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## [Unable to remove a single BGP neighbor \[cisco.nxos\]](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-remove-a-single-bgp-neighbor-cisco-nxos/44820)

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**Author:** [@erman44](https://forum.ansible.com/u/erman44)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-remove-a-single-bgp-neighbor-cisco-nxos/44820 "2025-11-13T16:04:46Z")

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Hi! I’ve recently detailed my problem with cisco.nxos.nxos\_bgp\_global module and removing a neighbor from a VRF that’s under a specific BGP. Long story short, it fails with an error: VRF mmsc\_radius has address-family …

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## [How to manage Vagrant VM lifecycle with ansible?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-manage-vagrant-vm-lifecycle-with-ansible/44743)

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**Author:** [@pushrbx](https://forum.ansible.com/u/pushrbx)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-manage-vagrant-vm-lifecycle-with-ansible/44743 "2025-11-13T14:39:40Z")

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I’m trying to create a molecule scenario where through Vagrant a VM would be created, then the tests would be ran against that. I tried to ask LLMs but they get very confused with the pre-ansible-native vs ansible-native…

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## [AWX Dealing with inventories generated out of band](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-dealing-with-inventories-generated-out-of-band/44766)

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**Author:** [@infraerik](https://forum.ansible.com/u/infraerik)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-dealing-with-inventories-generated-out-of-band/44766 "2025-11-13T14:00:14Z")

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Taking my first steps in an environment with AWX and we have some workflows where network switch inventories are generated automatically by extracting from a custom CMDB. Historically, these inventories were stored in th…

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## [Fetching collections from private Artifactory: KeyError: 'results'](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fetching-collections-from-private-artifactory-keyerror-results/44674)

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**Author:** [@kastl-ars](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kastl-ars)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2025, 8:54am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fetching-collections-from-private-artifactory-keyerror-results/44674 "2025-11-12T08:54:22Z")

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Dear all, I am currently trying to get a AWX instance to update the collections not from the public ansible galaxy, but from an Artifactory instance in our environment. I can pull the collections from Artifactory loca…

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## [How to update .deb from local files and ignore dependensies?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-update-deb-from-local-files-and-ignore-dependensies/44831)

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**Author:** [@Mak\_S](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mak_S)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2025, 7:41am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-update-deb-from-local-files-and-ignore-dependensies/44831 "2025-11-12T07:41:29Z")

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Hi all again. I’ve a Debian server with installed Foundation DB 7 . According to FDB architecture, you need to install two packages on server: foundationdb-clients-7.3.63 foundationdb-server-7.3.63 I did fresh insta…

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## [Invalid authentication credentials when using infra.aap\_configuration.hub\_collection\_remote](https://forum.ansible.com/t/invalid-authentication-credentials-when-using-infra-aap-configuration-hub-collection-remote/43902)

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**Author:** [@Beumont](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Beumont)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/invalid-authentication-credentials-when-using-infra-aap-configuration-hub-collection-remote/43902 "2025-11-11T17:42:46Z")

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When running infra.aap\_configuration.hub\_collection\_remote I am getting an error Playbook task output: msg: 'Authentication error: Invalid authentication credentials for /api/galaxy/\_ui/v1/me/ (HTTP 401).' aap…

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## [Python module API for Ansible Galaxy](https://forum.ansible.com/t/python-module-api-for-ansible-galaxy/44787)

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**Author:** [@Belal](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Belal)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/python-module-api-for-ansible-galaxy/44787 "2025-11-10T19:27:59Z")

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Hi all. I was wondering if there is a way to use Ansible Galaxy from within Python. I’m familiar with using Ansible Galaxy in the CLI: ansible-galaxy collection install /path/to/ansible-galaxy-requirements.yml I’d lik…

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## [Ansible Core 2.18 fails on remote host with Python 3.6 — future feature annotations is not defined during fact gathering](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-core-2-18-fails-on-remote-host-with-python-3-6-future-feature-annotations-is-not-defined-during-fact-gathering/44802)

