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The following error is throw. When trying to execute the vm snapshot playbook to create snapshots of the Ansible inventory fails with the following error:

“New-style module did not handle its own exit”

See the following log snippet.

TASK [vms : Show vms_vmid] **********************************************************************************
Sunday 22 June 2025  08:35:59 -0400 (0:00:00.061)       0:00:02.599 ***********
ok: [ansible-0] => {
    "msg": "ansible-0 has a vmid of 101"
}
ok: [ansible-1] => {
    "msg": "ansible-1 has a vmid of 100"
}

TASK [vms : Create virtual machine snapshot] ****************************************************************
Sunday 22 June 2025  08:35:59 -0400 (0:00:00.060)       0:00:02.660 ***********
changed: [ansible-1 -> localhost]
fatal: [ansible-0 -> localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "New-style module did not handle its own exit"}

PLAY RECAP **************************************************************************************************
ansible-0                  : ok=9    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0
ansible-1                  : ok=10   changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0

Creating a snapshot using Proxmox UI works fine.