Upgrade from 1.9 to 2.4 throws "recursive loop detected" error

[Seshadri K]

Ansible newbie alert !

I am upgrading from 1.9 to 2.4. A play that works fine in the former throws up the error:

recursive loop detected in template string: {{ service_down | default(1) }}"}

The last lines in the following two files are of relevance.

Here is one of the plays that includes "application.yml" and seems to be causing the error:

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cat application-altfund.yml

- name: "Application: altfund"

  include: application.yml

...

...

...

           

           service_userok=1

           service_mail=

           service_down={{ service_down | default(1) }}

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And here is the application.yml:

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cat application.yml

- name: Application Service (service {{service_name}} activation using svctl and templates)

  shell: >

           svctl add

...

...

...

           --svctype-options={{service_options[service_name | hyphens_to_underscores] | default(service_options_default) | quote}}

           $([ {{service_userok}} -eq 1 ] && echo --userok)

           $([ {{service_down}} -eq 1 ] && echo --down)

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What is the least messy way to fix this problem? There are more than 100 files like the first one which include application.yml.

Thanks in advance !

Sesh

[jn.b...@gmail.com]

Not sure, but maybe you run into this problem: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/8603

Use a different variable, or what we do:
group_vars are in capital letter. Vars within playbooks or roles are in lowercases.

[K. Seshadri Iyer]

Thanks. I renamed the variable.