# On the Futility of Opening Ansible Issues

DevFeed: [On the Futility of Opening Ansible Issues](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/on-the-futility-of-opening-ansible-issues-11414.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ipspace.net/2026/07/futility-opening-ansible-issues/>)

Published: 2026-07-22T06:03:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [ipSpace.net blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ipspace-net-blog.md>)

Topics: [Ansible](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ansible.md>), [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bug.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networking.md>)

Tags: [ansible](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ansible.md>), [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bug.md>), [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>)

## AI overview

The author describes opening an Ansible issue after discovering that the cisco.ios.ios_config module did not report rejected Cisco IOS configuration commands. The issue was initially closed without the proposed error-message fix, but an update says it was later reopened and fixed shortly after publication.

## Source excerpt

Remember the anonymous troll who chided me for writing a rant instead of opening a GitHub issue in the relevant Ansible repository? Well, I decided to be an open-source poster boy when I stumbled upon the next Ansible bug, and ended up feeling like a sweet summer child :( Read more ...