@@ -1009,8 +1009,16 @@ def fetch_url(module, url, data=None, headers=None, method=None,

             body = e.read()

         except AttributeError:

             body = ''

-        info.update(dict(msg=str(e), body=body, **e.info()))

-        info['status'] = e.code

+

+        # Try to add exception info to the output but don't fail if we can't

+        exc_info = e.info()

+        try:

+            info.update(dict(**e.info()))

+        except:

+            pass

+

+        info.update({'msg': str(e), 'body': body, 'status': e.code})

+

     except urllib_error.URLError:

         e = get_exception()

         code = int(getattr(e, 'code', -1))