until: loop not longer valid?

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Hi,

I’m trying to use this (simplified) playbook:

  • name: Hamlet check
    hosts: hamletnodes
    sudo: true
    vars:
    appname: hamlet
    svcname: “/etc/service/{{appname}}”

tasks:

  • name: Wait for service to come down
    action: shell /usr/bin/svstat {{svcdir}}
    register: result
    until: result.stdout.find(’ down ') != -1

However when running it I get the following error:

ERROR: until is not a legal parameter in an Ansible task or handler

This is pretty much copied straight from the loop documentation. Has this been removed?

Thanks,
Steve

2

Nope!

Do-until loops are available in the development branch, but for some reason the “version added” attribute isn’t shown. I suspect this is a formatting error in the documentation metadata, and will fix this. Sorry about that, I can see where that would be frustrating.

You will need to be using the devel branch to use the until loop feature.

3

Thanks Michael,

Is until: expected to make it into the next release?

Cheers,

Steve

4

Yes, it’s already in the next release.

The documentation will be marked up correctly in the next docs push, which will be soon.