Task fails at Removing arrays

[CendioMartin]

Describe the bug Task fails when trying to destroy array by setting state=absent

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Change state: present to state: absent in playbook

 vars:
    mdadm_arrays:
      - name: 'md0'
        devices:
          - '/dev/sdb'
          - '/dev/sdc'
        filesystem: 'lvm'
        level: 1
        state: present

Output from play:

TASK [ansible-mdadm : arrays | Removing Array(s)] **************************************************************************************************************************
failed: [storage.xyz.abcdef.com] (item={'name': 'md0', 'devices': ['/dev/sdb', '/dev/sdc'], 'filesystem': 'lvm', 'level': 1, 'state': 'absent'}) => changed=true 
  ansible_loop_var: item
  cmd:
  - mdadm
  - --remove
  - /dev/md0
  delta: '0:00:00.002178'
  end: '2022-02-04 12:48:51.857826'
  item:
    devices:
    - /dev/sdb
    - /dev/sdc
    filesystem: lvm
    level: 1
    name: md0
    state: absent
  msg: non-zero return code
  rc: 1
  start: '2022-02-04 12:48:51.855648'
  stderr: 'mdadm: error opening /dev/md0: No such file or directory'
  stderr_lines: <omitted>
  stdout: ''
  stdout_lines: <omitted>

Expected behavior The playbook should complete without errors

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: RedHat Enterprise Linux 8.5
• mdadm: mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.x86_64

Additional context It seems like the MD device is already removed from the system from the task before, "Stopping raid arrays in preparation of destroying". I don't know if the device is removed on systems other than RHEL

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