ansible-lint fails to run from current workspace

[devvick]

Summary

It looks like the ansible-lint is trying to run out of /usr instead of the current workspace directory (at least according to error logs).
I have the project directory in my /home and the .ansible-lint and ansible.cfg are in the root of the project. These files didn't change since at least a year ago, and up until last month all was working fine.

Extension version

25.1.0

VS Code version

1.96.4

Ansible Version

$ ansible --version
ansible [core 2.18.1]
  config file = /home/pit/infra/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/home/pit/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /home/pit/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
  executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.13.1 (main, Dec  4 2024, 18:05:56) [GCC 14.2.1 20240910] (/usr/bin/python)
  jinja version = 3.1.5
  libyaml = True

OS / Environment

Arch Linux
$ ansible-lint --version
ansible-lint 24.12.3.dev0 using ansible-core:2.18.1 ansible-compat:25.0.0 ruamel-yaml:0.18.10 ruamel-yaml-clib:0.2.12

Relevant log output

Path for lint: /usr/bin/ansible-lint
Validating using ansible-lint
[Info  - 00:00:55] [ansible-lint] Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/pathlib/_local.py", line 722, in mkdir
    os.mkdir(self, mode)
    ~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/.ansible/roles'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ansible-lint", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(_run_cli_entrypoint())
             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansiblelint/__main__.py", line 400, in _run_cli_entrypoint
    sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
             ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansiblelint/__main__.py", line 280, in main
    cache_dir_lock = initialize_options(argv[1:])
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansiblelint/__main__.py", line 138, in initialize_options
    options.cache_dir = get_cache_dir(pathlib.Path(options.project_dir))
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansible_compat/prerun.py", line 27, in get_cache_dir
    (cache_dir / name).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/pathlib/_local.py", line 726, in mkdir
    self.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/pathlib/_local.py", line 722, in mkdir
    os.mkdir(self, mode)
    ~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/.ansible'

cmd 'ansible-lint --version' was not executed with the following error: ' Command failed: /usr/bin/ansible-lint --version
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/pathlib/_local.py", line 722, in mkdir
    os.mkdir(self, mode)
    ~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/.ansible/roles'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ansible-lint", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(_run_cli_entrypoint())
             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansiblelint/__main__.py", line 400, in _run_cli_entrypoint
    sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
             ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansiblelint/__main__.py", line 280, in main
    cache_dir_lock = initialize_options(argv[1:])
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansiblelint/__main__.py", line 138, in initialize_options
    options.cache_dir = get_cache_dir(pathlib.Path(options.project_dir))
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansible_compat/prerun.py", line 27, in get_cache_dir
    (cache_dir / name).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/pathlib/_local.py", line 726, in mkdir
    self.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/pathlib/_local.py", line 722, in mkdir
    os.mkdir(self, mode)
    ~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/.ansible'

cmd 'ansible-lint --version' was not executed with the following error: ' Command failed: /usr/bin/ansible-lint --version
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/pathlib/_local.py", line 722, in mkdir
    os.mkdir(self, mode)
    ~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/.ansible/roles'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ansible-lint", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(_run_cli_entrypoint())
             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansiblelint/__main__.py", line 400, in _run_cli_entrypoint
    sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
             ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansiblelint/__main__.py", line 280, in main
    cache_dir_lock = initialize_options(argv[1:])
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansiblelint/__main__.py", line 138, in initialize_options
    options.cache_dir = get_cache_dir(pathlib.Path(options.project_dir))
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansible_compat/prerun.py", line 27, in get_cache_dir
    (cache_dir / name).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/pathlib/_local.py", line 726, in mkdir
    self.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/pathlib/_local.py", line 722, in mkdir
    os.mkdir(self, mode)
    ~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/.ansible'

cmd 'ansible-lint --version' was not executed with the following error: ' Command failed: /usr/bin/ansible-lint --version
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/pathlib/_local.py", line 722, in mkdir
    os.mkdir(self, mode)
    ~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/.ansible/roles'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ansible-lint", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(_run_cli_entrypoint())
             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansiblelint/__main__.py", line 400, in _run_cli_entrypoint
    sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
             ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansiblelint/__main__.py", line 280, in main
    cache_dir_lock = initialize_options(argv[1:])
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansiblelint/__main__.py", line 138, in initialize_options
    options.cache_dir = get_cache_dir(pathlib.Path(options.project_dir))
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansible_compat/prerun.py", line 27, in get_cache_dir
    (cache_dir / name).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/pathlib/_local.py", line 726, in mkdir
    self.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/pathlib/_local.py", line 722, in mkdir
    os.mkdir(self, mode)
    ~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/.ansible'

[alisonlhart]

@devvick Do you have any Ansible extension settings configured for Ansible: Path? The extension looks for ansible-lint and other ansible commands in the same directory as the ansible path configuration. You may also want to check under extension settings Validation: Lint: Path.

[devvick]

@alisonlhart My Ansible: Path setting is: /usr/bin/ansible but was just ansible before.
Error still appears regardless of which value is present there.
Same for Validation: Lint: Path: /usr/bin/ansible-lint / ansible-lint
Neither work.

[alisonlhart]

@devvick Are you able to run ansible-lint manually on your project, outside of the extension?
You can also try resetting all extension settings to default as a test.

