updating ansible-lint 24.2.2 to 24.6.0 - No module named 'ansible.plugin_utils' no other changes except the update

[shaneholloman]

Summary

updating ansible-lint 24.2.2 to 24.6.0 now warns me this:

Ignored exception from ArgsRule.matchtasks while processing roles/base/tasks/windows.yml (tasks): No module named 'ansible.plugin_utils'

Issue Type

• Bug Report

OS / ENVIRONMENT

ansible-lint --version
  shadmin @ devops ❯ ansible ❯ feat/ansible-lint-production ansible-lint --version
ansible-lint 24.6.0 using ansible-core:2.16.6 ansible-compat:24.6.0 ruamel-yaml:0.18.6 ruamel-yaml-clib:0.2.8
  shadmin @ devops ❯ ansible ❯ feat/ansible-lint-production 

• ansible installation method: via pip
• ansible-lint installation method: via via

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

  shadmin @ devops ❯ ansible ❯ feat/ansible-lint-production ansible-lint
WARNING  Ignored exception from ArgsRule.matchtasks while processing roles/base/tasks/windows.yml (tasks): No module named 'ansible.plugin_utils'

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[ssbarnea]

Please provide some code to reproduce it. AFAIK, these can happen with incorrectly installed collections or bugs from their own code.

You need to be aware that there is no import from "plugin_utils" inside linter, that is likely a module from a collection that is not compatible with version of ansible intalled.

[nurfed1]

I'm not sure if this is a bug in ansible-lint or elsewhere but I'm seeing similar errors.
These errors aren't shown in version 24.2.2.

Here's the output of a verbose run:

WARNING  Ignored exception from ArgsRule.matchtasks while processing roles/setup/tasks/windows.yml (tasks): No module named 'ansible.plugin_utils'
DEBUG    Ignored exception details
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ansiblelint/_internal/rules.py", line 94, in getmatches
    matches.extend(method(file))
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ansiblelint/rules/__init__.py", line 178, in matchtasks
    result = self.matchtask(task, file=file)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ansiblelint/rules/args.py", line 161, in matchtask
    spec.loader.exec_module(module)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 995, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ansible_collections/ansible/windows/plugins/action/win_updates.py", line 31, in <module>
    from ..plugin_utils._reboot import reboot_host
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'ansible.plugin_utils'


WARNING  Ignored exception from ArgsRule.matchtasks while processing roles/setup/tasks/main.yml (tasks): No module named 'microsoft'
DEBUG    Ignored exception details
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ansiblelint/_internal/rules.py", line 94, in getmatches
    matches.extend(method(file))
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ansiblelint/rules/__init__.py", line 178, in matchtasks
    result = self.matchtask(task, file=file)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ansiblelint/rules/args.py", line 161, in matchtask
    spec.loader.exec_module(module)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 995, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ansible_collections/microsoft/ad/plugins/action/membership.py", line 4, in <module>
    from ..plugin_utils._module_with_reboot import ActionModuleWithReboot
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'microsoft'


WARNING  Ignored exception from ArgsRule.matchtasks while processing roles/setup/tasks/main.yml (tasks): No module named 'microsoft'
DEBUG    Ignored exception details
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ansiblelint/_internal/rules.py", line 94, in getmatches
    matches.extend(method(file))
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ansiblelint/rules/__init__.py", line 178, in matchtasks
    result = self.matchtask(task, file=file)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ansiblelint/rules/args.py", line 161, in matchtask
    spec.loader.exec_module(module)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 995, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ansible_collections/microsoft/ad/plugins/action/domain_controller.py", line 6, in <module>
    from ..plugin_utils._module_with_reboot import ActionModuleWithReboot
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'microsoft'

You can reproduce it will a small playbook like this:

- name: Base setup
  hosts: all
  tasks:
    - name: Install all updates and reboot as many times as needed
      ansible.windows.win_updates:
        category_names: '*'
        reboot: true