ecr lifecycle policy null values

Author: CLJ2006

ansible/roles/build-ecs-proxies/tasks/build-container.yml

@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@
     cmd: "docker push {{ image_name }}"
   when: build_result.rc == 0
 
+- name: List contents of playbook_dir
+  ansible.builtin.command: >
+    ls -al {{ playbook_dir }}
+  register: ls_playbook
+
+- name: Show playbook_dir contents
+  debug:
+    var: ls_playbook.stdout
+
 - name: Get existing lifecycle policy JSON for {{ service_id }}_{{ item }}
   ansible.builtin.command: >
     {{ aws_cmd }} ecr get-lifecycle-policy
@@ -42,14 +51,23 @@
   failed_when: false
   changed_when: false
 
-- name: Parse existing lifecycle policy JSON
+- name: Parse existing lifecycle policy JSON if present
+  set_fact:
+    existing_policy_json: "{{ existing_policy_raw.stdout | from_json }}"
+  when:
+    - existing_policy_raw.stdout is defined
+    - existing_policy_raw.stdout != ""
+    - existing_policy_raw.stdout != "None"
+    - existing_policy_raw.stdout != "null"
+
+- name: Ensure existing_policy_json always exists
   set_fact:
-    existing_policy_json: "{{ existing_policy_raw.stdout | default('{}') | from_json }}"
-  when: existing_policy_raw.stdout != ""
+    existing_policy_json: {}
+  when: existing_policy_json is not defined
 
-- name: Read lifecycle policy from the local file
+- name: Read lifecycle policy from the shared file
   ansible.builtin.slurp:
-    src: "{{ role_path }}/files/ecr_lifecycle.json"
+    src: "{{ playbook_dir }}/../../ecr-lifecycle/ecr_lifecycle.json"
   register: desired_policy_raw
 
 - name: Decode lifecycle policy file
@@ -60,7 +78,7 @@
   ansible.builtin.command: >
     {{ aws_cmd }} ecr put-lifecycle-policy
     --repository-name {{ service_id }}_{{ item }}
-    --lifecycle-policy-text file://{{ playbook_dir }}/../../common/a-management-utils-3/ecr-lifecycle/ecr_lifecycle.json
+    --lifecycle-policy-text file://{{ playbook_dir }}/../../ecr-lifecycle/ecr_lifecycle.json
   when:
     - existing_policy_json != desired_policy_json
     - env != "prod" or prod_lifecycle_update_allowed