testaid reporting undefined var but it is not used in my test

[urwotu8]

with test_default.py like :-

import os
from six.moves import urllib

import testinfra.utils.ansible_runner
import testaid
import json

testinfra_hosts = testaid.hosts()

def test_version_is_correct(host, testvars):
    verfile = host.file('/media/atl/product/shared/'+testvars['product_edition']+'.version')
    assert verfile.exists
    assert verfile.content.decode("UTF-8").strip() == "22.13.1"

getting:-

        if rc.failed_playbook_run:
            raise AnsibleRunError(
                'Unable to run playbook.',
>               rc.result_playbook_run[-1])
E           testaid.exceptions.AnsibleRunError: Unable to run playbook.
E           Error message: The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: 'product_family' is undefined

../../.venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/testaid/ansiblerun.py:36: AnsibleRunError

put in a pprint for the playbook object passed to moleculeplay.run_playbook :-

playbook passed in:-
{'gather_facts': 'True',
 'hosts': 'amazon_linux2',
 'name': 'ansible playbook',
 'roles': [{'name': 'linux_common', 'when': 'False'},
           {'name': 'product_common', 'when': 'False'},
           {'name': 'product_install', 'when': 'False'}],
 'tasks': [{'action': {'args': {'msg': '{{ vars }}'}, 'module': 'debug'}}],
 'vars_files': []}

should i expect playbook.name to contain something more meaningful (like reference to the actual playbook file?)

[RebelCodeBase]

What you see is a failing ephemeral playbook trying to resolve your vars against the ansible API. Have you tried to run molecule --debug verify?

[urwotu8]

here is the full --debug block for that test :-

    ______ ERROR at setup of test_version_is_correct[ansible://amazon_linux2] ______

    request = <SubRequest 'testvars' for <Function test_version_is_correct[ansible://amazon_linux2]>>
    moleculelog = <testaid.moleculelog.MoleculeLog object at 0x1059e6710>
    debug_jsonvars = False
    moleculebook = <testaid.moleculebook.MoleculeBook object at 0x104f82110>
    jsonvars = <testaid.jsonvars.JsonVars object at 0x105987150>
    resolve_vars = True, gatherfrom_moleculehost = True, gather_facts = True
    extra_vars = True
    cache_key = 'testvars/var/folders/yt/2c1cw19n2z1byg_st2g8dvp00000gp/T/molecule/product_install/product_all'

        @pytest.fixture(scope='session')
        def testvars(request,
                     moleculelog,
                     debug_jsonvars,
                     moleculebook,
                     jsonvars,
                     resolve_vars,
                     gatherfrom_moleculehost,
                     gather_facts,
                     extra_vars,
                     cache_key):
            '''Expose ansible variables and facts of a molecule test scenario.'''
            testvars = TestVars.get_cache(request, cache_key)
            if testvars is None:
                testvars_object = TestVars(
                         moleculelog,
                         debug_jsonvars,
                         moleculebook,
                         jsonvars,
                         resolve_vars,
                         gatherfrom_moleculehost,
                         gather_facts,
    >                    extra_vars)

    ../../../../.venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/testaid/plugin.py:376:
    _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
    ../../../../.venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/testaid/testvars.py:49: in __init__
        jsonvars.resolve()
    ../../../../.venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/testaid/jsonvars.py:70: in resolve
        self._templates.resolve()
    ../../../../.venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/testaid/templates.py:35: in resolve
        playbook_results = self._moleculebook.run()
    ../../../../.venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/testaid/moleculebook.py:121: in run
        return self._moleculeplay.run_playbook(self._playbook)
    ../../../../.venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/testaid/moleculeplay.py:59: in run_playbook
        result = ansiblerun.run(play)
    _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

    self = <testaid.ansiblerun.AnsibleRun object at 0x105987f90>
    play = ansible playbook

        def run(self, play):
            pprint(self._inventory)
            tqm = None
            rc = ResultCallback()
            try:
                tqm = TaskQueueManager(inventory=self._inventory,
                                       variable_manager=self._variable_manager,
                                       loader=self._loader,
                                       passwords=dict(),
                                       stdout_callback=rc)
                tqm.run(play)
            finally:
                if tqm is not None:
                    tqm.cleanup()
                shutil.rmtree(C.DEFAULT_LOCAL_TMP, True)

            if rc.failed_playbook_run:
                raise AnsibleRunError(
                    'Unable to run playbook.',
    >               rc.result_playbook_run[-1])
    E           testaid.exceptions.AnsibleRunError: Unable to run playbook.
    E           Error message: The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: 'product_family' is undefined

    ../../../../.venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/testaid/ansiblerun.py:38: AnsibleRunError
    ---------------------------- Captured stdout setup -----------------------------
    <ansible.inventory.manager.InventoryManager object at 0x1059e6ed0>
    <ansible.inventory.manager.InventoryManager object at 0x1059e6ed0>
    ------------------------------ Captured log setup ------------------------------
    DEBUG    testaid:moleculelog.py:18 Using group_vars symlink to /Users/me/repos/deployments-automation/roles/product_install/molecule/product_all/group_vars
    DEBUG    testaid:moleculelog.py:18 Using roles: linux_common,product_common,product_install

unsure how to get further with this.... i tried adding a verify block in my playbook with a var called product_family but it didnt help, the vars dont seem available in the verify step.. (playbook.yml verify section):-

- name: Verify
  hosts: all
  vars:
    product_family: "product"
    product_edition: "product-software"

[RebelCodeBase]

Could you please grep -r over your code for product_family? I suspect that it is used somewhere but not defined (in your context).