chore(deps): update dependency ansible.netcommon to v7

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Type	Update	Change
ansible.netcommon	galaxy-collection	major	2.6.1 -> 7.1.0

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Release Notes

ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon (ansible.netcommon)

v7.1.0

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Minor Changes

• ansible.netcommon.persistent - Connection local is marked deprecated and all dependent collections are advised to move to a proper connection plugin, complete support of connection local will be removed in a release after 01-01-2027.

Bugfixes

• Updated the error message for the content_templates parser to include the correct parser name and detailed error information.

Documentation Changes

• Add a simple regexp match example for multiple prompt with multiple answers. This example could be used to for restarting a network device with a delay.

v7.0.0

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Release Summary

Starting from this release, the minimum ansible-core version this collection requires is 2.15.0. The last known version compatible with ansible-core<2.15 is v6.1.3.

Major Changes

• Bumping requires_ansible to >=2.15.0, since previous ansible-core versions are EoL now.

Bugfixes

• Fix get api call during scp with libssh.
• Handle sftp error messages for file not present for routerOS.

Known Issues

• libssh - net_put and net_get fail when the destination file intended to be fetched is not present.

v6.1.3

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Bugfixes

• The v6.1.2 release introduced a change in cliconfbase's edit_config() signature which broke many platform cliconfs. This patch release reverts that change.

v6.1.2

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Documentation Changes

• Fixed module name and log consistency in parse_cli_textfsm filter doc.

v6.1.1

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Bugfixes

• Added guidance for users to open an issue for the respective platform if plugin support is needed.
• Improved module execution to gracefully handle cases where plugin support is required, providing a clear error message to the user.

v6.1.0

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Minor Changes

• Add new module cli_restore that exclusively handles restoring of backup configuration to target applaince.

Bugfixes

• libssh connection plugin - stop using deprecated PlayContext.verbosity property that is no longer present in ansible-core 2.18 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon/pull/626).
• network_cli - removed deprecated play_context.verbosity property.

New Modules

• cli_restore - Restore device configuration to network devices over network_cli

v6.0.0

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Release Summary

Starting from this release, the minimum ansible-core version this collection requires is 2.14.0. That last known version compatible with ansible-core<2.14 is v5.3.0.

Major Changes

• Bumping requires_ansible to >=2.14.0, since previous ansible-core versions are EoL now.

v5.3.0

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Minor Changes

• Add new module cli_backup that exclusively handles configuration backup.

Bugfixes

• Fix attribute types from string to str in filter plugins.

v5.2.0

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Minor Changes

• Add a new cliconf plugin default that can be used when no cliconf plugin is found for a given network_os. This plugin only supports get(). (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon/pull/569)
• httpapi - Add additional option ca_path, client_cert, client_key, and http_agent that are available in open_url but not to httpapi. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon/issues/528)
• telnet - add crlf option to send CRLF instead of just LF (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon/pull/440).

Deprecated Features

• libssh - the ssh_*_args options are now marked that they will be removed after 2026-01-01.

Bugfixes

• Ensure that all connection plugin options that should be strings are actually strings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon/pull/549).

New Plugins

Cliconf

- default - General purpose cliconf plugin for new platforms

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