# amazon.aws.ec2\_snapshot Waiter error

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/amazon-aws-ec2-snapshot-waiter-error/37520>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** aws\
**Created:** [January 4, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/amazon-aws-ec2-snapshot-waiter-error/37520 "2023-01-04T22:40:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Emanuel\_Gonzalez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@Emanuel\_Gonzalez](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Emanuel_Gonzalez)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/amazon-aws-ec2-snapshot-waiter-error/37520/1 "2023-01-04T22:40:27Z")

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hi all, i see this error when use the module amazon.aws.ec2\_snapshot

changed: [localhost] =\> (item=vol-09a371c47c26c496b)  
An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback, use -vvv. The error was: botocore.exceptions.WaiterError: Waiter snapshot\_co  
s exceeded  
failed: [localhost] (item=vol-0ded02bdf864cecc9) =\> {“ansible\_loop\_var”: “item”, “boto3\_version”: “1.21.30”, “botocore\_version”: “1.24.30”, “changed  
02bdf864cecc9”, “msg”: “Timed out while creating snapshot: Waiter snapshot\_completed failed: Max attempts exceeded”}

this is my playbook

amazon.aws.ec2\_snapshot:  
volume\_id: “{{ item }}”  
snapshot\_tags:  
MarkedForDeletion: true  
register: snapshot\_info  
with\_items: “{{ aws\_volume\_id }}”

any help?

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**Author:** ![dnmvisser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8e8cbc/32.png) [@dnmvisser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dnmvisser)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 5:00am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/amazon-aws-ec2-snapshot-waiter-error/37520/2 "2023-01-05T05:00:56Z")

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[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/amazon/aws/ec2\_snapshot\_module.html#parameter-wait\_timeout](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/amazon/aws/ec2_snapshot_module.html#parameter-wait_timeout)

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**Author:** ![Emanuel\_Gonzalez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@Emanuel\_Gonzalez](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Emanuel_Gonzalez)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 10:31am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/amazon-aws-ec2-snapshot-waiter-error/37520/3 "2023-01-05T10:31:56Z")

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Thanks!!