Automation Action Ansible sensor releases
The Automation Action Ansible sensor is a component of Managing automation feature. The sensor can run Ansible actions that are imported into the action catalog in Instana.
For more information, see Managing automation.
Release 1.0.79
Automation Action Ansible sensor 1.0.79 is released on 4 March 2026.
Improvements
The sensor now supports job tags in Ansible job execution and allows for selective execution of tagged tasks within Ansible playbooks and workflows, providing more granular control over automation actions.
Release 1.0.78
Automation Action Ansible sensor 1.0.78 is released on 26 February 2026.
Improvements
This release adds support for retrieving comprehensive workflow job outputs. The sensor can now fetch and display all individual job outputs for a workflow job, including job names, statuses, and detailed execution logs for each job in the workflow.
Release 1.0.74
Automation Action Ansible sensor 1.0.74 is released on 7 July 2025.
Improvements
The sensor now imports Ansible job templates and workflow job templates as Ansible actions from your Ansible Automation Controller whenever you enable the sensor or update the sensor configuration.
Release 1.0.73
Automation Action Ansible sensor 1.0.73 is released on 5 June 2025.
Improvements
This release improves the error handling of the sensor when the Ansible Automation Controller URL is not properly formatted in the sensor configuration.
Release 1.0.72
Automation Action Ansible sensor 1.0.72 is released on 6 May 2025.
Fixes
Previously, if an Ansible job was blocked by the Open Policy Agent (OPA), action history did not show any details of the error. This issue is now fixed.
Release 1.0.64
Automation Action Ansible sensor 1.0.64 is released on 27 February 2025.
Improvements
This release includes a new optional parameter for the sensor configuration. You can set the API path for Ansible Automation Controller. By default, the API path is set to /api/v2.
Release 1.0.58
Automation Action Ansible sensor 1.0.58 is released on 10 December 2024.
Improvements
This release removes the container management engine (Podman or Docker) requirement.
Release 1.0.56
Automation Action Ansible sensor 1.0.56 is released on 9 December 2024.
Features
This release adds support for the Ansible workflow job templates. You can import and run Ansible workflow job templates from your Ansible Automation Controller as Ansible actions.