# I am facing "An error occurred during the test sequence action: 'verify'. Cleaning up" error when i hit "molecule test"

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/i-am-facing-an-error-occurred-during-the-test-sequence-action-verify-cleaning-up-error-when-i-hit-molecule-test/32605>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [April 6, 2020, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/i-am-facing-an-error-occurred-during-the-test-sequence-action-verify-cleaning-up-error-when-i-hit-molecule-test/32605 "2020-04-06T12:12:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![murari\_kumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@murari\_kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/murari_kumar)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/i-am-facing-an-error-occurred-during-the-test-sequence-action-verify-cleaning-up-error-when-i-hit-molecule-test/32605/1 "2020-04-06T12:12:30Z")

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Hi,

When i run a molecule test on my ansible roles i am facing the following error on all of them.

> DEBUG: COMMAND  
> /bin/py.test --debug -p no:cacheprovider --connection=ansible --ansible-inventory=/tmp/molecule/devp/default/inventory/ansible\_inventory.yml /var/roles/devp/molecule/default/tests/test\_default.py -vvv
> 
> writing pytestdebug information to /var/roles/devp/molecule/default/pytestdebug.log  
> ============================= test session starts ==============================  
> platform linux2 – Python 2.7.5, pytest-4.6.0, py-1.8.1, pluggy-0.13.1 – /usr/bin/python2  
> using: pytest-4.6.0 pylib-1.8.1  
> setuptools registered plugins:  
> testinfra-1.19.0 at /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/testinfra/plugin.py  
> rootdir: /var/roles/devp/molecule/default  
> plugins: testinfra-1.19.0  
> collected 0 items / 1 errors
> 
> ==================================== ERRORS ====================================  
> \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ ERROR collecting tests/test\_default.py \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_  
> tests/test\_default.py:6: in   
> os.environ[‘MOLECULE\_INVENTORY\_FILE’]).get\_hosts(‘all’)  
> /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/testinfra/utils/ansible\_runner.py:152: in **init**  
> self.cli = ansible.cli.playbook.PlaybookCLI(None)  
> /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/cli/ **init**.py:67: in **init**  
> raise ValueError(‘A non-empty list for args is required’)  
> E ValueError: A non-empty list for args is required  
> !!! Interrupted: 1 errors during collection !!!  
> =========================== 1 error in 0.50 seconds ============================  
> wrote pytestdebug information to /var/roles/devp/molecule/default/pytestdebug.log  
> An error occurred during the test sequence action: ‘verify’. Cleaning up.

Can anyone give some inputs on this.

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**Author:** ![murari\_kumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@murari\_kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/murari_kumar)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 5:44am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/i-am-facing-an-error-occurred-during-the-test-sequence-action-verify-cleaning-up-error-when-i-hit-molecule-test/32605/2 "2020-04-07T05:44:38Z")

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After upgrading to testinfra-3.0.4 from testinfra 1.19.0 issue got resolved.