# ERROR! Unexpected Exception, this is probably a bug: '\_raw\_params'

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-unexpected-exception-this-is-probably-a-bug-raw-params/43517>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** ubuntu\
**Created:** [June 23, 2025, 10:26am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-unexpected-exception-this-is-probably-a-bug-raw-params/43517 "2025-06-23T10:26:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![HobsonI](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/hobsoni/32/4960_2.png) [@HobsonI](https://forum.ansible.com/u/HobsonI)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 10:26am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-unexpected-exception-this-is-probably-a-bug-raw-params/43517/1 "2025-06-23T10:26:19Z")

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My rather long playbook fails with the error ERROR! Unexpected Exception, this is probably a bug: ‘\_raw\_params’, and I cannot see any fault.

The failing step is the disable binary logging. The playbook section is

```auto
  - name: Remove MySQL test database
    mysql_db: name=test state=absent

  - name: Disable binary logging
    ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
      path: /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf
      search_string: "disable_log_bin"
      line: "disable_log_bin"

  - name: Create ian user
    community.mysql.mysql_user:
      user: ian
      password: "{{mysql_ian_password}}"
      priv: '*.*: ALL'
    no_log: false

```

At that point, root’s password has been set, and ~/.my.cnf has been setup, and those permissions have been used to delete the test database.

ian@ansible:~/ansible$ ansible --version  
ansible [core 2.18.6]  
config file = /home/ian/.ansible.cfg  
configured module search path = [‘/home/ian/.ansible/plugins/modules’, ‘/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules’]  
ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible  
ansible collection location = /home/ian/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections  
executable location = /usr/bin/ansible  
python version = 3.12.3 (main, Jun 18 2025, 17:59:45) [GCC 13.3.0] (/usr/bin/python3)  
jinja version = 3.1.2  
libyaml = True

