better backwards compat handling of status

restored 'rc' inspection but only when failed is not specified
removed redundant changed from basic.py as task_executor already adds
removed redundant filters, they are tests
added aliases to tests removed from filters
fixed test to new rc handling

lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py

@@ -572,7 +572,11 @@ class TaskExecutor:
 
             # set the failed property if it was missing.
             if 'failed' not in result:
-                result['failed'] = False
+                # rc is here for backwards compatibility and modules that use it instead of 'failed'
+                if 'rc' in result and result['rc'] not in [0, "0"]:
+                    result['failed'] = True
+                else:
+                    result['failed'] = False
 
             # set the changed property if it was missing.
             if 'changed' not in result:

lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py

@@ -2118,9 +2118,6 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):
     def exit_json(self, **kwargs):
         ''' return from the module, without error '''
 
-        if 'changed' not in kwargs:
-            kwargs['changed'] = False
-
         self.do_cleanup_files()
         self._return_formatted(kwargs)
         sys.exit(0)
@@ -2131,9 +2128,6 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):
         assert 'msg' in kwargs, "implementation error -- msg to explain the error is required"
         kwargs['failed'] = True
 
-        if 'changed' not in kwargs:
-            kwargs['changed'] = False
-
         # add traceback if debug or high verbosity and it is missing
         # Note: badly named as exception, it is really always been 'traceback'
         if 'exception' not in kwargs and sys.exc_info()[2] and (self._debug or self._verbosity >= 3):

lib/ansible/plugins/filter/core.py

@@ -432,52 +432,6 @@ def extract(item, container, morekeys=None):
     return value
 
 
-def failed(*a, **kw):
-    ''' Test if task result yields failed '''
-    item = a[0]
-    if not isinstance(item, MutableMapping):
-        raise errors.AnsibleFilterError("|failed expects a dictionary")
-    rc = item.get('rc', 0)
-    failed = item.get('failed', False)
-    if rc != 0 or failed:
-        return True
-    else:
-        return False
-
-
-def success(*a, **kw):
-    ''' Test if task result yields success '''
-    return not failed(*a, **kw)
-
-
-def changed(*a, **kw):
-    ''' Test if task result yields changed '''
-    item = a[0]
-    if not isinstance(item, MutableMapping):
-        raise errors.AnsibleFilterError("|changed expects a dictionary")
-    if 'changed' not in item:
-        changed = False
-        if (
-            'results' in item and   # some modules return a 'results' key
-            isinstance(item['results'], MutableSequence) and
-            isinstance(item['results'][0], MutableMapping)
-        ):
-            for result in item['results']:
-                changed = changed or result.get('changed', False)
-    else:
-        changed = item.get('changed', False)
-    return changed
-
-
-def skipped(*a, **kw):
-    ''' Test if task result yields skipped '''
-    item = a[0]
-    if not isinstance(item, MutableMapping):
-        raise errors.AnsibleFilterError("|skipped expects a dictionary")
-    skipped = item.get('skipped', False)
-    return skipped
-
-
 @environmentfilter
 def do_groupby(environment, value, attribute):
     """Overridden groupby filter for jinja2, to address an issue with
@@ -593,20 +547,6 @@ class FilterModule(object):
             # array and dict lookups
             'extract': extract,
 
-            # failure testing
-            'failed': failed,
-            'failure': failed,
-            'success': success,
-            'succeeded': success,
-
-            # changed testing
-            'changed': changed,
-            'change': changed,
-
-            # skip testing
-            'skipped': skipped,
-            'skip': skipped,
-
             # debug
             'type_debug': lambda o: o.__class__.__name__,
         }

lib/ansible/plugins/test/core.py

@@ -27,50 +27,43 @@ from distutils.version import LooseVersion, StrictVersion
 from ansible import errors
 
 
-def failed(*a, **kw):
+def failed(result):
     ''' Test if task result yields failed '''
-    item = a[0]
+    if not isinstance(result, MutableMapping):
-    if not isinstance(item, MutableMapping):
         raise errors.AnsibleFilterError("|failed expects a dictionary")
-    rc = item.get('rc', 0)
+    return result.get('failed', False)
-    failed = item.get('failed', False)
-    if rc != 0 or failed:
-        return True
-    else:
-        return False
 
 
-def success(*a, **kw):
+def success(result):
     ''' Test if task result yields success '''
-    return not failed(*a, **kw)
+    return not failed(result)
 
 
-def changed(*a, **kw):
+def changed(result):
     ''' Test if task result yields changed '''
-    item = a[0]
+    if not isinstance(result, MutableMapping):
-    if not isinstance(item, MutableMapping):
         raise errors.AnsibleFilterError("|changed expects a dictionary")
-    if 'changed' not in item:
+    if 'changed' not in result:
         changed = False
         if (
-            'results' in item and   # some modules return a 'results' key
+            'results' in result and   # some modules return a 'results' key
-            isinstance(item['results'], MutableSequence) and
+            isinstance(result['results'], MutableSequence) and
-            isinstance(item['results'][0], MutableMapping)
+            isinstance(result['results'][0], MutableMapping)
         ):
-            for result in item['results']:
+            for res in result['results']:
-                changed = changed or result.get('changed', False)
+                if res.get('changed', False):
+                    changed = True
+                    break
     else:
-        changed = item.get('changed', False)
+        changed = result.get('changed', False)
     return changed
 
