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# Ansible Playbooks for Confluent Platform Release Notes

Ansible Playbooks for Confluent Platform (Confluent Ansible) is continuously updated with new features and enhancements.
This topic highlights the significant new and updated features, enhancements,
bug fixes, and known limitations in each release.

* For Confluent Platform and Confluent Ansible version compatibility, see
  [Prerequisites for Installing Confluent Platform with Ansible Playbooks](ansible-requirements.md#ansible-requirements).
* To learn how to install Confluent Ansible and deploy Confluent Platform, see
  [Download Ansible Playbooks for Confluent Platform](ansible-download.md#ansible-download) and [Install Confluent Platform with Ansible Playbooks](ansible-install.md#ansible-install).

#### NOTE
For the list of security and vulnerability issues fixed in any release, see
[Security Advisories and Security Release Notes](https://support.confluent.io/hc/en-us/sections/360008413952-Security-Advisories-and-Security-Release-Notes).

## [13 August, 2026] Confluent Ansible 8.3.1 Release Notes

Ansible Playbooks for Confluent Platform (Confluent Ansible) 8.3.1 allows you to deploy Confluent Platform version 8.3.1.

### Breaking changes

There are no breaking changes in this release.

### New features

There are no new features in this release.

### Enhancements

This release adds protection against Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
(CVEs) found in Confluent Platform. For more information, see the
[Confluent Platform 8.3.1 release notes](https://docs.confluent.io/platform/8.3/release-notes/index.html#cp-release-8-3-1).

### Bug fixes

There are no bug fixes in this release.

### Known limitations

There are no known limitations in this release.

### Deprecations

There are no deprecations in this release.

## [23 June, 2026] Confluent Ansible 8.3.0 Release Notes

Ansible Playbooks for Confluent Platform (Confluent Ansible) 8.3.0 allows you to deploy Confluent Platform version 8.3.0.

### Breaking changes

There are no breaking changes in this release.

### New features

Adds the capability to generate a support bundle for Confluent Ansible playbook runs. See [Support bundle](ansible-troubleshooting.md#ansible-support-bundle).

### Enhancements

* Introduces a Confluent CLI v3.0.0 preflight assertion.
* Adds support for Java 25.

### Bug fixes

* Fixed an issue that caused the Kafka broker and Kafka controller to restart twice.
* Fixed the issue with the `security.properties` copy task that failed to copy the file to the Ansible host.
* Fixed `kafka-storage` format failures on KRaft clusters with secrets
  protection enabled. The master key is now passed to the format step using the
  `CONFLUENT_SECURITY_MASTER_KEY` environment variable. See [Generate and regenerate the master key with Ansible](ansible-configure.md#ansible-regenerate-masterkey).
* Fixed custom certificate chain building for multi-tier and partial-chain
  PKIs. Chains now assemble correctly for root
  and intermediate bundles, and for DoD-style partial
  chains.
* Fixed an issue where OAuth client-assertion components failed to start on
  Confluent Platform 8.3. The new `-Dorg.apache.kafka.sasl.oauthbearer.allowed.files` JVM
  property is now passed to these components.

### Known limitations

There are no known limitations in this release.

### Deprecations

There are no deprecations in this release.