v25.9.0

Enhancements

• Add documentation links to molecule login error message (#4536) @cidrblock
• Set Click standalone_mode=False by default (#4537) @cidrblock
• Replace ImmediateExit with sysexit_with_message for direct exits (#4534) @cidrblock
• Add sysexit_from_exception, restore sysexit_with_message (#4538) @Qalthos
• Debug the galaxy.yml missing (#4533) @cidrblock
• Add environment variable support for report and command-borders (#4530) @cidrblock
• Debug missing galaxy.yml file not warning (#4531) @cidrblock
• Remove non-functional html report (#4528) @cidrblock
• Bump the dependencies group in /.config with 14 updates (#4527) @dependabot[bot]
• Refactor configuration docs (#4529) @cidrblock
• README and index updates (#4526) @cidrblock
• Add kubevirt driver support to molecule.json (#4492) @gokberkgunduzz
• Note other examples as pre ansible-native (#4525) @cidrblock
• Convert Podman example to ansible-native configuration (#4524) @cidrblock
• Update native inventory example (#4523) @cidrblock
• Remove indent (#4522) @cidrblock
• Improve playbook doc (#4521) @cidrblock
• Add missing doc from PR 4519 (#4520) @cidrblock
• Add testing philosophy documentation (#4504) @cidrblock
• Add comprehensive getting started guides for collections and playbooks (#4519) @cidrblock
• Add comprehensive ansible-native documentation and workflow reference (#4518) @cidrblock
• Remove experimental shared inventory support (#4516) @cidrblock
• Add shared_state configuration documentation (#4517) @cidrblock
• Add shared_state configuration option with CLI override support (#4514) @cidrblock
• Fix KeyError command_borders in login and reset commands (#4515) @cidrblock
• Introduce centralized ansible configuration section and simplify init command (#4509) @cidrblock
• Bump actions/checkout from 4 to 5 (#4511) @dependabot[bot]
• Enable ansible_args for user-provided create/destroy playbooks (#4505) @cidrblock
• Add always-on one-line execution summary with improved formatting (#4506) @cidrblock
• Add --all flag support to molecule reset command (#4503) @cidrblock
• Improve messaging terminology: replace 'Completed' with 'Executed' (#4507) @cidrblock
• Add collection-aware scenario discovery and creation (#4499) @cidrblock
• refactor: introduce ImmediateExit exception for clean error handling (#4501) @cidrblock
• Reverted: Add MOLECULE_SHARED_INVENTORY_DIR environment variable and playbook variable (#4500) @cidrblock
• Add experimental --command-borders flag for visual command output separation (#4496) @cidrblock
• Add Ansible-style Scenario Recap to Report Output (#4494) @cidrblock
• Remove extra line whem an action has no completions (#4493) @cidrblock
• Implement Action Completion Reporting System (#4490) @cidrblock

Fixes

• Improve default templates for converge and verify (#4476) @dragetd
• Update getting-started-playbooks.md (#4546) @sdunne

Maintenance

• Bump the dependencies group across 1 directory with 24 updates (#4549) @dependabot[bot]
• chore: configure renovate (#4552) @ssbarnea
• chore: pre-commit autoupdate (#4548) @pre-commit-ci[bot]
• Replace to_bool calls with boolean function (#4542) @cidrblock
• Collapse utils module into single util.py file (#4541) @cidrblock
• Replace util.print_as_yaml with ansi_output.print_matrix (#4540) @cidrblock
• Refactor print_environment_vars to use logging instead of console (#4539) @cidrblock
• Bump the dependencies group across 1 directory with 20 updates (#4508) @dependabot[bot]
• chore: pre-commit autoupdate (#4498) @pre-commit-ci[bot]
• Add StrEnum compatibility layer for Python 3.10 (#4491) @cidrblock