Ansible 2.5 become directive and include_tasks

[Petr Častulík]

Hello,

I have a question concerning the become directive and include_tasks. After Ansible upgrade to 2.5 the become directive is not escalated to included tasks.

I'm aware of https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.5/porting_guides/porting_guide_2.5.html#dynamic-includes-and-attribute-inheritance, especially:

All attributes applied to a dynamic include_* would only apply to the include itself, while attributes applied to a static import_* would be inherited by the tasks within.

Hence my question is whether "attributes" word involves also the become directive(s) or it is a bug?

This new behaviour makes upgrade much harder than expected and become for include_tasks itself doesn't make a sense.

Thank you

Petr

$ ansible --version

ansible 2.5.0

  python version = 2.7.12 (default, Dec  4 2017, 14:50:18) [GCC 5.4.0 20160609]

$ cat whoami-playbook.yml
---
- name: playbook to check escalation of become
  hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: become include_tasks
      include_tasks: whoami.yml
      become: yes


    - name: become import_tasks
      import_tasks: whoami.yml
      become: yes


$ cat whoami.yml
---
- name: ask whoami
  command: whoami
  register: whoami


- debug: var=whoami.stdout


$ ansible-playbook whoami-playbook.yml


PLAY [playbook to check propagation of become] ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************


TASK [Gathering Facts] ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]


TASK [become include_tasks] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
included: /home/casta/Archive/Projects/sandpit-ansible/whoami.yml for localhost


TASK [ask whoami] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost]


TASK [debug] *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
    "whoami.stdout": "casta"
}


TASK [ask whoami] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost]


TASK [debug] *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
    "whoami.stdout": "root"
}


PLAY RECAP ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=6    changed=2    unreachable=0    failed=0  

[Matt Martz]

`become` is also an attribute.  This is the expected behavior in 2.5

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[Petr Častulík]

Hello Matt, thank you for the confirmation. Best regards, Petr

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