version: "1.0.1" name: verification description: Verifying effective state and idempotence for Ansible role, playbook, and repository-managed configuration changes. condition: Use for Ansible role/playbook or repository-managed configuration changes that need applied-state or idempotence verification.

Ansible and managed-configuration verification

Demonstrate effective state with the evidence that is safe and applicable:

• Apply the changed role or playbook when applicable, then confirm a subsequent run is idempotent.
• Inspect the exact managed configuration value or the resulting runtime behavior.
• For a bug fix, a reproduction showing that the original failure is gone may provide the needed proof.

If a dependency needed for this scoped verification is unavailable, report that limitation honestly.

Not enough by itself

• A syntax check.
• An unrelated broad test suite.
• A successful file write or formatter run.
• YAML that merely looks valid.