diff --git a/.fixtures.yml b/.fixtures.yml
index b25e8c459..50a7a3848 100644
--- a/.fixtures.yml
+++ b/.fixtures.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 fixtures:
   repositories:
     facts: 'https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-facts.git'
-    puppet_agent: 'https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-puppet_agent.git'
+    puppet_agent:
+      repo: 'https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-puppet_agent.git'
+      ref: 4.4.0
     provision: 'https://github.com/puppetlabs/provision.git'
   symlinks:
     stdlib: "#{source_dir}"
-    test:   "#{source_dir}/spec/fixtures/test"
\ No newline at end of file
+    test:   "#{source_dir}/spec/fixtures/test"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto_release.yml b/.github/workflows/auto_release.yml
index f4aed440e..ca677186e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto_release.yml
@@ -3,88 +3,8 @@ name: "Auto release"
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-env:
-  HONEYCOMB_WRITEKEY: 7f3c63a70eecc61d635917de46bea4e6 
-  HONEYCOMB_DATASET: litmus tests
-  CHANGELOG_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
 jobs:
-  auto_release:
-    name: "Automatic release prep"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-
-    steps:
-    
-    - name: "Honeycomb: Start recording"
-      uses: puppetlabs/kvrhdn-gha-buildevents@pdk-templates-v1
-      with:
-        apikey: ${{ env.HONEYCOMB_WRITEKEY }}
-        dataset: ${{ env.HONEYCOMB_DATASET }}
-        job-status: ${{ job.status }}
-
-    - name: "Honeycomb: start first step"
-      run: |
-        echo STEP_ID="auto-release" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo STEP_START=$(date +%s) >> $GITHUB_ENV
-    - name: "Checkout Source"
-      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 0
-        persist-credentials: false
-
-    - name: "PDK Release prep"
-      uses: docker://puppet/iac_release:ci
-      with:
-        args: 'release prep --force'
-      env:
-        CHANGELOG_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-    - name: "Get Version"
-      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
-      id: gv
-      run: |
-        echo "::set-output name=ver::$(jq --raw-output .version metadata.json)"
-
-    - name: "Check if a release is necessary"
-      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
-      id: check
-      run: |
-        git diff --quiet CHANGELOG.md && echo "::set-output name=release::false" || echo "::set-output name=release::true"
-
-    - name: "Commit changes"
-      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' && steps.check.outputs.release == 'true' }}
-      run: |
-        git config --local user.email "${{ github.repository_owner }}@users.noreply.github.com"
-        git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
-        git add .
-        git commit -m "Release prep v${{ steps.gv.outputs.ver }}"
-
-    - name: Create Pull Request
-      id: cpr
-      uses: puppetlabs/peter-evans-create-pull-request@v3
-      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' && steps.check.outputs.release == 'true' }}
-      with:
-        token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        commit-message: "Release prep v${{ steps.gv.outputs.ver }}"
-        branch: "release-prep"
-        delete-branch: true
-        title: "Release prep v${{ steps.gv.outputs.ver }}"
-        body: |
-          Automated release-prep through [pdk-templates](https://github.com/puppetlabs/pdk-templates/blob/main/moduleroot/.github/workflows/auto_release.yml.erb) from commit ${{ github.sha }}. 
-          Please verify before merging:
-          - [ ] last [nightly](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/workflows/nightly.yml) run is green
-          - [ ] [Changelog](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/blob/release-prep/CHANGELOG.md) is readable and has no unlabeled pull requests
-          - [ ] Ensure the [changelog](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/blob/release-prep/CHANGELOG.md) version and [metadata](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/blob/release-prep/metadata.json) version match
-        labels: "maintenance"
-
-    - name: PR outputs
-      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' && steps.check.outputs.release == 'true' }}
-      run: |
-        echo "Pull Request Number - ${{ steps.cpr.outputs.pull-request-number }}"
-        echo "Pull Request URL - ${{ steps.cpr.outputs.pull-request-url }}"
- 
-    - name: "Honeycomb: Record finish step"
-      if: ${{ always() }}
-      run: |
-        buildevents step $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID $STEP_START 'Finished auto release workflow'
+  release_prep:
+    name: "Release Prep"
+    uses: "puppetlabs/cat-github-actions/.github/workflows/module_release_prep.yml@main"
+    secrets: "inherit"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5738adb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+name: "ci"
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - "main"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    
+jobs:
+  Spec:
+    uses: "puppetlabs/cat-github-actions/.github/workflows/module_ci.yml@main"
+    secrets: "inherit"
+
+  Acceptance:
+    needs: Spec
+    uses: "puppetlabs/cat-github-actions/.github/workflows/module_acceptance.yml@main"
+    secrets: "inherit"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mend.yml b/.github/workflows/mend.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b4100a5af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/mend.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+name: "mend"
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - "main"
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 0 * * *"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+
+  mend:
+    uses: "puppetlabs/cat-github-actions/.github/workflows/mend_ruby.yml@main"
+    secrets: "inherit"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index 42816e7de..a28cd2db0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -2,203 +2,16 @@ name: "nightly"
 
 on:
   schedule:
-    - cron: '0 0 * * *'
-
-
-env:
-  HONEYCOMB_WRITEKEY: 7f3c63a70eecc61d635917de46bea4e6
-  HONEYCOMB_DATASET: litmus tests
+    - cron: "0 0 * * *"
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
-  setup_matrix:
-    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
-    name: "Setup Test Matrix"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    outputs:
-      matrix: ${{ steps.get-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
-
-    steps:
-     
-    - name: "Honeycomb: Start recording"
-      uses: puppetlabs/kvrhdn-gha-buildevents@pdk-templates-v1
-      with:
-        apikey: ${{ env.HONEYCOMB_WRITEKEY }}
-        dataset: ${{ env.HONEYCOMB_DATASET }}
-        job-status: ${{ job.status }}
+  Spec:
+    uses: "puppetlabs/cat-github-actions/.github/workflows/module_ci.yml@main"
+    secrets: "inherit"
 
-    - name: "Honeycomb: Start first step"
-      run: |
-        echo STEP_ID=setup-environment >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo STEP_START=$(date +%s) >> $GITHUB_ENV
-    - name: Checkout Source
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
-
-    - name: Activate Ruby 2.7
-      uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
-      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
-      with:
-        ruby-version: "2.7"
-        bundler-cache: true
-
-    - name: Print bundle environment
-      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
-      run: |
-        echo ::group::bundler environment
-        buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID 'bundle env' -- bundle env
-        echo ::endgroup::
-   
-    - name: "Honeycomb: Record Setup Environment time"
-      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
-      run: |
-        buildevents step $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID $STEP_START 'Setup Environment'
-        echo STEP_ID=Setup-Acceptance-Test-Matrix >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo STEP_START=$(date +%s) >> $GITHUB_ENV
-    - name: Setup Acceptance Test Matrix
-      id: get-matrix
-      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
-      run: |
-        if [ '${{ github.repository_owner }}' == 'puppetlabs' ]; then
-          buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID matrix_from_metadata -- bundle exec matrix_from_metadata_v2 
-        else
-          echo  "::set-output name=matrix::{}"
-        fi
-  
-    - name: "Honeycomb: Record Setup Test Matrix time"
-      if: ${{ always() }}
-      run: |
-        buildevents step $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID $STEP_START 'Setup Test Matrix'
   Acceptance:
-    name: "${{matrix.platforms.label}}, ${{matrix.collection}}"
-    needs:
-      - setup_matrix
-
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix: ${{fromJson(needs.setup_matrix.outputs.matrix)}}
-
-    env:
-      BUILDEVENT_FILE: '../buildevents.txt'
-
-    steps:
-    - run: |
-        echo 'platform=${{ matrix.platforms.image }}' >> $BUILDEVENT_FILE
-        echo 'collection=${{ matrix.collection }}' >> $BUILDEVENT_FILE
-        echo 'label=${{ matrix.platforms.label }}' >> $BUILDEVENT_FILE
-
-
-    - name: "Honeycomb: Start recording"
-      uses: puppetlabs/kvrhdn-gha-buildevents@pdk-templates-v1
-      with:
-        apikey: ${{ env.HONEYCOMB_WRITEKEY }}
-        dataset: ${{ env.HONEYCOMB_DATASET }}
-        job-status: ${{ job.status }}
-        matrix-key: ${{ matrix.platforms.label }}-${{ matrix.collection }}
-
-    - name: "Honeycomb: start first step"
-      run: |
-        echo STEP_ID=${{ matrix.platforms.image }}-${{ matrix.collection }}-1 >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo STEP_START=$(date +%s) >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-    - name: Checkout Source
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-    - name: Activate Ruby 2.7
-      uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
-      with:
-        ruby-version: "2.7"
-        bundler-cache: true
-
-    - name: Print bundle environment
-      run: |
-        echo ::group::bundler environment
-        buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID 'bundle env' -- bundle env
-        echo ::endgroup::
-
-    - name: "Honeycomb: Record Setup Environment time"
-      if: ${{ always() }}
-      run: |
-        buildevents step $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID $STEP_START 'Setup Environment'
-        echo STEP_ID=${{ matrix.platforms.image }}-${{ matrix.collection }}-2 >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo STEP_START=$(date +%s) >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-    - name: Provision test environment
-      run: |
-        buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID 'rake litmus:provision ${{ matrix.platforms.image }}' -- bundle exec rake 'litmus:provision[${{matrix.platforms.provider}},${{ matrix.platforms.image }}]'
-        echo ::group::=== REQUEST ===
-        cat request.json || true
-        echo
-        echo ::endgroup::
-        echo ::group::=== INVENTORY ===
-        if [ -f 'spec/fixtures/litmus_inventory.yaml' ];
-        then
-          FILE='spec/fixtures/litmus_inventory.yaml'
-        elif [ -f 'inventory.yaml' ];
-        then
-          FILE='inventory.yaml'
-        fi
-        sed -e 's/password: .*/password: "[redacted]"/' < $FILE || true
-        echo ::endgroup::
-
-    - name: Install agent
-      run: |
-        buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID 'rake litmus:install_agent ${{ matrix.collection }}' -- bundle exec rake 'litmus:install_agent[${{ matrix.collection }}]'
-
-    - name: Install module
-      run: |
-        buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID 'rake litmus:install_module' -- bundle exec rake 'litmus:install_module'
-
-    - name: "Honeycomb: Record deployment times"
-      if: ${{ always() }}
-      run: |
-        echo ::group::honeycomb step
-        buildevents step $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID $STEP_START 'Deploy test system'
-        echo STEP_ID=${{ matrix.platforms.image }}-${{ matrix.collection }}-3 >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo STEP_START=$(date +%s) >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo ::endgroup::
-
-    - name: Run acceptance tests
-      run: |
-        buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID 'rake litmus:acceptance:parallel' -- bundle exec rake 'litmus:acceptance:parallel'
-
-    - name: "Honeycomb: Record acceptance testing times"
-      if: ${{ always() }}
-      run: |
-        buildevents step $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID $STEP_START 'Run acceptance tests'
-        echo STEP_ID=${{ matrix.platforms.image }}-${{ matrix.collection }}-4 >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo STEP_START=$(date +%s) >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-    - name: Remove test environment
-      if: ${{ always() }}
-      continue-on-error: true
-      run: |
-        if [[ -f inventory.yaml || -f spec/fixtures/litmus_inventory.yaml ]]; then
-          buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID 'rake litmus:tear_down' -- bundle exec rake 'litmus:tear_down'
-          echo ::group::=== REQUEST ===
-          cat request.json || true
-          echo
-          echo ::endgroup::
-        fi
-
-    - name: "Honeycomb: Record removal times"
-      if: ${{ always() }}
-      run: |
-        buildevents step $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID $STEP_START 'Remove test environment'
+    needs: Spec
+    uses: "puppetlabs/cat-github-actions/.github/workflows/module_acceptance.yml@main"
+    secrets: "inherit"
 
-  slack-workflow-status:
-    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
-    name: Post Workflow Status To Slack
-    needs:
-      - Acceptance
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    steps:
-      - name: Slack Workflow Notification
-        uses: puppetlabs/Gamesight-slack-workflow-status@pdk-templates-v1
-        with:
-          # Required Input
-          repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          slack_webhook_url: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
-          # Optional Input
-          channel: '#team-cat-bots'
-          name: 'GABot'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_test.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_test.yml
index fd310e656..7e4dd83a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_test.yml
@@ -2,84 +2,43 @@ name: "PR Testing"
 
 on: [pull_request]
 
-
-env:
- 
-  HONEYCOMB_WRITEKEY: 7f3c63a70eecc61d635917de46bea4e6
-  HONEYCOMB_DATASET: litmus tests
-
 jobs:
   setup_matrix:
     name: "Setup Test Matrix"
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    outputs:
-      matrix: ${{ steps.get-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
 
     steps:
-    
-    - name: "Honeycomb: Start recording"
-      uses: puppetlabs/kvrhdn-gha-buildevents@pdk-templates-v1
-      with:
-        apikey: ${{ env.HONEYCOMB_WRITEKEY }}
-        dataset: ${{ env.HONEYCOMB_DATASET }}
-        job-status: ${{ job.status }}
-
-    - name: "Honeycomb: Start first step"
-      run: |
-        echo STEP_ID=setup-environment >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo STEP_START=$(date +%s) >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - name: Checkout Source
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
 
-    - name: Activate Ruby 2.7
+    - name: Activate Ruby 2.5
       uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
-      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
       with:
         ruby-version: "2.7"
         bundler-cache: true
 
     - name: Print bundle environment
-      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
       run: |
         echo ::group::bundler environment
-        buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID 'bundle env' -- bundle env
+        bundle env
         echo ::endgroup::
-  
-    - name: "Honeycomb: Record Setup Environment time"
-      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
-      run: |
-        buildevents step $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID $STEP_START 'Setup Environment'
-        echo STEP_ID=Setup-Acceptance-Test-Matrix >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo STEP_START=$(date +%s) >> $GITHUB_ENV
-    - name: Run validation steps
-      run: |
-        bundle exec rake validate
-      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
 
-    - name: Setup Acceptance Test Matrix
-      id: get-matrix
-      run: |
-        if [ '${{ github.repository_owner }}' == 'puppetlabs' ]; then
-          buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID matrix_from_metadata -- bundle exec matrix_from_metadata_v2 
-        else
-          echo  "::set-output name=matrix::{}"
-        fi
- 
-    - name: "Honeycomb: Record Setup Test Matrix time"
-      if: ${{ always() }}
-      run: |
-        buildevents step $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID $STEP_START 'Setup Test Matrix'
   Acceptance:
-    name: "${{matrix.platforms.label}}, ${{matrix.collection}}"
-    needs:
-      - setup_matrix
-    if: ${{ needs.setup_matrix.outputs.matrix != '{}' }}
+    name: "${{matrix.platforms.label}}, "
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
-      matrix: ${{fromJson(needs.setup_matrix.outputs.matrix)}}
+      matrix:
+        platforms:
+          - label: Stretch
+            provider: provision::docker
+            image: litmusimage/debian:9
+          - label: Buster
+            provider: provision::docker
+            image: litmusimage/debian:10
+        collection:
+          - puppet5
 
     env:
       BUILDEVENT_FILE: '../buildevents.txt'
@@ -89,19 +48,7 @@ jobs:
         echo 'platform=${{ matrix.platforms.image }}' >> $BUILDEVENT_FILE
         echo 'collection=${{ matrix.collection }}' >> $BUILDEVENT_FILE
         echo 'label=${{ matrix.platforms.label }}' >> $BUILDEVENT_FILE
- 
-    - name: "Honeycomb: Start recording"
-      uses: puppetlabs/kvrhdn-gha-buildevents@pdk-templates-v1
-      with:
-        apikey: ${{ env.HONEYCOMB_WRITEKEY }}
-        dataset: ${{ env.HONEYCOMB_DATASET }}
-        job-status: ${{ job.status }}
-        matrix-key: ${{ matrix.platforms.label }}-${{ matrix.collection }}
 
