.com/aplanas)
- [50953](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/50953) via [#54548](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54548) - Add `nvme_nqn` grain - [sdodsley](https://github.com/sdodsley)
- [51047](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/51047) via [#55253](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55253) - Added new execution module for troubleshooting Jinja map files- [terminalmage](https://github.com/terminalmage) and [max-arnold](https://github.com/max-arnold)
- [51074](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/51074) via [#54613](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54613) - Added `fat` parameter to disk module to allow specifying FAT sizes - [aplanas](https://github.com/aplanas)
- [51385](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/51385) via [#54656](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54656) - Added support for directories and checking for free space in the `disk` state - [maxim-sermin](https://github.com/maxim-sermin)
- [51758](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/51758) via [#55400](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55400) - Added cwd grain - [theskabeater](https://github.com/theskabeater) and [dwoz](https://github.com/dwoz)
- [52293](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/52293) via [#55723](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55723) - Added saltenv support in slsutil.renderer - [afischer-opentext-com](https://github.com/afischer-opentext-com)
- [52458](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/52458) via [#54623](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54623) - Added `camel_to_snake_case` and `snake_to_camel_case` to stringutils - [github-abcde](https://github.com/github-abcde)
- [52715](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/52715) via [#54577](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54577) - Added webhook support to Slack state - [garethgreenaway](https://github.com/garethgreenaway)
- [52764](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/52764) via [#54058](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54058) - Added vSphere tagging ability - [xeacott](https://github.com/xeacott)
- [53307](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/53307) - Added slot parsing inside nested state data structures - [max-arnold](https://github.com/max-arnold)
- [53621](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/53621) - Added support for `git_pillar_update_interval` - [sathieu](https://github.com/sathieu)
- [53736](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/53736) - Added index get_settings, put_settings methods for Elasticsearch module. - [Oloremo](https://github.com/Oloremo)
- [53738](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/53738) - Added `request_interval` feature to `http.wait_for_successful_query` module - [Oloremo](https://github.com/Oloremo)
- [53959](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/53959) - Added additional optional `warnings` to `test` module - [max-arnold](https://github.com/max-arnold)
- [54505](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/54505) - Added cluster get_settings, put_settings and flush_synced methods for Elasticsearch module. - [Oloremo](https://github.com/Oloremo)
- [54518](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54518) via [#54526](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54526) - Add salt-cloud support for Tencent Cloud - [likexian](https://github.com/likexian)
- [54902](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54902) - Added `cert_info` beacon to get cert information from local files - [nicholasmhughes](https://github.com/nicholasmhughes)
- [54903](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54903) - Added multipart/form-data file posting to `http.query` util - [nicholasmhughes](https://github.com/nicholasmhughes)
- [54948](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54948) - Added ability to pass grains on minion startup event - [admd](https://github.com/admd)
- [54955](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54955) - Added root parameter to useradd, shadow and groupadd - [aplanas](https://github.com/aplanas)
- [54956](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54956) - Added root parameter for wait and run states - [aplanas](https://github.com/aplanas)
- [54958](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54958) - Added optional root parameter for systemd - [aplanas](https://github.com/aplanas)
- [54959](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54959) - Added new chroot module - [aplanas](https://github.com/aplanas)
- [54960](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54960) - Added new freezer module - [aplanas](https://github.com/aplanas)
- [54961](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54961) - Added all subvolume commands to btrfs - [aplanas](https://github.com/aplanas)
- [54965](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54965) - Added fstab present/absent to mount state - [aplanas](https://github.com/aplanas)
- [54977](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54977) - Added xml state & module - [mchugh19](https://github.com/mchugh19)
- [54981](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54981) - Added `ssh_auth.manage` to both add _and_ remove ssh keys - [mchugh19](https://github.com/mchugh19)
- [54982](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54982) - Added new AWS SSM module - [mchugh19](https://github.com/mchugh19)
- [54984](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54984) - Added saltutil states to match saltutil modules - [mchugh19](https://github.com/mchugh19) and [max-arnold](https://github.com/max-arnold)
- [54991](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54991) - Added keystore state and modules for Java keystore files - [mchugh19](https://github.com/mchugh19)
- [54992](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54992) - Added ability to use salt modules in onlyif and unless - [mchugh19](https://github.com/mchugh19) and [gtmanfred](https://github.com/gtmanfred)
- [54993](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54993) - Added support for parsing slot results - [mchugh19](https://github.com/mchugh19)
- [54996](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/54996) - Added `binds` parameter for `run_chroot` - [aplanas](https://github.com/aplanas)
- [55001](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55001) - Added ability to ignore errors on `mdadm_raid.examine` - [aplanas](https://github.com/aplanas)
