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@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@

+bugfixes:

+  - TaskExecutor - Handle unexpected errors as failed while post validating loops (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/70050).

@@ -584,7 +584,12 @@ class TaskExecutor:

             return dict(include_args=include_args)

         # Now we do final validation on the task, which sets all fields to their final values.

-        self._task.post_validate(templar=templar)

+        try:

+            self._task.post_validate(templar=templar)

+        except AnsibleError:

+            raise

+        except Exception:

+            return dict(changed=False, failed=True, _ansible_no_log=self._play_context.no_log, exception=to_text(traceback.format_exc()))

         if '_variable_params' in self._task.args:

             variable_params = self._task.args.pop('_variable_params')

             if isinstance(variable_params, dict):

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@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@

+- name: Task that fails due to templating error for plugin option

+  debug: msg="{{ 5 / 0 | int }}"

+  ignore_errors: true

+  register: result

+

+- assert:

+    that:

+      - result.failed

+      - result.exception

+

+- name: Loop that fails due to templating error in first entry and ignores errors

+  debug: msg="{{ 5 / item }}"

+  ignore_errors: true

+  register: result

+  loop: [0, 0, 1]

+

+- debug: var=result

+

+- assert:

+    that:

+      - result.results[0].failed

+      - result.results[0].exception

+      - result.results[0].item == 0

+

+      - result.results[1].failed

+      - result.results[1].exception

+      - result.results[1].item == 0

+

+      - not result.results[2].failed

+      - result.results[2].exception is undefined

+      - result.results[2].item == 1

@@ -288,6 +288,8 @@

     that:

       - "hello_world_string|trim == 'Hello world!'"

+- include_tasks: ./errors.yml

+

 # Vars lookups

 - name: Test that we can give it a single value and receive a single value