vscode-ansible: unable to parse yaml playbooks - ERROR "Ansible-lint is not available. Kindly check the path or disable validation using ansible-lint"

Summary

Fresh installation of Ansible extension for VSCode 1.1.34 (Windows 10). Unable to use the ansible extension to review YAML files for consistency and contextual support.

YAML files are associated with the Ansible extension.

Error shown within Vscode output when opening YAML file;

Path for lint: undefined [Trace - 11:20:15] Received request ‘window/showMessageRequest - (12)’. Params: { “type”: 1, “message”: “Ansible-lint is not available. Kindly check the path or disable validation using ansible-lint”, “actions”: [] }

Extension version

1.1.34

VS Code version

1.74.2

Ansible Version

Not installed locally.

OS / Environment

Windows 10

Relevant log output

[Trace - 11:20:15] Sending notification 'textDocument/didOpen'.
Params: {
    "textDocument": {
        "uri": "file:///c%3A/Users/locadd/GIT/appAutomation/playbooks/playbook.yml",
        "languageId": "ansible",
        "version": 1,
        "text": "---\r\n# copy gitonfig master ansible -m copy -a \"src=../adhoc/.gitconfig dest=~/.gitconfig\" localhost\r\n\r\n- name: ensure gitconfig is applied to device\r\n  hosts: localhost\r\n  tasks:\r\n  - copy: src=../adhoc/.gitconfig dest=~/.gitconfig\r\n#ansible -m homebrew -a \"name=jq state=latest\" localhost\r\n#ansible -m homebrew -a \"name=bat state=latest\" localhost"
    }
}


[Trace - 11:20:15] Sending notification 'update/ansible-metadata'.
Params: [
    [
        "file:///c%3A/Users/locadd/GIT/appAutomation/playbooks/playbook.yml"
    ]
]


[Trace - 11:20:15] Sending request 'textDocument/semanticTokens/full - (9)'.
Params: {
    "textDocument": {
        "uri": "file:///c%3A/Users/locadd/GIT/appAutomation/playbooks/playbook.yml"
    }
}


[Trace - 11:20:15] Received request 'workspace/configuration - (11)'.
Params: {
    "items": [
        {
            "scopeUri": "file:///c%3A/Users/locadd/GIT/appAutomation/playbooks/playbook.yml",
            "section": "ansible"
        }
    ]
}


[Trace - 11:20:15] Sending response 'workspace/configuration - (11)'. Processing request took 1ms
Result: [
    {
        "ansible": {
            "path": "C:\\Users\\locadd\\.vscode\\extensions\\redhat.ansible-1.1.34",
            "useFullyQualifiedCollectionNames": true,
            "reuseTerminal": false
        },
        "python": {
            "interpreterPath": "python3",
            "activationScript": ""
        },
        "ansibleNavigator": {
            "path": "ansible-navigator"
        },
        "completion": {
            "provideRedirectModules": true,
            "provideModuleOptionAliases": true
        },
        "validation": {
            "enabled": true,
            "lint": {
                "enabled": true,
                "path": "ansible-lint",
                "arguments": ""
            }
        },
        "executionEnvironment": {
            "enabled": false,
            "containerEngine": "auto",
            "containerOptions": "",
            "image": "quay.io/ansible/creator-ee:latest",
            "pull": {
                "arguments": "",
                "policy": "missing"
            },
            "volumeMounts": []
        }
    }
]


cmd 'python3 --version' was not executed with the following error: ' Error: spawn C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe ENOENT
cmd 'ansible-lint --version' was not executed with the following error: ' Error: spawn C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe ENOENT
[Trace - 11:20:15] Received notification 'update/ansible-metadata'.
Params: [
    [
        {
            "ansible information": {},
            "python information": {},
            "ansible-lint information": {}
        }
    ]
]


