From 26cce822c06c57f770436d170fcfc234841a9857 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam <samueljamesinc@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 14:47:54 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] bootstrap: drop fragile pre-reachability task (inventory_file
 undefined in Semaphore); Play2 tests reachability naturally

---
 playbooks/bootstrap.yml | 12 ------------
 1 file changed, 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/playbooks/bootstrap.yml b/playbooks/bootstrap.yml
index b4b7c57..bdb6f21 100644
--- a/playbooks/bootstrap.yml
+++ b/playbooks/bootstrap.yml
@@ -91,18 +91,6 @@
         mode: "0600"
       no_log: true
 
-    - name: "[pre] test SSH reachability to target as root"
-      ansible.builtin.command: >-
-        ansible {{ target | default('racknerd1') }} -i {{ inventory_file }}
-        -m ansible.builtin.ping
-        -e "ansible_user={{ connect_user | default('root') }}"
-        -e "ansible_password={{ pc_root_pass }}"
-        -e "ansible_ssh_common_args=-o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new"
-      register: reach
-      changed_when: false
-      failed_when: reach.rc != 0
-      no_log: true
-
     - name: "[pre] PASSED"
       ansible.builtin.debug:
         msg: "Precheck OK — Infisical + secrets valid, {{ target | default('racknerd1') }} reachable as root."