The tail end of the -vvv execution is

```auto
TASK [installMySQL : Disable binary logging] *******************************************************************************************************************
task path: /home/ian/ansible/playbooks/roles/installMySQL/tasks/main.yml:57
<bitfolk.hcs> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: None
<bitfolk.hcs> SSH: EXEC ssh -vvv -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o 'ControlPath="/home/ian/.ansible/cp/bf80a919c9"' bitfolk.hcs '/bin/sh -c '"'"'echo ~ && sleep 0'"'"''
<bitfolk.hcs> (0, b'/home/ian\n', b"OpenSSH_9.6p1 Ubuntu-3ubuntu13.12, OpenSSL 3.0.13 30 Jan 2024\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /home/ian/.ssh/config\r\ndebug1: /home/ian/.ssh/config line 17: Applying options for *\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config\r\ndebug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: include /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/*.conf matched no files\r\ndebug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 21: Applying options for *\r\ndebug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile '~/.ssh/known_hosts' -> '/home/ian/.ssh/known_hosts'\r\ndebug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile '~/.ssh/known_hosts2' -> '/home/ian/.ssh/known_hosts2'\r\ndebug1: auto-mux: Trying existing master at '/home/ian/.ansible/cp/bf80a919c9'\r\ndebug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK\r\ndebug2: mux_client_hello_exchange: master version 4\r\ndebug3: mux_client_forwards: request forwardings: 0 local, 0 remote\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_session: entering\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_alive: entering\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_alive: done pid = 8520\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_session: session request sent\r\ndebug1: mux_client_request_session: master session id: 2\r\ndebug3: mux_client_read_packet_timeout: read header failed: Broken pipe\r\ndebug2: Received exit status from master 0\r\n")
<bitfolk.hcs> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: None
<bitfolk.hcs> SSH: EXEC ssh -vvv -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o 'ControlPath="/home/ian/.ansible/cp/bf80a919c9"' bitfolk.hcs '/bin/sh -c '"'"'( umask 77 && mkdir -p "` echo /home/ian/.ansible/tmp `"&& mkdir "` echo /home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1750671057.829696-9109-106575016560377 `" && echo ansible-tmp-1750671057.829696-9109-106575016560377="` echo /home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1750671057.829696-9109-106575016560377 `" ) && sleep 0'"'"''
<bitfolk.hcs> (0, b'ansible-tmp-1750671057.829696-9109-106575016560377=/home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1750671057.829696-9109-106575016560377\n', b"OpenSSH_9.6p1 Ubuntu-3ubuntu13.12, OpenSSL 3.0.13 30 Jan 2024\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /home/ian/.ssh/config\r\ndebug1: /home/ian/.ssh/config line 17: Applying options for *\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config\r\ndebug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: include /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/*.conf matched no files\r\ndebug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 21: Applying options for *\r\ndebug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile '~/.ssh/known_hosts' -> '/home/ian/.ssh/known_hosts'\r\ndebug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile '~/.ssh/known_hosts2' -> '/home/ian/.ssh/known_hosts2'\r\ndebug1: auto-mux: Trying existing master at '/home/ian/.ansible/cp/bf80a919c9'\r\ndebug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK\r\ndebug2: mux_client_hello_exchange: master version 4\r\ndebug3: mux_client_forwards: request forwardings: 0 local, 0 remote\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_session: entering\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_alive: entering\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_alive: done pid = 8520\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_session: session request sent\r\ndebug1: mux_client_request_session: master session id: 2\r\ndebug3: mux_client_read_packet_timeout: read header failed: Broken pipe\r\ndebug2: Received exit status from master 0\r\n")
Using module file /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible/modules/lineinfile.py
<bitfolk.hcs> PUT /home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-85114dtz03zk/tmpuqw31pgw TO /home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1750671057.829696-9109-106575016560377/AnsiballZ_lineinfile.py
<bitfolk.hcs> SSH: EXEC sftp -b - -vvv -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o 'ControlPath="/home/ian/.ansible/cp/bf80a919c9"' '[bitfolk.hcs]'
<bitfolk.hcs> (0, b'sftp> put /home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-85114dtz03zk/tmpuqw31pgw /home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1750671057.829696-9109-106575016560377/AnsiballZ_lineinfile.py\n', b'OpenSSH_9.6p1 Ubuntu-3ubuntu13.12, OpenSSL 3.0.13 30 Jan 2024\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /home/ian/.ssh/config\r\ndebug1: /home/ian/.ssh/config line 17: Applying options for *\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config\r\ndebug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: include /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/*.conf matched no files\r\ndebug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 21: Applying options for *\r\ndebug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile \'~/.ssh/known_hosts\' -> \'/home/ian/.ssh/known_hosts\'\r\ndebug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile \'~/.ssh/known_hosts2\' -> \'/home/ian/.ssh/known_hosts2\'\r\ndebug1: auto-mux: Trying existing master at \'/home/ian/.ansible/cp/bf80a919c9\'\r\ndebug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK\r\ndebug2: mux_client_hello_exchange: master version 4\r\ndebug3: mux_client_forwards: request forwardings: 0 local, 0 remote\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_session: entering\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_alive: entering\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_alive: done pid = 8520\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_session: session request sent\r\ndebug1: mux_client_request_session: master session id: 2\r\ndebug2: Remote version: 3\r\ndebug2: Server supports extension "posix-rename@openssh.com" revision 1\r\ndebug2: Server supports extension "statvfs@openssh.com" revision 2\r\ndebug2: Server supports extension "fstatvfs@openssh.com" revision 2\r\ndebug2: Server supports extension "hardlink@openssh.com" revision 1\r\ndebug2: Server supports extension "fsync@openssh.com" revision 1\r\ndebug2: Server supports extension "lsetstat@openssh.com" revision 1\r\ndebug2: Server supports extension "limits@openssh.com" revision 1\r\ndebug2: Server supports extension "expand-path@openssh.com" revision 1\r\ndebug2: Server supports extension "copy-data" revision 1\r\ndebug2: Unrecognised server extension "home-directory"\r\ndebug2: Server supports extension "users-groups-by-id@openssh.com" revision 1\r\ndebug3: Sent message limits@openssh.com I:1\r\ndebug3: Received limits reply T:201 I:1\r\ndebug3: server upload/download buffer sizes 261120 / 261120; using 261120 / 261120\r\ndebug3: server handle limit 1019; using 64\r\ndebug2: Sending SSH2_FXP_REALPATH "."\r\ndebug3: Sent message fd 3 T:16 I:2\r\ndebug3: SSH2_FXP_REALPATH . -> /home/ian\r\ndebug3: Looking up /home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-85114dtz03zk/tmpuqw31pgw\r\ndebug2: Sending SSH2_FXP_STAT "/home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1750671057.829696-9109-106575016560377/AnsiballZ_lineinfile.py"\r\ndebug3: Sent message fd 3 T:17 I:3\r\ndebug1: stat remote: No such file or directory\r\ndebug2: sftp_upload: upload local "/home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-85114dtz03zk/tmpuqw31pgw" to remote "/home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1750671057.829696-9109-106575016560377/AnsiballZ_lineinfile.py"\r\ndebug2: Sending SSH2_FXP_OPEN "/home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1750671057.829696-9109-106575016560377/AnsiballZ_lineinfile.py"\r\ndebug3: Sent dest message SSH2_FXP_OPEN I:4 P:/home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1750671057.829696-9109-106575016560377/AnsiballZ_lineinfile.py M:0x001a\r\ndebug3: Sent message SSH2_FXP_WRITE I:6 O:0 S:122284\r\ndebug3: SSH2_FXP_STATUS 0\r\ndebug3: In write loop, ack for 6 122284 bytes at 0\r\ndebug3: Sent message SSH2_FXP_CLOSE I:5\r\ndebug3: SSH2_FXP_STATUS 0\r\ndebug3: mux_client_read_packet_timeout: read header failed: Broken pipe\r\ndebug2: Received exit status from master 0\r\n')
<bitfolk.hcs> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: None
<bitfolk.hcs> SSH: EXEC ssh -vvv -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o 'ControlPath="/home/ian/.ansible/cp/bf80a919c9"' bitfolk.hcs '/bin/sh -c '"'"'chmod u+rwx /home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1750671057.829696-9109-106575016560377/ /home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1750671057.829696-9109-106575016560377/AnsiballZ_lineinfile.py && sleep 0'"'"''