 
-def skipped(*a, **kw):
+def skipped(result):
     ''' Test if task result yields skipped '''
-    item = a[0]
+    if not isinstance(result, MutableMapping):
-    if not isinstance(item, MutableMapping):
         raise errors.AnsibleFilterError("|skipped expects a dictionary")
-    skipped = item.get('skipped', False)
+    return result.get('skipped', False)
-    return skipped
 
 
 def regex(value='', pattern='', ignorecase=False, multiline=False, match_type='search'):
@@ -133,13 +126,17 @@ class TestModule(object):
         return {
             # failure testing
             'failed': failed,
+            'failure': failed,
             'succeeded': success,
+            'success': success,
 
             # changed testing
             'changed': changed,
+            'change': changed,
 
             # skip testing
             'skipped': skipped,
+            'skip': skipped,
 
             # regex
             'match': match,

test/integration/targets/git/tasks/specific-revision.yml

@@ -108,11 +108,11 @@
   args:
     chdir: '{{ checkout_dir }}'
 
-- name: make sure the old commit was not fetched
+- name: "make sure the old commit was not fetched, task is 'forced success'"
   assert:
     that:
       - 'checkout_shallow.rc != 0'
-      - checkout_shallow|failed
+      - checkout_shallow|success
   when: git_version.stdout | version_compare("{{git_version_supporting_depth}}", '>=')
 
 - name: clear checkout_dir

test/units/module_utils/basic/test_exit_json.py

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class TestAnsibleModuleExitJson(unittest.TestCase):
         else:
             self.assertEquals(ctx.exception.code, 0)
         return_val = json.loads(self.fake_stream.getvalue())
-        self.assertEquals(return_val, dict(changed=False, invocation=empty_invocation))
+        self.assertEquals(return_val, dict(invocation=empty_invocation))
 
     def test_exit_json_args_exits(self):
         with self.assertRaises(SystemExit) as ctx:
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class TestAnsibleModuleExitJson(unittest.TestCase):
         else:
             self.assertEquals(ctx.exception.code, 0)
         return_val = json.loads(self.fake_stream.getvalue())
-        self.assertEquals(return_val, dict(msg="message", changed=False, invocation=empty_invocation))
+        self.assertEquals(return_val, dict(msg="message", invocation=empty_invocation))
 
     def test_fail_json_exits(self):
         with self.assertRaises(SystemExit) as ctx:
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class TestAnsibleModuleExitJson(unittest.TestCase):
         else:
             self.assertEquals(ctx.exception.code, 1)
         return_val = json.loads(self.fake_stream.getvalue())
-        self.assertEquals(return_val, dict(msg="message", changed=False, failed=True, invocation=empty_invocation))
+        self.assertEquals(return_val, dict(msg="message", failed=True, invocation=empty_invocation))
 
     def test_exit_json_proper_changed(self):
         with self.assertRaises(SystemExit) as ctx:
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class TestAnsibleModuleExitValuesRemoved(unittest.TestCase):
             dict(one=1, pwd='$ecret k3y', url='https://username:password12345@foo.com/login/',
                  not_secret='following the leader', msg='here'),
             dict(one=1, pwd=OMIT, url='https://username:password12345@foo.com/login/',
-                 not_secret='following the leader', changed=False, msg='here',
+                 not_secret='following the leader', msg='here',
                  invocation=dict(module_args=dict(password=OMIT, token=None, username='person'))),
         ),
         (
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class TestAnsibleModuleExitValuesRemoved(unittest.TestCase):
             dict(one=1, pwd='$ecret k3y', url='https://username:password12345@foo.com/login/',
                  not_secret='following the leader', msg='here'),
             dict(one=1, pwd='$ecret k3y', url='https://username:********@foo.com/login/',
-                 not_secret='following the leader', changed=False, msg='here',
+                 not_secret='following the leader', msg='here',
                  invocation=dict(module_args=dict(password=OMIT, token=None, username='person'))),
         ),
         (
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class TestAnsibleModuleExitValuesRemoved(unittest.TestCase):
             dict(one=1, pwd='$ecret k3y', url='https://username:$ecret k3y@foo.com/login/',
                  not_secret='following the leader', msg='here'),
             dict(one=1, pwd=OMIT, url='https://username:********@foo.com/login/',
-                 not_secret='following the leader', changed=False, msg='here',
+                 not_secret='following the leader', msg='here',
                  invocation=dict(module_args=dict(password=OMIT, token=None, username='person'))),
         ),
     )