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Summary

  • Adds new event-query rule that validates extensions/audit/event_query.yml files used for AAP 2.6+ indirect node counting
  • Enforces FQCN module keys, required query output fields (name, canonical_facts, facts), and a normalized device_type taxonomy
  • Catches real issues: tested against VMware collection's event_query.yml which uses non-standard types like "ESXi" (should be esxi_host) and "VM" (should be virtual_machine)

Sub-rules

ID Description
event-query[module-key-format] Module key must be valid FQCN (namespace.collection.module)
event-query[missing-query] Each module entry must have a query field
event-query[query-missing-field] Query output must produce name, canonical_facts, and facts
event-query[device-type] facts.device_type must use a value from the normalized taxonomy
event-query[device-type-missing] facts section must include device_type
event-query[canonical-facts-empty] canonical_facts must have at least one non-null identifier

Normalized device_type taxonomy

Compute: virtual_machine, bare_metal, container
Networking: switch, router, firewall, load_balancer, access_point
Cloud: cloud_instance, cloud_service, serverless_function
Storage: storage_array, storage_node
Management: controller, appliance, management_server
VMware: esxi_host, vcenter_appliance, cluster, resource_pool, datastore
Organizational: folder, organizational_unit
Generic: resource, endpoint, sensor

Files

  • src/ansiblelint/rules/event_query.py — Rule implementation with inline pytest tests
  • src/ansiblelint/rules/event_query.md — Documentation with problematic/correct examples
  • examples/event_query/ — 5 test fixtures (pass, bad_fqcn, missing_query, missing_fields, bad_device_type)

Test plan

  • All 5 test cases pass (FQCN, missing query, missing fields, bad device_type, valid file)
  • Validated against real VMware event_query.yml — correctly flags 13 non-standard device_types
  • Validated against real microsoft.ad event_query.yml — passes cleanly
  • pytest src/ansiblelint/rules/event_query.py (blocked locally by SSL cert issue in conftest Galaxy download)
  • Full tox run

Ref: AAP-47265

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  • New Features

    • Added validation for event_query.yml configurations used in indirect node counting.
    • Checks fully qualified module names, required query fields, canonical identifiers, and supported device types.
    • Added examples for valid configurations and common validation errors.
  • Documentation

    • Added schema guidance and examples for event-query configuration files, including VMware and Microsoft Active Directory scenarios.
  • Tests

    • Expanded coverage for event-query validation scenarios.
    • Registered the new validation rule in the rules collection.

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Adds the event-query lint rule, documents its YAML schema, provides passing and failing examples, and adds parametrized validation coverage plus rule-collection integration updates.

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Event-query validation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Rule contract and validation
src/ansiblelint/rules/event_query.py
Adds EventQueryRule. Validates event-query structure, FQCNs, output fields, device types, and canonical identifiers.
Validation examples and tests
examples/event_query/..., src/ansiblelint/rules/event_query.py
Adds passing and failing YAML configurations. Adds parametrized coverage for valid and invalid configurations.
Documentation and repository integration
src/ansiblelint/rules/event_query.md, test/test_rules_collection.py, .config/vulture_whitelist.py, .config/dictionary.txt
Documents the schema and updates rule-count, static-analysis, and dictionary support.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to b542e

This PR adds validation for event-query definitions, but nested output fields may currently allow malformed files to pass validation. The bounded correctness issue needs owner awareness or follow-up; the documentation issues are minor and non-blocking.

