# CI problem that I don't understand

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ci-problem-that-i-dont-understand/11073>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** vmware, zuul\
**Created:** [November 22, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ci-problem-that-i-dont-understand/11073 "2024-11-22T18:43:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mariolenz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/mariolenz/32/108_2.png) [@mariolenz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mariolenz)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ci-problem-that-i-dont-understand/11073/1 "2024-11-22T18:43:02Z")

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I’m running into a problem with the Zuul CI in `community.vmware` that I don’t understand at all. I’ve tried to document my findings [here](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.vmware/issues/2257).

To make a long story short, it looks like a task has been skipped because `hostvars | length >= 1` has been false, but although `hostvars` is still empty the task isn’t skipped anymore. At least, that’s how it looks to me. Help or hints would be much appreciated 😃

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**Author:** ![flowerysong](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/flowerysong/32/2305_2.png) [@flowerysong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/flowerysong)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ci-problem-that-i-dont-understand/11073/2 "2024-11-22T21:15:03Z")

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This is a result of [Fix CVE-2024-11079 hostvars unsafe context (#84339) · ansible/ansible@2936b80 · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/2936b80dbbc7efb889934aeec80f6142c10266ce) (only present on stable branches for data tagging reasons); it looks like this logic change to include implicit localhost in some cases was intentional, but it’s not clear why it doesn’t also update ` __repr__ ` in the same way.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ci-problem-that-i-dont-understand/11073/3 "2024-12-22T21:15:18Z")

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