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2.0.0

    <ul>
        <li>Major update focused on execution and automation workflows in the IDE.</li>
        <li>Vault flow hardening: transparent decrypted editing in memory with reliable
        re-encrypt on save/close, optional vault-id support, and safer background
        processing outside EDT.</li>
        <li>Playbook execution overhaul: run line marker on playbooks, selectable run
        presets (dry-run, syntax check, tags, start-at-task, inventory), and a
        dedicated <code>ansible-playbook</code> run configuration.</li>
        <li>AAP/AWX integration: connection settings and test, job template listing,
        launch from IDE, and stdout retrieval after completion.</li>
        <li>Inventory and refactoring upgrades: inventory graph action, role-aware
        tag/task pickers, project-relative inventory labels, and vars rename
        propagation across shared vars/inventory usage.</li>
        <li>Tooling and UX updates: Molecule test action, improved action grouping, and
        chooser migration from deprecated APIs.</li>
    </ul>
    <h3>1.0.0</h3>
    <ul>
        <li>First public release after an extended internal hardening cycle.</li>
        <li>Scope-aware activation (only inside Ansible projects, never in Helm /
        Kubernetes / GitHub Actions / Docker Compose).</li>
        <li>Native LSP integration via Red Hat's
        <code>@ansible/ansible-language-server</code>.</li>
        <li>Inventory layer: navigation between inventory keys and
        <code>group_vars</code> / <code>host_vars</code>, back-navigation banner,
        completion of group and host names in playbook <code>hosts:</code>.</li>
        <li>Ansible Vault operations available in the paid tier.</li>
        <li>Settings page with dependency status, in-IDE installer and auto-start of
        the LSP once the binary appears on <code>PATH</code>.</li>
    </ul>
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