v4.0.0

NEW MODULES

• azure_rm_containerapp: (#2353)
• azure_rm_containerapp_info: (#2353)
• azure_rm_containerappenvironment: (#2353)
• azure_rm_containerappenvironment_info: (#2353)
• azure_rm_loadbalancerbackendaddresspool: (#2354)
• azure_rm_loadbalancerbackendaddresspool_info: (#2354)

FEATURE ENHANCEMENT

• extensions/eda/plugins/event_source/azure*.py: Add UUID validation to Azure EDA source plugins. (#2299)
• sanity-requirements.txt: Bump cryptography from 48.0.1 to 50.0.0. (#2330)
• requirements.txt: Remove azure-mgmt-rdbms==10.2.0b17 (no remaining consumer after MariaDB / MySQL Single / PostgreSQL Single Server module removal). (#2339)
• plugins/modules/azure_rm_virtualmachinesize_info.py: Migrate to Resource SKUs API and add Write Accelerator disk limit. (#2316)
• plugins/modules/azure_rm_arcmachineextensions.py: Emit signals from arc extensions module. (#2311)
• plugins/inventory/azure_rm.py: Templates cloud_environment option. (#2341)
• plugins/modules/azure_rm_aks.py:
  • Add support for use_aad_auth option of the monitoring add-on, enable_secret_rotation and rotation_poll_interval for azure_keyvault_secrets_provider add-on. (#2314)
  • Add load_balancer_profile. (#2347)
  • Add storage_profile. (#2345)

BUG FIXING

• plugins/modules/azure_rm_virtualmachinescaleset.py: Fix pre-existing bugs and clean up. (#2300)
• plugins/modules/azure_rm_publicipaddress_info.py: Remove long-stale azure_publicipaddresses return docs and dead code. (#2324)
• plugins/modules/azure_rm_manageddisk.py: Fix update attach_caching on managed disk when managed_by is not resupplied. (#2331)
• extensions/audit/event_query.yml: Normalize telemetry taxonomy device_type and infra_bucket values. (#2312)
• plugins/modules/azure_rm_monitordatacollectionrules.py: Fix extension_name and extension_settings type. (#2315)
• plugins/modules/azure_rm_postgresqlflexible{administrator,configuration,server}*: Migrated postgresqlflexibleservers related modules from deprecated azure.mgmt.rdbms.postgresql_flexibleservers to azure-mgmt-postgresqlflexibleservers==2.0.0. (#2336)
• plugins/*: Replace ansible.module_utils.six with Python stdlib equivalents across all remaining call sites. (#2305)
• plugins/*: Replace deprecated ansible.module_utils._text import by ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters across all remaining call sites. (#2352)

BREAKING CHANGE

• azure_rm_virtualmachinescaleset: Changed default values for capacity, single_placement_group, orchestration_mode, platform_fault_domain_count and os_disk_caching. (#2300)
• azure_rm_containerinstance: Remove no-op top-level ports option. (#2328)
• azure_rm_storageaccount: Remove legacy Storage and BlobStorage values from kind option. (#2327)
• azure_rm_adapplication: Remove deprecated password argument. (#2326)
• plugins/lookup/azure_keyvault_secret.py: Remove deprecated use_cli option (use auth_source=cli). (#2325)
• azure_rm_sqlserver: Remove deprecated string form of identity. (#2323)
• azure_rm_sqldatabase: Remove deprecated edition option (use sku). (#2321)
• azure_rm_cosmosdbaccount*: Remove deprecated ip_range_filter option (use ip_rules). (#2320)
• azure_rm_virtualhubconnection*: Remove deprecated allow_remote_vnet_to_use_hub_vnet_gateways and allow_hub_to_remote_vnet_transit options. (#2317)
• azure_rm_appgateway: Remove disabled_rule_groups, enabled, exclusions, file_upload_limit_in_mb, firewall_mode, max_request_body_size, max_request_body_size_in_kb, request_body_check, rule_set_type, rule_set_version, and promote firewall_policy to top-level module option. (#2318)
• azure_rm_virtualmachine, azure_rm_virtualmachine_info: Remove deprecated unmanaged-disk (VHD page blob) options, storage_account_name, storage_container_name, storage_blob_name. (#2329)
• azure_rm_cognitivesearch_info: Always return a list for results. (#2332)
• azure_rm_mariadb*: Modules removed as retired by Azure DB for MariaDB (2025-09-19); migrate to Flexible Server counterparts. (#2339)
• azure_rm_mysql{configuration,database,firewallrule,server}*: Modules removed as retired by Azure DB for MySQL Single Server (2024-09-16); migrate to azure_rm_mysqlflexible*. (#2339)
• azure_rm_postgresql{configuration,database,firewallrule,server}*: Modules removed as retired by Azure DB for PostgreSQL Single Server (2025-03-28); migrate to azure_rm_postgresqlflexible*. (#2339)
• azure_rm_adgroup*: Removed raw_membership and added include_transitive_members, as now both modules query the Microsoft Graph beta endpoint. (#2337)