Configuration overrides via environment variables are ignored in 24.12.x

[JasonGantner]

Summary

To prevent my CI jobs from falsely reporting a success, I need to set the following parameters in my ansible.cfg:

host_pattern_mismatch=error
any_unparsed_is_failed=True
unparsed_is_failed=True

Up until ansible-lint 24.12.x, I used to pass the following overrides to ansible-lint throug environment variables to prevent errors:

ANSIBLE_INVENTORY_ANY_UNPARSED_IS_FAILED=False
ANSIBLE_INVENTORY_UNPARSED_IS_FAILED=False
ANSIBLE_HOST_PATTERN_MISMATCH=warning

Issue Type

• Bug Report

OS / ENVIRONMENT

ansible-lint --version
ansible-lint 24.12.2 using ansible-core:2.17.4 ansible-compat:24.10.0 ruamel-yaml:0.18.6 ruamel-yaml-clib:0.2.8

• ansible installation method: pip install ansible==10.4.0 in python 3.12 venv
• ansible-lint installation method: pip install -U ansible-lint in python 3.12 venv

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

1. Create an ansible.cfg file using the previously mentionned parameters in the [inventory] section
2. Export environnement varibles overriding this configuration as shown previously
3. Run ansible-lint on any playbook
4. Notice the errors caused by the settings from ansible.cfg present in the output despite the overrides

Desired Behavior

Overrides should be honored as they were before 24.12.x

Actual Behavior

Please give some details of what is happening. Include a minimum complete
verifiable example with:

• minimized playbook to reproduce the error
• the output of running ansible-lint including the command line used
• if you're getting a stack trace, also the output of
  ansible-playbook --syntax-check playbook

### ansible.cfg
[inventory]
host_pattern_mismatch=error
any_unparsed_is_failed=True
unparsed_is_failed=True

---
### playbook.yml
- name: Some playbook
  hosts: some_group
  tasks:
    - name: Print a message
      ansible.builtin.debug:
        msg: This is a message

