---
- name: the first play
  hosts: localhost
  tasks:
    - name: show foobar fact before
      debug:
        var: ansible_foobar

    - name: set a persistent fact foobar
      set_fact:
        ansible_foobar: 'blippy'
        cacheable: true

    - name: show foobar fact after
      debug:
        var: ansible_foobar

    - name: assert ansible_foobar is correct value
      assert:
        that:
          - ansible_foobar == 'blippy'

    - name: set a non persistent fact that will not be cached
      set_fact:
        ansible_foobar_not_cached: 'this_should_not_be_cached'

    - name: show ansible_foobar_not_cached fact after being set
      debug:
        var: ansible_foobar_not_cached

    - name: assert ansible_foobar_not_cached is correct value
      assert:
        that:
          - ansible_foobar_not_cached == 'this_should_not_be_cached'

- name: the second play
  hosts: localhost
  tasks:
    - name: show foobar fact after second play
      debug:
        var: ansible_foobar

    - name: assert ansible_foobar is correct value
      assert:
        that:
          - ansible_foobar == 'blippy'