Hi Daniel,
I can see that the collection paths are also set to a non-existing directory,
but I can't reproduce the actual error of collection filters being unavailable.
FWIW, here is a reproducer that shows that it works:
$ cat collections_path_test.yml
- hosts: localhost
tasks:
- name: Convert a duration into days
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: "{{ '1y 7m 5d 30h' | community.general.to_days }}"
$ ansible-playbook collections_path_test.yml
[WARNING]: No inventory was parsed, only implicit localhost is available
[WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that
the implicit localhost does not match 'all'
PLAY [localhost]
**********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
TASK [Gathering Facts]
****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]
TASK [Convert a duration into days]
***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] =>
msg: 371.254861111111
PLAY RECAP
****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost : ok=2 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0
skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0
$ ls -l /usr/share/ansible/collections
ls: cannot access '/usr/share/ansible/collections': No such file or directory
$ ansible-config dump | grep COLLECTIONS_PATHS
COLLECTIONS_PATHS(default) = ['/home/randall/.ansible/collections',
'/usr/share/ansible/collections']
$ ansible-doc -t filter community.general.to_days
> FILTER community.general.to_days
(/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible_collections/community/general/plugins/filter/to_days.yml)
Parse a human readable time duration string and convert to days.
OPTIONS (red indicates it is required):
_input The time string to convert.
Can use the units `y' and `year' for a year, `mo' and `month' for a
month, `w' and `week' for a week, `d' and `day' for a day, `h' and `hour' for a
hour, `m', `min' and
`minute' for minutes, `s', `sec' and `second' for seconds, `ms',
`msec', `msecond' and `millisecond' for milliseconds. The suffix `s' can be
added to a unit as well, so
`seconds' is the same as `second'.
Valid strings are space separated combinations of an integer with an
optional minus sign and a unit.
Examples are `1h', `-5m', and `3h -5m 6s'.
type: string
month Number of days per month.
default: 30
type: float
year Number of days per year.
default: 365
type: float
AUTHOR: René Moser (@resmo)
NAME: to_days
EXAMPLES:
- name: Convert a duration into days
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: "{{ '1y 7m 5d 30h' | community.general.to_days }}"
RETURN VALUES:
_value Number of days.
type: float
So the community.general.to_days filter works for me. Can you show me a minimal
reproducer of the issue?
Greets,
Lee
On 27/07/2025 22:38, Daniel Leidert wrote:
Package: ansible
Version: 12.0.0~b1+dfsg-1
Severity: important
The collections path seems to be incorrect:
$ ansible-config dump | grep COLLECTIONS_PATHS
COLLECTIONS_PATHS(default) = ['/home/user/.ansible/collections',
'/usr/share/ansible/collections']
$ ls -lA /usr/share/ansible/collections
ls: cannot access '/usr/share/ansible/collections': No such file or directory
Indeed, the collections seem to be under
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible_collections/
Thus, filters are failing here right now because they cannot be found.
Regards, Daniel
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