- name: run a task which times out command: sleep 10 timeout: 1 register: result ignore_errors: yes - name: verify the task timed out assert: that: - result is failed - result is timedout - result.timedout.period == 1 - result.msg is contains "Timed out after 1 second" - name: run a task with a negative timeout command: sleep 3 timeout: -1 register: result ignore_errors: yes - name: verify the task failed assert: that: - result is failed - result is not timedout - result.msg is contains "Timeout -1 is invalid" - name: run a task with a timeout that is too large command: sleep 3 timeout: 100000001 register: result ignore_errors: yes - name: verify the task failed assert: that: - result is failed - result is not timedout - result.msg is contains "Timeout 100000001 is invalid" - name: run a task with a zero timeout command: sleep 3 timeout: 0 register: result - name: verify the task did not time out assert: that: - result is not timedout - result.delta is search '^0:00:0[3-9]\.' # delta must be between 3 and 9 seconds - name: run a task with a large timeout that is not triggered command: sleep 3 timeout: 100000000 register: result - name: verify the task did not time out assert: that: - result is not timedout - result.delta is search '^0:00:0[3-9]\.' # delta must be between 3 and 9 seconds