--- - hosts: 127.0.0.1 connection: local gather_facts: no tasks: - name: assert cache was used to populate inventory assert: that: - "'aws_ec2' in groups" - "groups.aws_ec2 | length == 1" - meta: refresh_inventory - name: assert refresh_inventory updated the cache assert: that: - "'aws_ec2' in groups" - "not groups.aws_ec2"