netconf_config false argument when using confirm_commit

[Dalle55]

SUMMARY

Getting the following error when enabling commit with or without confirm_commit:

false, "msg": "Argument must be bytes or unicode, got 'int'"}

I have seen bug reports on the same on previous ansible version 2.9 and 2.7 - we are on 2.13

it is the waiting time specified under "commit: 10" that fails
But also fails to identify "confirm_commit: true" or "confirm_commit: yes"

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

netconf_config

ANSIBLE VERSION

$ ansible --version
ansible [core 2.13.4]
python version = 3.8.10

COLLECTION VERSION

Collection        Version
----------------- -------
ansible.netcommon 3.1.1

CONFIGURATION

ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR(/home/voldby/git/SSN-4.9/ssn-4-platform/automation/ansible/configuration/ansible.cfg) = True
DEFAULT_HOST_LIST(/home/voldby/git/SSN-4.9/ssn-4-platform/automation/ansible/configuration/ansible.cfg) = ['/home/voldby/git/SSN-4.9/network-lab-inventory/DKBB2/inventory']
DEFAULT_LOG_PATH(/home/voldby/git/SSN-4.9/ssn-4-platform/automation/ansible/configuration/ansible.cfg) = /home/voldby/git/SSN-4.9/ssn-4-platform/automation/log/ansible overrule ans>
DEFAULT_TIMEOUT(/home/voldby/git/SSN-4.9/ssn-4-platform/automation/ansible/configuration/ansible.cfg) = 5
HOST_KEY_CHECKING(/home/voldby/git/SSN-4.9/ssn-4-platform/automation/ansible/configuration/ansible.cfg) = False

OS / ENVIRONMENT

Ansible running on: Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS
target network device: cisco IE-3300-8T2S
target firmware; 17.9.3

target network device support for confirmed_commit

urn:ietf:params:netconf:capability:confirmed-commit:1.1
urn:ietf:params:netconf:capability:confirmed-commit:1.0
urn:ietf:params:netconf:capability:candidate:1.0

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

- name: Configure /native/ip/domain
  tags:
    - ip
    - domain
  netconf_config:
    target: candidate
    format: xml
    lock: never
    commit: yes
    confirm: 10
    get_filter: "/native/ip/domain"
    content: "{{ lookup('template', 'native_ip_domain.j2') }}"
  register: result
  until: result is not failed
  retries: "{{ DEFAULT_RETRIES }}"
  delay: "{{ DEFAULT_DELAY }}"

EXPECTED RESULTS

I expected confim_commit succes

ACTUAL RESULTS

fatal: [DKBB2-SWP-WTG001-NA-SW01]: FAILED! => {"attempts": 5, "changed": false, "msg": "Argument must be bytes or unicode, got 'int'"}

[Dalle55]

I have also tried the following:

- name: Configure devices
  tags: 
    - ip
    - domain
  netconf_config:
    get_filter: "/native/ip/domain"
    content: "{{ lookup('template', 'native_ip_domain.j2') }}"
    format: xml
    target: candidate
    lock: never
    confirm: 10
  register: result
  until: result is not failed
  retries: "{{ DEFAULT_RETRIES }}"
  delay: "{{ DEFAULT_DELAY }}"

- name: Confirm a previous commit
  tags:
    - ip
    - domain
  netconf_config:
    lock: never
    confirm_commit: yes

[Dalle55]

Update: Tried to upgrade ansible and collections yesterday, but have the same issue:

ansible [core 2.13.10]
  config file = /home/voldby/git/SSN-4.9/ssn-4-platform/automation/ansible/configuration/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/home/voldby/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /home/voldby/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /home/voldby/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
  executable location = /home/voldby/.local/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.8.10 (default, May 26 2023, 14:05:08) [GCC 9.4.0]
  jinja version = 3.1.2
  libyaml = True

Collection

# /home/voldby/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/ansible_collections
Collection        Version
----------------- -------
ansible.netcommon 3.1.3  

# /home/voldby/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections
Collection        Version
----------------- -------
ansible.netcommon 5.1.1

[Dalle55]

Any updates on this? :)

Still getting:
fatal: [DKBB2-SWP-WTG001-NA-SW01]: FAILED! => {"attempts": 5, "changed": false, "msg": "Argument must be bytes or unicode, got 'int'"}

When adding "confirm: 10"

[Dalle55]

Tried to add unicode instead of int. Now it fails because it says it cannot convert the unicode to int.

msg": "argument 'confirm' is of type <class 'ansible.parsing.yaml.objects.AnsibleUnicode'> and we were unable to convert to int: <class 'ansible.parsing.yaml.objects.AnsibleUnicode'> cannot be converted to an int"}

[Dalle55]

You have previously fixed it for ios-xr here:
ansible-collections/cisco.iosxr#74

[Dalle55]

BUMP - ticket still valid