Retry os_updates
tasks prone to failure
#46
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Some apt tasks in the
os_updates
role are prone to failure on some VMs. I think the apt process from the previous task sticks around for a few seconds even after the success is received by Ansible. This seems to work around it, for example:Also, we might as well make
os_updates_apt_cache_valid_time
configurable.