PermissionError in ansible.builtin.find exits too early

[tsia]

Summary

when i execute the following find command:
ansible all -m ansible.builtin.find -a "paths=/ patterns='some-file-*.jar' recurse=true"

the result states these warnings:

[WARNING]: Skipped entry '/home/user/thinclient_drives' due to this access issue: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/martensv/thinclient_drives'
[WARNING]: Skipped '/' path due to this access issue: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/user/thinclient_drives'

it is absolutely correct, that ansible can't access the mentioned folder but the second warning causes ansible to stop the find process for the whole / and miss the files we are looking for.

i did some digging and found an ugly work around.

i added

if e.__class__.__name__ == "PermissionError":
    continue

after Line 522 in the except block in modules/find.py but that doesn't seem to be a proper solution

Issue Type

Bug Report

Component Name

find

Ansible Version

$ ansible --version
ansible [core 2.14.5]
  config file = /home/tsiakalt/.ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/home/tsia/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /home/tsia/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /home/tsia/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
  executable location = /home/tsia/.local/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.11.5 (main, Aug 28 2023, 00:00:00) [GCC 13.2.1 20230728 (Red Hat 13.2.1-1)] (/usr/bin/python3)
  jinja version = 3.1.2
  libyaml = True

Configuration

# if using a version older than ansible-core 2.12 you should omit the '-t all'
$ ansible-config dump --only-changed -t all
ANSIBLE_NOCOWS(/home/tsia/.ansible.cfg) = True
CACHE_PLUGIN(/home/tsia/.ansible.cfg) = memory
CONFIG_FILE() = /home/tsia/.ansible.cfg
DEFAULT_BECOME(/home/tsia/.ansible.cfg) = True
DEFAULT_BECOME_ASK_PASS(/home/tsia/.ansible.cfg) = False
DEFAULT_BECOME_METHOD(/home/tsia/.ansible.cfg) = sudo
DEFAULT_BECOME_USER(/home/tsia/.ansible.cfg) = root
DEFAULT_FORKS(/home/tsia/.ansible.cfg) = 10
DEFAULT_GATHERING(/home/tsia/.ansible.cfg) = smart
DEFAULT_HOST_LIST(/home/tsia/.ansible.cfg) = ['/home/tsia/hosts']
DEFAULT_MANAGED_STR(/home/tsia/.ansible.cfg) = DO NOT EDIT! File is Ansible managed: {file} on {host} by {uid}
DEFAULT_ROLES_PATH(/home/tsia/.ansible.cfg) = ['/home/tsia/roles']
DEFAULT_STDOUT_CALLBACK(/home/tsia/.ansible.cfg) = debug
DEFAULT_TIMEOUT(/home/tsia/.ansible.cfg) = 16
DISPLAY_SKIPPED_HOSTS(/home/tsia/.ansible.cfg) = False
RETRY_FILES_ENABLED(/home/tsia/.ansible.cfg) = False

BECOME:
======

runas:
_____
become_user(/home/tsia/.ansible.cfg) = root

su:
__
become_user(/home/tsia/.ansible.cfg) = root

sudo:
____
become_user(/home/tsia/.ansible.cfg) = root

CALLBACK:
========

default:
_______
display_skipped_hosts(/home/tsia/.ansible.cfg) = False

CONNECTION:
==========

ssh:
___
pipelining(/home/tsia/.ansible.cfg) = True
timeout(/home/tsia/.ansible.cfg) = 16

OS / Environment

Fedora 38

Steps to Reproduce

- name: Find commons-text jar files
          ansible.builtin.find:
            paths: /
            patterns: 'some-file-*.jar'
            recurse: true
            depth: 10
            excludes: '/tmp,/sys,/dev,/proc,/var,/etc,/run,/cdrom,/.snapshots'
          register: find_output

Expected Results

i expected to find all instances of some-file-*.jar

Actual Results

[WARNING]: Skipped entry '/home/user/thinclient_drives' due to this access issue: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/user/thinclient_drives'
[WARNING]: Skipped '/' path due to this access issue: PermissionError[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/user/thinclient_drives'
host.example.com | SUCCESS => {
    "ansible_facts": {
        "discovered_interpreter_python": "/usr/libexec/platform-python"
    },
    "changed": false,
    "examined": 130213,
    "files": [],
    "matched": 0,
    "msg": "Not all paths examined, check warnings for details",
    "skipped_paths": {
        "/": "PermissionError[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/user/thinclient_drives'",
        "/home/user/thinclient_drives": "[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/user/thinclient_drives'"
    }
}

Code of Conduct

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Files identified in the description:

• lib/ansible/modules/find.py

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