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**Author:** [@harshit.sheth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/harshit.sheth)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-core-2-18-fails-on-remote-host-with-python-3-6-future-feature-annotations-is-not-defined-during-fact-gathering/44802 "2025-11-10T16:16:43Z")

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Hello Team, I’m encountering a blocking issue with Ansible Core 2.18.10 when running playbooks on remote hosts that only have Python 3.6.8 installed. The error occurs during the Gathering Facts phase and prevents the pl…

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## [Interactive Commands via Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/interactive-commands-via-ansible/44812)

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**Author:** [@0xkevin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/0xkevin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 7:01am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/interactive-commands-via-ansible/44812 "2025-11-10T07:01:42Z")

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Hi all, I am struggling to find documentation or a module that will help me resolve this issue that I am experiencing. The requirement - I am SSHing into a Cisco IOS device and need to run one command that is interactiv…

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## [Galaxy collection files do not match github](https://forum.ansible.com/t/galaxy-collection-files-do-not-match-github/44816)

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**Author:** [@cordfox](https://forum.ansible.com/u/cordfox)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2025, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/galaxy-collection-files-do-not-match-github/44816 "2025-11-09T00:20:37Z")

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Hello! This is my first post (beyond the welcome thread), so please forgive me if I have misunderstood the posting requirements. I am having a file content mismatch with the community.zabbix collection when installed us…

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## [Ansible-galaxy collection install random failure](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-galaxy-collection-install-random-failure/44809)

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**Author:** [@romgo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/romgo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-galaxy-collection-install-random-failure/44809 "2025-11-07T16:10:46Z")

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Dear community, I use a gitlab-ci to execute ansible-playbook command, but before this I install all the necessary such as collection. I got random failures as follow. Not sure where it comes from, looking for ideas arr…

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## [Controller schedule job help](https://forum.ansible.com/t/controller-schedule-job-help/44810)

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**Author:** [@Fracture7144](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Fracture7144)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/controller-schedule-job-help/44810 "2025-11-07T14:57:21Z")

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I currently have a ansible role I am working on that does os\_patching for us. In that role I need tit to take snapshots and then create a scheduled job in AAP to remove those snapshots after 1 week. I’ve got most of th…

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## [Ansible-lint hook no longer works with pre-commit 4.3.0](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-lint-hook-no-longer-works-with-pre-commit-4-3-0/44792)

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**Author:** [@falon](https://forum.ansible.com/u/falon)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 11:07am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-lint-hook-no-longer-works-with-pre-commit-4-3-0/44792 "2025-11-07T11:07:39Z")

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Hello, I have recently update pre-commit from 4.2.0 to 4.3.0. I use it with ansible-lint in this way: - repo: https://github.com/ansible/ansible-lint rev: v25.1.0 hooks: - id: ansible-lint additio…

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## [Data model differences within infra.controller\_configuratio between roles filetree\_create, filetree\_read & dispatch and the module controller\_export\_diff](https://forum.ansible.com/t/data-model-differences-within-infra-controller-configuratio-between-roles-filetree-create-filetree-read-dispatch-and-the-module-controller-export-diff/44805)

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**Author:** [@iamroddo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/iamroddo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 4:43am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/data-model-differences-within-infra-controller-configuratio-between-roles-filetree-create-filetree-read-dispatch-and-the-module-controller-export-diff/44805 "2025-11-07T04:43:57Z")

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I am experimenting with using a combination of the roles filetree\_create, filetree\_read and dispatch in combination with the module controller\_export\_diff in the collection infra.controller\_configuration (v3.2.0) to conf…

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## [AWS MediaLive module PR: Guidance needed on CI build failures](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aws-medialive-module-pr-guidance-needed-on-ci-build-failures/43911)

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**Author:** [@buxell](https://forum.ansible.com/u/buxell)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aws-medialive-module-pr-guidance-needed-on-ci-build-failures/43911 "2025-11-06T19:48:50Z")

