Passing variable in extra_vars not working

[jschilen]

Summary

Trying to use the following in a controller_job_templates.d file:
extra_vars:
host_domain: some.domain
ansible_host: '"{{ inventory_hostname_short }}.{{ host_domain }}"'

When the apply_template job runs in AWX it errors with:
ERROR! Unexpected Exception, this is probably a bug: unsupported operand type(s) for |=: 'bool' and 'str'

Issue Type

• Bug Report

Ansible, Collection, Controller details

ansible --version
ansible [core 2.14.13]
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/home/[redacted]/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /home/[redacted]/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
  executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.9.18 (main, Jan  4 2024, 00:00:00) [GCC 11.4.1 20231218 (Red Hat 11.4.1-3)] (/usr/bin/python3)
  jinja version = 3.1.2
  libyaml = True

ansible-galaxy collection list

Controller version
 AWX 23.7.0

Desired Behavior

I want the resulting job template in the AWX gui to have these variables:

host_domain: some.domain
ansible_host: "{{inventory_hostname_short}}.{{host_domain}}"

Actual Behavior

Giving an error instead of completing.

failed: [localhost] (item={'path': 'orgs_vars/Default/env/common/controller_job_templates.d/TEMPLATE-ADjoin-Windows.yml', 'mode': '0644', 'isdir': False, 'ischr': False, 'isblk': False, 'isreg': True, 'isfifo': False, 'islnk': False, 'issock': False, 'uid': 1000, 'gid': 0, 'size': 585, 'inode': 12411441, 'dev': 1048671, 'nlink': 1, 'atime': 1707843742.0, 'mtime': 1707843742.0, 'ctime': 1707843772.909364, 'gr_name': 'root', 'pw_name': '1000', 'wusr': True, 'rusr': True, 'xusr': False, 'wgrp': False, 'rgrp': True, 'xgrp': False, 'woth': False, 'roth': True, 'xoth': False, 'isuid': False, 'isgid': False}) => {"__read_job_templates_definitions_item": {"atime": 1707843742.0, "ctime": 1707843772.909364, "dev": 1048671, "gid": 0, "gr_name": "root", "inode": 12411441, "isblk": false, "ischr": false, "isdir": false, "isfifo": false, "isgid": false, "islnk": false, "isreg": true, "issock": false, "isuid": false, "mode": "0644", "mtime": 1707843742.0, "nlink": 1, "path": "orgs_vars/Default/env/common/controller_…
ERROR! Unexpected Exception, this is probably a bug: unsupported operand type(s) for |=: 'bool' and 'str'

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

In file orgs_vars\Default\env\common\controller_job_templates.d\TEMPLATE-ADjoin-Windows.yml

---
controller_templates:
  - name: TEMPLATE / AD Join-Windows
    job_type: run
    inventory: someinventory
    execution_environment: CustomExecutionEnvironment
    project: someproject
    playbook: playbooks/ad_join_windows.yml
    description: awx-build created AD join 
    extra_vars:
      host_domain: some.domain
      ansible_host: '"{{ inventory_hostname_short }}.{{ host_domain }}"'
    credentials:
    - administrator

[djdanielsson]

It is trying to calculate the variables not have it come across as variables which I think is what you are looking for, see the !unsafe like we suggest in those cases like cred type

[jschilen]

Thank you that was in fact what I needed. I've never seen that before. Greatly appreciate it!