## The problem
Issue ansible/ansible#85864 (closed, 21 comments): ### Summary When we update from ansible-core 2.18.9 to 2.19.2 the win_ping module breaks because it does not seem to correctly resolve the Windows temporary directory (see logs) and therefore the payload cannot be copied to the remote server. ### Issue Type Bug Report ### Component Name pip ### Ansible Version ```console $ ansible --version ansible [core 2.19.2] config file = None configured module search path = ['[HOME]/...', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules'] ansible python module location = [HOME]/...
## What to do
Default Windows temp directory resolution broken with ansible 2.19: the root cause is antivirus (McAfee/Trellix Endpoint Security) killing the bootstrap wrapper mid-run. Add Ansible's bootstrap wrapper file to the AV internal exclusion list. To debug, copy the ansible-local-* temp dir off the host while the task runs, or set ANSIBLE_KEEP_REMOTE_FILES=1. Note a separate report traced to the AWS SSM connection plugin, which is not Ansible-supported, so take those to the plugin maintainers.