- [55047](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55047) - Added ability to deprecate by date - [s0undt3ch](https://github.com/s0undt3ch)
- [55145](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55145) and [#50150](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/50150) - Added status code lists and status regex for `http.query` state - [Ajnbro](https://github.com/Ajnbro) and [mchugh19](https://github.com/mchugh19)
- [55150](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55150) - Added 'ppc64le' as a valid RPM package architecture - [meaksh](https://github.com/meaksh)
- [55195](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55195) - Added `salt_version` module - [rallytime](https://github.com/rallytime) and [max-arnold](https://github.com/max-arnold)
- [55200](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55200) - Added `virt.pool_deleted` state - [cbosdo](https://github.com/cbosdo)
- [55202](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55202) - Added test ability and pool editing to `virt.pool_running` - [cbosdo](https://github.com/cbosdo)
- [55203](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55203) - Adds enabled kwarg to `aptpkg` module - [brejoc](https://github.com/brejoc)
- [55245](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55245) - Adding kernel boot parameters to libvirt xml - [ldeweysuse](https://github.com/ldeweysuse)
- [55256](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55256) - Added status to dpkg.info response - [mateiw](https://github.com/mateiw)
- [55342](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55342) - Added Slack webhook returner - [cdalvaro](https://github.com/cdalvaro)
- [55345](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55345) - Add chroot apply_, sls, and highstate for state execution - [aplanas](https://github.com/aplanas)
- [55346](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55346) - Added `virt.pool_capabilities` module - [cbosdo](https://github.com/cbosdo)
- [55418](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55418) - Added clean_parent argument for the archive state. - [Oloremo](https://github.com/Oloremo)
- [55420](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55420) - Added performance tracing/logging to gitfs file_list cache rebuild - [duckfez](https://github.com/duckfez)
- [55424](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55424) - Added Azure DNS modules and states - [nicholasmhughes](https://github.com/nicholasmhughes)
- [55432](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55432) - Add null to YAML dumper for threadsafe loader - [Akm0d](https://github.com/Akm0d)
- [55443](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/55443) - Added a skip_files_list_verify argument to archive.extracted state. - [Oloremo](https://github.com/Oloremo)
- [55448](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55448) - Adds `downloadonly/download_only` alias for aptpkg module - [brejoc](https://github.com/brejoc)
- [55480](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55480) - Add lint pre-commit hooks - [s0undt3ch](https://github.com/s0undt3ch)
- [55492](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55492) - Allow arbitrary arguments to be passed through the pip module - [Akm0d](https://github.com/Akm0d)
- [55506](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55506) - Added `hashutil.hmac_compute` - [Ajnbro](https://github.com/Ajnbro)
- [55515](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55515) - Added `disk_set` and `disk_toggle` to parted module - [aplanas](https://github.com/aplanas)
- [55516](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55516) - Added `not_change` to several functions in the mount module, `set_fstab` & others - [aplanas](https://github.com/aplanas)
- [55565](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55565) - Added ability to pass the context dictionary to Sminion and Runner - [s0undt3ch](https://github.com/s0undt3ch)
- [55590](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55590) - Added `version` to depends decorator - [github-abcde](https://github.com/github-abcde)
- [55593](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/55593) - Added a support for a global proxy to pip module. - [Oloremo](https://github.com/Oloremo)
- [55613](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55613) - Added saltcheck updates for Neon - [mchugh19](https://github.com/mchugh19)
- [55636](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55636) - Added DSON outputter - [terminalmage](https://github.com/terminalmage)
- [55637](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55637) - Added wildcard matches and grains matching to `config.option` - [terminalmage](https://github.com/terminalmage)
- [55639](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55639) - Added `loop.until_no_eval` - [github-abcde](https://github.com/github-abcde)
- [55666](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55666) - Added the `internal` flag to openvswitch - [Akm0d](https://github.com/Akm0d)
- [55711](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55711) - Added `fluentd` engine - [mchugh19](https://github.com/mchugh19)
- [55733](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55733) - Added `salt.utils.data.filter_falsey` - [github-abcde](https://github.com/github-abcde)
- [55749](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55749) - Added port of `json_query` Jinja filter from Ansible - [max-arnold](https://github.com/max-arnold)
- [55751](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55751) - Added the osfullname grain on FreeBSD - [asomers](https://github.com/asomers)
- [55759](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55759) - Added `salt.utils.data.recursive_diff` - [github-abcde](https://github.com/github-abcde)
- [55760](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55760) - Add minion-side access control - [github-abcde](https://github.com/github-abcde)
- [55762](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55762) - Added `virt.(pool|network)_get_xml` functions - [cbosdo](https://github.com/cbosdo)
- [55767](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55767) - Added ability to manipulate RabbitMQ upstream definitions - [github-abcde](https://github.com/github-abcde)
- [55768](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55768) - Added `boto3_elasticsearch` module and state - [github-abcde](https://github.com/github-abcde)
- [55844](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55844) - Allow multiple running instances of Salt engine - [garethgreenaway](https://github.com/garethgreenaway)
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