From 0c32a4f7931262d48b3f4e85f2448c30dd317dae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Krizek <martin.krizek@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 20:46:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Emit proper error for `x in y` when y is undefined (#70990)
 (#71011)

Fixes #70984

(cherry picked from commit bf7276a4e88de6e102ad06aa1d0716ae799d87ea)
---
 .../70984-templating-ansibleundefined-in-operator.yml    | 2 ++
 lib/ansible/template/__init__.py                         | 4 ++++
 test/integration/targets/template/tasks/main.yml         | 9 +++++++++
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/70984-templating-ansibleundefined-in-operator.yml

diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/70984-templating-ansibleundefined-in-operator.yml b/changelogs/fragments/70984-templating-ansibleundefined-in-operator.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2c33155947c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/70984-templating-ansibleundefined-in-operator.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - templating - fix error message for ``x in y`` when y is undefined (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/70984)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/template/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/template/__init__.py
index 2184050aaab..e19c91ff6ab 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/template/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/template/__init__.py
@@ -309,6 +309,10 @@ class AnsibleUndefined(StrictUndefined):
     def __repr__(self):
         return 'AnsibleUndefined'
 
+    def __contains__(self, item):
+        # Return original Undefined object to preserve the first failure context
+        return self
+
 
 class AnsibleContext(Context):
     '''
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/template/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/template/tasks/main.yml
index 10ea474d7cf..da803436860 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/template/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/template/tasks/main.yml
@@ -706,5 +706,14 @@
         - 'diff_result.stdout == ""'
         - "diff_result.rc == 0"
 
+- debug:
+    msg: "{{ 'x' in y }}"
+  ignore_errors: yes
+  register: error
+
+- name: check that proper error message is emitted when in operator is used
+  assert:
+    that: "\"'y' is undefined\" in error.msg"
+
 # aliases file requires root for template tests so this should be safe
 - include: backup_test.yml