Ansible working with multiple loops in conditions - ansible

Question

how can I add a condition to ansible task that is based on a loop, when the task itself also based on a loop?
For example, here's my code:
- hosts: all
gather_facts: False
vars:
current_version: 826
versions:
- 805
- 821
- 824
- 826
tasks:
- name: First Task
find:
paths: /Users/tomer/projects/personal/ansible/test
patterns: snapshot*
register: files
when:
- current_version == item
loop: "{{versions}}"
- name: Second task
set_fact:
test_work: "{{ true if item > 0 else false}}"
loop:
- "{{ files | json_query('results[*].matched') }}"
So far, this is working as expected.
The first task is looking for any file with the name snapshot if the current_version is matching one of the versions in the list.
The second task iterates over the dictionary result from the first task and based on each item it is setting the fact. (In my case, only one item has this attribute).
I wanted to run the second task, only when the first task did run, however, the changed status is always false, so this condition is not useful.
I wanted to add the same condition of current_version == item but I can't use item twice here.
Any idea how to achieve that?

Answer 1

The find command is not really going to change anything, it just queries the file system without doing any modification, so it will indeed always give you a false.
On the other hand, you can definitely use the skipped field of the item.
This said, I would simplify the loop on your set_fact, because there is no real need to use json_query here.
This task would do the job perfectly fine:
- set_fact:
test_work: "{{ item.matched > 0 }}"
loop: "{{ files.results }}"
when: item is not skipped
Another extra tip is to not do things like
true if condition_that_evaluates_to_true else false
But rather do right away
condition_that_evaluates_to_true
Here would be a made up example playbook
- hosts: all
gather_facts: no
tasks:
- find:
path: /tmp
pattern: dummy*
when: item == current_version
register: files
loop: "{{ versions }}"
vars:
current_version: 826
versions:
- 805
- 821
- 824
- 826
- debug:
msg: "{{ item.matched > 0 }}"
loop: "{{ files.results }}"
when: item is not skipped
loop_control:
label: "{{ item.item }}"
This would yield the result
PLAY [all] *******************************************************************************************************
TASK [find] ******************************************************************************************************
skipping: [localhost] => (item=805)
skipping: [localhost] => (item=821)
skipping: [localhost] => (item=824)
ok: [localhost] => (item=826)
TASK [debug] *****************************************************************************************************
skipping: [localhost] => (item=805)
skipping: [localhost] => (item=821)
skipping: [localhost] => (item=824)
ok: [localhost] => (item=826) => {
"msg": true
}
PLAY RECAP *******************************************************************************************************
localhost : ok=2 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0