task check_mode=false ignored by awx job template - Playbook Check

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Bug Summary

when running a job template with job type Playbook Check, tasks with check_mode: false do not run as intended when on the cli they do.

AWX version

23.9.0

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Installation method

kubernetes

Modifications

Ansible version

23.9.0

Operating system

k3s 1.29

Web browser

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Steps to reproduce

add the following task

- name: Get Hostname
  ansible.builtin.command:
    cmd: hostname
  changed_when: false
  check_mode: false
  register: hostname_to_check
  tags:
    - always

and run the playbook in "check" mode from awx. the task fails to run

Expected results

that a task with check_mode: false runs when the play is run in "check mode". This is what already occurs when the cli is used, i.e. ansible-playboook my-playbook-name.yaml --check.

Actual results


skipping: [<truncated>] => {
    "ansible_facts": {
        "discovered_interpreter_python": "/usr/bin/python3"
    },
    "changed": false,
    "cmd": [
        "hostname"
    ],
    "delta": null,
    "end": null,
    "invocation": {
        "module_args": {
            "_raw_params": "hostname",
            "_uses_shell": false,
            "argv": null,
            "chdir": null,
            "creates": null,
            "executable": null,
            "expand_argument_vars": true,
            "removes": null,
            "stdin": null,
            "stdin_add_newline": true,
            "strip_empty_ends": true
        }
    },
    "msg": "Command would have run if not in check mode",
  …

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