ansible.builtin.started test – Was async task started

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 started 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

  • Used to check if an async task has started, will also work with non async tasks but will issue a warning.

  • This test checks for the existance of a started key in the input dictionary and that it is 1 if present

Input

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

Parameter

Comments

Input

dictionary / required

registered result from an Ansible task

Examples

# test 'status' to know how to respond
{{ (asynctaskpoll is started}}

Return Value

Key

Description

Return value

boolean

Returns True if the task has started, 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.