validate does not resolve external references

SUMMARY

The default RefResolver in jsonschema correctly loads references that the validate module does not

ISSUE TYPE

Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

ansible.utils.validate

ANSIBLE VERSION

ansible [core 2.14.5]
  config file = /home/user/ansible_home/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/home/user/ansible_home/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /home/user/venv/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /home/user/ansible_dev/collections:/home/user/ansible_home/collections:/home/user/playbooks/collections
  executable location = /home/user/venv/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.11.3 (main, Apr  5 2023, 00:00:00) [GCC 12.2.1 20221121 (Red Hat 12.2.1-4)] (/home/user/venv/bin/python3)
  jinja version = 3.1.2
  libyaml = True

COLLECTION VERSION

# /home/user/ansible_home/collections/ansible_collections
Collection    Version
------------- -------
ansible.utils 2.9.0

# /home/user/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/ansible_collections
Collection    Version
------------- -------
ansible.utils 2.9.0

# /home/user/venv/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/ansible_collections
Collection    Version
------------- -------
ansible.utils 2.9.0

CONFIGURATION

ANSIBLE_HOME(env: ANSIBLE_HOME) = /home/user/ansible_home
BECOME_PLUGIN_PATH(/home/user/ansible_home/ansible.cfg) = ['/home/user/ansible_home/plugins/become']
COLLECTIONS_PATHS(/home/user/ansible_home/ansible.cfg) = ['/home/user/ansible_dev/collections', '/home/user/ansible_home/collections', '/home/user/playbooks/collections']
CONFIG_FILE() = /home/user/ansible_home/ansible.cfg
DEFAULT_ACTION_PLUGIN_PATH(/home/user/ansible_home/ansible.cfg) = ['/home/user/ansible_home/plugins/action']
DEFAULT_CACHE_PLUGIN_PATH(/home/user/ansible_home/ansible.cfg) = ['/home/user/ansible_home/plugins/cache']
DEFAULT_CALLBACK_PLUGIN_PATH(/home/user/ansible_home/ansible.cfg) = ['/home/user/ansible_home/plugins/callback']
DEFAULT_CONNECTION_PLUGIN_PATH(/home/user/ansible_home/ansible.cfg) = ['/home/user/ansible_home/plugins/connection']
DEFAULT_FILTER_PLUGIN_PATH(/home/user/ansible_home/ansible.cfg) = ['/home/user/ansible_home/plugins/filter']
DEFAULT_HOST_LIST(/home/user/ansible_home/ansible.cfg) = ['/home/user/code/netbox_inventory']
DEFAULT_INVENTORY_PLUGIN_PATH(/home/user/ansible_home/ansible.cfg) = ['/home/user/ansible_home/plugins/inventory']
DEFAULT_LOOKUP_PLUGIN_PATH(/home/user/ansible_home/ansible.cfg) = ['/home/user/ansible_home/plugins/lookup']
DEFAULT_MODULE_PATH(/home/user/ansible_home/ansible.cfg) = ['/home/user/ansible_home/plugins/modules']
DEFAULT_MODULE_UTILS_PATH(/home/user/ansible_home/ansible.cfg) = ['/home/user/ansible_home/plugins/module_utils']
DEFAULT_ROLES_PATH(/home/user/ansible_home/ansible.cfg) = ['/home/user/ansible_home/roles']
DEFAULT_STRATEGY_PLUGIN_PATH(/home/user/ansible_home/ansible.cfg) = ['/home/user/ansible_home/plugins/strategy']
DEFAULT_TERMINAL_PLUGIN_PATH(/home/user/ansible_home/ansible.cfg) = ['/home/user/ansible_home/plugins/terminal']
DEFAULT_TEST_PLUGIN_PATH(/home/user/ansible_home/ansible.cfg) = ['/home/user/ansible_home/plugins/test']
DEFAULT_VARS_PLUGIN_PATH(/home/user/ansible_home/ansible.cfg) = ['/home/user/ansible_home/plugins/vars']
INVENTORY_ENABLED(/home/user/ansible_home/ansible.cfg) = ['host_list', 'script', 'auto', 'yaml', 'ini', 'toml', 'constructed']
PERSISTENT_COMMAND_TIMEOUT(/home/user/ansible_home/ansible.cfg) = 120
RETRY_FILES_ENABLED(/home/user/ansible_home/ansible.cfg) = False
RETRY_FILES_SAVE_PATH(/home/user/ansible_home/ansible.cfg) = /home/user/.ansible-retry

OS / ENVIRONMENT

Fedora Remix 37 on WSL

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

https://gist.github.com/bk2zsto/f9df69ed86a5b0558b103bfaab3a63d1

EXPECTED RESULTS

validate loads external references and/or errors when they are not resolved

ACTUAL RESULTS

validate ignores external references


$ python /tmp/debug.py
Validation of 192.0.2.0 failed with combined
Validation of 192.0.2.0 failed with referring

$ ansible-playbook /tmp/debug.yml

PLAY [localhost] *******************************************************************************************************

TASK [setup test_data] *************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [validate with combined schema] ***********************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => (item=cidr)
failed: [localhost] (item=not_cidr) => {"ansible_loop_var": "item", "changed": false, "errors": [{"data_path": "network", "expected": "^[0-9]{1,3}\\.[0-9]{1,3}\\.[0-9]{1,3}\\.[0-9]{1,3}/[0-9]{1,2}", "found": "192.0.2.0", "json_path": "$.network", "message": "'192.0.2.0' does not match '^[0-9]{1,3}\\\\.[0-9]{1,3}\\\\.[0-9]{1,3}\\\\.[0-9]{1,3}/[0-9]{1,2}'", "relative_schema": {"$comment": "CIDR, IPv4-only", "pattern": "^[0-9]{1,3}\\.[0-9]{1,3}\\.[0-9]{1,3}\\.[0-9]{1,3}/[0-9]{1,2}", "type": "string"}, "schema_path": "properties.network.pattern", "validator": "pattern"}], "item": {"name": "not_cidr", "network": "192.0.2.0"}, "msg": "Validation errors were found.\nAt 'properties.network.pattern' '192.0.2.0' does not match '^[0-9]{1,3}\\\\.[0-9]{1,3}\\\\.[0-9]{1,3}\\\\.[0-9]{1,3}/[0-9]{1,2}'. "}
...ignoring

TASK [validate with referring schema] **********************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => (item=cidr)
ok: [localhost] => (item=not_cidr) <==============================

PLAY RECAP *************************************************************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=3    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=1

ansible-collections / ansible.utils

validate does not resolve external references #255