<bitfolk.hcs> (0, b'', b"OpenSSH_9.6p1 Ubuntu-3ubuntu13.12, OpenSSL 3.0.13 30 Jan 2024\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /home/ian/.ssh/config\r\ndebug1: /home/ian/.ssh/config line 17: Applying options for *\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config\r\ndebug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: include /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/*.conf matched no files\r\ndebug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 21: Applying options for *\r\ndebug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile '~/.ssh/known_hosts' -> '/home/ian/.ssh/known_hosts'\r\ndebug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile '~/.ssh/known_hosts2' -> '/home/ian/.ssh/known_hosts2'\r\ndebug1: auto-mux: Trying existing master at '/home/ian/.ansible/cp/bf80a919c9'\r\ndebug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK\r\ndebug2: mux_client_hello_exchange: master version 4\r\ndebug3: mux_client_forwards: request forwardings: 0 local, 0 remote\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_session: entering\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_alive: entering\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_alive: done pid = 8520\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_session: session request sent\r\ndebug1: mux_client_request_session: master session id: 2\r\ndebug3: mux_client_read_packet_timeout: read header failed: Broken pipe\r\ndebug2: Received exit status from master 0\r\n")
<bitfolk.hcs> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: None
<bitfolk.hcs> SSH: EXEC ssh -vvv -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o 'ControlPath="/home/ian/.ansible/cp/bf80a919c9"' -tt bitfolk.hcs '/bin/sh -c '"'"'sudo -H -S -p "[sudo via ansible, key=tdmrcvdrorhetrkofpepsuhcuxsvmman] password:" -u root /bin/sh -c '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'echo BECOME-SUCCESS-tdmrcvdrorhetrkofpepsuhcuxsvmman ; /usr/bin/python3.12 /home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1750671057.829696-9109-106575016560377/AnsiballZ_lineinfile.py'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"' && sleep 0'"'"''
Escalation succeeded
<bitfolk.hcs> (0, b'\r\n\r\n{"changed": false, "msg": "", "backup": "", "diff": [{"before": "", "after": "", "before_header": "/etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf (content)", "after_header": "/etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf (content)"}, {"before_header": "/etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf (file attributes)", "after_header": "/etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf (file attributes)"}], "invocation": {"module_args": {"path": "/etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf", "search_string": "disable_log_bin", "line": "disable_log_bin", "state": "present", "backrefs": false, "create": false, "backup": false, "firstmatch": false, "unsafe_writes": false, "regexp": null, "insertafter": null, "insertbefore": null, "validate": null, "mode": null, "owner": null, "group": null, "seuser": null, "serole": null, "selevel": null, "setype": null, "attributes": null}}}\r\n', b"OpenSSH_9.6p1 Ubuntu-3ubuntu13.12, OpenSSL 3.0.13 30 Jan 2024\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /home/ian/.ssh/config\r\ndebug1: /home/ian/.ssh/config line 17: Applying options for *\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config\r\ndebug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: include /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/*.conf matched no files\r\ndebug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 21: Applying options for *\r\ndebug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile '~/.ssh/known_hosts' -> '/home/ian/.ssh/known_hosts'\r\ndebug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile '~/.ssh/known_hosts2' -> '/home/ian/.ssh/known_hosts2'\r\ndebug1: auto-mux: Trying existing master at '/home/ian/.ansible/cp/bf80a919c9'\r\ndebug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK\r\ndebug2: mux_client_hello_exchange: master version 4\r\ndebug3: mux_client_forwards: request forwardings: 0 local, 0 remote\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_session: entering\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_alive: entering\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_alive: done pid = 8520\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_session: session request sent\r\ndebug1: mux_client_request_session: master session id: 2\r\ndebug3: mux_client_read_packet_timeout: read header failed: Broken pipe\r\ndebug2: Received exit status from master 0\r\nShared connection to bitfolk.hcs closed.\r\n")
<bitfolk.hcs> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: None
<bitfolk.hcs> SSH: EXEC ssh -vvv -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o 'ControlPath="/home/ian/.ansible/cp/bf80a919c9"' bitfolk.hcs '/bin/sh -c '"'"'rm -f -r /home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1750671057.829696-9109-106575016560377/ > /dev/null 2>&1 && sleep 0'"'"''
<bitfolk.hcs> (0, b'', b"OpenSSH_9.6p1 Ubuntu-3ubuntu13.12, OpenSSL 3.0.13 30 Jan 2024\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /home/ian/.ssh/config\r\ndebug1: /home/ian/.ssh/config line 17: Applying options for *\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config\r\ndebug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: include /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/*.conf matched no files\r\ndebug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 21: Applying options for *\r\ndebug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile '~/.ssh/known_hosts' -> '/home/ian/.ssh/known_hosts'\r\ndebug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile '~/.ssh/known_hosts2' -> '/home/ian/.ssh/known_hosts2'\r\ndebug1: auto-mux: Trying existing master at '/home/ian/.ansible/cp/bf80a919c9'\r\ndebug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK\r\ndebug2: mux_client_hello_exchange: master version 4\r\ndebug3: mux_client_forwards: request forwardings: 0 local, 0 remote\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_session: entering\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_alive: entering\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_alive: done pid = 8520\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_session: session request sent\r\ndebug1: mux_client_request_session: master session id: 2\r\ndebug3: mux_client_read_packet_timeout: read header failed: Broken pipe\r\ndebug2: Received exit status from master 0\r\n")
ok: [bitfolk.hcs] => {
    "backup": "",
    "changed": false,
    "diff": [
        {
            "after": "",
            "after_header": "/etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf (content)",
            "before": "",
            "before_header": "/etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf (content)"
        },
        {
            "after_header": "/etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf (file attributes)",
            "before_header": "/etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf (file attributes)"
        }
    ],
    "invocation": {
        "module_args": {
            "attributes": null,
            "backrefs": false,
            "backup": false,
            "create": false,
            "firstmatch": false,
            "group": null,
            "insertafter": null,
            "insertbefore": null,
            "line": "disable_log_bin",
            "mode": null,
            "owner": null,
            "path": "/etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf",
            "regexp": null,
            "search_string": "disable_log_bin",
            "selevel": null,
            "serole": null,
            "setype": null,
            "seuser": null,
            "state": "present",
            "unsafe_writes": false,
            "validate": null
        }
    },
    "msg": ""
}
ERROR! Unexpected Exception, this is probably a bug: '_raw_params'
the full traceback was:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible/cli/ __init__.py", line 646, in cli_executor
    exit_code = cli.run()
                ^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible/cli/playbook.py", line 155, in run
    results = pbex.run()
              ^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible/executor/playbook_executor.py", line 188, in run
    result = self._tqm.run(play=play)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible/executor/task_queue_manager.py", line 344, in run
    play_return = strategy.run(iterator, play_context)
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible/plugins/strategy/linear.py", line 116, in run
    host_tasks = self._get_next_task_lockstep(hosts_left, iterator)
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible/plugins/strategy/linear.py", line 55, in _get_next_task_lockstep
    state, task = iterator.get_next_task_for_host(host, peek=True)
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible/executor/play_iterator.py", line 258, in get_next_task_for_host
    display.debug(" ^ task is: %s" % task)
                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible/playbook/task.py", line 140, in __repr__
    return "TASK: meta (%s)" % self.args['_raw_params']
                               ~~~~~~~~~ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
KeyError: '_raw_params'

