Multiple Deprecation Warnings Related to INJECT_FACTS_AS_VARS and bool Filter in macOS Roles #237
Description
When running playbooks using the elliotweiser.osx-command-line-tools and geerlingguy.mac.homebrew roles, a large number of deprecation warnings appear related to:
• The upcoming removal of automatic injection of top-level facts with the ansible_ prefix in Ansible core 2.24
• The deprecated usage of the bool filter coercing invalid list values (empty list) to False, to be removed in Ansible core 2.23
These warnings indicate that variables like ansible_distribution , ansible_distribution_version , ansible_user_id , ansible_machine are used as top-level variables but will soon require accessing via ansible_facts"fact_name" syntax instead. Additionally, the use of | bool on potentially empty lists triggers a separate deprecation.
Examples of warnings and affected lines:
• when: ansible_distribution != 'MacOSX' (osx-command-line-tools, main.yml line 7)
• when: ansible_distribution_version is version('10.15', '<') and '>=' (osx-command-line-tools, main.yml lines 55 and 74)
• homebrew_user: '{{ homebrew_user | default(ansible_user_id) }}' (homebrew, tasks/main.yml lines 4-5)
• when: ansible_machine == 'arm64' or != 'arm64' (homebrew, tasks/main.yml lines 14 and 101)
• become: "{{ (homebrew_user != ansible_user_id) | bool }}" (homebrew, tasks/main.yml line 119)
• Multiple use cases of owner , group , and paths referencing these variables throughout the homebrew tasks.
Impact:
• These deprecations will cause playbooks to break or malfunction when upgrading to Ansible core 2.23/2.24 and later.
• Current role code is incompatible with upcoming Ansible versions without updates to variable references.
Additional details:
• This affects both elliotweiser.osx-command-line-tools (at least tasks/main.yml) and geerlingguy.mac.homebrew roles.
Would appreciate guidance or updates to ensure these widely used roles remain compatible with near-future Ansible core versions.
Environment:
• Ansible Core version: 2.20.0
• python version = 3.14.0 (main, Oct 7 2025, 09:34:52) [Clang 17.0.0 (clang-1700.0.13.3)]
• jinja version = 3.1.6
• pyyaml version = 6.0.3 (with libyaml v0.2.5)
• community.general collection version: 12.0.1
• OS: MacOS 15.6.1 (24G90)
Please let me know if any additional information or logs are needed.
Thank you in advance and best regards.