Support running ansible-lint --fix automatically on save in VSCode

[localleon]

Problem

Currently, the VSCode Ansible extension provides linting via ansible-lint, but does not support automatic fixing on save. The new --fix flag (see ansible-lint autofix docs) allows for auto-remediation of detected issues. Integrating this as an optional or default behavior on save would streamline workflows and improve playbook quality.

Solution

• When saving an Ansible YAML file, VSCode should run ansible-lint --fix.
• Optionally, provide a configuration toggle to enable/disable autofix on save.
• Show user feedback if fixes are applied or if errors occur.

This could be compared to a feature like Autoformatting on save from e.g. the RedHat YAML Extension

Alternatives

No response

Additional context

• Reduces manual effort for fixing lint errors.
• Keeps playbooks clean and consistent.
• Leverages new capabilities in ansible-lint for a modern development experience.

References

• https://ansible.readthedocs.io/projects/lint/autofix/
• https://github.com/ansible/ansible-lint/releases

[alisonlhart]

Hi @localleon ! Thanks for opening this issue. We do have a setting to pass arguments to ansible-lint ansible.validation.lint.arguments where you can pass --fix. Though I agree, this should be a setting.

We don't plan to integrate this as default behavior as that would change expected behavior of the extension, but we could easily add this as a setting to turn on and off.

Thanks for the suggestion! We're open to community contributions for this.