From 00b1f27d9cc81bbb4e020397523af1470ea9e446 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Davis <6775756+nitzmahone@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:03:58 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix ansible-test remote aliases for new-style args (#86844)

* Always include `name` when applying remote config defaults for Posix/Windows.
---
 changelogs/fragments/core_ci_remote_alias.yml   | 3 +++
 test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/host_configs.py | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/core_ci_remote_alias.yml

diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/core_ci_remote_alias.yml b/changelogs/fragments/core_ci_remote_alias.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f3acbe2b1c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/core_ci_remote_alias.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - ansible-test remote alias - Alias values for ``--controller`` and ``--target`` are properly resolved for ``remote``.
+    Previously, remote alias values (e.g. ``fedora/latest``) resolved to the correct name only for the legacy ``--remote`` arg, failing with an unknown image error for the newer args.
diff --git a/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/host_configs.py b/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/host_configs.py
index 82b3ec0106d..42640b41df4 100644
--- a/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/host_configs.py
+++ b/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/host_configs.py
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ class PosixRemoteConfig(RemoteConfig, ControllerHostConfig, PosixConfig):
         super().apply_defaults(context, defaults)
 
         self.become = self.become or defaults.become
+        self.name = defaults.name
 
     @property
     def have_root(self) -> bool:
@@ -450,6 +451,7 @@ class WindowsRemoteConfig(RemoteConfig, WindowsConfig):
         super().apply_defaults(context, defaults)
 
         self.connection = self.connection or defaults.connection
+        self.name = defaults.name
 
 
 @dataclasses.dataclass