-    - name: "Honeycomb: start first step"
-      run: |
-        echo STEP_ID=${{ matrix.platforms.image }}-${{ matrix.collection }}-1 >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo STEP_START=$(date +%s) >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - name: Checkout Source
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
@@ -114,18 +61,12 @@ jobs:
     - name: Print bundle environment
       run: |
         echo ::group::bundler environment
-        buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID 'bundle env' -- bundle env
+        bundle env
         echo ::endgroup::
- 
-    - name: "Honeycomb: Record Setup Environment time"
-      if: ${{ always() }}
-      run: |
-        buildevents step $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID $STEP_START 'Setup Environment'
-        echo STEP_ID=${{ matrix.platforms.image }}-${{ matrix.collection }}-2 >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo STEP_START=$(date +%s) >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
     - name: Provision test environment
       run: |
-        buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID 'rake litmus:provision ${{ matrix.platforms.image }}' -- bundle exec rake 'litmus:provision[${{matrix.platforms.provider}},${{ matrix.platforms.image }}]'
+        bundle exec rake 'litmus:provision[${{matrix.platforms.provider}},${{ matrix.platforms.image }}]'
         echo ::group::=== REQUEST ===
         cat request.json || true
         echo
@@ -142,44 +83,22 @@ jobs:
         echo ::endgroup::
 
     - name: Install agent
-      run: |
-        buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID 'rake litmus:install_agent ${{ matrix.collection }}' -- bundle exec rake 'litmus:install_agent[${{ matrix.collection }}]'
+      run: bundle exec rake 'litmus:install_agent[${{ matrix.collection }}]'
 
     - name: Install module
-      run: |
-        buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID 'rake litmus:install_module' -- bundle exec rake 'litmus:install_module'
- 
-    - name: "Honeycomb: Record deployment times"
-      if: ${{ always() }}
-      run: |
-        echo ::group::honeycomb step
-        buildevents step $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID $STEP_START 'Deploy test system'
-        echo STEP_ID=${{ matrix.platforms.image }}-${{ matrix.collection }}-3 >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo STEP_START=$(date +%s) >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo ::endgroup::
+      run: bundle exec rake 'litmus:install_module'
+
     - name: Run acceptance tests
-      run: |
-        buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID 'rake litmus:acceptance:parallel' -- bundle exec rake 'litmus:acceptance:parallel'
- 
-    - name: "Honeycomb: Record acceptance testing times"
-      if: ${{ always() }}
-      run: |
-        buildevents step $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID $STEP_START 'Run acceptance tests'
-        echo STEP_ID=${{ matrix.platforms.image }}-${{ matrix.collection }}-4 >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo STEP_START=$(date +%s) >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      run: bundle exec rake 'litmus:acceptance:parallel'
+
     - name: Remove test environment
       if: ${{ always() }}
       continue-on-error: true
       run: |
         if [[ -f inventory.yaml || -f spec/fixtures/litmus_inventory.yaml ]]; then
-          buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID 'rake litmus:tear_down' -- bundle exec rake 'litmus:tear_down'
+          bundle exec rake 'litmus:tear_down'
           echo ::group::=== REQUEST ===
           cat request.json || true
           echo
           echo ::endgroup::
         fi
- 
-    - name: "Honeycomb: Record removal times"
-      if: ${{ always() }}
-      run: |
-        buildevents step $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID $STEP_START 'Remove test environment'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1509f6e91..82caec76a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -4,44 +4,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   
 jobs:
-  create-github-release:
-    name: Deploy GitHub Release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ github.ref }}
-          clean: true
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Get Version
-        id: gv
-        run: |
-          echo "::set-output name=ver::$(jq --raw-output .version metadata.json)"
-      - name: Create Release
-        uses: actions/create-release@v1
-        id: create_release
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          tag_name: "v${{ steps.gv.outputs.ver }}"
-          draft: false
-          prerelease: false
-
-  deploy-forge:
-    name: Deploy to Forge
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ github.ref }}
-          clean: true
-      - name: "PDK Build"
-        uses: docker://puppet/pdk:nightly
-        with:
-          args: 'build'
-      - name: "Push to Forge"
-        uses: docker://puppet/pdk:nightly
-        with:
-          args: 'release publish --forge-token ${{ secrets.FORGE_API_KEY }} --force'
+  release:
+    name: "Release"
+    uses: "puppetlabs/cat-github-actions/.github/workflows/module_release.yml@main"
+    secrets: "inherit"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/spec.yml b/.github/workflows/spec.yml
index 6c1ae10d8..ffec2292a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spec.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spec.yml
@@ -1,91 +1,44 @@
 name: "Spec Tests"
 
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '0 0 * * *'
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  pull_request:
-
-
-env:
-  HONEYCOMB_WRITEKEY: 7f3c63a70eecc61d635917de46bea4e6
-  HONEYCOMB_DATASET: litmus tests
+on: [pull_request]
 
 jobs:
   setup_matrix:
     name: "Setup Test Matrix"
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    outputs:
-      spec_matrix: ${{ steps.get-matrix.outputs.spec_matrix }}
 
     steps:
-    
-      - name: "Honeycomb: Start recording"
-        uses: puppetlabs/kvrhdn-gha-buildevents@pdk-templates-v1
-        with:
-          apikey: ${{ env.HONEYCOMB_WRITEKEY }}
-          dataset: ${{ env.HONEYCOMB_DATASET }}
-          job-status: ${{ job.status }}
-
-      - name: "Honeycomb: Start first step"
-        run: |
-          echo STEP_ID=setup-environment >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo STEP_START=$(date +%s) >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Checkout Source
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
 
-      - name: Activate Ruby 2.7
+      - name: Activate Ruby 2.5
         uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
-        if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
         with:
-          ruby-version: "2.7"
+          ruby-version: "2.5"
           bundler-cache: true
 
       - name: Print bundle environment
-        if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
         run: |
           echo ::group::bundler environment
-          buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID 'bundle env' -- bundle env
+          bundle env
           echo ::endgroup::
-      - name: "Honeycomb: Record Setup Environment time"
-        if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
-        run: |
-          buildevents step $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID $STEP_START 'Setup Environment'
-          echo STEP_ID=Setup-Acceptance-Test-Matrix >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo STEP_START=$(date +%s) >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: Run Static & Syntax Tests
-        if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
-        run: |
-          buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID 'static_syntax_checks' -- bundle exec rake syntax lint metadata_lint check:symlinks check:git_ignore check:dot_underscore check:test_file rubocop
 
-      - name: Setup Spec Test Matrix
-        id: get-matrix
-        run: |
-          if [ '${{ github.repository_owner }}' == 'puppetlabs' ]; then
-            buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID matrix_from_metadata -- bundle exec matrix_from_metadata_v2
-          else
-            echo  "::set-output name=spec_matrix::{}"
-          fi
-      - name: "Honeycomb: Record Setup Test Matrix time"
-        if: ${{ always() }}
-        run: |
-          buildevents step $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID $STEP_START 'Setup Test Matrix'
   Spec:
     name: "Spec Tests (Puppet: ${{matrix.puppet_version}}, Ruby Ver: ${{matrix.ruby_version}})"
-    needs:
-      - setup_matrix
-    if: ${{ needs.setup_matrix.outputs.spec_matrix != '{}' }}
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
-      matrix: ${{fromJson(needs.setup_matrix.outputs.spec_matrix)}}
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - puppet_version: '~> 5.5.0'
+            ruby_version: '2.5'
+            facter_version: '~> 2.0'
 
     env:
       BUILDEVENT_FILE: '../buildevents.txt'
       PUPPET_GEM_VERSION: ${{ matrix.puppet_version }}
-      FACTER_GEM_VERSION: 'https://github.com/puppetlabs/facter#main'
+      FACTER_GEM_VERSION: ${{ matrix.facter_version }}
 
     steps:
       - run: |
@@ -93,18 +46,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - run: |
           echo 'puppet_version=${{ env.SANITIZED_PUPPET_VERSION }}' >> $BUILDEVENT_FILE
-      - name: "Honeycomb: Start first step"
-        run: |
-          echo "STEP_ID=${{ env.SANITIZED_PUPPET_VERSION }}-spec" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo STEP_START=$(date +%s) >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-      - name: "Honeycomb: Start recording"
-        uses: puppetlabs/kvrhdn-gha-buildevents@pdk-templates-v1
-        with:
-          apikey: ${{ env.HONEYCOMB_WRITEKEY }}
-          dataset: ${{ env.HONEYCOMB_DATASET }}
-          job-status: ${{ job.status }}
-          matrix-key: ${{ env.SANITIZED_PUPPET_VERSION }}
       - name: Checkout Source
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
@@ -117,10 +59,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Print bundle environment
         run: |
           echo ::group::bundler environment
-          buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID 'bundle env' -- bundle env
+          bundle env
           echo ::endgroup::
 
-
       - name: Run parallel_spec tests
-        run: |
-          buildevents cmd $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID 'rake parallel_spec Puppet ${{ matrix.puppet_version }}, Ruby ${{ matrix.ruby_version }}' -- bundle exec rake parallel_spec
+        run: bundle exec rake parallel_spec
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 26d7e5b1f..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-name: Audit aging issues/PRs
-
-on:
-  schedule:
-  - cron: "30 1 * * *"
-
-jobs:
-  audit:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/stale@v3
-      with:
-        repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        days-before-issue-stale: 90
-        days-before-pr-stale: 60
-        days-before-pr-close: 7
-        stale-issue-message: |
-          Hello! 👋
-
-          This issue has been open for a while and has had no recent activity. We've labelled it with `attention-needed` so that we can get a clear view of which issues need our attention.
-
-          If you are waiting on a response from us we will try and address your comments on a future Community Day.
-
-          Alternatively, if it is no longer relevant to you please close the issue with a comment.
-        stale-issue-label: 'attention-needed'
-        stale-pr-message: |
-          Hello! 👋
-
-          This pull request has been open for a while and has had no recent activity. We've labelled it with `attention-needed` so that we can get a clear view of which PRs need our attention.
-
-          If you are waiting on a response from us we will try and address your comments on a future Community Day.
-
-          Alternatively, if it is no longer relevant to you please close the PR with a comment. 
-          
-          Please note that if a pull request receives no update for 7 after it has been labelled, it will be closed. We are always happy to re-open pull request if they have been closed in error.
-        stale-pr-label: 'attention-needed'
diff --git a/.sync.yml b/.sync.yml
index 8b32d1b38..5f384051b 100644
--- a/.sync.yml
+++ b/.sync.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Gemfile:
   optional:
     ":development":
     - gem: github_changelog_generator
+      version: '= 1.15.2'
 spec/spec_helper.rb:
   mock_with: ":rspec"
   coverage_report: true
@@ -18,14 +19,11 @@ spec/spec_helper.rb:
   unmanaged: false
 .gitpod.yml:
   unmanaged: false
-.github/workflows/nightly.yml:
-  unmanaged: false
-.github/workflows/pr_test.yml:
-  unmanaged: false
 .github/workflows/auto_release.yml:
   unmanaged: false
-.github/workflows/spec.yml:
-  checks: 'syntax lint metadata_lint check:symlinks check:git_ignore check:dot_underscore check:test_file rubocop'
+.github/workflows/ci.yml:
+  unmanaged: false
+.github/workflows/nightly.yml:
   unmanaged: false
 .github/workflows/release.yml:
   unmanaged: false
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 06ffc7f7b..e7671f18e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,30 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org).
 
+The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org).
+
+## [v8.6.0](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib/tree/v8.6.0) - 2023-04-24
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib/compare/v8.5.0...v8.6.0)
+
+### Added
+
+- Stdlib::Http::Method: Add new type for http methods [#1299](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib/pull/1299) ([b4ldr](https://github.com/b4ldr))
+- Add `stdlib::sha256` [#1289](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib/pull/1289) ([jcpunk](https://github.com/jcpunk))
+- Add `stdlib::crc32` [#1288](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib/pull/1288) ([jcpunk](https://github.com/jcpunk))
+- Add Stdlib::Ensure::Package type [#1281](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib/pull/1281) ([arjenz](https://github.com/arjenz))
+
+### Fixed
+
+- (PUP-11752) Fix fqdn_rand_string_spec.rb test [#1308](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib/pull/1308) ([alexjfisher](https://github.com/alexjfisher))
+- Make ensure_packages work with `ensure => present` [#1300](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib/pull/1300) ([alexjfisher](https://github.com/alexjfisher))
+- Safely handle a missing root user [#1295](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib/pull/1295) ([ekohl](https://github.com/ekohl))
+- stdlib::ensure: update function to support the generic case [#1286](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib/pull/1286) ([b4ldr](https://github.com/b4ldr))
+- Drop Puppet < 3.6 support in package_provider fact [#1280](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib/pull/1280) ([ekohl](https://github.com/ekohl))
+- Correct bcrypt salt regex [#1279](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib/pull/1279) ([sabo](https://github.com/sabo))
+- Determine root_home without shelling out [#1278](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib/pull/1278) ([ekohl](https://github.com/ekohl))
+- (CONT-173) - Updating deprecated facter instances [#1277](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib/pull/1277) ([jordanbreen28](https://github.com/jordanbreen28))
+
 ## [v8.5.0](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib/tree/v8.5.0) (2022-10-13)
 
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib/compare/v8.4.0...v8.5.0)
diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index a5d109e99..e68528ed9 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # Setting ownership to the modules team
-* @puppetlabs/modules
+# include Trusted Contributors
+* @puppetlabs/modules @alexjfisher @b4ldr @bastelfreak @ekohl @smortex
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 26dd2db9c..deb1895ab 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -13,28 +13,23 @@ def location_for(place_or_version, fake_version = nil)
   end
 end
 
+ruby_version_segments = Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION.dup).segments
+minor_version = ruby_version_segments[0..1].join('.')
+puppet_module_posix_version = if Gem::Requirement.create('~> 2.5.0').satisfied_by?(Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION.dup))
+                                '0.0'
+                              else
+                                '1.0'
+                              end
+
 group :development do
-  gem "json", '~> 2.0',                                require: false
-  gem "voxpupuli-puppet-lint-plugins", '~> 3.0',       require: false
-  gem "facterdb", '~> 1.18',                           require: false
-  gem "metadata-json-lint", '>= 2.0.2', '< 4.0.0',     require: false
-  gem "puppetlabs_spec_helper", '>= 3.0.0', '< 5.0.0', require: false
-  gem "rspec-puppet-facts", '~> 2.0',                  require: false
-  gem "codecov", '~> 0.2',                             require: false
-  gem "dependency_checker", '~> 0.2',                  require: false
-  gem "parallel_tests", '~> 3.4',                      require: false
-  gem "pry", '~> 0.10',                                require: false
-  gem "simplecov-console", '~> 0.5',                   require: false
-  gem "puppet-debugger", '~> 1.0',                     require: false
-  gem "rubocop", '= 1.6.1',                            require: false
-  gem "rubocop-performance", '= 1.9.1',                require: false
-  gem "rubocop-rspec", '= 2.0.1',                      require: false
-  gem "rb-readline", '= 0.5.5',                        require: false, platforms: [:mswin, :mingw, :x64_mingw]
-  gem "github_changelog_generator",                    require: false
+  gem "json", '= 2.0.4',                                         require: false if Gem::Requirement.create('~> 2.4.2').satisfied_by?(Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION.dup))
+  gem "json", '= 2.1.0',                                         require: false if Gem::Requirement.create(['>= 2.5.0', '< 2.7.0']).satisfied_by?(Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION.dup))
+  gem "json", '= 2.3.0',                                         require: false if Gem::Requirement.create(['>= 2.7.0', '< 2.8.0']).satisfied_by?(Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION.dup))
+  gem "puppet-module-posix-default-r#{minor_version}", "~> #{puppet_module_posix_version}", require: false, platforms: [:ruby]
+  gem "puppet-module-posix-dev-r#{minor_version}", "~> #{puppet_module_posix_version}",     require: false, platforms: [:ruby]
 end
 group :system_tests do
-  gem "puppet_litmus", '< 1.0.0', require: false, platforms: [:ruby]
-  gem "serverspec", '~> 2.41',    require: false
+  gem "puppet-module-posix-system-r#{minor_version}", "~> #{puppet_module_posix_version}", require: false, platforms: [:ruby]
 end
 
 puppet_version = ENV['PUPPET_GEM_VERSION']
diff --git a/REFERENCE.md b/REFERENCE.md
index 92111e563..c6f9b3f2e 100644
--- a/REFERENCE.md
+++ b/REFERENCE.md
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 ### Classes
 
 * [`stdlib`](#stdlib): This module manages stdlib.
-* [`stdlib::manage`](#stdlibmanage): A simple place to define trivial resources
-* [`stdlib::stages`](#stdlibstages): This class manages a standard set of run stages for Puppet. It is managed by
+* [`stdlib::manage`](#stdlib--manage): A simple place to define trivial resources
+* [`stdlib::stages`](#stdlib--stages): This class manages a standard set of run stages for Puppet. It is managed by
 the stdlib class, and should not be declared independently.
 
