January 2026

January 26 - Pyats v26.1

New Module Versions

Modules	Version
pyats	v26.1
pyats.aereport	v26.1
pyats.aetest	v26.1
pyats.async	v26.1
pyats.cisco	v26.1
pyats.connections	v26.1
pyats.datastructures	v26.1
pyats.easypy	v26.1
pyats.kleenex	v26.1
pyats.log	v26.1
pyats.reporter	v26.1
pyats.results	v26.1
pyats.robot	v26.1
pyats.tcl	v26.1
pyats.topology	v26.1
pyats.utils	v26.1

Changelogs

Add

• cisco-pkg

  • Added log.info to print the request pyats sent to tims.

Fix

• pyats.kleenex

  • Update logic for update_interface_with_same_name

    • update the logic to handle interfaces with same alias as well as same name

  • Enable YAML extends when loading logical testbeds in bringup.

• devat-pkg

  • DeviceCompliance

    • Removed telnet from required management protocols for DevAT device compliance.

  • DeviceCompliance

    • Updated the handeling for management interface attributes to handle the vrf check in rommon device.

• pyats-pkg

  • Modified get_required_packages

    • Added genie.lamp as a required package for Python >= 3.10, with version markers so it is only installed on supported Python versions.

  • Updated version update installer

    • Use shlex.quote when activating the virtualenv and running pip so environment markers like “; python_version >= ‘3.10’” are handled safely.

    • Removed the legacy ILLEGAL_CMD_CHARACTERS check.

• topology-pkg

  • Updated setup.py

    • Pinned ‘pathspec’ to 0.12.1

  • schema

    • Added ‘vlan’ & ‘switchport’ optional fields to ‘management’ under ‘device’ schema.

• makefile

  • Updated DEPENDENCIES

    • Pinned ‘pathspec’ to 0.12.1

• aetest

  • main

    • Fixed issue where datafile loading errors were not properly marking tasks

    • Added proper exception handling for DatafileError in main.py to return

    • Added conditional check for reporter.client attribute to support both

• pyats.log

  • Updated yaml parser to handle missing data

• connections/manager

  • instantiate

    • Updated the handling of connection kwargs to ensure proper passing of kwargs when establishing connections

• easypy-pkg

  • Updated setuptools requirement to >=76.0.0,<80.0.0 to fix DistributionNotFound error

New

• aetest

  • Added –exclude-uids argument

    • New CLI argument to exclude specific test sections from execution

    • Excluded sections are marked as SKIPPED in test results

• devat

  • Added check for recovery image for LUX for device compliance

    • New compliance check to verify presence of recovery image on LUX devices