export ANSIBLE_HOST_PATTERN_MISMATCH=warning
export ANSIBLE_INVENTORY_ANY_UNPARSED_IS_FAILED=False
export ANSIBLE_INVENTORY_UNPARSED_IS_FAILED=False
ansible-lint playbook.yml -f json -vvvv
# OUTPUT
DEBUG    Logging initialized to level 10
INFO     Identified / as project root due file system root.
DEBUG    Options: Options(_skip_ansible_syntax_check=False, cache_dir=PosixPath('~/.cache/ansible-compat/e3b0c4'), colored=True, configured=True, cwd=PosixPath('~/src/2024-12-13'), display_relative_path=True, exclude_paths=['.cache', '.git', '.hg', '.svn', '.tox'], format='json', lintables=['playbook.yml'], list_rules=False, list_tags=False, write_list=[], parseable=False, quiet=0, rulesdirs=[PosixPath('~/.venvs/ansible-10.4.0/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ansiblelint/rules')], skip_list=[], tags=[], verbosity=4, warn_list=['experimental', 'jinja[spacing]', 'fqcn[deep]'], mock_filters=[], mock_modules=[], mock_roles=[], loop_var_prefix=None, only_builtins_allow_collections=[], only_builtins_allow_modules=[], var_naming_pattern=None, offline=None, project_dir='/', extra_vars=None, enable_list=[], skip_action_validation=True, strict=False, rules={}, profile=None, task_name_prefix='{stem} | ', sarif_file=None, config_file=None, generate_ignore=False, rulesdir=[], use_default_rules=False, version=False, list_profiles=False, ignore_file=None, max_tasks=100, max_block_depth=20, supported_ansible_also=[])[/]
DEBUG    CWD: ~/src/2024-12-13
DEBUG    Logging initialized to level 10
DEBUG    Effective yamllint rules used: {'anchors': {'level': 'error', 'forbid-undeclared-aliases': True, 'forbid-duplicated-anchors': False, 'forbid-unused-anchors': False}, 'braces': {'level': 'error', 'forbid': False, 'min-spaces-inside': 0, 'max-spaces-inside': 1, 'min-spaces-inside-empty': -1, 'max-spaces-inside-empty': -1}, 'brackets': {'level': 'error', 'forbid': False, 'min-spaces-inside': 0, 'max-spaces-inside': 0, 'min-spaces-inside-empty': -1, 'max-spaces-inside-empty': -1}, 'colons': {'level': 'error', 'max-spaces-before': 0, 'max-spaces-after': 1}, 'commas': {'level': 'error', 'max-spaces-before': 0, 'min-spaces-after': 1, 'max-spaces-after': 1}, 'comments': {'level': 'warning', 'require-starting-space': True, 'ignore-shebangs': True, 'min-spaces-from-content': 1}, 'comments-indentation': False, 'document-end': False, 'document-start': False, 'empty-lines': {'level': 'error', 'max': 2, 'max-start': 0, 'max-end': 0}, 'empty-values': False, 'float-values': False, 'hyphens': {'level': 'error', 'max-spaces-after': 1}, 'indentation': {'level': 'error', 'spaces': 'consistent', 'indent-sequences': True, 'check-multi-line-strings': False}, 'key-duplicates': {'level': 'error', 'forbid-duplicated-merge-keys': False}, 'key-ordering': False, 'line-length': {'level': 'error', 'max': 160, 'allow-non-breakable-words': True, 'allow-non-breakable-inline-mappings': False}, 'new-line-at-end-of-file': {'level': 'error'}, 'new-lines': {'level': 'error', 'type': 'unix'}, 'octal-values': {'forbid-implicit-octal': True, 'forbid-explicit-octal': True, 'level': 'error'}, 'quoted-strings': False, 'trailing-spaces': {'level': 'error'}, 'truthy': {'level': 'warning', 'allowed-values': ['true', 'false'], 'check-keys': True}}
INFO     Set ANSIBLE_LIBRARY=~/.cache/ansible-compat/c0ad97/modules:~/.ansible/plugins/modules:/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules
INFO     Set ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH=~/.cache/ansible-compat/c0ad97/roles:~/.ansible/roles:/usr/share/ansible/roles:/etc/ansible/roles
DEBUG    Effective yamllint rules used: {'anchors': {'level': 'error', 'forbid-undeclared-aliases': True, 'forbid-duplicated-anchors': False, 'forbid-unused-anchors': False}, 'braces': {'level': 'error', 'forbid': False, 'min-spaces-inside': 0, 'max-spaces-inside': 1, 'min-spaces-inside-empty': -1, 'max-spaces-inside-empty': -1}, 'brackets': {'level': 'error', 'forbid': False, 'min-spaces-inside': 0, 'max-spaces-inside': 0, 'min-spaces-inside-empty': -1, 'max-spaces-inside-empty': -1}, 'colons': {'level': 'error', 'max-spaces-before': 0, 'max-spaces-after': 1}, 'commas': {'level': 'error', 'max-spaces-before': 0, 'min-spaces-after': 1, 'max-spaces-after': 1}, 'comments': {'level': 'warning', 'require-starting-space': True, 'ignore-shebangs': True, 'min-spaces-from-content': 1}, 'comments-indentation': False, 'document-end': False, 'document-start': False, 'empty-lines': {'level': 'error', 'max': 2, 'max-start': 0, 'max-end': 0}, 'empty-values': False, 'float-values': False, 'hyphens': {'level': 'error', 'max-spaces-after': 1}, 'indentation': {'level': 'error', 'spaces': 'consistent', 'indent-sequences': True, 'check-multi-line-strings': False}, 'key-duplicates': {'level': 'error', 'forbid-duplicated-merge-keys': False}, 'key-ordering': False, 'line-length': {'level': 'error', 'max': 160, 'allow-non-breakable-words': True, 'allow-non-breakable-inline-mappings': False}, 'new-line-at-end-of-file': {'level': 'error'}, 'new-lines': {'level': 'error', 'type': 'unix'}, 'octal-values': {'forbid-implicit-octal': True, 'forbid-explicit-octal': True, 'level': 'error'}, 'quoted-strings': False, 'trailing-spaces': {'level': 'error'}, 'truthy': {'level': 'warning', 'allowed-values': ['true', 'false'], 'check-keys': True}}
INFO     Executing syntax check on playbook playbook.yml (0.21s)
DEBUG    Examining playbook.yml of type playbook
DEBUG    Running rule internal-error
DEBUG    Running rule load-failure
DEBUG    Running rule parser-error
DEBUG    Running rule warning
DEBUG    Running rule yaml
DEBUG    Running rule args
DEBUG    Running rule avoid-implicit
DEBUG    Running rule command-instead-of-module
DEBUG    Running rule command-instead-of-shell
DEBUG    Running rule complexity
DEBUG    Running rule deprecated-bare-vars
DEBUG    Running rule deprecated-local-action
DEBUG    Running rule deprecated-module
DEBUG    Running rule fqcn
DEBUG    Running rule galaxy
DEBUG    Running rule ignore-errors
DEBUG    Running rule inline-env-var
DEBUG    Running rule jinja
DEBUG    Running rule key-order
DEBUG    Running rule latest
DEBUG    Running rule literal-compare
DEBUG    Running rule loop-var-prefix
DEBUG    Running rule meta-incorrect
DEBUG    Running rule meta-no-tags
DEBUG    Running rule meta-runtime
DEBUG    Running rule meta-video-links
DEBUG    Running rule name
DEBUG    Running rule no-changed-when
DEBUG    Running rule no-free-form
DEBUG    Running rule no-handler
DEBUG    Running rule no-jinja-when
DEBUG    Running rule no-relative-paths
DEBUG    Running rule no-tabs
DEBUG    Running rule package-latest
DEBUG    Running rule partial-become
DEBUG    Running rule playbook-extension
DEBUG    Running rule risky-file-permissions
DEBUG    Running rule risky-octal
DEBUG    Running rule risky-shell-pipe
DEBUG    Running rule role-name
DEBUG    Running rule run-once
DEBUG    Running rule sanity
DEBUG    Running rule schema
DEBUG    Running rule var-naming
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DEBUG    Attempting to release lock 140026562581408 on ~/.cache/ansible-compat/e3b0c4/.lock
DEBUG    Lock 140026562581408 released on ~/.cache/ansible-compat/e3b0c4/.lock
Read documentation for instructions on how to ignore specific rule violations.

