Failed to save connection, 802-11-wireless-security.psk: property is invalid

Summary

Not sure if this is an issue with the plugin, or with nmcli itself, but at very least I would think the failure should be returned so the task fails.

When trying to add or modify a network with a password longer than 16 characters, I get the error below:

Error: Failed to save 'Network' (ef1a1d2e-6f92-4670-b114-594bf1c8d69e) connection: 802-11-wireless-security.psk: property is invalid

Issue Type

Bug Report

Component Name

nmcli

Ansible Version

$ ansible --version
ansible [core 2.17.4]
  config file = None
  configured module search path = ['/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /opt/arcfield/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /root/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
  executable location = /opt/arcfield/venv/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.12.3 (main, Sep 11 2024, 14:17:37) [GCC 13.2.0] (/opt/arcfield/venv/bin/python3)
  jinja version = 3.1.4
  libyaml = True

Community.general Version

$ ansible-galaxy collection list community.general
# /opt/arcfield/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ansible_collections
Collection        Version
----------------- -------
community.general 9.4.0

Configuration

$ ansible-config dump --only-changed
CONFIG_FILE() = None

Though I do set these relevant environment variables:

export BASE_PATH="/opt/arcfield"
export ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH="${BASE_PATH}/linux_configuration/ansible/collections/"
export ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH="${BASE_PATH}/linux_configuration/ansible/roles/"

OS / Environment

Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS

Steps to Reproduce

Minimal test case:


    - name: Cause the failure
      community.general.nmcli:
        type: wifi
        conn_name: TestNet
        ssid: TestNet
        wifi_sec:
          key-mgmt: wpa-psk
          psk: "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
        state: present

Expected Results

Connection is added/updated with the correct password.

Actual Results

Connection failed to update

TASK [Add TestNet] **************************************************************
task path: /opt/arcfield/linux_configuration/ansible/playbooks/miscellaneous.yml:25
<hostname> ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: root
<hostname> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'echo ~root && sleep 0'
<hostname> EXEC /bin/sh -c '( umask 77 && mkdir -p "` echo /root/.ansible/tmp `"&& mkdir "` echo /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1730397876.7376566-28037-248146139678435 `" && echo ansible-tmp-1730397876.7376566-28037-248146139678435="` echo /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1730397876.7376566-28037-248146139678435 `" ) && sleep 0'
Using module file /opt/arcfield/linux_configuration/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/community/general/plugins/modules/nmcli.py
<hostname> PUT /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-273526dti1z0o/tmp7upiglbo TO /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1730397876.7376566-28037-248146139678435/AnsiballZ_nmcli.py
<hostname> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'chmod u+x /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1730397876.7376566-28037-248146139678435/ /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1730397876.7376566-28037-248146139678435/AnsiballZ_nmcli.py && sleep 0'
<hostname> EXEC /bin/sh -c '/opt/arcfield/venv/bin/python3.12 /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1730397876.7376566-28037-248146139678435/AnsiballZ_nmcli.py && sleep 0'
<hostname> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'rm -f -r /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1730397876.7376566-28037-248146139678435/ > /dev/null 2>&1 && sleep 0'
changed: [hostname] => {
    "Exists": "Connections do exist so we are modifying them",
    "changed": true,
    "conn_name": "TestNet",
    "invocation": {
        "module_args": {
            "addr_gen_mode6": null,
            "ageingtime": 300,
            "arp_interval": null,
            "arp_ip_target": null,
            "autoconnect": true,
            "conn_name": "TestNet",
            "dhcp_client_id": null,
            "dns4": null,
            "dns4_ignore_auto": false,
            "dns4_options": null,
            "dns4_search": null,
            "dns6": null,
            "dns6_ignore_auto": false,
            "dns6_options": null,
            "dns6_search": null,
            "downdelay": null,
            "egress": null,
            "flags": null,
            "forwarddelay": 15,
            "gsm": null,
            "gw4": null,
            "gw4_ignore_auto": false,
            "gw6": null,
            "gw6_ignore_auto": false,
            "hairpin": false,
            "hellotime": 2,
            "ifname": "wlp0s20f3",
            "ignore_unsupported_suboptions": false,
            "ingress": null,
            "ip4": null,
            "ip6": null,
            "ip_privacy6": null,
            "ip_tunnel_dev": null,
            "ip_tunnel_input_key": null,
            "ip_tunnel_local": null,
            "ip_tunnel_output_key": null,
            "ip_tunnel_remote": null,
            "mac": null,
            "macvlan": null,
            "master": null,
            "maxage": 20,
            "may_fail4": true,
            "method4": null,
            "method6": null,
            "miimon": null,
            "mode": "balance-rr",
            "mtu": null,
            "never_default4": false,
            "path_cost": 100,
            "primary": null,
            "priority": 128,
            "route_metric4": null,
            "route_metric6": null,
            "routes4": null,
            "routes4_extended": null,
            "routes6": null,
            "routes6_extended": null,
            "routing_rules4": null,
            "runner": "roundrobin",
            "runner_fast_rate": null,
            "runner_hwaddr_policy": null,
            "slave_type": null,
            "slavepriority": 32,
            "ssid": "TestNet",
            "state": "present",
            "stp": true,
            "transport_mode": null,
            "type": "wifi",
            "updelay": null,
            "vlandev": null,
            "vlanid": null,
            "vpn": null,
            "vxlan_id": null,
            "vxlan_local": null,
            "vxlan_remote": null,
            "wifi": null,
            "wifi_sec": {
                "key-mgmt": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER",
                "psk": {
                    "changed": false,
                    "failed": false,
                    "value": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER"
                }
            },
            "wireguard": null,
            "xmit_hash_policy": null,
            "zone": null
        }
    },
    "state": "present",
    "stdout": "\n===| nmcli interactive connection editor |===\n\nEditing existing '802-11-wireless' connection: 'TestNet'\n\nType 'help' or '?' for available commands.\nType 'print' to show all the connection properties.\nType 'describe [<setting>.<prop>]' for detailed property description.\n\nYou may edit the following settings: connection, 802-11-wireless (wifi), 802-11-wireless-security (wifi-sec), 802-1x, ethtool, match, ipv4, ipv6, hostname, link, tc, proxy\nnmcli> set 802-11-wireless-security.psk {'value': '********', 'failed': F\rFalse, 'changed': False}\nnmcli> save\nError: Failed to save 'TestNet' (ef1a1d2e-6f92-4670-b114-594bf1c8d69e) connection: 802-11-wireless-security.psk: property is invalid\nnmcli> quit\n",
    "stdout_lines": [
        "",
        "===| nmcli interactive connection editor |===",
        "",
        "Editing existing '802-11-wireless' connection: 'TestNet'",
        "",
        "Type 'help' or '?' for available commands.",
        "Type 'print' to show all the connection properties.",
        "Type 'describe [<setting>.<prop>]' for detailed property description.",
        "",
        "You may edit the following settings: connection, 802-11-wireless (wifi), 802-11-wireless-security (wifi-sec), 802-1x, ethtool, match, ipv4, ipv6, hostname, link, tc, proxy",
        "nmcli> set 802-11-wireless-security.psk {'value': '********', 'failed': F",
        "False, 'changed': False}",
        "nmcli> save",
        "Error: Failed to save 'TestNet' (ef1a1d2e-6f92-4670-b114-594bf1c8d69e) connection: 802-11-wireless-security.psk: property is invalid",
        "nmcli> quit"
    ]
}

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Failed to save connection, 802-11-wireless-security.psk: property is invalid #9091