From eca6494503c7866de714b579af8a81b9c7fe2364 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "patchback[bot]" <45432694+patchback[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2023 18:49:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [PR #6401/486c47f9 backport][stable-6] rhsm_release: removing
 required=true for 'release' option (#6409)

rhsm_release: removing required=true for 'release' option (#6401)

Fix rhsm_release by removing required=true for 'release' option.

(cherry picked from commit 486c47f922dfb3a4712f28572a6c44fe3540bbaa)

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
---
 changelogs/fragments/6401-rhsm_release-required.yml |  2 ++
 plugins/modules/rhsm_release.py                     | 12 ++++++------
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/6401-rhsm_release-required.yml

diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/6401-rhsm_release-required.yml b/changelogs/fragments/6401-rhsm_release-required.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bf47fa8237
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/6401-rhsm_release-required.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "rhsm_release - make ``release`` parameter not required so it is possible to pass ``null`` as a value. This only was possible in the past due to a bug in ansible-core that now has been fixed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6401)."
diff --git a/plugins/modules/rhsm_release.py b/plugins/modules/rhsm_release.py
index 037c3fbec8..6ac4da6e4f 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/rhsm_release.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/rhsm_release.py
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ attributes:
 options:
   release:
     description:
-      - RHSM release version to use (use null to unset)
-    required: true
+      - RHSM release version to use.
+      - To unset either pass C(null) for this option, or omit this option.
     type: str
 author:
   - Sean Myers (@seandst)
@@ -43,17 +43,17 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 # Set release version to 7.1
 - name: Set RHSM release version
   community.general.rhsm_release:
-      release: "7.1"
+    release: "7.1"
 
 # Set release version to 6Server
 - name: Set RHSM release version
   community.general.rhsm_release:
-      release: "6Server"
+    release: "6Server"
 
 # Unset release version
 - name: Unset RHSM release release
   community.general.rhsm_release:
-      release: null
+    release: null
 '''
 
 RETURN = '''
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def set_release(module, release):
 def main():
     module = AnsibleModule(
         argument_spec=dict(
-            release=dict(type='str', required=True),
+            release=dict(type='str'),
         ),
         supports_check_mode=True
     )