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 Fixed
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+Added
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+* add a schema to shell and winrm runners to allow validations to be executed againt their payloads. This means that shell or winrm jobs
+  that return a json object will be parsed into a dict to allow for field validations to be performed. Non json string resonses are still
+  handled as normal #6102
+
 3.8.1 - December 13, 2023
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 Fixed