ansible ansible-playbook crashing with exception

[stratacast]

When I run ansible-playbook with the latest builds, I get this traceback:

[ERROR]: Unexpected Exception, this is probably a bug: function() argument 'code' must be code, not str

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansible/cli/__init__.py", line 660, in cli_executor
    exit_code = cli.run()
  File "/opt/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansible/cli/playbook.py", line 153, in run
    results = pbex.run()
  File "/opt/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansible/executor/playbook_executor.py", line 117, in run
    self._tqm.load_callbacks()
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/opt/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansible/executor/task_queue_manager.py", line 206, in load_callbacks
    stdout_callback = callback_loader.get(self._stdout_callback_name)
  File "/opt/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansible/plugins/loader.py", line 979, in get
    ctx = self.get_with_context(name, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/opt/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansible/plugins/loader.py", line 1024, in get_with_context
    self._module_cache[path] = self._load_module_source(python_module_name=plugin_load_context._python_module_name, path=path)
                               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansible/plugins/loader.py", line 943, in _load_module_source
    spec.loader.exec_module(module)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 1027, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/root/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/community/general/plugins/callback/yaml.py", line 54, in <module>
    class MyDumper(AnsibleDumper):
    ...<21 lines>...
            return node
TypeError: function() argument 'code' must be code, not str

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansible/cli/__init__.py", line 669, in cli_executor
    raise AnsibleError("Unexpected Exception, this is probably a bug.") from ex
ansible.errors.AnsibleError: Unexpected Exception, this is probably a bug: function() argument 'code' must be code, not str

[jperkin]

I think this is being caused by whatever version of ansible collections you have installed in /root/.ansible/collections from the stack trace. That file is already shipped as part of ansible, i.e. /opt/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansible_collections/community/general/plugins/callback/yaml.py. Could you try removing it?

[stratacast]

Ah, that came to bite me. Well that solved one issue, onto a newer one. I've attempted targeting multiple target OSes (native zone, OpenBSD, Linux) and am getting this error

ansible-playbook -vvv example.ssh.sshd_configs --check --limit example.com
ansible-playbook [core 2.19.3]
  config file = /opt/local/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/etc/ansible/modules']
  ansible python module location = /opt/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /root/.ansible/collections
  executable location = /opt/local/bin/ansible-playbook
  python version = 3.13.9 (main, Nov  6 2025, 19:59:12) [GCC 13.3.0] (/opt/local/bin/python3.13)
  jinja version = 3.1.6
  pyyaml version = 6.0.3 (without libyaml)
Using /opt/local/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file
host_list declined parsing /opt/local/etc/ansible/hosts.yml as it did not pass its verify_file() method
Parsed /opt/local/etc/ansible/hosts.yml inventory source with yaml plugin
running playbook inside collection example.ssh
redirecting (type: callback) ansible.builtin.yaml to community.general.yaml
Skipping callback 'default', as we already have a stdout callback.
Skipping callback 'minimal', as we already have a stdout callback.
Skipping callback 'oneline', as we already have a stdout callback.

PLAYBOOK: sshd_configs.yaml ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
1 plays in /root/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/example/ssh/playbooks/sshd_configs.yaml

PLAY [example] ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
task path: /root/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/example/ssh/playbooks/sshd_configs.yaml:2
<example.com> Attempting python interpreter discovery.
<example.com> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: root
<example.com> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=30m -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o 'User="root"' -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o 'ControlPath="/root/.ansible/cp/724f31b55d"' -o NumberOfPasswordPrompts=1 example.com '/bin/sh -c '"'"'echo FOUND; command -v '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'python3.13'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'; command -v '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'python3.12'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'; command -v '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'python3.11'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'; command -v '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'python3.10'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'; command -v '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'python3.9'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'; command -v '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'python3.8'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'; command -v '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'/usr/bin/python3'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'; command -v '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'python3'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'; echo ENDFOUND && sleep 0'"'"''
[ERROR]: A worker was found in a dead state

I spent some time poking through some searches on this issue, and it is not yet clear to me why this one is appearing

[stratacast]

Thought I'd mention the issue is still persisting after the latest updates to trunk. I may create a new zone for now on older quarterly branch since my SSL certs are about to expire :)