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Hi AWS Ansible community, I’ve submitted a PR to the community.aws repository that adds new MediaLive modules. While the code and tests work in my environment, I’m encountering two build failures that I need help addres…

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## [community.general.jboss deployment python issues](https://forum.ansible.com/t/community-general-jboss-deployment-python-issues/44794)

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**Author:** [@cwildridge](https://forum.ansible.com/u/cwildridge)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/community-general-jboss-deployment-python-issues/44794 "2025-11-06T17:24:10Z")

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Hello, I am having deployment issues with a wildfly / jboss application deployment. The recent update to version 12.0 for the community.general module appears to have removed support python \< 3.7. This is not an issue, …

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## [appending to remote dhcpd.conf](https://forum.ansible.com/t/appending-to-remote-dhcpd-conf/44774)

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**Author:** [@sholdowa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sholdowa)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 1:53am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/appending-to-remote-dhcpd-conf/44774 "2025-11-06T01:53:11Z")

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I’m trying to set up a playbook to create KVM clients, and am having a problem setting up dhcp static leases. I’m adding an entry for the mac address allocated to the new KVM client, and isc-dhcp-server requires this to…

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## [ It is necessary to remove the accidentally published version of the collection](https://forum.ansible.com/t/it-is-necessary-to-remove-the-accidentally-published-version-of-the-collection/44784)

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**Author:** [@MaryTishchenkova](https://forum.ansible.com/u/MaryTishchenkova)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 5, 2025, 6:48am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/it-is-necessary-to-remove-the-accidentally-published-version-of-the-collection/44784 "2025-11-05T06:48:04Z")

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Hello, I don’t know where I should make this request, but we need to remove an accidentally published version of a collection from Ansible Galaxy that can’t be removed manually. Namespace: zxbot Collection name: carbo…

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## [Non-aphabetic ordering of templated dict items](https://forum.ansible.com/t/non-aphabetic-ordering-of-templated-dict-items/44783)

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**Author:** [@utoddl](https://forum.ansible.com/u/utoddl)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/non-aphabetic-ordering-of-templated-dict-items/44783 "2025-11-04T20:54:15Z")

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I’m pulling a bunch of dicts from an API, each of which looks something like the following after piping through to\_nice\_yaml: - createdAt: '2022-01-04T16:31:35Z' executionOrder: Parallel frequency: Weekly …

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## [How to create an Ansible Module/Library - Blog step-by-step](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-create-an-ansible-module-library-blog-step-by-step/44749)

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**Author:** [@Opvolger](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Opvolger)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-create-an-ansible-module-library-blog-step-by-step/44749 "2025-11-03T14:33:33Z")

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Hello all, I’ve personally created several Ansible modules, and to share this expertise, I’ve written a helpful blog post that may inspire others. I’ll walk you through the process of creating an Ansible module step by …

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## [Possible to show diff between local and remote directories?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/possible-to-show-diff-between-local-and-remote-directories/44754)

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**Author:** [@jasmartin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jasmartin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/possible-to-show-diff-between-local-and-remote-directories/44754 "2025-11-02T13:31:13Z")

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Hi all, I’m attempting to implement deploying Splunk app updates through Ansible. I’ve been using the ansible-role-for-splunk project as a starting point, however that project uses synchronize as the way it copies the a…

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## [Dynamically Provisioning SSH Creds](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dynamically-provisioning-ssh-creds/44771)

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**Author:** [@AmirShalom](https://forum.ansible.com/u/AmirShalom)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dynamically-provisioning-ssh-creds/44771 "2025-10-31T18:01:31Z")

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I am trying to dynamically determine the machine SSH credential to be used by a workflow job node at runtime, via the API. While I can determine the credential ID, I am trying to pass the Credential ID to my /workflow\_j…

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## [Issue with ansible.builtin.dnf list updates](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-with-ansible-builtin-dnf-list-updates/44763)