Can you also send the contents of your ansible.cfg and .ansible-lint files?

[cyanidium]

I'm seeing the same issue

Extension version: 25.1.0
VS Code version: 1.96.4
Ansible Version: 2.18.1
OS / Environment: Arch Linux
ansible-lint version: 25.1.1.dev0

When I run ansible-lint --version in my project I can get the version output, but when i run it in my home directory I get:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/pathlib/_local.py", line 722, in mkdir
    os.mkdir(self, mode)
    ~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/.ansible/roles'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ansible-lint", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(_run_cli_entrypoint())
             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansiblelint/__main__.py", line 408, in _run_cli_entrypoint
    sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
             ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansiblelint/__main__.py", line 285, in main
    cache_dir_lock = initialize_options(argv[1:])
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansiblelint/__main__.py", line 139, in initialize_options
    options.cache_dir = get_cache_dir(pathlib.Path(options.project_dir))
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansible_compat/prerun.py", line 27, in get_cache_dir
    (cache_dir / name).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/pathlib/_local.py", line 726, in mkdir
    self.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/pathlib/_local.py", line 722, in mkdir
    os.mkdir(self, mode)
    ~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/.ansible'

I suspect ansible-lint has changed something about how it tries to find config directories, something related to this maybe?
ansible/ansible-lint#4306

ansible.cfg

[defaults]
roles               = ./roles
inventory           = ./production
interpreter_python  = auto_silent
forks               = 50
timeout             = 30
callbacks_enabled   = timer,profile_tasks
pipelining          = true

[ssh_connection]
ssh_args = -o LogLevel=quiet -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=300 -o ServerAliveInterval=5 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new

.ansible-lint

---
exclude_paths:
  - roles/*/files/*.yaml
  - .pre-commit-config.yaml

skip_list:
  - var-naming[no-role-prefix]

enable_list:
  - empty-string-compare  # opt-in
  - no-log-password  # opt-in
  - no-prompting  # opt-in
  - no-same-owner  # opt-in
  # add yaml here if you want to avoid ignoring yaml checks when yamllint
  # library is missing. Normally its absence just skips using that rule.
  - yaml

And when I copy the command from the error message and run it, it works fine, unless the current working directory that I run it from doesn't have something like .git or .config/ansible-lint.yml in it.

[devvick]

@alisonlhart Same situation here as @cyanidium described.
Nothing remarkable about my config files as well (they have been unchanged for a year, like I mentioned before)
ansible.cfg

[defaults]
nocows = True
inventory = inventory.yaml
interpreter_python = auto_silent
timeout = 30
stdout_callback = yaml
ansible_managed = Ansible managed: {file} modified on %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S by {uid} on {host}

[ssh_connection]
pipelining = True

.ansible-lint

skip_list:
  # yaml: line too long (x > 160 characters) (yaml[line-length])
  - yaml[line-length]
  - var-naming[no-jinja]

exclude_paths:
  - .vscode/
  - vars/

[Tealk]

I seem to have a similar problem, I can run ansible-lint --offline --nocolor -f codeclimate "/home/tealk/ansible/playbooks/update-mastodon.yml" in the terminal but get the following error in VSCodium:

Command failed: ansible-lint  --offline --nocolor -f codeclimate "/home/tealk/ansible/playbooks/update-mastodon.yml"
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/pathlib/_local.py", line 722, in mkdir
    os.mkdir(self, mode)
    ~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/.ansible/roles'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/bin/ansible-lint", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(_run_cli_entrypoint())
             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansiblelint/__main__.py", line 408, in _run_cli_entrypoint
    sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
             ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansiblelint/__main__.py", line 285, in main
    cache_dir_lock = initialize_options(argv[1:])
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansiblelint/__main__.py", line 139, in initialize_options
    options.cache_dir = get_cache_dir(pathlib.Path(options.project_dir))
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ansible_compat/prerun.py", line 27, in get_cache_dir
    (cache_dir / name).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/pathlib/_local.py", line 726, in mkdir
    self.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/pathlib/_local.py", line 722, in mkdir
    os.mkdir(self, mode)
    ~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/.ansible'

[skrysmanski]

I'm running into the same problem - and just guessing here - this could be related to this change in ansible-compat 25.x:

ansible/ansible-compat#439

[skrysmanski]

Seems my guess was right. Downgrading ansible-compat to 24.10 fixed the problem for me (of course this can't be the permanent solution). Both version 25.1.0 and 25.1.1 are broken for me.

[skrysmanski]

See also: ansible/ansible-compat#454

[alisonlhart]

@skrysmanski @Tealk @devvick
You're correct, this is related to an issue with ansible-lint and ansible-compat. There are a few open issues on those projects that would benefit from your comments. Can you direct your concerns to these issues? I will keep this issue open for now, but since it's not an issue with the extension, those would be the best spots to discuss.
ansible/ansible-lint#4501
ansible/ansible-compat#455

In the meantime, I recommend looking at the workaround mentioned in ansible-lint 4501, or rolling back to compat 24.x.x while the issue is worked on.

[alisonlhart]

There is now a new release of ansible-lint that reports this issue should be fixed. https://github.com/ansible/ansible-lint/releases/tag/v25.1.2