ansible/test/integration/targets/loops/tasks/main.yml

#
# loop_control/pause
#

- name: Measure time before
  shell: date +%s
  register: before

- debug:
    var: i
  with_sequence: count=3
  loop_control:
    loop_var: i
    pause: 2

- name: Measure time after
  shell: date +%s
  register: after

# since there is 3 rounds, and 2 seconds between, it should last 4 seconds
# we do not test the upper bound, since CI can lag significantly
- assert:
    that:
    - '(after.stdout |int) - (before.stdout|int) >= 4'

- name: test subsecond pause
  block:
    - name: Measure time before loop with .5s pause
      set_fact:
        times: "{{times|default([]) + [ lookup('pipe','date +%s.%3N') ]}}"
      with_sequence: count=3
      loop_control:
        pause: 0.6

    - name: ensure lag, since there is 3 rounds, and 0.5 seconds between, it should last 1.2 seconds, but allowing leeway due to CI lag
      assert:
        that:
            - tdiff|float >= 1.2
            - tdiff|int < 3
      vars:
        tdiff: '{{ times[2]|float - times[0]|float }}'
  when:
    - ansible_facts['distribution'] not in ("MacOSX", "FreeBSD")

#
# Tests of loop syntax with args
#

- name: Test that with_list works with a list
  ping:
    data: '{{ item }}'
  with_list:
    - 'Hello World'
    - 'Olá Mundo'
  register: results

- name: Assert that we ran the module twice with the correct strings
  assert:
    that:
      - 'results["results"][0]["ping"] == "Hello World"'
      - 'results["results"][1]["ping"] == "Olá Mundo"'

- name: Test that with_list works with a list inside a variable
  ping:
    data: '{{ item }}'
  with_list: '{{ phrases }}'
  register: results2

- name: Assert that we ran the module twice with the correct strings
  assert:
    that:
      - 'results2["results"][0]["ping"] == "Hello World"'
      - 'results2["results"][1]["ping"] == "Olá Mundo"'

- name: Test that loop works with a manual list
  ping:
    data: '{{ item }}'
  loop:
    - 'Hello World'
    - 'Olá Mundo'
  register: results3

- name: Assert that we ran the module twice with the correct strings
  assert:
    that:
      - 'results3["results"][0]["ping"] == "Hello World"'
      - 'results3["results"][1]["ping"] == "Olá Mundo"'

- name: Test that loop works with a list in a variable
  ping:
    data: '{{ item }}'
  loop: '{{ phrases }}'
  register: results4

- name: Assert that we ran the module twice with the correct strings
  assert:
    that:
      - 'results4["results"][0]["ping"] == "Hello World"'
      - 'results4["results"][1]["ping"] == "Olá Mundo"'

- name: Test that loop works with a list via the list lookup
  ping:
    data: '{{ item }}'
  loop: '{{ lookup("list", "Hello World", "Olá Mundo", wantlist=True) }}'
  register: results5

- name: Assert that we ran the module twice with the correct strings
  assert:
    that:
      - 'results5["results"][0]["ping"] == "Hello World"'
      - 'results5["results"][1]["ping"] == "Olá Mundo"'

- name: Test that loop works with a list in a variable via the list lookup
  ping:
    data: '{{ item }}'
  loop: '{{ lookup("list", wantlist=True, *phrases) }}'
  register: results6

- name: Assert that we ran the module twice with the correct strings
  assert:
    that:
      - 'results6["results"][0]["ping"] == "Hello World"'
      - 'results6["results"][1]["ping"] == "Olá Mundo"'

- name: Test that loop works with a list via the query lookup
  ping:
    data: '{{ item }}'
  loop: '{{ query("list", "Hello World", "Olá Mundo") }}'
  register: results7

- name: Assert that we ran the module twice with the correct strings
  assert:
    that:
      - 'results7["results"][0]["ping"] == "Hello World"'
      - 'results7["results"][1]["ping"] == "Olá Mundo"'

- name: Test that loop works with a list in a variable via the query lookup
  ping:
    data: '{{ item }}'
  loop: '{{ q("list", *phrases) }}'
  register: results8

- name: Assert that we ran the module twice with the correct strings
  assert:
    that:
      - 'results8["results"][0]["ping"] == "Hello World"'
      - 'results8["results"][1]["ping"] == "Olá Mundo"'

- name: Test that loop works with a list and keyword args
  ping:
    data: '{{ item }}'
  loop: '{{ q("file", "data1.txt", "data2.txt", lstrip=True) }}'
  register: results9

- name: Assert that we ran the module twice with the correct strings
  assert:
    that:
      - 'results9["results"][0]["ping"] == "Hello World"'
      - 'results9["results"][1]["ping"] == "Olá Mundo"'

