version_added: "2.4"
extends_documentation_fragment: action_common_attributes
attributes:
    check_mode:
        support: none
    diff_mode:
        support: none
    platform:
        platforms: posix
notes:
  - The ability to use search_regex with a port connection was added in Ansible 1.7.
  - Prior to Ansible 2.4, testing for the absence of a directory or UNIX socket did not work correctly.
  - Prior to Ansible 2.4, testing for the presence of a file did not work correctly if the remote user did not have read access to that file.
  - Under some circumstances when using mandatory access control, a path may always be treated as being absent even if it exists, but
    can't be modified or created by the remote user either.
  - When waiting for a path, symbolic links will be followed.  Many other modules that manipulate files do not follow symbolic links,
    so operations on the path using other modules may not work exactly as expected.
seealso:
- module: ansible.builtin.wait_for_connection
- module: ansible.windows.win_wait_for
- module: community.windows.win_wait_for_process
author:
    - Jeroen Hoekx (@jhoekx)
    - John Jarvis (@jarv)
    - Andrii Radyk (@AnderEnder)
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