 ### Resource types
@@ -173,15 +173,17 @@ the provided regular expression.
 * [`sort`](#sort): Sorts strings and arrays lexically.
 * [`sprintf_hash`](#sprintf_hash): Uses sprintf with named references.
 * [`squeeze`](#squeeze): Returns a new string where runs of the same character that occur in this set are replaced by a single character.
-* [`stdlib::deferrable_epp`](#stdlibdeferrable_epp): This function returns either a rendered template or a deferred function to render at runtime. If any of the values in the variables hash are 
-* [`stdlib::end_with`](#stdlibend_with): Returns true if str ends with one of the prefixes given. Each of the prefixes should be a String.
-* [`stdlib::ensure`](#stdlibensure): function to cast ensure parameter to resource specific value
-* [`stdlib::extname`](#stdlibextname): Returns the Extension (the Portion of Filename in Path starting from the
+* [`stdlib::crc32`](#stdlib--crc32): Run a CRC32 calculation against a given value.
+* [`stdlib::deferrable_epp`](#stdlib--deferrable_epp): This function returns either a rendered template or a deferred function to render at runtime. If any of the values in the variables hash are 
+* [`stdlib::end_with`](#stdlib--end_with): Returns true if str ends with one of the prefixes given. Each of the prefixes should be a String.
+* [`stdlib::ensure`](#stdlib--ensure): function to cast ensure parameter to resource specific value
+* [`stdlib::extname`](#stdlib--extname): Returns the Extension (the Portion of Filename in Path starting from the
 last Period).
-* [`stdlib::ip_in_range`](#stdlibip_in_range): Returns true if the ipaddress is within the given CIDRs
-* [`stdlib::start_with`](#stdlibstart_with): Returns true if str starts with one of the prefixes given. Each of the prefixes should be a String.
-* [`stdlib::str2resource`](#stdlibstr2resource): This converts a string to a puppet resource.
-* [`stdlib::xml_encode`](#stdlibxml_encode): Encode strings for XML files
+* [`stdlib::ip_in_range`](#stdlib--ip_in_range): Returns true if the ipaddress is within the given CIDRs
+* [`stdlib::sha256`](#stdlib--sha256): Run a SHA256 calculation against a given value.
+* [`stdlib::start_with`](#stdlib--start_with): Returns true if str starts with one of the prefixes given. Each of the prefixes should be a String.
+* [`stdlib::str2resource`](#stdlib--str2resource): This converts a string to a puppet resource.
+* [`stdlib::xml_encode`](#stdlib--xml_encode): Encode strings for XML files
 * [`str2bool`](#str2bool): This converts a string to a boolean.
 * [`str2saltedpbkdf2`](#str2saltedpbkdf2): Convert a string into a salted SHA512 PBKDF2 password hash like requred for OS X / macOS 10.8+
 * [`str2saltedsha512`](#str2saltedsha512): This converts a string to a salted-SHA512 password hash (which is used for
@@ -258,64 +260,67 @@ OpenSSL.
 
 ### Data types
 
-* [`Stdlib::Absolutepath`](#stdlibabsolutepath): A strict absolutepath type
-* [`Stdlib::Base32`](#stdlibbase32): Type to match base32 String
-* [`Stdlib::Base64`](#stdlibbase64): Type to match base64 String
-* [`Stdlib::Compat::Absolute_path`](#stdlibcompatabsolute_path): Emulate the is_absolute_path and validate_absolute_path functions
-* [`Stdlib::Compat::Array`](#stdlibcompatarray): Emulate the is_array and validate_array functions
-* [`Stdlib::Compat::Bool`](#stdlibcompatbool): Emulate the is_bool and validate_bool functions
-* [`Stdlib::Compat::Float`](#stdlibcompatfloat): Emulate the is_float function
-* [`Stdlib::Compat::Hash`](#stdlibcompathash): Emulate the is_hash and validate_hash functions
-* [`Stdlib::Compat::Integer`](#stdlibcompatinteger): Emulate the is_integer and validate_integer functions
-* [`Stdlib::Compat::Ip_address`](#stdlibcompatip_address): Validate an IP address
-* [`Stdlib::Compat::Ipv4`](#stdlibcompatipv4): Emulate the validate_ipv4_address and is_ipv4_address functions
-* [`Stdlib::Compat::Ipv6`](#stdlibcompatipv6): Validate an IPv6 address
-* [`Stdlib::Compat::Numeric`](#stdlibcompatnumeric): Emulate the is_numeric and validate_numeric functions
-* [`Stdlib::Compat::String`](#stdlibcompatstring): Emulate the is_string and validate_string functions
-* [`Stdlib::CreateResources`](#stdlibcreateresources): A type description used for the create_resources function
-* [`Stdlib::Datasize`](#stdlibdatasize): Validate the size of data
-* [`Stdlib::Email`](#stdlibemail): Validate an e-mail address
-* [`Stdlib::Ensure::File`](#stdlibensurefile): Validate the value of the ensure parameter for a file
-* [`Stdlib::Ensure::File::Directory`](#stdlibensurefiledirectory): Validate the ensure parameter of a "directory" file resource
-* [`Stdlib::Ensure::File::File`](#stdlibensurefilefile): Validate the ensure parameter of a "file" file resource
-* [`Stdlib::Ensure::File::Link`](#stdlibensurefilelink): Validate the ensure parameter of a "link" file resource
-* [`Stdlib::Ensure::Service`](#stdlibensureservice): Validate the value of the ensure parameter of a service resource
-* [`Stdlib::Filemode`](#stdlibfilemode): Validate a file mode
-* [`Stdlib::Filesource`](#stdlibfilesource): Validate the source parameter on file types
-* [`Stdlib::Fqdn`](#stdlibfqdn): Validate a Fully Qualified Domain Name
-* [`Stdlib::HTTPSUrl`](#stdlibhttpsurl): Validate a HTTPS URL
-* [`Stdlib::HTTPUrl`](#stdlibhttpurl): Validate a HTTP(S) URL
-* [`Stdlib::Host`](#stdlibhost): Validate a host (FQDN or IP address)
-* [`Stdlib::HttpStatus`](#stdlibhttpstatus): Validate a HTTP status code
-* [`Stdlib::IP::Address`](#stdlibipaddress): Validate an IP address
-* [`Stdlib::IP::Address::Nosubnet`](#stdlibipaddressnosubnet): Validate an IP address without subnet
-* [`Stdlib::IP::Address::V4`](#stdlibipaddressv4): Validate an IPv4 address
-* [`Stdlib::IP::Address::V4::CIDR`](#stdlibipaddressv4cidr): lint:ignore:140chars
-* [`Stdlib::IP::Address::V4::Nosubnet`](#stdlibipaddressv4nosubnet): lint:ignore:140chars
-* [`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6`](#stdlibipaddressv6): Validate an IPv6 address
-* [`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Alternative`](#stdlibipaddressv6alternative): lint:ignore:140chars
-* [`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::CIDR`](#stdlibipaddressv6cidr): lint:ignore:140chars
-* [`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Compressed`](#stdlibipaddressv6compressed): Validate a compressed IPv6 address
-* [`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Full`](#stdlibipaddressv6full): Validate a full IPv6 address
-* [`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Nosubnet`](#stdlibipaddressv6nosubnet): Validate an IPv6 address without subnet
-* [`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Nosubnet::Alternative`](#stdlibipaddressv6nosubnetalternative): lint:ignore:140chars
-* [`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Nosubnet::Compressed`](#stdlibipaddressv6nosubnetcompressed): Validate compressed IPv6 address without subnet
-* [`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Nosubnet::Full`](#stdlibipaddressv6nosubnetfull): Validate full IPv6 address without subnet
-* [`Stdlib::MAC`](#stdlibmac): A type for a MAC address
-* [`Stdlib::ObjectStore`](#stdlibobjectstore): Validate an ObjectStore
-* [`Stdlib::ObjectStore::GSUri`](#stdlibobjectstoregsuri): Validate a Google Cloud object store URI
-* [`Stdlib::ObjectStore::S3Uri`](#stdlibobjectstores3uri): Validate an Amazon Web Services S3 object store URI
-* [`Stdlib::Port`](#stdlibport): Validate a port number
-* [`Stdlib::Port::Dynamic`](#stdlibportdynamic): Validate a dynamic port number
-* [`Stdlib::Port::Ephemeral`](#stdlibportephemeral): Validate an ephemeral port number
-* [`Stdlib::Port::Privileged`](#stdlibportprivileged): Validate a priviliged port number
-* [`Stdlib::Port::Registered`](#stdlibportregistered): Validate a registered port number
-* [`Stdlib::Port::Unprivileged`](#stdlibportunprivileged): Validate an unprivileged port number
-* [`Stdlib::Port::User`](#stdlibportuser): Validate a port number usable by a user
-* [`Stdlib::Syslogfacility`](#stdlibsyslogfacility): Validate a syslog facility
-* [`Stdlib::Unixpath`](#stdlibunixpath): Validate a UNIX path
-* [`Stdlib::Windowspath`](#stdlibwindowspath): Validate a Windows path
-* [`Stdlib::Yes_no`](#stdlibyes_no): Validate a yes / no value
+* [`Stdlib::Absolutepath`](#Stdlib--Absolutepath): A strict absolutepath type
+* [`Stdlib::Base32`](#Stdlib--Base32): Type to match base32 String
+* [`Stdlib::Base64`](#Stdlib--Base64): Type to match base64 String
+* [`Stdlib::Compat::Absolute_path`](#Stdlib--Compat--Absolute_path): Emulate the is_absolute_path and validate_absolute_path functions
+* [`Stdlib::Compat::Array`](#Stdlib--Compat--Array): Emulate the is_array and validate_array functions
+* [`Stdlib::Compat::Bool`](#Stdlib--Compat--Bool): Emulate the is_bool and validate_bool functions
+* [`Stdlib::Compat::Float`](#Stdlib--Compat--Float): Emulate the is_float function
+* [`Stdlib::Compat::Hash`](#Stdlib--Compat--Hash): Emulate the is_hash and validate_hash functions
+* [`Stdlib::Compat::Integer`](#Stdlib--Compat--Integer): Emulate the is_integer and validate_integer functions
+* [`Stdlib::Compat::Ip_address`](#Stdlib--Compat--Ip_address): Validate an IP address
+* [`Stdlib::Compat::Ipv4`](#Stdlib--Compat--Ipv4): Emulate the validate_ipv4_address and is_ipv4_address functions
+* [`Stdlib::Compat::Ipv6`](#Stdlib--Compat--Ipv6): Validate an IPv6 address
+* [`Stdlib::Compat::Numeric`](#Stdlib--Compat--Numeric): Emulate the is_numeric and validate_numeric functions
+* [`Stdlib::Compat::String`](#Stdlib--Compat--String): Emulate the is_string and validate_string functions
+* [`Stdlib::CreateResources`](#Stdlib--CreateResources): A type description used for the create_resources function
+* [`Stdlib::Datasize`](#Stdlib--Datasize): Validate the size of data
+* [`Stdlib::Email`](#Stdlib--Email): Validate an e-mail address
+* [`Stdlib::Ensure::File`](#Stdlib--Ensure--File): Validate the value of the ensure parameter for a file
+* [`Stdlib::Ensure::File::Directory`](#Stdlib--Ensure--File--Directory): Validate the ensure parameter of a "directory" file resource
+* [`Stdlib::Ensure::File::File`](#Stdlib--Ensure--File--File): Validate the ensure parameter of a "file" file resource
+* [`Stdlib::Ensure::File::Link`](#Stdlib--Ensure--File--Link): Validate the ensure parameter of a "link" file resource
+* [`Stdlib::Ensure::Package`](#Stdlib--Ensure--Package): Validate the value of the ensure parameter for a package
+* [`Stdlib::Ensure::Service`](#Stdlib--Ensure--Service): Validate the value of the ensure parameter of a service resource
+* [`Stdlib::Filemode`](#Stdlib--Filemode): Validate a file mode
+* [`Stdlib::Filesource`](#Stdlib--Filesource): Validate the source parameter on file types
+* [`Stdlib::Fqdn`](#Stdlib--Fqdn): Validate a Fully Qualified Domain Name
+* [`Stdlib::HTTPSUrl`](#Stdlib--HTTPSUrl): Validate a HTTPS URL
+* [`Stdlib::HTTPUrl`](#Stdlib--HTTPUrl): Validate a HTTP(S) URL
+* [`Stdlib::Host`](#Stdlib--Host): Validate a host (FQDN or IP address)
+* [`Stdlib::Http::Method`](#Stdlib--Http--Method): Valid HTTP method verbs
+* [`Stdlib::Http::Status`](#Stdlib--Http--Status): A valid HTTP status code per RFC9110
+* [`Stdlib::HttpStatus`](#Stdlib--HttpStatus): Validate a HTTP status code
+* [`Stdlib::IP::Address`](#Stdlib--IP--Address): Validate an IP address
+* [`Stdlib::IP::Address::Nosubnet`](#Stdlib--IP--Address--Nosubnet): Validate an IP address without subnet
+* [`Stdlib::IP::Address::V4`](#Stdlib--IP--Address--V4): Validate an IPv4 address
+* [`Stdlib::IP::Address::V4::CIDR`](#Stdlib--IP--Address--V4--CIDR): lint:ignore:140chars
+* [`Stdlib::IP::Address::V4::Nosubnet`](#Stdlib--IP--Address--V4--Nosubnet): lint:ignore:140chars
+* [`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6`](#Stdlib--IP--Address--V6): Validate an IPv6 address
+* [`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Alternative`](#Stdlib--IP--Address--V6--Alternative): lint:ignore:140chars
+* [`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::CIDR`](#Stdlib--IP--Address--V6--CIDR): lint:ignore:140chars
+* [`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Compressed`](#Stdlib--IP--Address--V6--Compressed): Validate a compressed IPv6 address
+* [`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Full`](#Stdlib--IP--Address--V6--Full): Validate a full IPv6 address
+* [`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Nosubnet`](#Stdlib--IP--Address--V6--Nosubnet): Validate an IPv6 address without subnet
+* [`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Nosubnet::Alternative`](#Stdlib--IP--Address--V6--Nosubnet--Alternative): lint:ignore:140chars
+* [`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Nosubnet::Compressed`](#Stdlib--IP--Address--V6--Nosubnet--Compressed): Validate compressed IPv6 address without subnet
+* [`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Nosubnet::Full`](#Stdlib--IP--Address--V6--Nosubnet--Full): Validate full IPv6 address without subnet
+* [`Stdlib::MAC`](#Stdlib--MAC): A type for a MAC address
+* [`Stdlib::ObjectStore`](#Stdlib--ObjectStore): Validate an ObjectStore
+* [`Stdlib::ObjectStore::GSUri`](#Stdlib--ObjectStore--GSUri): Validate a Google Cloud object store URI
+* [`Stdlib::ObjectStore::S3Uri`](#Stdlib--ObjectStore--S3Uri): Validate an Amazon Web Services S3 object store URI
+* [`Stdlib::Port`](#Stdlib--Port): Validate a port number
+* [`Stdlib::Port::Dynamic`](#Stdlib--Port--Dynamic): Validate a dynamic port number
+* [`Stdlib::Port::Ephemeral`](#Stdlib--Port--Ephemeral): Validate an ephemeral port number
+* [`Stdlib::Port::Privileged`](#Stdlib--Port--Privileged): Validate a priviliged port number
+* [`Stdlib::Port::Registered`](#Stdlib--Port--Registered): Validate a registered port number
+* [`Stdlib::Port::Unprivileged`](#Stdlib--Port--Unprivileged): Validate an unprivileged port number
+* [`Stdlib::Port::User`](#Stdlib--Port--User): Validate a port number usable by a user
+* [`Stdlib::Syslogfacility`](#Stdlib--Syslogfacility): Validate a syslog facility
+* [`Stdlib::Unixpath`](#Stdlib--Unixpath): Validate a UNIX path
+* [`Stdlib::Windowspath`](#Stdlib--Windowspath): Validate a Windows path
+* [`Stdlib::Yes_no`](#Stdlib--Yes_no): Validate a yes / no value
 