Suggested reviewers: alisonlhart

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sequenceDiagram
  participant event_query_yml
  participant EventQueryRule
  participant MatchError
  event_query_yml->>EventQueryRule: provide event-query entries
  EventQueryRule->>EventQueryRule: validate FQCN, query output, device_type, and canonical_facts
  EventQueryRule->>MatchError: emit tagged validation errors
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In `@src/ansiblelint/rules/event_query.py`:
- Around line 134-195: The query validation in the event-query rule currently
accepts top-level tokens instead of validating the actual output object's facts
members. Update the validation around the device_type and canonical_facts checks
to parse and inspect their respective output locations, require
facts.device_type, and reject null or empty canonical_facts; preserve the
existing taxonomy and identifier validation for valid objects. Add a failing
fixture covering canonical_facts: null, an empty facts object, and a top-level
device_type.
- Around line 102-107: Update the loop handling module_key in the event-query
validation flow to guard non-string YAML mapping keys before calling startswith
or _FQCN_PATTERN.match. Report such keys as invalid FQCNs through the existing
validation path instead of raising AttributeError, while preserving the current
handling for string keys and private keys.
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@stevefulme1 Thanks for the PR! Can you address the coderabbit review comments on this PR?

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@stevefulme1 any update on this PR?

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Addressed both CodeRabbit review findings in commit a2a410b:

  1. Non-string YAML key guard — Added isinstance(module_key, str) check before calling .startswith(), preventing AttributeError on integer/float mapping keys. Reports them as invalid FQCN.

  2. Scoped facts/canonical_facts validationdevice_type is now validated inside the facts output block only, not at the top level. canonical_facts: null is detected and reported as empty. Added failing fixtures for both scenarios.

@shvenkat-rh @rockygeekz ready for re-review.

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In `@src/ansiblelint/rules/event_query.py`:
- Around line 224-229: Update the canonical_facts validation around cf_match to
detect any canonical_facts value, not only object-shaped values, and report
event-query[canonical-facts-empty] when the value is scalar or an array.
Preserve the existing object validation behavior and add a failing fixture
covering a non-object value such as .id.
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shvenkat-rh force-pushed the feat/event-query-rule branch from 7ba1fbe to e16058c Compare August 13, 2026 09:40
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Hi @stevefulme1 . Can you please rebase the branch and push verified commits. Once done I should be able to approve it

stevefulme1 and others added 8 commits August 19, 2026 13:32
Adds a new rule (event-query) that validates extensions/audit/event_query.yml
files used for AAP indirect node counting. These files define jq queries that
extract managed node identity from Ansible module return data across
collections (VMware, Microsoft AD, cloud providers, network devices, etc.).

Checks:
- Module keys use valid FQCN format (namespace.collection.module)
- Each entry has a required 'query' field
- Query output produces required fields (name, canonical_facts, facts)
- facts.device_type uses values from a normalized taxonomy
- canonical_facts defines at least one non-null unique identifier

Includes documentation (event_query.md) with the full normalized device_type
taxonomy and problematic/correct code examples, plus 5 test fixtures.

Ref: AAP-47265

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Use != instead of not == (SIM201)
- Use list.extend instead of append in loop (PERF401)
- Add 'esxi' and 'moid' to cspell dictionary (VMware terms used
  in event_query examples)
- Whitelist EventQueryRule in vulture (false positive — class is
  loaded dynamically by ansible-lint's rule discovery)
Guard non-string YAML mapping keys before calling string methods to
prevent AttributeError on integer/float keys. Scope device_type
validation to the facts output block instead of accepting top-level
tokens. Detect canonical_facts: null as empty. Add test fixtures for
both scenarios.
- Add validation for scalar canonical_facts values (e.g., `.id`) that
  previously bypassed the object check silently
- Fix facts-block regex using \b anchor so `facts:` no longer matches
  inside `canonical_facts:`
- Add failing fixture for scalar canonical_facts
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stevefulme1 force-pushed the feat/event-query-rule branch from e16058c to 4193745 Compare August 19, 2026 17:33
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Rebased onto main and all commits are signed. Ready for review.

