In a playbook, a Variable gets registered even if "when" clause is
false...Is this a bug?
Consider this playbook
---
- name: When test
gather_facts: false
hosts: all
vars:
now: true
tasks:
- name: Get hostname
shell: hostname
register: output
when: now == true
- name: Get user
shell: whoami
register: output
when: now != true
- debug:
var: output
What should be the output?
Logically, I believe it should be the result of the first play:
PLAY [When test]
****************************************************************************
TASK [Get hostname]
*************************************************************************
changed: [localhost]
TASK [debug]
********************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
"changed": false,
"output": {
"changed": true,
"cmd": "hostname",
"delta": "0:00:00.003747",
"end": "2018-03-26 16:55:48.727647",
"rc": 0,
"start": "2018-03-26 16:55:48.723900",
"stderr": "",
"stderr_lines": [],
"stdout": "server01",
"stdout_lines": [
"server01"
]
}
}
PLAY RECAP
************************************************************************************
localhost : ok=2 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0
What I actually get is:
PLAY [When test]
*******************************************************************************
TASK [Get hostname]
****************************************************************************
changed: [localhost]
TASK [Get user]
********************************************************************************
skipping: [localhost]
TASK [debug]
***********************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
"changed": false,
"output": {
"changed": false,
"skip_reason": "Conditional result was False",
"skipped": true
}
}
PLAY RECAP
***************************************************************************************
localhost : ok=2 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0
Or am I misunderstanding something?
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