from __future__ import annotations from ansible.plugins.action import ActionBase class ActionModule(ActionBase): def run(self, tmp=None, task_vars=None): args = self.validate_argument_spec(argument_spec=dict( fail_mode=dict(default='raise', choices=['raise', 'result_dict'], type='str') )) if args[0].validated_parameters['fail_mode'] == 'raise': raise Exception("I am an exception from an action.") return dict(exception="I am a captured traceback from an action", failed=True, msg="sorry, it broke")