Built-in variable is undefined

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We have a template which uses the {{ansible_user_id}} pre-defined variable. On Ansible 1.5, running against localhost, we see this error:

TASK: [service | Stage deamontools run script] ********************************
fatal: [127.0.0.1] => {‘msg’: “One or more undefined variables: ‘ansible_user_id’ is undefined”, ‘failed’: True}
fatal: [127.0.0.1] => {‘msg’: “One or more undefined variables: ‘ansible_user_id’ is undefined”, ‘failed’: True}

FATAL: all hosts have already failed – aborting

Is this expected when going against localhost?

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have you gathered facts? this is what sets the variable.