Python crash with prometheus role

[johnmaguire]

$ uname -a
Darwin johns-mbp.local 22.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 22.5.0: Thu Jun  8 22:22:20 PDT 2023; root:xnu-8796.121.3~7/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000 arm64

$ ansible --version
ansible [core 2.11.7]
  config file = /Users/jmaguire/src/my-ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/Users/jmaguire/src/my-ansible/library']
  ansible python module location = /opt/homebrew/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /Users/jmaguire/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
  executable location = /opt/homebrew/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.9.17 (main, Jun  6 2023, 14:33:55) [Clang 14.0.3 (clang-1403.0.22.14.1)]
  jinja version = 3.0.3
  libyaml = True

---
- name: Provision Prometheus
  hosts: prometheus
  roles:
    - role: prometheus.prometheus.prometheus
      tags: [ prom ]

...

TASK [prometheus.prometheus.prometheus : Discover latest version] *********************************************************************************************
task path: /Users/jmaguire/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/prometheus/prometheus/roles/prometheus/tasks/preflight.yml:76
skipping: [tornado.johnmaguire.me] => {
    "changed": false,
    "skip_reason": "Conditional result was False"
}

TASK [prometheus.prometheus.prometheus : Get checksum list] ***************************************************************************************************
task path: /Users/jmaguire/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/prometheus/prometheus/roles/prometheus/tasks/preflight.yml:93
url lookup connecting to https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/download/v2.44.0/sha256sums.txt
objc[49407]: +[__NSCFConstantString initialize] may have been in progress in another thread when fork() was called.
objc[49407]: +[__NSCFConstantString initialize] may have been in progress in another thread when fork() was called. We cannot safely call it or ignore it in the fork() child process. Crashing instead. Set a breakpoint on objc_initializeAfterForkError to debug.
ERROR! A worker was found in a dead state

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[galbitz]

What helped me is export no_proxy='*'

[bernylinville]

What helped me is export no_proxy='*'

It's work! But why?

[gardar]

I believe this is caused by a known issue with python on mac os, please try the workaround from the ansible docs.

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/faq.html#running-on-macos-as-a-controller