 ## Classes
 
@@ -327,7 +332,7 @@ declared in order to use the standardized run stages.
 Declares all other classes in the stdlib module. Currently, this consists
 of stdlib::stages and stdlib::manage.
 
-### <a name="stdlibmanage"></a>`stdlib::manage`
+### <a name="stdlib--manage"></a>`stdlib::manage`
 
 Sometimes your systems require a single simple resource.
 It can feel unnecessary to create a module for a single
@@ -379,9 +384,9 @@ stdlib::manage::create_resources:
 
 The following parameters are available in the `stdlib::manage` class:
 
-* [`create_resources`](#create_resources)
+* [`create_resources`](#-stdlib--manage--create_resources)
 
-##### <a name="create_resources"></a>`create_resources`
+##### <a name="-stdlib--manage--create_resources"></a>`create_resources`
 
 Data type: `Hash[String, Hash]`
 
@@ -390,7 +395,7 @@ NOTE: functions, such as `template` or `epp`, are not evaluated.
 
 Default value: `{}`
 
-### <a name="stdlibstages"></a>`stdlib::stages`
+### <a name="stdlib--stages"></a>`stdlib::stages`
 
 Declares various run-stages for deploying infrastructure,
 language runtimes, and application layers.
@@ -460,9 +465,9 @@ class { 'mcollective': } -> class { 'ntp': }
 
 The following parameters are available in the `anchor` type.
 
-* [`name`](#name)
+* [`name`](#-anchor--name)
 
-##### <a name="name"></a>`name`
+##### <a name="-anchor--name"></a>`name`
 
 namevar
 
@@ -584,93 +589,93 @@ The line to be appended to the file or used to replace matches found by the matc
 
 The following parameters are available in the `file_line` type.
 
-* [`after`](#after)
-* [`append_on_no_match`](#append_on_no_match)
-* [`encoding`](#encoding)
-* [`match`](#match)
-* [`match_for_absence`](#match_for_absence)
-* [`multiple`](#multiple)
-* [`name`](#name)
-* [`path`](#path)
-* [`provider`](#provider)
-* [`replace`](#replace)
-* [`replace_all_matches_not_matching_line`](#replace_all_matches_not_matching_line)
+* [`after`](#-file_line--after)
+* [`append_on_no_match`](#-file_line--append_on_no_match)
+* [`encoding`](#-file_line--encoding)
+* [`match`](#-file_line--match)
+* [`match_for_absence`](#-file_line--match_for_absence)
+* [`multiple`](#-file_line--multiple)
+* [`name`](#-file_line--name)
+* [`path`](#-file_line--path)
+* [`provider`](#-file_line--provider)
+* [`replace`](#-file_line--replace)
+* [`replace_all_matches_not_matching_line`](#-file_line--replace_all_matches_not_matching_line)
 
-##### <a name="after"></a>`after`
+##### <a name="-file_line--after"></a>`after`
 
 An optional value used to specify the line after which we will add any new lines. (Existing lines are added in place)
 This is also takes a regex.
 
-##### <a name="append_on_no_match"></a>`append_on_no_match`
+##### <a name="-file_line--append_on_no_match"></a>`append_on_no_match`
 
-Valid values: ``true``, ``false``
+Valid values: `true`, `false`
 
 If true, append line if match is not found. If false, do not append line if a match is not found
 
-Default value: ``true``
+Default value: `true`
 
-##### <a name="encoding"></a>`encoding`
+##### <a name="-file_line--encoding"></a>`encoding`
 
 For files that are not UTF-8 encoded, specify encoding such as iso-8859-1
 
 Default value: `UTF-8`
 
-##### <a name="match"></a>`match`
+##### <a name="-file_line--match"></a>`match`
 
 An optional ruby regular expression to run against existing lines in the file.
 If a match is found, we replace that line rather than adding a new line.
 A regex comparison is performed against the line value and if it does not
 match an exception will be raised.
 
-##### <a name="match_for_absence"></a>`match_for_absence`
+##### <a name="-file_line--match_for_absence"></a>`match_for_absence`
 
-Valid values: ``true``, ``false``
+Valid values: `true`, `false`
 
 An optional value to determine if match should be applied when ensure => absent.
 If set to true and match is set, the line that matches match will be deleted.
 If set to false (the default), match is ignored when ensure => absent.
 When `ensure => present`, match_for_absence is ignored.
 
-Default value: ``false``
+Default value: `false`
 
-##### <a name="multiple"></a>`multiple`
+##### <a name="-file_line--multiple"></a>`multiple`
 
-Valid values: ``true``, ``false``
+Valid values: `true`, `false`
 
 An optional value to determine if match can change multiple lines.
 If set to false, an exception will be raised if more than one line matches
 
-##### <a name="name"></a>`name`
+##### <a name="-file_line--name"></a>`name`
 
 namevar
 
 An arbitrary name used as the identity of the resource.
 
-##### <a name="path"></a>`path`
+##### <a name="-file_line--path"></a>`path`
 
 The file Puppet will ensure contains the line specified by the line parameter.
 
-##### <a name="provider"></a>`provider`
+##### <a name="-file_line--provider"></a>`provider`
 
 The specific backend to use for this `file_line` resource. You will seldom need to specify this --- Puppet will usually
 discover the appropriate provider for your platform.
 
-##### <a name="replace"></a>`replace`
+##### <a name="-file_line--replace"></a>`replace`
 
-Valid values: ``true``, ``false``
+Valid values: `true`, `false`
 
 If true, replace line that matches. If false, do not write line if a match is found
 
-Default value: ``true``
+Default value: `true`
 
-##### <a name="replace_all_matches_not_matching_line"></a>`replace_all_matches_not_matching_line`
+##### <a name="-file_line--replace_all_matches_not_matching_line"></a>`replace_all_matches_not_matching_line`
 
-Valid values: ``true``, ``false``
+Valid values: `true`, `false`
 
 Configures the behavior of replacing all lines in a file which match the `match` parameter regular expression,
 regardless of whether the specified line is already present in the file.
 
-Default value: ``false``
+Default value: `false`
 
 ## Functions
 
@@ -4190,7 +4195,9 @@ hash types are:
 |bcrypt-x |2x    |bug compatible       |
 |bcrypt-y |2y    |historic alias for 2b|
 
-The third argument to this function is the salt to use.
+The third argument to this function is the salt to use. For bcrypt-type hashes,
+the first two characters of the salt represent a strength parameter, with a value
+between 4 and 31 inclusive.
 
 > *Note:*: this uses the Puppet Server's implementation of crypt(3). If your
   environment contains several different operating systems, ensure that they
@@ -4215,7 +4222,9 @@ hash types are:
 |bcrypt-x |2x    |bug compatible       |
 |bcrypt-y |2y    |historic alias for 2b|
 
-The third argument to this function is the salt to use.
+The third argument to this function is the salt to use. For bcrypt-type hashes,
+the first two characters of the salt represent a strength parameter, with a value
+between 4 and 31 inclusive.
 
 > *Note:*: this uses the Puppet Server's implementation of crypt(3). If your
   environment contains several different operating systems, ensure that they
@@ -4662,7 +4671,67 @@ The squeeze function.
 
 Returns: `Any` a new string where runs of the same character that occur in this set are replaced by a single character.
 
-### <a name="stdlibdeferrable_epp"></a>`stdlib::deferrable_epp`
+### <a name="stdlib--crc32"></a>`stdlib::crc32`
+
+Type: Ruby 4.x API
+
+Run a CRC32 calculation against a given value.
+
+#### Examples
+
+##### Check a simple string value
+
+```puppet
+stdlib::crc32('my string') == '18fbd270'
+```
+
+##### Check a Sensitive datatype
+
+```puppet
+stdlib::crc32(sensitive('my string')) == '18fbd270'
+```
+
+##### Check a number
+
+```puppet
+stdlib::crc32(100.0) == 'a3fd429a'
+stdlib::crc32(100.00000) == 'a3fd429a'
+```
+
+#### `stdlib::crc32(Variant[ScalarData, Sensitive[ScalarData], Binary, Sensitive[Binary]] $my_data)`
+
+Run a CRC32 calculation against a given value.
+
+Returns: `String` String
+
+##### Examples
+
+###### Check a simple string value
+
+```puppet
+stdlib::crc32('my string') == '18fbd270'
+```
+
+###### Check a Sensitive datatype
+
+```puppet
+stdlib::crc32(sensitive('my string')) == '18fbd270'
+```
+
+###### Check a number
+
+```puppet
+stdlib::crc32(100.0) == 'a3fd429a'
+stdlib::crc32(100.00000) == 'a3fd429a'
+```
+
+##### `my_data`
+
+Data type: `Variant[ScalarData, Sensitive[ScalarData], Binary, Sensitive[Binary]]`
+
+The ScalarData to evaluate
+
+### <a name="stdlib--deferrable_epp"></a>`stdlib::deferrable_epp`
 
 Type: Puppet Language
 
@@ -4696,7 +4765,7 @@ Data type: `Hash`
 
 
 
-### <a name="stdlibend_with"></a>`stdlib::end_with`
+### <a name="stdlib--end_with"></a>`stdlib::end_with`
 
 Type: Ruby 4.x API
 
@@ -4740,13 +4809,13 @@ Data type: `Variant[String[1],Array[String[1], 1]]`
 
 The suffixes to check
 
-### <a name="stdlibensure"></a>`stdlib::ensure`
+### <a name="stdlib--ensure"></a>`stdlib::ensure`
 
 Type: Puppet Language
 
 function to cast ensure parameter to resource specific value
 
-#### `stdlib::ensure(Variant[Boolean, Enum['present', 'absent']] $ensure, Enum['directory', 'link', 'mounted', 'service', 'file', 'package'] $resource)`
+#### `stdlib::ensure(Variant[Boolean, Enum['present', 'absent']] $ensure, Optional[Enum['directory', 'link', 'mounted', 'service', 'file', 'package']] $resource = undef)`
 
 The stdlib::ensure function.
 
@@ -4760,11 +4829,11 @@ Data type: `Variant[Boolean, Enum['present', 'absent']]`
 
 ##### `resource`
 
-Data type: `Enum['directory', 'link', 'mounted', 'service', 'file', 'package']`
+Data type: `Optional[Enum['directory', 'link', 'mounted', 'service', 'file', 'package']]`
 
 
 
-### <a name="stdlibextname"></a>`stdlib::extname`
+### <a name="stdlib--extname"></a>`stdlib::extname`
 
 Type: Ruby 4.x API
 
@@ -4812,7 +4881,7 @@ Data type: `String`
 
 The Filename
 
-### <a name="stdlibip_in_range"></a>`stdlib::ip_in_range`
+### <a name="stdlib--ip_in_range"></a>`stdlib::ip_in_range`
 
 Type: Ruby 4.x API
 
@@ -4853,7 +4922,67 @@ Data type: `Variant[String, Array]`
 One CIDR or an array of CIDRs
 defining the range(s) to check against
 
-### <a name="stdlibstart_with"></a>`stdlib::start_with`
+### <a name="stdlib--sha256"></a>`stdlib::sha256`
+
+Type: Ruby 4.x API
+
+Run a SHA256 calculation against a given value.
+
+#### Examples
+
+##### Check a simple string value
+
+```puppet
+stdlib::sha256('my string') == '2f7e2089add0288a309abd71ffcc3b3567e2d4215e20e6ed3b74d6042f7ef8e5'
+```
+
+##### Check a Sensitive datatype
+
+```puppet
+stdlib::sha256(sensitive('my string')) == '2f7e2089add0288a309abd71ffcc3b3567e2d4215e20e6ed3b74d6042f7ef8e5'
+```
+
+##### Check a number
+
+```puppet
+stdlib::sha256(100.0) == '43b87f618caab482ebe4976c92bcd6ad308b48055f1c27b4c574f3e31d7683e0'
+stdlib::sha256(100.00000) == '43b87f618caab482ebe4976c92bcd6ad308b48055f1c27b4c574f3e31d7683e0'
+```
+
+#### `stdlib::sha256(Variant[ScalarData, Sensitive[ScalarData], Binary, Sensitive[Binary]] $my_data)`
+
+Run a SHA256 calculation against a given value.
+
+Returns: `String` String
+
+##### Examples
+
+###### Check a simple string value
+
+```puppet
+stdlib::sha256('my string') == '2f7e2089add0288a309abd71ffcc3b3567e2d4215e20e6ed3b74d6042f7ef8e5'
+```
+
+###### Check a Sensitive datatype
+
+```puppet
+stdlib::sha256(sensitive('my string')) == '2f7e2089add0288a309abd71ffcc3b3567e2d4215e20e6ed3b74d6042f7ef8e5'
+```
+
+###### Check a number
+
+```puppet
+stdlib::sha256(100.0) == '43b87f618caab482ebe4976c92bcd6ad308b48055f1c27b4c574f3e31d7683e0'
+stdlib::sha256(100.00000) == '43b87f618caab482ebe4976c92bcd6ad308b48055f1c27b4c574f3e31d7683e0'
+```
+
+##### `my_data`
+
+Data type: `Variant[ScalarData, Sensitive[ScalarData], Binary, Sensitive[Binary]]`
+
+The ScalarData to evaluate
+
+### <a name="stdlib--start_with"></a>`stdlib::start_with`
 
 Type: Ruby 4.x API
 
@@ -4897,7 +5026,7 @@ Data type: `Variant[String[1],Array[String[1], 1]]`
 
 The prefixes to check.
 
