ansible.windows.async_status module – Obtain status of asynchronous task

Note

This module is part of the ansible.windows collection (version 1.14.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.windows.

To use it in a playbook, specify: ansible.windows.async_status.

Synopsis

  • This module gets the status of an asynchronous task.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

jid

string / required

Job or task identifier

mode

string

If status, obtain the status.

If cleanup, clean up the async job cache (by default in ~/.ansible_async/) for the specified job jid.

Choices:

  • "cleanup"

  • "status" ← (default)

See Also

See also

ansible.builtin.async_status

The official documentation on the ansible.builtin.async_status module.

Examples

- name: Asynchronous yum task
  ansible.windows.win_command: my.exe
  async: 1000
  poll: 0
  register: long_cmd

- name: Wait for asynchronous job to end
  ansible.builtin.async_status:
    jid: '{{ long_cmd.ansible_job_id }}'
  register: job_result
  until: job_result.finished
  retries: 100
  delay: 10

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

ansible_job_id

string

The asynchronous job id

Returned: success

Sample: "360874038559.4169"

erased

string

Path to erased job file

Returned: when file is erased

finished

integer

Whether the asynchronous job has finished (1) or not (0)

Returned: always

Sample: 1

started

integer

Whether the asynchronous job has started (1) or not (0)

Returned: always

Sample: 1

stderr

string

Any errors returned by async_wrapper

Returned: always

stdout

string

Any output returned by async_wrapper

Returned: always

Authors

  • Ansible Core Team