```

Picking through that, the only thing I saw was that /etc/ssh/ssh\_config.d is empty. It is always been empty in every version of ubuntu I have installed.

The version of ubuntu running ansible is a LXC container  
ian@ansible:/etc$ cat os-release  
PRETTY\_NAME=“Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS”  
NAME=“Ubuntu”  
VERSION\_ID=“24.04”  
VERSION=“24.04.2 LTS (Noble Numbat)”  
VERSION\_CODENAME=noble  
ID=ubuntu  
ID\_LIKE=debian

And on the target machine a VM  
ian@bitfolk:~$ cat /etc/os-release  
PRETTY\_NAME=“Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS”  
NAME=“Ubuntu”  
VERSION\_ID=“24.04”  
VERSION=“24.04.2 LTS (Noble Numbat)”  
VERSION\_CODENAME=noble  
ID=ubuntu  
ID\_LIKE=debian

I need help to diagnose the problem, and perhaps tweak the failing step.

Ian

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**Author:** ![HobsonI](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/hobsoni/32/4960_2.png) [@HobsonI](https://forum.ansible.com/u/HobsonI)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 10:50am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-unexpected-exception-this-is-probably-a-bug-raw-params/43517/2 "2025-06-23T10:50:05Z")

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Additions information. I commented out the failing step.

Then I got the same error on the PREVIOUS step.