-### <a name="stdlibstr2resource"></a>`stdlib::str2resource`
+### <a name="stdlib--str2resource"></a>`stdlib::str2resource`
 
 Type: Ruby 4.x API
 
@@ -4947,7 +5076,7 @@ Data type: `String`
 
 The string to lookup as a resource
 
-### <a name="stdlibxml_encode"></a>`stdlib::xml_encode`
+### <a name="stdlib--xml_encode"></a>`stdlib::xml_encode`
 
 Type: Ruby 4.x API
 
@@ -5408,7 +5537,10 @@ value `true` or `false`
 
 ##### `opts`
 
-Data type: `Optional[Struct[{
+Data type:
+
+```puppet
+Optional[Struct[{
 indent       => Optional[String],
 space        => Optional[String],
 space_before => Optional[String],
@@ -5416,7 +5548,8 @@ object_nl    => Optional[String],
 array_nl     => Optional[String],
 allow_nan    => Optional[Boolean],
 max_nesting  => Optional[Integer[-1,default]],
-}]]`
+}]]
+```
 
 hash-map of settings passed to JSON.pretty_generate, see
 https://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.0.0/libdoc/json/rdoc/JSON.html#method-i-generate.
@@ -7403,70 +7536,46 @@ Would result in: ["1", "4"], ["2", "5"], ["3", "6"]
 
 ## Data types
 
-### <a name="stdlibabsolutepath"></a>`Stdlib::Absolutepath`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Absolutepath"></a>`Stdlib::Absolutepath`
 
 A strict absolutepath type
 
-Alias of
+Alias of `Variant[Stdlib::Windowspath, Stdlib::Unixpath]`
 
-```puppet
-Variant[Stdlib::Windowspath, Stdlib::Unixpath]
-```
-
-### <a name="stdlibbase32"></a>`Stdlib::Base32`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Base32"></a>`Stdlib::Base32`
 
 Type to match base32 String
 
-Alias of
-
-```puppet
-Pattern[/\A[a-z2-7]+={,6}\z/, /\A[A-Z2-7]+={,6}\z/]
-```
+Alias of `Pattern[/\A[a-z2-7]+={,6}\z/, /\A[A-Z2-7]+={,6}\z/]`
 
-### <a name="stdlibbase64"></a>`Stdlib::Base64`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Base64"></a>`Stdlib::Base64`
 
 Type to match base64 String
 
-Alias of
-
-```puppet
-Pattern[/\A[a-zA-Z0-9\/\+]+={,2}\z/]
-```
+Alias of `Pattern[/\A[a-zA-Z0-9\/\+]+={,2}\z/]`
 
-### <a name="stdlibcompatabsolute_path"></a>`Stdlib::Compat::Absolute_path`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Compat--Absolute_path"></a>`Stdlib::Compat::Absolute_path`
 
 The first pattern is originally from is_absolute_path, which had it from 2.7.x's lib/puppet/util.rb Puppet::Util.absolute_path?
 slash = '[\\\\/]'
 name = '[^\\\\/]+'
 %r!^(([A-Z]:#{slash})|(#{slash}#{slash}#{name}#{slash}#{name})|(#{slash}#{slash}\?#{slash}#{name}))!i,
 
-Alias of
-
-```puppet
-Variant[Pattern[/^(([a-zA-Z]:[\\\/])|([\\\/][\\\/][^\\\/]+[\\\/][^\\\/]+)|([\\\/][\\\/]\?[\\\/][^\\\/]+))/], Pattern[/^\//]]
-```
+Alias of `Variant[Pattern[/^(([a-zA-Z]:[\\\/])|([\\\/][\\\/][^\\\/]+[\\\/][^\\\/]+)|([\\\/][\\\/]\?[\\\/][^\\\/]+))/], Pattern[/^\//]]`
 
-### <a name="stdlibcompatarray"></a>`Stdlib::Compat::Array`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Compat--Array"></a>`Stdlib::Compat::Array`
 
 Emulate the is_array and validate_array functions
 
-Alias of
-
-```puppet
-Array[Any]
-```
+Alias of `Array[Any]`
 
-### <a name="stdlibcompatbool"></a>`Stdlib::Compat::Bool`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Compat--Bool"></a>`Stdlib::Compat::Bool`
 
 Emulate the is_bool and validate_bool functions
 
-Alias of
+Alias of `Boolean`
 
-```puppet
-Boolean
-```
-
-### <a name="stdlibcompatfloat"></a>`Stdlib::Compat::Float`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Compat--Float"></a>`Stdlib::Compat::Float`
 
 The regex is what's currently used in is_float
 To keep your development moving forward, you can also add a deprecation warning using the Integer type:
@@ -7486,23 +7595,15 @@ class example(Stdlib::Compat::Float $value) {
 
 This allows you to find all places where a consumers of your code call it with unexpected values.
 
-Alias of
-
-```puppet
-Variant[Float, Pattern[/^-?(?:(?:[1-9]\d*)|0)(?:\.\d+)(?:[eE]-?\d+)?$/]]
-```
+Alias of `Variant[Float, Pattern[/^-?(?:(?:[1-9]\d*)|0)(?:\.\d+)(?:[eE]-?\d+)?$/]]`
 
-### <a name="stdlibcompathash"></a>`Stdlib::Compat::Hash`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Compat--Hash"></a>`Stdlib::Compat::Hash`
 
 Emulate the is_hash and validate_hash functions
 
-Alias of
+Alias of `Hash[Any, Any]`
 
-```puppet
-Hash[Any, Any]
-```
-
-### <a name="stdlibcompatinteger"></a>`Stdlib::Compat::Integer`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Compat--Integer"></a>`Stdlib::Compat::Integer`
 
 The regex is what's currently used in is_integer
 validate_numeric also allows range checking, which cannot be mapped to the string parsing inside the function.
@@ -7526,43 +7627,27 @@ class example(Stdlib::Compat::Integer $value) {
 
 This allows you to find all places where a consumers of your code call it with unexpected values.
 
-Alias of
+Alias of `Variant[Integer, Pattern[/^-?(?:(?:[1-9]\d*)|0)$/], Array[Variant[Integer, Pattern[/^-?(?:(?:[1-9]\d*)|0)$/]]]]`
 
-```puppet
-Variant[Integer, Pattern[/^-?(?:(?:[1-9]\d*)|0)$/], Array[Variant[Integer, Pattern[/^-?(?:(?:[1-9]\d*)|0)$/]]]]
-```
-
-### <a name="stdlibcompatip_address"></a>`Stdlib::Compat::Ip_address`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Compat--Ip_address"></a>`Stdlib::Compat::Ip_address`
 
 Validate an IP address
 
-Alias of
-
-```puppet
-Variant[Stdlib::Compat::Ipv4, Stdlib::Compat::Ipv6]
-```
+Alias of `Variant[Stdlib::Compat::Ipv4, Stdlib::Compat::Ipv6]`
 
-### <a name="stdlibcompatipv4"></a>`Stdlib::Compat::Ipv4`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Compat--Ipv4"></a>`Stdlib::Compat::Ipv4`
 
 Emulate the validate_ipv4_address and is_ipv4_address functions
 
-Alias of
-
-```puppet
-Pattern[/^((([0-9](?!\d)|[1-9][0-9](?!\d)|1[0-9]{2}(?!\d)|2[0-4][0-9](?!\d)|25[0-5](?!\d))[.]){3}([0-9](?!\d)|[1-9][0-9](?!\d)|1[0-9]{2}(?!\d)|2[0-4][0-9](?!\d)|25[0-5](?!\d)))(\/((([0-9](?!\d)|[1-9][0-9](?!\d)|1[0-9]{2}(?!\d)|2[0-4][0-9](?!\d)|25[0-5](?!\d))[.]){3}([0-9](?!\d)|[1-9][0-9](?!\d)|1[0-9]{2}(?!\d)|2[0-4][0-9](?!\d)|25[0-5](?!\d))|[0-9]+))?$/]
-```
+Alias of `Pattern[/^((([0-9](?!\d)|[1-9][0-9](?!\d)|1[0-9]{2}(?!\d)|2[0-4][0-9](?!\d)|25[0-5](?!\d))[.]){3}([0-9](?!\d)|[1-9][0-9](?!\d)|1[0-9]{2}(?!\d)|2[0-4][0-9](?!\d)|25[0-5](?!\d)))(\/((([0-9](?!\d)|[1-9][0-9](?!\d)|1[0-9]{2}(?!\d)|2[0-4][0-9](?!\d)|25[0-5](?!\d))[.]){3}([0-9](?!\d)|[1-9][0-9](?!\d)|1[0-9]{2}(?!\d)|2[0-4][0-9](?!\d)|25[0-5](?!\d))|[0-9]+))?$/]`
 
-### <a name="stdlibcompatipv6"></a>`Stdlib::Compat::Ipv6`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Compat--Ipv6"></a>`Stdlib::Compat::Ipv6`
 
 Validate an IPv6 address
 
-Alias of
+Alias of `Pattern[/\s*((([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){7}([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}|:))|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){6}(:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}|((25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]?\d)(\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]?\d)){3})|:))|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){5}(((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,2})|:((25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]?\d)(\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]?\d)){3})|:))|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){4}(((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,3})|((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4})?:((25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]?\d)(\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]?\d)){3}))|:))|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){3}(((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,4})|((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){0,2}:((25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]?\d)(\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]?\d)){3}))|:))|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){2}(((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,5})|((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){0,3}:((25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]?\d)(\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]?\d)){3}))|:))|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1}(((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,6})|((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){0,4}:((25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]?\d)(\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]?\d)){3}))|:))|(:(((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,7})|((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){0,5}:((25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]?\d)(\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]?\d)){3}))|:)))(%.+)?\s*$/]`
 
-```puppet
-Pattern[/\s*((([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){7}([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}|:))|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){6}(:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}|((25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]?\d)(\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]?\d)){3})|:))|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){5}(((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,2})|:((25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]?\d)(\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]?\d)){3})|:))|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){4}(((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,3})|((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4})?:((25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]?\d)(\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]?\d)){3}))|:))|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){3}(((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,4})|((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){0,2}:((25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]?\d)(\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]?\d)){3}))|:))|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){2}(((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,5})|((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){0,3}:((25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]?\d)(\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]?\d)){3}))|:))|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1}(((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,6})|((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){0,4}:((25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]?\d)(\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]?\d)){3}))|:))|(:(((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,7})|((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){0,5}:((25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]?\d)(\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d\d|[1-9]?\d)){3}))|:)))(%.+)?\s*$/]
-```
-
-### <a name="stdlibcompatnumeric"></a>`Stdlib::Compat::Numeric`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Compat--Numeric"></a>`Stdlib::Compat::Numeric`
 
 The regex is what's currently used in is_numeric
 validate_numeric also allows range checking, which cannot be mapped to the string parsing inside the function.
@@ -7586,23 +7671,15 @@ class example(Stdlib::Compat::Numeric $value) {
 
 This allows you to find all places where a consumers of your code call it with unexpected values.
 
-Alias of
-
-```puppet
-Variant[Numeric, Pattern[/^-?(?:(?:[1-9]\d*)|0)(?:\.\d+)?(?:[eE]-?\d+)?$/], Array[Variant[Numeric, Pattern[/^-?(?:(?:[1-9]\d*)|0)(?:\.\d+)?(?:[eE]-?\d+)?$/]]]]
-```
+Alias of `Variant[Numeric, Pattern[/^-?(?:(?:[1-9]\d*)|0)(?:\.\d+)?(?:[eE]-?\d+)?$/], Array[Variant[Numeric, Pattern[/^-?(?:(?:[1-9]\d*)|0)(?:\.\d+)?(?:[eE]-?\d+)?$/]]]]`
 
-### <a name="stdlibcompatstring"></a>`Stdlib::Compat::String`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Compat--String"></a>`Stdlib::Compat::String`
 
 Emulate the is_string and validate_string functions
 
-Alias of
-
-```puppet
-Optional[String]
-```
+Alias of `Optional[String]`
 
-### <a name="stdlibcreateresources"></a>`Stdlib::CreateResources`
+### <a name="Stdlib--CreateResources"></a>`Stdlib::CreateResources`
 
 A type description used for the create_resources function
 
@@ -7626,95 +7703,65 @@ class myclass (
 }
 ```
 
-Alias of
+Alias of `Hash[String[1], Hash[String[1], Any]]`
 
-```puppet
-Hash[String[1], Hash[String[1], Any]]
-```
-
-### <a name="stdlibdatasize"></a>`Stdlib::Datasize`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Datasize"></a>`Stdlib::Datasize`
 
 Validate the size of data
 
-Alias of
-
-```puppet
-Pattern[/^\d+(?i:[kmgt]b?|b)$/]
-```
+Alias of `Pattern[/^\d+(?i:[kmgt]b?|b)$/]`
 
-### <a name="stdlibemail"></a>`Stdlib::Email`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Email"></a>`Stdlib::Email`
 
 https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/input.html#valid-e-mail-address
 lint:ignore:140chars
 
-Alias of
+Alias of `Pattern[/\A[a-zA-Z0-9.!#$%&'*+\/=?^_`{|}~-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?(?:\.[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?)*\z/]`
 
-```puppet
-Pattern[/\A[a-zA-Z0-9.!#$%&'*+\/=?^_`{|}~-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?(?:\.[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?)*\z/]
-```
-
-### <a name="stdlibensurefile"></a>`Stdlib::Ensure::File`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Ensure--File"></a>`Stdlib::Ensure::File`
 
 Validate the value of the ensure parameter for a file
 
-Alias of
+Alias of `Enum['present', 'file', 'directory', 'link', 'absent']`
 
-```puppet
-Enum['present', 'file', 'directory', 'link', 'absent']
-```
-
-### <a name="stdlibensurefiledirectory"></a>`Stdlib::Ensure::File::Directory`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Ensure--File--Directory"></a>`Stdlib::Ensure::File::Directory`
 
 Validate the ensure parameter of a "directory" file resource
 
-Alias of
+Alias of `Enum['directory', 'absent']`
 
-```puppet
-Enum['directory', 'absent']
-```
-
-### <a name="stdlibensurefilefile"></a>`Stdlib::Ensure::File::File`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Ensure--File--File"></a>`Stdlib::Ensure::File::File`
 
 Validate the ensure parameter of a "file" file resource
 
-Alias of
+Alias of `Enum['file', 'absent']`
 
-```puppet
-Enum['file', 'absent']
-```
-
-### <a name="stdlibensurefilelink"></a>`Stdlib::Ensure::File::Link`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Ensure--File--Link"></a>`Stdlib::Ensure::File::Link`
 
 Validate the ensure parameter of a "link" file resource
 
-Alias of
+Alias of `Enum['link', 'absent']`
 
-```puppet
-Enum['link', 'absent']
-```
+### <a name="Stdlib--Ensure--Package"></a>`Stdlib::Ensure::Package`
 
-### <a name="stdlibensureservice"></a>`Stdlib::Ensure::Service`
+Validate the value of the ensure parameter for a package
 
-Validate the value of the ensure parameter of a service resource
+Alias of `Variant[Enum['present', 'absent', 'purged', 'disabled', 'installed', 'latest'], String[1]]`
 
-Alias of
+### <a name="Stdlib--Ensure--Service"></a>`Stdlib::Ensure::Service`
 
-```puppet
-Enum['stopped', 'running']
-```
+Validate the value of the ensure parameter of a service resource
 
-### <a name="stdlibfilemode"></a>`Stdlib::Filemode`
+Alias of `Enum['stopped', 'running']`
+
+### <a name="Stdlib--Filemode"></a>`Stdlib::Filemode`
 
 See `man chmod.1` for the regular expression for symbolic mode
 lint:ignore:140chars
 
-Alias of
-
-```puppet
-Pattern[/\A(([0-7]{1,4})|(([ugoa]*([-+=]([rwxXst]*|[ugo]))+|[-+=][0-7]+)(,([ugoa]*([-+=]([rwxXst]*|[ugo]))+|[-+=][0-7]+))*))\z/]
-```
+Alias of `Pattern[/\A(([0-7]{1,4})|(([ugoa]*([-+=]([rwxXst]*|[ugo]))+|[-+=][0-7]+)(,([ugoa]*([-+=]([rwxXst]*|[ugo]))+|[-+=][0-7]+))*))\z/]`
 
-### <a name="stdlibfilesource"></a>`Stdlib::Filesource`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Filesource"></a>`Stdlib::Filesource`
 
 Validate the source parameter on file types
 
@@ -7727,343 +7774,228 @@ Variant[Stdlib::Absolutepath, Stdlib::HTTPUrl, Pattern[
   ]]
 ```
 
