Force to gather fact even if gathering is set to smart

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How can I force setup to run on a play even if the Ansible config file is set to gathering strategy of smart.

When I include
gather_facts: True

for a play, it is just ignored while the facts file for a host is available in ~/.ansible/facts - this is in Ansible version 2.0.2.0

What am I doing wrong or is that even by design?

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Hi,

How can I force setup to run on a play even if the Ansible config file is set to gathering strategy of smart.

Ansible 2.1:

  • New meta action, meta: clear_facts which will remove existing facts for the current host from current memory and facts cache.

Cheers,
Paul