The -vvv output this time is:

```auto
TASK [installMySQL : Remove MySQL test database] ***************************************************************************************************************
task path: /home/ian/ansible/playbooks/roles/installMySQL/tasks/main.yml:50
redirecting (type: modules) ansible.builtin.mysql_db to community.mysql.mysql_db
<bitfolk.hcs> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: None
<bitfolk.hcs> SSH: EXEC ssh -vvv -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o 'ControlPath="/home/ian/.ansible/cp/bf80a919c9"' bitfolk.hcs '/bin/sh -c '"'"'echo ~ && sleep 0'"'"''
<bitfolk.hcs> (0, b'/home/ian\n', b"OpenSSH_9.6p1 Ubuntu-3ubuntu13.12, OpenSSL 3.0.13 30 Jan 2024\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /home/ian/.ssh/config\r\ndebug1: /home/ian/.ssh/config line 17: Applying options for *\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config\r\ndebug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: include /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/*.conf matched no files\r\ndebug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 21: Applying options for *\r\ndebug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile '~/.ssh/known_hosts' -> '/home/ian/.ssh/known_hosts'\r\ndebug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile '~/.ssh/known_hosts2' -> '/home/ian/.ssh/known_hosts2'\r\ndebug1: auto-mux: Trying existing master at '/home/ian/.ansible/cp/bf80a919c9'\r\ndebug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK\r\ndebug2: mux_client_hello_exchange: master version 4\r\ndebug3: mux_client_forwards: request forwardings: 0 local, 0 remote\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_session: entering\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_alive: entering\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_alive: done pid = 9253\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_session: session request sent\r\ndebug1: mux_client_request_session: master session id: 2\r\ndebug3: mux_client_read_packet_timeout: read header failed: Broken pipe\r\ndebug2: Received exit status from master 0\r\n")
<bitfolk.hcs> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: None
<bitfolk.hcs> SSH: EXEC ssh -vvv -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o 'ControlPath="/home/ian/.ansible/cp/bf80a919c9"' bitfolk.hcs '/bin/sh -c '"'"'( umask 77 && mkdir -p "` echo /home/ian/.ansible/tmp `"&& mkdir "` echo /home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1750675410.5086193-9831-16078636085828 `" && echo ansible-tmp-1750675410.5086193-9831-16078636085828="` echo /home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1750675410.5086193-9831-16078636085828 `" ) && sleep 0'"'"''
<bitfolk.hcs> (0, b'ansible-tmp-1750675410.5086193-9831-16078636085828=/home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1750675410.5086193-9831-16078636085828\n', b"OpenSSH_9.6p1 Ubuntu-3ubuntu13.12, OpenSSL 3.0.13 30 Jan 2024\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /home/ian/.ssh/config\r\ndebug1: /home/ian/.ssh/config line 17: Applying options for *\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config\r\ndebug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: include /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/*.conf matched no files\r\ndebug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 21: Applying options for *\r\ndebug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile '~/.ssh/known_hosts' -> '/home/ian/.ssh/known_hosts'\r\ndebug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile '~/.ssh/known_hosts2' -> '/home/ian/.ssh/known_hosts2'\r\ndebug1: auto-mux: Trying existing master at '/home/ian/.ansible/cp/bf80a919c9'\r\ndebug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK\r\ndebug2: mux_client_hello_exchange: master version 4\r\ndebug3: mux_client_forwards: request forwardings: 0 local, 0 remote\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_session: entering\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_alive: entering\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_alive: done pid = 9253\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_session: session request sent\r\ndebug1: mux_client_request_session: master session id: 2\r\ndebug3: mux_client_read_packet_timeout: read header failed: Broken pipe\r\ndebug2: Received exit status from master 0\r\n")
redirecting (type: modules) ansible.builtin.mysql_db to community.mysql.mysql_db
Using module file /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible_collections/community/mysql/plugins/modules/mysql_db.py
<bitfolk.hcs> PUT /home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-9244tex34g_w/tmp7mgen674 TO /home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1750675410.5086193-9831-16078636085828/AnsiballZ_mysql_db.py
<bitfolk.hcs> SSH: EXEC sftp -b - -vvv -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o 'ControlPath="/home/ian/.ansible/cp/bf80a919c9"' '[bitfolk.hcs]'
<bitfolk.hcs> (0, b'sftp> put /home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-9244tex34g_w/tmp7mgen674 /home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1750675410.5086193-9831-16078636085828/AnsiballZ_mysql_db.py\n', b'OpenSSH_9.6p1 Ubuntu-3ubuntu13.12, OpenSSL 3.0.13 30 Jan 2024\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /home/ian/.ssh/config\r\ndebug1: /home/ian/.ssh/config line 17: Applying options for *\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config\r\ndebug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: include /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/*.conf matched no files\r\ndebug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 21: Applying options for *\r\ndebug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile \'~/.ssh/known_hosts\' -> \'/home/ian/.ssh/known_hosts\'\r\ndebug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile \'~/.ssh/known_hosts2\' -> \'/home/ian/.ssh/known_hosts2\'\r\ndebug1: auto-mux: Trying existing master at \'/home/ian/.ansible/cp/bf80a919c9\'\r\ndebug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK\r\ndebug2: mux_client_hello_exchange: master version 4\r\ndebug3: mux_client_forwards: request forwardings: 0 local, 0 