-### <a name="stdlibfqdn"></a>`Stdlib::Fqdn`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Fqdn"></a>`Stdlib::Fqdn`
 
 Validate a Fully Qualified Domain Name
 
-Alias of
+Alias of `Pattern[/\A(([a-zA-Z0-9]|[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9\-]*[a-zA-Z0-9])\.)*([A-Za-z0-9]|[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9\-]*[A-Za-z0-9])\z/]`
 
-```puppet
-Pattern[/\A(([a-zA-Z0-9]|[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9\-]*[a-zA-Z0-9])\.)*([A-Za-z0-9]|[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9\-]*[A-Za-z0-9])\z/]
-```
-
-### <a name="stdlibhttpsurl"></a>`Stdlib::HTTPSUrl`
+### <a name="Stdlib--HTTPSUrl"></a>`Stdlib::HTTPSUrl`
 
 Validate a HTTPS URL
 
-Alias of
+Alias of `Pattern[/(?i:\Ahttps:\/\/.*\z)/]`
 
-```puppet
-Pattern[/(?i:\Ahttps:\/\/.*\z)/]
-```
-
-### <a name="stdlibhttpurl"></a>`Stdlib::HTTPUrl`
+### <a name="Stdlib--HTTPUrl"></a>`Stdlib::HTTPUrl`
 
 Validate a HTTP(S) URL
 
-Alias of
-
-```puppet
-Pattern[/(?i:\Ahttps?:\/\/.*\z)/]
-```
+Alias of `Pattern[/(?i:\Ahttps?:\/\/.*\z)/]`
 
-### <a name="stdlibhost"></a>`Stdlib::Host`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Host"></a>`Stdlib::Host`
 
 Validate a host (FQDN or IP address)
 
-Alias of
+Alias of `Variant[Stdlib::Fqdn, Stdlib::Compat::Ip_address]`
 
-```puppet
-Variant[Stdlib::Fqdn, Stdlib::Compat::Ip_address]
-```
+### <a name="Stdlib--Http--Method"></a>`Stdlib::Http::Method`
 
-### <a name="stdlibhttpstatus"></a>`Stdlib::HttpStatus`
+Valid HTTP method verbs
 
-Validate a HTTP status code
+* **See also**
+  * https://www.iana.org/assignments/http-methods/http-methods.xhtml
 
-Alias of
+Alias of `Enum['ACL', 'BASELINE-CONTROL', 'BIND', 'CHECKIN', 'CHECKOUT', 'CONNECT', 'COPY', 'DELETE', 'GET', 'HEAD', 'LABEL', 'LINK', 'LOCK', 'MERGE', 'MKACTIVITY', 'MKCALENDAR', 'MKCOL', 'MKREDIRECTREF', 'MKWORKSPACE', 'MOVE', 'OPTIONS', 'ORDERPATCH', 'PATCH', 'POST', 'PRI', 'PROPFIND', 'PROPPATCH', 'PUT', 'REBIND', 'REPORT', 'SEARCH', 'TRACE', 'UNBIND', 'UNCHECKOUT', 'UNLINK', 'UNLOCK', 'UPDATE', 'UPDATEREDIRECTREF', 'VERSION-CONTROL']`
 
-```puppet
-Integer[100, 599]
-```
+### <a name="Stdlib--Http--Status"></a>`Stdlib::Http::Status`
 
-### <a name="stdlibipaddress"></a>`Stdlib::IP::Address`
+A valid HTTP status code per RFC9110
 
-Validate an IP address
+* **See also**
+  * https://httpwg.org/specs/rfc9110.html#overview.of.status.codes
 
-Alias of
+Alias of `Integer[100, 599]`
 
-```puppet
-Variant[Stdlib::IP::Address::V4, Stdlib::IP::Address::V6]
-```
+### <a name="Stdlib--HttpStatus"></a>`Stdlib::HttpStatus`
 
-### <a name="stdlibipaddressnosubnet"></a>`Stdlib::IP::Address::Nosubnet`
+Validate a HTTP status code
 
-Validate an IP address without subnet
+* **See also**
+  * Stdlib::Http::Status
 
-Alias of
+Alias of `Stdlib::Http::Status`
 
-```puppet
-Variant[Stdlib::IP::Address::V4::Nosubnet, Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Nosubnet]
-```
+### <a name="Stdlib--IP--Address"></a>`Stdlib::IP::Address`
 
-### <a name="stdlibipaddressv4"></a>`Stdlib::IP::Address::V4`
+Validate an IP address
 
-Validate an IPv4 address
+Alias of `Variant[Stdlib::IP::Address::V4, Stdlib::IP::Address::V6]`
 
-Alias of
+### <a name="Stdlib--IP--Address--Nosubnet"></a>`Stdlib::IP::Address::Nosubnet`
 
-```puppet
-Variant[Stdlib::IP::Address::V4::CIDR, Stdlib::IP::Address::V4::Nosubnet]
-```
+Validate an IP address without subnet
 
-### <a name="stdlibipaddressv4cidr"></a>`Stdlib::IP::Address::V4::CIDR`
+Alias of `Variant[Stdlib::IP::Address::V4::Nosubnet, Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Nosubnet]`
 
-lint:ignore:140chars
+### <a name="Stdlib--IP--Address--V4"></a>`Stdlib::IP::Address::V4`
 
-Alias of
+Validate an IPv4 address
 
-```puppet
-Pattern[/\A([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}\/([0-9]|[12][0-9]|3[0-2])\z/]
-```
+Alias of `Variant[Stdlib::IP::Address::V4::CIDR, Stdlib::IP::Address::V4::Nosubnet]`
 
-### <a name="stdlibipaddressv4nosubnet"></a>`Stdlib::IP::Address::V4::Nosubnet`
+### <a name="Stdlib--IP--Address--V4--CIDR"></a>`Stdlib::IP::Address::V4::CIDR`
 
 lint:ignore:140chars
 
-Alias of
+Alias of `Pattern[/\A([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}\/([0-9]|[12][0-9]|3[0-2])\z/]`
 
-```puppet
-Pattern[/\A([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}\z/]
-```
+### <a name="Stdlib--IP--Address--V4--Nosubnet"></a>`Stdlib::IP::Address::V4::Nosubnet`
 
-### <a name="stdlibipaddressv6"></a>`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6`
+lint:ignore:140chars
 
-Validate an IPv6 address
+Alias of `Pattern[/\A([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}\z/]`
 
-Alias of
+### <a name="Stdlib--IP--Address--V6"></a>`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6`
 
-```puppet
-Variant[Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Full, Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Compressed, Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Alternative, Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Nosubnet]
-```
+Validate an IPv6 address
 
-### <a name="stdlibipaddressv6alternative"></a>`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Alternative`
+Alias of `Variant[Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Full, Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Compressed, Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Alternative, Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Nosubnet]`
 
-lint:ignore:140chars
+### <a name="Stdlib--IP--Address--V6--Alternative"></a>`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Alternative`
 
-Alias of
+lint:ignore:140chars
 
-```puppet
-Pattern[/\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){6}([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}(\/(1([01][0-9]|2[0-8])|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))?\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){5}:([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}(\/(1([01][0-9]|2[0-8])|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))?\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){4}(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){0,1}:([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}(\/(1([01][0-9]|2[0-8])|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))?\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){3}(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){0,2}:([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}(\/(1([01][0-9]|2[0-8])|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))?\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){2}(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){0,3}:([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}(\/(1([01][0-9]|2[0-8])|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))?\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){1}(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){0,4}:([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}(\/(1([01][0-9]|2[0-8])|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))?\z/, /\A:(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){0,5}:([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}(\/(1([01][0-9]|2[0-8])|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))?\z/]
-```
+Alias of `Pattern[/\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){6}([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}(\/(1([01][0-9]|2[0-8])|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))?\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){5}:([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}(\/(1([01][0-9]|2[0-8])|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))?\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){4}(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){0,1}:([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}(\/(1([01][0-9]|2[0-8])|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))?\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){3}(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){0,2}:([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}(\/(1([01][0-9]|2[0-8])|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))?\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){2}(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){0,3}:([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}(\/(1([01][0-9]|2[0-8])|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))?\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){1}(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){0,4}:([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}(\/(1([01][0-9]|2[0-8])|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))?\z/, /\A:(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){0,5}:([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}(\/(1([01][0-9]|2[0-8])|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))?\z/]`
 
-### <a name="stdlibipaddressv6cidr"></a>`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::CIDR`
+### <a name="Stdlib--IP--Address--V6--CIDR"></a>`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::CIDR`
 
 lint:ignore:140chars
 
-Alias of
+Alias of `Pattern[/\A((([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){7}([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}|:))|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){6}(:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}|((25[0-5]|2[0-4]d|1dd|[1-9]?d)(.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]d|1dd|[1-9]?d)){3})|:))|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){5}(((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,2})|:((25[0-5]|2[0-4]d|1dd|[1-9]?d)(.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]d|1dd|[1-9]?d)){3})|:))|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){4}(((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,3})|((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4})?:((25[0-5]|2[0-4]d|1dd|[1-9]?d)(.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]d|1dd|[1-9]?d)){3}))|:))|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){3}(((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,4})|((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){0,2}:((25[0-5]|2[0-4]d|1dd|[1-9]?d)(.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]d|1dd|[1-9]?d)){3}))|:))|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){2}(((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,5})|((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){0,3}:((25[0-5]|2[0-4]d|1dd|[1-9]?d)(.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]d|1dd|[1-9]?d)){3}))|:))|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1}(((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,6})|((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){0,4}:((25[0-5]|2[0-4]d|1dd|[1-9]?d)(.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]d|1dd|[1-9]?d)){3}))|:))|(:(((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,7})|((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){0,5}:((25[0-5]|2[0-4]d|1dd|[1-9]?d)(.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]d|1dd|[1-9]?d)){3}))|:)))(%.+)?s*\/([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-1][0-9]|12[0-8])?\z/]`
 
-```puppet
-Pattern[/\A((([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){7}([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}|:))|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){6}(:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}|((25[0-5]|2[0-4]d|1dd|[1-9]?d)(.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]d|1dd|[1-9]?d)){3})|:))|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){5}(((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,2})|:((25[0-5]|2[0-4]d|1dd|[1-9]?d)(.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]d|1dd|[1-9]?d)){3})|:))|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){4}(((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,3})|((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4})?:((25[0-5]|2[0-4]d|1dd|[1-9]?d)(.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]d|1dd|[1-9]?d)){3}))|:))|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){3}(((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,4})|((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){0,2}:((25[0-5]|2[0-4]d|1dd|[1-9]?d)(.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]d|1dd|[1-9]?d)){3}))|:))|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){2}(((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,5})|((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){0,3}:((25[0-5]|2[0-4]d|1dd|[1-9]?d)(.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]d|1dd|[1-9]?d)){3}))|:))|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1}(((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,6})|((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){0,4}:((25[0-5]|2[0-4]d|1dd|[1-9]?d)(.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]d|1dd|[1-9]?d)){3}))|:))|(:(((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,7})|((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){0,5}:((25[0-5]|2[0-4]d|1dd|[1-9]?d)(.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]d|1dd|[1-9]?d)){3}))|:)))(%.+)?s*\/([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-1][0-9]|12[0-8])?\z/]
-```
-
-### <a name="stdlibipaddressv6compressed"></a>`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Compressed`
+### <a name="Stdlib--IP--Address--V6--Compressed"></a>`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Compressed`
 
 Validate a compressed IPv6 address
 
-Alias of
+Alias of `Pattern[/\A:(:|(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){1,7})(\/(1([01][0-9]|2[0-8])|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))?\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){1}(:|(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){1,6})(\/(1([01][0-9]|2[0-8])|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))?\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){2}(:|(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){1,5})(\/(1([01][0-9]|2[0-8])|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))?\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){3}(:|(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){1,4})(\/(1([01][0-9]|2[0-8])|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))?\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){4}(:|(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){1,3})(\/(1([01][0-9]|2[0-8])|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))?\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){5}(:|(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){1,2})(\/(1([01][0-9]|2[0-8])|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))?\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){6}(:|(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){1,1})(\/(1([01][0-9]|2[0-8])|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))?\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){7}:(\/(1([01][0-9]|2[0-8])|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))?\z/]`
 
-```puppet
-Pattern[/\A:(:|(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){1,7})(\/(1([01][0-9]|2[0-8])|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))?\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){1}(:|(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){1,6})(\/(1([01][0-9]|2[0-8])|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))?\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){2}(:|(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){1,5})(\/(1([01][0-9]|2[0-8])|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))?\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){3}(:|(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){1,4})(\/(1([01][0-9]|2[0-8])|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))?\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){4}(:|(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){1,3})(\/(1([01][0-9]|2[0-8])|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))?\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){5}(:|(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){1,2})(\/(1([01][0-9]|2[0-8])|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))?\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){6}(:|(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){1,1})(\/(1([01][0-9]|2[0-8])|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))?\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){7}:(\/(1([01][0-9]|2[0-8])|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))?\z/]
-```
-
-### <a name="stdlibipaddressv6full"></a>`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Full`
+### <a name="Stdlib--IP--Address--V6--Full"></a>`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Full`
 
 Validate a full IPv6 address
 
-Alias of
-
-```puppet
-Pattern[/\A[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){7}(\/(1([01][0-9]|2[0-8])|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))?\z/]
-```
+Alias of `Pattern[/\A[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){7}(\/(1([01][0-9]|2[0-8])|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9]))?\z/]`
 
-### <a name="stdlibipaddressv6nosubnet"></a>`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Nosubnet`
+### <a name="Stdlib--IP--Address--V6--Nosubnet"></a>`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Nosubnet`
 
 Validate an IPv6 address without subnet
 
-Alias of
-
-```puppet
-Variant[Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Nosubnet::Full, Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Nosubnet::Compressed, Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Nosubnet::Alternative]
-```
+Alias of `Variant[Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Nosubnet::Full, Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Nosubnet::Compressed, Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Nosubnet::Alternative]`
 
-### <a name="stdlibipaddressv6nosubnetalternative"></a>`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Nosubnet::Alternative`
+### <a name="Stdlib--IP--Address--V6--Nosubnet--Alternative"></a>`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Nosubnet::Alternative`
 
 lint:ignore:140chars
 
-Alias of
-
-```puppet
-Pattern[/\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){6}([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){5}:([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){4}(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){0,1}:([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){3}(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){0,2}:([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){2}(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){0,3}:([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){1}(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){0,4}:([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}\z/, /\A:(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){0,5}:([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}\z/]
-```
+Alias of `Pattern[/\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){6}([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){5}:([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){4}(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){0,1}:([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){3}(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){0,2}:([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){2}(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){0,3}:([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){1}(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){0,4}:([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}\z/, /\A:(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){0,5}:([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}\z/]`
 
