Does host_vars override role default role

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Like I understand the documentation about variable precedence, variable defined in host_vars can override vars in roles default.

I have the following playbook:

---
- hosts: myhosts
  gather_facts: false
  pre_tasks:
    - debug:
        msg: "{{ test_role_vars }}"
  roles:
   - test-role

the default of the role is:

test_role_vars: default

The host_vars looks like:

---
test_role_vars: from host

When I call the playbook, I have the following output:


TASK [debug] ***************************************************************************************************************
task path: /home/sparsick/dev/workspace/ansible-roles-default-vs-host-vars/playbook.yml:5
ok: [tuxedo-os] => {
    "msg": "from host"
}

TASK [test-role : debug] ***************************************************************************************************
task path: /home/sparsick/dev/workspace/ansible-roles-default-vs-host-vars/roles/test-role/tasks/main.yml:4
ok: [tuxedo-os] => {
    "msg": "default"
}

PLAY RECAP *****************************************************************************************************************
tuxedo-os

But my expectation is that also the role debug should print “from host”.

What is wrong?

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Found it. I had a typo. Sorry for the noise

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