ansible-proxy-chain/openspec/changes/archive/2026-04-22-fix-python-interpreter-warning/proposal.md

Why

Running playbooks produces a [WARNING] on every host about the discovered Python interpreter (/usr/bin/python3.13) potentially changing if another interpreter is installed later. This is noisy and obscures real warnings. The current ansible_python_interpreter: auto setting performs discovery correctly but logs a warning each time — Ansible provides auto_silent specifically to suppress this.

What Changes

• Change ansible_python_interpreter from auto to auto_silent in group_vars/all.yml to suppress the interpreter discovery warning while retaining the same auto-discovery behavior.

Capabilities

New Capabilities

(none)

Modified Capabilities

• python-bootstrap: The interpreter discovery mode changes from auto to auto_silent, suppressing the discovery warning while preserving identical behavior.

Impact

• group_vars/all.yml: Single-line change to ansible_python_interpreter value.
• No behavioral change — auto_silent performs the same discovery logic as auto, just without the warning.