DEBUG    Determined rule-profile order: {'internal-error': (0, 'min'), 'load-failure': (1, 'min'), 'parser-error': (2, 'min'), 'syntax-check': (3, 'min'), 'command-instead-of-module': (4, 'basic'), 'command-instead-of-shell': (5, 'basic'), 'deprecated-bare-vars': (6, 'basic'), 'deprecated-local-action': (7, 'basic'), 'deprecated-module': (8, 'basic'), 'inline-env-var': (9, 'basic'), 'key-order': (10, 'basic'), 'literal-compare': (11, 'basic'), 'jinja': (12, 'basic'), 'no-free-form': (13, 'basic'), 'no-jinja-when': (14, 'basic'), 'no-tabs': (15, 'basic'), 'partial-become': (16, 'basic'), 'playbook-extension': (17, 'basic'), 'role-name': (18, 'basic'), 'schema': (19, 'basic'), 'name': (20, 'basic'), 'var-naming': (21, 'basic'), 'yaml': (22, 'basic'), 'name[template]': (23, 'moderate'), 'name[imperative]': (24, 'moderate'), 'name[casing]': (25, 'moderate'), 'spell-var-name': (26, 'moderate'), 'avoid-implicit': (27, 'safety'), 'latest': (28, 'safety'), 'package-latest': (29, 'safety'), 'risky-file-permissions': (30, 'safety'), 'risky-octal': (31, 'safety'), 'risky-shell-pipe': (32, 'safety'), 'galaxy': (33, 'shared'), 'ignore-errors': (34, 'shared'), 'layout': (35, 'shared'), 'meta-incorrect': (36, 'shared'), 'meta-no-tags': (37, 'shared'), 'meta-video-links': (38, 'shared'), 'meta-version': (39, 'shared'), 'meta-runtime': (40, 'shared'), 'no-changed-when': (41, 'shared'), 'no-changelog': (42, 'shared'), 'no-handler': (43, 'shared'), 'no-relative-paths': (44, 'shared'), 'max-block-depth': (45, 'shared'), 'max-tasks': (46, 'shared'), 'unsafe-loop': (47, 'shared'), 'avoid-dot-notation': (48, 'production'), 'sanity': (49, 'production'), 'fqcn': (50, 'production'), 'import-task-no-when': (51, 'production'), 'meta-no-dependencies': (52, 'production'), 'single-entry-point': (53, 'production'), 'use-loop': (54, 'production')}[/]
# Rule Violation Summary

  1 internal-error profile:min tags:core

DEBUG    Found virtualenv, assuming `pip3 install` will work.
DEBUG    lzma module is not available
DEBUG    Registered VCS backend: bzr
DEBUG    Registered VCS backend: git
DEBUG    Registered VCS backend: hg
DEBUG    Registered VCS backend: svn
DEBUG    Found ansible-lint 24.12.2 dist
Failed: 1 failure(s), 0 warning(s) on 1 files.

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  {
    "type": "issue",
    "check_name": "internal-error",
    "categories": ["core"],
    "url": "https://ansible.readthedocs.io/projects/lint/rules/internal-error/", "severity": "major",
    "description": "Unexpected error code 1 from execution of: ansible-playbook --syntax-check playbook.yml",
    "fingerprint": "ddab0a7a2dd82dd0f127a99d9fadd4d0b8f6d6eb3b08ce90c30fec0df1cf9a1f",
    "location": {
       "path": "playbook.yml",
       "lines": {"begin": 1}
    },
    "content": {
      "body": "ERROR! No inventory was parsed, please check your configuration and options.\n"
    }
  }
]

[ssbarnea]

Seems legit, any chance to attempt to make a PR to address it?