From fc556f33d7bfdc9c4a2054eebfb660e03ac92772 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Welsh <alex@stackhpc.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:47:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Revert "Set run_vars_plugins = start in ansible.cfg"

This reverts commit 737ac0cc72719087d223ce1a5fddff9c8ed6f0aa.
---
 etc/kayobe/ansible.cfg | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/etc/kayobe/ansible.cfg b/etc/kayobe/ansible.cfg
index 0e03a780c6..6d22815878 100644
--- a/etc/kayobe/ansible.cfg
+++ b/etc/kayobe/ansible.cfg
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ callbacks_enabled = ansible.posix.profile_tasks
 force_valid_group_names = ignore
 # Default value plus custom filter plugins path
 filter_plugins = $ANSIBLE_HOME/plugins/filter:/usr/share/ansible/plugins/filter:$KAYOBE_CONFIG_PATH/ansible/filter_plugins/
-# Run vars plugins once after importing inventory sources rather than
-# on demand. This improves performance as variable files are only
-# loaded once.
-run_vars_plugins = start
 
 [inventory]
 # Fail when any inventory source cannot be parsed.

From be2a3db20d9ea7f90e0c2fd5e3adbf6b78f4aa03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Welsh <alex@stackhpc.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:48:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Ensure AIO CI is triggered when ansible.cfg is edited

---
 .github/stackhpc-pull-request-path-filters.yml | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/.github/stackhpc-pull-request-path-filters.yml b/.github/stackhpc-pull-request-path-filters.yml
index 14d4921b3e..854f17b881 100644
--- a/.github/stackhpc-pull-request-path-filters.yml
+++ b/.github/stackhpc-pull-request-path-filters.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ aio: &aio
   - 'etc/kayobe/ansible/tools/stackhpc-cloud-tests.yml'
   - 'etc/kayobe/ansible/requirements.yml'
   - 'etc/kayobe/ansible/scripts/aio-init.sh'
+  - 'etc/kayobe/ansible.cfg'
   - 'etc/kayobe/environments/ci-aio/**'
   - 'etc/kayobe/environments/aio/**'
   - 'etc/kayobe/inventory/**'