remote\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_session: entering\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_alive: entering\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_alive: done pid = 9253\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_session: session request sent\r\ndebug1: mux_client_request_session: master session id: 2\r\ndebug2: Remote version: 3\r\ndebug2: Server supports extension "posix-rename@openssh.com" revision 1\r\ndebug2: Server supports extension "statvfs@openssh.com" revision 2\r\ndebug2: Server supports extension "fstatvfs@openssh.com" revision 2\r\ndebug2: Server supports extension "hardlink@openssh.com" revision 1\r\ndebug2: Server supports extension "fsync@openssh.com" revision 1\r\ndebug2: Server supports extension "lsetstat@openssh.com" revision 1\r\ndebug2: Server supports extension "limits@openssh.com" revision 1\r\ndebug2: Server supports extension "expand-path@openssh.com" revision 1\r\ndebug2: Server supports extension "copy-data" revision 1\r\ndebug2: Unrecognised server extension "home-directory"\r\ndebug2: Server supports extension "users-groups-by-id@openssh.com" revision 1\r\ndebug3: Sent message limits@openssh.com I:1\r\ndebug3: Received limits reply T:201 I:1\r\ndebug3: server upload/download buffer sizes 261120 / 261120; using 261120 / 261120\r\ndebug3: server handle limit 1019; using 64\r\ndebug2: Sending SSH2_FXP_REALPATH "."\r\ndebug3: Sent message fd 3 T:16 I:2\r\ndebug3: SSH2_FXP_REALPATH . -> /home/ian\r\ndebug3: Looking up /home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-9244tex34g_w/tmp7mgen674\r\ndebug2: Sending SSH2_FXP_STAT "/home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1750675410.5086193-9831-16078636085828/AnsiballZ_mysql_db.py"\r\ndebug3: Sent message fd 3 T:17 I:3\r\ndebug1: stat remote: No such file or directory\r\ndebug2: sftp_upload: upload local "/home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-9244tex34g_w/tmp7mgen674" to remote "/home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1750675410.5086193-9831-16078636085828/AnsiballZ_mysql_db.py"\r\ndebug2: Sending SSH2_FXP_OPEN "/home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1750675410.5086193-9831-16078636085828/AnsiballZ_mysql_db.py"\r\ndebug3: Sent dest message SSH2_FXP_OPEN I:4 P:/home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1750675410.5086193-9831-16078636085828/AnsiballZ_mysql_db.py M:0x001a\r\ndebug3: Sent message SSH2_FXP_WRITE I:6 O:0 S:138743\r\ndebug3: SSH2_FXP_STATUS 0\r\ndebug3: In write loop, ack for 6 138743 bytes at 0\r\ndebug3: Sent message SSH2_FXP_CLOSE I:5\r\ndebug3: SSH2_FXP_STATUS 0\r\ndebug3: mux_client_read_packet_timeout: read header failed: Broken pipe\r\ndebug2: Received exit status from master 0\r\n')
<bitfolk.hcs> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: None
<bitfolk.hcs> SSH: EXEC ssh -vvv -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o 'ControlPath="/home/ian/.ansible/cp/bf80a919c9"' bitfolk.hcs '/bin/sh -c '"'"'chmod u+rwx /home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1750675410.5086193-9831-16078636085828/ /home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1750675410.5086193-9831-16078636085828/AnsiballZ_mysql_db.py && sleep 0'"'"''
<bitfolk.hcs> (0, b'', b"OpenSSH_9.6p1 Ubuntu-3ubuntu13.12, OpenSSL 3.0.13 30 Jan 2024\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /home/ian/.ssh/config\r\ndebug1: /home/ian/.ssh/config line 17: Applying options for *\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config\r\ndebug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: include /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/*.conf matched no files\r\ndebug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 21: Applying options for *\r\ndebug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile '~/.ssh/known_hosts' -> '/home/ian/.ssh/known_hosts'\r\ndebug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile '~/.ssh/known_hosts2' -> '/home/ian/.ssh/known_hosts2'\r\ndebug1: auto-mux: Trying existing master at '/home/ian/.ansible/cp/bf80a919c9'\r\ndebug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK\r\ndebug2: mux_client_hello_exchange: master version 4\r\ndebug3: mux_client_forwards: request forwardings: 0 local, 0 remote\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_session: entering\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_alive: entering\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_alive: done pid = 9253\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_session: session request sent\r\ndebug1: mux_client_request_session: master session id: 2\r\ndebug3: mux_client_read_packet_timeout: read header failed: Broken pipe\r\ndebug2: Received exit status from master 0\r\n")
<bitfolk.hcs> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: None
<bitfolk.hcs> SSH: EXEC ssh -vvv -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o 'ControlPath="/home/ian/.ansible/cp/bf80a919c9"' -tt bitfolk.hcs '/bin/sh -c '"'"'sudo -H -S -p "[sudo via ansible, key=bcymfpljziicyrrxoeyulpoqrxnyisab] password:" -u root /bin/sh -c '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'echo BECOME-SUCCESS-bcymfpljziicyrrxoeyulpoqrxnyisab ; /usr/bin/python3.12 /home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1750675410.5086193-9831-16078636085828/AnsiballZ_mysql_db.py'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"' && sleep 0'"'"''
Escalation succeeded
