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clemens321
clemens321

Reputation: 2098

Using ansible ignore_errors in a loop

I'm using ansible 2.4.0 and try to use ignore_errors depending on check mode and with_items in combination. According to the docs about check_mode you can define ignore_errors based on if ansible is running in check mode or not. Without the with_items directive this works good, but with both elements a fail is always ignored.

Working example without with_items:

# test_i.yml
- name: test without array and with ignore
  hosts: all
  gather_facts: no
  tasks:
    - fail: msg="I fail, but ignored in check mode"
      ignore_errors: "{{ ansible_check_mode }}"

    - debug: msg="Reachable only in check mode"

Not working example:

# test_ai.yml
- name: test with array and with ignore
  hosts: all
  gather_facts: no
  tasks:
    - fail: msg="I am always skipped"
      ignore_errors: "{{ ansible_check_mode }}"
      with_items: [ 1, 2 ]

    - debug: msg="Always reached"

Execute with and results:

ansible-playbook test_i.yml --check
# ok=2, failed=0, but fail-task printed in red
ansible-playbook test_i.yml
# ok=0, failed=1, canceled after fail task
ansible-playbook test_ai.yml --check
# ok=2, failed=0, but fail-task items printed in red
ansible-playbook test_ai.yml
# ok=2, failed=0, same as with check

If the ignore_errors is removed or commented out, the task fails as desired, but then it does in check mode, too. It works even if check_mode is defined as false - but that wouldn't make any sense, would it.

Am I missing something or might this be a bug?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 4059

Answers (1)

Konstantin Suvorov
Konstantin Suvorov

Reputation: 68339

Yes, this is a bug. I've filed an issue 31831 with explanation.

Upvotes: 2

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