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ansible/ansible
Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy and maintain. Automate everything from code deployment to network configuration to cloud management, in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems. https://docs.ansible.com. · Python · 595 source files
Analyzed at 9cf16a4aca on 2026-08-15. 536 documented errors.
| Code / Message | Type | Severity | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unable to decode JSON from response set_options. See the… | exception | error | ansible, network, connection-plugin, persistent-connection |
| Unable to connect to socket | exception | error | network, socket, persistent-connection, unix-socket, config |
| invalid json-rpc id received | exception | error | network, json-rpc, persistent-connection, socket, version-skew |
| Bad subset ' ' given to Ansible. gather_subset options… | exception | error | facts, gather-subset, setup, validation, ansible |
| Found executable at . | exception | error | facts, packages, respawn, dependencies, interpreter |
| Type is unsupported for variable storage. | exception | error | ansible, facts, serialization, plugins, type-conversion |
| Task failed due to errors in | exception | error | ansible, register, templating, task-execution |
| Expected role dependencies to be a list. Role | exception | error | ansible-galaxy, requirements, yaml, role-dependencies |
| after seconds | exception | warning | facts, timeout, performance, ansible |
| Failed to import the required Python library | exception | error | facts, packages, dependencies, interpreter, ansible |
| No inventory was parsed, please check your configuration… | exception | error | inventory, configuration, cli, localhost |
| CreateProcessW() failed | exception | error | windows, async, process, job-object, win32, launch |
| Register projection failed. | exception | error | ansible, register, projection, task, variables |
| Invalid for tarfile member: path is not a subpath of the… | validation | critical | ansible-galaxy, security, path-traversal, tar, cve |
| Platform GSSAPI library does not support… | exception | error | network, gssapi, kerberos, auth, http |
| Unexpected Exception, this is probably a bug. | exception | error | unexpected-exception, bug, catch-all, traceback, ansible-cli, plugin-compatibility |
| Unable to properly parse command line arguments. Please use… | exception | error | ansible-galaxy, cli, deprecated-syntax, collections |
| Encountered untrusted template or expression. | exception | error | ansible, security, template-injection, trust, templating |
| failed at splitting arguments, either an unbalanced jinja2… | validation | error | ansible, jinja2, parsing, quoting, playbook |
| A 'when' expression failed. | exception | error | ansible, when, conditional, templating |
| ' ' is unsupported. Valid types are | validation | error | csharp, ansible, argument-spec, validation |
| ERROR: Ansible requires the locale encoding to be UTF-8… | console | critical | locale, utf-8, environment, system-exit, startup, ansible-cli |
| Invalid Socket File ( ) | exception | error | network, http, unix-socket, docker, permissions |
| The value ' ' is not a valid boolean. Valid booleans include | validation | error | boolean, parsing, validation, ansible |
| Task result omitted due to queue send failure. | exception | error | ansible, pickle, multiprocessing, task-result |
| persistent connection idle timeout triggered, timeout value… | exception | error | ansible, network, timeout, persistent-connection |
| A 'break_when' expression failed. | exception | error | ansible, break-when, loops, templating |
| Invalid version found for the collection | validation | error | semver, collections, metadata, concrete-artifact |
| Failed to import the required Python library (gzip) on | exception | error | network, http, gzip, dependencies, interpreter |
| Unsupported configuration file extension for | exception | error | ansible, configuration, file-extension, cli |
| CreateSymbolicLink( , , ) failed | exception | error | windows, powershell, linkutil, symlink, privilege |
| No end of json char found | exception | error | json, parsing, truncation, stdout, ansible |
| Error while resolving value for | exception | error | ansible, variable-layering, hostvars, templating |
| command timeout triggered, timeout value is | exception | error | ansible, network, timeout, command-timeout |
| Not a valid network hostname | validation | error | ansible, inventory, network, hostname, parsing |
| Failed to import packaging, check that a supported version… | exception | error | packaging, dependencies, requirements, python-env |
| Vault envelope format error. | exception | critical | ansible, vault, encryption, file-format, decryption |
| Missing newline after | validation | error | ansible, jinja2, template-syntax, overrides, newline |
| AdjustTokenPrivileges() failed to get old state size | exception | error | windows, privilege, win32, interop, marshalling |
| Unable to get access token | http | error | ansible-galaxy, authentication, oauth, network, keycloak |
| LookupPrivilegeName() failed | exception | error | windows, privilege, win32, marshalling, internal |
| Missing base YAML definition file (bad install?) | exception | critical | ansible, installation, configuration, packaging |
| is not a directory | exception | error | git, submodule, filesystem, ansible-module |
| Unsupported ( ) SCM module for pull, choices are | exception | error | ansible-pull, scm, cli, internal-invariant |
| Invalid non absolute download_url | exception | error | ansible-galaxy, install, download-url, server-side, third-party-server |
| Template transform limit exceeded. | exception | error | ansible, templating, recursion, self-reference, limits |
| Failed to import the required Python library (gssapi) on | exception | error | network, gssapi, kerberos, dependencies, http |
