Failure when using ipaddr after updating to Ansible community 5.6.0

[riendeau]

Summary

After updating to Ansible community 5.6.0, the ipaddr filter gives an error in one of our playbooks. The error did not occur in 5.5.0 and, per semver rules, 5.6.0 should be backwards compatible.

Issue Type

Bug Report

Component Name

ipaddr

Ansible Version

$ ansible --version
ansible [core 2.12.4]
  config file = None
  configured module search path = ['/Users/riendeau/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /Users/riendeau/venvs/ansible5x/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /Users/riendeau/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
  executable location = /Users/riendeau/venvs/ansible5x/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.9.10 (v3.9.10:f2f3f53782, Jan 13 2022, 17:02:14) [Clang 6.0 (clang-600.0.57)]
  jinja version = 3.0.3
  libyaml = True

Configuration

$ ansible-config dump --only-changed
COLOR_DEBUG(env: ANSIBLE_COLOR_DEBUG) = bright gray

OS / Environment

Mac OS

Steps to Reproduce

---
- name: Test playbook
  hosts: localhost
  tasks:
  - name: Set fact 1
    set_fact:
      ip1: "172.20.0.1"
  - name: Set fact 2
    set_fact:
      ip2: "{{ ((ip1 | ipaddr('int')) + 6) | ipaddr }}"
  - debug: msg="ip2={{ ip2 }}"

Expected Results

Expected behavior seen in Ansible community 5.5.0:

$ ansible-playbook ~/Desktop/ipaddr-filter-test.yml 
[WARNING]: No inventory was parsed, only implicit localhost is available
[WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit localhost does not match 'all'

PLAY [Test playbook] *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] *******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [Set fact 1] ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [Set fact 2] ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [debug] *****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
    "msg": "ip2=172.20.0.7"
}

PLAY RECAP *******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=4    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0 

Actual Results

$ ansible-playbook ~/Desktop/ipaddr-filter-test.yml 
[WARNING]: No inventory was parsed, only implicit localhost is available
[WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit localhost does not match 'all'

PLAY [Test playbook] *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] *******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [Set fact 1] ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [Set fact 2] ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
[DEPRECATION WARNING]: Use 'ansible.utils.ipaddr' module instead. This feature will be removed from ansible.netcommon in a release after 2024-01-01. Deprecation warnings can be disabled by setting deprecation_warnings=False in 
ansible.cfg.
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"msg": "Unrecognized type <<class 'int'>> for ipaddr filter <value>"}

PLAY RECAP *******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=2    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0

Code of Conduct

• I agree to follow the Ansible Code of Conduct

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Files identified in the description:

• test/support/network-integration/collections/ansible_collections/ansible/netcommon/plugins/filter/ipaddr.py

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[mkrizek]

Thank you very much for your interest in Ansible. This plugin is no longer maintained in this repository and has been migrated to https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.utils.

Please re-submit this issue in the above repository.

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[riendeau]

Submitted ansible-collections/ansible.utils#162