Idea of managing errors while creating the objects in controller

roles/job_templates/tasks/async.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+---
+- name: Async block
+  block:
+    - name: "Managing Controller Job Templates | Wait for finish the Job Templates management"
+      ansible.builtin.async_status:
+        jid: "{{ __job_templates_job_async_result_item.ansible_job_id }}"
+      register: __job_templates_job_async_result
+      until: __job_templates_job_async_result.finished
+      retries: "{{ controller_configuration_job_templates_async_retries }}"
+      delay: "{{ controller_configuration_job_templates_async_delay }}"
+
+  rescue:
+    - name: "Load error details"
+      ansible.builtin.include_vars:
+        file: "{{ __job_templates_job_async_result.results_file }}"
+        name: __error_data
+
+    - name: "Building list of not processed templates"
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        __templates_error_list: "{{ __templates_error_list | default([]) + [ {
+                                                                          'name': __error_data['invocation']['module_args']['name'],
+                                                                          'project_name': __error_data['invocation']['module_args']['project'],
+                                                                          'playbook': __error_data['invocation']['module_args']['playbook'],
+                                                                          'inventory': __error_data['invocation']['module_args']['inventory'],
+                                                                          'credentials': __error_data['invocation']['module_args']['credentials'],
+                                                                          'error': __error_data['msg']
+                                                                          }
+                                                                        ]
+                               }}"
+...

roles/job_templates/tasks/main.yml

@@ -84,13 +84,8 @@
     error_flag: true
   when: ansible_check_mode and __job_templates_job_async.failed is defined and __job_templates_job_async.failed
 
-- name: "Managing Controller Job Templates | Wait for finish the Job Templates management"
-  ansible.builtin.async_status:
-    jid: "{{ __job_templates_job_async_result_item.ansible_job_id }}"
-  register: __job_templates_job_async_result
-  until: __job_templates_job_async_result.finished
-  retries: "{{ controller_configuration_job_templates_async_retries }}"
-  delay: "{{ controller_configuration_job_templates_async_delay }}"
+- name: "Managing Controller Job Templates | include async file"
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: "{{ role_path }}/tasks/async.yml"
   loop: "{{ __job_templates_job_async.results }}"
   loop_control:
     loop_var: __job_templates_job_async_result_item
@@ -100,4 +95,10 @@
   vars:
     __operation: "{{ operation_translate[__job_templates_job_asycn_result_item.__controller_template_item.state | default(controller_state) | default('present')] }}"
     ansible_async_dir: '{{ controller_configuration_async_dir }}'
+
+- name: Set templates error artifact
+  when: __templates_error_list is defined
+  ansible.builtin.set_stats:
+    data:
+      templates_errors: "{{ __templates_error_list }}"
 ...

tests/configs/templates.yml

@@ -58,6 +58,29 @@ controller_templates:
           choices: ''
           new_question: true
 
+controller_templates_invalid:
+  - name: test-template-1_with_missing_project
+    description: created by Ansible Playbook
+    job_type: run
+    inventory: RHVM-01
+    labels:
+      - Prod
+    credentials: admin@internal-RHVM-01
+    project: NonExistingProject
+    playbook: helloworld.yml
+    verbosity: 2
+    extra_vars:
+      target_hosts: infra-ansible-tower-01.example.com
+  - name: Demo Job Template with missing credentials
+    project: Test Project
+    job_type: run
+    playbook: helloworld.yml
+    ask_extra_vars: false
+    concurrent_jobs_enabled: false
+    credentials: Non exisiting Credential
+    verbosity: 0
+    inventory: localhost
+
 # You can retrieve a job along with its survey spec using tower cli as follows:
 # tower-cli receive --job_template <Name> --user admin --format yaml
 # If you need to add Survey, Survey spec would look like given below:

tests/configure_controller.yml

@@ -86,6 +86,22 @@
 
   tasks:
 
+    - name: Validate error handling
+      block:
+        - name: Add Invalid Job Templates to Controller
+          ansible.builtin.include_role:
+            name: job_templates
+          vars:
+            controller_templates: "{{ controller_templates_invalid }}"
+
+        - name: Ensure the templates_errors is defined and has items
+          ansible.builtin.assert:
+            that:
+              - templates_errors is defined
+              - templates_errors | length > 0
+            fail_msg: "No errors found, validate test example"
+            success_msg: "Errors found, proceeding"
+
     - name: Add Controller Settings Individually
       ansible.builtin.include_role:
         name: settings