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**Author:** [@ume90009](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ume90009)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2025, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issue-with-ansible-builtin-dnf-list-updates/44763 "2025-10-31T13:37:38Z")

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When using the below task: - name: Get list of available updates ansible.builtin.dnf: list: updates register: dnf\_available\_patches - name: Display available updates ansible.builtin.debug: var: dnf\_availa…

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## [AWX backup and restore not working.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-backup-and-restore-not-working/44768)

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**Author:** [@ggiinnoo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ggiinnoo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2025, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-backup-and-restore-not-working/44768 "2025-10-31T11:13:52Z")

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For a better part of 8 hours i have been trying to restore a backup i have to a new env. The old env is a digital ocean setup and the new one a k3s single node. The backup has been created with the following file: ---…

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## [How to get our collection doc added into the collection index section?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-get-our-collection-doc-added-into-the-collection-index-section/44738)

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**Author:** [@fernandofloresg](https://forum.ansible.com/u/fernandofloresg)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-get-our-collection-doc-added-into-the-collection-index-section/44738 "2025-10-30T15:00:25Z")

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Please replace this text with a description of your issue. You should: Hi All! I’m a maintainer of the ibm\_zos\_core collection (GitHub - ansible-collections/ibm\_zos\_core: Red Hat Ansible Certified Content for IBM Z) we’…

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## [Why does dnf state: absent remove packages depending on the package too?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-does-dnf-state-absent-remove-packages-depending-on-the-package-too/44764)

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**Author:** [@firefly-sudo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/firefly-sudo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-does-dnf-state-absent-remove-packages-depending-on-the-package-too/44764 "2025-10-30T14:19:23Z")

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Using this task, I want to remove the patch package from my servers. But after running the task, dkms is also uninstalled. Dkms depends on the patch package. - name: "Remove now unused patch package" ansible.buil…

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## [Gathering facts with custom fact\_path](https://forum.ansible.com/t/gathering-facts-with-custom-fact-path/44752)

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**Author:** [@ljkimmz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ljkimmz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2025, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/gathering-facts-with-custom-fact-path/44752 "2025-10-29T22:44:21Z")

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Need help understanding the differences and limitations of: Play-level gather\_facts Explicit ansible.builtin.gather\_facts Explicit ansible.builtin.setup From observation it seems that ansible.builtin.gather\_facts is e…

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## [Troubleshoot ansible\_terminal\_stderr\_re (network/cisco.ios)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/troubleshoot-ansible-terminal-stderr-re-network-cisco-ios/44756)

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**Author:** [@th-kbr-703](https://forum.ansible.com/u/th-kbr-703)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/troubleshoot-ansible-terminal-stderr-re-network-cisco-ios/44756 "2025-10-28T20:57:01Z")

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Troubleshooting ansible\_terminal\_stderr\_re for cisco.ios I’m running a command on a cisco.ios network device which returns output matching to the default terminal\_stderr\_re patterns causing a failure for ios\_command Ac…

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## [get\_url makes downloaded file size 0 on second run](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-url-makes-downloaded-file-size-0-on-second-run/44691)

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**Author:** [@tivolinick](https://forum.ansible.com/u/tivolinick)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-url-makes-downloaded-file-size-0-on-second-run/44691 "2025-10-27T21:59:28Z")

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get\_url zero’s the file on second run. I run a playbook which downloads and runs a command file. get\_url works perfectly 1st time I run the same playbook a second time and the downloaded file now has 0 size ansible ve…

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## [Ansible-builder new releases?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-builder-new-releases/44748)

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**Author:** [@MallocArray](https://forum.ansible.com/u/MallocArray)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-builder-new-releases/44748 "2025-10-27T19:36:30Z")

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Are there plans to release any new versions of ansible-builder? The 3.1.0 release was from mid 2024. There have been multiple commits since, but no release. Some bugs have been addressed over a year ago, but without a…

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