Good morning.

Let me start by saying that I hope I'm not overdoing my asks. I only do it 
when I've tried, but failed, at a solution. Nextly, I hope your kind 
answers help others, as well. That said, the following playbook returns 
packages that are set for update:

---

- hosts: all
  gather_facts: false

  tasks:
    - name: Check packages to upgrade
      dnf:
        list: updates
      register: packages

    - name: Show packages to upgrade
      debug:
        msg: >-
          {%- set output=[] -%}
          {%- for p in packages.results -%}
          {{ output.append((p.name ~ '-' ~ p.version ~ '-' ~ p.release)) }}
          {%- endfor -%}
          {{ output }}

    - local_action:
        module: copy
        content: |
          {% for host in ansible_play_hosts %}
          {{ host }}:
          The following packages will be updated

          {%- set output=[] -%}
          {%- for p in packages.results -%}
          {{ output.append((p.name ~ '-' ~ p.version ~ '-' ~ p.release)) }}
          {%- endfor -%}
          {{ output }}
          {% endfor -%}

        dest: "/tmp/installed.txt"
      run_once: yes
      tags:
        - report

It works fine through the debug play:

ok: [myhost] => {
    "msg": [
        "paho-c-1.3.13-2.el9",
        "cpp-11.4.1-2.1.el9",
        "glibc-headers-2.34-83.el9_3.7",
        "gnutls-dane-3.7.6-23.el9",
        "insights-client-3.2.2-1.el9_2",
        "libblockdev-2.28-7.el9",
        "libblockdev-loop-2.28-7.el9",
        "libfastjson-0.99.9-5.el9",
        ~

However, the report play does not work. I would have thought that setting 
it up like the debug play should do it, but no. How can I get that list of 
updates, along with the hostname, into a textfile report?

As ever, many thanks.

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