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Bug: Test Assertion Order (Blocker — Will Fail in CI)

event_query.py:302–311 — The null-canonical-facts parametrized case expects:

["event-query[canonical-facts-empty]", "event-query[device-type-missing]"]

But the code generates errors in this order (following the logic at lines 176–224):

  1. device-type-missing — facts block found, no device_type inside
  2. canonical-facts-emptycanonical_facts: null matched

The assertion loops by index (result.tag == expected[index]), so the reversed order will cause the test to fail. This is likely why the local test run was blocked — it would have surfaced immediately.


Bug: Nested-Brace Regex Breaks on Real jq Queries (High)

event_query.py:176:

re.search(r"\bfacts\s*:\s*\{([^}]*)\}", query, re.DOTALL)

[^}] cannot handle nested braces. Any jq that nests objects inside facts — e.g.:

facts: {
  device_type: "vm",
  metadata: { platform: "aws" }
}

will produce a truncated facts_content at the first }, causing a false device-type-missing violation on valid files.


Bug: Path Check Doesn't Enforce Segment Order (High)

event_query.py:90–92:

if "extensions" not in parts or "audit" not in parts:
    return []

This accepts audit/extensions/event_query.yml (wrong order) and extensions/unrelated/event_query.yml (non-adjacent). The spec requires extensions/audit/ as consecutive segments. Fix:

try:
    ext_idx = parts.index("extensions")
    if parts[ext_idx + 1] != "audit":
        return []
except (ValueError, IndexError):
    return []

Wrong version_changed (Medium)

event_query.py:75version_changed = "25.0.0" but the project is currently at 26.8.1.dev5. Should be "26.9.0" (or the next planned release).


Code: Redundant Else Branches (Low)

event_query.py:195–208 — Both branches produce the exact same error:

elif "device_type" not in query:
    results.append(...)  # device-type-missing
else:
    results.append(...)  # also device-type-missing, same message

Collapse into a single else.


Code: Silent Case-Folding is Undocumented (Medium)

event_query.py:216:

normalized = device_type.lower().replace(" ", "_")
if normalized not in VALID_DEVICE_TYPES:

"Virtual Machine" silently passes as valid virtual_machine. This is surprising — either require an exact match or document this leniency in the rule description and .md file.


Minor: No Line Numbers in Match Errors (Low)

All create_matcherror calls omit linenumber, so every finding anchors to line 1. For files with multiple module entries this makes it difficult to locate which entry triggered the violation.

- Fix test assertion order to match code execution order (blocker)
- Replace [^}] regex with brace-counting helper for nested jq objects
- Enforce consecutive extensions/audit/ path segments
- Update version_changed to 26.9.0
- Remove silent case-folding for device_type (require exact match)
- Collapse redundant else branches
- Add nested-braces passing fixture
- Document exact-match requirement in event_query.md

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In `@src/ansiblelint/rules/event_query.md`:
- Line 13: Update the opening code fence in the event query documentation to
specify the YAML language by changing it to a yaml-tagged fence, matching the
document’s other YAML examples.
- Around line 19-21: Update the EventQueryRule documentation describing
top-level keys to explicitly exempt keys beginning with "__", while retaining
the FQCN requirement for all other keys.
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Specify the YAML language for this code fence.

Change the opening fence at Line [13] to ```yaml. This resolves Markdown rule MD040 and matches the other YAML examples in this document.

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[warning] 13-13: Fenced code blocks should have a language specified

(MD040, fenced-code-language)

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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
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In `@src/ansiblelint/rules/event_query.md` at line 13, Update the opening code
fence in the event query documentation to specify the YAML language by changing
it to a yaml-tagged fence, matching the document’s other YAML examples.

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Comment thread src/ansiblelint/rules/event_query.md Outdated
stevefulme1 and others added 2 commits August 20, 2026 08:32
- Fix test assertion order for null-canonical-facts case: Runner sorts
  MatchErrors by message string, so canonical-facts-empty sorts before
  device-type-missing
- Add language tag to code fence in event_query.md (MD040)
- Document reserved __ key exemption from FQCN validation in docs
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