Why does a Playbook fails with "Timeout (12s) waiting for privilege escalation prompt" in Ansible Automation Controller?

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Issue

While running a playbook in Ansible Tower or Ansible Automation Controller, the job keeps failing with the error FAILED! => { "msg": "Timeout (12s) waiting for privilege escalation prompt: " }.

Environment

  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Controller 2.x
  • Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.x

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