<bitfolk.hcs> (0, b'\r\n\r\n{"changed": false, "db": "test", "db_list": ["test"], "executed_commands": [], "invocation": {"module_args": {"name": ["test"], "state": "absent", "login_host": "localhost", "login_port": 3306, "config_file": "/root/.my.cnf", "connect_timeout": 30, "encoding": "", "collation": "", "single_transaction": false, "quick": true, "ignore_tables": [], "hex_blob": false, "force": false, "master_data": 0, "skip_lock_tables": false, "use_shell": false, "unsafe_login_password": false, "restrict_config_file": false, "check_implicit_admin": false, "config_overrides_defaults": false, "pipefail": false, "login_user": null, "login_password": null, "login_unix_socket": null, "client_cert": null, "client_key": null, "ca_cert": null, "check_hostname": null, "target": null, "dump_extra_args": null, "chdir": null}}}\r\n', b"OpenSSH_9.6p1 Ubuntu-3ubuntu13.12, OpenSSL 3.0.13 30 Jan 2024\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /home/ian/.ssh/config\r\ndebug1: /home/ian/.ssh/config line 17: Applying options for *\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config\r\ndebug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: include /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/*.conf matched no files\r\ndebug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 21: Applying options for *\r\ndebug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile '~/.ssh/known_hosts' -> '/home/ian/.ssh/known_hosts'\r\ndebug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile '~/.ssh/known_hosts2' -> '/home/ian/.ssh/known_hosts2'\r\ndebug1: auto-mux: Trying existing master at '/home/ian/.ansible/cp/bf80a919c9'\r\ndebug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK\r\ndebug2: mux_client_hello_exchange: master version 4\r\ndebug3: mux_client_forwards: request forwardings: 0 local, 0 remote\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_session: entering\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_alive: entering\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_alive: done pid = 9253\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_session: session request sent\r\ndebug1: mux_client_request_session: master session id: 2\r\ndebug3: mux_client_read_packet_timeout: read header failed: Broken pipe\r\ndebug2: Received exit status from master 0\r\nShared connection to bitfolk.hcs closed.\r\n")
<bitfolk.hcs> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: None
<bitfolk.hcs> SSH: EXEC ssh -vvv -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o 'ControlPath="/home/ian/.ansible/cp/bf80a919c9"' bitfolk.hcs '/bin/sh -c '"'"'rm -f -r /home/ian/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1750675410.5086193-9831-16078636085828/ > /dev/null 2>&1 && sleep 0'"'"''
<bitfolk.hcs> (0, b'', b"OpenSSH_9.6p1 Ubuntu-3ubuntu13.12, OpenSSL 3.0.13 30 Jan 2024\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /home/ian/.ssh/config\r\ndebug1: /home/ian/.ssh/config line 17: Applying options for *\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config\r\ndebug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: include /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/*.conf matched no files\r\ndebug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 21: Applying options for *\r\ndebug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile '~/.ssh/known_hosts' -> '/home/ian/.ssh/known_hosts'\r\ndebug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile '~/.ssh/known_hosts2' -> '/home/ian/.ssh/known_hosts2'\r\ndebug1: auto-mux: Trying existing master at '/home/ian/.ansible/cp/bf80a919c9'\r\ndebug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK\r\ndebug2: mux_client_hello_exchange: master version 4\r\ndebug3: mux_client_forwards: request forwardings: 0 local, 0 remote\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_session: entering\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_alive: entering\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_alive: done pid = 9253\r\ndebug3: mux_client_request_session: session request sent\r\ndebug1: mux_client_request_session: master session id: 2\r\ndebug3: mux_client_read_packet_timeout: read header failed: Broken pipe\r\ndebug2: Received exit status from master 0\r\n")
ok: [bitfolk.hcs] => {
    "changed": false,
    "db": "test",
    "db_list": [
        "test"
    ],
    "executed_commands": [],
    "invocation": {
        "module_args": {
            "ca_cert": null,
            "chdir": null,
            "check_hostname": null,
            "check_implicit_admin": false,
            "client_cert": null,
            "client_key": null,
            "collation": "",
            "config_file": "/root/.my.cnf",
            "config_overrides_defaults": false,
            "connect_timeout": 30,
            "dump_extra_args": null,
            "encoding": "",
            "force": false,
            "hex_blob": false,
            "ignore_tables": [],
            "login_host": "localhost",
            "login_password": null,
            "login_port": 3306,
            "login_unix_socket": null,
            "login_user": null,
            "master_data": 0,
            "name": [
                "test"
            ],
            "pipefail": false,
            "quick": true,
            "restrict_config_file": false,
            "single_transaction": false,
            "skip_lock_tables": false,
            "state": "absent",
            "target": null,
            "unsafe_login_password": false,
            "use_shell": false
        }
    }
}
ERROR! Unexpected Exception, this is probably a bug: '_raw_params'
the full traceback was:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible/cli/ __init__.py", line 646, in cli_executor
    exit_code = cli.run()
                ^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible/cli/playbook.py", line 155, in run
    results = pbex.run()
              ^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible/executor/playbook_executor.py", line 188, in run
    result = self._tqm.run(play=play)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible/executor/task_queue_manager.py", line 344, in run
    play_return = strategy.run(iterator, play_context)
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible/plugins/strategy/linear.py", line 116, in run
    host_tasks = self._get_next_task_lockstep(hosts_left, iterator)
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible/plugins/strategy/linear.py", line 55, in _get_next_task_lockstep
    state, task = iterator.get_next_task_for_host(host, peek=True)
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible/executor/play_iterator.py", line 258, in get_next_task_for_host
    display.debug(" ^ task is: %s" % task)
                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible/playbook/task.py", line 140, in __repr__
    return "TASK: meta (%s)" % self.args['_raw_params']
                               ~~~~~~~~~ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
KeyError: '_raw_params'
ian@ansible:~/ansible$ 