-### <a name="stdlibipaddressv6nosubnetcompressed"></a>`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Nosubnet::Compressed`
+### <a name="Stdlib--IP--Address--V6--Nosubnet--Compressed"></a>`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Nosubnet::Compressed`
 
 Validate compressed IPv6 address without subnet
 
-Alias of
+Alias of `Pattern[/\A:(:|(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){1,7})\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){1}(:|(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){1,6})\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){2}(:|(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){1,5})\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){3}(:|(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){1,4})\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){4}(:|(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){1,3})\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){5}(:|(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){1,2})\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){6}(:|(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){1,1})\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){7}:\z/]`
 
-```puppet
-Pattern[/\A:(:|(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){1,7})\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){1}(:|(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){1,6})\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){2}(:|(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){1,5})\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){3}(:|(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){1,4})\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){4}(:|(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){1,3})\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){5}(:|(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){1,2})\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){6}(:|(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){1,1})\z/, /\A([[:xdigit:]]{1,4}:){7}:\z/]
-```
-
-### <a name="stdlibipaddressv6nosubnetfull"></a>`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Nosubnet::Full`
+### <a name="Stdlib--IP--Address--V6--Nosubnet--Full"></a>`Stdlib::IP::Address::V6::Nosubnet::Full`
 
 Validate full IPv6 address without subnet
 
-Alias of
-
-```puppet
-Pattern[/\A[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){7}\z/]
-```
+Alias of `Pattern[/\A[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}(:[[:xdigit:]]{1,4}){7}\z/]`
 
-### <a name="stdlibmac"></a>`Stdlib::MAC`
+### <a name="Stdlib--MAC"></a>`Stdlib::MAC`
 
 A type for a MAC address
 
-Alias of
+Alias of `Pattern[/\A([0-9A-Fa-f]{2}[:-]){5}([0-9A-Fa-f]{2})\z/, /\A([0-9A-Fa-f]{2}[:-]){19}([0-9A-Fa-f]{2})\z/]`
 
-```puppet
-Pattern[/\A([0-9A-Fa-f]{2}[:-]){5}([0-9A-Fa-f]{2})\z/, /\A([0-9A-Fa-f]{2}[:-]){19}([0-9A-Fa-f]{2})\z/]
-```
-
-### <a name="stdlibobjectstore"></a>`Stdlib::ObjectStore`
+### <a name="Stdlib--ObjectStore"></a>`Stdlib::ObjectStore`
 
 Validate an ObjectStore
 
-Alias of
-
-```puppet
-Variant[Stdlib::ObjectStore::GSUri, Stdlib::ObjectStore::S3Uri]
-```
+Alias of `Variant[Stdlib::ObjectStore::GSUri, Stdlib::ObjectStore::S3Uri]`
 
-### <a name="stdlibobjectstoregsuri"></a>`Stdlib::ObjectStore::GSUri`
+### <a name="Stdlib--ObjectStore--GSUri"></a>`Stdlib::ObjectStore::GSUri`
 
 Validate a Google Cloud object store URI
 
-Alias of
-
-```puppet
-Pattern[/\Ags:\/\/.*\z/]
-```
+Alias of `Pattern[/\Ags:\/\/.*\z/]`
 
-### <a name="stdlibobjectstores3uri"></a>`Stdlib::ObjectStore::S3Uri`
+### <a name="Stdlib--ObjectStore--S3Uri"></a>`Stdlib::ObjectStore::S3Uri`
 
 Validate an Amazon Web Services S3 object store URI
 
-Alias of
+Alias of `Pattern[/\As3:\/\/.*\z/]`
 
-```puppet
-Pattern[/\As3:\/\/.*\z/]
-```
-
-### <a name="stdlibport"></a>`Stdlib::Port`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Port"></a>`Stdlib::Port`
 
 Validate a port number
 
-Alias of
+Alias of `Integer[0, 65535]`
 
-```puppet
-Integer[0, 65535]
-```
-
-### <a name="stdlibportdynamic"></a>`Stdlib::Port::Dynamic`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Port--Dynamic"></a>`Stdlib::Port::Dynamic`
 
 Validate a dynamic port number
 
-Alias of
-
-```puppet
-Integer[49152, 65535]
-```
+Alias of `Integer[49152, 65535]`
 
-### <a name="stdlibportephemeral"></a>`Stdlib::Port::Ephemeral`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Port--Ephemeral"></a>`Stdlib::Port::Ephemeral`
 
 Validate an ephemeral port number
 
-Alias of
-
-```puppet
-Stdlib::Port::Dynamic
-```
+Alias of `Stdlib::Port::Dynamic`
 
-### <a name="stdlibportprivileged"></a>`Stdlib::Port::Privileged`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Port--Privileged"></a>`Stdlib::Port::Privileged`
 
 Validate a priviliged port number
 
-Alias of
-
-```puppet
-Integer[1, 1023]
-```
+Alias of `Integer[1, 1023]`
 
-### <a name="stdlibportregistered"></a>`Stdlib::Port::Registered`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Port--Registered"></a>`Stdlib::Port::Registered`
 
 Validate a registered port number
 
-Alias of
-
-```puppet
-Stdlib::Port::User
-```
+Alias of `Stdlib::Port::User`
 
-### <a name="stdlibportunprivileged"></a>`Stdlib::Port::Unprivileged`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Port--Unprivileged"></a>`Stdlib::Port::Unprivileged`
 
 Validate an unprivileged port number
 
-Alias of
+Alias of `Integer[1024, 65535]`
 
-```puppet
-Integer[1024, 65535]
-```
-
-### <a name="stdlibportuser"></a>`Stdlib::Port::User`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Port--User"></a>`Stdlib::Port::User`
 
 Validate a port number usable by a user
 
-Alias of
+Alias of `Integer[1024, 49151]`
 
-```puppet
-Integer[1024, 49151]
-```
-
-### <a name="stdlibsyslogfacility"></a>`Stdlib::Syslogfacility`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Syslogfacility"></a>`Stdlib::Syslogfacility`
 
 Validate a syslog facility
 
-Alias of
-
-```puppet
-Enum['kern', 'user', 'mail', 'daemon', 'auth', 'syslog', 'lpr', 'news', 'uucp', 'cron', 'authpriv', 'ftp', 'ntp', 'security', 'console', 'solaris-cron', 'local0', 'local1', 'local2', 'local3', 'local4', 'local5', 'local6', 'local7']
-```
+Alias of `Enum['kern', 'user', 'mail', 'daemon', 'auth', 'syslog', 'lpr', 'news', 'uucp', 'cron', 'authpriv', 'ftp', 'ntp', 'security', 'console', 'solaris-cron', 'local0', 'local1', 'local2', 'local3', 'local4', 'local5', 'local6', 'local7']`
 
-### <a name="stdlibunixpath"></a>`Stdlib::Unixpath`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Unixpath"></a>`Stdlib::Unixpath`
 
 this regex rejects any path component that does not start with "/" or is NUL
 
-Alias of
+Alias of `Pattern[/\A\/([^\n\/\0]+\/*)*\z/]`
 
-```puppet
-Pattern[/\A\/([^\n\/\0]+\/*)*\z/]
-```
-
-### <a name="stdlibwindowspath"></a>`Stdlib::Windowspath`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Windowspath"></a>`Stdlib::Windowspath`
 
 Validate a Windows path
 
-Alias of
-
-```puppet
-Pattern[/\A(([a-zA-Z]:[\\\/])|([\\\/][\\\/][^\\\/]+[\\\/][^\\\/]+)|([\\\/][\\\/]\?[\\\/][^\\\/]+)).*\z/]
-```
+Alias of `Pattern[/\A(([a-zA-Z]:[\\\/])|([\\\/][\\\/][^\\\/]+[\\\/][^\\\/]+)|([\\\/][\\\/]\?[\\\/][^\\\/]+)).*\z/]`
 
-### <a name="stdlibyes_no"></a>`Stdlib::Yes_no`
+### <a name="Stdlib--Yes_no"></a>`Stdlib::Yes_no`
 
 Validate a yes / no value
 
-Alias of
-
-```puppet
-Pattern[/\A(?i:(yes|no))\z/]
-```
+Alias of `Pattern[/\A(?i:(yes|no))\z/]`
 
diff --git a/functions/ensure.pp b/functions/ensure.pp
index b4ea17b2c..9b63d44e5 100644
--- a/functions/ensure.pp
+++ b/functions/ensure.pp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # @return [String]
 function stdlib::ensure(
   Variant[Boolean, Enum['present', 'absent']] $ensure,
-  Enum['directory', 'link', 'mounted', 'service', 'file', 'package'] $resource,
+  Optional[Enum['directory', 'link', 'mounted', 'service', 'file', 'package']] $resource = undef,
 ) >> String {
   $_ensure = $ensure ? {
     Boolean => $ensure.bool2str('present', 'absent'),
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ function stdlib::ensure(
         default   => 'stopped',
       }
     }
+    undef: { $_ensure }
     default: {
       $_ensure ? {
         'present' => $resource,
diff --git a/lib/facter/root_home.rb b/lib/facter/root_home.rb
index 0e1764254..c44d64a7b 100644
--- a/lib/facter/root_home.rb
+++ b/lib/facter/root_home.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
   rescue LoadError
   # Unavailable on platforms like Windows
   else
-    Etc.getpwnam('root').dir
+    Etc.getpwnam('root')&.dir
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/functions/ensure_packages.rb b/lib/puppet/functions/ensure_packages.rb
index 5cfbd5a37..321667c67 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/functions/ensure_packages.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/functions/ensure_packages.rb
@@ -6,34 +6,56 @@
 # third argument to the ensure_resource() function.
 Puppet::Functions.create_function(:ensure_packages, Puppet::Functions::InternalFunction) do
   # @param packages
-  #   The packages to ensure are installed. If it's a Hash it will be passed to `ensure_resource`
+  #   The packages to ensure are installed.
   # @param default_attributes
   #   Default attributes to be passed to the `ensure_resource()` function
   # @return [Undef] Returns nothing.
   dispatch :ensure_packages do
     scope_param
-    param 'Variant[String[1], Array[String[1]], Hash[String[1], Any]]', :packages
+    param 'Variant[String[1], Array[String[1]]]', :packages
     optional_param 'Hash', :default_attributes
     return_type 'Undef'
   end
 
-  def ensure_packages(scope, packages, default_attributes = nil)
-    if default_attributes
+  # @param packages
+  #   The packages to ensure are installed. The keys are packages and values are the attributes specific to that package.
+  # @param default_attributes
+  #   Default attributes. Package specific attributes from the `packages` parameter will take precedence.
+  # @return [Undef] Returns nothing.
+  dispatch :ensure_packages_hash do
+    scope_param
+    param 'Hash[String[1], Any]', :packages
+    optional_param 'Hash', :default_attributes
+    return_type 'Undef'
+  end
+
+  def ensure_packages(scope, packages, default_attributes = {})
+    Array(packages).each do |package_name|
       defaults = { 'ensure' => 'installed' }.merge(default_attributes)
-      if defaults['ensure'] == 'present'
-        defaults['ensure'] = 'installed'
-      end
-    else
-      defaults = { 'ensure' => 'installed' }
+
+      # `present` and `installed` are aliases for the `ensure` attribute. If `ensure` is set to either of these values replace
+      # with `installed` by default but `present` if this package is already in the catalog with `ensure => present`
+      defaults['ensure'] = default_ensure(package_name) if ['present', 'installed'].include?(defaults['ensure'])
+
+      scope.call_function('ensure_resource', ['package', package_name, defaults])
     end
+    nil
+  end
 
