Ansible assign random number and increase the retry attempts - random

Question

I am trying to assign a random number between 7000 and 7005 to a variable which is not present in a list.
the list has 7000, 7001, 7004 and 7002.
- name: Set fact
set_fact:
val: "{{ 7004 | random(start=7000) }}"
until: val not in list
The above playbook tried to assign 3 times and failed. It did not assign the value 7003.
TASK [xxx] ******************************
task path: /tmp/awx_164677__l9__xmu/project/roles/xxxxx/tasks/main.yml:26
FAILED - RETRYING: Set fact (3 retries left).
FAILED - RETRYING: Set fact (2 retries left).
FAILED - RETRYING: Set fact (1 retries left).
fatal: [xxxprod]: FAILED! => {"ansible_facts": {"val": "7000"}, "attempts": 3, "changed": false}
How to increase the retry value from 3 to some other value?
Note: the above list was updated by this playbook, only the last value did not get updated.
Thanks.

Answer 1

retries playbook keyword can be used to specify the number of retries before giving up in a until loop. This setting is only used in combination with until Keyword.
- name: Set fact
set_fact:
val: "{{ 7004 | random(start=7000) }}"
until: val not in list
retries: 5
Here is the refereance for you to look more Retries Playbook Keyword

Answer 2

Make the random choice from the missing items only. The playbook below solves the general problem of randomly completing a sequence
- hosts: localhost
vars:
vals: [7000, 7003]
vals_all: [7000, 7001, 7002, 7003, 7004]
vals_missing: "{{ vals_all|difference(vals)|length }}"
tasks:
- set_fact:
vals2: "{{ vals }}"
- set_fact:
vals2: "{{ vals2 + [vals_all|difference(vals2)|random] }}"
with_sequence: end="{{ vals_missing }}"
- debug:
var: vals2
gives
vals2:
- 7000
- 7003
- 7002
- 7001
- 7004
If you want to iterate the random generation of the missing items the playbook below
- hosts: localhost
vars:
vals: [7000, 7003]
vals_all: [7000, 7001, 7002, 7003, 7004]
vals_missing: "{{ vals_all|difference(vals)|length }}"
tasks:
- set_fact:
vals2: "{{ vals }}"
- debug:
var: val
with_sequence: end="{{ vals_missing }}"
vars:
val: "{{ [vals_all|difference(vals2)|random] }}"
vals2: "{{ vals2 + [vals] }}"
gives
ok: [localhost] => (item=1) =>
ansible_loop_var: item
item: '1'
val:
- 7002
ok: [localhost] => (item=2) =>
ansible_loop_var: item
item: '2'
val:
- 7004
ok: [localhost] => (item=3) =>
ansible_loop_var: item
item: '3'
val:
- 7001
Change the variable vals: [7000, 7001, 7004, 7002] to solve your problem. (But, it's trivial because only a single item is missing.)