Bug 1989034

Summary: A playbook with include_vars definition wipes out all facts for a system
Product: Red Hat Satellite Reporter: Stefan Meyer <smeyer>
Component: Ansible - Configuration ManagementAssignee: satellite6-bugs <satellite6-bugs>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Danny Synk <dsynk>
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Version: 6.9.0CC: aruzicka, ktordeur, oezr
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Description Stefan Meyer 2021-08-02 09:31:36 UTC 
Description of problem:
If a playbook uses include_vars in the playbook all facts that have been sent to Satellite before are cleared out

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
- Satellite 6.9.4

How reproducible:
Whenever a playbook uses include_vars in the main.yml playbook file

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use chrony playbook from [1] or create an example playbook manually
2. Manual reproducer:

file tasks/main.yml:
---
- name: Add some vars
  include_vars: "custom_vars.yml"

file vars/custom_vars.yml:
---
custom_var: "Hello again!"


3.Run Ansible roles on the client without any playbooks assigned
4. All facts are now shown
5. Assign the new role to the client and run Ansible roles again

Actual results:
- After running the role the facts for the clients are getting deleted
- What is left is just an entry for "custom_var"

Expected results:
- The facts should not get removed
- Old facts should only get removed when it is triggered by Satellite

Additional info:
[1] https://galaxy.ansible.com/ericsysmin/system