-    if packages.is_a?(Hash)
-      scope.call_function('ensure_resources', ['package', packages.dup, defaults])
-    else
-      Array(packages).each do |package_name|
-        scope.call_function('ensure_resource', ['package', package_name, defaults])
-      end
+  def ensure_packages_hash(scope, packages, default_attributes = {})
+    packages.each do |package, attributes|
+      ensure_packages(scope, package, default_attributes.merge(attributes))
     end
     nil
   end
+
+  private
+
+  def default_ensure(package_name)
+    if call_function('defined_with_params', "Package[#{package_name}]", { 'ensure' => 'present' })
+      'present'
+    else
+      'installed'
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/functions/stdlib/crc32.rb b/lib/puppet/functions/stdlib/crc32.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36b2a6ca7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/puppet/functions/stdlib/crc32.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'zlib'
+# @note
+#   The CRC32 algorithm can easily generate collisions,
+#   but may be useful for generating sharding, describing
+#   secrets, or seeding nonce values.
+#
+# @summary
+#   Run a CRC32 calculation against a given value.
+Puppet::Functions.create_function(:'stdlib::crc32') do
+  # @param my_data The ScalarData to evaluate
+  # @example Check a simple string value
+  #   stdlib::crc32('my string') == '18fbd270'
+  # @example Check a Sensitive datatype
+  #   stdlib::crc32(sensitive('my string')) == '18fbd270'
+  # @example Check a number
+  #   stdlib::crc32(100.0) == 'a3fd429a'
+  #   stdlib::crc32(100.00000) == 'a3fd429a'
+  # @return String
+  dispatch :crc32 do
+    param 'Variant[ScalarData, Sensitive[ScalarData], Binary, Sensitive[Binary]]', :my_data
+    return_type 'String'
+  end
+
+  def crc32(my_data)
+    Zlib.crc32(my_data.unwrap.to_s).to_s(16).downcase
+  rescue
+    Zlib.crc32(my_data.to_s).to_s(16).downcase
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/functions/stdlib/sha256.rb b/lib/puppet/functions/stdlib/sha256.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b9b6c24a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/puppet/functions/stdlib/sha256.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'digest'
+# @summary
+#   Run a SHA256 calculation against a given value.
+Puppet::Functions.create_function(:'stdlib::sha256') do
+  # @param my_data The ScalarData to evaluate
+  # @example Check a simple string value
+  #   stdlib::sha256('my string') == '2f7e2089add0288a309abd71ffcc3b3567e2d4215e20e6ed3b74d6042f7ef8e5'
+  # @example Check a Sensitive datatype
+  #   stdlib::sha256(sensitive('my string')) == '2f7e2089add0288a309abd71ffcc3b3567e2d4215e20e6ed3b74d6042f7ef8e5'
+  # @example Check a number
+  #   stdlib::sha256(100.0) == '43b87f618caab482ebe4976c92bcd6ad308b48055f1c27b4c574f3e31d7683e0'
+  #   stdlib::sha256(100.00000) == '43b87f618caab482ebe4976c92bcd6ad308b48055f1c27b4c574f3e31d7683e0'
+  # @return String
+  dispatch :sha256 do
+    param 'Variant[ScalarData, Sensitive[ScalarData], Binary, Sensitive[Binary]]', :my_data
+    return_type 'String'
+  end
+
+  def sha256(my_data)
+    Digest::SHA256.hexdigest(my_data.unwrap.to_s)
+  rescue
+    Digest::SHA256.hexdigest(my_data.to_s)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 98f6317e7..f5687f33a 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "puppetlabs-stdlib",
-  "version": "8.5.0",
+  "version": "8.6.0",
   "author": "puppetlabs",
   "summary": "Standard library of resources for Puppet modules.",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
@@ -100,11 +100,11 @@
   "requirements": [
     {
       "name": "puppet",
-      "version_requirement": ">= 6.0.0 < 8.0.0"
+      "version_requirement": ">= 5.5.10 < 8.0.0"
     }
   ],
   "description": "Standard Library for Puppet Modules",
   "pdk-version": "2.5.0",
   "template-url": "https://github.com/puppetlabs/pdk-templates#main",
-  "template-ref": "tags/2.6.0-0-gd0490b9"
+  "template-ref": "2.7.1-0-g9a16c87"
 }
diff --git a/provision.yaml b/provision.yaml
index 26913e472..b9b4ed732 100644
--- a/provision.yaml
+++ b/provision.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ travis_deb:
   - litmusimage/debian:8
   - litmusimage/debian:9
   - litmusimage/debian:10
+travis_ub_5:
+  provisioner: docker
+  images:
+  - litmusimage/ubuntu:14.04
+  - litmusimage/ubuntu:16.04
+  - litmusimage/ubuntu:18.04
 travis_ub_6:
   provisioner: docker
   images:
@@ -32,6 +38,36 @@ travis_el8:
   provisioner: docker
   images:
   - litmusimage/centos:8
+release_checks_5:
+  provisioner: abs
+  images:
+  - redhat-6-x86_64
+  - redhat-7-x86_64
+  - redhat-8-x86_64
+  - centos-6-x86_64
+  - centos-7-x86_64
+  - centos-8-x86_64
+  - oracle-5-x86_64
+  - oracle-6-x86_64
+  - oracle-7-x86_64
+  - scientific-6-x86_64
+  - scientific-7-x86_64
+  - debian-8-x86_64
+  - debian-9-x86_64
+  - debian-10-x86_64
+  - sles-12-x86_64
+  - ubuntu-1404-x86_64
+  - ubuntu-1604-x86_64
+  - ubuntu-1804-x86_64
+  - win-2008-x86_64
+  - win-2008r2-x86_64
+  - win-2012-x86_64
+  - win-2012r2-x86_64
+  - win-2016-x86_64
+  - win-2019-x86_64
+  - win-7-x86_64
+  - win-81-x86_64
+  - win-10-pro-x86_64
 release_checks_6:
   provisioner: abs
   images:
diff --git a/spec/functions/crc32_spec.rb b/spec/functions/crc32_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed82ae2fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/functions/crc32_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'stdlib::crc32' do
+  context 'when default' do
+    it { is_expected.not_to eq(nil) }
+    it { is_expected.to run.with_params.and_raise_error(ArgumentError, %r{stdlib::crc32}) }
+  end
+
+  context 'when testing a simple string' do
+    it { is_expected.to run.with_params('abc').and_return('352441c2') }
+    it { is_expected.to run.with_params('acb').and_return('5b384015') }
+    it { is_expected.to run.with_params('my string').and_return('18fbd270') }
+    it { is_expected.to run.with_params('0').and_return('f4dbdf21') }
+  end
+
+  context 'when testing a sensitive string' do
+    it { is_expected.to run.with_params(sensitive('my string')).and_return('18fbd270') }
+  end
+
+  context 'when testing an integer' do
+    it { is_expected.to run.with_params(0).and_return('f4dbdf21') }
+    it { is_expected.to run.with_params(100).and_return('237750ea') }
+    it { is_expected.to run.with_params(sensitive(100)).and_return('237750ea') }
+  end
+
+  context 'when testing a float' do
+    it { is_expected.to run.with_params(200.3).and_return('7d5469f0') }
+
+    # .0 isn't always converted into an integer, but should have rational truncation
+    it { is_expected.to run.with_params(100.0).and_return('a3fd429a') }
+    it { is_expected.to run.with_params(sensitive(100.0000)).and_return('a3fd429a') }
+  end
+
+  context 'when testing a bool' do
+    it { is_expected.to run.with_params(true).and_return('fdfc4c8d') }
+    it { is_expected.to run.with_params(false).and_return('2bcd6830') }
+  end
+
+  context 'when testing a binary' do
+    it { is_expected.to run.with_params("\xFE\xED\xBE\xEF").and_return('ac3481a4') }
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/functions/ensure_packages_spec.rb b/spec/functions/ensure_packages_spec.rb
index 346e13685..326857bbd 100644
--- a/spec/functions/ensure_packages_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/functions/ensure_packages_spec.rb
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@
       subject.execute({ 'foo' => { 'provider' => 'rpm' }, 'bar' => { 'provider' => 'gem' } }, 'ensure' => 'present')
       subject.execute('パッケージ' => { 'ensure' => 'absent' })
       subject.execute('ρǻ¢κầģẻ' => { 'ensure' => 'absent' })
+      subject.execute(
+        {
+          'package_one'   => {},
+          'package_two'   => {},
+          'package_three' => { 'provider' => 'puppetserver_gem' },
+        },
+        { 'provider' => 'puppet_gem' },
+      )
     end
 
     # this lambda is required due to strangeness within rspec-puppet's expectation handling
@@ -42,6 +50,14 @@
       it { expect(-> { catalogue }).to contain_package('パッケージ').with('ensure' => 'absent') }
       it { expect(-> { catalogue }).to contain_package('ρǻ¢κầģẻ').with('ensure' => 'absent') }
     end
+
+    describe 'default attributes' do
+      it 'package specific attributes take precedence' do
+        expect(-> { catalogue }).to contain_package('package_one').with('provider' => 'puppet_gem')
+        expect(-> { catalogue }).to contain_package('package_two').with('provider' => 'puppet_gem')
+        expect(-> { catalogue }).to contain_package('package_three').with('provider' => 'puppetserver_gem')
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   context 'when given a catalog with "package { puppet: ensure => installed }"' do
@@ -54,4 +70,26 @@
       it { expect(-> { catalogue }).to contain_package('puppet').with_ensure('installed') }
     end
   end
+
+  context 'when given a catalog with "package { puppet: ensure => present }"' do
+    let(:pre_condition) { 'package { puppet: ensure => present }' }
+
+    describe 'after running ensure_package("puppet", { "ensure" => "present" })' do
+      before(:each) { subject.execute('puppet', 'ensure' => 'present') }
+
+      it { expect(-> { catalogue }).to contain_package('puppet').with_ensure('present') }
+    end
+
+    describe 'after running ensure_package("puppet", { "ensure" => "installed" })' do
+      before(:each) { subject.execute('puppet', 'ensure' => 'installed') }
+
+      it { expect(-> { catalogue }).to contain_package('puppet').with_ensure('present') }
+    end
+
+    describe 'after running ensure_package(["puppet"])' do
+      before(:each) { subject.execute(['puppet']) }
+
+      it { expect(-> { catalogue }).to contain_package('puppet').with_ensure('present') }
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/functions/fqdn_rand_string_spec.rb b/spec/functions/fqdn_rand_string_spec.rb
index 1102b87f8..9eed4ad04 100644
--- a/spec/functions/fqdn_rand_string_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/functions/fqdn_rand_string_spec.rb
@@ -57,7 +57,11 @@ def fqdn_rand_string(max, args = {})
 
     # workaround not being able to use let(:facts) because some tests need
     # multiple different hostnames in one context
-    allow(scope).to receive(:lookupvar).with('::fqdn', {}).and_return(host)
+    if Gem::Version.new(Puppet::PUPPETVERSION) < Gem::Version.new('7.23.0')
+      allow(scope).to receive(:lookupvar).with('::fqdn', {}).and_return(host)
+    else
+      allow(scope).to receive(:lookupvar).with('facts', {}).and_return({ 'networking' => { 'fqdn' => host } })
+    end
 
     function_args = [max]
     if args.key?(:charset) || !extra.empty?
diff --git a/spec/functions/sha256_spec.rb b/spec/functions/sha256_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..423fb0095
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/functions/sha256_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'stdlib::sha256' do
+  context 'when default' do
+    it { is_expected.not_to eq(nil) }
+    it { is_expected.to run.with_params.and_raise_error(ArgumentError, %r{stdlib::sha256}) }
+  end
+
+  context 'when testing a simple string' do
+    it { is_expected.to run.with_params('abc').and_return('ba7816bf8f01cfea414140de5dae2223b00361a396177a9cb410ff61f20015ad') }
+    it { is_expected.to run.with_params('acb').and_return('8e9766083b3bfc2003f791c9853941b0ea035d16379bfec16b72d376e272fa57') }
+    it { is_expected.to run.with_params('my string').and_return('2f7e2089add0288a309abd71ffcc3b3567e2d4215e20e6ed3b74d6042f7ef8e5') }
+    it { is_expected.to run.with_params('0').and_return('5feceb66ffc86f38d952786c6d696c79c2dbc239dd4e91b46729d73a27fb57e9') }
+  end
+
+  context 'when testing a sensitive string' do
+    it { is_expected.to run.with_params(sensitive('my string')).and_return('2f7e2089add0288a309abd71ffcc3b3567e2d4215e20e6ed3b74d6042f7ef8e5') }
+  end
+
+  context 'when testing an integer' do
+    it { is_expected.to run.with_params(0).and_return('5feceb66ffc86f38d952786c6d696c79c2dbc239dd4e91b46729d73a27fb57e9') }
+    it { is_expected.to run.with_params(100).and_return('ad57366865126e55649ecb23ae1d48887544976efea46a48eb5d85a6eeb4d306') }
+    it { is_expected.to run.with_params(sensitive(100)).and_return('ad57366865126e55649ecb23ae1d48887544976efea46a48eb5d85a6eeb4d306') }
+  end
+
+  context 'when testing a float' do
+    it { is_expected.to run.with_params(200.3).and_return('441adfa0dd670f4193e4b6e4e373bd7fd3861ee53c834c562b825af79bf7dc98') }
+
+    # .0 isn't always converted into an integer, but should have rational truncation
+    it { is_expected.to run.with_params(100.0).and_return('43b87f618caab482ebe4976c92bcd6ad308b48055f1c27b4c574f3e31d7683e0') }
+    it { is_expected.to run.with_params(sensitive(100.0000)).and_return('43b87f618caab482ebe4976c92bcd6ad308b48055f1c27b4c574f3e31d7683e0') }
+  end
+
+  context 'when testing a bool' do
+    it { is_expected.to run.with_params(true).and_return('b5bea41b6c623f7c09f1bf24dcae58ebab3c0cdd90ad966bc43a45b44867e12b') }
+    it { is_expected.to run.with_params(false).and_return('fcbcf165908dd18a9e49f7ff27810176db8e9f63b4352213741664245224f8aa') }
+  end
+
+  context 'when testing a binary' do
+    it { is_expected.to run.with_params("\xFE\xED\xBE\xEF").and_return('bf6b255a261ddde9ea66060dcb239e06d321ad37755d2a97a5846f5144b779b4') }
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/functions/stdlib_ensure_spec.rb b/spec/functions/stdlib_ensure_spec.rb
index 2c296c3ec..f4e5f7935 100644
--- a/spec/functions/stdlib_ensure_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/functions/stdlib_ensure_spec.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe 'stdlib::ensure' do
+  context 'work without resource' do
+    it { is_expected.to run.with_params(true).and_return('present') }
+    it { is_expected.to run.with_params(false).and_return('absent') }
+  end
   context 'work with service resource' do
     it { is_expected.to run.with_params('present', 'service').and_return('running') }
     it { is_expected.to run.with_params(true, 'service').and_return('running') }
diff --git a/spec/type_aliases/ensure_package_spec.rb b/spec/type_aliases/ensure_package_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a907747e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/type_aliases/ensure_package_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'Stdlib::Ensure::Package' do
+  describe 'valid handling' do
+    [
+      'present',
+      'absent',
+      'purged',
+      'disabled',
+      'installed',
+      'latest',
+      '1',
+      '1.1',
+      '>=6.0',
+    ].each do |value|
+      describe value.inspect do
+        it { is_expected.to allow_value(value) }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  describe 'No complex types can match' do
+    context 'Garbage inputs, no complex or non string types can match' do
+      [
+        1,
+        1.1,
+        [1.1],
+        '',
+        { 'foo' => 'bar' },
+        {},
+      ].each do |value|
+        describe value.inspect do
+          it { is_expected.not_to allow_value(value) }
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/type_aliases/http__method_spec.rb b/spec/type_aliases/http__method_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e80d02027
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/type_aliases/http__method_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'Stdlib::Http::Method' do
+  describe 'valid HTTP Methods' do
+    [
+      'HEAD',
+      'GET',
+      'PUT',
+      'DELETE',
+      'TRACE',
+    ].each do |value|
+      describe value.inspect do
+        it { is_expected.to allow_value(value) }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe 'invalid path handling' do
+    context 'garbage inputs' do
+      [
+        nil,
+        [nil],
+        [nil, nil],
+        { 'foo' => 'bar' },
+        {},
+        '',
+        'https',
+        '199',
+        600,
+        1_000,
+        'Ok',
+        'get',
+      ].each do |value|
+        describe value.inspect do
+          it { is_expected.not_to allow_value(value) }
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/type_aliases/http__status_spec.rb b/spec/type_aliases/http__status_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..123612fc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/type_aliases/http__status_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'Stdlib::Http::Status' do
+  describe 'valid HTTP Status' do
+    [
+      200,
+      302,
+      404,
+      418,
+      503,
+    ].each do |value|
+      describe value.inspect do
+        it { is_expected.to allow_value(value) }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe 'invalid path handling' do
+    context 'garbage inputs' do
+      [
+        nil,
+        [nil],
+        [nil, nil],
+        { 'foo' => 'bar' },
+        {},
+        '',
+        'https',
+        '199',
+        600,
+        1_000,
+      ].each do |value|
+        describe value.inspect do
+          it { is_expected.not_to allow_value(value) }
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/types/ensure/package.pp b/types/ensure/package.pp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f6ad47c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/ensure/package.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# @summary Validate the value of the ensure parameter for a package
+type Stdlib::Ensure::Package = Variant[Enum['present', 'absent', 'purged', 'disabled', 'installed', 'latest'], String[1]]
diff --git a/types/http/method.pp b/types/http/method.pp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b50ff0b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/http/method.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# @summary Valid HTTP method verbs
+# @see https://www.iana.org/assignments/http-methods/http-methods.xhtml
+type Stdlib::Http::Method = Enum[
+  'ACL',
+  'BASELINE-CONTROL',
+  'BIND',
+  'CHECKIN',
+  'CHECKOUT',
+  'CONNECT',
+  'COPY',
+  'DELETE',
+  'GET',
+  'HEAD',
+  'LABEL',
+  'LINK',
+  'LOCK',
+  'MERGE',
+  'MKACTIVITY',
+  'MKCALENDAR',
+  'MKCOL',
+  'MKREDIRECTREF',
+  'MKWORKSPACE',
+  'MOVE',
+  'OPTIONS',
+  'ORDERPATCH',
+  'PATCH',
+  'POST',
+  'PRI',
+  'PROPFIND',
+  'PROPPATCH',
+  'PUT',
+  'REBIND',
+  'REPORT',
+  'SEARCH',
+  'TRACE',
+  'UNBIND',
+  'UNCHECKOUT',
+  'UNLINK',
+  'UNLOCK',
+  'UPDATE',
+  'UPDATEREDIRECTREF',
+  'VERSION-CONTROL',
+]
diff --git a/types/http/status.pp b/types/http/status.pp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..08a23fdc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/http/status.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# @summary A valid HTTP status code per RFC9110
+# @see https://httpwg.org/specs/rfc9110.html#overview.of.status.codes
+type Stdlib::Http::Status = Integer[100, 599]
diff --git a/types/httpstatus.pp b/types/httpstatus.pp
index 4199d8acf..1a73221eb 100644
--- a/types/httpstatus.pp
+++ b/types/httpstatus.pp
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 # @summary Validate a HTTP status code
-type Stdlib::HttpStatus = Integer[100, 599]
+# @deprecated Use Stdlib::Http::Status
+# @see Stdlib::Http::Status
+type Stdlib::HttpStatus = Stdlib::Http::Status