I’m currently using ansible_uptime_seconds however that gives an old cached value a lot more than I’d expect it to (Eg. reboot the server, and then run some task on the server to register a variable but ansible_uptime_seconds is still from before the reboot). I assume this is a known feature of fac…

Using "short lived facts" and caching, Eg. ansible_uptime_seconds

flowerysong August 19, 2025, 11:33pm 5

It does not. Cached facts only prevent automatic running of gather_facts when DEFAULT_GATHERING=smart, they have no effect on explicit fact gathering in a task. See I don't understand gather_subset - #12 by flowerysong

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Using "short lived facts" and caching, Eg. ansible_uptime_seconds

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