virt-copy-in of mongodb-org-3.6.repo to /etc/yum.repos.d/ fails due to failure to get \"write\" lock" on /var/lib/libvirt/images/centos8-kvm.qcow2

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Deployment fails at this step. I can consistently get this error on CentOS Stream 8 or Rocky Linux 8.

task path: /home/jp/git/openshift-aio/playbooks/roles/base_virt/tasks/base_virt_ipi.yml:164
failed: [192.168.50.241] (item=virt-copy-in -a /var/lib/libvirt/images/centos8-kvm.qcow2 /tmp/mongodb-org-3.6.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/) => {"ansible_loop_var": "item", "changed": true, "cmd": "virt-copy-in -a /var/lib/libvirt/images/centos8-kvm.qcow2 /tmp/mongodb-org-3.6.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/", "delta": "0:00:00.269100", "end": "2023-12-20 12:43:26.814228", "item": "virt-copy-in -a /var/lib/libvirt/images/centos8-kvm.qcow2 /tmp/mongodb-org-3.6.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/", "msg": "non-zero return code", "rc": 1, "start": "2023-12-20 12:43:26.545128", "stderr": "libguestfs: error: could not create appliance through libvirt.\n\nTry running qemu directly without libvirt using this environment variable:\nexport LIBGUESTFS_BACKEND=direct\n\nOriginal error from libvirt: internal error: process exited while connecting to monitor: 2023-12-20T17:43:26.764317Z qemu-kvm: -blockdev {\"node-name\":\"libvirt-2-format\",\"read-only\":false,\"cache\":{\"direct\":false,\"no-flush\":false},\"driver\":\"qcow2\",\"file\":\"libvirt-2-storage\",\"backing\":null}: Failed to get \"write\" lock\nIs another process using the image [/var/lib/libvirt/images/centos8-kvm.qcow2]? [code=1 int1=-1]", "stderr_lines": ["libguestfs: error: could not create appliance through libvirt.", "", "Try running qemu directly without libvirt using this environment variable:", "export LIBGUESTFS_BACKEND=direct", "", "Original error from libvirt: internal error: process exited while connecting to monitor: 2023-12-20T17:43:26.764317Z qemu-kvm: -blockdev {\"node-name\":\"libvirt-2-format\",\"read-only\":false,\"cache\":{\"direct\":false,\"no-flush\":false},\"driver\":\"qcow2\",\"file\":\"libvirt-2-storage\",\"backing\":null}: Failed to get \"write\" lock", "Is another process using the image [/var/lib/libvirt/images/centos8-kvm.qcow2]? [code=1 int1=-1]"], "stdout": "", "stdout_lines": []}

PLAY RECAP **************************************************************************************************************************
192.168.50.241             : ok=38   changed=9    unreachable=0    failed=1    skipped=14   rescued=0    ignored=0```