This is to track the UI side changes needed to address the original bug https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1439357 (which is tracking the backend side change)
https://github.com/ManageIQ/manageiq-ui-classic/pull/1131 https://github.com/ManageIQ/manageiq/pull/14855
Verified in 5.9.0.19.20180130154138_e545381. "Status" field is presented on Ansible repository details and Ansible repositories list screens. It shows "failed" if an incorrect url was provided.