ansible/test/integration/targets/pause/test-pause.yml

- name: Test pause
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: no
  become: no

  tasks:
    - name: non-integer for duraction (EXPECTED FAILURE)
      pause:
        seconds: hello
      register: result
      ignore_errors: yes

    - assert:
        that:
          - result is failed
          - "'non-integer' in result.msg"

    - name: non-boolean for echo (EXPECTED FAILURE)
      pause:
        echo: hello
      register: result
      ignore_errors: yes

    - assert:
        that:
          - result is failed
          - "'not a valid boolean' in result.msg"

    - pause:
        seconds: 0.1
      register: results

    - assert:
        that:
          - results.stdout is search('Paused for \d+\.\d+ seconds')

    - pause:
        seconds: 1
      register: results

    - assert:
        that:
          - results.stdout is search('Paused for \d+\.\d+ seconds')

    - pause:
        minutes: 1
      register: results

    - assert:
        that:
          - results.stdout is search('Paused for \d+\.\d+ minutes')