Error: spawn C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe ENOENT
    at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:283:19)
    at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:478:16)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21) {
  errno: -4058,
  code: 'ENOENT',
  syscall: 'spawn C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\cmd.exe',
  path: 'C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\cmd.exe',
  spawnargs: [ '/d', '/s', '/c', '"command -v ansible-lint"' ],
  cmd: 'command -v ansible-lint',
  stdout: '',
  stderr: ''
}
[Trace - 11:20:15] Received response 'textDocument/semanticTokens/full - (9)' in 11ms.
Result: {
    "resultId": "1673868015084",
    "data": [
        3,
        2,
        4,
        2,
        0,
        1,
        2,
        5,
        2,
        0,
        1,
        2,
        5,
        2,
        0,
        1,
        4,
        4,
        3,
        1
    ]
}


Error: spawn C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe ENOENT
    at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:283:19)
    at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:478:16)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21) {
  errno: -4058,
  code: 'ENOENT',
  syscall: 'spawn C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\cmd.exe',
  path: 'C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\cmd.exe',
  spawnargs: [ '/d', '/s', '/c', '"whereis ansible-lint"' ],
  cmd: 'whereis ansible-lint',
  stdout: '',
  stderr: ''
}
Path for lint:  undefined
[Trace - 11:20:15] Received request 'window/showMessageRequest - (12)'.
Params: {
    "type": 1,
    "message": "Ansible-lint is not available. Kindly check the path or disable validation using ansible-lint",
    "actions": []
}


[Trace - 11:20:15] Received notification 'window/logMessage'.
Params: {
    "type": 1,
    "message": "An error occurred in 'onDidOpen' handler: [TypeError] Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'has')\nTypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'has')\n    at c:\\Users\\locadd\\.vscode\\extensions\\redhat.ansible-1.1.34\\out\\server\\src\\server.js:2:44852\n    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)\n    at s (c:\\Users\\locadd\\.vscode\\extensions\\redhat.ansible-1.1.34\\out\\server\\src\\server.js:2:42491)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)"
}


[Error - 11:20:15] An error occurred in 'onDidOpen' handler: [TypeError] Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'has')
TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'has')
    at c:\Users\locadd\.vscode\extensions\redhat.ansible-1.1.34\out\server\src\server.js:2:44852
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at s (c:\Users\locadd\.vscode\extensions\redhat.ansible-1.1.34\out\server\src\server.js:2:42491)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
[Trace - 11:20:15] Sending response 'window/showMessageRequest - (10)'. Processing request took 189357ms
No result returned.


[Trace - 11:20:15] Sending notification 'update/ansible-metadata'.
Params: [
    [
        "file:///c%3A/Users/locadd/GIT/appAutomation/playbooks/playbook.yml"
    ]
]


cmd 'python3 --version' was not executed with the following error: ' Error: spawn C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe ENOENT
cmd 'ansible-lint --version' was not executed with the following error: ' Error: spawn C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe ENOENT
[Trace - 11:20:15] Received notification 'update/ansible-metadata'.
Params: [
    [
        {
            "ansible information": {},
            "python information": {},
            "ansible-lint information": {}
        }
    ]
]


[Trace - 11:23:13] Sending notification 'update/ansible-metadata'.
Params: [
    [
        "file:///c%3A/Users/locadd/GIT/appAutomation/playbooks/playbook.yml"
    ]
]


cmd 'python3 --version' was not executed with the following error: ' Error: spawn C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe ENOENT
cmd 'ansible-lint --version' was not executed with the following error: ' Error: spawn C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe ENOENT
[Trace - 11:23:13] Received notification 'update/ansible-metadata'.
Params: [
    [
        {
            "ansible information": {},
            "python information": {},
            "ansible-lint information": {}
        }
    ]
]


[Trace - 11:23:16] Sending notification 'textDocument/didClose'.
Params: {
    "textDocument": {
        "uri": "file:///c%3A/Users/locadd/GIT/appAutomation/playbooks/playbook.yml"
    }
}