Pause module is incompatible with non-linear strategies

[Davor Grubisa]

The use of ansible.builtin.pause module makes the role incompatible with ansible free strategy, and likely any other non-linear strategies.
Is this an intentional design decision, or a bug?

Considering that it's used for decorative purposes rather than a vital function, could the task simply be removed?
Alternatively, would it make sense to accomplish the same functionality using ansible.builtin.wait_for module ?

Relevant code:

ansible-role-tailscale/tasks/install.yml

Lines 156 to 159 in 445a589

 - name: Install | Pausing to highlight stdout message above 
   ansible.builtin.pause: 
     seconds: 5 
   when: nonsensitive_stdout is not skipped 

Error message:

TASK [artis3n.tailscale : Install | Bring Tailscale Up] ************************
changed: [instance]
 [started TASK: artis3n.tailscale : Install | Report non-sensitive stdout from "tailscale up" on instance]
ERROR! The 'ansible.builtin.pause' module bypasses the host loop, which is currently not supported in the free strategy and would instead execute for every host in the inventory list.
The error appears to be in '/root/.ansible/roles/artis3n.tailscale/tasks/install.yml': line 156, column 3, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.
The offending line appears to be:
- name: Install | Pausing to highlight stdout message above
  ^ here

[Ari Kalfus]

Hmm, the pause is there for the following, from the readme:

Any stdout/stderr output from the tailscale binary will be printed. Since the tasks move quickly in this section, a 5 second pause is introduced to grant more time for users to realize a message was printed.

We could remove the pauses entirely, or use 'wait_for' with a 5 second timeout. Would the latter resolve compatibility with the free strategy?

[Ari Kalfus]

Reproduced and created a Molecule scenario to capture this use case. Fix PR is up, I'll merge and release a new version shortly.