112.0 - 12 Monkeys

The Avocado team is proud to present another release: Avocado 112.0, AKA “12 Monkeys”, is now available!

Release documentation: Avocado 112.0

Users/Test Writers

• Enhanced logging system with support for custom loggers and levels (d550fb001)

• VMImage support for non-EOL’d OpenSUSE LEAP 15.x versions (e3dcde70e)

Utility Modules

• avocado.utils.nvme gained comprehensive SED (Self-Encrypting Drive) support with functions for disk initialization, lock/unlock operations, and password changes (c7b8ea202)

• avocado.utils.nvme enhanced with shared namespace support including subsystem and controller management functions (92ab02d62)

• avocado.utils.data_structures enhanced with support for decimal values and flexible formatting in DataSize class (3533673b1)

• avocado.utils.memory added hugepage allocation detection based on meminfo (2aa3e26a1)

• avocado.utils.gdb significantly improved with comprehensive documentation, better error handling, and enhanced GDB/MI parser functionality (6d2fbbef5, af345dee0)

• avocado.utils.software_manager.backends.yum added transient options support (53fe6c475)

• avocado.utils.linux_modules enhanced kernel configuration reading to support /proc/config.gz files (bca99c272)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed network interface utility issues with IP address flushing and packet loss detection (8aeb194c7, f18df2171)

• Resolved GDB/MI parser regression that was causing parsing failures (af345dee0)

• Fixed archive utility to properly handle zstd command validation failures (4a2f951f4)

• Corrected NVMe utility string value error in get_current_ns_ids function (9aab87c66)

• Fixed limited depth traversal issue when fetching disk names (157b8365b)

• Fixed robust resource lookup for editable installs (f04bef6dc)

• Corrected variable override issues in external spark utility (43d1cebf7)

Internal changes

• Python 3.8 support has been dropped; minimum supported version is now Python 3.9 (9f241fc53)

• Added Python 3.14 support with proper AST handling for newer Python versions (331873ef0, 4d4a28471, c1de44fab)

• Several utility modules are being prepared for migration to AAutils project:

  • avocado.utils.aurl is deprecated and will be removed after next LTS release (bbaa79c4f)

  • avocado.utils.path development is frozen pending AAutils migration (57aa993d9)

  • avocado.utils.network.ports development is frozen pending AAutils migration (089f44a7a)

  • avocado.utils.data_structures is deprecated and will be removed after next LTS release (a5b442f28)

• Enhanced test coverage for GDB utilities, network utilities, and path utilities (0148ee43f, 8b87310d7)

• Improved CI/CD pipeline with Ubuntu 24.04 support and updated GitHub Actions (a2ea8b876)

• Added AI policy documentation for AI-generated code contributions (092b3eec5)

• Enhanced documentation with improved badges and contributor guidelines (35169b1aa)

• Updated Fedora VMImage URLs and improved caching mechanisms (5596cd0db, 53bc4fe3a)

Additional information

For more information, please check out the complete Avocado changelog.

For more information on the actual issues addressed, please check out the milestone information.

For more information on the release codename, please refer to IMDb.