ansible-navigator does not read custom facts correctly

[Lim-Hong-Ying]

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

SUMMARY

ANSIBLE-NAVIGATOR VERSION

ansible [core 2.16.14]
  config file = /home/workstation/exercise/facts-exercise/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/home/workstation/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /home/workstation/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
  executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.12.12 (main, Oct 10 2025, 00:00:00) [GCC 14.3.1 20250617 (Red Hat 14.3.1-2)] (/usr/bin/python3)
  jinja version = 3.1.6
  libyaml = True

CONFIGURATION

---

ansible-navigator:
execution-environment:
image: registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-24/ee-supported-rhel8:latest
pull:
policy: missing

playbook-artifact:
enable: false

LOG FILE

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

1. Install a custom fact into a remote host
2. Collect the custom fact while running ansible-navigator with registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-24/ee-supported-rhel8:latest execution environment

EXPECTED RESULTS

Installed custom facts should be returned in a dictionary under ansible_facts['ansible_local']

ok: [serverc] => {
"ansible_facts['ansible_local']": {
"custom": {
"general": {
"enabled": "true",
"package": "httpd",
"service": "httpd",
"state": "started"
}
}
}
}
ok: [serverd] => {
"ansible_facts['ansible_local']": {}
}

ACTUAL RESULTS

ansible_local is not returned with hosts with installed custom facts, but a remote host without the custom facts return ansible_local as an empty dictionary.

ok: [serverc] => {
"ansible_facts['ansible_local']": "VARIABLE IS NOT DEFINED!"
}
ok: [serverd] => {
"ansible_facts['ansible_local']": {}
}

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-24/ee-supported-rhel8:latest does not return the facts, however, using registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-25/ee-supported-rhel8:1.0.0-806 seems to fix the issue.