| Value of unknown type | exception | error | no-log, results, serialization, type-error, ansible-module-utils |
| the specified roles path exists and is not a directory. | exception | error | ansible-galaxy, role-install, filesystem, cli |
| AdjustTokenPrivileges() failed | exception | error | windows, privilege, win32, security, elevation |
| Cannot change group ownership of | exception | error | unarchive, permissions, filesystem, ownership |
| CreateEventW() failed | exception | error | windows, win32, async-wrapper, csharp, resource-exhaustion |
| The argument must be of type . | exception | error | templating, jinja2, type-validation, undefined-variables |
| Module METADATA schema_version | validation | error | ansible, module-metadata, packaging, config |
| Collection requirement at | exception | error | collections, requirements, filesystem, metadata |
| The vault password script | validation | error | ansible, vault, permissions, script, executable |
| Did not find a match for --encrypt-vault-id= | validation | error | ansible, vault, vault-id, encryption, configuration |
| Failed to find remote collection | exception | error | ansible-galaxy, verify, galaxy-server, not-found |
| No valid role data found | exception | error | roles, requirements, internal-error |
| doesn't appear to contain a role.\n please remove this… | exception | error | ansible-galaxy, role-install, filesystem, manual-cleanup |
| Failed to open config file | exception | error | ansible-config, view, permissions, encoding, io-error |
| The collection path specified | exception | error | ansible-galaxy, collection, publish, tarball, artifact |
| Unable to parse documentation in python file | exception | warning | plugin-docs, docstring, yaml, documentation |
| A 'changed_when' expression failed. | exception | error | ansible, changed-when, idempotency, templating |
| Vault vaulttext format error. | exception | critical | ansible, vault, decryption, file-format, truncation |
| We could not convert all the documentation into JSON as… | exception | error | ansible-doc, json, serialization, documentation, type-error |
| error while splitting arguments, either an unbalanced… | exception | error | parsing, splitter, jinja2, quoting, ansible |
| Signatures were provided to verify | exception | error | gpg, signatures, keyring, collections, configuration |
| Specified inventory, host pattern and/or --limit leaves us… | exception | error | inventory, host-pattern, limit, no-hosts, ansible-cli |
| Invalid parameter specified beginning with keyword… | validation | error | task-parsing, reserved-params, args, parser-error |
| NtSetInformationFile() failed 0x | exception | error | csharp, windows, win32, file-io, ansible |
| Conditional result ( ) was derived from value of type at … | exception | error | ansible, conditionals, boolean-coercion, when |
| GetExitCodeProcess() failed | exception | error | windows, process, win32, handle, ownership |
| Problem running vault password script | exception | error | ansible, vault, script, subprocess, shebang, crlf |
| Neither the collection requirement entry key 'name', nor… | exception | error | requirements, fqcn, collections, validation |
| MD5 not available. Possibly running in FIPS mode | exception | error | fips, crypto, checksum, ansible-module-utils |
| ERROR: Ansible requires the filesystem encoding to be… | console | critical | locale, utf-8, filesystem-encoding, environment, system-exit, startup, ansible-cli |
| The group named ' ' has a recursive dependency loop. | exception | error | inventory, groups, cycle, graph |
| No start of json char found | exception | error | json, parsing, stdout, ansible |
| Missing documentation (or could not parse documentation). | exception | error | ansible, ansible-doc, documentation, yaml |
| Invalid version found for the collection | validation | error | semver, yaml, galaxy-yml, collections, metadata |
| The artifact is of an unexpected type | exception | error | ansible-galaxy, api-misuse, collections, python-api, type-dispatch |
| OpenProcess() failed | exception | error | windows, win32, async-wrapper, csharp, access-denied |
| A vault password is required to use Ansible's Vault | exception | error | ansible, vault, cli, credentials |
| Invalid variable expression | exception | error | ansible, variable-expression, validation, templating |
| SearchPathW( ) failed to get buffer length | exception | error | windows, path, win32, environment, access-denied |
| Invalid manifest directive | exception | error | ansible-galaxy, build, manifest, distlib, directives |
| No argument passed to | exception | error | adhoc, module-args, cli-usage, ansible, options-error |
| Invalid offline source info for | validation | error | yaml, metadata, offline, collections, validation |
| Module METADATA is invalid. | validation | error | ansible, module-metadata, packaging, validation |
| cannot form-urlencode body, expect list or dict | exception | error | uri, http, form-urlencoded, type-error |
| couldn't resolve module/action | validation | error | task-parsing, module-resolution, collections, typo |
| The password file was not found | exception | error | vault, password-file, file-not-found, ansible-cli, credentials |
| ' ' type is not supported. The format namespace.name is… | exception | error | ansible-galaxy, verify, artifact, usage |
| A different worker process failed to create module file… | exception | error | ansible, cache, race-condition, multiprocessing, tmp |
| Embed package not found while packaging module. | exception | error | ansible, embed, packaging, dependencies |
| the specified role appears to already exist. Use --force to… | exception | warning | ansible-galaxy, role-install, idempotency, cli |
| Vault password script | exception | error | ansible, vault, script, subprocess, exit-code |
| An 'until' expression failed. | exception | error | ansible, until, retries, templating |
| the connection plugin | exception | error | connection, plugin-loader, collections, playbook |