From f126eddff1544663e3bc2adc55cf639fa7b092b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Davis <nitzmahone@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 18:01:42 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] return wu result from inner job (#42647)

fixes #42423

(cherry picked from commit a5fc9a17f05066dfbe3b499c6fc3202cc6126e8e)
---
 changelogs/fragments/42647-win_updates.yaml | 2 ++
 lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_updates.ps1 | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/42647-win_updates.yaml

diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/42647-win_updates.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/42647-win_updates.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6dfd2523238
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/42647-win_updates.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- win_updates - fixed module return value is lost in error in some cases (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/42647)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_updates.ps1 b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_updates.ps1
index 374b82ef8c8..0962d366694 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_updates.ps1
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_updates.ps1
@@ -355,6 +355,8 @@ $update_script_block = {
         }
         
         Write-DebugLog -msg "Return value:`r`n$(ConvertTo-Json -InputObject $result -Depth 99)"
+
+        return $result
     }
 
     $check_mode = $arguments.check_mode