community.general/test/integration/targets/loops/tasks/main.yml

- name: Measure time before
  shell: date +%s
  register: before

- debug:
    var: i
  with_sequence: count=3
  loop_control:
    loop_var: i
    pause: 2

- name: Measure time after
  shell: date +%s
  register: after

# since there is 3 rounds, and 2 seconds between, it should last 4 seconds
# we do not test the upper bound, since CI can lag significantly
- assert:
    that:
    - '(after.stdout |int) - (before.stdout|int) >= 4'

#
# Tests of loop syntax with args
#

- name: Test that with_list works with a list
  ping:
    data: '{{ item }}'
  with_list:
    - 'Hello World'
    - 'Olá Mundo'
  register: results

- name: Assert that we ran the module twice with the correct strings
  assert:
    that:
      - 'results["results"][0]["ping"] == "Hello World"'
      - 'results["results"][1]["ping"] == "Olá Mundo"'

- name: Test that with_list works with a list inside a variable
  ping:
    data: '{{ item }}'
  with_list: '{{ phrases }}'
  register: results2

- name: Assert that we ran the module twice with the correct strings
  assert:
    that:
      - 'results2["results"][0]["ping"] == "Hello World"'
      - 'results2["results"][1]["ping"] == "Olá Mundo"'

- name: Test that loop works with a manual list
  ping:
    data: '{{ item }}'
  loop:
    - 'Hello World'
    - 'Olá Mundo'
  register: results3

- name: Assert that we ran the module twice with the correct strings
  assert:
    that:
      - 'results3["results"][0]["ping"] == "Hello World"'
      - 'results3["results"][1]["ping"] == "Olá Mundo"'

- name: Test that loop works with a list in a variable
  ping:
    data: '{{ item }}'
  loop: '{{ phrases }}'
  register: results4

- name: Assert that we ran the module twice with the correct strings
  assert:
    that:
      - 'results4["results"][0]["ping"] == "Hello World"'
      - 'results4["results"][1]["ping"] == "Olá Mundo"'

- name: Test that loop works with a list via the list lookup
  ping:
    data: '{{ item }}'
  loop: '{{ lookup("list", "Hello World", "Olá Mundo", wantlist=True) }}'
  register: results5

- name: Assert that we ran the module twice with the correct strings
  assert:
    that:
      - 'results5["results"][0]["ping"] == "Hello World"'
      - 'results5["results"][1]["ping"] == "Olá Mundo"'

- name: Test that loop works with a list in a variable via the list lookup
  ping:
    data: '{{ item }}'
  loop: '{{ lookup("list", wantlist=True, *phrases) }}'
  register: results6

- name: Assert that we ran the module twice with the correct strings
  assert:
    that:
      - 'results6["results"][0]["ping"] == "Hello World"'
      - 'results6["results"][1]["ping"] == "Olá Mundo"'

- name: Test that loop works with a list via the query lookup
  ping:
    data: '{{ item }}'
  loop: '{{ query("list", "Hello World", "Olá Mundo") }}'
  register: results7

- name: Assert that we ran the module twice with the correct strings
  assert:
    that:
      - 'results7["results"][0]["ping"] == "Hello World"'
      - 'results7["results"][1]["ping"] == "Olá Mundo"'

- name: Test that loop works with a list in a variable via the query lookup
  ping:
    data: '{{ item }}'
  loop: '{{ q("list", *phrases) }}'
  register: results8

- name: Assert that we ran the module twice with the correct strings
  assert:
    that:
      - 'results8["results"][0]["ping"] == "Hello World"'
      - 'results8["results"][1]["ping"] == "Olá Mundo"'

- name: Test that loop works with a list and keyword args
  ping:
    data: '{{ item }}'
  loop: '{{ q("file", "data1.txt", "data2.txt", lstrip=True) }}'
  register: results9

- name: Assert that we ran the module twice with the correct strings
  assert:
    that:
      - 'results9["results"][0]["ping"] == "Hello World"'
      - 'results9["results"][1]["ping"] == "Olá Mundo"'

- name: Test that loop works with a list in variable and keyword args
  ping:
    data: '{{ item }}'
  loop: '{{ q("file", lstrip=True, *filenames) }}'
  register: results10

- name: Assert that we ran the module twice with the correct strings
  assert:
    that:
      - 'results10["results"][0]["ping"] == "Hello World"'
      - 'results10["results"][1]["ping"] == "Olá Mundo"'