```

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**Author:** ![mkrizek](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/mkrizek/32/2055_2.png) [@mkrizek](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mkrizek)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 11:11am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-unexpected-exception-this-is-probably-a-bug-raw-params/43517/3 "2025-06-23T11:11:39Z")

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It is difficult to tell without a complete reproducer. What would be the next task in the play **after** the failure? Looking at the traceback it must be a `meta` task - [ansible.builtin.meta module – Execute Ansible ‘actions’ — Ansible Community Documentation](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/meta_module.html). Are these tasks in a role?

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**Author:** ![HobsonI](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/hobsoni/32/4960_2.png) [@HobsonI](https://forum.ansible.com/u/HobsonI)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-unexpected-exception-this-is-probably-a-bug-raw-params/43517/4 "2025-06-23T11:38:23Z")

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It is indeed a meta task, put in to check things are obtained from the vault.  
The next two tasks are:

- name: Report my password  
meta:  
msg: “My passowrd is {{mysql\_ian\_password}}”

- name: Create ian user  
community.mysql.mysql\_user:  
user: ian  
password: “{{mysql\_ian\_password}}”  
priv: ‘_._: ALL’  
no\_log: false

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**Author:** ![mkrizek](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/mkrizek/32/2055_2.png) [@mkrizek](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mkrizek)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 11:45am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-unexpected-exception-this-is-probably-a-bug-raw-params/43517/5 "2025-06-23T11:45:02Z")

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> [@HobsonI](#):
>
> name: Report my password  
> meta:  
> msg: “My passowrd is {{mysql\_ian\_password}}”

You probably wanted to do:

```auto
- name: Report my password
  debug:
    msg: "My passowrd is {{ mysql_ian_password }}"

```

EDIT: to be clear, there is no such `meta` task that would take a `msg` parameter.

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**Author:** ![HobsonI](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/hobsoni/32/4960_2.png) [@HobsonI](https://forum.ansible.com/u/HobsonI)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 11:46am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-unexpected-exception-this-is-probably-a-bug-raw-params/43517/6 "2025-06-23T11:46:08Z")

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Just noticed your questions about task in a role.

Yes they are. I use import\_role so that nothing is executed if I make a mistake.

This is the third or forth import\_role in the playbook. It has vars and tasks.

I will try the debug option now.

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**Author:** ![HobsonI](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/hobsoni/32/4960_2.png) [@HobsonI](https://forum.ansible.com/u/HobsonI)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-unexpected-exception-this-is-probably-a-bug-raw-params/43517/7 "2025-06-23T12:25:44Z")

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@ [mkrizek](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mkrizek)[Martin Krizek](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mkrizek)  
Well spotted. The script proceeded past the modified step - and crashed later, so there is more work to do.

Thanks for your help.  
Ian