- name: Test that loop works with a list in variable and keyword args
  ping:
    data: '{{ item }}'
  loop: '{{ q("file", lstrip=True, *filenames) }}'
  register: results10

- name: Assert that we ran the module twice with the correct strings
  assert:
    that:
      - 'results10["results"][0]["ping"] == "Hello World"'
      - 'results10["results"][1]["ping"] == "Olá Mundo"'

#
# loop_control/index_var
#

- name: check that the index var is created and increments as expected
  assert:
    that: my_idx == item|int
  with_sequence: start=0 count=3
  loop_control:
    index_var: my_idx

- name: check that value of index var matches position of current item in source list
  assert:
    that: 'test_var.index(item) == my_idx'
  vars:
    test_var: ['a', 'b', 'c']
  with_items: "{{ test_var }}"
  loop_control:
    index_var: my_idx

- name: check index var with included tasks file
  include_tasks: index_var_tasks.yml
  with_sequence: start=0 count=3
  loop_control:
    index_var: my_idx


# The following test cases are to ensure that we don't have a regression on
# GitHub Issue https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/35481
#
# This should execute and not cause a RuntimeError
- debug:
    msg: "with_dict passed a list: {{item}}"
  with_dict: "{{ a_list }}"
  register: with_dict_passed_a_list
  ignore_errors: True
- assert:
    that:
      - with_dict_passed_a_list is failed
- debug:
    msg: "with_list passed a dict: {{item}}"
  with_list: "{{ a_dict }}"
  register: with_list_passed_a_dict
  ignore_errors: True
- assert:
    that:
      - with_list_passed_a_dict is failed

- debug:
    var: "item"
  loop:
    - "{{ ansible_search_path }}"
  register: loop_search_path

- assert:
    that:
      - ansible_search_path == loop_search_path.results.0.item

# https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/45189
- name: with_X conditional delegate_to shortcircuit on templating error
  debug:
    msg: "loop"
  when: false
  delegate_to: localhost
  with_list: "{{ fake_var }}"
  register: result
  failed_when: result is not skipped

- name: loop conditional delegate_to shortcircuit on templating error
  debug:
      msg: "loop"
  when: false
  delegate_to: localhost
  loop: "{{ fake_var }}"
  register: result
  failed_when: result is not skipped

- name: Loop on literal empty list
  debug:
  loop: []
  register: literal_empty_list
  failed_when: literal_empty_list is not skipped

# https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/47372
- name: Loop unsafe list
  debug:
    var: item
  with_items: "{{ things|list|unique }}"
  vars:
    things:
      - !unsafe foo
      - !unsafe bar

- name: extended loop info
  assert:
    that:
      - ansible_loop.nextitem == 'orange'
      - ansible_loop.index == 1
      - ansible_loop.index0 == 0
      - ansible_loop.first
      - not ansible_loop.last
      - ansible_loop.previtem is undefined
      - ansible_loop.allitems == ['apple', 'orange', 'banana']
      - ansible_loop.revindex == 3
      - ansible_loop.revindex0 == 2
      - ansible_loop.length == 3
  loop:
    - apple
    - orange
    - banana
  loop_control:
    extended: true
  when: item == 'apple'

- name: extended loop info 2
  assert:
    that:
      - ansible_loop.nextitem == 'banana'
      - ansible_loop.index == 2
      - ansible_loop.index0 == 1
      - not ansible_loop.first
      - not ansible_loop.last
      - ansible_loop.previtem == 'apple'
      - ansible_loop.allitems == ['apple', 'orange', 'banana']
      - ansible_loop.revindex == 2
      - ansible_loop.revindex0 == 1
      - ansible_loop.length == 3
  loop:
    - apple
    - orange
    - banana
  loop_control:
    extended: true
  when: item == 'orange'

- name: extended loop info 3
  assert:
    that:
      - ansible_loop.nextitem is undefined
      - ansible_loop.index == 3
      - ansible_loop.index0 == 2
      - not ansible_loop.first
      - ansible_loop.last
      - ansible_loop.previtem == 'orange'
      - ansible_loop.allitems == ['apple', 'orange', 'banana']
      - ansible_loop.revindex == 1
      - ansible_loop.revindex0 == 0
      - ansible_loop.length == 3
  loop:
    - apple
    - orange
    - banana
  loop_control:
    extended: true
  when: item == 'banana'

- name: Validate the loop_var name
  assert:
    that:
      - ansible_loop_var == 'alvin'
  loop:
    - 1
  loop_control:
    loop_var: alvin

# https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58820
- name: Test using templated loop_var inside include_tasks
  include_tasks: templated_loop_var_tasks.yml
  loop:
    - value
  loop_control:
    loop_var: "{{ loop_var_name }}"
  vars:
    loop_var_name: templated_loop_var_name