Why is my Ansible playbook hanging indefinitely with no progress past fact gathering?
Issue
Your playbook hangs indefinitely when gather_tasks is enabled (the default) meaning that Ansible cannot get past the initial setup module.
Environment
- Ansible (any version)
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