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fix: repair apt state before security updates in xqueue playbook - #389
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Run dpkg --configure -a, apt-get -f install and apt-get update as a pre_task so unattended-upgrade in the security role doesn't fail on an interrupted dpkg run or broken packages. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Description
This PR resolves deployment pipeline hangs and failures on
TASK [security : Take security updates during ansible runs]caused by APT lock contention, interactive prompts, andunattended-upgradefailures during EC2 provisioning.Problem
When provisioning new or existing EC2 instances during GoCD pipeline runs (e.g.
stage-xqueue), thesecurityrole'sTake security updates during ansible runstask executesunattended-upgrade --dry-runfollowed byunattended-upgrade.During runs against instances with pending package upgrades or active background boot services (
unattended-upgrades.service,apt-daily.timer):unattended-upgradefails or encounters non-zero exit codes during initial package resolution.retries: 10), with each attempt taking 10–12 minutes to resolve dependencies and download packages.exited: 2).Changes
playbooks/roles/security/tasks/security-ubuntu.yml(and related security tasks) to ensure non-interactive execution and clean package state handling before running security upgrades.