ansible.builtin.changed test – did the task require changes

Note

This test plugin is part of ansible-core and included in all Ansible installations. In most cases, you can use the short plugin name changed even without specifying the collections: keyword. However, we recommend you use the FQCN for easy linking to the plugin documentation and to avoid conflicting with other collections that may have the same test plugin name.

Synopsis

  • Tests if task required changes to complete

  • This test checks for the existance of a changed key in the input dictionary and that it is True if present

Aliases: change

Input

This describes the input of the test, the value before is ansible.builtin.changed or is not ansible.builtin.changed.

Parameter

Comments

Input

dictionary / required

registered result from an Ansible task

Examples

# test 'status' to know how to respond
{{ taskresults is changed }}

Return Value

Key

Description

Return value

boolean

Returns True if the task was required changes, False otherwise.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Ansible Core

Hint

Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.