From 937d872f4b83906483b3ace642140f0ef7b73bea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Cammarata <jimi@sngx.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 09:28:13 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Return failed instead of raising an error when an
 include_vars file is missing

Fixes #18508
---
 lib/ansible/plugins/action/include_vars.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/include_vars.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/include_vars.py
index 554c7d2c04..55a53b0cee 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/include_vars.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/include_vars.py
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
                     results.update(updated_results)
 
             except AnsibleError as e:
+                failed = True
                 err_msg = to_native(e)
-                raise AnsibleError(err_msg)
 
         if self.return_results_as_name:
             scope = dict()