block-retry.yml

---
- block:

    - name: Retrieve some information
      stat:
        path: /path/to/a/file
      register: info_result

    - name: Check a condition
      assert:
        that: info_result.stat.exists
      ignore_errors: yes
      register: cond_check

    - name: Wait for manual intervention
      pause:
        prompt: "Please create the configuration file"
      when: cond_check | failed

  until: cond_check | success
  retries: 5

result

ERROR! 'retries' is not a valid attribute for a Block

The error appears to have been in '/home/tom/tmp/ansible/block-retry.yml': line 2, column 3, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.

The offending line appears to be:


- block:
  ^ here